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Antonio Calò

University of Palermo, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences
Verified email at unipa.it
Cited by 1227

A review of methods to assess connectivity and dispersal between fish populations in the Mediterranean Sea

A Calò, FC Félix-Hackradt, J Garcia… - … in Oceanography and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Fish populations are linked to each other via dispersal of individuals as eggs, larvae, juveniles
or adults. The understanding of this process, known as connectivity, has a pivotal role for …

Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy

…, J Blythe, JJ Silver, G Singh, N Andrews, A Calò… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The global rush to develop the ‘blue economy’ risks harming both the marine environment
and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. We identify five …

Assessing spillover from marine protected areas and its drivers: A meta‐analytical approach

M Di Lorenzo, P Guidetti, A Di Franco, A Calò… - Fish and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Overfishing may seriously impact fish populations and ecosystems. Marine protected areas (MPAs)
are key tools for biodiversity conservation and fisheries management, yet the …

Environmental DNA effectively captures functional diversity of coastal fish communities

…, C Baillie, S Mariani, C Cattano, A Calò… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Robust assessments of taxonomic and functional diversity are essential components of
research programmes aimed at understanding current biodiversity patterns and forecasting …

Social equity and marine protected areas: Perceptions of small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea

NJ Bennett, A Calò, A Di Franco, F Niccolini… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global conservation policy requires the scaling up of effectively and equitably managed
networks of marine protected areas (MPAs). While progress has been made on spatial coverage…

Improving marine protected area governance through collaboration and co-production

A Di Franco, KE Hogg, A Calò, NJ Bennett… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) socio-ecological effectiveness depends on a number of
management and governance elements, among which stakeholder engagement and community …

[HTML][HTML] Small-scale fisheries catch more threatened elasmobranchs inside partially protected areas than in unprotected areas

M Di Lorenzo, A Calò, A Di Franco, G Milisenda… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Elasmobranchs are heavily impacted by fishing. Catch statistics are grossly underestimated
due to missing data from various fishery sectors such as small-scale fisheries. Marine …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated assessment of the good environmental status of Mediterranean marine protected areas

…, M Montefalcone, M Sini, V Asnaghi, A Calò… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe
has set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine …

Multi‐specific small‐scale fisheries rely on few, locally essential, species: Evidence from a multi‐area study in the Mediterranean

A Calò, A Di Franco, F Quattrocchi… - Fish and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving sound management of small‐scale fisheries (SSFs) is globally recognized a key
priority for sustaining livelihoods, local economies, social wealth and cultural heritage in …

Dispersal of larval and juvenile seabream: Implications for Mediterranean marine protected areas

A Di Franco, A Calò, A Pennetta, G De Benedetto… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the marine context, information about dispersal is essential for the design of networks of
marine protected areas (MPAs). Generally, most of the dispersal of demersal fishes is thought …