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Guo L, Malara D, Battaglia P, Waiho K, Davis DA, Deng Y, Shen Z, Rao K. Turnovers of Sex-Determining Mutation in the Golden Pompano and Related Species Provide Insights into Microevolution of Undifferentiated Sex Chromosome. Genome Biol Evol 2024; 16:evae037. [PMID: 38408866 PMCID: PMC10919887 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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The suppression of recombination is considered a hallmark of sex chromosome evolution. However, previous research has identified undifferentiated sex chromosomes and sex determination by single SNP in the greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili). We observed the same phenomena in the golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) of the same family Carangidae and discovered a different sex-determining SNP within the same gene Hsd17b1. We propose an evolutionary model elucidating the turnover of sex-determining mutations by highlighting the contrasting dynamics between purifying selection, responsible for maintaining W-linked Hsd17b1, and neutral evolution, which drives Z-linked Hsd17b1. Additionally, sporadic loss-of-function mutations in W-linked Hsd17b1 contribute to the conversion of W chromosomes into Z chromosomes. This model was directly supported by simulations, closely related species, and indirectly by zebrafish mutants. These findings shed new light on the early stages of sex chromosome evolution.
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- Liang Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410081, China
- South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510300, China
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrated Marine Ecology Department, CRIMAC, Calabria Marine Centre, Amendolara 87071, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina 98168, Italy
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu 21300, Malaysia
- Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden 11900, Malaysia
- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36830, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province 410081, China
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Lattanzi P, Pulcinella J, Battaglia P, Di Cintio A, Ferrà C, Di Franco A, Tassetti AN. Bridging the gap in fishing effort mapping: a spatially-explicit fisheries dataset for Campanian MPAs, Italy. Sci Data 2024; 11:54. [PMID: 38195755 PMCID: PMC10776858 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02883-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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Recent technological advancements have facilitated the extensive collection of movement data from large-scale fishing vessels, yet a significant data gap remains for small-scale fisheries. This gap hinders the development of consistent exploitation patterns and meeting the information needs for marine spatial planning in fisheries management. This challenge is specifically addressed in the Campania region of Italy, where several Marine Protected Areas support biodiversity conservation and fisheries management. The authors have created a spatially-explicit dataset that encompasses both large-scale (vessels exceeding 12 meters in length) and small-scale (below 12 meters) fishing efforts. This dataset (available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23592006 ) is derived from vessel tracking data and participatory mapping. It offers insights into potential conflicts between different fishing segments and their interactions with priority species and habitats. The data can assist researchers and coastal management stakeholders in formulating policies that reduce resource competition and promote ecosystem-based fisheries management. Furthermore, the provided mapping approach is adaptable for other regions and decision-making frameworks, as we are committed to sharing the tools and techniques we employed.
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- Pamela Lattanzi
- National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
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- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Palermo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Ancona, Italy.
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy.
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Elhassan HA, Karligkiotis A, Searyoh K, Zocchi J, Bozkurt G, Bandi F, Birss M, Adegboyega G, Turri-Zanoni M, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castelnuovo P. Cross-over septal flap technique for choanal atresia surgery in two centres: how I do it. J Laryngol Otol 2023; 137:930-933. [PMID: 36515068 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215122001529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Choanal atresia is a congenital obstruction of the posterior nasal aperture. Endoscopic endonasal surgery has led to successful choanal atresia repair. This paper describes our surgical technique using septal mucosal flaps without the need for stenting. METHODS This study comprised a multicentre retrospective review of patient notes. A cross-over septal technique is described, whereby bilateral vertical mucosal incisions are made at the posterior third of the septum, and the atretic plate and posterior vomer are removed. One flap is pedicled superiorly and rotated over the bare skull base and sphenoid bone; the contralateral flap is pedicled inferiorly to cover the exposed vomer remnant and hard palate. RESULTS There were 12 patients from 2013 to 2020, aged 0.07-50 years, with a male to female ratio of 1:5. Ten patients had unilateral and two had bilateral choanal atresia. Nine patients had bony choanal atresia, with the remainder mixed. CONCLUSION The cross-over technique for choanal atresia has low morbidity and 100 per cent success in our series. The use of mucoperiosteal flaps to cover exposed bone and minimal instrumentation to the lateral nasal wall reduce post-operative stenosis.
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- H A Elhassan
- ENT Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- ENT Department, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Circolo Hospital and Macchi Foundation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Battaglia P, Pedà C, Rizzo C, Stipa MG, Arcadi E, Longo F, Ammendolia G, Cavallaro M, Rao I, Villari A, Calogero R, Consoli P, Sinopoli M, Andaloro F, Romeo T. How Rare Are Argonautoidea Octopuses in the Mediterranean? New Data from Stranding Events, Stomach Contents and Genetics. Biology 2023; 12:biology12030420. [PMID: 36979112 PMCID: PMC10045602 DOI: 10.3390/biology12030420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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The present paper represents the first all-encompassing study on all Mediterranean holopelagic octopods belonging to Argonautoidea (Argonauta argo, Ocythoe tuberculata, Tremoctopus gracilis, Tremoctopus violaceus). Argonautoidea octopuses were collected by different sampling methods in the Strait of Messina and southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The aim of this paper was to improve knowledge, using information from different data sources, such as the study of stranded individuals or accidental caught specimens, as well as the analysis of stomach content of large pelagic fishes. Moreover, we investigated their taxonomic profile through the amplification of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI). Overall, 47 fresh holopelagic octopods were collected, including valuable records of rare males. Moreover, 330 Argonautoidea octopuses were found in the stomachs of 800 predators. The results provided evidence that these cephalopods are more abundant than thought in the past. The molecular approach supported the ecological results with interesting insights. The similarity-based identifications and tree-based methods indicated that three females could be identified as Tremoctopus violaceus in agreement with their morphological classifications. The sequences obtained from the two T. gracilis individuals were clustered with the sequences of Tremoctopus violaceus from the Gulf of Mexico and were differentiated from the sequences attributed to T. gracilis and T. robsoni. The study represents a valuable contribution to the genetic characterization of Mediterranean individuals of the genera Tremoctopus, Argonauta and Ocythoe.
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- Pietro Battaglia
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
- Correspondence: (P.B.); (C.P.)
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
- Correspondence: (P.B.); (C.P.)
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- Department Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR.ISP), Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Museo della Fauna, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo N. 4521 (ex Complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo (ME), Italy
- ISPRA, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo (ME), Italy
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Sciutteri V, Pedà C, Longo F, Calogero R, Cangemi G, Pagano L, Battaglia P, Nannini M, Romeo T, Consoli P. Integrated approach for marine litter pollution assessment in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: Information from bottom-trawl fishing and plastic ingestion in deep-sea fish. Mar Pollut Bull 2023; 188:114661. [PMID: 36708618 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Marine litter pollution threatens marine ecosystems and biodiversity conservation, particularly on seafloors where all anthropogenic waste naturally sinks. In this study, we provide new information on the composition, density and origin of seafloor macrolitter as well as on plastic ingestion in deep-sea fish from bottom-trawling by-catch in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Plastic constituted the highest fraction of litter in terms of density (64 %) and weight (32 %) and was also retrieved in the gastrointestinal traits of Chlorophthalmus agassizi, Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus and Hoplosthethus mediterraneus. FT-IR spectroscopy analysis on the seafloor macrolitter and the ingested plastics revealed the presence of artificial polymers including PE, PET/polyester, PA widely used for food packaging, plastic bags and several common products, especially Single Use Plastic (SUP). These results underline how poor waste management schemes or their incorrect application strongly contribute to marine litter accumulation on seafloors and plastic ingestion in deep-sea fish.
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- Valentina Sciutteri
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Ischia Marine Centre, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Punta San Pietro, 80077 Ischia, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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Bottari T, Mancuso M, Pedà C, De Domenico F, Laface F, Schirinzi GF, Battaglia P, Consoli P, Spanò N, Greco S, Romeo T. Microplastics in the bogue, Boops boops: A snapshot of the past from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. J Hazard Mater 2022; 424:127669. [PMID: 34772556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The present investigation focuses on Boops boops specimens gathered in the Gulf of Patti in 2010. Providing a snapshot from the past, this paper represents, chronologically, the first record of microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean bogue. The plastic abundance and composition in gastrointestinal tracts of the bogue was assess, in order to improve the knowledge on spatial-temporal variability of microplastics pollution in the Mediterranean basin and in particular, in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. In a total of 65 specimens, 180 particles of plastic (2.8 items/specimens), mainly belonging to microplastics class, were found. Fragments (63%) and fibres (30%) were the predominant shape categories. Eleven polymers were identified: polypropylene and polyethylene were the most abundant. Several synthetic polymers belonging to the class of elastomers were also observed. The study area is strongly influenced by the absence of trawl fishing activities and a low mixing level of the seabed that, together with the confluence of different watercourses and the presence of different kind of anthropic impact, including motorway, could make it a 'waste disposal site'. Finally, our results suggest the usefulness to retrieve older samples to better understand spatial-temporal changes in marine litter pollution over time.
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- Teresa Bottari
- Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) - CNR, Spianata San Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM) - CNR, Spianata San Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C./Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), ISPRA, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Research Infrastructures for marine biological resources Department (RIMAR), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Calabrian Researches Centre and Marine Advanced Infrastructures (CRIMAC), C.da Torre Spaccata, 87071 Amendolara, (CS), Italy; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Via Po 25c, 00198 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Via dei Mille 56, 98057 Milazzo, (ME), Italy
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Pedà C, Longo F, Berti C, Laface F, De Domenico F, Consoli P, Battaglia P, Greco S, Romeo T. The waste collector: information from a pilot study on the interaction between the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris, Cuvier, 1797) and marine litter in bottom traps fishing and first evidence of plastic ingestion. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 174:113185. [PMID: 34861606 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Few studies focused on behaviour adaptations of organisms to marine litter (ML) pollution in Mediterranean Sea. This research, investigates on some behavior traits of Octopus vulgaris, focusing on the interaction with ML during the artisanal fishing activities by the bottom traps in a small coastal area of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. For the first time, this pilot study uses an integrated approach based on the Fishermen Ecological Knowledge as well as the analysis of ML found in the traps. First assessment of plastic ingestion in this species are also reported. Plastic and metal were the predominant ML categories observed into the bottom traps. A total of 62 plastics, mainly small microplastics and fibres shaped, were ingested. The ML finding in the bottom traps suggests an interesting behavior of the common octopus regarding its interaction with ML, in fact, it seems to bring ML inside its dens, as a collector.
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- Cristina Pedà
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources (RIMAR), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Calabria Marine Centre (Researches Centre and Marine Advanced Infrastructures, CRIMAC), C.da Torre Spaccata, 87071 Amendolara, CS, Italy.
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources (RIMAR), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Calabria Marine Centre (Researches Centre and Marine Advanced Infrastructures, CRIMAC), C.da Torre Spaccata, 87071 Amendolara, CS, Italy; Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Via dei Mille 56, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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Adegboyega G, Elhassan HA, Zocchi J, Lambertoni A, Bozkurt G, Karligkiotis A, Turri-Zanoni M, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castenuovo P. 351 Anterior Ethmoid Artery Septal Flap for Endoscopic Reconstruction of Frontal Sinus CSF Leak. Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab259.286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction
Anterior skull base cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are managed successfully with endonasal surgery. Endoscopic closure of CSF leaks from posterior table of the frontal sinus remains challenging. Vascularized Hadad-Bassagasteguy flap (HBF) reconstruction of the skull base has increased CSF closure rates but does not extend to frontal sinus. We describe our technique using septal flap pedicled by anterior ethmoid artery (AEA) for repairing frontal defects.
Method
Retrospective review of cases of frontal CSF leak repair using the AEA flap reconstruction. Flap design: an anterior vertical septal mucosa incision at posterior border of the frontal sinusotomy is made and extended to nasal floor. Posterior vertical incision is made 1 cm posterior to the projection of the axilla of the middle turbinate on the septum and extended to nasal floor. A horizontal incision along the nasal floor joins the two incisions. The flap is raised and rotated into the frontal sinus over the posterior table reconstructed defect.
Results
Three patients identified. Two males, one female, aged 11, 33 and 56. Patient histories included recurrent bacterial meningitis following head trauma, recurrent sinusitis and fronto-ethmoidal osteoma, with intraoperative CSF leak and CSF rhinorrhea due to meningoencephalocele. The three posterior wall defects were successfully repaired endoscopically with multilayer reconstruction and the AEA septal flap.
Conclusions
The anterior ethmoid artery septal flap can be successfully utilised for frontal CSF leak repair. Flap is conveniently located for frontal sinus defects. When the septum is intact it provides an excellent final layer as part of multilayer reconstruction.
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- G Adegboyega
- Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- ENT Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Adegboyega G, Elhassan HA, Karligkiotis A, Searyoh K, Zocchi J, Bozkurt G, Bandi F, Turri-Zanoni M, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castelnuovo P. 350 Cross Over Septal Flap Technique for Choanal Atresia Surgery: Two Centre Series with Outcomes. Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab259.546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction
Choanal atresia (CA) is a congenital obstruction of the posterior nasal aperture due to nasal cavity canalisation failure. Endoscopic endonasal surgery has led to successful CA repair and fewer complications compared to open surgery. We describe our surgical technique that uses septal mucosal flaps without need for stenting or subsequent intubation.
Method
A multicentre retrospective review of patients who underwent surgery using the cross over septal technique. Patient demographics and outcomes were recorded. Flap design: bilateral vertical septal mucosa incisions are performed on either side of the posterior third of the septum to form two mucoperiosteal flaps. The posterior vomer and atretic plates are removed. One flap is pedicled superiorly and rotated over the bare sphenoid rostral bone. The contralateral flap is pedicled inferiorly and rotated to cover exposed bone of nasal cavity floor. Lateral nasal wall mucosal integrity is maintained. This technique is used both for unilateral and bilateral atresia.
Results
Twelve patients from 2013 to 2020 were included. Age range was 0.07-50 years, male to female ratio of 1:5. Ten patients had unilateral CA, two had bilateral. Nine had bony CA, the remainder mixed. 5 patients (mean age 2.8 years) underwent second-look endoscopy under sedation an average 36 days following primary surgery.
Conclusions
The cross over technique for CA has low morbidity and 100% success in our multicentre series. Use of mucoperiosteal flaps to cover the exposed bone, removal of vomer and minimal instrumentation to the lateral nasal wall are the best ways to avoid postoperative stenosis.
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- G Adegboyega
- Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- ENT Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- ENT Department, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Consoli P, Esposito V, Battaglia P, Perzia P, Scotti G, D'Alessandro M, Canese S, Andaloro F, Romeo T. Marine litter pollution associated with hydrothermal sites in the Aeolian archipelago (western Mediterranean Sea). Sci Total Environ 2021; 773:144968. [PMID: 33940707 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The Aeolian Archipelago, in the western Mediterranean Sea, is an active volcanic arc hosting several hydrothermal sites. This area, considered a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem by The Food and Agriculture Organization because of its ecological importance and biodiversity value, is affected by various pressures and threats that may act as sources of marine litter. The aim of this paper was to analyse the composition and distribution of marine litter on the seafloor of this archipelago with a specific focus on the hydrothermal areas, using almost 60 h of remotely operated vehicle footage collected at depths of 15 to 411 m. Derelict fishing gear represented the main source of marine debris (71.9% of the overall litter); nevertheless, the observed mean litter density was quite low (0.57 items/100 m2) when compared with other Mediterranean areas, probably because fisheries in the area mainly use pelagic gear that has a low impact on the seabed. No differences were found in litter densities between hydrothermal and non-hydrothermal zones. The occurrence of benthic fauna impacted by debris was rarely recorded (only 10.6% of litter items showed interactions with species) and entanglement was the most commonly observed impact. However, both the density of synthetic fishing gear and its impact on habitats and species are bound to increase over time. Overall, plastics constituted most of the marine litter (79.7%). So, prevention and mitigation measures are needed in order to protect this sensitive ecosystem. To this end, the most effective strategy could be the establishment of a Marine Protected Area or a Site of Community Importance, due to the presence of habitats ("submarine structures made by leaking gases" and "reefs") listed in Annex I of the European Habitats Directive, where all fishing activities could be strictly regulated.
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- Pierpaolo Consoli
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, via Auguste Piccard 54, 34151 Trieste, Italy.
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521, Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA, via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA, via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, Research Infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources Department, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521, Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn - SZN, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Villa Pace - Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA, via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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Malara D, Battaglia P, Consoli P, Arcadi E, Longo F, Stipa MG, Pagano L, Greco S, Andaloro F, Romeo T. When opportunistic predators interact with swordfish harpoon fishing activities: shark depredation over catches in the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea). The European Zoological Journal 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1879284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- D. Malara
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrated Marine Ecology Department, CRIMAC, Calabria Marine Centre, Amendolara, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Milazzo, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Milazzo, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrated Marine Ecology Department, CRIMAC, Calabria Marine Centre, Amendolara, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Palermo, Italy
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- Integrated Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Milazzo, Italy
- National Institute for Protection and Environmental Research, ISPRA, Milazzo, Italy
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Battaglia P, Stipa MG, Ammendolia G, Pedà C, Consoli P, Andaloro F, Romeo T. When nature continues to surprise: observations of the hectocotylus of Argonauta argo, Linnaeus 1758. The European Zoological Journal 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1970260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- P. Battaglia
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, National Institute of Biology, Ecology and Marine Biotechnology, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy
- ISPRA, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Milazzo, Italy
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Schirinzi GF, Pedà C, Battaglia P, Laface F, Galli M, Baini M, Consoli P, Scotti G, Esposito V, Faggio C, Farré M, Barceló D, Fossi MC, Andaloro F, Romeo T. A new digestion approach for the extraction of microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from the western Mediterranean Sea. J Hazard Mater 2020; 397:122794. [PMID: 32387826 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Plastic ingestion is one of the main impacts of marine litter on organisms. The occurrence of microplastics (MPs < 5 mm) in the stomachs of Mediterranean species was already reported in several studies. In this context, the present study aims to develop a new approach of digestion for the identification of MPs in the gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of marine organisms. The new approach combines two digestion protocols, including potassium hydroxide (KOH) and nitric acid (HNO3), to remove most organic and inorganic materials. This digestion allows recording small MPs that are difficult to find via routinely stomach content analysis and also to minimize the overestimation of the phenomenon trough the control of airborne contamination. The new approach was tested on a voracious pelagic opportunistic predator, the common dolphinfish, a fishery resource exploited in several Mediterranean areas. The results showed that a large amount of ingested meso- and microplastics, such as fragments or sheets, was recorded in GITs (F = 65.5 %). The FTIR analysis on litter samples allowed to identify polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene as dominant constituent polymers of microplastics. These results confirmed that our novel combined digestion protocol represents a reliable approach to detect MPs in opportunistic pelagic predators.
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- Gabriella F Schirinzi
- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Milazzo, Italy.
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, SZN, Messina, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, SZN, Messina, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Siena, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, SZN, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Milazzo, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, OGS, Trieste, Italy
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- University of Messina, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Water Research, ICRA, Girona, Spain
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- University of Siena, Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Siena, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, SZN, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Milazzo, Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, SZN, Messina, Italy
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Cavallaro M, Guerrera MC, Abbate F, Levanti MB, Laurà R, Ammendolia G, Malara D, Stipa MG, Battaglia P. Morphological, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study on the skin ventral photophores of
Diaphus holti
Tåning, 1918 (Family: Myctophidae). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mauro Cavallaro
- Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Messina Messina Italy
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- Scienze veterinarie Facoltà degli studi di Messina Messina Italy
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Rumolo P, Bonanno A, Genovese S, Romeo T, Mazzola S, Basilone G, Gherardi S, Battaglia P, Andaloro F, Barra M. Growth-related trophic changes of Thunnus thynnus as evidenced by stable nitrogen isotopic values in the first dorsal spine. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9899. [PMID: 32555204 PMCID: PMC7303187 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66566-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, is a highly migratory and long-living fish at the top of the pelagic food web. As top predator, it plays a key role in the stability of marine food webs by exerting top-down control on its prey. The diet composition of bluefin tuna varies in relation to its growth, seasons and migratory patterns, making it difficult to evaluate spatial and temporal effects. This latter aspect is further complicated to be determined during the first months of life, when T. thynnus specimens have a rapid growth rate leading to changes in the trophic status. In this study, the potential collagen-related effects on δ15N and δ13C values were evaluated on the whole spine of adult tuna specimens collected in the central Mediterranean Sea. Obtained results showed non-significant differences between extracted and non-extracted collagen samples for δ15N in whole spine, allowing adopting the isotopic analysis both for annuli in the spine section of adults and for younger specimens, whose spine size does not permit the collagen extraction. Specifically, isotopic analysis of whole spine of the young of the year specimens, showed a rapid change in δ15N values with length, following an exponential model. For older specimens, δ15N values were higher and varied around a plateau, likely due to a higher specificity in the choice of prey and/or to change in the geographical location. Such variability was also mirrored in annuli of spines sections of adult tunas. As far as δ13C values are concerned, a strong collagen-related effect was evidenced, likely highlighting the influence of lipids. Consequently, δ13C analysis may be used only on adult specimens where collagen extraction is possible. This research also showed how isotopic analysis of both whole sample and sequence of annuli in the cross-section of dorsal spine might produce isotopic profiles useful to detect specific trophic dynamics along the bluefin tuna growth.
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- Paola Rumolo
- CNR-ISMAR, Calata Porta di Massa (Interno Porto di Napoli), Naples, Italy.
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- CNR-IAS, Torretta Granitola, Campobello di Mazara (TP), Italy
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- CNR-IAS, Torretta Granitola, Campobello di Mazara (TP), Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Milazzo (ME), Italy.,Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, ISPRA, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- CNR-ISMAR, Calata Porta di Massa (Interno Porto di Napoli), Naples, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- CNR-ISMAR, Calata Porta di Massa (Interno Porto di Napoli), Naples, Italy
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Cavallaro M, Ammendolia G, Battaglia P. First record of Dosima fascicularis (Ellis amp; Solander, 1786) (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Sea). Zootaxa 2020; 4743:zootaxa.4743.3.14. [PMID: 32230333 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
Four specimens of Dosima fascicularis were collected from the Strait of Messina (Central Mediterranean Basin), representing the first record of the species from this locality, the second from Italian waters, and the most eastern indication of the species in the Mediterranean Sea.
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- M Cavallaro
- Wildlife Museum, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy..
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Fokkens WJ, Lund VJ, Hopkins C, Hellings PW, Kern R, Reitsma S, Toppila-Salmi S, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Mullol J, Alobid I, Terezinha Anselmo-Lima W, Bachert C, Baroody F, von Buchwald C, Cervin A, Cohen N, Constantinidis J, De Gabory L, Desrosiers M, Diamant Z, Douglas RG, Gevaert PH, Hafner A, Harvey RJ, Joos GF, Kalogjera L, Knill A, Kocks JH, Landis BN, Limpens J, Lebeer S, Lourenco O, Meco C, Matricardi PM, O'Mahony L, Philpott CM, Ryan D, Schlosser R, Senior B, Smith TL, Teeling T, Tomazic PV, Wang DY, Wang D, Zhang L, Agius AM, Ahlstrom-Emanuelsson C, Alabri R, Albu S, Alhabash S, Aleksic A, Aloulah M, Al-Qudah M, Alsaleh S, Baban MA, Baudoin T, Balvers T, Battaglia P, Bedoya JD, Beule A, Bofares KM, Braverman I, Brozek-Madry E, Richard B, Callejas C, Carrie S, Caulley L, Chussi D, de Corso E, Coste A, El Hadi U, Elfarouk A, Eloy PH, Farrokhi S, Felisati G, Ferrari MD, Fishchuk R, Grayson W, Goncalves PM, Grdinic B, Grgic V, Hamizan AW, Heinichen JV, Husain S, Ping TI, Ivaska J, Jakimovska F, Jovancevic L, Kakande E, Kamel R, Karpischenko S, Kariyawasam HH, Kawauchi H, Kjeldsen A, Klimek L, Krzeski A, Kopacheva Barsova G, Kim SW, Lal D, Letort JJ, Lopatin A, Mahdjoubi A, Mesbahi A, Netkovski J, Nyenbue Tshipukane D, Obando-Valverde A, Okano M, Onerci M, Ong YK, Orlandi R, Otori N, Ouennoughy K, Ozkan M, Peric A, Plzak J, Prokopakis E, Prepageran N, Psaltis A, Pugin B, Raftopulos M, Rombaux P, Riechelmann H, Sahtout S, Sarafoleanu CC, Searyoh K, Rhee CS, Shi J, Shkoukani M, Shukuryan AK, Sicak M, Smyth D, Sindvongs K, Soklic Kosak T, Stjarne P, Sutikno B, Steinsvag S, Tantilipikorn P, Thanaviratananich S, Tran T, Urbancic J, Valiulius A, Vasquez de Aparicio C, Vicheva D, Virkkula PM, Vicente G, Voegels R, Wagenmann MM, Wardani RS, Welge-Lussen A, Witterick I, Wright E, Zabolotniy D, Zsolt B, Zwetsloot CP. European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020. Rhinology 2020; 58:1-464. [PMID: 32077450 DOI: 10.4193/rhin20.600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 521] [Impact Index Per Article: 130.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
The European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 is the update of similar evidence based position papers published in 2005 and 2007 and 2012. The core objective of the EPOS2020 guideline is to provide revised, up-to-date and clear evidence-based recommendations and integrated care pathways in ARS and CRS. EPOS2020 provides an update on the literature published and studies undertaken in the eight years since the EPOS2012 position paper was published and addresses areas not extensively covered in EPOS2012 such as paediatric CRS and sinus surgery. EPOS2020 also involves new stakeholders, including pharmacists and patients, and addresses new target users who have become more involved in the management and treatment of rhinosinusitis since the publication of the last EPOS document, including pharmacists, nurses, specialised care givers and indeed patients themselves, who employ increasing self-management of their condition using over the counter treatments. The document provides suggestions for future research in this area and offers updated guidance for definitions and outcome measurements in research in different settings. EPOS2020 contains chapters on definitions and classification where we have defined a large number of terms and indicated preferred terms. A new classification of CRS into primary and secondary CRS and further division into localized and diffuse disease, based on anatomic distribution is proposed. There are extensive chapters on epidemiology and predisposing factors, inflammatory mechanisms, (differential) diagnosis of facial pain, allergic rhinitis, genetics, cystic fibrosis, aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease, immunodeficiencies, allergic fungal rhinosinusitis and the relationship between upper and lower airways. The chapters on paediatric acute and chronic rhinosinusitis are totally rewritten. All available evidence for the management of acute rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinosinusitis with or without nasal polyps in adults and children is systematically reviewed and integrated care pathways based on the evidence are proposed. Despite considerable increases in the amount of quality publications in recent years, a large number of practical clinical questions remain. It was agreed that the best way to address these was to conduct a Delphi exercise . The results have been integrated into the respective sections. Last but not least, advice for patients and pharmacists and a new list of research needs are included. The full document can be downloaded for free on the website of this journal: http://www.rhinologyjournal.com.
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- W J Fokkens
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, UCLH, London, UK
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- Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Guys and St. Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium.,Upper Airways Research Laboratory and ENT Department, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
| | - R Kern
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - S Reitsma
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S Toppila-Salmi
- Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Rhinology and Skull Base Unit, ENT Department, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universidad de Barcelona, August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ribeirao Preto Medical School-University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
| | - C Bachert
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory and ENT Department, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.,Division of ENT Diseases, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institute, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine and the Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - C von Buchwald
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - A Cervin
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
| | - N Cohen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - J Constantinidis
- 1st Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, Aristotle University, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Rhinology and Plastic Surgery Unit, Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Pediatric ENT Department, CHU de Bordeaux, Hospital Pellegrin, Centre F-X Michelet, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of ORL-HNS, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
| | - Z Diamant
- Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Skane University in Lund, Sweden.,Research Director Respiratory and Allergy, at QPS-Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands.,Affiliate to Charles University, Dept of Respiratory Diseases, in Prague, Czech Republic
| | - R G Douglas
- Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| | - P H Gevaert
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - A Hafner
- University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - R J Harvey
- Rhinology and Skull Base Department, Applied Medical Research Centre, UNSW (Conjoint) and Macquarie University (Clinical), Sydney, Australia
| | - G F Joos
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- ENT Department, Zagreb School of Medicine.,University Hospital Center "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Knill
- Patient representative, Opuscomms, London, UK
| | - J H Kocks
- Department of Inhalation Medicine, Observational Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore
| | - B N Landis
- Rhinology-Olfactology Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Limpens
- Medical Information Specialist, Medical Library, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - S Lebeer
- Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- FCS - UBI Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
| | - C Meco
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Salzburg Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
| | - P M Matricardi
- Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
| | - L O'Mahony
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, APC Microbiome Ireland, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
| | - C M Philpott
- Department of Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.,ENT Department, James Paget University Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK
| | - D Ryan
- Allergy and Respiratory Research Group, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Optimum Patient Care, Cambridgeshire, UK
| | - R Schlosser
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
| | - B Senior
- UNC Otorhinolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - T L Smith
- Division of Rhinology and Sinus/Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
| | - T Teeling
- Patient representative, Task Force Healthcare, WTC Den Haag, The Netherlands
| | - P V Tomazic
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
| | - D Y Wang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
| | - D Wang
- Rhinology Division, ENT Department.,Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - L Zhang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Beijing, China
| | - A M Agius
- Department of Medicine and Surgery in the University of Malta
| | | | - R Alabri
- ENT Division, Surgery Department, College of Medicine and Health and Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
| | - S Albu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | | | - A Aleksic
- ENT Department, University Clinical Centre, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| | - M Aloulah
- ENT Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
| | - M Al-Qudah
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
| | - S Alsaleh
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - M A Baban
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimayniha, Iraq
| | - T Baudoin
- Dept. of ORL-HNS Sisters of Mercy University Medical Center, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia
| | - T Balvers
- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
| | - P Battaglia
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
| | - J D Bedoya
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
| | - A Beule
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Clinic of Munster, Germany
| | - K M Bofares
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Omar Al-Moukhtar University, Albyeda, Libya
| | - I Braverman
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Israel
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Richard
- Department of ENT, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
| | - C Callejas
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pontificia Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
| | - S Carrie
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
| | - L Caulley
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa,Toronto, Canada
| | - D Chussi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology , La Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Universite Paris-Est Creteil (UPEC), France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cairo University, Egypt
| | - P H Eloy
- Department of ENT, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
| | - S Farrokhi
- Department of Immunology and Allergy, The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center.,The Persian Gulf Biomedical Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Head and Neck, University of Milan, Italy
| | - M D Ferrari
- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
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- Department of ENT- Organs Microsurgery, Central city clinical hospital of lvano-Frankivsk city council, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
| | - W Grayson
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, USA
| | - P M Goncalves
- ENT Department, Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
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- ENT Department, General Hospital, Pula, Pula, Croatia
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- ENT Department, Zagreb School of Medicine.,University Hospital center 'Sestre milosrdnice', Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A W Hamizan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Kebangsaan, Kuala Lumpur, Malasyia
| | - J V Heinichen
- Department of ENT of Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay
| | - S Husain
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - T I Ping
- Department ORLHNS, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia
| | - J Ivaska
- Clinic of Ear, Nose, Throat and Eye diseases, Vilnius University, Lithuania
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- ENT Department of Medical Faculty, St Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, North Macedonia
| | - L Jovancevic
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of ENT Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital Kampala, Uganda
| | - R Kamel
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cairo University, Egypt
| | - S Karpischenko
- ENT Department, Director of Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat , Nose and Speech.,Professor and Chairman of First Pavlov State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Royal National ENT Hospital, London, England
| | - H Kawauchi
- 96. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Center of Rhinology and Allergology, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Kopacheva Barsova
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University If Medicine, st. Ciril and Methodius, Skopje
| | - S W Kim
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - D Lal
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| | - J J Letort
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pontifica Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
| | - A Lopatin
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Policlinic No.1- Senior ENT Consultant and Surgeon.,President of Russian Rhinologic Society, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Facial Surgery, Khodadoust Hospital, Ordibehesht Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
| | - J Netkovski
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Surgery, Hospital Mexico, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
| | - M Okano
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita , Japan
| | - M Onerci
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
| | - Y K Ong
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Singapore
| | - R Orlandi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| | - N Otori
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology at The Jikei University School of Medicine,Tokyo, Japan
| | - K Ouennoughy
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Saad Dahleb Blida 1, Blida, Algeria
| | - M Ozkan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Turkey
| | - A Peric
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Defense, Belgrade, Serbia
| | - J Plzak
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E Prokopakis
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
| | - N Prepageran
- Department of ENT, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - A Psaltis
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
| | - B Pugin
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M Raftopulos
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Trainee Representative (Australia)
| | - P Rombaux
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
| | - H Riechelmann
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
| | - S Sahtout
- Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
| | - C-C Sarafoleanu
- ENT and H NS Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
| | - K Searyoh
- Surgery Ear, Nose and Throat Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
| | - C-S Rhee
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
| | - J Shi
- Department of Rhinology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
| | - M Shkoukani
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - A K Shukuryan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
| | - M Sicak
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Central Military Hospital, Slovakia, Slovak Health University Bratislava and Catholic University, Ruzom berok, Slovakia
| | - D Smyth
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Cork, Waterford, Ireland
| | - K Sindvongs
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
| | - T Soklic Kosak
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - P Stjarne
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - B Sutikno
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
| | - S Steinsvag
- Department of ORL, University of Bergen, Norway
| | - P Tantilipikorn
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
| | - S Thanaviratananich
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| | - T Tran
- Department of ENT Hospital of Ho Chi Minh city, Faculty of medicine of Ho Chi Minh city Vietnam National University, Vietnam
| | - J Urbancic
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and cervicofacial surgery, UMC Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
| | - A Valiulius
- Department of Children's diseases, Vilnius University Medical Faculty, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - C Vasquez de Aparicio
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, National Hospital Benjamin Bloom, National University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
| | - D Vicheva
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
| | - P M Virkkula
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Helsinki, University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - G Vicente
- Department of Otolaryngology, St. Luke's Medical Centre, Quezon City, The Philippines
| | - R Voegels
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Sao Paulo, Sau Paulo, Brazil
| | - M M Wagenmann
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dusseldorf University Hospital, Dusseldorf, German
| | - R S Wardani
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - A Welge-Lussen
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Switzerland
| | - I Witterick
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa,Toronto, Canada
| | - E Wright
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- State Institution of O.S. Kolomiychenko Institute of Othorhnilarungology of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - B Zsolt
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Dijklander Ziekenhuis, Purmerend, The Netherlandsn
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Battaglia P, Smith D, Ammendolia G, Cavallaro M, Maggio T, Consoli P, Guerrera MC, Andaloro F, Romeo T. The last stage in the life history of the European conger eel Conger conger: a transformation before death. J Fish Biol 2020; 96:533-538. [PMID: 31808545 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The taxonomic, morphological and meristic features of a dark eel caught by commercial trawling off the Gulf of Patti, southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, February 17, 2017, showed it to be a female Conger conger. Histological analysis of gonads demonstrated that the individual was in a post-spawning phase. X-ray radiographs showed widespread decalcification of skeleton and teeth loss, confirming a strong mobilisation of somatic energy reserves needed for reproductive development.
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- Pietro Battaglia
- EMI Deparment, SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, Messina, Italy
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- Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- BIO-CIT Department, ISPRA, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt), Palermo, Italy
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- EMI Deparment, SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, Messina, Italy
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- EMI Deparment, SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, Messina, Italy
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- EMI Deparment, SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, Messina, Italy
- BIO-CIT Department, ISPRA, Milazzo, Italy
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Consoli P, Scotti G, Romeo T, Fossi MC, Esposito V, D'Alessandro M, Battaglia P, Galgani F, Figurella F, Pragnell-Raasch H, Andaloro F. Characterization of seafloor litter on Mediterranean shallow coastal waters: Evidence from Dive Against Debris®, a citizen science monitoring approach. Mar Pollut Bull 2020; 150:110763. [PMID: 31910520 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Citizen science programs carried out by volunteers are fundamental for the collection of scientific data on a wide spatial scale. From 2011 to 2018, 468 survey dives were conducted in 172 coastal locations of the Mediterranean Sea through Project AWARE's citizen science program, Dive Against Debris®. During the dives, information was collected on quantity, typology and distribution of seafloor litter in shallow coastal waters. Overall, the observed average density was 43.55 items/100 m2 and plastic was largely the dominant material (55% of the total collected items) on basin scale. The most abundant seafloor litter items were plastic fragments with 9.46%, followed by beverage cans (7.45%). Single-use plastic items constituted 33% of the total marine litter. The results of the study can be used to inform policymakers of the European Community towards specific management action to contrast the marine litter in relation to the distribution of the recorded litter category.
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- Pierpaolo Consoli
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Via dei Mille 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy.
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Via dei Mille 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Istituto di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, OCE, via Auguste Piccard 54, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Via dei Mille 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Centro Interdipartimentale della Sicilia, Via dei Mille 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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Battaglia P, Consoli P, Ammendolia G, D'Alessandro M, Bo M, Vicchio TM, Pedà C, Cavallaro M, Andaloro F, Romeo T. Colonization of floats from submerged derelict fishing gears by four protected species of deep-sea corals and barnacles in the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea). Mar Pollut Bull 2019; 148:61-65. [PMID: 31422304 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The distribution of floating litter in marine waters, influenced by currents and wind drag, often determines the dispersal of its encrusting fauna. In the present paper, we observed for the first time the colonization of rafting floats from abandoned, lost or derelict fishing gears (ALDFG) by the four protected deep-sea species: Errina aspera, Desmophyllum pertusum, Madrepora oculata Pachylasma giganteum. Overall, 41 floats, colonized by deep benthic species, were found stranded on the shore of the Sicilian coast of the Strait of Messina, between 2016 and 2019. Species composition, number and occurrence of colonizing organisms were analyzed. On the basis of the species composition (the association between E. aspera, P. giganteum and Megabalanus tulipiformis), the knowledge on their ecology, biogeography, path of local currents, it was possible to define that the area of origin of the most part of these fishing net floats was the Strait of Messina.
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- Pietro Battaglia
- SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, via Consolare Pompea (93,51 km), 98167 Messina, Italy.
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- SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, via Consolare Pompea (93,51 km), 98167 Messina, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- DISTAV, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 16, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina, Italy
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- SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, via Consolare Pompea (93,51 km), 98167 Messina, Italy
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- SZN, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Pace, via Consolare Pompea (93,51 km), 98167 Messina, Italy; ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo, ME, Italy
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Pietrobon G, Karligkiotis A, Turri-Zanoni M, Fazio E, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castelnuovo P. Surgical management of inverted papilloma involving the frontal sinus: a practical algorithm for treatment planning. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 39:28-39. [PMID: 30936576 PMCID: PMC6444166 DOI: 10.14639/0392-100x-2313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Inverted papilloma of the frontal sinus is a challenging disease. Given its rarity, only small case series are present in the literature. The objectives of the present study are to review our experience in the surgical management of inverted papillomas involving the frontal sinus and to propose a practical algorithm for selecting the most appropriate approach. Data on patients affected by inverted papilloma involving the frontal sinus and surgically treated between 2002 and 2016 were collected. The type of involvement of frontal sinus and extent of surgery performed (endoscopic endonasal, external or combined approaches) were analysed. A brief review of consistent literature was also carried out. Forty-seven consecutive patients were treated using an exclusive endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) in 18 cases, while a combined endonasal with external osteoplastic approach was required in 29 cases. Most patients (29/47, 62%) had been treated previously, mainly by an endoscopic approach. A single intraoperative complication occurred (1/47, 2%), i.e. cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, that was successfully repaired intraoperatively without any consequences. Recurrences were observed in only 2/47 cases (4%) after a mean follow-up of 43 months (range, 12-137). The management of inverted papilloma involving the frontal sinus requires great expertise and the surgical technique should be tailored to the site of attachment of the tumour, its extension and the anatomical conformation of each frontal sinus. The encouraging results obtained in this case series support the use of this practical treatment algorithm.
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- G Pietrobon
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy.,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy.,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy.,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy.,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy.,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Consoli P, Falautano M, Sinopoli M, Perzia P, Canese S, Esposito V, Battaglia P, Romeo T, Andaloro F, Galgani F, Castriota L. Composition and abundance of benthic marine litter in a coastal area of the central Mediterranean Sea. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 136:243-247. [PMID: 30509804 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Abundance and qualitative composition of benthic marine litter were investigated in a coastal area of the central Mediterranean Sea. Almost 30 km of video footage, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle between 5 and 30 m depth, were analyzed. Litter density ranged from 0 to 0.64 items/m2 with a mean of 0.11 (±0.16) items/m2. General wastes, made up almost entirely of plastic objects, were the dominant sources of debris representing 68% of the overall litter. The remaining 32% consisted of lost or abandoned fishing gears. Synthetic polymers, considering both fishing gears and general waste, represented 73% of total debris items. Our results are comparable with litter amounts reported in other Mediterranean sites at similar depths. Overall, the results are discussed in terms of monitoring strategy, to support the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC) for descriptor 10 and the Mediterranean UN Environment (UNEP/MAP) regional Plan on Marine Litter.
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- Pierpaolo Consoli
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy.
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-HBT, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Via Auguste Piccard, 54, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy
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Fossi MC, Pedà C, Compa M, Tsangaris C, Alomar C, Claro F, Ioakeimidis C, Galgani F, Hema T, Deudero S, Romeo T, Battaglia P, Andaloro F, Caliani I, Casini S, Panti C, Baini M. Bioindicators for monitoring marine litter ingestion and its impacts on Mediterranean biodiversity. Environ Pollut 2018; 237:1023-1040. [PMID: 29153726 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The Mediterranean Sea has been described as one of the most affected areas by marine litter in the world. Although effects on organisms from marine plastic litter ingestion have been investigated in several oceanic areas, there is still a lack of information from the Mediterranean Sea. The main objectives of this paper are to review current knowledge on the impact of marine litter on Mediterranean biodiversity, to define selection criteria for choosing marine organisms suitable for use as bioindicator species, and to propose a methodological approach to assessing the harm related to marine litter ingestion in several Mediterranean habitats and sub-regions. A new integrated monitoring tool that would provide the information necessary to design and implement future mitigation actions in the Mediterranean basin is proposed. According to bibliographic research and statistical analysis on current knowledge of marine litter ingestion, the area of the Mediterranean most studied, in terms of number of species and papers in the Mediterranean Sea is the western sub-area as well as demersal (32.9%) and pelagic (27.7%) amongst habitats. Applying ecological and biological criteria to the most threatened species obtained by statistical analysis, bioindicator species for different habitats and monitoring scale were selected. A threefold approach, simultaneously measuring the presence and effects of plastic, can provide the actual harm and sub-lethal effects to organisms caused by marine litter ingestion. The research revealed gaps in knowledge, and this paper suggests measures to close the gap. This and the selection of appropriate bioindicator species would represent a step forward for marine litter risk assessment, and the implementation of future actions and mitigation measures for specific Mediterranean areas, habitats and species affected by marine litter ingestion.
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- Maria Cristina Fossi
- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, CoNISMa, ULR Siena, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00182 Roma, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, 46.7 Km Athens Sounio, Mavro Lithari, P.O. Box 19013, Anavissos, Attica, Greece
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, GTMF, CP41, 57 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- UN Environment/MAP MED POL, Barcelona Convention Secretariat, Vas. Konstantinou 48, Athens 11635, Greece
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- IFREMER, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, Immeuble Agostini, ZI Furiani, 20600 Bastia, France
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- UN Environment/MAP MED POL, Barcelona Convention Secretariat, Vas. Konstantinou 48, Athens 11635, Greece
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, CoNISMa, ULR Siena, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00182 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, CoNISMa, ULR Siena, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00182 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, CoNISMa, ULR Siena, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00182 Roma, Italy.
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena, Italy; National Inter-University Consortium for Marine Sciences, CoNISMa, ULR Siena, Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00182 Roma, Italy
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Consoli P, Andaloro F, Altobelli C, Battaglia P, Campagnuolo S, Canese S, Castriota L, Cillari T, Falautano M, Pedà C, Perzia P, Sinopoli M, Vivona P, Scotti G, Esposito V, Galgani F, Romeo T. Marine litter in an EBSA (Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area) of the central Mediterranean Sea: Abundance, composition, impact on benthic species and basis for monitoring entanglement. Environ Pollut 2018; 236:405-415. [PMID: 29414365 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Marine litter is commonly observed everywhere in the ocean. In this study, we analyzed 17 km of video footage, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) at depths ranging between 20 and 220 m, during 19 transects performed on the rocky banks of the Straits of Sicily. Recently, the Contracting Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recognized this site as an Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area (EBSA). The research aim was to quantify the abundance of marine litter and its impact on benthic fauna. Litter density ranged from 0 items/100 m2 to 14.02 items/100 m2 with a mean (±standard error) of 2.13 (±0.84) items/100 m2. The observed average density was higher (5.2 items/100 m2) at depths >100 m than at shallower depths (<100 m, 0.71 items/100 m2). Lost or abandoned fishing lines contributed to 98.07% of the overall litter density, then representing the dominant source of marine debris. Litter interactions with fauna were frequently observed, with 30% of litter causing "entanglement/coverage" and 15% causing damage to sessile fauna. A total of 16 species showed interaction (entanglement/coverage or damage) with litter items and 12 of these are species of conservation concern according to international directives and agreements (CITES, Berne Convention, Habitat Directive, SPA/BD Protocol, IUCN Red List); we also observed 7 priority habitats of the SPA/BD Protocol. This research will support the implementation of monitoring "Harm" as recommended by the UN Environment/MAP Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean, and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The institution of a SPAMI in the investigated area could represent a good management action for the protection of this hotspot of biodiversity and to achieve a Good Environmental Status (GES) for the marine environment by 2020, under the MSFD.
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- Pierpaolo Consoli
- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy.
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy
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- Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (MATTM), Via Cristoforo Colombo 44, 00147, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-HBT, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt) Località Addaura, 90149, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Via Auguste Piccard, 54, 34151, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), BIO-CIT, Via dei Mille, 46, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Villa Comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy
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Esposito V, Andaloro F, Canese S, Bortoluzzi G, Bo M, Di Bella M, Italiano F, Sabatino G, Battaglia P, Consoli P, Giordano P, Spagnoli F, La Cono V, Yakimov MM, Scotti G, Romeo T. Exceptional discovery of a shallow-water hydrothermal site in the SW area of Basiluzzo islet (Aeolian archipelago, South Tyrrhenian Sea): An environment to preserve. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190710. [PMID: 29300784 PMCID: PMC5754086 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The geological, biological and geochemical features of a particular field of hydrothermal vents, discovered in the Panarea Volcanic Complex during a research survey carried out in 2015, are described for the first time. The site, located at 70–80 m depth off the South-western coast of the islet of Basiluzzo, was named Smoking Land for the presence of a large number of wide and high active chimneys and was characterized in terms of dissolved benthic fluxes, associated macrofauna and megafauna communities and preliminary mineralogy and geochemistry of chimney structures. On the whole field, a total of 39 chimneys, different in size and shape, were closely observed and described; 14 of them showed emission of low temperature hydrothermal fluids of marine origin characterized by acidified chemical conditions. The CTD and benthic chamber measurements highlighted that the Smoking Land is able to form a sea water bottom layer characterized by variable acidity and high DIC and trace elements concentrations; these characteristics weaken moving away from the chimney mouths. The SEM-EDS analysis of the collected solid samples revealed a chimney structure principally composed by amorphous and low crystalline Fe-oxyhydroxides of hydrothermal origins. The ROV explorations revealed a wide coverage of red algae (Peyssonnelia spp.) colonized by the green algae Flabiella petiolata and by suspension feeders, mainly sponges, but also bryozoans, and tubicolous polychaetes. Although novent-exclusive species were identified, the benthic communities found in association to the chimneys included more taxa than those observed in the surrounding no-vent rocky areas. These first findings evidence a submarine dynamic habitat where geological, chemical and biological processes are intimately connected, making the Smoking Land an important site in terms of marine heritage that should be safeguarded and protected.
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- Valentina Esposito
- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
- Sezione Oceanografia - OGS, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Roma, Italy
- Stazione Zoologia Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Università degli studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- Istituto per lo studio dell’Ambiente Marino Costiero, CNR, Messina, Italy
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- Istituto per lo studio dell’Ambiente Marino Costiero, CNR, Messina, Italy
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, BFU, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- Dipartimento per il monitoraggio e la tutela dell’ambiente e per la conservazione della biodiversità, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
- Stazione Zoologia Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
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Cavallaro M, Battaglia P, Guerrera MC, Abbate F, Levanti MB, Ammendolia G, Andaloro F, Germanà A, Laurà R. Structure and ultrastructure study on photophores of the Madeira lanternfish, Ceratoscopelus maderensis
(Lowe, 1839), Pisces: Myctophidae. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mauro Cavallaro
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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- BIO-CIT; ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale); Milazzo Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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- BIO-CIT; ISPRA, (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale); Palermo Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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Renzi M, Romeo T, Guerranti C, Perra G, Canese S, Consoli P, Focardi SE, Berti C, Sprovieri M, Gherardi S, Salvagio D, Giaramita L, Esposito V, Battaglia P, Giacobbe S, Andaloro F. Are shipwrecks a real hazard for the ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea? Mar Pollut Bull 2017; 124:21-32. [PMID: 28688520 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the hazard from shipwrecks on communities by a holistic approach taking into account different effects on biological communities. Multibeam and Remotely Operated Vehicles surveys recorded ecological assessment of fish and benthic species on three shipwrecks flooded during the Second World War on Maërl beds habitats in the strait of Sicily. Pollution levels of a wide range of chemicals of ecotoxicological concern were also measured in sediments and in fish species from different trophic levels. Statistical analysis evidenced significant differences among pollutant levels between both sediments and fish collected in shipwreck sites and controls. Concerning fish, significant effects due to the vessel's cargo type and flooding position are recorded. In spite of that, our results underline that shipwrecks are also a hotspots of biodiversity and a habitat for preservation strategies in marine ecosystems that need to be monitored.
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- Monia Renzi
- Bioscience Research Center, via Aurelia Vecchia, 32, 58010 Orbetello, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Milazzo, Messina, Italy
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- Bioscience Research Center, via Aurelia Vecchia, 32, 58010 Orbetello, Italy.
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Milazzo, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Milazzo, Messina, Italy; OGS, National Institute of Experimental Oceanography and Geophysics, Trieste, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Milazzo, Messina, Italy
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- University of Messina, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmacological and Environmental Science, Messina, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Roma, Italy
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Gaglio G, Battaglia P, Costa A, Cavallaro M, Cammilleri G, Graci S, Buscemi MD, Ferrantelli V, Andaloro F, Marino F. Anisakis spp. larvae in three mesopelagic and bathypelagic fish species of the central Mediterranean Sea. Parasitol Int 2017; 67:23-28. [PMID: 28965943 DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2017.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In this work 437 fish samples of species belonging to the families Myctophidae (Electrona risso and Diaphus metopoclampus) and Phosichthyidae (Vinciguerria attenuata) were examined for the presence of Anisakidae larvae. The study was performed with fishes in the central Mediterranean Sea, particularly in the Strait of Sicily and in the Strait of Messina. The visual inspection and chloro-peptic analysis revealed the presence of nematode parasites with prevalence values between 2.9% in Electrona risso samples and 5.4% in Vinciguerria attenuata samples. A positive correlation was found between standard length (SL) and prevalence of infestation in D. metopoclampus samples (p<0.05). The larvae examined were morphologically ascribed, at genus level, to Anisakis morphotypes I and II and molecularly identified as Anisakis pegreffii, Anisakis ziphidarum and Anisakis physeteris, in 67%, 9% and 24% of the fish samples examined. Overall, A. pegreffii and A. ziphidarum larvae were isolated in 14 and 2 specimens of D. metopoclampus respectively, A. physeteris larvae were found in 3 E. risso and 2 V. attenuata. A positive correlation was found between standard length and prevalence of infestation in D. metopoclampus samples (p<0.05). First information is provided on the presence of Anisakis spp. larvae of the myctophid fish species E. risso, D. metopoclampus and V. attenuata from the Central Mediterranean. It is also confirmed the role of lanternfishes (Myctophidae) as paratenic hosts for Anisakis spp.
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- G Gaglio
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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- ISPRA - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, via dei Mille 46, Milazzo, Messina 98057, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy; National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia "A. Mirri", via G. Marinuzzi, Palermo 90129, Italy
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- ISPRA - Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, via dei Mille 46, Milazzo, Messina 98057, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Centro di Ittiopatologia Sperimentale della Sicilia, Università degli studi di Messina, Polo Universitario Annunziata, Messina 98168, Italy
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Battaglia P, Turri-Zanoni M, De Bernardi F, Dehgani Mobaraki P, Karligkiotis A, Leone F, Castelnuovo P. Septal flip flap for anterior skull base reconstruction after endoscopic resection of sinonasal cancers: preliminary outcomes. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2017; 36:194-8. [PMID: 27214830 PMCID: PMC4977006 DOI: 10.14639/0392-100x-748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Over the past decade surgery for sinonasal malignancies encroaching into the anterior skull base (ASB) has evolved from open craniofacial resection to the use of minimally invasive transnasal endoscopic approaches. Using these techniques, ASB reconstruction is most often performed in a multilayer fashion with autologous free grafts (fascia lata or iliotibial tract) which leads to the production of abundant nasal crusting in the postoperative months and discomfort for patients. In carefully selected cases, we propose harvesting a flap from the contralateral nasal septum based on the septal branches of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries (Septal Flip Flap, SFF), which can be rotated to resurface the ASB defect. The exclusion criteria for using the SFF were as follows: cases where the tumour extended to both ethmoid complexes; cases where there was nasal septum or planum spheno-ethmoidalis involvement by the disease; cases of sinonasal malignant tumour with multifocal histology. In our tertiary care referral centre, skull base reconstruction using the SFF was performed in four patients; one was affected by ethmoidal teratocarcinosarcoma, one by persistence of sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma after radio-chemotherapy, another by olfactory cleft esthesioneuroblastoma and the fourth by ethmoidal squamous cell carcinoma. Successful skull base reconstruction was obtained in all four cases without any intra- or post-operative complications. Post-operatively, nasal crusting was significantly reduced with faster healing of the surgical cavity. No recurrences of disease have been observed after a mean follow-up of 15 months. The SFF can be considered as a safe and effective technique for ASB reconstruction with high success rates similar to those obtained with other pedicled flaps. This flap also ensured a faster healing process with reduction of nasal crusting and improvement in the quality of life of patients in the postoperative period. This technique appears to be a safe and effective option for ASB reconstruction after endonasal resection of sinonasal malignancies in selected cases. Larger case series with a longer follow-up are needed to validate the preliminary results obtained with such an innovative and promising surgical technique.
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- P Battaglia
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), DBSV, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), DBSV, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery and Biomedical Science, S.M. della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Italy, Association "Naso Sano" Onlus, Umbria Regional Registry of Volunteers, Corciano, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;,Head and Neck Surgery & Forensic Dissection Research center (HNS&FDRc), DBSV, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Jawad LA, Sabatino G, Ibáñez AL, Andaloro F, Battaglia P. Morphology and ontogenetic changes in otoliths of the mesopelagic fishesCeratoscopelus maderensis(Myctophidae),Vinciguerria attenuataandV. poweriae(Phosichthyidae) from the Strait of Messina (Mediterranean Sea). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Mathematical and Infomatic Sciences; Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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- Departamento de Hidrobiología; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa; México City DF México
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- STS of Palermo; ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research); Palermo Italy
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology; ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research); Milazzo ME Italy
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Campostrini F, Zorzi M, Capodaglio G, Guizzardi E, Nicolis E, Battaglia P. Changes in peripheral lymphocyte subpopulations following radiation therapy. J Clin Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.7_suppl.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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128 Background: Since ionizing radiation can affect the immune system, in this research we sought to analyze the changes of peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations (LS) in patients undergoing Radiation Therapy (RT). Methods: In 2015 we enrolled 58 patients, 97% with no systemic cancer (breast 47%, prostate 23%,head and neck 16%, abdomen-pelvis 11%, metastases 3%). The percentages of patients with lowered LS were determined prior to RT, and at different intervals in the patients’ history.The average dose of RT was 50Gy (+/-10 ) with 2 Gy/day fractions. Results: As baseline, total T lymphocytes, T helper, T suppressor, B lymphocytes and Natural Killer cells, were reduced vs. normal range in 24%, 33%, 24%, 59% and null of patients, respectively.A second blood sample was withdrawn after 14-58 days (mean 36) from starting RT, in which we found significantly increased the patients damaged up to 66%, 65%, 62%, 88% and 7% (p=< 0,0001 for each LS ). Compared with the nadir of LS depletion, at 44 (5-180) and 153 (43-130) days from the completion of RT, all the LS raised significantly, except for a weak value of T Helper category (p=0,0145 and 0,0226 respectively). Conclusions: After common RT regimens for solid tumors, all LS can be substantially impaired, and for the T Helper the recovery is particularly slow in the following months.
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- Veneto Cancer Registry, Padua, Italy
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- Tranfusion Medicine Service, Verona, Italy
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- Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Legnago Verona, Italy
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Dallan I, Castelnuovo P, Turri-Zanoni M, Fiacchini G, Locatelli D, Battaglia P, Sellari-Franceschini S. Transorbital endoscopic assisted management of intraorbital lesions: lessons learned from our first 9 cases. Rhinology 2017. [DOI: 10.4193/rhin15.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Dallan I, Castelnuovo P, Turri-Zanoni M, Fiacchini G, Locatelli D, Battaglia P, Sellari-Franceschini S. Transorbital endoscopic assisted management of intraorbital lesions: lessons learned from our first 9 cases. Rhinology 2016; 54:247-53. [PMID: 27059408 DOI: 10.4193/rhino15.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The management of intraorbital lesions is challenging and it is strongly dependent to their nature, position and biological behaviour. Traditionally, the superior and lateral compartments of the orbit are addressed via lateral orbitotomy or transcranial approaches. Herein we present our preliminary experience in the management of selected supero-lateral intraorbital lesion through an endoscopic-assisted superior-eyelid approach. METHODOLOGY All cases of intraorbital lesion treated in two Italian tertiary care referral centres using a superior eyelid endoscopic-assisted transorbital approach were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Nine patients have been analysed. The aim of surgery was diagnostic in 5 cases and curative in the remaining 4 patients. Significant tissue biopsy was obtained in all the five diagnostic procedures. Complete resection was obtained in 3/4 lesions. No major intra- or postoperative complications have been observed. Mean surgical time was 68 minutes. Mean hospitalization time was 4.4 days. All patients were satisfied about the surgical procedure, as emerged by the post-operative counselling. At present, the mean follow-up time is 18 months, ranging from 11 to 25 months. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary results are promising with successful functional and cosmetic outcomes and reduced morbidity for the patient. This approach should be considered as an option for selected intraorbital lesions.
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- I Dallan
- First Otorhinolaryngologic Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Head and Neck Surgery and Forensic Dissection Research center (HNSandFDRc), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Head and Neck Surgery and Forensic Dissection Research center (HNSandFDRc), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- First Otorhinolaryngologic Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Head and Neck Surgery and Forensic Dissection Research center (HNSandFDRc), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Head and Neck Surgery and Forensic Dissection Research center (HNSandFDRc), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (DBSV), University of Insubria, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy
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Consoli P, Esposito V, Battaglia P, Altobelli C, Perzia P, Romeo T, Canese S, Andaloro F. Fish Distribution and Habitat Complexity on Banks of the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea) from Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV) Explorations. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167809. [PMID: 27936221 PMCID: PMC5147987 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Strait of Sicily was recognized internationally as an "Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area" by the Contracting Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2014. However, basic aspects of its fish diversity are still unknown and most of the information comes from traditional trawl surveys. This paper provides the first detailed description, using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), of the composition and depth distribution of the demersal fish assemblages found on banks of the Strait of Sicily and the related habitat complexity from 35 to 240 m depth. A total of 24 families and 52 fish species were recorded and depth was consistently associated with a significant proportion of the variation of the fish assemblage. The highest species richness was observed at the shallowest depth layer (0-50 m) and significantly decreased, remaining almost constant, in deeper layers. Similarly the highest abundance was recorded at 0-50 m, where C. julis represented the most abundant species, and decreased progressively throughout the whole depth gradient. Although the factor habitat complexity explained only a small proportion of the fish assemblage variation, significant differences among different degrees of habitat complexity were observed, together with a general positive trend for species richness and abundance with increasing habitat complexity. The ROV also allowed us to observe some rare or poorly known fish species such as Scorpaenodes arenai, Hyporthodus haifensis, Myliobatis aquila, Gadella maraldi, Epinephelus caninus and Lappanella fasciata. These findings show that banks serve as reservoirs for fish abundance and biodiversity and that immediate environmental conservation and management actions represent a priority not only for Italy but also for other countries which share the same area.
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- Pierpaolo Consoli
- Laboratorio di ittiologia ed ecologia marina, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- Laboratorio di ittiologia ed ecologia marina, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- Laboratorio di ittiologia ed ecologia marina, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- IV Dipartimento Uso Sostenibile delle Risorse, STS Palermo, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Palermo, Italy
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- IV Dipartimento Uso Sostenibile delle Risorse, STS Palermo, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratorio di ittiologia ed ecologia marina, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA), Milazzo, Italy
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- III Dipartimento Tutela degli Habitat e della Biodiversità Marina. Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca ambientale (ISPRA) Roma, Italy
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- IV Dipartimento Uso Sostenibile delle Risorse, STS Palermo, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Palermo, Italy
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Cavallaro M, Battaglia P, Guerrera MC, Abbate F, Levanti MB, Andaloro F, Germanà A, Laurà R. New data on morphology and ultrastructure of skin photophores in the deep-sea squidHistioteuthis bonnellii(Férussac, 1834), Cephalopoda: Histioteuthidae. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Mauro Cavallaro
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology; ISPRA, Via dei Mille 46; Milazzo 98057 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168 Messina Italy
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Maisano M, Cappello T, Oliva S, Natalotto A, Giannetto A, Parrino V, Battaglia P, Romeo T, Salvo A, Spanò N, Mauceri A. PCB and OCP accumulation and evidence of hepatic alteration in the Atlantic bluefin tuna, T. thynnus, from the Mediterranean Sea. Mar Environ Res 2016; 121:40-48. [PMID: 27012897 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are known to act as "obesogens", being fat-soluble and affecting lipid metabolism. The Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, are top pelagic predators prone to bioaccumulate and biomagnify environmental contaminants. This study aimed at evaluating POPs-induced ectopic lipid accumulation in liver of adult tuna from the Mediterranean Sea. PCBs and organochlorine pesticides were measured in tuna liver, and marked morphological changes observed, namely poorly compacted tissues, intense vacuolization, erythrocyte infiltration and presence of melanomacrophages. The expression of perilipin, a lipid-droplet marker, positively correlated with the gene expression of PPARγ, a master regulator of adipogenesis, and its heterodimeric partner, RXRα. Changes in metabolites involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and ketogenesis were also observed. Although male bluefin tuna appeared to be more sensitive than females to the adverse effects of environmental obesogens, the alterations observed in tuna liver of both sexes suggest a potential onset of hepatic steatosis.
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- Maria Maisano
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- ISPRA, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology, Via dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo, ME, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Security, Territory, Food and Health, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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Ferreli F, Turri-Zanoni M, Canevari FR, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castelnuovo P, Locatelli D. Endoscopic endonasal management of non-functioning pituitary adenomas with cavernous sinus invasion: a 10- year experience. Rhinology 2016; 53:308-16. [PMID: 26301431 DOI: 10.4193/rhino14.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The management of Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenoma (NFPA) invading the cavernous sinus (CS) is currently a balancing act between the surgical decompression of neural structures, radiotherapy and a wait-and-see policy. METHODS We undertook a retrospective review of 56 cases of NFPA with CS invasion treated through an endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) between 2000 and 2010. The Knosp classification was adopted to describe CS involvement using information from preoperative MRI and intraoperative findings. Extent of resection and surgical outcomes were evaluated on the basis of postoperative contrast-enhanced MRI. Endocrinological improvement and visual outcomes were assessed according to the most recent consensus criteria. RESULTS EEA was performed using direct para-septal, trans-ethmoidal-sphenoidal or trans-ethmoidal-pterygoidal-sphenoidal approach. Visual outcomes improved in 30 (81%) patients. Normalization or at least improvement of previous hypopituitarism was obtained in 55% of cases. A gross total resection was achieved in 30.3% of cases. The recurrence-free survival was 87.5%, with a mean follow-up of 61 months (range, 36-166 months). No major intraoperative or postoperative complications occurred. DISCUSSION EEA is a minimally-invasive, safe and effective procedure for the management of NFPA invading the CS. The extent of CS involvement was the main factor limiting the degree of tumor resection. The EEA was able to resolve the mass effect, preserving or restoring visual function, and obtaining adequate long-term tumor control.
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Ferreli F, Turri-Zanoni M, Canevari F, Battaglia P, Bignami M, Castelnuovo P, Locatelli D. Endoscopic endonasal management of non-functioning pituitary adenomas with cavernous sinus invasion: a 10- year experience. Rhinology 2015; 53:308-316. [DOI: 10.4193/rhin14.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Battaglia P, Pedà C, Musolino S, Esposito V, Andaloro F, Romeo T. Diet and first documented data on plastic ingestion ofTrachinotus ovatusL. 1758 (Pisces: Carangidae) from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2015.1114157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bossi P, Orlandi E, Granata R, Quattrone P, Battaglia P, Lombardi D, Pala L, Barbàra M, Nicolai P, Castelnuovo P, Guzzo M, Locati L, Resteghini C, Alfieri S, Imbimbo M, Iacovelli N, Calareso G, Bergamini C, Licitra L. Role of induction chemotherapy in the multimodal management of locally advanced epithelial sinonasal cancer. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv342.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Battaglia P, Malara D, Ammendolia G, Romeo T, Andaloro F. Relationships between otolith size and fish length in some mesopelagic teleosts (Myctophidae, Paralepididae, Phosichthyidae and Stomiidae). J Fish Biol 2015; 87:774-782. [PMID: 26242808 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Length-mass relationships and linear regressions are given for otolith size (length and height) and standard length (LS ) of certain mesopelagic fishes (Myctophidae, Paralepididae, Phosichthyidae and Stomiidae) living in the central Mediterranean Sea. The length-mass relationship showed isometric growth in six species, whereas linear regressions of LS and otolith size fit the data well for all species. These equations represent a useful tool for dietary studies on Mediterranean marine predators.
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- P Battaglia
- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 44, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- School of Marine and Topical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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- Via Consolare Pompea 3 - Coop. Sicilianella, 98168, Messina (ME), Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Laboratory of Milazzo, Via dei Mille 44, 98057, Milazzo (ME), Italy
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- Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Palermo, c/o Residence Marbela, Via Salvatore Puglisi 9, 98143, Palermo, Italy
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Joannis C, Ruban G, Aumond M, Bertrand-Krajewski JL, Battaglia P, Lacour C, Saad M, Chebbo G. Mise en œuvre de capteurs de turbidité en collecteurs d’assainissement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/tsm/201001021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Alqahtani A, Turri M, Battaglia P, Dallan I, Castelnuovo P. Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Pediatric Sinonasal Malignancy, Is It Feasible? Skull Base Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1383908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cavallaro M, Battaglia P, Laurà R, Guerrera MC, Abbate F, Germanà A. The morphology of photophores in the garrick, cyclothone braueri (Family: Gonostomatidae): an ultrastructure study. ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mauro Cavallaro
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168; Messina Italy
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- ISPRA; (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research); Via Dei Mille 46, 98057 Milazzo (ME) Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168; Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168; Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168; Messina Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences; University of Messina; University of Messina; Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168; Messina Italy
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Battaglia P, Mercante G, Turri-Zanoni M, Pellini R, Spriano G. A new method to identify the hypoglossal nerve. Clin Otolaryngol 2014; 39:128-9. [PMID: 24841057 DOI: 10.1111/coa.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- P Battaglia
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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Battaglia P, Pedà C, Sinopoli M, Romeo T, Andaloro F. Cephalopods in the diet of young-of-the-year bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnusL. 1758, Pisces: Scombridae) from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2013.837105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bonzini M, Battaglia P, Parassoni D, Casa M, Facchinetti N, Turri-Zanoni M, Borchini R, Castelnuovo P, Ferrario MM. Prevalence of occupational hazards in patients with different types of epithelial sinonasal cancers. Rhinology 2013; 51:31-6. [PMID: 23441309 DOI: 10.4193/rhino11.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Occupational exposure to carcinogens contributes greatly to the etiology of sinonasal cancer (SNC), but the role of different risk factors in determining different histological subtypes is disputed. METHODOLOGY All consecutive surgical epithelial SNC cases (case-series study) underwent a systematic occupational medicine examination to determine previous exposure to a wide range of work-related chemical hazards. RESULTS We investigated 65 SNC cases including intestinal-type adenocarcinoma [ITAC] squamous-cell carcinoma [SCC], and others. Occupational exposure was recognized for 39 cases. Occupational exposures were sensibly more frequent among ITAC than among SCC or other histotypes. Occupational exposure in ITAC cases was to leather or wood dust only, while among non-ITAC cases, we recognised exposure to formaldehyde, solvents and metal fumes. A high proportion of SNC with occupational exposure originated in the ethmoidal epithelium. CONCLUSION In our case-series of SNC, a very high frequency of previous occupational exposure to carcinogens was detected, suggesting that occupational hazards may be associated to the aetiopathogenesis, primarily for ITAC, but also for other histotypes. Besides leather or wood, other chemical agents must be recognized as occupational risk factors.
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- M Bonzini
- University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
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Hamrick J, Battaglia P, Tenenbaum J. Physics knowledge aids object perception in dynamic scenes. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Battaglia P, Hamrick J, Tenenbaum J. Intuitive mechanics in visual reasoning about complex scenes with unknown forces. J Vis 2012. [DOI: 10.1167/12.9.590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dallan I, Castelnuovo P, Seccia V, Battaglia P, Montevecchi F, Tschabitscher M, Vicini C. Combined transnasal transcervical robotic dissection of posterior skull base: feasibility in a cadaveric model. Rhinology 2012; 50:165-70. [DOI: 10.4193/rhino11.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The current surgical trend is to expand the variety of minimally invasive approaches and, in particular, the possible application of robotic surgery in head and neck surgery. For this purpose, we explored the feasibility of a combined transcervical-transnasal approach to the posterior skull base, using the da Vinci Surgical System in 3 cadaver heads. Superb visualization of the sellar, suprasellar and clival regions was possible in all three specimens. The trocars` placement through a transcervical port made a more cephalad visualization possible, eliminating the need to split the palate. The advantages of robotic surgery applied to the posterior cranial fossa are similar to the ones already clinically experienced in other districts (oropharynx, tongue base), in terms of tremor-free, bimanual, precise dissection. The implementation of instruments for bony work will definitely increase the applicability of such a system in the forthcoming years.
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