Publications

Zucchetta M., Scapin L., Franco A., Franzoi P., 2020. Uncertainty in developing fish based multi-metric indices. Ecological Indicators, 108: in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105768

Selfati M., El Ouamari N., Franco A., Lenfant P., Lecaillon G., Mesfioui A., Boissery P., Bazairi H., 2019. Fish assemblages of the Marchica lagoon (Mediterranean, Morocco): Spatial patterns and environmental drivers. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 32: in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100896

Waugh A., Elliott M., Franco A., 2019. Debunking paradigms in estuarine fish species richness. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 613: 125-138. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12883

Ducrotoy J.-P., Elliott M., Cutts N.D., Franco A., Little S., Mazik K., Wilkinson M., 2019. Chapter 33 – Temperate Estuaries: their ecology under future environmental changes. In Wolanski E., Day J.W., Elliott M. and Ramachandran R. (Eds.), Coasts and Estuaries: The Future. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 577-594. ISBN: 9780128140048.

Amorim E., Ramos S., Elliott M., Franco A., Bordalo A.A., 2017. Habitat loss and gain: influence on habitat attractiveness for estuarine fish communities. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 197: 244-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.043

Zucchetta M., Scapin L., Cavraro F., Pranovi F., Franco A., Franzoi P., 2016. Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts, 39(4): 1164-1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0064-y

Franco A., Quintino V., Elliott M., 2015. Benthic monitoring and sampling design and effort to detect spatial changes: a case study using data from offshore wind farm sites. Ecological Indicators, 57: 298-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.04.040

Strong, J.A., Andonegi, E., Bizsel, K.C., Danovaro, R., Elliott, M., Franco, A., Garces, E., Little, S., Mazik, K., Moncheva, S., Papadopoulou, N., Patricio, J., Queirós, A.M., Smith, C., Stefanova, K. and Solaun, O., 2015. Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: the potential for practical monitoring applications. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 161: 46-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.04.008

Brigolin D., Facca C., Franco A., Franzoi P., Pastres R., Sfriso A., Sigovini M., Soldatini C., Tagliapietra D., Torricelli P., Zucchetta M., Pranovi F., 2014. Linking food web functioning and habitat diversity for an ecosystem based management: a Mediterranean lagoon case-study. Marine Environmental Research, 97: 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.02.006

Alvarez M.C., Franco A., Pérez-Domínguez R., Elliott M., 2013. Sensitivity analysis to explore responsiveness and dynamic range of multimetric fish-based indices for assessing the ecological status of estuaries and lagoons. Hydrobiologia, 704: 347-362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1314-7

Franco A., Franzoi P., Malavasi S., Zucchetta M., Torricelli P., 2012. Population and habitat status of two endemic sand gobies in lagoon marshes – Implications for conservation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 114: 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.021

Franco A., Pérez-Ruzafa A., Drouineau H., Franzoi P., Koutrakis Ε.Τ., Lepage M., Verdiell-Cubedo D., Bouchoucha M., López-Capel A., Riccato F., Sapounidis A., Marcos C., Oliva-Paterna F.J., Torralva-Forero M., Torricelli P., 2012. Fish assemblages in coastal lagoon habitats: effect of sampling method. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 112: 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.015

Pérez-Domínguez R., Maci S., Courrat A., Lepage M., Borja A., Uriarte A., Neto J.M., Cabral H., Raykov V. St., Franco A., Alvarez M.C., Elliott M., 2012. Current developments on fish-based indices to assess ecological-quality status of estuaries and lagoons. Ecological Indicators, 23: 34–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.006

Franco A., Malavasi S., Pranovi F., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., 2012. Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93 (3): 419-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-011-9931-y

Brigolin D., Zucchetta M., Franco A., Sigovini M., Facca C., Soldatini C., Tagliapietra D., Sfriso A., Pranovi F., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., Pastres R., 2012. Modelling the Venice lagoon food web: a backcasting experiment. In: Jordan F. and Jørgensen S.E. (Eds.), Models of the Ecological Hierarchy. From Molecules to the Ecosphere. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-444-59396-2

Franco A., Fiorin R., Zucchetta M., Torricelli P., Franzoi P., 2010. Flounder growth and production as indicators of the nursery value of marsh habitats in a Mediterranean lagoon. Journal of Sea Research, 64: 457-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2010.01.006

Zucchetta M., Franco A., Torricelli P., Franzoi P., 2010. Habitat distribution model for European flounder juveniles in the Venice lagoon. Journal of Sea Research, 64: 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2009.12.003

Franzoi P., Franco A., Torricelli P., 2010. Fish assemblage diversity and dynamics in the Venice lagoon. Rendiconti Lincei, 21: 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-010-0079-z

Franco A., Riccato F., Torricelli P., Franzoi P., 2009. Fish assemblage response to environmental pressures in the Venice lagoon. Transitional Waters Bulletin, 3 (1): 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1285/i1825229Xv3n1p29

Franco A., Torricelli P., Franzoi P., 2009. A habitat-specific fish-based approach to assess the ecological status of Mediterranean coastal lagoons. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58: 1704-1717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.016

Franco A., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., 2008. Structure and functioning of Mediterranean lagoon fish assemblages: a key for the identification of water body types. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79(3): 549-558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2088.05.011

Franco A., Elliott M., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., 2008. Life strategies of fishes in European estuaries: the functional guild approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 354: 219-228. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07203

Malavasi S., Franco A., Riccato F., Valerio C., Torricelli P., Franzoi P., 2007. Habitat selection and spatial segregation in three pipefish species. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 75: 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.022

Franco A., Elliott M., Torricelli P., 2007. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal and transitional waters. Edited by Anita Franco, Michael Elliott and Patrizia Torricelli. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 75: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.013

Fiorin R., Malavasi S., Franco A., Franzoi P., 2007. Comparative energy allocation in two sympatric, closely related gobies: the black goby Gobius niger and the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. Journal of Fish Biology, 70: 483-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01319.x

Bisol. P.M., Gallini A., Prevedello S., Rianna E., Bernardinelli E., Franco A., Zane L., 2007. Low variation at allozyme loci and differences between age classes at microsatellites in grass goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) populations. Hydrobiologia, 577: 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0424-5

Franco A., Malavasi S., Zucchetta M., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., 2006. Environmental influences on the fish assemblage of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. Chemistry and Ecology, 22 (Supplement 1): 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757540600571836

Franco A., Franzoi P., Malavasi S., Riccato F., Torricelli P, 2006. Fish assemblages in different shallow water habitats of the Venice Lagoon. Hydrobiologia, 555: 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1113-5

Franco A., Franzoi P., Malavasi S., Riccato F., Torricelli P., Mainardi D., 2006. Use of shallow water habitats by fish assemblages in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 66: 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2005.07.020

Malavasi S., Franco A., Fiorin R., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., Mainardi, D., 2005. The shallow water gobiid assemblage of the Venice Lagoon: abundance, seasonal variation, and habitat partitioning. Journal of Fish Biology, 67 (Supplement B): 146-165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2005.00919.x

Franco A., Fiorin R., Franzoi P., Torricelli P., 2005. Threatened fishes of the world: Pomatoschistus canestrinii Ninni, 1883 (Gobiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 72: 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-004-1035-5

Mainardi D., Fiorin R., Franco A., Franzoi P., Malavasi S., Pranovi F, Riccato F., Zucchetta M., Torricelli P., 2005. Composition and distribution of fish assemblages in the shallow waters of the Venice Lagoon. In: Campostrini, P. (Ed.), Scientific research and safeguarding of Venice, Corila Research: Program 2003 results, Volume III. Multigraf, Venezia, pp. 405-419. ISBN: 8889405090

Malavasi S., Fiorin R., Franco A., Franzoi P., Granzotto A., Riccato F., Mainardi D., 2004. Fish assemblages of Venice Lagoon shallow waters: an analysis based on species, families and functional guilds. Journal of Marine Systems 51: 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.05.006

Malavasi S., Fiorin R., Franco A., Torricelli P., 2004. Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84: 455-459. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009440h

Mainardi D., Fiorin R., Franco A., Franzoi P., Granzotto A., Malavasi S., Pranovi F, Riccato F., Zucchetta M., Torricelli P., 2004. Seasonal distribution of fish fauna in the Venice Lagoon shallow waters: preliminary results. In: Campostrini, P. (Ed.), Scientific research and safeguarding of Venice, Corila Research: Program 2002 results, Volume II. Multigraf, Venezia, pp. 437-447. ISBN: 8889405007

Franco A., Malavasi S., Pranovi F., Nasci C., Torricelli P., 2002. Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity and fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Teleostei, Gobiidae) as indicators of environmental stress in the Venice Lagoon. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 9: 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024010813669

Mainardi D., Fiorin R., Franco A., Franzoi P., Giovanardi O., Granzotto A., Libertini A., Malavasi S., Pranovi F., Riccato F., Torricelli P., 2002. Fish diversity in the Venice lagoon: preliminary report. In: Campostrini, P. (Ed.), Scientific research and safeguarding of Venice, Corila Research: Program 2001 results, Volume I. La Garangola, Padova, pp. 583-594. ISBN: 8888143122