Barbato, M. & Zampieri, C. & D'Acunto, S. & Pennino, M.G. & Barausse, A. & Mazzoldi, C. (2023)
Too young to die: Mapping nursery areas for early juveniles of the endangered sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) to inform conservation in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14494

de Bruyn, M. & Barbato, M. & DiBattista, J.D. & Broadhurst, M.K. (2021)
Secondary predation constrains DNA-based diet reconstruction in two threatened shark species. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 18350
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96856-w

Barbato, M. & Barria, C. & Bellodi, A. & Bonanomi, S. & Borme, D. & Cetkovic, I. & Colloca, F. & Colmenero, A.I. & Crocetta, F. & De Carlo, F. & Demir, E. & Di Lorenzo, M. & Follesa, M.C. & Garibaldi, F. & Giglio, G. & Giovos, I. & Guerriero, G. & Hentati, O. & Ksibi, M. & Kruschel, C. & Lanteri, L. & Leonetti, F.L. & Ligas, A. & Madonna, A. & Skoko, S.M. & Mimica, R. & Moutopoulos, D.K. & Mulas, A. & Nerlovic, V. & Pesic, A. & Porcu, C. & Riginella, E. & Sperone, E. & Tsouknidas, K. & Tuncer, S. & Vrdoljak, D. & Mazzoldi, C. (2021)
The use of fishers' Local Ecological Knowledge to reconstruct fish behavioural traits and fishers' perception of the conservation relevance of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22, 603–622
DOI: 10.12681/mms.25306

Barbato, M. & Kovacs, T. & Coleman, M.A. & Broadhurst, M.K. & de Bruyn, M. (2019)
Metabarcoding for stomach-content analyses of Pygmy devil ray (Mobula kuhlii cf. eregoodootenkee): Comparing tissue and ethanol preservative-derived DNA. Ecology and Evolution, 9(5), 2678–2687
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4934