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Melis, R. & Vacca, L. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Cau, A. & Charilaou, C. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Hemida, F. & Helyar, S. & Lo Brutto, S. & Sion, L. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2023)
Commercial sharks under scrutiny: Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of small-spotted catsharks in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1050055
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Melis, R. & Vacca, L. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Charilaou, C. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Mancusi, C. & Pinna, V. & Serena, F. & Sion, L. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2023)
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Melis, R. & Di Crescenzo, S. & Cariani, A. & Ferrari, A. & Crobe, V. & Bellodi, A. & Mulas, A. & Carugati, L. & Coluccia, E. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2023)
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Bellodi, A. & Benvenuto, A. & Melis, R. & Mulas, A. & Barone, M. & Barría, C. & Cariani, A. & Carugati, L. & Chatzispyrou, A. & Desrochers, M. & Ferrari, A. & Guallart, J. & Hemida, F. & Mancusi, C. & Mazzoldi, C. & Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Rey, J. & Scannella, D. & Serena, F. & Tinti, F. & Vella, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2022)
Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(3), 815–840
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Carugati, L. & Melis, R. & Cariani, A. & Cau, A. & Crobe, V. & Ferrari, A. & Follesa, M.C. & Geraci, M.L. & Iglésias, S.P. & Pesci, P. & Tinti, F. & Cannas, R. (2021)
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Strongly structured populations and reproductive habitat fragmentation increase the vulnerability of the Mediterranean starry ray Raja asterias (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae). Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(1), 66–84
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Melis, R. & Vacca, L. & Bellodi, A. & Cau, A. & Porcu, C. & Follesa, M.C. & Cannas, R. (2020)
Insights into population genetics, connectivity and demographic history of the longnosed skate Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the western Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1), 86–103
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Carbonara, P. & Cannas, R. & Donnaloia, M. & Melis, R. & Porcu, C. & Spedicato, M.T. & Zupa, W. & Follesa, M.C. (2019)
On the presence of Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) in the Central Mediterranean area. PeerJ, 7, Article e7009
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Investigation on the genus Squalus in the Sardinian waters (Central-Western Mediterranean) with implications on its management. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(2), 256–272
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