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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e189278 (25 Feb 2026)
https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e189278 (25 Feb 2026)
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10.3897/arphapreprints.e189278
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25 Feb 2026
Authors
Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Trieste, Italy
ARPA Sicilia - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente, Palermo, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
ARPA Lazio, Dipartimento Stato dell’Ambiente, Rome, Italy
Sea in Health and Life Srl, c/o Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Messina, Italy
Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Department DEB, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Bologna, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Lesina, Italy
Departmet of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

International Marine Centre (IMC), Oristano, Italy
Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Via Rodolfo Lanciani 1 00019, Tivoli (RM), Italy
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale della Toscana, Pisa, Italy
ARPA Veneto - Regional Department of Environmental Quality, Venice, Italy
ARPA Sicilia - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente, Palermo, Italy
Department DiSTeBA, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
ISPRA, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy
Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Departmet of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
National Research Council (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA), Taranto, Italy
Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
Arpac - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale in Campania, Campania, Italy
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Lesina, Italy
ARPA Sicilia - Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente, Palermo, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), Lesina, Italy
ISPRA, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy
ISPRA, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy

APLYSIA Soc. Coop. Ricerche applicate all'ecologia e alla biologia marina, Livorno, Italy
National Research Council (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Lecce, Italy
LifeWatch Italy, Lecce, Italy
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
Sabrina Lo Brutto
- Corresponding author
National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Conflict of interest
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Supporting agencies
Project funded under the (a) National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4, of the Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU; Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP D33C22000960007 and CUP B73C22000790001, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center – NBFC”; (b) Accordo Operativo MATTM-ISPRA-ARPA del 11 Gennaio 2018 di attuazione del D.Lgs. N. 190/2010 di recepimento della Direttiva 2008/56/CE (Direttiva Quadro sulla Strategia Marina) 2018-2020; (c) Accordo Operativo MATTM-ISPRA-ARPA del 28 Gennaio 2021 di attuazione del D.Lgs. N. 190/2010 di recepimento della Direttiva 2008/56/CE (Direttiva Quadro sulla Strategia Marina) 2021-2023; (d) this study was conducted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the PhD thesis of A. D. International PhD program ‘Innovative technologies and sustainable use of Mediterranean Sea fishery and Biological Resources’ (www.FishMed-PhD.org); (e) IDUB project B2211001000118.07 of the University of Lodz, Poland; (f) FFR-2025 by the University of Palermo.
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