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Letizia Marsili

Letizia Marsili

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Ecology and Evolution

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41
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6820
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5827
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107

Overview

Letizia Marsili is affiliated with the University of Siena in Italy. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a specialization in several interconnected subfields.

The main subfields explored in their work include:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pollution

Their research topics cover various aspects related to marine environments and pollution impacts. The key topics in their publications are:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine and fisheries research

Letizia Marsili has contributed to multiple scientific journals with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Diversity
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Animals
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recent papers are the following works:

  • Assessment of the conservation status of Chondrichthyans: underestimation of the pollution threat, 2021, The European Zoological Journal
  • Diet and Plastic Ingestion in the Blackmouth Catshark Galeus melastomus, Rafinesque 1810, in Italian Waters, 2023, Animals
  • Integrated biomarker responses in European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) chronically exposed to PVC microplastics, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Sunscreens' UV Filters Risk for Coastal Marine Environment Biodiversity: A Review, 2021, Diversity
  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Conservation Project on Two Threatened Birds: Applying Expert-Based Threat Analysis and Threat Reduction Assessment in a Mediterranean Wetland, 2022, Diversity

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Cecilia Mancusi
  • Guia Consales
  • Corrado Battisti
  • Alessandra Neri
  • María Cristina Fossi

Best Publications

  • Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus).

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Cristina Panti;Cristiana Guerranti;Daniele Coppola

  • Large filter feeding marine organisms as indicators of microplastic in the pelagic environment: the case studies of the Mediterranean basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus).

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Daniele Coppola;Matteo Baini;Matteo Giannetti

  • Fin whales and microplastics: The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez scenarios

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili;Matteo Baini;Matteo Giannetti

  • Plastic Debris Occurrence, Convergence Areas and Fin Whales Feeding Ground in the Mediterranean Marine Protected Area Pelagos Sanctuary: A Modeling Approach

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Teresa Romeo;Matteo Baini;Cristina Panti

  • Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea).

    Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia;Ilaria Caliani;Stefano Marra;Andrea Camedda

  • Presence of plastic debris in loggerhead turtle stranded along the Tuscany coasts of the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals (Italy)

    Tommaso Campani;Matteo Baini;Matteo Giannetti;Fabrizio Cancelli

  • The use of non-destructive biomarker in Mediterranean cetaceans: Preliminary data on MFO activity in skin biopsy

    M. Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili;Claudio Leonzio;Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di Sciara

  • Are whale sharks exposed to persistent organic pollutants and plastic pollution in the Gulf of California (Mexico)? First ecotoxicological investigation using skin biopsies

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Matteo Baini;Cristina Panti;Matteo Galli

  • CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON (HCB, DDTs AND PCBs LEVELS IN CETACEANS STRANDED ALONG THE ITALIAN COASTS: AN OVERVIEW

    Letizia Marsili;Silvano Focardi

  • Selection of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR studies in striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) skin biopsies

    Giacomo Spinsanti;Cristina Panti;Elisa Lazzeri;Letizia Marsili

  • Organochlorine levels in subcutaneous blubber biopsies of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Mediterranean Sea.

    Letizia Marsili;Silvano Focardi

  • Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding

    Sandro Mazzariol;Giovanni Di Guardo;Antonio Petrella;Letizia Marsili

  • Trace elements in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the western Mediterranean.

    F. Monaci;A. Borrel;C. Leonzio;L. Marsili

  • The use of a non-lethal tool for evaluating toxicological hazard of organochlorine contaminants in Mediterranean cetaceans: new data 10 years after the first paper published in MPB

    M. Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili;Giovanni Neri;Ada Natoli

  • Effects of endocrine disruptors in aquatic mammals

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili

  • Nondestructive biomarkers of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in endangered species of wildlife.

    M.C. Fossi;S. Casini;L. Marsili

  • Interspecies differences in mixed function oxidase activity in birds: Relationship between feeding habits, detoxication activities and organochlorine accumulation

    M.C. Fossi;A. Massi;L. Lari;L. Marsili

  • Biomarkers for endocrine disruptors in three species of Mediterranean large pelagic fish

    M.C Fossi;S Casini;L Marsili;G Neri

  • The use of non destructive biomarkers in the study of marine mammals

    M. Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili

  • Skin biopsy of Mediterranean cetaceans for the investigation of interspecies susceptibility to xenobiotic contaminants.

    M.C Fossi;L Marsili;G Neri;S Casini

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Cristina Fossi
Maria Cristina Fossi University of Siena
Claudio Leonzio
Claudio Leonzio University of Siena
Silvano Focardi
Silvano Focardi University of Siena
Giovanni Di Guardo
Giovanni Di Guardo University of Teramo
Teresa Romeo
Teresa Romeo Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Antonio Fernández
Antonio Fernández University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara Tethys Research Institute
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Simonetta Mattiucci
Simonetta Mattiucci Sapienza University of Rome
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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