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Overview

Simonepietro Canese is affiliated with the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences. They have a particular interest in ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, ocean engineering, and nature and landscape conservation.

They have authored numerous publications addressing topics such as coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine ecology and invasive species, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, microplastics and plastic pollution, and general marine animal studies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • The impact of marine litter from fish aggregation devices on vulnerable marine benthic habitats of the central Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Robotics for Deep-Sea Specimen Collection: A Systematic Review of Underwater Grippers, 2022, Sensors
  • Assessment and distribution of seafloor litter on the deep Ligurian continental shelf and shelf break (NW Mediterranean Sea), 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Habitat, morphology and trophism of Tritonia callogorgiae sp. nov., a large nudibranch inhabiting Callogorgia verticillata forests in the Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Keratose-dominated sponge grounds from temperate mesophotic ecosystems (NW Mediterranean Sea), 2020, Marine Ecology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several peers, including Silvestro Greco, Marzia Bo, Teresa Romeo, Franco Andaloro, and Giorgio Bavestrello, reflecting a consistent research network.

Simonepietro Canese publishes regularly in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in Mediterranean Marine Science, Diversity, Sensors, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Best Publications

  • Fishing impact on deep Mediterranean rocky habitats as revealed by ROV investigation

    Marzia Bo;Simone Bava;Simonepietro Canese;Michela Angiolillo

  • 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

  • Distribution and assessment of marine debris in the deep Tyrrhenian Sea (NW Mediterranean Sea, Italy).

    Michela Angiolillo;Bianca di Lorenzo;Alessio Farcomeni;Marzia Bo

  • Persistence of pristine deep-sea coral gardens in the Mediterranean Sea (SW Sardinia).

    Marzia Bo;Giorgio Bavestrello;Michela Angiolillo;Lucio Calcagnile

  • Characteristics of a black coral meadow in the twilight zone of the central Mediterranean Sea

    M. Bo;G. Bavestrello;S. Canese;M. Giusti

  • Deep coral oases in the South Tyrrhenian Sea.

    Marzia Bo;Simonepietro Canese;Costanza Spaggiari;Antonio Pusceddu

  • The “Sardinian cold-water coral province” in the context of the Mediterranean coral ecosystems

    M. Taviani;L. Angeletti;S. Canese;Rita Cannas

  • New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

    L. Angeletti;M. Taviani;S. Canese;F. Foglini

  • Role of deep sponge grounds in the Mediterranean Sea: a case study in southern Italy

    Marzia Bo;Marco Bertolino;Giorgio Bavestrello;Simonepietro Canese

  • How deep can baleen whales dive

    Simone Panigada;Margherita Zanardelli;Simonepietro Canese;Maddalena Jahoda

  • The first assessment of marine debris in a Site of Community Importance in the north-western Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

    Valentina Melli;Michela Angiolillo;Francesca Ronchi;Simonepietro Canese

  • Marine litter from fishery activities in the Western Mediterranean sea: The impact of entanglement on marine animal forests.

    Pierpaolo Consoli;Teresa Romeo;Michela Angiolillo;Simonepietro Canese

  • Marine litter in an EBSA (Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area) of the central Mediterranean Sea: Abundance, composition, impact on benthic species and basis for monitoring entanglement.

    Pierpaolo Consoli;Franco Andaloro;Chiara Altobelli;Pietro Battaglia

  • The first identified winter feeding ground of fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus ) in the Mediterranean Sea

    Simonepietro Canese;Andrea Cardinali;Caterina Maria Fortuna;Michela Giusti

  • Coral assemblage off the Calabrian Coast (South Italy) with new observations on living colonies of Antipathes dichotoma

    M. Bo;G. Bavestrello;S. Canese;M. Giusti

  • Submarine canyons along the upper Sardinian slope (Central Western Mediterranean) as repositories for derelict fishing gears.

    Alessandro Cau;Andrea Alvito;Davide Moccia;Simonepietro Canese

  • The coral assemblages of an off-shore deep Mediterranean rocky bank (NW Sicily, Italy)

    Marzia Bo;Carlo Cerrano;Simonepietro Canese;Eva Salvati

  • Composition and abundance of benthic marine litter in a coastal area of the central Mediterranean Sea.

    Pierpaolo Consoli;Manuela Falautano;Mauro Sinopoli;Patrizia Perzia

  • Diving behavior of the giant devil ray in the Mediterranean Sea

    Simonepietro Canese;Andrea Cardinali;Teresa Romeo;Michela Giusti

  • Timing of the emergence of the Europe–Sicily bridge (40–17 cal ka BP) and its implications for the spread of modern humans

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Valeria Lo Presti;Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli;Laura Bonfiglio

  • First characterisation of a Leiopathes glaberrima (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) forest in Maltese exploited fishing grounds

    A. Deidun;F. Andaloro;G. Bavestrello;S. Canese

Frequent Co-Authors

Marzia Bo
Marzia Bo University of Genoa
Giorgio Bavestrello
Giorgio Bavestrello University of Genoa
Franco Andaloro
Franco Andaloro Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Teresa Romeo
Teresa Romeo Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
P. Montagna
P. Montagna National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti University of Genoa
Kurt Lambeck
Kurt Lambeck Australian National University
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Michail M. Yakimov
Michail M. Yakimov National Research Council (CNR)

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