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Overview

Stefano Mariani is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Ecology and Molecular Biology as key subfields. Other specialized areas include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

Their work extensively covers the following topics:

  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Stefano Mariani has contributed to multiple research papers, some recent prominent publications include:

  • Fishing for mammals: Landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental DNA effectively captures functional diversity of coastal fish communities, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Meta-Fish-Lib: A generalised, dynamic DNA reference library pipeline for metabarcoding of fishes, 2021, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Little samplers, big fleet: eDNA metabarcoding from commercial trawlers enhances ocean monitoring, 2022, Fisheries Research

Their collaborative network features frequent co-authors including Erika F. Neave, Lynsey R. Harper, Ana Riesgo, Peter Shum, and Allan D. McDevitt.

Stefano Mariani's research outputs are regularly published in journals and platforms such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental DNA
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Best Publications

  • Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.

    Rupert A. Collins;Owen S. Wangensteen;Eoin J. O’Gorman;Stefano Mariani

  • Environmental DNA illuminates the dark diversity of sharks

    Germain Boussarie;Germain Boussarie;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Stefano Mariani

  • Non-specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI

    Rupert A. Collins;Judith Bakker;Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Ana Z. Soto

  • Biocomplexity in a highly migratory pelagic marine fish, Atlantic herring

    D.E. Ruzzante;S. Mariani;Dorte Bekkevold;C. André

  • Stock Identification Methods: An Overview

    Steven X. Cadrin;Lisa A. Karr;Lisa A. Karr;Stefano Mariani

  • Ecological adaptation determines functional mammalian olfactory subgenomes

    Sara Hayden;Michaël Bekaert;Tess A. Crider;Stefano Mariani

  • Differentiation of tundra/taiga and Boreal Coniferous Forest Wolves: Genetics, Coat Colour, and Association with Migratory Caribou

    Marco Musiani;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;Jennifer A. Leonard;H. Dean Cluff;C. Cormack Gates

  • Seafood mislabelling: comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives

    Dana Miller;Adam Jessel;Stefano Mariani

  • Detecting population structure in a high gene-flow species, Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ): direct, simultaneous evaluation of neutral vs putatively selected loci

    Carl André;Lena C Larsson;Lena C Larsson;Linda Laikre;D Bekkevold

  • Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact

    Judith Bakker;Owen S. Wangensteen;Demian D. Chapman;Germain Boussarie

  • Smoke, mirrors, and mislabeled cod: poor transparency in the European seafood industry

    Dana D Miller;Stefano Mariani

  • Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding.

    Naiara Guimarães Sales;Owen Simon Wangensteen;Daniel Cardoso Carvalho;Kristy Deiner

  • Survival in the Rockies of an endangered hybrid swarm from diverged caribou (Rangifer tarandus) lineages.

    Allan D. McDEVITT;Stefano Mariani;Mark Hebblewhite;Nicholas J. Decesare

  • Fishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems

    Naiara Guimarães Sales;Maisie B. McKenzie;Joseph Drake;Lynsey R. Harper

  • Sponges as natural environmental DNA samplers.

    Stefano Mariani;Stefano Mariani;Charles Baillie;Giuliano Colosimo;Ana Riesgo

  • North Sea herring population structure revealed by microsatellite analysis

    Stefano Mariani;William F. Hutchinson;Emma M. C. Hatfield;Daniel E. Ruzzante

  • Population structure of beaked redfish, Sebastes mentella: evidence of divergence associated with different habitats

    Steven X. Cadrin;Matthias Bernreuther;Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir;Einar Hjörleifsson

  • Environmental DNA effectively captures functional diversity of coastal fish communities.

    Giorgio Aglieri;Charles Baillie;Stefano Mariani;Carlo Cattano;Carlo Cattano

  • Can Spatial Distribution of Ichthyofauna Describe Marine Influence on Coastal Lagoons? A Central Mediterranean Case Study

    S. Mariani

  • Low mislabeling rates indicate marked improvements in European seafood market operations

    Stefano Mariani;Andrew M Griffiths;Amaya Velasco;Kristina Kappel

  • A comparison of otolith microchemistry and otolith shape analysis for the study of spatial variation in a deep-sea teleost, Coryphaenoides rupestris

    Craig Longmore;Kate Fogarty;Francis Neat;Deirdre Brophy

Frequent Co-Authors

Owen S. Wangensteen
Owen S. Wangensteen University of Barcelona
Carl André
Carl André University of Gothenburg
Marco Musiani
Marco Musiani University of Bologna
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Martin J. Genner
Martin J. Genner University of Bristol
Mark Hebblewhite
Mark Hebblewhite University of Montana
Daniel E. Ruzzante
Daniel E. Ruzzante Dalhousie University
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Nils Ryman
Nils Ryman Stockholm University
Belgees Boufana
Belgees Boufana Animal and Plant Health Agency

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