Dissemination
  1. Scientific papers
  2. Congress contributions
  3. Book chapters
  4. Media
  5. Invited talks

Scientific papers

2021

  • NEW Di Franco D., Jimenez C., Albano P.G., 2021. Unexpected high molluscan diversity in a submarine cave in the Eastern Mediterranean. Marine Biodiversity 51: 85 (doi: 10.1007/s12526-021-01219-3) Journal link, pdf
  • NEW Steger J., Bošnjak M., Belmaker J., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2021. Non-indigenous molluscs in the Eastern Mediterranean have distinct traits and cannot replace historic ecosystem functioning. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31 (1): 89-102  (doi: 10.1111/geb.13415) Open Access
  • NEW Agiadi K., Azzarone M., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Thivaiou D., Albano P.G., 2021. The taphonomic clock in fish otoliths. Paleobiology (doi: 10.1017/pab.2021.30) Journal link, pdf
  • NEW Steger J., Dunne B., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2021. Bad neighbors? Niche overlap and asymmetric competition between native and Lessepsian limpets in the Eastern Mediterranean rocky intertidal. Marine Pollution Bulletin 171: 112703 (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112703) Open Access
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bakker P.A.J., Bogi C., Bošnjak M., Guy-Haim T., Hüseynoğlu M.F., LaFollette P., Lubinevsky H., Mulas M., Stockinger M., Azzarone M., Sabelli B., 2021. Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean show the challenges of their recognition and identification. Zookeys 1010: 1–95 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759) Open Access
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bošnjak M., Dunne B., Guifarro Z., Turapova E., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Rilov G., Zuschin M., 2021. Native biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20202469 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2469) Open Access

2020

  • Albano P.G., Azzarone M., Amati B., Bogi C., Sabelli B., Rilov G., 2020. Low diversity or poorly explored? Mesophotic mollusks highlight undersampling in the Eastern Mediterranean. Biodiversity and Conservation 29(14), 4059-4072 (doi: 10.1007/s10531-020-02063-w) Open Access
  • Albano P.G., Schnedl S.-M., Eschner A. An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): more Red Sea species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2): 571-576 (doi: 10.3897/zse.96.54707) Open Access
  • Agiadi K. & Albano P.G, 2020. Holocene fish assemblages provide baseline for evaluation of Anthropocene changes in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Holocene 30 (10): 1438–1450 (doi: 10.1177/0959683620932969) Journal link, pdf
  • Albano P.G., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Tomašových A., Zuschin M., Agiadi K., 2020. Radiocarbon dating supports bivalve-fish age coupling along a bathymetric gradient in high-resolution paleoenvironmental studies. Geology 48: 589-593 (doi: 10.1130/G47210.1) Open Access 

2019

  • Albano P.G., Schnedl S.-M., Janssen R., Eschner A. An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): Red Sea bivalves. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (2): 557-598 (doi: 10.3897/zse.95.38229 ) Open Access
  • Albano P.G. & Stockinger M., 2019. The rhizome layer of Posidonia oceanica: an important habitat for Mediterranean brachiopods. Marine Biodiversity  49(5), 2467-2472 (doi: 10.1007/s12526-019-00968-6) Open Access
  • Ivkić A., Steger J., Galil B.S., Albano P.G., 2019. The potential of large rafting objects to spread Lessepsian invaders – the case of a rafting buoy. Biological Invasions 21 (6): 1887–1893 (doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-01972-4) Open Access

2018

  • Steger J., Stockinger M., Ivkić A., Galil B.S., Albano P.G., 2018. New records of non-indigenous molluscs from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Bioinvasions Records 7 (3): 245-257 (doi: 10.3391/bir.2018.7.3.05) Open Access
  • Albano P.G., Schnedl S.-M., Eschner A., 2018. An illustrated catalogue of Rudolf Sturany’s type specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW): deep-sea Eastern Mediterranean molluscs. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 29-56. (doi: 10.3897/zse.94.20116) Open Access

2017

  • Albano P.G., Gallmetzer I., Haselmair A., Tomašových A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., 2017. Historical ecology of a biological invasion: the interplay of eutrophication and pollution determines time lags in establishment and detection. Biological Invasions 20 (6), 1417-1430 (doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1634-7) Open Access
  • Nawrot R., Albano P.G., Chattopadhyay D., Zuschin M., 2017. Non-native species alter the regional body-size distribution of Mediterranean bivalves. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170357. (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0357) Open Access

Congress contributions

2021
  • Albano P.G., Sabbatini A., Lattanzio J., Steger J., Szidat S., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Zuschin M., Alessandra N., 2021. Radiocarbon dating of individual foram tests show that alleged Lessepsian species are of Holocene age. 2nd Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap, 6–9 September 2021 (online)
  • Albano P.G., 2021. Native biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Biodiversity Crisis Symposium, Canadian Museum of Nature, 22 April 2021 (online)
  • Scheidl A., Berensmeier M., Nawrot R., Albano P.G., Tomašových A., Zuschin M., 2021. Stratigraphic changes in shell size of a turritellid gastropod in the Holocene fossil record of the Po prodelta (Northern Adriatic Sea). EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April 2021 (online)
  • Albano P.G., Sabbatini A., Lattanzio J., Steger J., Szidat S., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Zuschin M., Alessandra N., 2021. Radiocarbon dating of individual foram tests show that alleged Lessepsian species are of Holocene age. EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April 2021 (online)
  • Agiadi K. & Albano P.G., 2021. Addressing challenges in biodiversity conservation with fish otolith death assemblages: the state-of-the-art. EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April 2021 (online)
2020
  • Agiadi K., Azzarone M., Hua Q., Kaufman D.S., Thivaiou D., Albano P.G., 2020. Otolith taphonomy: Can we estimate the age-since-death of an otolith based on its preservation state? PalAss 2020 Virtual Meeting, 16-18 December 2020
  • Albano P.G., 2020. Native molluscan diversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean. American Malacological Society 2020 Virtual Meeting, 13-14 July 2020.
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bošnjak M., Dunne B., Guifarro Z., Turapova E., Galil B.S., Rilov G., Zuschin M., 2020. Climate change driven massive extirpation of native species from the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 3-8 May 2020
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bošnjak M., Dunne B., Guifarro Z., Turapova E., Galil B.S., Rilov G., Zuschin M., 2020. Massive extirpation of native species from the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. Oceans Past Conference, 10-13 May 2020, Ostend, Belgium.
  • Steger J., Bošnjak M., Belmaker Y., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2020. Non-indigenous assemblages cannot buffer lost ecological functions of declining native biota in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, 16-21 February 2020, San Diego CA, USA.
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bošnjak M., Dunne B., Guifarro Z., Turapova E., Galil B.S., Rilov G., Zuschin M., 2020. Massive extirpation of native species from the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. Conservation Paleobiology Symposium, 3-4 February 2020, Bologna, Italy.
2019
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Bošnjak M., Dunne B., Guifarro Z., Hinterplattner A., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., 2019. The decline of native mollusks on the Israeli shallow shelf. The Molluscan Forum, Natural History Museum London, 21 November 2019
  • Agiadi K., Belmaker Y., Albano P.G., 2019. Holocene fish death assemblages as pre-industrial baseline for the Eastern Mediterranean. The Palaeontological Association - Annual Meeting 2019, 15-21 December 2019, Valencia, Spain
  • Fröch L., Enge A.J., Heinz P., Albano P.G., 2019. Prevalence of Lessepsian invasive species on hard-substrate foraminiferal assemblages in the Levantine Sea. Foram-Nanno 2019, 1-4 July 2019, Friburg, Switzerland
  • Albano P.G., 2019. The vanishing Mediterranean mollusks and the assembly of a novel fauna in the Levantine Basin. World Congress of Malacology, August 11–16, 2019, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
  • Albano P.G., Steger J., Guifarro Z., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., 2019. Hindered reproduction causes the demise of native mollusks on the Israeli Mediterranean shallow shelf. World Congress of Malacology, August 11–16, 2019, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
  • Albano P.G., 2019. The collapse of native biodiversity on the Israeli Mediterranean shallow shelf: patterns and causes. North American Paleontological Convention 2019, Riverside, California, 23-27 June 2019.
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Hinterplattner A., Zuschin Z. & Albano P.G., 2019. Massive impacts of the Lessepsian invasion on molluscan communities of the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2019.
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Hinterplattner A., Zuschin Z. & Albano P.G., 2019. The subfossil record shows massive modifications of soft substrate molluscan assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. Discussion meeting, The Royal Society, London UK, 28-29 January 2019
  • Albano P.G., 2019. The use of death assemblages for understanding and managing biological invasions. The past is a foreign country: how much can the fossil record actually inform conservation? Discussion meeting, The Royal Society, London UK, 28-29 January 2019

2018
  • Quell G., Nagy M., Enge A.J., Heinz P., Albano P.G., 2018. Temporal variation in the structure of foraminiferal assemblages at a shallow-water site in Northern Israel. Forams 2018, Edinburgh, 17-22 June 2018.
  • Enge A., Heinz P., Albano P.G., 2018. Persistence of Lessepsian-dominated Foraminifera assemblages on the Israeli shelf. Forams 2018, Edinburgh, 17-22 June 2018.
  • Sabbatini A., Agostini M., Lattanzio J., Päßler J.-P., Caridi F., Negri A., Albano P.G., 2018. A multiproxy approach to understand the Lessepsian invasion of foraminiferal species: the record from two sedimentary cores off the Israeli coast. Forams 2018, Edinburgh, 17-22 June 2018.
  • Thivaiou D., Steger J., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2018. The temporal dynamics of the Lessepsian invasion in a coralligenous substrate off northern Israel reconstructed from sediment cores. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2018.
  • Nagy M., Quell G., Enge A.J., Heinz P., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2018. Variation of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from an area with coralligenous substrate in a sediment core off Northern Israel. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2018.
  • Agiadi K., Belmaker J., Albano P.G., 2018. Lessepsian fish invaders caused major assemblage shift on the Israeli shelf: evidence from a live-dead agreement study. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2018.
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Hinterplattner A., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2018. Assessing the impact of the Lessepsian invasion on soft substrate assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf – a molluscan live-dead agreement study. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2018.
  • Albano P.G., Hinterplattner A., Thivaiou D., Weber K., Päßler J.-F., Steger J., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., 2018. The historical ecology of the Lessepsian invasion: perspectives from sediment cores. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2018.
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2018. Lessepsian invaders reshape soft-substrate assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf.4 th World Congress on Marine Biodiversity, Montréal, Canada, 13-16 May 2018.
  • Albano P.G., Gallmetzer I., Haselmair A., Tomašových A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., 2017. Historical ecology of the invasion of the bivalve Anadara transversa in the northern Adriatic Sea. 4th World Congress on Marine Biodiversity, Montréal, Canada, 13-16 May 2018. 
  • Borawska Z., Łukowiak M., Albano P.G., 2018. Migracja lessepska – wpływ otwarcia Kanału Sueskiego na gąbki wschodnich wybrzeży Morza Śródziemnego. Polish Conference Młodzi w Paleontologii IX, Warsaw, 21-22 April 2018.
  • Agiadi K., Belmaker J., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2018. Reconstruction of the pre-Lessepsian invasion baseline for the fish fauna of the Israeli coast. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018.
2017
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Zuschin M., Albano P.G., 2017. Lessepsian molluscs reshape soft substrate-assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf. Molluscan Forum, Natural History Museum London, 30 November 2017.
  • Albano P.G., Gallmetzer I., Haselmair A., Tomašových A., Stachowitsch M., Zuschin M., 2017. Historical ecology of the introduction of the alien bivalve Anadara transversa in the Adriatic Sea. 8th International Meeting on Taphonomy and Fossilization, Vienna, Austria, 14-17 September 2017.
  • Päßler J.-P., Weber K., Sabbatini A., Negri A., Steger J., Zuschin M., Galil B.S., Albano P.G., 2017. Biotic and abiotic changes of the Mediterranean shelf of southern Israel. 8th International Meeting on Taphonomy and Fossilization, Vienna, Austria, 14-17 September 2017.
  • Nawrot R., Albano P.G., Chattopadhyay D., Zuschin M., 2017. Climate change and body size shift in Mediterranean bivalve assemblages: unexpected role of biological invasions. 10th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Vienna, Austria, 19-21 April 2017.

Book chapters

  • NEW Jimenez C., Achilleos K., Petrou A., Hadjoannou L., Guido A., Rosso A., Gerovasileiou V., Albano P.G., Di Franco D., Andreou V., Abu Alhaija R., 2019. A dream within a dream: Kakoskali Cave, a unique marine ecosystem in Cyprus (Levantine Sea). In: Öztürk B. (Ed.) Marine Caves of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biodiversity, Threats and Conservation. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication no: 53, Istanbul, Turkey.

Media

2019

  • Newspaper article on Israeli daily Ha'aretz, 1 May 2019: “Exodus: Ten non-native species came to the Mediterranean on a buoy that was swept away from the Red Sea” [in Hebrew] by Rinat Zafrir (online version at https://www.haaretz.co.il/nature/zafrir/.premium-1.7188901)

2018

  • Sattmann H. & P.G. Albano, 2018. Gestörte Geheimnisse der Tiefsee. Das Naturhistorische Sommer 2018: 110-111.

2017

  • Radio interview and web article (“Drei Grad plus in 30 Jahren”) for the Austrian Public Radio (ORF) on the Lessepsian invasion and climate warming, Vienna, aired on 27 July 2017 during the program “Ö1-Journale” (12:00 h).
  • Radio interview and web article (“Zukunft der Adria ist in Gefahr”) for the Austrian Public Radio (ORF) on the degradation of the northern Adriatic Sea and the alien species settling there, Vienna, aired on 3 July 2017 during the program “Ö1-Journale” (12:00 h).

2016

  • Newspaper article on Der Standard, 26 October 2016: "Warum Muscheln ins Mittelmeer immigrieren" by Kurt de Swaaf (online version).
  • Radio interview and web article for the Austrian Public Radio (ÖRF) on the lionfish aired on 28 June 2016 during the program “Wissen Aktuell” (13:55 h).
  • TV interview for the Austrian Public Radio (ÖRF) on alien species and climate change in the Mediterranean Sea broadcast on 8 June 2016 during the program “Heute mittag” (13:15 h).
  • Radio interview and web article for the Austrian Public Radio (ÖRF) on alien species aired on 31 May 2016 during the program “Wissen Aktuell” (13:55 h).

Invited talks

  • NEW Albano P.G. Conservation paleobiology uncovers massive biodiversity loss in the Eastern Mediterranean. University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Italy 17 December 2021
  • NEW Albano P.G. Conservation paleobiology uncovers massive biodiversity loss in the Eastern Mediterranean. University of Torino, Department of Earth Sciences, Italy 18 November 2021
  • Albano P.G. The collapse of native biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv Israel, 22 July 2021
  • Albano P.G. Conservation paleobiology uncovers massive biodiversity loss in the Eastern Mediterranean. Congress of the Italian Palaeontological Society, 15–16 June 2021
  • Albano P.G. Climate change effects on the Eastern Mediterranean. University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Italy, 22 April 2021
  • Albano P.G. Eastern Mediterranean biodiversity collapse. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 5 November 2020
  • Albano P.G. Biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. University of Bari, Department of Biology, Italy, 15 May 2020
  • Albano P.G. Biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. University of Vienna, Department of Political Science, 12 December 2019
  • Albano P.G. The collapse of native biodiversity on the Israeli Mediterranean shallow shelf: patterns and causes. North American Paleontological Convention, Riverside, California, 23-27 June 2019
  • Steger J., Galil B.S., Hinterplattner A., Zuschin M. & Albano P.G. Lessepsian invaders reshape soft substrate assemblages on the Israeli Mediterranean shelf – a molluscan live-dead agreement study. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Section of Functional Ecology, Bremerhaven, Germany, 2 July 2018
  • Albano P.G. Reconstructing the past of biological invasions from death assemblages. Tel Aviv University, 25 April 2018





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