Conference Agenda

Seagrass movement: oceanographic modelling and genetic data reveal connectivity patterns of Posidonia oceanica along the Western coast of Sicily

Miriam Ruocco^1,2, Guglielmo Lacorata³, Luigi Palatella³, Isabella Provera², Arturo Zenone⁴, Marco Martinez⁴, Emanuela Dattolo², Jessica Pazzaglia², Vincenzo Maximiliano Giacalone⁵, Fabio Badalamenti⁴, Gabriele Procaccini²

¹Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy; ²Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy; ³Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), via Del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy; ⁴CNR-IAS, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo 4521, 90149 Palermo, Italy; ⁵CNR-IAS, via Del Mare 3, 91021 Campobello di Mazara, Italy

Multidimensional conservation gaps and indications in seahorses

Luciano Bosso¹, Melisa Olave^2,3, Maeva Gabrielli⁴, Roberto Biello^4,5, Josefin Stiller⁶, Ralf Schneider⁷, Andrea Benazzo⁴, Giorgio Bertorelle⁴, Francesca Raffini⁸

¹Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council of Italy, Piazzale E. Fermi 1,Italy; ²Argentine Dryland Research Institute of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (IADIZA-CONICET), 5500 Mendoza, Argentina; ³Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, National University of Cuyo, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina; ⁴Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; ⁵Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; ⁶Villum Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; ⁷Marine Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany; ⁸Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and dispersal among Italian smooth newt populations in a rural landscape

Vincenzo Buono¹, Alessandra Maria Bissattini¹, Francesca Davoli², Chiara Mengoni³, Nadia Mucci³, Leonardo Vignoli⁴

¹Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin”; ²Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for Biodiversity Conservation, Unit for Conservation, Management and Sustainable Use of Marine Aquatic Resources (BIO-CIT); ³Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Department for the Monitoring and Protection of the Environment and for Biodiversity Conservation, Unit for Conservation Genetics (BIO-CGE); ⁴Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences

Conservation genetic strategies for the Hula painted frogs (Latonia nigriventer) by assessing habitat preferences

Franklin Sargunaraj¹, Eli Geffen¹, Sarig Gafny², Uri Roll³

¹School of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; ²Faculty of Marine Sciences, Ruppin Academic Centre, Israel; ³Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University, Israel