Publications

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Crobe, V., Ferretti, F., Cilli, E., Bergonzini, C., Ferrari, A., Iacovelli, M.V., Leone, A., Ariño, A.H., Bellia, E., Benocci, A., Borg, J.J., Breda, M., Bressi, N., Bueloni, E., Castiglia, R., Farina, S., Ghiraldi, L., Guioli, S., Improta, R., Lodovici, O., Maretti, S., Nocita, A., Podestà, M., Quesada, J., Salmaso, R., Schiaparelli, S., Serena, F., Stancher, G., Sulić Šprem, J., Vianello, C., Zanata, G., Zava, B., Cariani, A., Tinti, F. (2026). Revisiting historical diversity of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Mediterranean Sea using natural history collections. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, XX(X):XXX. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag023 View Publication. [ACCEPTED, IN PRINT]

• Delord, C., Arnaud-Haond, S., Leone, A., Noskova, E., Tournebize, R., Jacques, P., Marsac, F., Nikolic, N. (2025). Effective Population Size Estimation in Large Marine Populations: Considering Current Challenges and Opportunities When Simulating Large Data Sets With High-Density Genomic Information. Evolutionary Applications, 18(8): e70121. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70121 View Publication.

• Oomen R.A., Cariani A., Chavarie L., Leone, A., Vella, A., Vella, N., Hellström, G., Brodin, T., Sundelöf, A., Blaxter, M., Mc Cartney, A.M., Formenti, G., Mouton, A., Tinti, F., Garibaldi, F., Lundberg, P. (2025). The genome sequence of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Research, 10:163. doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23971.1 View Publication.

• Delord, C., Arnaud-Haond, S., Leone, A., Rolland, J., Nikolic, N. (2024). Unraveling the complexity of the Ne/Nc Ratio for conservation of large and widespread pelagic species: current status and challenges. Evolutionary Applications, 17(10): e70020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70020 View Publication.

• Leone, A., Arnaud-Haond, S., Babbucci, M., Bargelloni, L., Coscia, I., Damalas, D., Delord, C., Franch, R., Garibaldi, F., Macias, D., Mariani, S., Martinsohn, J., Megalofonou, P., Micarelli, P., Nikolic, N., Prodöhl, P.A., Sperone, E., Stagioni, M., Zanzi, A., Cariani, A., Tinti, F. (2024). Population genomics of the blue shark, Prionace glauca, reveals different populations in the Mediterranean Sea and the North East Atlantic. Evolutionary Applications, 17(9): e70005. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70005 View Publication

• Bowlby H.D., Druon JN, Lopez J, Juan-Jordá M.J., Carreón-Zapiain M.T., Vandeperre F., Leone A., Finucci B., Sabarros P.S., Block B.A., Arrizabalaga H., Afonso P., Musyl M.K., Coelho R., Cortés E., Cardoso L.G., Mourato B., Queiroz N., Fontes J., Abascal F.J., Zanzi A., Hazin H.G., Bach P., Sims D.W., Travassos P. (2024). Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework. Marine Policy, 164:106155. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106155 View Publication

• Langeneck, J., Bakiu, R., Chalari, N., Chatzigeorgiou, G., Crocetta, F., Doğdu, S. A., Durmishaj, S., Galil S., B., García-Charton, J. A., Gülşahin, A., Hoffman, R., Leone, A., Lezzi, M., Logrieco, A., Mancini, E., Minareci, E., Petović, S., Ricci, P., Orenes-Salazar, V., Salimeh, M., Sperone, E., Spinelli, A., Stern, N., Tagar, A., Tanduo, V., Taşkin, E., Tiralongo, F., Trainito, E., Turan, C., Yapici, S., Zafeiridis, I., & Zenetos, A. (2023). New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (November 2023). Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(3), 610–632. doi: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.35840 View Publication

• Nikolic N, Devloo-Delva F, Bailleul D, Noskova E, Rougeux C, Delord C, Borsa P, Liautard-Haag C, Hassan M, Marie A, Feutry P, Grewe P, Davies C, Farley J, Fernando D, Biton-Porsmoguer S, Poisson F, Parker D, Leone A, Aulich J, Lansdell M, Marsac F, Arnaud-Haond S. (2023). Stepping up to genome scan allows stock differentiation in the worldwide distributed blue shark Prionace glauca. Molecular Ecology, 3(5): 1000-1019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16822 View Publication

Publication Cover

• Bargnesi F., Moro S., Leone A., Giovos I., Ferretti F. (2022). New technologies can support data collection on endangered shark species in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 689:57-76. doi: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14030 View Publication

• Druon JN., Campana S., Vandeperre F., Hazin F.V., Bowlby H., Coelho R., Queiroz N., Serena F., Abascal F., Damalas D., Musyl M.K., Lopez J., Block B.A., Alfonso P., Dewar H., Sabarros P.S., Finucci B., Zanzi A., Bach P., Senina I., Garibaldi F., Sims D.W., Navarro J., Cermeño P., Leone A., Diez G., Teresa M., Deflorio M., Romanov E.V., Jung A., Lapinsky M., Francis M., Gomes Hazin H., Travassos P. (2022). Global-scale environmental niche and habitat of blue shark (Prionace glauca) by size and sex: a pivotal step to improving stock management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:828412. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.828412 View Publication

EU-JRC Blue Shark Ecological Niche Animations

• Leone A., Puncher G.N., Ferretti F., Cariani A., Sperone E., Micarelli P., Gambarelli A., Sarà M., Arculeo M., Doria G., Garibaldi F., Dall’Asta A., Minelli D., Cilli E., Vanni S., Serena F., Diaz-Jaimez P., Tinti F. (2020). Pliocene colonization of the Mediterranean by Great White Shark inferred from fossil records, historical jaws, phylogeographic and divergence time analyses. Journal of Biogeography, 47(5): 1119-1129. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13794 View Publication

Media Coverage and Public Outreach

• Leonetti FL, Giglio G, Leone A, Coppola F, Romano C, Bottaro M, Reinero FR, Milazzo C, Micarelli P, Tripepi S, Sperone E. 2020. An updated checklist of chondrichthyans of Calabria (Central Mediterranean, southern Italy), with emphasis on rare species. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21:794–807. doi: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23321 View Publication

• Leone A., Leone A., Álvarez P., García D., Saborido-Rey F., and Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N. (2019). Genome-wide SNP based population structure in European hake reveals the need for harmonizing biological and management units. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76(7): 2260-2266. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz161 View Publication

• Puncher G.N., Cariani A., Cilli E., Massari F., Leone A., Morales-Muñiz A., Onar V., Toker N.Y., Casasola D.B., Moens T., Tinti F. (2019) Comparison and optimization of genetic tools used for the identification of ancient fish remains recovered from archaeological excavations and museum collections in the Mediterranean region. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29(3): 365– 376. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2765 View Publication

• Leone A., Urso I., Damalas D., Martinsohn J., Zanzi A., Sperone E., Micarelli P., Garibaldi F., Megalofonou P., Bargelloni L., Franch R., Macias D., Prodöhl P., Fitzpatrick S., Stagioni M., Tinti F., Cariani A. (2017). Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA: panmixia or complex stock structure? PeerJ, 5:e4112. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4112 View Publication

• Micarelli P., Sperone E., Circosta V., Leone A., Giglio G, Tripepi S. 2015. Preliminary Observations On Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) surface predatory activity. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 22 (1), 184-185. View Publication

• Sperone E., Parise G., Leone A., Milazzo C., Circosta V., Santoro G., Paolillo G., Micarelli P., Tripepi S. (2012) Spatiotemporal patterns of distribution of large predatory sharks in Calabria (central Mediterranean, southern Italy). Acta Adriatica, 53: 13-24. View Publication

Technical reports/articles

• Davies, Campbell; Marsac, Francis; Murua, Hilario; Fraile, Igaratza; Fahmi, Zulkarnaen; Farley, Jessica; Grewe, Peter; Proctor, Craig; Clear, Naomi; Lansdell, Matt; Aulich, Jorden; Feutry, Pierre; Cooper, Scott; Foster, Scott; Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara; Artetxe-Arrate, Iraide; Nikolic, Natacha; Krug, Iñigo; Mendibil, Iñaki; Leone, Agostino; Labonne, Maylis; Darnaude, Audrey; Arnaud-Haond, Sophie; Wudianto; Ruchimat, Toni; Satria, Fayakun; Lestari, Pratiwi; Taufik, Muhammad; Priatna, Asep; Zamroni, Achmad. Study of population structure of IOTC species and sharks of interest in the Indian Ocean using genetics and microchemistry: an update on progress and preliminary results. Online: IOTC; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/442173?index=1. View Publication

• Babcock E.A., Beare D., Carvalho F., Cortés E., Courtney D., Doody C., Green P., Hazin F.H.V., Hazin H., Leone A., Liu K.-M., Mourato B., O’Reilly S., Roche W., Tsai W.-P, Winker H., Wögerbauer C. (2016) Report of the 2015 ICCAT Blue Shark stock assessment session. SCRS/2015/018, Collective Volume of Scientific Papers ICCAT, 72(4): 866-1019. Available at: https://www.iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV072_2016/n_4/CV072040866.pdf View Publication

Technical reports/articles

Podcast (in italian)

Biodiversità tra le righe https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GTmhoWznfijjLYzch7QOB?si=10798d2303174a9b

Individui. La personalità animale Ep. 4: https://open.spotify.com/episode/71gkxDn4d7coa9i9XEOkJq?si=MLabmRMRRe6lh2GmVUWnsA