Technician 

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

Sicily Marine Centre
Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt), 90149 Palermo - Italia

Tel.: +39 0815833771
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Contatto Skype: giuliofranz

Curriculum vitae
Giulio Franzitta – Google Scholar

Short CV

I am a marine ecologist and submarine scientist, with a research interest focused mainly on changes induced by anthropogenic impacts on bentonic communities. My main research area concerns the effects of coastal urbanization, the spread of invasive species, protection measures in marine protected areas and the effectiveness of pilot environmental restoration interventions, in particular with regard to bioconstructive and habitat-forming species. I conduct research activities with an experimental approach both for descriptive studies and for the set-up of manipulative experiments in the field. I am an expert in immersion sampling methodologies including non-destructive (visual and photographic) and destructive (sample-taking) on rocky, sandy environments and on marine fireplace meadows. I am a Doctor of Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Bologna), a diving instructor and a Scientific Operator underwater qualified to conduct motorized water vehicles.

Technical and scientific tasks:

- Functional Manager for “Biodiversità e Pesca” at the Sicily Marine Centre
- Scientific diver
- Boat captain

Management tasks for the in Palermo:

- Vehicle manager
- Financial Officer
- Stationery and consumables manager
- Organiser of the equipment database
- Manager for delivery notes/inventory numbers
- IT Systems Database Manager
- Protocol development support
- SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) developer

Publications 

• Franzitta G., Marrone A., Gauci A., Galdies J., Mangano M.C., Sara G., Deidun A., 2022.Bridging the knowledge gap on the distribution and typology of vermetid bioconstructions along the Maltese coastline: an updated assessment. Mediterranean Marine Science, 23(4), 817–826.
(DOI: 10.12681/mms.28348)

• Franzitta G., Colletti A., Savinelli B., Lo Martire M., Corinaldesi C., Musco L., 2022. Feasibility of the Sabellarid Reef Habitat Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Sciences, 9, 854986.
(DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.854986)

• Franzitta G., Airoldi. L., 2019. Fish assemblages associated with coastal defence structures: does the surrounding habitat matter? Regional Studies in Marine Science, 31, 100743. (DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100743)

• Franzitta G., Capruzzi E., La Marca E.C., Milazzo M., Chemello R. 2016. Recruitment patterns in an intertidal species with low dispersal ability: the reef-building gastropod Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1859). Italian Journal of Zoology, 83, 400-407. (DOI:10.1080/11250003.2016.1205152)

• Franzitta G., Hanley M.E., Airoldi L., Baggini C., Bilton D.T., Rundle S.D., Thompson R.C. 2015. Home advantage? Decomposition across the freshwater-estuarine transition zone varies with litter origin and local salinity. Marine Environmental Research, 110, 1-7. (DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.012)