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Evolution and Ecology of Fish Reproduction


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2012
PIZZOLON, M., LOCATELLO, L., WARNER, R.R., CHIMENTO, N. , RASOTTO, M.B. 2012.
Linking male qualities to multiple male traits: an example in a fish with exclusive parental care.
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. online DOI. 10.1007/s00265-011-1296-x

 
2011

MAZZOLDI C., PATZNER R., RASOTTO M.B. 2011.
Morphological Organization and Variability of the Reproductive Apparatus in Gobies.
In The Biology of Gobies (Patzner, R., Van Tassell, J.L.,  Kovacic, M., Kapoor, B.J., eds) Science Publishers,U.S.

 

BARAUSSE, A., MICHIELI, A, RIGINELLA, E.,  PALMERI, L., MAZZOLDI, C. 2011.
Long-term changes in community composition and life-history traits in a highly exploited basin (northern Adriatic Sea): the role of environment and anthropogenic pressure.
J. Fish Biol. 79: 1453-1486

 

CENCI, E., PIZZOLON, M., CHIMENTO, N., MAZZOLDI, C. 2011.
The influence of a new artificial structure on fish assemblages of adjacent hard substrata.
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science  91: 133-149.

 

SMITH C., RASOTTO MB, REICHARD 2011.
Variation in male reproductive traits among three bitterling fishes (Acheilognathinae:Cyprinidae) in relation to mating system.
Biol J. Linn. Soc. 103:622-632.

 

BENTIVEGNA f., RASOTTO MB, DE LUCIA GA, SECCI E, PANZERA S., CAPUTO C., CARLINO P., TREGLIA G., HOCHSCHEID S., 2010.
Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nests at High Latitudes in Italy: A Call for Vigilance in the Western Mediterranean.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9: 283-289.

 
2010
PIZZOLON M., GIACOMELLO E., MARRI L., MARCHINI D., PASCOLI F., MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO MB 2010.
When fathers make the difference: efficacy of male sexually selected antimicrobial glands in enhancing fish hatching success.
Funct. Ecol. 24: 141-148.
 

RASOTTO MB, DE MITCHESON Y., MITCHESON G. 2010
Male body size predicts sperm number in the mandarinfish.
J Zool. 281: 161-167.

 
2009
BARAUSSE A., DUCI A., MAZZOLDI C., ARTIOLI Y., PALMERI L.
Trophic network model of the Northern Adriatic Sea: Analysis of an exploited and eutrophic ecosystem.
Estuar. Coast. Shelf S. 83: 577-590.

 
DUCI A., GIACOMELLO E., CHIMENTO N., MAZZOLDI C. 2009.
Intertidal and subtidal blennies: assessment of their habitat through individual and nest distribution.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 383: 273-283.
 
2008  
GIACOMELLO E., MARRI L., MARCHINI D., MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO MB.
Sperm duct gland secretion of the grass goby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, exhibits antimicrobial activity.
J. Fish Biol. 73: 1823-1828.
[Abstract]
LOCATELLO L., RASOTTO M.B., ADRIAENSSENS B., PILASTRO A.
Ejaculate traits in relation to male body size in the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
J. Fish Biol. 73: 1600-1611.
[Abstract]
GIACOMELLO E., NEAT F.C., RASOTTO M.B.
Mechanisms enabling sperm economy in blenniid fishes.
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:671-680.
[Abstract]
PIZZOLON M., RASOTTO M.B., MAZZOLDI C.
Male lagoon gobies, Knipowitschia panizzae, prefer more ornamented to larger females.
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62:521-528.
[Abstract]
PIZZOLON M., CENCI E., MAZZOLDI C.
The onset of fish colonization in a coastal defence structure (Chioggia, Northern Adriatic Sea).
Estuar. Coast. Shelf S. 68:166-178.
[Abstract]
MAZZOLDI C., RANDIERI A., MOLLICA E., RASOTTO M.B.
Notes on the reproduction of the cardinalfish Apogon imberbis from lachea Island, Central mediterranean, Sicily, Italy.
Vie et Milieu 58: 1-4.
[Abstract]
 

2007

 
LOCATELLO L., PILASTRO A., DEANA R., ZARPELLON A., RASOTTO M.B.
Variation pattern of sperm quality traits in two gobies with alternative mating tactics.
Funct. Ecol. 21:975-981.
[Abstract]
MAZZOLDI C., LORENZI V., RASOTTO M.B.
Variation of male reproductive apparatus in relation to fertilization modalities in the catfish families Auchenipteridae and Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
J.Fish Biol.70:243-256.
[Abstract]
 
2006
 
GIACOMELLO E., MARCHINI D., RASOTTO M.B.
A male sexually dimorphic trait provides antimicorbials to eggs in blenny fish.
Biol. Lett. 2: 330-333.
[Abstract]
LOCATELLO L., RASOTTO M.B., EVANS J.P., PILASTRO A.
Colourful male guppies produce faster and more viable sperm.
J. Evol. Biol. 19: 1595-1602.
[Abstract]

SCAGGIANTE M., GROBER M.S., LORENZI V., RASOTTO M.B.
Variability of GnRH secretion in two goby species with socially controlled alternative male mating tactics.
Hor. and Behav. 50:107-117.

[Abstract]
 
2005
 
MAZZOLDI C., PETERSEN C.W., RASOTTO M.B.
The influence of mating system on seminal vesicle variability among gobies.
J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 43(4): 307-314.
[Abstract]

SCAGGIANTE M., RASOTTO M.B., ROMUALDI C., PILASTRO A.
Territorial male gobies respond aggressively to sneakers but do not adjust their sperm expenditure.
Behav. Ecol. 16(6) 1001-1007.

[Abstract]

LOCATELLO L., NEAT F.C.
Reproductive allocation in Aidablennius sphynx (Teleostei: Blenniidae): females lay more eggs faster when paired to larger males”.
J. Exp. Zool. 303A: 922-926.


[Abstract]
GIACOMELLO E., RASOTTO M.B.
Sexual dimorphism and male mating success in the tentacled blenny, Parablennius tentacularis (Teleostei: Blenniidae).
Mar.Biol. 147: 1221-1228.
[Abstract]
PETERSEN C.W., MAZZOLDI C., ZARRELLA K.A., HALE R.
Fertilization mode, sperm characteristics, mate choice and parental care patterns, in Artedius spp. (Cottidae).
J. Fish Biol. 67: 239-254.
[Abstract]
MASSIRONI M., RASOTTO M.B., MAZZOLDI C.
A reliable indicator of female fecundity:the case of the yellow belly in Knipowitschia panizzae (Teleostei:Gobiidae).
Mar. Biol. 147: 71-76.
[Abstract]
SADOVY Y., RANDALL J.E., RASOTTO M.B.
Skin structure in six dragonet species (Gobiesociformes; Callionymidae): interspecific differences in glandular cell types and mucus secretion.
J. Fish Biol. 66: 1411-1418.
[Abstract]
 
2004
 
SCAGGIANTE M., GROBER M.S., LORENZI V. & M.B. RASOTTO.
Changes along the male reproductive axis in response to social context in a gonochorisitc gobiid, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Teleostei, Gobiidae), with alternative mating tactics.
Hor. and Behav. 46: 607-617.
[Abstract]
IMMLER S., MAZZOLDI C. & M.B. RASOTTO.
From sneaker to parental male: change of reproductive traits in the black goby, Gobius niger (Teleostei, Gobiidae).
J. Exp. Zool. 301A: 177-185.
[Abstract]

PETERSEN C.W., ZARRELLA K.A., RUBEN C.A., MAZZOLDI C.
Reproductive biology of rosylip sculpin, an intertidal spawner.
J. Fish Biol. 64: 863-875.
[Abstract]
 
2003  
NEAT F.C., LOCATELLO L., RASOTTO M.B.
Reproductive morphology in relation to alternative male reproductive tactics in Scartella cristata.
J. Fish Biol. 62: 1381-1391.
[Abstract]
 
2002  
LOCATELLO L., MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO M.B.
Ejaculate of sneaker males is pheromonally inconspicuous in the black goby, Gobius niger (Teleostei, Gobiidae).
J. Exp. Zool. 293 (6): 601-605.
[Abstract]

PILASTRO A., SCAGGIANTE M., RASOTTO M.B.
Individual adjustment of sperm expenditure accords with sperm competition theory.
PNAS. 99(15): 9915-9915.
[Abstract]

RASOTTO M.B., MAZZOLDI C.
Male traits associated with alternative reproductive tactics in Gobius niger.
J. Fish. Biol. 61: 173-184.
[Abstract]

MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO M.B.
Alternative male mating tactics in Gobius niger.
J. Fish. Biol. 61: 157-172.
[Abstract]

MAZZOLDI C., POLTRONIERI C., RASOTTO M.B.
Egg size variability and mating system in the marbled goby, Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Pisces, Gobiidae).
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 233: 231-239.
[Abstract]
 
2001  
SADOVY Y, MITCHESON G., RASOTTO M.B.
Early development of the mandarinfish,Synchiropus splendidus (Callionymidae), with notes on its fishery and potential for culture.
Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 3: 253–263.
[Abstract]
BARNI A., MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO M.B.
Reproductive apparatus and male accessory structures in two batrachoid species (Teleostei, batrachoididae).
J. Fish Biol. 58: 1557-1569.
[Abstract]
MAZZOLDI C., RASOTTO M.B.
Extended breeding season in the marbled goby, Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), in the Venetian Lagoon.
Env. Biol. Fish. 61: 175-183.
[Abstract]
DE GIROLAMO M., MAZZOLDI C.
The application of visual census on Mediterranean rocky habitats.
Mar. Environ. Res. 51: 1-16.
[Abstract]
MAZZOLDI C.
Reproductive apparatus and mating system in two tropical goby species (Teleostei, Gobiidae).
J. Fish Biol. 59: 1686-1691.
[Abstract]
 
2000  
MAZZOLDI C., SCAGGIANTE M., AMBROSIN E., RASOTTO M.B.
Mating system and alternative mating tactics in grass goby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
Mar. Biol. 137: 1041-1048.
[Abstract]
 
1999  
DE GIROLAMO M., SCAGGIANTE M. & M.B. RASOTTO.
Social organization and sexual pattern in the mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Teleostei, Scaridae).
Mar. Biol. 135(2): 353-360.
[Abstract]
SCAGGIANTE M., MAZZOLDI C., PETERSEN C.W. & M.B. RASOTTO.
Sperm competition and the mode of fertilization in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
J. Exp. Zool. 283: 81-90.
[Abstract]
STEFANNI S., MAZZOLDI C.
The presence of Couch's goby in the Mediterranean Sea.
J. Fish Biol. 54: 1128-1131.
[Abstract]
 
1998  
RASOTTO M.B. & D.Y. SHAPIRO.
Morphology of gonoducts and male genital papilla, in the bluehead wrasse: implications and correlates on the control of gamete release.
J. Fish Biol. 52: 716-725.
[Abstract]
MAZZOLDI C., DE GIROLAMO M.
Littoral fish community in Lampedusa Island: a visual census approach.
Ital. J. Zool. 65, Suppl.: 275-280.
[Abstract]
 
1997  
MANNI L., RASOTTO M.B.
Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the testicular efferent duct system and spermiogenesis in Opistognathus whitehurstii (Teleostei, Trachinoidei).
Zoomorphol. 117: 93-112.
[Abstract]
 
1996

 
MARCONATO A., RASOTTO M.B., MAZZOLDI C.
On the mechanism of sperm release in three gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae).
Env. Biol. Fish. 46: 321-327.
[Abstract]
 
1995  
RASOTTO M.B., SADOVY Y.
Peculiarities of the male urogenital apparatus of two grunt species (Teleostei, Haemulidae).
J. Fish. Biol. 46:936-948
[Abstract]

RASOTTO M.B., MANNI L.
The juxtatesticular body of Jawfishes (Teleostei Opistognathidae): comparative morphology and fine structure.
J. Morphol. 226: 237-246.
[Abstract]

RASOTTO M.B.
Male reproductive apparatus of some blennioidei (Pisces: Teleostei).
Copeia 907-914.
 
 
1993  
SHAPIRO D.Y., RASOTTO M.B.
Sex differentiation and gonadal development in the diandric, protogynous wrasse, Talassoma bifasciatum (Pisces, Labridae).
J. Zool. 230: 231-245.
 

MARCONATO A., RASOTTO M.B.
The reproductive biology of Opistognathus whitehurstii (Pisces, Opistognathidae).
Biol. Mar. 1: 345-348.
 

RASOTTO M.B.
The embryological origin of the juxtatesticular body in jawfishes (Opistognathidae).
J. Fish. Biol. 43: 661-669.
[Abstract]
 
1992  

RASOTTO M.B.
Gonadal differentiation and the mode of sexuality in the spined loach Cobitis taenia L.
Copeia 1992: 581-593

 


RASOTTO M.B., MARCONATO A., SHAPIRO D.Y.
The reproductive apparatus of two Jawfish Species (Opistognatidae) with description of a juxtatesticular body.
Copeia 1992: 1046-1053.

 


RASOTTO M.B., SHAPIRO D.Y.
Protogynous sex change. In: Sex origin and evolution. R.Dallai (ed.).
Selected Symposia and Monographs U.Z.I. 6, Mucchi Modena. pp: 379-389.

 
 
1989
 
MARCONATO A., RASOTTO M.B.
The biology of a population of spined loach, Cobitis taenia L.
Boll. Zool. 56: 73-80.
[Abstract]

RASOTTO M.B., ZULIAN E.
Abnormal hermaphroditism in Gambusia affinis holbrooki from a hot spring of north-eastern Italy.
J. Fish Biol. 35: 593-595.
[Abstract]
 
1988  
CARDELLINI P., M.B. RASOTTO, L.G.J. TERTOOLEN, DURSTON A.
Intercellular communication in the eight-cell stage of Xenopus laevis development: a study using dye coupling.
Dev. Biol. 129: 265-269.
[Abstract]
 
1987  
BOATO A., RASOTTO M.B.
Functional protandry and seasonal reproductive cycle in Solatopupa similis Bruguière (Pulmonata, Chondrinidae).
Boll. Zool. 54: 119-125.
[Abstract]

BENTIVEGNA F., RASOTTO M.B.
Protogynous hermaphroditism in Xirichthys novacula L. (1758).
Cybium 11(1): 75-78.
 

RASOTTO M.B., CARDELLINI P., MARCONATO E.
The problem of sexual inversion in the minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus L.
J. Fish Biol. 30: 51-57.
[Abstract]
 
1985  
BENTIVEGNA F., CIRINO P., RASOTTO M.B.
Further investigations into sex reversal of Coris julis L. (Pisces, Labridae).
Boll. Zool. 52: 355-358.
 
 
1983  
MARCONATO A., RASOTTO M.B.
Mating preference of the female river bullhead Cottus gobio (Cottidae, Teleostei).
Boll. Zool. 50: 51-54.
 

BENTIVEGNA F., RASOTTO M.B.
Anatomical features of sex inversion in the rainbow wrasse, Coris julis (Pisces, Labridae).
Boll. Zool. 50: 73-78.