Bruno Bellisario, PhD

🚨 New paper from @comunelab.bsky.social ! 🧪🧠

If you do connectome analysis from correlations, you’re probably averaging at some point (and you probably don't give it much thought).

But when is it OK?

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Our dataset is regularly updated, but if you have new data to share, notice something we may have missed, or are interested in collaborating, we’d love to hear from you!

Time for a restyling. Brand new website with updated data on the presence of fish species associated with Mediterranean #seagrasses, including the #invasive #lessepsian migrant #Halophila #stipulacea.

medseafishe.github.io/medseafishe/

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automa - Tecnologia e ricerca per la biodiversità marina automa è un progetto che combina robotica sottomarina, intelligenza artificiale, machine learning e ricerca scientifica per il monitoraggio automatico delle specie marine, con particolare attenzione a...

Stunning project mixing #AI, #machineLearning and #scientificResearch to monitor marine species and the impact of alien/invasive ones on marine ecosystems.
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automaproject.com?utm_source=f...

From theory to practice! The best way to know is to see. First time ever #scubadiving experience to see my lovely #posidonia! Better late than never!

A review of fish diversity in Mediterranean seagrass habitats, with a focus on functional traits - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Besides providing key ecosystem services, including improved water quality, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration, seagrasses are highly productive habitat-forming species essential in supporti...

Here are the references!
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...

MedSeaFishE Mediterranean Seagrass Fish Data Explorer A comprehensive and up-to-date database covering decades of literature about the presence of fish species reported on Mediterranean seagrasses.

#opendata #marine-biology

Happy to share this Shiny app I created for anyone who needs a comprehensive and up-to-date database covering decades of literature about the presence of fish 🐠 species reported on Mediterranean seagrasses.
#SciComm 🧪

brunobellisario.shinyapps.io/MedSeaFish/

Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...

Zapperi et al. reinterprets the 1789 “Great Fear” 😱: what seemed like irrational panic was in fact a structured spread of rumors shaped by socio-economic factors, showing the power of data-driven approaches to reveal order in social complexity. 🧪
#SciComm

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bruno Bellisario, From Refuge to Buffet: Decoding Fish Roles in Seagrass Ecosystems In this week’s blog post, we’re getting served an interesting dish all about seagrass! Author Dr. Bruno Bellisario explains the fascinating world of seagrass meadows from the article: “The fingerpr…

👀Behind the Paper!👀

🌊Bruno Bellisario explains the fascinating world of seagrass meadows, discusses the importance of the “big picture”, and shares his love for prog rock🤘

Read it here👇
buff.ly/k9j2K5Z

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Hi Timothée,
Bruno here from Tuscia University (Italy) — part data scientist, part data analyst, and 100% ecologist! I’d love to join this feed.
Cheers,
Bruno!
brunobellisario.github.io

Selective logging weakly influences species co‐occurrence in a community of tropical understorey birds Our findings reveal a notable resilience in the co-occurrence patterns of understorey birds to selective logging in Borneo, underscoring the long-term conservation value of logged tropical forests.

#Network #Analysis in #Ecology
Niche segregation and environmental filtering shape bird communities, which remain resilient to selective logging. Some species play key roles in structuring assemblages, highlighting the lasting conservation value of logged tropical forests.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

🐟 New Research - Loss of distinct functionality during fish community disassembly ➡️ buff.ly/P8HYlNT

The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Bellisario, B., Lattanzi, A., & Cimmaruta, R. (2025). The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages. Functional Ecology, 39, 1665–1677. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Bruno Bellisario, From Refuge to Buffet: Decoding Fish Roles in Seagrass Ecosystems In this week’s blog post, we’re getting served an interesting dish all about seagrass! Author Dr. Bruno Bellisario explains the fascinating world of seagrass meadows from the article: “The fingerpr…

I discuss the importance of seagrass ecosystems on fish communities, and the complexity behind how they’re used, highlighting why we shouldn’t say seagrasses have a singular ecological role.

functionalecologists.com/2025/07/24/b...

Recovery of Fish Assemblages After 10 Years of Enforced Trawling Ban in Two Natura 2000 Sites From Central Mediterranean Sea Scientific literature supports the benefits of trawling bans for fish assemblages, particularly regarding species richness and fish size, besides the health of food webs and seafloor habitats. Length...

#Functional #ecology

Ten years after blocking trawlers with artificial reefs in Posidonia meadows, fish are bigger, ecosystems healthier, and local fisheries stronger. A simple barrier can make a big difference for both nature and people.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...