

Dr.ssa Cecilia Mancusi: degree in Biological Science, researcher at ARPAT from 2004. Researches activity: trawl surveys, biology and systematic of cartilaginous fishes, geometric morphometrics, feeding ecology, monitoring of landings, marine biodiversity.
List of publications
- Vacchi M., Serena F., Mancusi C., Nicolosi P., Arculeo M., Barbagli F., Carlini R., Costantini M., Doria G., Fabris G., Maio N., Mattioli G., Mizzan L., Podesà M., Salmaso R., Vanni S., Zuffi M. 2000. The presence of elasmobranchs in the collection of the main Italian natural history museums. Proc. 4th Europ. Elasm. Assoc. Meet., Livorno (Italy), 2000 Vacchi M., la Mesa G., Serena F. & B. Sèret, eds ICRAM, ARPAT & SFI 2002: 97-108
- Serena F., Mancusi C., Auteri R. 2003. Annotated checklist of the skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) in the south Ligurian sea and north Tyrrhenian Sea. Biol. Mar. Medit. 10(2): 918-926
- Cecchi E., Mancusi C., Pajetta R., Serena F. 2004. Note on the biology of Etmopterus spinax (linnaeus, 1758) (Chondrichthyes, Etmopteridae). Biol. Mar. Medit. 11(2): 564-568
- Mancusi C., Clò S., Affronte M., Bradai M. N., Hemida F., Serena F., Soldo A., Vacchi M. 2005. On the presence of basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Mediterranean Sea. Cybium 29(4): 399-405
- Cuoco C., Mancusi C., Serena F. 2005. Studio delle abitudini alimentari di Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae). Biol. Mar. Medit. 12(1): 504-508
- Mancusi C., Catalano B., Clò S., Dalù M., Serena F., Vacchi M. 2003. Marcatura e rilascio di esemplari giovanili di razza stellata Raja asterias nelle acque toscane: risultati preliminari e prospettive di lavoro. Biol. Mar. Medit. 1082): 789-791
- M. Barone, C. Mancusi, F. Serena, 2006. Analisi della serie storica e previsione dello sbarcato di Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 mediante un modello arima. Biol. Mar. Medit., 13(1): 206-209.
- C. Mancusi, M. Barone, F.Serena, 2006 Abbondanza e distribuzione delle razze nel tirreno settentrionale: indagini finalizzate al monitoraggio e alla conservazione degli stock ittici. Codice Armonico, Primo congresso di Scienze Naturali della Regione Toscana: 152-158.
- Serena F., Barone M., Mancusi C., Magnelli G., Vacchi M., 2006. The MEDLEM database Application: a tool for storing and sharing the large shark ‘s data collected in the Mediterranean countries. In: Basusta N., Keskin ., Serena F., Seret B. (eds), 2006. “The Proceedings of the Workshop on Mediterranean Cartilaginous Fish with Emphasis on Southern and Eastern Mediterranean”. Turkish Marine Research Foundation. Istanbul-Turkey. 23: 118-129.
- L. Bono, S. De Ranieri, O. Fabiani, C. Lenzi, C. Mancusi, F. Serena, 2005. Studio dell’accrescimento di Raja asterias (Delaroche, 1809) (Chondrichthyes, Raidae) attraverso l’analisi delle vertebre. Biol Mar. Medit, 12 (1): 470-474.
- F.Serena, M. Barone, C. Mancusi, and A. J. Abella., 2005. Reproductive biology, growth and feeding habits of Raja asterias (Delaroche, 1809), from the north Tyrrhenian and Ligurian sea (Italy), with some notes on trends in landings. 2005 ICES Annual Science Conference; Theme Session on Elasmobranch Fisheries Science, 20-24 September. CM2005/N:12.
- F.Serena, C. Mancusi, M. Barone and A. J., Abella, 2005. Abundance and distribution of rays in the south Ligurian and north Tyrrhenian sea. 2005 ICES Annual Science Conference; Theme Session on Elasmobranch Fisheries Science, 20-24 September. CM2005/N:20.
- C. Mancusi, S. Clò, M. Affronte, M.N. Bradaï, F. Hemida, F. Serena, A. Soldo & M. Vacchi, 2005. On the presence of basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Mediterranean Sea. Sur la présence du requin-pèlerin (Cetorhinus maximus) en Méditerranée. Cybium, 29 (4): 399-405.
- Serena F., Mancusi C., Vacchi M., 2006. Threatened species of the Mediterranean Sea. The case of Elasmobranchs fishes: assessment of their status and international actions for their conservation. (HMAP) History of Marine Animal Population – The Mediterranean and Black Sea. Second workshop on: Human-environment interactions in the Mediterranean Sea since the Roman period until the 19th century: an historical and ecological perspective on fishing activities. Chioggia, Venice, the 27th-29th of September 2006.
- Mancusi C., Abella A., Ria M., Barone M., Serena F., 2006. Time Series Analysis of Rays In The South Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea With Some Notes on Trends In Landings of Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809. 8th Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Stock Assessment (SCSA) FAO, Rome, 11-14 September 2006
- Mancusi C., Pasolini P., Serena F., Tinti F., 2005. Taxonomic discrimination of Raja polystigma and Raja montagui in the Mediterranean Sea based on the comparative analysis of morphometrics and genetic markers. 9th European Elasmobranch Association (EEA) meeting, Principato di Monaco, 23-26 november 2005