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Stefano Bonacci is a PhD student in Polar Sciences at the
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita` di Siena, I-53100
Siena, Italy.
E-mail: bonacci@unisi.it
Annalisa Iacocca is a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and
Technologies at the Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of Siena, Italy. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali,
Universita` di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
E-mail: iacocca@unisi.it
Soania Fossi is a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and
Technologies at the Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of Siena, Italy. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali,
Universita` di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
E-mail: fossi2@unisi.it
Lucia Lancini worked under contract with the Department of
Environmental Sciences ‘‘G. Sarfatti’’, University of Siena, Italy.
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81. We thank the mayor of Favignana, the San Giuseppe Fishing Cooperative, the harbor
authorities and coast guard of Trapani, and all the people who contributed to the
sampling campaign. The present study was carried out in the framework of the
‘‘MoNIQUa-Egadi Scientific Project’’ with the collaboration of CoNISMa and the
Mediterranean Consortium. We are grateful to Dr. Helen Ampt for language revision
and two anonymous referees for considerable help improving the article. The research
was funded by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory.
82. First submitted 5 April 2005. Accepted for publication 7 July 2006.
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita` di Siena, I-53100
Siena, Italy.
E-mail: lancini@unisi.it
Tancredi Caruso is a PhD student in Environmental Sciences and
Technologies at the Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of Siena, Italy. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali,
Universita` di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
E-mail: tancredicaruso@unisi.it
Ilaria Corsi is a contract researcher at the Department of
Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy. Dipartimento
di Scienze Ambientali, Universita` di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
E-mail: corsii@unisi.it
Silvano Focardi is full professor of Ecology at the Department of
Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy. Dipartimento
di Scienze Ambientali, Universita` di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
E-mail: focardi@unisi.it
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