Nicolas ZianiGroupe Phocéen d'Etude des Requins (GPER)
Nicolas Ziani
Master of Science : Marine Ecology / Ichthyology
Sharks and their relatives & Osteichthyes.
Fish biology, ecology, production, conservation.
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Introduction
*2015/TODAY: Director of the Groupe Phocéen d'Etude des Requins GPER *2006/2013: Director AILERONS asso-ailerons.fr, Founder & Research Director : NW Mediterranean Chondrichthyes research work. French Ichthyologist & Current Lab : GPER, Marseille FR => RESEARCH FOCUS : Ecology, Population Dynamics, Vet Research, Production, Conservation. Mediterranean, Worldwide Fish, Chondrichthyes, Bony Fish
§ Mentors : Pr Christian Capapé, Pr Jean-Pierre Quignard, Ichthyologic Lab of Montpellier Univers, FR.
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Publications (4)
Extensive archival investigations resulted with the discovery of three unpublished specimens of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), caught in the waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea, GSA07). Examined materials consisted of archival photographs and a newspaper report (specimen No. 1 and 3), and a complete set...
The blue shark (Prionace glauca) and the swordfish (Xiphias gladius) are two large apex predators in the Mediterranean Sea. The overlap of their ecological niche can lead to competition between the two species for the same food resources. Furthermore, their similar reproductive periods in the Mediterranean may intensify this competition. However, i...
Cookie-cutter sharks (Isistius sp.) are small squaloid sharks that live in tropical and sub-tropical oceans. Their name comes from their unique tactic of feeding, which enables them to parasitize marine mega-fauna, like cetaceans. Due to their morphological and anatomical characteristics, they are responsible of crater-like wounds on the skin of ma...
