Prof. Alan Deidun PhD CSB MSB
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: LAST UPDATED – DECEMBER 2016
Refereed papers
in international peer-reviewed journals
1. Deidun, A;
Azzopardi, M; Saliba, S.; Schembri, P.J., 2003. Low faunal diversity on
Maltese sandy beaches: fact or artefact?, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science 58S:83-92.
2. Deidun, A.;
Mallia, A.; Mercieca, L.; Schembri, P.J., 2005. Rocky shore biotic
assemblages of theMaltese Islands (List Central
Mediterranean): A Conservation Perspective. Journal of Coastal
Research 21 (1): 157-166.
3. Gauci, M.; DEIDUN,
A; Schembri, P.J., 2005. Faunistic diversity of Maltese pocket sandy
and shingle beaches: are these of conservation value?, Oceanologia 27
(2): 219-241.
4. Deidun, A.;
Schembri, P.J. 2005. The composition of the nocturnal motile fauna from
the upper infralittoral fringe of sandy beaches in the Central Mediterranean:
are there any implications for conservation?, Biologia Marina Mediterranea
13(1): 355-363.
5. Tigano, C.;
Canapa, A.; Ferrito, V.; Barucca, M.; Arcidiacono, I.; Deidun, A.; Schembri,
P.J.; Olmo, E. 2006. A study of osteological and molecular
differences in populations of Aphanius fasciatus Nardo 1827, from the
central Mediterranean (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae), Marine
Biology 149: 1539-1550.
6. Deidun, A.,
Lanfranco, E., Mifsud, C., Stevens, D., Schembri, M., Curmi, L., Howson, C.,
Mercer, T., Sotheran, I. & Foster-Smith, R., 2007. Baseline ecological data
collection from the marine area around Filfla (Malta, Central
Mediterranean). Biologia Marina Mediterranean 14(2): 74-75.
7. Deidun, A.,
Schembri, P.J., 2008. Long or short beaches – does it make a difference to
beach arthropod assemblages? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79: 17- 23.
8. Deidun A.,
Schembri, P.J. 2008. Assessing inter-beach differences in semi-terrestrial
arthropod assemblages on Maltese pocket sandy beaches (Central Mediterranean).
Marine Ecology 29 Suppl. 1: 108-117.
9. Vella, P. &
Deidun, A. (2008). First record of Selene dorsalis (Gill,
1862) (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, from coastal waters
off the Maltese Islands. JMBA 2 (published online in November 2008).
10. Deidun, A;
Saliba, S. & Schembri, P.J., 2009. Considerations on the ecological role of
wrack accumulations on sandy beaches in the Maltese Islands and
recommendations for their conservation management. Journal of Coastal Research SI
56 [Proceedings of the 10th International CoastalSymposium, Portugal]:
410-414.
11. Deidun, A., 2009.
Biodiversity management considerations in the first designated marine SCI in
the Maltese Islands. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 16(1): 107-110.
12. Schembri,
P.J., Deidun, A. & Vella, P., 2009. The first record of Cassiopea
andromeda((Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cassiopeidae) from the
central Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of
the UK 2 (3). doi:10.1017/S1755267209990625
13. Deidun, A., 2010.
Challenges to the conservation of biodiversity on small islands:
the Maltese Islandsas a case study. International Journal of Arts and
Sciences 3(8): 175-187.
14. Farrugia, R.N.,
Deidun, A., Debono, G., Mallia, E.A., 2009. The potential and constraints of
wind farming development at nearshore sites in the Maltese Islands.
Wind Engineering 34(1):51-64.
15. Deidun, A.,
Tsounis, G., Balzan, F., Micallef, A. 2010. Record of the presence of Antipathes spp.
in the Maltese Islands, and description of Corallium rubrum and Antipathes spp.
fishing activities. Marine Biodiversity Records, Marine Biological Association
of the United Kingdom, 2010. doi:10.1017/S1755267210000709; Vol. 3; e90;
2010 Published online: 6pp.
16. Deidun, A. Vella,
P., Sciberras, A. Sammut, R., 2010. On the increasing occurrence of Lobotes
surinamensis in Maltese coastal waters. Aquatic Invasions 5
(Supplement 1): S113-S116.
17. Deidun, A., Borg,
S. Micallef, A., 2011. Making the case for Marine Spatial Planning in
the MalteseIslands. Ocean Development and International Law 42:136–154.
18. Deidun, A., Galea
Bonavia, F., Schembri, P.J. 2011. Distribution of Tylos spp.
in the Maltese Islands and population dynamics of Tylos
europaeus. Journal of Coastal Research SI64: 369-372.
19. Deidun, A.,
Arrigo, S., Piraino, S. 2011. The westernmost record of Rhopilema
nomadica (Galil, 1990) in the Mediterranean – off
the Maltese Islands, Aquatic Invasions 6(1): SS99-S103.
20. DEIDUN, A.,
MARRONE, F., SPARACIO, I., ARCULEO, M., CURATOLO, T., SCIBERRAS, A.,
SCIBERRAS, J., LO BRUTTO, S. 2011. New morphological, morphometric and
distribution data on Phaleria bimaculata(Linnaeus, 1767)
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the islands and archipelagos of theCentral
Mediterranean area. Bulletin of Insectology 64(2): 215-222.
21. Deidun, A.,
Castriota, L., Arrigo, S. (2011) A tale of two Atlantic fish migrants: records
of the lesser amberjack Seriola
fasciata and of the African
hind Cephalopholis taeniops from
the Maltese Islands. Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean
Environment 17(3): 223-233.
22. Cilia., D.
& Deidun, A. (2012) Branching out: mapping the spatial expansion of the
Lessepsian invader mytilid Brachidontes pharaonis (Fischer,
1870) around the Maltese Islands. Marine Biodiversity Records Volume
5 doi: 10.1017/S1755267212000152. Published Online on 04th April 2012.
23. Aaron Micallef,
Timothy P. Le Bas, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Philippe Blondel, Veit Huhnerbach, Alan
Deidun. (2012) A multi-method approach for benthic habitat mapping of
shallow coastal areas with high-resolution multibeam data. Continental Shelf
Research doi:10.1016/j.csr.2012.03.008.
24. Pavesi, L.,
Deidun, A., De Matthaeis, E., Tiedemann, R., Ketmaier, V., 2012. Mitochondrial
DNA and microsatellites reveal significant divergence in the beachflea Orchestia
montagui (Talitridae: Amphipoda). Aquatic Science 74(3): 587-596 doi: 10.1007/s00027-012-0250-y
25. Deidun, A. &
Vella, P. Marine ecological considerations of cruise liner facilities
development at two sites in the Maltese Islands. Journal of Coastal
Research Special Issue 61: 114-122.
26. Schembri,
P.J., Deidun, A., Falzon, MA. (2012) One Siganus or two? On
the occurrence of Siganus luridusand Siganus rivulatus in
the Maltese Islands. Marine Biodiversity Records. Vol. 5;
e71. doi:10.1017/S175526721200053X;
27. Azzopardi, J.,
Deidun, A. Gauci, A., Gianni, F., Angulo Pan, B., Cioffi, M. (2012)
Classification of the coastal water bodies of the Maltese Islands through the
assessment of decadal ocean colour data set. Journal of Coastal
Research SI 65: 1343-1348.
28. Deidun A., Gauci,
R., Schembri, J.A., Segina, E., Gauci, A., Gianni, F., Gutierrez, J.A.,
Sciberras, A., Sciberras, J. (2012) Comparative median grain size assessment
through three different techniques for sandy beach deposits on the Maltese
Islands (Central Mediterranean). Journal of Coastal Research SI 65: 1757-1761.
29. ALICE LODOLA,
LORENZO NICOLINI, DARIO SAVINI, ALAN DEIDUN AND ANNA OCCHIPINTI-AMBROGI (2013)
Range expansion and biometric features of Pinctada imbricata radiata (Bivalvia:
Pteriidae) in Linosa island, Central Mediterranean Sea (Italy). Italian Journal
of Zoology 2013: 1-10 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.775363
30. Marrone, F.,
Deidun, A., Sparacio, I., Arculeo, M., Lo Brutto, S. (2013) Species
identification of the psammophilous tenebrionid beetles Phaleria acuminata Ku¨
ster, 1852 and Phaleria bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) from central Mediterranean
beaches: geometric morphometrics and molecular insights from species to
population level. Zoomorphology DOI: 10.1007/s00435-013-0205-4
31. M. BILECENOGLU,
J.E.F. ALFAYA, E. AZZURRO, R. BALDACCONI, Y.Ö. BOYACI, V. CIRCOSTA, L.J.V.
COMPAGNO, F. COPPOLA, A. DEIDUN, H. DURGHAM, F. DURUCAN, D. ERGÜDEN, F.Á.
FERNÁNDEZ-ÁLVAREZ, P. GIANGUZZA, G. GIGLIO, M. GÖKOĞLU, M. GÜRLEK, S. IKHTIYAR,
H. KABASAKAL, P.K. KARACHLE, S. KATSANEVAKIS, D. KOUTSOGIANNOPOULOS, E.
LANFRANCO, P. MICARELLI, Y. ÖZVAROL, L. PEÑA-RIVAS, D. POURSANIDIS, J. SALIBA,
E. SPERONE, D. TIBULLO, F. TIRALONGO, S. TRIPEPI, C. TURAN, P. VELLA, M.B.
YOKEŞ and B. ZAVA (2013). New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records
(December, 2013) Mediterranean Marine Science 14(2): 462-280.
32. Mohamed Néjib
Daly Yahia, Ons Kéfi-Daly Yahia, Sonia Khadija Maïte Gueroun, Mehdi Aissi, Alan
Deidun, Veronica Fuentes and Stefano Piraino (2013). The invasive tropical
scyphozoan Rhopilema nomadica Galil, 1990 reaches the Tunisian
coast of the Mediterranean Sea. BioInvasions Records 2(4): 319-323. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.10
33. Castriota, L.
& Deidun, A. (2014). First record of Pontinus
kuhlii in Maltese waters.
Marine Biodiversity Records 7 (e2): 1-3. DOI: doi:10.1017/S1755267213001188
34. Giuseppe
MONTESANTO, Alan DEIDUN, Antonio COSTA, Arnold SCIBERRAS, Jeffrey SCIBERRAS,
& Bianca Maria LOMBARDO (2014). An investigation of the current
distribution of two Tylos species (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in the
central Mediterranean and the influence of beach sand grain-size
parameters. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34(1): 47-53.
35. Deidun, A.,
Castriota, L., 2014. First record of Abudefduf cfr saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (Perciformes:
Pomacentridae) from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). BioInvasions
Records 3(1): 53-56.
37. Habiba Zmerli
Triki , Ons Kéfi Daly-Yahia, Dhafer Malouche, Yosr Komiha, Alan Deidun, Mouldi
Brahim, Mohamed laabir (2014) Distribution of resting cysts of the potentially
toxic dinoflagellateAlexandrium pseudogonyaulax in recently-deposited sediment within
Bizerte Lagoon (Mediterranean coast, Tunisia) Marine Pollution Bulletin 84:
172-181.
38. Wafa Boulajfene, Jihen Boukhicha, Alan Deidun, Daniela Berto, Teresa Romeo, Oum
Kalthoum Ben Hassine, SabihaTlig-Zouari (in press). Biomonitoring of
the environmental contamination by organotins in the Gulf of Tunis: Occurrence
of imposex in Stramonita
haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767).
Marine and Freshwater Research 66(9) 778-785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF13301.
39. S. K. M. Gueroun,
O. Kéfi-Daly Yahia, A. Deidun, V. Fuentes, S. Piraino & M. N. Daly Yahia
(2014): First record and potential trophic impact of Phyllorhiza punctata
(Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the north Tunisian coast (South Western
Mediterranean Sea), Italian Journal of Zoology, DOI:
10.1080/11250003.2014.981306.
40. A. Deidun, F. Andaloro,
G. Bavestrello, S. Canese, P. Consoli, A. Micallef, T. Romeo, M. Bo. (2014).
First characterisation of a Leiopathes
glaberrima forest in Maltese
exploited fishing grounds. Italian Journal of Zoology. Released online 6th December 2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2014.986544
41. Gianguzza, P., Di
Trapani, F., Bonaviri, C., Visconti, G., Deidun, A., Badalamenti, F. (2015).
New body metrics to determine asteroid size and weight directly in the field.
Thalassas 31(1): 73-82.
42. Lech Kotwicki,
Alan Deidun, Katarzyna Grzelak, Fabrizio Gianni. (2014) A preliminary
assessment of the meiofaunal communities on Maltese sandy beaches. Estuarine
Coastal and Shelf Science 150: 111-119. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.008
43. Schembri, P.J.,
Barbara, J., Deidun, A., Lanfranco, E., Lanfranco, S. (2015). It was only a
matter of time: occurrence of Caulerpa
taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh
var. distichophylla (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman and
Procaccini in the Maltese Islands (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Caulerpaceae).
Bioinvasions Records Volume 4.
44. E. Azzurro, J.
Ben Souissi, W. Boughedir, L. Castriota, A. Deidun, M. Falauta, R. Ghanem, M.
Zammit -Mangion, F. Andaloro (2015). THE SICILY STRAIT: A TRANSNATIONAL
OBSERVATORY FOR MONITORING THE ADVANCE OF NON INDIGENOUS SPECIES. Biologia
Marina Mediterranea 104-105.
45. Crise, A. et al.
(2015) MSFD complementary approach for the assessment of pressures, knowledge
and data gaps in Southern European Seas: The PERSEUS experience. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 95(1): 28-39.
46.
S. K. M. GUEROUN1, M. J.
ACEVEDO, O. KÉFI-DALY YAHIA, A. DEIDUN, V. L. FUENTES, S. PIRAINO, & M. N.
DALY YAHIA (2015). First records of Carybdea marsupialis proliferation (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) along the
eastern Tunisian coast (Central Mediterranean). Italian Journal of Zoology 1-6.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2015.1045945
47. Deidun, A.; Fenech-Farrugia, A., Castriota, L., Falautano, M.,
Azzurro, E., Andaloro, F. (2015). First
record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin,
1789) from Malta. BioInvasions Records 4(2): 139-142.
48. Foglini, F., Prampolini, M.C.,
Micallef, A., Angeletti, L., Vandelli, V., Deidun, A., Soldati, M., Taviani, M.
(2015). Late Quaternary coastal landscape morphology and evolution of the
Maltese Islands (Mediterranean Sea) reconstructed from high-resolution seafloor
data. Geological Society London Special Publications 411. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1144/SP411.12
49. Deidun, A., Watson,
D., Castriota, L., Mazza, G., Pasolli, L. (2015). First record of the fangtooth
moral eel Enchelycore anatina from
Maltese waters (Central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 45(3):
315-317.
50. Teresa
Romeo; Michela D’Alessandro; Valentina Esposito; Gianfranco Scotti; Daniela
Berto; Malgorzata Formalewicz; Seta Noventa; Silvia Giuliani; Simona Macchia;
Davide Sartori; Angelo Mazzola; Franco Andaloro; Salvatore Giacobbe; Alan
Deidun and Monia Renzi (2015) Environmental quality assessment of Grand Harbour
(Valletta, Maltese Islands): a case study of a busy harbour in the Central
Mediterranean Sea. Environ. Monit. Assess. : 187: 747. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4950-3
51. Barbieri, M., Deidun, A., Maltagliati, F. and Castelli, A. (2015). A contribution to the phylogeography of Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) (Bivalvia, Pteriidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the mitochondrial COI marker. Italian Journal of Zoology 2015: 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2015.1106012
52. Crocetta F, Agius
D, Balisteri P, Bariche M, Bayhan YK, Cakir M, Ciriaco S, Corsini-Foka M,
Deidun A, El Zrelli R, Erguden D, Evans J, Ghelia M, Giavasi M, Kleitou P,
Kondylatos G, Lipej L, Mifsud C, Ozvarol Y, Pagano A, Portelli P, Poursanidis
D, Rabaoui L, Schembri PJ, Taskin E, Tiralongo F, Zenetos A (2015). New
Mediterranean Biodiversity Records – December 2015. Mediterranean Marine
Science 16(3): 682–702.
53. Deidun, A.,
Sciberras, A. (2016). A further record of the blue swimmer crab Portunus segnis Forskal, 1775 (Decapoda:
Brachyura: Portunidae) from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean).
Bioinvasions Records 5(1): 43-46. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.1.08
54. Farrugia, H., Deidun, A., Gauci, A., Drago, A. (2016). Defining
the Trophic Status of Maltese (Central Mediterranean) Coastal Waters through
the Computation of Water Quality Indices Based on Satellite Data. Journal of Coastal Research SI 75: 632-636.
55. Deidun, A.,
Gauci, A., Azzopardi, J., Cutajar, D., Bonnici, A., Drago, A. (2016). Which is
the best predictor of sea temperature: satellite, model or data logger values?
A case study from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). Journal of
Coastal Research SI 75: 627-631.
56.
Deidun, A., Bonnici, C. (2016). Yet
another first for Malta……first record of the Arabian angelfish (Pomacanthus asfur) [Forsskal, 1775] from
the Mediterranean In: Karachle et al. Marine Biodiversity Records – March
2016 (Collective Article). Mediterranean Marine Science 17(1): 230-252.
57. Alan Deidun, Stephen Attard, Melchiore Camilleri, Joe Vella Gaffiero, Diana Hampson, Alicia Said, Ernesto Azzurro and Menachem Goren (2016). The first record of the Sargocentron genus from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) - who will unravel the current conundrum? Bionvasions Records 5 (2): 123-126.
Refereed works
in regional and local journals
60. Deidun, A;
Arcidiacono, I; Schembri, P.J., 2002. Present distribution of the threatened
Killifish Aphanius fasciatus
(Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae) in
the Maltese Islands. Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(4):
177-180.
61. Deidun, A.;
Schembri, P.J., 2005. A report of nesting on a Maltese beach by the
loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia:
Cheloniidae), The Central Mediterranean Naturalist Volume
4 (Part 2): 137-138.
62. Deidun, A.
2007. Notes on the ecological importance of the beach macrofaunal
assemblages at Xatt L-Ahmar, Gozo. The Central
Mediterranean Naturalist Volume 4 (Part 3): 191-194.
63. Sciberras, A.
Sciberras, J. Deidun, A. 2008. The complete contents of The Central
Mediterranean Naturalist, Potamon and The Maltese Naturalist, three natural
history periodicals published in theMaltese Islands (Central
Mediterranean) from 1970 to date. The Central
Mediterranean Naturalist 4 (Part 4): 289-310.
64. Deidun, A. 2009.
Beaches – more than just sand and fun. The Biologist 56(2): 92- 97.
65. Deidun, A. 2009.
Lack of comprehensive census data hampers conservation and management ofCorallium
rubrum colonies. International Workshop – Red Coral Science,
Management and Trading: Lessons from the Mediterranean, Naples, Italy.
Abstract Booklet.
66. Deidun, A., 2010.
Notes on the recent occurrence of uncommon pelagic “jellyfish” species in
Maltese coastal waters. Naturalista Siciliano S. IV, XXXIV (3-4): 375-284.
67. Zammit-Mangion,
M. & Deidun, A., 2010. Management recommendation for the conservation of
threatened Aphanius fasciatus Nardo populations from two
wetlands in the Maltese Islands. Biologia Marina Mediterranea
17(1): 356-357.
68. Drago A., Deidun
A., Galea Degiovanni M. and Said A. (2010) IOI-KIDS –Targeting awareness on the
sea with the younger generations. Current - The Journal of Marine Education
26(3): 35-40.
69. Deidun, A.,
Germana, A. (2011). On the increasing occurrence of the Bluespotted Cornetfish Fistularia
commersonii (Rüppel, 1838) (Osteichthyes, Fistulariidae) in
the Central Mediterranean. Biodiversity Journal 2(1): 19-26.
70. Deidun, A. (2011)
A collection of recent ctenophore sightings from Maltese waters. Journal of the
Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 17(1): 4-13.
71. Deidun, A., 2011.
A miniature ocean: The toll of climate change in the Med. The Biologist 58(2):
37-40.
72. Deidun, A. Galea
Bonavia, F., Schembri, P.J. (2011) Quantitative assessment and physical
characterisation of Posidonia oceanica wrack beached along the
Maltese coastline. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 18(1): 307-308.
73. Alan Deidun,
Fabrizio Gianni, David P Cilia, Alice Lodola, Dario Savini (2013) Morphometric
analyses of a Pinctada radiata (Leach,
1814) (Bivalvia: Pteriidae) population in the Maltese Islands. Journal of the
Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 20(1): 1-12.
74. E. Azzurro, J.
Ben Souissi, W. Boughedir, L. Castriota, A. Deidun, M. Falautano, R.
Ghanem, M. Zammit-Mangion, F. Andaloro (2014). THE SICILY STRAIT: A
TRANSNATIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR MONITORING THE ADVANCE OF NON INDIGENOUS SPECIES.
Proceedings of the 45th Annual
Congress of the Societa italiana di biologia marina (sibm), venice, italy,
19-23rd may 2014: 80.
75. Alan Deidun, Luca
Castriota , Manuela Falautano , Giuseppe Maraventano, Elena Prazzi, Franco
Andaloro (2015) Documenting the occurrence of the Lessepsian fish Stephanolepis diaspros within the Strait of Sicily, central
Mediterranean. Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 21(1): 1-11.
76. Deidun, A.,
Watson, D., Castriota, L., Mazza, G., Pasolli, L. (2015). First record of the
fangtooth moral eel Enchelycore anatina
from Maltese waters (Central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
45(3): 315-317.
Refereed papers
and abstracts in conference proceedings and newsletters
77. Deidun, A.;
Mallia, A.; Schembri, P.J., 2003. Environmental Issues and the
Rehabilitation of the Sand Dune Habitat White Tower Bay, Malta (Central
Mediterranean), Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on
the Mediterranean Coastal Environment MEDCOAST 03, E. Ozhan
(Editor), 7-11 October 2003, Ravenna, Italy :1479:1491
78. Borg, J.; Deidun,
A.; Schembri, P.J., 2004. Population ecology of Phaleria acuminata
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from sandy beaches in the Maltese Islands,
Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Medit 37: 496.
79. Deidun, A.;
Schembri, P.J. 2004. Is faunal diversity on Maltese sandy beaches
related to intensity of human use?, ‘Proceedings of the First International
Conference on the Management of Costal Recreational Resources – Beaches, Yacht
Marinas and Coastal Ecotourism’ (Micallef & Vassallo eds), 20-23 October
2004, Malta: 23-28.
80. Muscat, G.,
Deidun, A. & Schembri, P.J. (2007) Fouling assemblages from two
Maltese ports studied as part of the PORTAL project. Proceedings of
the CIESM 38th Congress, Istanbul: 548
81. Deidun, A.,
Saliba, S. & Schembri, P.J. (2007) Banquette faunal assemblages
from groomed and ungroomed beaches in the Maltese Islands. Proceedings
of the CIESM 38th Congress, Istanbul: 456
82. Schembri, P.J.,
Borg, J., Deidun, A., Knittweis, L. & Mellado Lopez, T. (2007) Is
the endemic Maltese top-shell Gibbula nivosa extinct? Proceedings of the
CIESM 38th Congress, Istanbul: 592.
83. Deidun, A. (2008)
Quantifying the vulnerability of beach macrofaunal communities – a proposed new
vulnerability index. Proceedings of the 39th SIBM
Congress, Cesenatico, Italy, June 2009.
84. Deidun, A. 2008.
Dispelling the ‘ecological desert’ perception of sandy beaches. MARBEF
Newsletter 8: 30-32.
85. Farrugia, R.N.,
Deidun, A., Debono, G., Mallia, E.A., 2009. The potential and constraints of
wind farm development at nearshore sites in the Maltese Islands.
Proceedings of European Seminar OWEMES – Offshore Wind and other Marine
Renewable Energies in Mediterranean and European Seas. Brindisi,Italy,
21-23 May 2009.
86. Deidun, A., Galea
Bonavia, F. & Schembri, P.J. (2010) Distribution of Tylos spp.
on Maltese sandy beaches and observations on Tylos europaeus.
Proceedings of the 39th CIESM
Congress, Venice, Italy. 39:738.
87. Deidun, A.,
Pawley, A. & Schembri, P.J. (2010) Distribution and biology of two
sympatric Phaleria(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) species on Maltese
sandy beaches. Proceedings of the 39th CIESM
Congress, Venice, Italy: 39:737
88. Deidun, A. &
Drago, A. (2010). An innovative, citizen science-based jellyfish spotting
campaign from the Maltese Islands - the Spot the Jellyfish
campaign. FAO/GFCM - Report of the 11th meeting of the
sub-committee on marine environment and ecosystems (SCMEE). Saint George’s
Bay Malta, 29 November-2 December 2010.
89. Deidun, A.,
Chessa, L., Gambin, T. (2011). Protecting what we know: The need for
mapping of soft-coral habitats for MPA design in Malta. Proceedings
of the World Congress on Marine Biodiversity.Aberdeen, Scotland, 26-30th September
2011.
90. Fuentes, V.,
Deidun, A., Atienza, D., Drago, A. (2011). Documenting jellyfish
diversity through citizen science initiatives
in Spain and Malta. Proceedings of the World
Congress on Marine Biodiversity.Aberdeen, Scotland, 26-30th September
2011.
91. Zammit-Mangion,
M., Deidun, A., Vassallo-Agius, R., Magri, M., 2011. Management recommendations
on the highly threatened killifish Aphanius fasciatus population
at Il-Maghluq, Marsascala, Malta. MEDCOAST 2011 Proceedings. 25-29
October 2011, Rhodes, Greece.
92. Deidun, A.,
Drago, A., Galea, A., Azzopardi, J., Gauci, A., Melin, F., 2011. Testing the
consistency between MODIS ocean colour data and in situ chlorophyll-a
measurements within coastal waters of the Maltese Islands. Proceedings of
the SPIE Remote Sensing Europe Congress, Prague, 19-22 September
2011. Volume 8175: 81750J1 – 81750J8.
93. Deidun, A.,
Romeo, T., Environmental impact assessment considerations on a proposed
offshore wind farm in the Maltese Islands (Central
Mediterranean). Proceedings of the SIBM 42nd annual congress,
June 2012.
94. Andrea Cucco,
Georg Umgiesser, Alan Deidun, Raisa Tarasova, Joel Azzopardi, Adam Gauci.(2013)
Development of a novel tool to predict different water quality scenarios within
a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Maltese Islands: the 2D SHYFEM-BFM model.
Proceedings of the 40th CIESM Congress, Marseilles, France:
154.
95. Michele Barbieri,
Alan Deidun, Ferruccio Maltagliati, Argyro Zenetos, Sabiha Tlig-Zouari, Gianni
Fabrizio, David P Cilia, Alberto Castelli. (2013) First data on
genetic diversity of the small pearl oysterPinctada radiata (Leach,
1814) in Mediterranean populations by means of the mitochondrial COX1marker.
Proceedings of the 40th CIESM Congress, Marseilles, France:
711.
96. Adam Gauci, Aldo
Drago, Joel Azzopardi, Alan Deidun, Alana Bonnici. Oil spill assessment on the
Maltese coastal areas. Proceedings of the 40th CIESM Congress,
Marseilles, France: 145.
97. Stefano Piraino,
Veronica Fuentes, Alan Deidun, Nejib Daly Yahia, Ons Kefi Daly Yahia. MED-JELLYRISK
2013-2015: Integrated monitoring of jellyfish
outbreaks under anthropogenic and climatic
impacts in the Mediterranean Sea (coastal
zones): trophic and socio-economic risks. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium (4th IJBS), Hiroshima, Japan: 5-7th
June, 2013.
98. Deidun, A.
(2014). Land reclamation out at sea on a small Mediterranean archipelago
(Maltese Islands)....a white elephant or an opportunity worth considering?
Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Green Infrastructure and
Sustainable Societies / Cities (GreInSus), Izmir, Turkey, 8th-10thMay
2014: 136.
99. Gauci, A.,
Deidun, A. (2014). Image Classification For Maerl And Sandy Seabed Percentage
Coverage Estimation. Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Green
Infrastructure and Sustainable Societies / Cities (GreInSus), Izmir, Turkey, 8th-10th May 2014: 135.
100. Deidun, A.
(2014). The major outcomes of the PERSEUS and BIODIVALUE projects. Proceedings
of the MED-JELLYRISK Conference and Training Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 10.
101. Deidun, A.,
Drago, A., Cutajar, D., Gauci, A., Galea Degiovanni, M. (2014) Jellyfish
spotting citizen science campaign in Malta – Spot the Jellyfish. Proceedings of
the MED-JELLYRISK Conference and Training Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 18.
102. Cucco, A.,
Umgiesser, G., Drago, A., Cutajar, D., Gauci, A., Azzopardi, J., Deidun, A.
(2014). Modelling to the rescue II: can we predict the dispersal path of a
jellyfish bloom? Proceedings of the MED-JELLYRISK Conference and Training
Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 27
103. Micallef, L.,
Deidun, A., Cutakar, D., Gauci, A. (2014). The development of the MED-JELLY
smart phone application in the Maltese Islands. Proceedings of the MED-JELLYRISK
Conference and Training Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 29
104. Pulis, K.,
Micallef, A., Deidun, A. (2014). The impact of jellyfish blooms on the Maltese
aquaculture industry. Proceedings of the MED-JELLYRISK Conference and Training
Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 35
105. Tanti, G.,
Deidun, A. (2014). The socio-economic assessment of the impact of jellyfish
blooms in the Maltese Islands. Proceedings of the MED-JELLYRISK Conference and
Training Seminar, St. Julian’s, Malta, 20th-21st May 2014: 37
106. Deidun, A.
(2014). Applications of hydrodynamic models for modeling drifting jellyfish
blooms around the Maltese Islands. Proceedings of the MED-JELLYRISK Conference
on Jellyfish Proliferation and Mitigation, St. Julian’s, Malta, 23rd May 2014: 6.
107. T. Romeo, M.
D’Alessandro, S. Giuliani, A. Deidun, A. Mazzola, P. Consoli, A. Martino, V.
Esposito, P Vivona, S. Macchia, D. Sartori, G. Valastro, F. Andaloro (2014).
Assessing shipping-mediated impacts and environmental quality within the Grand
Harbour, Valletta (Maltese Islands, Central Mediterranean). Proceedings of the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 35th Annual
Meeting; Sea to Sky: Interconnecting Ecosystems Vancouver, British Columbia,
9–13 November 2014: 383.
108. Deidun, A.,
Drago, A., Behnam, A., Virapat, C., Vassallo, A. (2014). Setting up and ocean
literacy hub in the southern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the 2nd EMSEA (European Marine Science
Educators Association) Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1-3rd October 2014: 24.
109. Deidun, A., Galea, C., De Castro, D.,
Papathanassiou, M., Streftaris, N., Papathanassiou, E. (2015). Establishing a
multi-stakeholder [email protected] Consortium in Malta. Proceedings of the 3rd EMSEA Conference, Heraklion, Crete 28th September-1st October 2015: pg 24.
110. Borg, S., Deidun, A. (2015). Enhancing
Cross Border Conservation: An Implementation Agreement under the 1982
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for the Conservation of Sedentary Species
on the Continental Shelf and the Deep Sea Bed. Proceedings of the AESS 2015
Conference ‘Confronting Frontiers, Borders and Boundaries’, San Diego, US: 24th-27th
June 2015.
111. A. Deidun , F. Andaloro , C. Berti , P. Consoli , M. D'Alessandro ,
V. Esposito , G. Scotti , G. Galofaro , T. Romeo and K. Agius (2016). ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF SUEZ CANAL
SHIPPING TRAFFIC AS AN INVASION PATHWAY FOR NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES IN CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN HARBOURS Rapp.
Comm. int. Mer Médit., 41, 2016 pg. 429.
112. K. Pulis, A. Deidun , L. Prieto , V. Fuentes , M. Aceveda , F. Lia
and M. Zammit-Mangion (2016). POPULATION,
ECOLOGY AND GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDITERRANNEAN BOX JELLYFISH CARYBDEA MARSUPIALIS IN THE
ISLAND OF MALTA Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 41, 2016 pg. 444.
113. Karl Agius, Nadia Theuma and Alan Deidun (2016).THE POTENTIAL OF COASTAL ECOTOURISM IN
CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE AEGADIAN ARCHIPELAGO. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer
Médit., 41, 2016 pg. 510.
Editorship
The undersigned has
acted as editor-in-chief of the local peer-reviewed natural history journal The
Central Mediterranean Naturalist since during the 2007-2011 period.
Co-authorship
of books
Camilleri, A.,
Falzon, A., Deidun, A. (2003). Malta, Gozo & Comino Off the Beaten
Track. A Nature Trust (Malta) and MTA publication, Malta: 176pp.
Chapters in
books
Deidun, A. (2010).
Environmental politics and public participation: green parties in coalition
governments and NGO’s In: Lagana, L. & Scerri, L. (eds.) Systems of Knowledge
– a multidisciplinary approach, 2nd edition. Media Centre
Publications, Malta: 192-196.
Deidun, A. (2010).
Local environmental legislation: the Structure Plan, Local Plans, Public Access
and Right of Passage. In: Lagana, L. & Scerri, L. (eds.) Systems of
Knowledge – a multidisciplinary approach, 2nd edition. Media
Centre Publications, Malta: 197-201.
Deidun, A. (2009).
Considerations on the marine dimension of the Maltese Islands. In:
Schiavone, M.J. & Callus, L. (eds) Inservi – Hidma Politika 1969-2009.
Gabra ta’ kitbiet f’gieh Eddie Fenech Adami. PIN Publications, Pieta: 259-272.
Balzan, F. &
Deidun, A. (2010). Notes for a history of coral fishing and coral artefacts
in Malta. In: Grima, J.N. (ed.). Malta Historical Society 60th anniversary
publication, Veritas Press, Zabbar, Malta: 435-454.
Popular
articles
Over 500 popular science
articles within the following periodicals and newspapers:
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Archipelago (publication by Nature Trust Malta)
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Vigilo
- Think magazine
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Outlook Newsletter (MEPA)
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The Sunday Times of Malta
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The Times of Malta
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The Sunday Circle
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Bizilla Magazine (AirMalta onboard magazine)
- AZURE
- On Parade
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Spinnaker Magazine
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The Malta Independent on Sunday
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MaltaToday
Closing the flood gates? - The Sunday Times - April 2008.doc
The Green Whistle Blower - December 2008.doc
The Times Trade Fair supplement article.pdf
A romp through our valleys - edited.doc
The Biology Symposium - 2009.doc
Climate change and marine biodiversity - abridged.pdf
A miniature ocean - shortened version.doc
The Sunday Circle article - shortened.doc
Rambling through Maltese natural reserves.doc
The insatiable demand for bluefin tuna.doc
The 2008 Biology Symposium SToM (reviewed).doc
Book chapter 2
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