Email
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Research Themes
Fish Behaviour
Individual-, group- and species-level models by time-series and longitudinal data analysis. Implications for PHABSIM procedures.
Fish Conservation
Conservation of the barbel, Barbus barbus, in the River Lee (Hertfordshire, England) for riverine sport fisheries. Conservation of native fishes in the Murray-Darling Basin, in England (River Lee), and in the Czech Republic (River Danube, River Jihlava). Implementation of the UK non-native fish risk assessment strategy.
Fish Ecology
Age interpretation methodologies, including annulus and microincrement counts on calcified structures, along with bias, reproducibility and validation of age estimates; early life history, cohort composition, recruitment; survival of eggs, larvae and juveniles; ontogenetic shifts in diet, behaviour and microhabitat use.
Ecological Modelling
Intervention analysis by laboratory and field (quasi-)experiments, time-series and longitudinal data analysis; age-growth-recruitment models; implementation of generalised linear and additive models (GLMs and GAMs) of fish (micro-)habitat use; multivariate (permutational-based) statistics applied to ecology; structural equation modelling (SEM), with application to fish-habitat-biota relationships; Bayesian estimation techniques applied to mark-recapture studies.
Experimental Design
Development and implementation of the Linear Model Diagram (a graphical method for the display of factor relationships in ANOVA designs), and of a novel group of split-plot experimental designs suited to repeated measures and impact assessment studies.
Tertiary Education
1991 BSc (Hons), University of Turin (Italy)
1997 PhD, University of Adelaide
Reports and Publications
Journal papers
Peer-reviewed
In review
Stakėnas S, Vilizzi L, Copp GH. Microhabitat use and interactions of introduced Lepomis gibbosus and native Salmo trutta in a small stream of Southern England, using constrained additive ordination.
Vilizzi L, Sharpe CP. Piscivory, life-cycle modes, size-structuring, and genetic differences in the ‘carp gudgeon group’ (Hypseleotris spp.: Eleotridae) in south-eastern Australia: what lies behind the scenes?
Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Templeton M, Gozlan RE. The demographic basis of introduction pathways, propagule pressure and the incidence of non-native freshwater fishes in the wild.
In press
Vilizzi L, Meredith SN. 2008. Flow–habitat–biota relationships in the littoral zone of a large lowland river: direct and indirect effects. Fundamental and Applied Limnology.
Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Mumford J, Godard MJ, Fenwick G, Gozlan RE. 2008. Calibration of FISK, an invasiveness screening tool for non-native freshwater fishes. Risk Analysis.
Vilizzi L, Copp GH. 2008. Diel densities of young-of-the-year fishes in the River Lee (Hertfordshire) over a 24-h period in late summer. The London Naturalist.
In print
Vilizzi L, Meredith SN, Sharpe CP, Rehwinkel R. 2008. Evaluating light trap efficiency by application of mesh to prevent inter- and intra-specific in situ predation on larvae and juveniles. Fisheries Research 93: 146–153.
Vilizzi L, Copp GH, Carter M, Peňáz M. 2006. Movement and abundance of barbel, Barbus barbus, in a mesotrophic chalk stream in England. Folia Zoologica 55: 183–197.
Baruš V, Peňáz M, Prokeš M, Šovčík P, Spurný P, Vilizzi L. 2006. Growth of the barbel, Barbus barbus, in the River Jihlava following major habitat alteration and estimated by two methods. Folia Zoologica 55: 86–96.
Vilizzi L. 2005. The linear model diagram: a graphical method for the display of factor relationships in experimental design. Ecological Modelling 184: 263–275.
Vilizzi L, Copp GH. 2005. An analysis of 0+ barbel (Barbus barbus) response to discharge fluctuations in a flume. River Research and Applications 21: 421–438.
Vilizzi L, Copp GH, Roussel J-M. 2005. Assessing temporal variation and autocorrelation in fish habitat use. Folia Zoologica 54: 432–442.
Copp GH, Wesley KJ, Vilizzi L. 2005. Pathways of ornamental and aquarium fish introductions into ponds: the human vector. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 21: 263–274.
Vilizzi L, Copp, GH, Roussel, J-M. 2004. Assessing variation in suitability curves and electivity profiles in temporal studies of fish habitat use. River Research and Applications 20: 605–618.
Copp GH, Vilizzi L. 2004. Spatial and ontogenetic variability in the microhabitat use of stream-dwelling spined loach Cobitis taenia and stone loach Barbatula barbatula. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20: 440–451.
Černý J, Copp GH, Kováč V, Gozlan R, Vilizzi L. 2003. Initial impact of the Gabčíkovo hydroelectric scheme on 0+ fish assemblages in the Slovak flood plain, River Danube. River Research and Applications 19: 749–766.
Vilizzi L. 2002. Modelling preference curves for the study of fish habitat use. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 155: 615–626.
Vilizzi L, Copp GH. 2001. Behavioural responses of juvenile barbel in an artificial channel: distribution and velocity use. Animal Behaviour 61: 645–654.
Vilizzi L, Walker, KF. 1999a. Age and growth of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. (Cyprinidae), in the River Murray, Australia: validation, consistency of age interpretation and growth models. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54: 77–106.
Vilizzi L., Walker KF. 1999b. The onset of the juvenile period in carp, Cyprinus carpio: a literature survey. Environmental Biology of Fishes 56: 93–102.
Vilizzi L. 1998a. Age, growth and cohort composition of 0+ carp Cyprinus carpio, in the River Murray, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 52: 997–1013.
Vilizzi L. 1998b. Observations on ontogenetic shifts in the diet of 0+ carp, Cyprinus carpio L., from the River Murray, Australia. Folia Zoologica 47: 225–229.
Vilizzi L, Walker KF. 1998. Age profile of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in Lake Crescent, Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 132: 1–8.
Vilizzi L, Walker KF, Jain T, McGlennon D, Tsymbal V. 1998. Interpretability and precision of annulus counts for calcified structures in carp, Cyprinus carpio L. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 143: 121–127.
Vilizzi L, Walker KF. 1995. Otoliths as potential indicators of age and growth in carp, Cyprinus carpio L. (Cyprinidae: Teleostei). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 115: 97–98.
Dal Vesco G, Vilizzi L. 1993. Distribuzione di Carex curvula All. ssp. Rosae Gilomen in Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta. Revue Valdôtaine d’Histoire Naturelle, Supplément au nş 47: 367–370.
Reports
McCarthy B, Tucker M, Campbell C, Henderson M, Vilizzi L, Wallace T., Walters S. 2008. The Living Murray Condition Monitoring of Hattah Lakes 2007/08. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical report No. 07/08, 142 pp.
Henderson M, Campbell C, McCarthy B, Vilizzi L, Wallace T, Sharpe C. 2008. The Living Murray Condition Monitoring of Lindsay, Mulcra and Wallpolla Islands 2007/08. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical report No. 06/08, 191 pp.
Wallace T, Sharpe C, Fraser P, Rehwinkel R, Vilizzi L. 2008. The impact of drought on water quality and fish communities within refuge pools on the Lower Darling River. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical report No. 08/08, 63 pp.
McCarthy B, Henderson M, Durant R, Zukowski S, Vilizzi L. 2008. Implications of pumping and ponding water on water quality and the development of diverse aquatic ecosystems. Intervention monitoring of the Hattah Lakes Icon Site 2006/07. Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Environmental Protection Agency Victoria and Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre.
Smith B, Vilizzi L, Conallin A. 2007. Analyses of the combined ‘fish’ dataset from the 2004–2007 annual South Australian River Murray wetlands baseline surveys. SARDI Publication Number F2007/000526-1, SARDI Research Report Series Number 228, 49 pp.
Vilizzi L, Sharpe C, Conallin A, Whiterod N, Meredith S, Engledow K, Fraser P. 2007. Baseline Water Quality Monitoring for Lindsay and Wallpolla Islands: August 2006 – April 2007. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical Report 10/07, 24 pp.
Vilizzi L, Wallace T, Fraser P, Ellis I, Conallin A, Meredith S, Engledow K, Sharpe C, McCasker N. 2007. Native Fish Recruitment and Flood Pulse Water Quality Monitoring on Lindsay Island. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical Report 07/07, 103 pp.
Vilizzi L, Wallace T, Engledow K, Fraser P, Conallin A, Meredith S. 2006. Flow-related patterns in the abundance and distribution of lowland river fish communities: Lindsay Island, Victoria. Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura. Technical Report 08/06, 61 pp.
Blanch SJ, Burns A, Vilizzi L, Walker KF 1996. Ecological effects of shallow winter-spring flooding in the Lower River Murray, 1995. Technical Report to the Natural Resources Management Strategy of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Australia, 129pp.
Vilizzi L 1991. A report on European natural conservation areas. B-6. In: A study for the identification of natural and anthropic factors in the “Casse di Colmata” area and associated swales. 198pp. (Prepared for FISIA, Fiat Impresit.) (In Italian.)
