Email
info@mdfrc.org.au
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
Peer-reviewed
In press
30. Vilizzi L. 2010. Brief, protracted or flexible? Quantitative vs qualitative classification of spawning categories for fish in the Murray-Darling River system. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.
In print
29. Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Gozlan RE. 2010. The demography of introduction pathways, propagule pressure and non-native freshwater fishes occurrences in England. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20: 595–601.
28. Vilizzi L. 2010. An amendment to the life-cycle styles classification of exotic Gambusia holbrooki in the Murray-Darling River system. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 134: 137–140.
27. Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Gozlan RE. 2010. Fish movements: the introduction pathway for topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva and other non-native fishes in the UK. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20: 269–273.
26. Tricarico E, Vilizzi L, Gherardi F, Copp GH. 2010. Calibration of FI-ISK, an invasiveness screening tool for non-native freshwater invertebrates. Risk Analysis 30: 285–292.
25. Nunn AD, Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Carter MG. 2010. Seasonal and diel patterns in the migrations of fishes between a river and a floodplain tributary. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19: 153–162.
24. Smith BB, Conallin A, Vilizzi L. 2009. Regional patterns in the distribution, diversity and relative abundance of wetland fishes of the River Murray, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 133: 339–360.
23. Vilizzi L, Meredith SN. 2009. Flow–habitat–biota relationships in the littoral zone of a large lowland river: direct and indirect effects. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 174: 215–226.
22. Copp GH, Vilizzi L, Mumford J, Godard MJ, Fenwick G, Gozlan RE. 2009. Calibration of FISK, an invasiveness screening tool for non-native freshwater fishes. Risk Analysis 29: 457–467.
21. 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 87: 113–117.
20. 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.
19. 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.
18. 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.
17. Vilizzi L. 2005. The linear model diagram: a graphical method for the display of factor relationships in experimental design. Ecological Modelling 184: 263–275.
16. 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.
15. Vilizzi L, Copp GH, Roussel J-M. 2005. Assessing temporal variation and autocorrelation in fish habitat use. Folia Zoologica 54: 432–442.
14. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
11. 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.
10. Vilizzi L. 2002. Modelling preference curves for the study of fish habitat use. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 155: 615–626.
9. Vilizzi L, Copp GH. 2001. Behavioural responses of juvenile barbel in an artificial channel: distribution and velocity use. Animal Behaviour 61: 645–654.
8. 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.
7. 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.
6. 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.
5. 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.
4. 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.
3. 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.
2. 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.
1. 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.
