Lessons learned from the “spot the alien” citizen science campaign (2022–2025) in Maltese waters and the second record of Cephalopholis hemistiktos in the Mediterranean

Alan Deidun, Laura Prieto Gomez, Adam Gauci, Audrey Zammit, David Fernando Ramirez Montano, Maria Corsini-Foka, Bruno Zava, Alessio Marrone

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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2026.1878121
Published: 2026-07-21
Container: Frontiers in Marine Science
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fmars.2026.1878121,
  title = {Lessons learned from the “spot the alien” citizen science campaign (2022–2025) in Maltese waters and the second record of Cephalopholis hemistiktos in the Mediterranean},
  author = {Alan Deidun and Laura Prieto Gomez and Adam Gauci and Audrey Zammit and David Fernando Ramirez Montano and Maria Corsini-Foka and Bruno Zava and Alessio Marrone},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science},
  doi = {10.3389/fmars.2026.1878121},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1878121}
}

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Deidun, A., Gomez, L. P., Gauci, A., Zammit, A., Montano, D. F. R., Corsini-Foka, M., Zava, B., & Marrone, A. (2026). Lessons learned from the “spot the alien” citizen science campaign (2022–2025) in Maltese waters and the second record of Cephalopholis hemistiktos in the Mediterranean. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1878121

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