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Background The Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii), a fish present only in the north-eastern Adriatic sea basin, migrates every year from seawaters to the Po, Adige, Piave and Brenta river basins, which are the largest part of its distribution range and its main reproductive areas. The species is at risk of extinction, however, due its limited distribu ...

Background The River Trebbia flows from the Ligurian and Emilian Apennines to the Po, which it reaches near Piacenza. The central stretch of the river between the villages of Bobbio and Perino, which is about 12 km long, offers a remarkable diversity of habitats, with hilly terrain, areas of extensive agriculture and zones of riverine sand covered with wo ...