MANNOCCI, L., ....... VELLA, A. and VELLA, J., 2018. Assessing cetacean surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea: A gap analysis in environmental space. SCiENtifiCRepoRTS, 8(3126), pp. 1-14.
VELLA, A. and VELLA, N., 2017. Jellyfish Blooming in Maltese waters and its Socio-economic Interactions. In: G.L. MARIOTTINI, ed, Jellyfish: Ecology, Distribution Patterns and Human Interactions. USA: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 163-188.
VELLA, A., VELLA, N. and SCHEMBRI, S., 2017. A molecular approach towards taxonomic identification of elasmobranch species from Maltese fisheries landings. Marine Genomics, 36(Navigating the Future: Cross-sector Marine Genomics), pp. 17-23.
SORENSEN, M. and VELLA, A., 2016. Population Structure, Genetic Diversity, Effective Population Size, Demographic History and Regional Connectivity Patterns of the Endangered Dusky Grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Teleostei: Serranidae), within Malta’s Fisheries Management Zone. . PLoS ONE, 11(7), pp. 1-33.
VELLA, A., AGIUS DARMANIN, S. and VELLA, N., 2016. The first records of Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) and further notes on the occurrence of sergeant major A. saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Malta: expanding populations of an invasive genus in the Mediterranean Sea. . Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 22(1), pp. 1-15.
VELLA, A. and VELLA, N., 2016. Genetic barcoding and preliminary phylogenetic analysis of Serranidae species from Maltese coastal waters, with a perspective on their Mediterranean phylogeography. . International Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences, 1(3), pp. 66-77.
VELLA, A., VELLA, N. and AGIUS DARMANIN, S., 2016. The first record of the African Sergeant, Abudefduf hoefleri (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), in the Mediterranean Sea. . Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(15), pp. 1-5.
VELLA, A., VELLA, N., KARAKULAK, S., ORAY, I., GARCIA-TISCAR, S. and DE STEPHANIS, R., 2016. Population genetics of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Mediterranean: implications for its conservation management . Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 32, pp. 523-531.
VELLA, A., VELLA, N., MASLIN, M. and BICHLMAIER, L., 2016. First molecular barcoding and record of the Indo-Pacific punctuated flatworm Maritigrella fuscopunctata (Newman & Cannon 2000), (Polycladida: Euryleptidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 22(2), pp. 119-127.
MIFSUD, C.M. and VELLA, A., 2015. Seasonal habitat use by foraging pipistrelle bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Maltese Islands . Acta Chiropterologica, 17(2), pp. 337-346.
VELLA, A., AGIUS DARMANIN, S. and VELLA, N., 2015. Morphological and genetic barcoding study confirming the first Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) report in the Mediterranean Sea. . Mediterranean Marine Science, 16(3), pp. 609-612.
VELLA, A. and VELLA, J., 2012. Central-southern Mediterranean submarine canyons and steep slopes: role played in the distribution of cetaceans, bluefin tunas and elasmobranchs. In: M. WURTZ, ed, Mediterranean Submarine Canyons: Ecology and Governance. Spain: IUCN, pp. 73-88.
VELLA, A., MAZZOLA, S., NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA, G., RAIS, C. and WURTZ, M., 2011. Scientific rationale for the proposed CIESM Pelagian Sea Marine Peace Park. In: F. BRIAND, ed, Marine Peace Parks in the Mediterranean – a CIESM proposal. Monaco: CIESM, pp. 51-53.