A5028398672- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Heavy metals in environment
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
2018-2024
Marche Polytechnic University
2015-2024
The contamination of coastal marine sediments with heavy metals (HMs) is a widespread phenomenon that requires effective remediation actions. Bioremediation based on the use bacteria an economically and environmentally sustainable strategy for reducing HM and/or toxicity in sediments. However, information efficiency marine-derived fungi decontamination still largely lacking, despite evidence performance terrestrial fungal strains other contaminated matrixes (e.g., soils, freshwater...
In the Mediterranean Sea hard-bottom macroalgal meadows may switch to alternative and less-productive barrens grounds, as a result of sea urchins overgrazing. Meiofauna (and especially nematodes) represent key components benthic ecosystems, are highly-diversified, sensitive environmental change anthropogenic impacts, but, so-far, have been neglected in studies on regime shifts. We report here that sedimentary organic matter contents, meiofaunal taxa richness community composition, nematode...
Abstract Whilst the successful establishment and spread of invasive species can be determined by above‐ground processes, results are often equivocal. Emergent research, mostly from terrestrial ecosystems, demonstrates that below‐ground processes (nutrient cycling, chemical properties) under microbial control mediate interactions between native plants. Because microbes similar sediment properties in marine ecosystem influence plant fitness, we argue should also exert strong macrophytes. We...
Abstract Seagrass meadows are an important organic matter (OM) reservoir but, currently being lost due to global and regional stressors. Yet, there is limited research investigating the cumulative impacts of anthropogenic stressors on structure functioning seagrass benthic assemblages, key drivers OM mineralization burial. Here, using a 16‐month field experiment, we assessed how meiobenthic assemblages extracellular enzymatic activities (as proxy degradation) in Posidonia oceanica sediments...
Microbiota plays essential roles in the health, physiology, and adaptation of marine multi-cellular organisms to their environment. In Antarctica, have a wide range unique physiological functions adaptive strategies, useful for coping with extremely cold conditions. However, role microbiota associated Antarctic such strategies is underexplored. present study, we investigated diversity putative microbiome sea star Odontaster validus , one main keystone species benthic ecosystems. We compared...
Current knowledge of the microbial diversity shallow-water hydrothermal vents is still limited. Recent evidence suggests that these peculiar and heterogeneous systems might host highly diversified assemblages with novel or poorly characterized lineages. In present work, we used 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding to provide insights into bacterial archaeal in seawater sediments three Panarea Island (Tyrrhenian Sea). The areas were by hot, cold, intermediate temperatures related venting activities....
The microbiome plays a key role in the health of all metazoans. Whether and how favors adaptation processes organisms to extreme conditions, such as those Antarctica, which are incompatible with most metazoans, is still unknown. We investigated three endemic widespread species Antarctic polychaetes: