A5031939171- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
University of Genoa
2017-2025
University of Siena
2021-2024
University of Palermo
2024
Terra Nova Learning Systems (United States)
2024
Abstract Global warming is causing significant losses of marine ice around the polar regions. In Antarctica, retreat tidewater glaciers opening up novel, low‐energy habitats (fjords) that have potential to provide a negative feedback loop climate change. These fjords are being colonized by organisms on and within sediment act as sink for particulate matter. So far, blue carbon in Antarctic has mainly been estimated using epifaunal megazoobenthos (although some studies also considered...
Benthic communities studies in the Southern Ocean highlight their potential for assessing climate and anthropogenic impacts. However, lack of standardised methods limits result reliability interpretation. This dataset presents first checklist focus on Antarctic pioneer benthic collected using a approach such as Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) located at 25 m depth surroundings Italian research station "Mario Zucchelli" (MZS) Terra Nova Bay (TNB) area Ross Sea, Antarctica. The...
Distributional data on planktonic, benthic and sympagic copepods collected in the framework of XXXIV th Expeditions Italian National Antarctic Programme (PNRA) to Ross Sea sector from 2018–2019 are here provided. These occurrences correspond specimens 25 μm filters used desalination plant research station "Mario Zucchelli" (MZS), located Terra Nova Bay area (TNB; Sea, Antarctica). This dataset is a contribution Biodiversity Portal, thematic node for both Ocean Biogeographic Information...
The Mediterranean Sea, as one of the world’s most climate-sensitive regions, faces significant environmental changes due to rising temperatures. Zooplankton communities, particularly copepods, play a vital role in marine ecosystems, yet their distribution dynamics remain poorly understood, especially Ligurian Sea. Leveraging open-source software and data, this study adapted methodology model copepod distributions from 1985 1986 Portofino Promontory ecosystem using Random Forest machine...
This new dataset presents occurrence data for Porifera collected in the Ross Sea, mainly Terra Nova Bay area, and curated at Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa). Specimens were 331 different sampling stations depths ranging from 17 to 1,100 meters framework expeditions funded by Research Program (PNRA). A total 807 specimens, belonging 144 morphospecies (i.e., 95 taxa identified species level 49 classified least genus level) is included dataset. Nearly half (45%)...
The order Isopoda Latreille, 1816 consists of species occurring in terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments. In the Southern Ocean (SO), this group is amongst most speciose occur at all depths. biogeography, despite being studied since first Antarctic expeditions, still poorly known from a geographical point view shows large occurrence gaps for some groups specific sectors SO. paper, we update isopod checklists Ross Sea (RS) peri-Antarctic areas, such as South Orkney Islands (SOI)...
The distributional records of Ophiuroidea stored at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section Genoa) are presented, corresponding to 1595 individuals that belong 35 species and 17 genera. Specimens were collected in 106 different sampling stations depths ranging from 21 1652 m framework 14 expeditions Ross Sea, one Peninsula, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). Three species, Amphiura joubini Koehler, 1912, (Amphiura) angularis Lyman, 1879, Ophiura flexibilis (Koehler, 1911),...
The Southern Ocean is one of the most exposed regions to climate-related changes on our planet. Better understanding current biodiversity and past speciation events, as well implementation conservation actions accurate identification organisms species level in this unique environment, fundamental. In study, two sea stars, Odontaster roseus Janosik & Halanych, 2010 pearsei 2010, are reported for first time from Terra Nova Bay area (TNB, Ross Sea, Antarctica) by using a combination...
We report the first record of a stranded specimen Cymbulia parvidentata , pteropod species Atlantic origin, in Ligurian Sea. On 27 February 2022, six C. peronii and one were collected on Borgio-Verezzi Beach (Savona, Italy - 44.16° N, 8.304633° W). Specimens examined morphologically biometrically. Measurements (length, width, height wet weight) separated two taxa, being larger than . The finding which has only occasionally been reported southern Italy, is remarkable may be due to ascending...
The identification of species present in an ecosystem and the assessment a faunistic inventory is first step any ecological survey conservation effort. Thanks to technological progress, DNA barcoding has sped up great support morphological taxonomy. In this work, we used “Reverse Taxonomy” approach, where molecular (DNA barcoding) analyses were followed by (skeletal features) ones determine specific status 70 echinoid 22 crinoid specimens, collected during eight different expeditions Ross...
On September 1st, 2023 three specimens of the blue button Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) were found stranded along store Genoa metropolitan area (northwest Mediterranean Sea, Ligurian Sea) as a result citizen science contribution. This record represents second observation species in this after first one, occurred 2019. The general increase observations P. basin, from 2010 on, may suggest higher abundance sea, likely due to climate change, an intensified effort...