Ecologia Generale ed Applicata

Gruppo di Ecologia Generale ed Applicata

Localizzazione: Via Borsari, 46 - 44121 Ferrara
Blocco B - Primo Piano - Stanze 40, 38, 28 bis, 24, 41, 36
Sezione: Biologia ed Evoluzione

 

Key words:

Biodiversità, Servizi Ecosistemici, Tecnologie a basso impatto ambientale, Circolazione dei nutrienti

Il gruppo di ricerca in Ecologia Generale ed Applicata, si interessa di Biodiversità, di Funzionalità e di Servizi Ecosistemici in una ottica di Sviluppo Sostenibile, in varie tipologie di ecosistema (sistemi marini di transizione, sistemi fluviali naturali ed artificiali, agroecosistemi, ecosistemi urbani).

 

Materiale biologico utilizzato: comunità microbiche, fitoplancton, zooplancton, macrozoobenthos, vegetazione acquatica immersa ed emersa, fauna ittica.

 

Temi di ricerca principali:

· Biodiversità: fattori ambientali ed antropizzazione

· Cicli biogeochimici in ambienti terrestri ed acquatici e Bioturbazione

· Agricoltura sostenibile

· Ecologia della pesca e Gestione delle risorse rinnovabili

· Modellistica Ecologica

· Metodologie GIS applicate all’uso del territorio

· Rinaturalizzazione ambientale in sistemi acquatici

· Servizi ecosistemici

 

Collaborazioni nazionali:

a) Università di Parma (prof. Marco Bartoli, dott. Gianmarco Giordani)

b) Università del Salento (prof. Alberto Basset)

c) Università IUAV di Venezia (dott. Elena Gissi)

d) Università di Roma La Sapienza (prof. Loreto Rossi, prof. Fausto Manes)

e) Università Roma Tor Vergata (dott. Eleonora Ciccotti)

f) ISPRA (dott. Piero Genovesi)

g) Regione Emilia Romagna

h) Regione Veneto

i) Regione Lombardia

j) Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Po (ADBPO)

k) Parco del Delta del Po

l) Corpo Forestale dello Stato

 

Collaborazioni Internazionali:

a) Marine Ecology Centre of Klaipeda University (Lithuania)

b) Department of Aquatic Ecology and Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) of University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen (Germany)

c) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, Department of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering

d) Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Serbia

 

Laboratori:

 

Partecipanti al gruppo:

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prof.ssa Elisa Anna Fano

anna.fano@unife.it

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prof. Giuseppe Castaldelli

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dott. Vassilis Aschonitis

post-doc

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dott. Fabio Vincenzi

post-doc

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dott. Elisa Soana

post-doc

elisa.soana@unife.it

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Dott. Mattia Lanzoni

phd-student

mattia.lanzoni@unife.it

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dott. Mattias Gaglio

phd-student

mattias.gaglio@unife.it

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dott. Giovanni Nobili

phd-student

giovanni.nobili@unife.it

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dott. Anna Gavioli

phd-student

gvlnna@unife.it

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dott. Sara Benelli

phd-student

bnlsra@unife.it

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Alexandra Nicoleta Muresan

borsista

alexandranic.muresan

@student.unife.it

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Pubblicazioni:


2017

Jona Lasinio G., Pollice A., Marcon E., Fano E.A. 2017. Assessing the role of the spatial scale in the  analysis of lagoon biodiversity. A case-study on the  macrobenthic fauna of the Po River Delta. Ecological Indicators, in press

Gaglio, M., Aschonitis, V.G., Gissi, E., Castaldelli, G., Fano, E.A. 2017. Land use change effects on ecosystem services of river deltas and coastal wetlands: case study in Volano–Mesola–Goro in Po river delta (Italy). Wetlands Ecology and Management 25 (1), pp. 67-86.

Aschonitis, V.,Castaldelli, G.,Lanzoni, M., Rossi, R., Kennedy, C., Fano, E.A. 2017.  Long-term records (1781–2013) of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) production in the Comacchio Lagoon (Italy): evaluation of local and global factors as causes of the population collapse. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27 (2): 502-520

V.G. Aschonitis, G. Castaldelli, M. Lanzoni, M. Merighi, F. Gelli, L. Giari, R. Rossi, E.A. Fano 2017. A size-age model based on bootstrapping and Bayesian approaches to assess population dynamics of Anguilla anguilla L. in semi-closed lagoons. ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH 20 (2), pp 217-232.

Dezfuli, B.S., DePasquale, J.A., Castaldelli, G., Girani, L., Bosi, G.A.. 2017. A fish model for the study of the relationship between neuroendocrine and immune cells in the intestinal epithelium: Silurus glanis infected with a tapeworm. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 64, pp 243-250.

Benelli, S., Bartoli M., Racchetti, E., Moraes, P.C., Zilius, M., Lubiene, I., Fano, E.A. 2017. Rare but large bivalves alter benthic respiration and nutrient recycling in riverine sediments. Aquatic Ecology, 51 (1), pp 1-16.

Racchetti, E., Longhi, D., Ribaudo, C., Soana, E., Bartoli, M. 2017. Nitrogen uptake and coupled nitrification-denitrification in riverin sediments with benthic mocroalgae and rooted macrophytes. Aquatic Science, in press.

Soana, E., Balestrini, R., Vincenzi, F., Bartoli, M., Castaldelli, G. 2017. Mitigation of nitrogen pollution in vegetated ditches fed by nitrate-rich spring waters. Agruculture, Ecosystems & Environmental, in press.

De Girolamo, A.M., Balestrini, R., D’Ambrosio, E., Pappagallo, G., Soana, E., lo Porto, A. 2017. Antropogenic input of nitrogen and riverin export from a Mediterranean catchment. The Celone, a temporary river case study. Agriculture Water Management, 187, pp 190-199.


2016

Aschonitis, V.G., Gaglio, M., Castaldelli, G., Fano, E.A. 2016. Criticism on elasticity-sensitivity coefficient for assessing the robustness and sensitivity of ecosystem services values. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 20, pp. 66-68

Aschonitis, V.G., Castaldelli, G., Lanzoni, M., Rossi, R., Kennedy, C., Fano, E.A. 2016. Long-term records (1781-2013) of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) production in the Comacchio Lagoon (Italy): evaluation of local and global factors as causes of the population collapse. AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Article in Press

Aschonitis, V.G., Castaldelli, G., Fano, E.A. 2016. Relations between environmental gradients and diversity indices of benthic invertebrates in lotic systems of northern Italy. WEB ECOLOGY 16 (1), pp. 13-15.

Aschonitis, V.G., Feld, C.K., Castaldelli, G., Turin, P., Visonà, E., Fano, E.A. 2016. Environmental stressor gradients hierarchically regulate macrozoobenthic community turnover in lotic systems of Northern Italy. HYDROBIOLOGIA 765 (1), pp. 131-147.

Aschonitis, V.G., Castaldelli, G., Colombani, N., Mastrocicco M. 2016. A combined methodology to assess the intrinsic vulnerability of aquifers to pollution from agrochemicals. ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 9 (7), art. no. 503.

Aschonitis, V.G., Miliaresis, G., G., Demertzi, K., Papamichail, D. 2016. Terrain segmentation of Greece using the spatial and seasonal variation of reference crop evapotranspiration. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, art. no. 3092671.

Giari, L., Vincenzi, F, Badini, S., Guerranti, C., Dezfuli, B.S., Fano, E.A., Castaldelli, G. Common carp Cyprinus carpio responses to sub-chronic exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23 (15), pp. 15321-15330

Aschonitis, V.G., Feld, C.K., Castaldelli, G., Turin, P., Visonà, E., Fano, E.A.  Environmental stressor gradients hierarchically regulate macrozoobenthic community turnover in lotic systems of Northern Italy. Hydrobiologia, Volume 765, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-147

Dezfuli, B.S., Manera, M., Bosi, G., Depasquale, J.A., D'Amelio, S., Castaldelli, G., Giari, L. 2016. Anguilla anguilla intestinal immune response to natural infection with Contracaecum rudolphii A larvae. Journal of Fish Diseases, in press.

Fedrigotti C., Aschonitis V., Fano E.A. 2016. Effects of forest expansions and land abandonment on ecosystem services of alpine environments: case study in ledro valley (Italy) for the period (1859-2011). Global Nest Journal, 18 (4), pp. 875-884

Gissi, E., Gaglio, M., Reho, M. 2016. Sustainable energy potential from biomass through ecosystem services trade-off analysis: The case of the Province of Rovigo (Northern Italy). Ecosystem Services 18, pp. 1-19

Lanzoni, M., Gavioli, A., Aschonitis, V., Merighi, M., Fano, E.A., Castaldelli, G.  2016. Length–weight relationships of three estuarine species in the Comacchio Lagoon, Po River delta, Italy. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 32 (6), pp. 1284-1265


2015

S. Civolani, M. Boselli, A. Butturini, M. Chicca, S. Cassanelli, M.G. Tommasini, V.G. Aschonitis, E.A. Fano 2015. Testing Spirotetramat as an alternative solution to Abamectin for Cacopsylla pyri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) control: Laboratory and field tests. Journal of ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 108 (6), pp. 2737-2742.

V.G. Aschonitis, G. Castaldelli, M. Bartoli, E.A. Fano 2015. A review and synthesis of bivariate non-linear models to describe the relative variation of ecological, biological and environmental parameters. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND ASSESSMENT 20 (2), pp. 169-182.

E. Tamburini, G. Castaldelli, G. Ferrari, M.G. Marchetti, P. Pedrini, P., V.G. Aschonitis 2015. Onsite and online FT-NIR spectroscopy for the estimation of total nitrogen and moisture content in poultry manure. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 36 (18), pp. 2285-2294.

V.G. Aschonitis, E. Salemi, N. Colombani, M. Mastrocicco 2015. Comparison of Different “S-index” Expressions to Evaluate the State of Physical Soil Properties. GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 33 (4), pp. 1055-1066.

V.G. Aschonitis, K. Demertzi, D. Papamichail, N. Colombani, M. Mastrocicco 2015. Revisiting the Priestley-Taylor method for the assessment of reference crop evapotranspiration in Italy. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF AGROMETEOROLOGY 20 (2), pp. 5-18.

E. Lekakis, V.G. Aschonitis, A. Pavlatou-Ve, A. Papadopoulos, V. Antonopoulos 2015. Analysis of temporal variation of soil salinity during the growing season in a flooded rice field of Thessaloniki plain-Greece. AGRONOMY 5 (1), pp. 35-54.

Castaldelli, G., Soana, E., Racchetti, E., Vincenzi, F., Fano, E.A., Bartoli, M. Vegetated canals mitigate nitrogen surplus in agricultural watersheds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Volume 212, December 01, 2015, Pages 253-262

Milardi, M., Lanzoni, M., Kiljunen, M., Torniainen, J., Castaldelli, G. 2015. Natural recruitment contributes to high densities of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (valenciennes, 1844) in Western Europe. Aquatic Invasions 10 (4), pp. 439-448

Giari, L., Guerranti, C., Perra, G., Lanzoni, M., Fano, E.A., Castaldelli, G. 2015. Occurrence of perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid and histopathology in eels from north Italian waters. Chemosphere 118 (1), pp- 117-123

Soana, E. ,  Naldi, M.,  Bonaglia, S.  Racchetti, E.,  Castaldelli, G.,  Brüchert, V.,  Viaroli, P.,  Bartoli, M. 2015. Benthic nitrogen metabolism in a macrophyte meadow (Vallisneria spiralis L.) under increasing sedimentary organic matter loads. Biochemistry 124 (1-3), pp 387-404

Dondini, L., De Franceschi, P., Ancarani, V., Civolani, S., Fano, E.A., Musacchi, S. 2015. Identification of a QTL for psylla resistance in pear via dennome scanning approach. Scintia Horticulturae, 197, pp. 568-572.

Welsh, D.T., Nizzuli, D., Fano, E.A., Viaroli, P. 2015. Direct contribution of clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) to benthic fluxes, nitrificatin, denitrification and nitrous oxide emession in a farmed sediment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 154, pp. 84-93.

Tamburini, E., Pedrini, P., Marchetti, M.G., Fano, E.A., Castaldelli, G. 2015. Life cycle based evaluation of environmental and economic impacts of agricultural productiuons in the Mediterranean area. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7 (3), pp. 2915-2935.

Viaroli, P., Nizzoli, D., Pinardi, M., Soana E., Bartoli, M. 2015. Eutrophication of the Mediterranean Sea: a watershed-cascading aquatic filter approach. Rendiconti Lincei, 26, pp. 13-23.

Bolpagni, R., Laini, A., Soana, E., Romaselli, M., Nascimbene, J. 2015. Growth performance of Vallisneria spiralis under oligotrophic conditions supports its potential invasiveness in mid-elevation freshwaters. Weed Research, 55, pp. 185-194.


2014

V.D. Litskas, V.G. Aschonitis, E.H. Lekakis, V.Z. Antonopoulos 2014. Effects of land use and irrigation practices on Ca, Mg, K, Na loads in rice-based agricultural systems. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT 132, pp. 30-36.

K.A. Demertzi, D.M. Papamichail, P.E. Georgiou, D.N. Karamouzis, V.G. Aschonitis 2014. Assessment of rural and highly seasonal tourist activity plus drought effects on reservoir operation in a semi-arid region of Greece using the WEAP model. WATER INTERNATIONAL 39 (1), pp. 23-34.

K. Demertzi, D. Papamichail, V. Aschonitis, G. Miliaresis, 2014. Spatial and seasonal patterns of precipitation in Greece: The terrain segmentation approach. GLOBAL NEST JOURNAL 16 (5), pp. 988-997.

Gissi, E., Gaglio, M., Reho, M. 2014. Trade-off between carbon storage and biomass-based energy sources ecosystem services, the case study from the province of Rovigo (Italy). Annali di Botanica 4, pp. 73-81

Aschonitis, V.G., Papamichail, D.M., Lithourgidis, A., Fano, E.A. 2014. Estimation of Leaf Area Index and Foliage Area Index of Rice using an Indirect Gravimetric Method. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 45 (13), pp. 1726-1740.

Aschonitis, V.G., Mastrocicco, M., Colombani, N., Salemi, E., Castaldelli, G. 2014. Assessment of the intrinsic vulnerability of agricultural land to water and nitrogen losses: Case studies in Italy and Greece IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports, 364, pp. 14-19.

Dezfuli, B.S., Giari, L., Castaldelli, G., Lanzoni, M., Rossi, R., Lorenzoni, M., Kennedy, C.R. 2014. Temporal and spatial changes in the composition and structure of helminth component communities in European eels Anguilla anguilla in an Adriatic coastal lagoon and some freshwaters in Italy. Parasitology Research, 113 (1), pp. 113-120.

Castaldelli, G., Aschonitis, V., Lanzoni, M., Gelli, F., Rossi, R., Fano, E.A. 2014. An update of the length-weight and length-age relationships of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla, Linnaeus 1758) in the Comacchio Lagoon, northeast Adriatic Sea, Italy Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 30 (3), pp. 558-559.

Civolani, S., Boselli, M., Butturini, A., Chicca, M., Fano, E.A., Cassanelli, S. 2014. Assessment of Insecticide Resistance of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Emilia-Romagna Region Journal of Economic Entomology, 107 (3), pp. 1245-1249.

Civolani, S., Cassanelli, S., Chicca, M., Rison, J.L., Bassi, A., Alvarez, J.M., Annan, I.B., Parrella, G., Giorgini, M., Fano, E.A. 2014. An EPG Study of the Probing Behavior of Adult Bemisia tabaci Biotype Q (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Following Exposure to Cyantraniliprole. Journal of Economic Entomology, 107 (3), pp. 910-919.

Soana, E., Bartoli, M. 2014. Seasonal regulation of nitrification in a rooted macrophyte (Vallisneria spiralis L.) meadow under eutrophic conditions. Aquatic Ecology, 48, pp. 11-21.


2013
V. G. Aschonitis, V. Z. Antonopoulos 2013. New equations for the determination of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity using the Van Genuchten model parameters and effective porosity. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE 62: 537-542
V. G. Aschonitis, E. Salemi, N. Colombani, G. Castaldelli, M. Mastrocicco 2013. Formulation of Indices to Describe Intrinsic Nitrogen Transformation Rates for the Implementation of Best Management Practices in Agricultural Lands. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION Vol. 224, No. 3, pp: 1-14
G. Castaldelli, V. Aschonitis, M. Lanzoni, F. Gelli, R. Rossi, E. A. Fano 2013. An update of the lenght-weight and lenght-age relationship of the European eel (Anguilla Anguilla, Linnaeus 1758) in the Comacchio Lagoon, northeast Adriatic Sea, Italy. APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY pp:1-2
G. Castaldelli, N. Colombani, F. Vincenzi, M. Mastrocicco 2013. Linking dissolved organic carbon, acetate and denitrification in agricultural soils. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES pp: 939-945
G. Castaldelli, L. Giari, M. Lanzoni, E. A. Fano, C. Guerranti  2013.  Livelli di ftalati in campioni di sangue di Anguilla anguilla. SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ECOLOGIA, UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE  pp: 114-114
G. Castaldelli, A. Pluchinotta, M. Milardi, M. Lanzoni, L. Giari, R. Rossi, E. A. Fano 2013. Introduction of exotic fish species and decline of native species in the lower Po basin, north-eastern Italy. AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS pp: 405-417
G. Castaldelli, E. Soana, E. Racchetti, E. Pierobon, M. Mastrocicco, E. Tesini, M. Bartoli, E. A. Fano  2013. Nitrogen budget in a lowland coastal area within the Po River Basin (Northern Italy): multiple evidences of equilibrium between sources and internal sinks. ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT 52:567-580
S. Civolani, G. Grandi, M. Chicca, E. Pasqualini, E. A. Fano, S. Musacchi 2013. Probing behaviour of Cacopsylla pyri on a resistant pear selection. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY
pp: 365-375
K. Demertzi, V. Aschonitis, D. M. Papamichael 2013. Αnalysis of Priestley-Taylor Method for the assessment of reference evapotraspiration in Greece.
L. Giari, B. S. Dezfuli, G. Castaldelli, M. Lanzoni, E. A. Fano, M. Lorenzoni, C.R. Kennedy 2013. Confronto tra comunità di elminti parassiti di anguille delle Valli di Comacchio, del fiume Po e del lago Piediluco. SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ECOLOGIA, UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE pp: 108-108
L. Giari, C. Guerranti, G. Perra, M. Lanzoni, E. A. Fano, G. Castaldelli 2013.  Quantificazione ed effetti istopatologici di composti perfluoroalchilati in popolazioni di anguilla (Anguilla anguilla L.) nella Provincia di Ferrara.  SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI ECOLOGIA, UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE  pp: 52-52
A. Ludovisi, G. Castaldelli, E. A. Fano 2013.  Multi-scale spatio-temporal patchiness of macrozoobenthos in the Sacca di Goro lagoon (Po River Delta, Italy). TRANSITIONAL WATER BULLETIN Vol. 7, No. 2, pp: 233-244
E. Pierobon, G. Castaldelli, S. Mantovani, F. Vincenzi, E. A. Fano 2013. Nitrogen Removal in Vegetated and Unvegetated Drainage Ditches Impacted by Diffuse and Point Source of Pollution. CLEAN – SOIL, AIR, WATER 41: 24-31
E. Soana, M. Bartoli 2013. Seasonal variation of radial oxygen loss in Vallisneria spiralis L.: an adaptation to sediment redox? ACQUATIC BOTANY 104: 228-232