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Adriana Giangrande

Adriana Giangrande

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
8261
World Ranking
5271
National Ranking
96

Overview

Adriana Giangrande is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their academic contributions include a significant focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, Aquatic Science, and Ocean Engineering.

Their research work addresses multiple topics within marine and environmental studies, specifically:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

Adriana Giangrande has published extensively in several key scientific journals. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Water
  • Diversity
  • The European Zoological Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Adriana Giangrande include:

  • "An Innovative IMTA System: Polychaetes, Sponges and Macroalgae Co-Cultured in a Southern Italian In-Shore Mariculture Plant (Ionian Sea)" (2020), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • "The Mediterranean in check: Biological invasions in a changing sea" (2020), Marine Ecology
  • "Aquaculture and Restoration: Perspectives from Mediterranean Sea Experiences" (2021), Water

Their collaborations involve frequent co-authors such as Daniele Arduini, Caterina Longo, Cataldo Pierri, Jacopo Borghese, and Loredana Stabili, reflecting an active participation in collaborative marine and environmental research projects.

Best Publications

  • Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution

    A. Zenetos;S. Gofas;M. Verlaque;M.E. Cinar

  • Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways

    Α. Zenetos;S. Gofas;C. Morri;A. Rosso

  • Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

    Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi;Agnese Marchini;Grazia Cantone;Alberto Castelli

  • Polychaetes as environmental indicators revisited.

    Adriana Giangrande;Margherita Licciano;Luigi Musco

  • Adaptation and acclimatization to ocean acidification in marine ectotherms: an in situ transplant experiment with polychaetes at a shallow CO2 vent system

    Piero Calosi;Samuel P. S. Rastrick;Chiara Lombardi;Heidi J. de Guzman

  • Mediterranean Bioconstructions Along the Italian Coast

    Gianmarco Ingrosso;Marco Abbiati;Fabio Badalamenti;Giorgio Bavestrello

  • Biodiversity, conservation, and the ‘Taxonomic impediment’

    Adriana Giangrande

  • Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the mediterranean with special emphasis on foraminifera and parasites

    A. Zenetos;E. Meric;Marc Verlaque;P. Galli

  • Life-cycle and life-history diversity in marine invertebrates and the implications in community dynamics

    A. Giangrande;S. Geraci;G. Belmonte

  • Pre- and post-settlement events in benthic community dynamics

    Simonetta Fraschetti;Adriana Giangrande;Antonio Terlizzi;Ferdinando Boero

  • Structural and functional response of meiofauna rocky assemblages to sewage pollution.

    Simonetta Fraschetti;C. Gambi;Adriana Giangrande;Luigi Musco

  • Distribution of soft-bottom polychaetes in two coastal areas of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy): Structural analysis

    Maria Cristina Gambi;Adriana Giangrande

  • Polychaetes of commercial and applied interest in Italy: an overview

    M.C. Gambi;A. Castelli;A. Giangrande;P. Lanera

  • Gametogenesis and larval development in Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

    A. Giangrande;M. Licciano;P. Pagliara;M. C. Gambi

  • Polychaete zonation and its relation to algal distribution down a vertical cliff in the western Mediterranean (Italy): a structural analysis

    A. Giangrande

  • Filtering activity of Spongia officinalis var. adriatica (Schmidt) (Porifera, Demospongiae) on bacterioplankton: Implications for bioremediation of polluted seawater

    Loredana Stabili;Margherita Licciano;Adriana Giangrande;Caterina Longo

  • Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast

    Giuseppe Corriero;Cataldo Pierri;Stefano Accoroni;Giorgio Alabiso

  • Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: Phaeophyceae)

    S. Fraschetti;A. Giangrande;A. Terlizzi;M. P. Miglietta

  • Effects of offshore platforms on soft-bottom macro-benthic assemblages: a case study in a Mediterranean gas field.

    Antonio Terlizzi;Stanislao Bevilacqua;Danilo Scuderi;Dario Fiorentino

  • An Innovative IMTA System: Polychaetes, Sponges and Macroalgae Co-Cultured in a Southern Italian In-Shore Mariculture Plant (Ionian Sea)

    Adriana Giangrande;Cataldo Pierri;Daniele Arduini;Jacopo Borghese

  • Polychaetes of a Posidonia oceanica bed off Sardinia (Italy): Spatio-temporal distribution and feeding guild analysis

    M.C. Gambi;Adriana Giangrande;M. Martinelli;L.A. Chessa

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Cristina Gambi
Maria Cristina Gambi National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Antonio Terlizzi
Antonio Terlizzi Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Alberto Castelli
Alberto Castelli University of Pisa
Ferdinando Boero
Ferdinando Boero Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Stefano Piraino
Stefano Piraino University of Salento
Melih Ertan Çinar
Melih Ertan Çinar Ege University
Carla Morri
Carla Morri University of Genoa
Marc Verlaque
Marc Verlaque Aix-Marseille University
Adriano Sfriso
Adriano Sfriso Ca Foscari University of Venice

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