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Alberto Castelli

Alberto Castelli

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3383
World Ranking
7958
National Ranking
169

Overview

Alberto Castelli is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and primarily works within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications address topics concentrated around marine ecology and invasive species, with a specific focus on Mediterranean marine environments. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Non-indigenous species in Mediterranean ports: A knowledge baseline (2020, Marine Environmental Research)
  • Non-indigenous polychaetes along the coasts of Italy: a critical review (2020, Mediterranean Marine Science)
  • Harbour type and use destination shape fouling community and non-indigenous species assemblage: A study of three northern Tyrrhenian port systems (Mediterranean Sea) (2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin)
  • Impact of storms and proximity to entry points on marine litter and wrack accumulation along Mediterranean beaches: Management implications (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Macroalgal forest vs sea urchin barren: Patterns of macro-zoobenthic diversity in a large-scale Mediterranean study (2020, Marine Environmental Research)

The main topics of Alberto Castelli's work include:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Castelli are:

  • Joachim Langeneck
  • Ferruccio Maltagliati
  • Claudio Lardicci
  • Jonathan Tempesti
  • Ilaria Campana

Key venues in which they have published frequently include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Diversity
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Mediterranean Marine Science

Castelli's research is anchored strongly in understanding both the dynamics of invasive species in marine environments and the ecological impacts of various environmental and human factors in Mediterranean marine ecosystems. This includes exploring relationships between habitat types, coastal processes, and species assemblages, as well as examining the effects of storms and litter accumulation on beaches.

Best Publications

  • Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

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

  • Analysis of macrozoobenthic community structure after severe dystrophic crises in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

    Claudio Lardicci;F. Rossi;Alberto Castelli

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

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

  • Distribution and ecological relevance of fine sediments in organic-enriched lagoons: The case study of the Cabras lagoon (Sardinia, Italy)

    P. Magni;G. De Falco;S. Como;D. Casu

  • Long term eutrophication effects on macrofaunal communities in northern Adriatic Sea

    Roberto Crema;Alberto Castelli;Daniela Prevedelli

  • Animal-sediment relationships: Evaluating the ‘Pearson–Rosenberg paradigm’ in Mediterranean coastal lagoons

    Paolo Magni;Davide Tagliapietra;Claudio Lardicci;Leo Balthis

  • Polychaete populations of the shallow soft bottoms off Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica): distribution, diversity and biomass

    M. C. Gambi;A. Castelli;M. Guizzardi

  • Phylogeography and genetic structure of the edible sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) inferred from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

    Ferruccio Maltagliati;Graziano Di Giuseppe;Michele Barbieri;Alberto Castelli

  • Ecological impacts of invading seaweeds: a meta-analysis of their effects at different trophic levels

    E. Maggi;L. Benedetti‐Cecchi;A. Castelli;E. Chatzinikolaou

  • Polychaete Vertical Zonation along a Littoral Cliff in the Western Méditerranean

    M. Abbiati;C.N. Bianchi;A. Castelli

  • Relationships between chemical characteristics of sediments and macrofaunal communities in the Cabras lagoon (Western Mediterranean, Italy)

    Paolo Magni;Samuele Micheletti;Daniela Casu;Daniela Casu;Antonello Floris

  • Identification of endangered Mediterranean cyprinodontiform fish by means of DNA inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSRs)

    Ferruccio Maltagliati;Tiziana Lai;Marco Casu;Stefano Valdesalici

  • Diet of two coastal nototheniid fish from terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea

    M. Vacchi;M. La Mesa;A. Castelli

  • Biodiversity in canopy-forming algae: Structure and spatial variability of the Mediterranean Cystoseira assemblages

    L. Piazzi;C. Bonaviri;A. Castelli;G. Ceccherelli

  • Annelida Polychaeta, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula

    Alberto Castelli;Marco Abbiati;F Badalamenti;Cn Bianchi

  • The Distribution of Polychaetes Along Environmental Gradients: An Example from the Or betel I o Lagoon, Italy

    Claudio Lardicci;Marco Abbiati;R. Crema;C. Morri

  • Allozyme genetic variability and gene flow in Octopus vulgaris (Cephalopoda, Octopodidae) from the Mediterranean sea

    Ferruccio Maltagliati;Paola Belcari;Daniela Casu;Marco Casu

  • Fine-grained spatial genetic structure in the bivalve Gemma gemma from maine and virginia (USA), as revealed by inter-simple sequence repeat markers

    Marco Casu;Ferruccio Maltagliati;Piero Cossu;Tiziana Lai

  • Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Genetic Structuring of Pinna nobilis across the Mediterranean Sea

    Daria Sanna;Piero Cossu;Gian Luca Dedola;Fabio Scarpa

  • Macrobenthic fouling assemblages and NIS success in a Mediterranean port: The role of use destination

    J. Tempesti;J. Langeneck;F. Maltagliati;A. Castelli

  • Macrofaunal community structure and distribution in a muddy coastal lagoon

    P. Magni;S. Micheletti;D. Casu;A. Floris

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Abbiati
Marco Abbiati University of Bologna
Adriana Giangrande
Adriana Giangrande University of Salento
Giulia Ceccherelli
Giulia Ceccherelli University of Sassari
Fabio Badalamenti
Fabio Badalamenti National Research Council (CNR)
Maria Cristina Gambi
Maria Cristina Gambi National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Agnese Marchini
Agnese Marchini University of Pavia
Francesca Rossi
Francesca Rossi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Paolo Domenici
Paolo Domenici National Research Council (CNR)
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi University of Pavia
Stefano Piraino
Stefano Piraino University of Salento

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