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Antonio Pusceddu

Antonio Pusceddu

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
10460
World Ranking
2753
National Ranking
35

Overview

Antonio Pusceddu is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of marine and coastal environments, including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Antonio Pusceddu are:

  • "Benthic Crustacean Digestion Can Modulate the Environmental Fate of Microplastics in the Deep Sea," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns," 2021, Advances in Marine Biology
  • "Microplastic pollution in perch (Perca fluviatilis, Linnaeus 1758) from Italian south-alpine lakes," 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • "Benthic foraminifera as tracers of brine production in the Storfjorden 'sea ice factory'," 2020, Biogeosciences

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Davide Moccia
  • Claudia Ennas
  • Alessandro Cau
  • Piero Addis
  • Viviana Pasquini

Antonio Pusceddu has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Best Publications

  • Sunscreens Cause Coral Bleaching by Promoting Viral Infections

    Roberto Danovaro;Lucia Bongiorni;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Donato Giovannelli

  • Chronic and intensive bottom trawling impairs deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Antonio Pusceddu;Silvia Bianchelli;Jacobo Martín;Pere Puig

  • Assessing the trophic state and eutrophication of coastal marine systems: a new approach based on the biochemical composition of sediment organic matter

    A. Dell’Anno;M. L. Mei;Antonio Pusceddu;R. Danovaro

  • The first metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Antonio Pusceddu;Cristina Gambi

  • Quantity and bioavailability of sediment organic matter as signatures of benthic trophic status

    Antonio Pusceddu;Antonio Dell’Anno;Mauro Fabiano;Roberto Danovaro

  • Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone

    C. Cerrano;R. Danovaro;C. Gambi;A. Pusceddu

  • Climate Change and the Potential Spreading of Marine Mucilage and Microbial Pathogens in the Mediterranean Sea

    Roberto Danovaro;Serena Fonda Umani;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools

    Marianne Holmer;Marina Argyrou;Tage Dalsgaard;Roberto Danovaro

  • Deep-sea ecosystem response to climate changes: the eastern Mediterranean case study

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Mauro Fabiano;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Differential responses of bacteria, meiofauna and macrofauna in a shelf area (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean): role of food availability

    G Albertelli;A Covazzi-Harriague;R Danovaro;M Fabiano

  • Seasonal and spatial changes in the sediment organic matter of a semi-enclosed marine system (W-Mediterranean Sea)

    Antonio Pusceddu;G Sara;M Armeni;M Fabiano

  • Characteristics of the mesophotic megabenthic assemblages of the vercelli seamount (north tyrrhenian sea).

    Marzia Bo;Marco Bertolino;Mireno Borghini;Michela Castellano

  • Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes of the Portuguese, Catalan, Southern Adriatic and Cretan Sea margins

    Antonio Pusceddu;Silvia Bianchelli;Miquel Canals;Anna Sanchez-Vidal

  • Enzymatically hydrolyzable protein and carbohydrate sedimentary pools as indicators of the trophic state of detritus sink systems: A case study in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

    Antonio Pusceddu;Antonio Dell'Anno;Roberto Danovaro;Elena Manini

  • A depocenter of organic matter at 7800 m depth in the SE Pacific Ocean

    R. Danovaro;N. Della Croce;A. Dell’Anno;A. Pusceddu

  • Deep coral oases in the South Tyrrhenian Sea.

    Marzia Bo;Simonepietro Canese;Costanza Spaggiari;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Benthic Crustacean Digestion Can Modulate the Environmental Fate of Microplastics in the Deep Sea.

    Alessandro Cau;Carlo Giacomo Avio;Claudia Dessì;Davide Moccia

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal lagoons: Does microbial diversity play any role?

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Benthic microbial loop functioning in coastal lagoons: a comparative approach

    Elena Manini;Carla Fiordelmondo;Cristina Gambi;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Microplastics in the crustaceans Nephrops norvegicus and Aristeus antennatus: Flagship species for deep-sea environments?

    Alessandro Cau;Carlo Giacomo Avio;Claudia Dessì;Maria Cristina Follesa

  • Effects of Intensive Mariculture On Sediment Biochemistry

    Antonio Pusceddu;Simonetta Fraschetti;Simone Mirto;Marianne Holmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Antonio Dell'Anno
Antonio Dell'Anno Marche Polytechnic University
Mauro Fabiano
Mauro Fabiano University of Genoa
Cristina Gambi
Cristina Gambi Marche Polytechnic University
Cinzia Corinaldesi
Cinzia Corinaldesi Marche Polytechnic University
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Anna Sanchez-Vidal
Anna Sanchez-Vidal University of Barcelona
Serge Heussner
Serge Heussner Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Giancarlo Albertelli
Giancarlo Albertelli University of Genoa

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