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Claudio Ciavatta

Claudio Ciavatta

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
6591
World Ranking
6502
National Ranking
126

Overview

Claudio Ciavatta is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research spans key areas in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing notably on soil science, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomaterials, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

Ciavatta's scholarly work covers several interconnected topics. These include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Recent publications by Ciavatta illustrate a focus on soil functionality, management practices, and carbon stabilization. Selected papers include:

  • Biodegradable plastics: Effects on functionality and fertility of two different soils, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Rotation and Fertilization Effects on Soil Quality and Yields in a Long Term Field Experiment, 2021, Agronomy
  • Conventional versus organic management: application of simple and complex indexes to assess soil quality, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • New insights into organic carbon stabilization in soil macroaggregates: An in situ study by optical microscopy and SEM-EDS technique, 2021, Geoderma
  • Soil Response to Agricultural Land Abandonment: A Case Study of a Vineyard in Northern Italy, 2021, Agronomy

Ciavatta frequently publishes in journals that emphasize agronomy and soil science. Leading venues for their work include:

  • Agronomy
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of soil science and plant nutrition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration plays a significant role in Ciavatta's research activities. Regular coauthors include:

  • Claudio Marzadori
  • Luciano Cavani
  • Martina Mazzon
  • Giampaolo Di Biase
  • Andrea Simoni

Best Publications

  • Biostimulant activity of two protein hydrolyzates in the growth and nitrogen metabolism of maize seedlings.

    Andrea Ertani;Luciano Cavani;Diego Pizzeghello;Elena Brandellero

  • Characterization of humified compounds by extraction and fractionation on solid polyvinylpyrrolidone

    C. Ciavatta;M. Govi;L.Vittori Antisari;P. Sequi

  • Compost-based growing media: influence on growth and nutrient use of bedding plants.

    Marco Grigatti;Maria Eva Giorgioni;Claudio Ciavatta

  • Highly anomalous accumulation rates of C and N recorded by a relic, free-floating peatland in Central Italy

    Claudio Zaccone;Daniela Lobianco;William Shotyk;Claudio Ciavatta

  • Chemical and microbiological soil quality indicators and their potential to differentiate fertilization regimes in temperate agroecosystems

    Caterina Giacometti;Michael Scott Demyan;Luciano Cavani;Claudio Marzadori

  • Replant problems in South Tyrol: role of fungal pathogens and microbial population in conventional and organic apple orchards

    L. M. Manici;C. Ciavatta;M. Kelderer;G. Erschbaumer

  • Thermal analysis (TG–DTA) and isotopic characterization (13C–15N) of humic acids from different origins

    Ornella Francioso;Daniela Montecchio;Paola Gioacchini;Claudio Ciavatta

  • Determination of organic carbon in aqueous extracts of soils and fertilizers

    Claudio Ciavatta;Marco Govi;Livia Vittori Antisari;Paolo Sequi

  • Determination of organic carbon in soils and fertilizers

    C. Ciavatta;L. Vittori Antisari;P. Sequi

  • Effects of lead pollution on different soil enzyme activities

    C. Marzadori;C. Ciavatta;D. Montecchio;C. Gessa

  • Changes in organic matter during stabilization of compost from municipal solid wastes

    C. Ciavatta;M. Govi;L. Pasotti;P. Sequi

  • Infrared, Raman, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H, 13C, and 31P) Spectroscopy in the Study of Fractions of Peat Humic Acids

    O. Francioso;S. Sanchez-Cortes;V. Tugnoli;C. Ciavatta

  • Evolution of organic matter from sewage sludge and garden trimming during composting.

    Marco Grigatti;Claudio Ciavatta;Carlo Emanuele Gessa

  • Microplate-scale fluorometric soil enzyme assays as tools to assess soil quality in a long-term agricultural field experiment

    Caterina Giacometti;Luciano Cavani;Guido Baldoni;Claudio Ciavatta

  • Unraveling the long-term stabilization mechanisms of organic materials in soils by physical fractionation and NMR spectroscopy

    Denis Courtier-Murias;André J. Simpson;Claudio Marzadori;Guido Baldoni

  • Soil Organic Matter Influence on Adsorption and Desorption of Boron

    C. Marzadori;L. Vittori Antisari;C. Ciavatta;P. Sequi

  • Evaluation of heavy metals during stabilization of organic matter in compost produced with municipal solid wastes

    C. Ciavatta;M. Govi;A. Simoni;P. Sequi

  • A first approach to the characterization of the presence of humified materials in organic fertilizers

    C Ciavatta;L. Antisari;P Sequi

  • Catechol polymerization in the presence of silver surface

    S Sánchez-Cortés;O Francioso;J.V Garcı́a-Ramos;C Ciavatta

  • Use of insoluble polyvinylpyrrolidone and isoelectric focusing in the study of humic substances in soils and organic wastes

    C. Ciavatta;M. Govi

  • pH-Dependent Adsorption of Fractionated Peat Humic Substances on Different Silver Colloids Studied by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    S. Sánchez-Cortés;O. Francioso;C. Ciavatta;J.V. Garcı́a-Ramos

Frequent Co-Authors

Santiago Sánchez-Cortés
Santiago Sánchez-Cortés Spanish National Research Council
José Vicente García-Ramos
José Vicente García-Ramos Spanish National Research Council
César Plaza
César Plaza Spanish National Research Council
William Shotyk
William Shotyk University of Alberta
Giuseppe Falini
Giuseppe Falini University of Bologna
Marco Trevisan
Marco Trevisan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Flavia Navari-Izzo
Flavia Navari-Izzo University of Pisa
Saran Sohi
Saran Sohi University of Edinburgh
Roberto Pinton
Roberto Pinton University of Udine
Francesco Zerbetto
Francesco Zerbetto University of Bologna

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