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Ecology and Evolution
Italy
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
13894
World Ranking
1712
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Ferdinando Boero is affiliated with the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Italy, with a primary focus on environmental science. Their research contributions encompass several key areas, including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecological modeling.

Boero's work centers mainly on marine and coastal ecosystems, with significant scholarly output in topics such as:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Advances in Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Diversity
  • ZooKeys

Several recent papers highlight Boero's active research areas:

  • Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns, 2021, Advances in Marine Biology
  • Unfolding Jellyfish Bloom Dynamics along the Mediterranean Basin by Transnational Citizen Science Initiatives, 2021, Diversity
  • Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations, 2024, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Taste and Smell: A Unifying Chemosensory Theory, 2022, The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Reconnecting research and natural history museums in Italy and the need of a national collection biorepository, 2022, ZooKeys

Frequent collaborators in Boero's research endeavors include:

  • Stefano Piraino
  • Simonetta Fraschetti
  • Serena Zampardi
  • Francesco De Leo
  • Stanislao Bevilacqua

This profile reveals a significant involvement in multidisciplinary environmental science topics, with an emphasis on marine ecology and ecosystem studies. Boero's contributions span foundational research as well as applied approaches related to conservation and sustainability of marine environments.

Best Publications

  • Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa

    Jean Bouillon;María Dolores Medel;Francesc Pagès;Josep María Gili

  • Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes)

    F. Boero;J. Bouillon;C. Gravili;Maria Pia Miglietta

  • An Introduction to Hydrozoa

    Jean Bouillon;Cinzia Gravili;Francesc Pagès;Josep Maria Gili

  • Italian marine reserve effectiveness: Does enforcement matter?

    Paolo Guidetti;Marco Milazzo;Simona Bussotti;Andrea Molinari

  • Minireview: The importance of benthic-pelagic coupling and the forgotten role of life cycles in coastal aquatic systems

    Nancy H. Marcus

  • Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

    Francesco Mastrototaro;Gianfranco D'Onghia;Giuseppe Corriero;Alfonso Matarrese

  • The ecology of marine hydroids and effects of environmental factors: a review

    F. Boero

  • ‘Double trouble’: the expansion of the Suez Canal and marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

    Bella S. Galil;Ferdinando Boero;Marnie L. Campbell;James T. Carlton

  • Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

    S. Piraino;F. Boero;B. Aeschbach;V. Schmid

  • Global warming and mass mortalities of benthic invertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Irene Rivetti;Simonetta Fraschetti;Piero Lionello;Enrico Zambianchi

  • The Study of Species in the Era of Biodiversity: A Tale of Stupidity

    Ferdinando Boero

  • Mediterranean Bioconstructions Along the Italian Coast

    Gianmarco Ingrosso;Marco Abbiati;Fabio Badalamenti;Giorgio Bavestrello

  • Zonation and evolution of a rocky bottom hydroid community

    Ferdinando Boero;Eugenio Fresi

  • The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist?

    Ferdinando Boero;Genuario Belmonte;Giovanni Fanelli;Stefano Piraino

  • Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities

    S. Piraino;G. Fanelli;F. Boero

  • Review of jellyfish blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

    F. Boero

  • Environmental impact of antifouling technologies: state of the art and perspectives

    A. Terlizzi;S. Fraschetti;P. Gianguzza;M. Faimali

  • Zoogeography and life cycle patterns of Mediterranean hydromedusae (Cnidaria)

    Ferdinando F. Boero;Jean Bouillon

  • Spatial variability and human disturbance in shallow subtidal hard substrate assemblages: a regional approach

    S. Fraschetti;C.N. Bianchi;A. Terlizzi;G. Fanelli

  • Taxonomic sufficiency and the increasing insufficiency of taxonomic expertise.

    A Terlizzi;S Bevilacqua;S Fraschetti;F Boero

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Piraino
Stefano Piraino University of Salento
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Terlizzi
Antonio Terlizzi Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Paolo Guidetti
Paolo Guidetti Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Giorgio Bavestrello
Giorgio Bavestrello University of Genoa
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Adriana Giangrande
Adriana Giangrande University of Salento
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi University of Pisa
Sergej Olenin
Sergej Olenin Klaipėda University
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin

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