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G. Giordani is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. They have contributed to the understanding of marine, coastal, and aquatic ecosystems through a focus on nutrient dynamics, metabolism, and ecological interactions.

The scientist's work is concentrated in various main fields and subfields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The key topics studied by G. Giordani cover a broad scope of ecosystem and environmental processes, such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Research publications by G. Giordani have appeared in notable scientific venues including Water and Environments, with an emphasis on nutrient budgets, eutrophication assessment, and benthic metabolism. Recent papers include:

  • Biogeochemical Budgets of Nutrients and Metabolism in the Curonian Lagoon (South East Baltic Sea): Spatial and Temporal Variations, 2022, Water
  • A New Multi-Index Method for the Eutrophication Assessment in Transitional Waters: Large-Scale Implementation in Italian Lagoons, 2022, Environments
  • Benthic Metabolism in Fluvial Sediments with Larvae of Lampetra sp., 2021, Water

G. Giordani has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, fostering multidisciplinary research efforts. These collaborators include:

  • Mindaugas Žilius
  • Marco Bartoli
  • Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene
  • Jolita Petkuvienė
  • Petras Zemlys

Best Publications

  • Community shifts, alternative stable states, biogeochemical controls and feedbacks in eutrophic coastal lagoons: a brief overview

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Gianmarco Giordani;Mariachiara Naldi

  • Macrophyte communities and their impact on benthic fluxes of oxygen, sulphide and nutrients in shallow eutrophic environments

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Cristina Bondavalli;Robert R. Christian

  • Typology in Mediterranean transitional waters: new challenges and perspectives

    A. Basset;L. Sabetta;A. Fonnesu;D. Mouillot

  • Iron, sulphur and phosphorus cycling in the rhizosphere sediments of a eutrophic Ruppia cirrhosa meadow (Valle Smarlacca, Italy)

    Roberta Azzoni;Gianmarco Giordani;Marco Bartoli;David T Welsh

  • ROBUST: The ROle of BUffering capacities in STabilising coastal lagoon ecosystems

    R. De Wit;L.J. Stal;B.A. Lomstein;R.A. Herbert

  • Simple tools for assessing water quality and trophic status in transitional water ecosystems

    G. Giordani;J.M. Zaldívar;P. Viaroli

  • Evolution of the Trophic Conditions and Dystrophic Outbreaks in the Sacca di Goro Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea)

    P. Viaroli;R. Azzoni;M. Bartoli;G. Giordani

  • Sediment features, macrozoobenthic assemblages and trophic relationships (δ13C and δ15N analysis) following a dystrophic event with anoxia and sulphide development in the Santa Giusta lagoon (western Sardinia, Italy)

    P. Magni;S. Rajagopal;G. van der Velde;G. van der Velde;G.A. Fenzi

  • Nutrient and iron limitation to Ulva blooms in a eutrophic coastal lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Italy)

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Roberta Azzoni;Gianmarco Giordani

  • Sulphide release from anoxic sediments in relation to iron availability and organic matter recalcitrance and its effects on inorganic phosphorus recycling

    Gianmarco Giordani;Marco Bartoli;Matteo Cattadori;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Long-term simulation of main biogeochemical events in a coastal lagoon: Sacca Di Goro (Northern Adriatic Coast, Italy)

    J.M. Zaldı́var;E. Cattaneo;M. Plus;C.N. Murray

  • Sulfide-induced release of phosphate from sediments of coastal lagoons and the possible relation to the disappearance of Ruppia sp

    S K Heijs;R Azzoni;G Giordani;H M Jonkers

  • The Sacca di Goro Lagoon and an Arm of the Po River

    P Viaroli;G Giordani;M Bartoli;Naldi Mariachiara

  • Biogeochemical indicators as tools for assessing sediment quality/vulnerability in transitional aquatic ecosystems

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Gianmarco Giordani;Paolo Magni

  • 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

  • Sediment characteristics and macrofauna distribution along a human-modified inlet in the Gulf of Oristano (Sardinia, Italy).

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

  • Iron-sulphur-phosphorus interactions : implications for sediment buffering capacity in a mediterranean eutrophic lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Italy)

    Roberta Azzoni;Gianmarco Giordani;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Benthic decomposition of Ulva lactuca : A controlled laboratory experiment

    Bente Aa. Lomstein;Lise Bonne Guldberg;Anne-Turi Amtoft Neubauer;Jesper Hansen

  • An integrated modelling approach for the management of clam farming in coastal lagoons

    D. Marinov;L. Galbiati;G. Giordani;P. Viaroli

  • Benthic oxygen respiration, ammonium and phosphorus regeneration in surficial sediments of the Sacca di Goro (Northern Italy) and two French coastal lagoons: a comparative study

    Marco Bartoli;Matteo Cattadori;Gianmarco Giordani;Pierluigi Viaroli

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierluigi Viaroli
Pierluigi Viaroli University of Parma
Marco Bartoli
Marco Bartoli University of Parma
David T. Welsh
David T. Welsh Griffith University
Marco Abbiati
Marco Abbiati University of Bologna
Lucas J. Stal
Lucas J. Stal University of Amsterdam
G. van der Velde
G. van der Velde Radboud University
Adriano Sfriso
Adriano Sfriso Ca Foscari University of Venice
Claudia Giardino
Claudia Giardino National Research Council (CNR)
Lars Peter Nielsen
Lars Peter Nielsen Aarhus University
Dennis P. Swaney
Dennis P. Swaney Cornell University

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