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Gianluca Sarà

Gianluca Sarà

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Ecology and Evolution

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54
Citations
8696
World Ranking
3191
National Ranking
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Overview

Gianluca Sarà is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy, focusing primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research covers several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Pollution, and Aquatic Science.

Their work spans a variety of main topics such as Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Recent publications by Gianluca Sarà include:

  • Microplastics and the functional traits of fishes: A global meta-analysis, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Effects of microplastics on the functional traits of aquatic benthic organisms: A global-scale meta-analysis, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Bright spots as climate-smart marine spatial planning tools for conservation and blue growth, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Invasive blue crabs and small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean sea: Local ecological knowledge, impacts and future management, 2022, Marine Policy

Gianluca Sarà collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Maria Cristina Mangano, Mar Bosch-Belmar, Guillaume Marchessaux, Manuel Berlino, and Francesco Paolo Mancuso.

The most common publication venues for their works include Frontiers in Marine Science, The Science of The Total Environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Aquaculture, and Scientific Reports.

In addition to journal articles, Gianluca Sarà has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have published two books with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique:

  • From invasion to the dish: Recipes made with blue crabs, 2023
  • Dall'invasione al tavolo: Ricette a base di granchi blu, 2023

Best Publications

  • The role and contribution of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile organic matter for secondary consumers as revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

    S Vizzini;G Sarà;R.H Michener;A Mazzola

  • Effects of fish farming waste to sedimentary and particulate organic matter in a southern Mediterranean area (Gulf of Castellammare, Sicily): a multiple stable isotope study (δ13C and δ15N)

    G Sarà;D Scilipoti;A Mazzola;A Modica

  • Effect of boat noise on the behaviour of bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus in the Mediterranean Sea

    G. Sarà;J. M. Dean;D. DAmato;G. Buscaino

  • Impact on the water column biogeochemistry of a Mediterranean mussel and fish farm.

    Tiziana La Rosa;Simone Mirto;Eugenia Favaloro;Benedetto Savona

  • Effect of salinity and temperature on feeding physiology and scope for growth of an invasive species (Brachidontes pharaonis - MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) within the Mediterranean sea

    G. Sarà;C. Romano;J. Widdows;F.J. Staff

  • 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

  • The effect of fish farming organic waste on food availability for bivalve molluscs (Gaeta Gulf, Central Tyrrhenian, MED): stable carbon isotopic analysis

    A. Mazzola;G. Sarà

  • Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly changing world

    Brian Helmuth;Brian Helmuth;Bayden D Russell;Sean D Connell;Yunwei Dong

  • 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

  • Cultivation of the Mediterranean amberjack, Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810), in submerged cages in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    Antonio Mazzola;Eugenia Favaloro;Gianluca Sarà

  • A meta-analysis on the ecological effects of aquaculture on the water column: dissolved nutrients.

    G. Sarà

  • Growth and reproductive simulation of candidate shellfish species at fish cages in the Southern Mediterranean: Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) modelling for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

    G. Sarà;G.K. Reid;A. Rinaldi;A. Rinaldi;V. Palmeri

  • Microplastics and the functional traits of fishes: A global meta-analysis.

    Martina Salerno;Manuel Berlino;Manuel Berlino;M Cristina Mangano;Gianluca Sarà

  • Feeding habits and trophic levels of bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus of different size classes in the Mediterranean Sea

    G. Sarà;R. Sarà

  • Mussels as a Model System for Integrative Ecomechanics

    Emily Carrington;J. Herbert Waite;Gianluca Sarà;Kenneth P. Sebens

  • Growth of Mytilus galloprovincialis (mollusca, bivalvia) close to fish farms: a case of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture within the Tyrrhenian Sea

    G. Sarà;A. Zenone;A. Tomasello

  • An improved noninvasive method for measuring heartbeat of intertidal animals

    Nicholas P. Burnett;Rui Seabra;Maurizio de Pirro;David S. Wethey

  • Amount, composition, and spatial distribution of floating macro litter along fixed trans-border transects in the Mediterranean basin

    Antonella Arcangeli;Ilaria Campana;Dario Angeletti;Fabrizio Atzori

  • Effects of nautical traffic and noise on foraging patterns of Mediterranean damselfish (Chromis chromis).

    Claudia Bracciali;Daniela Campobello;Cristina Giacoma;Gianluca Sarà

  • The trophic transfer of persistent pollutants (HCB, DDTs, PCBs) within polar marine food webs

    Simonetta Corsolini;Gianluca Sarà

  • Combining heat-transfer and energy budget models to predict thermal stress in Mediterranean intertidal mussels

    G. Sarà;M. Kearney;B. Helmuth

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Mazzola
Antonio Mazzola University of Palermo
Simone Mirto
Simone Mirto National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Brian Helmuth
Brian Helmuth Northeastern University
Salvatrice Vizzini
Salvatrice Vizzini University of Palermo
Simonetta Corsolini
Simonetta Corsolini University of Siena
Antonio Pusceddu
Antonio Pusceddu University of Cagliari
Franco Andaloro
Franco Andaloro Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
Gray A. Williams
Gray A. Williams University of Hong Kong
Giulia Ceccherelli
Giulia Ceccherelli University of Sassari

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