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Giuseppe Castaldelli

Giuseppe Castaldelli

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
5107
World Ranking
6447
National Ranking
128

Overview

Giuseppe Castaldelli is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology. Their research covers a broad spectrum of environmental topics with an emphasis on aquatic ecosystems and sustainability.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several publication venues, including:

  • Water
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Resources
  • Sustainability
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Castaldelli's research spans multiple subfields of Environmental Science such as:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Oceanography

Their main topics of study focus on aquatic ecology, particularly:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Among recent notable publications are:

  • "Plastic (PET) vs bioplastic (PLA) or refillable aluminium bottles - What is the most sustainable choice for drinking water? A life-cycle (LCA) analysis," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities," 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Manila clam and Mediterranean mussel aquaculture is sustainable and a net carbon sink," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems," 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Trends and Opportunities of Bivalve Shells' Waste Valorization in a Prospect of Circular Blue Bioeconomy," 2022, Resources

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Elisa Anna Fano
  • Anna Gavioli
  • Mattia Lanzoni
  • Elisa Soana
  • Elena Tamburini

Best Publications

  • Impact of Tapes philippinarum farming on nutrient dynamics and benthic respiration in the Sacca di Goro

    Marco Bartoli;Daniele Nizzoli;Pierluigi Viaroli;Edoardo Turolla

  • Denitrification, nitrogen fixation, community primary productivity and inorganic-N and oxygen fluxes in an intertidal Zostera noltii meadow

    David T. Welsh;Marco Bartoli;Daniele Nizzoli;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Protocol handbook for NICE - Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries: a project under the EU research programme: Marine Science and Technology (MAST III)

    T. Dalsgaard;L. P. Nielsen;V. Brotas;P. Viaroli

  • Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

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  • Plastic (PET) vs bioplastic (PLA) or refillable aluminium bottles - What is the most sustainable choice for drinking water? A life-cycle (LCA) analysis.

    Elena Tamburini;Stefania Costa;Daniela Summa;Letizia Battistella

  • Manila clam and Mediterranean mussel aquaculture is sustainable and a net carbon sink.

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  • Criticism on elasticity-sensitivity coefficient for assessing the robustness and sensitivity of ecosystem services values

    Vasileios Aschonitis;Mattias Gaglio;Giuseppe Castaldelli;Elisa Anna Fano

  • Land use change effects on ecosystem services of river deltas and coastal wetlands: case study in Volano–Mesola–Goro in Po river delta (Italy)

    Mattias Gaglio;Vasileios Aschonitis;Elena Gissi;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Vegetated canals mitigate nitrogen surplus in agricultural watersheds

    Giuseppe Castaldelli;Elisa Soana;Erica Racchetti;Fabio Vincenzi

  • Introduction of exotic fish species and decline of native species in the lower Po basin, north‐eastern Italy

    Giuseppe Castaldelli;Angela Pluchinotta;Marco Milardi;Mattia Lanzoni

  • RivFishTIME: a global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems

    Lise Comte;Juan Carvajal-Quintero;Pablo A. Tedesco;Xingli Giam

  • Stylet penetration of Cacopsylla pyri; an electrical penetration graph (EPG) study.

    Stefano Civolani;Marilena Leis;Gilberto Grandi;Elisa Garzo

  • Nitrogen Removal in Vegetated and Unvegetated Drainage Ditches Impacted by Diffuse and Point Sources of Pollution

    Enrica Pierobon;Giuseppe Castaldelli;Sara Mantovani;Fabio Vincenzi

  • Mitigation of nitrogen pollution in vegetated ditches fed by nitrate-rich spring waters

    Elisa Soana;Raffaella Balestrini;Fabio Vincenzi;Marco Bartoli

  • Sustainability of Mussel (Mytilus Galloprovincialis) Farming in the Po River Delta, Northern Italy, Based on a Life Cycle Assessment Approach

    Elena Tamburini;Edoardo Turolla;Elisa Anna Fano;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Changes in land use and ecosystem services in tropical forest areas: a case study in Andes mountains of Ecuador

    Mattias Gaglio;Vasileios Aschonitis;Marta Maria Mancuso;Juan Pablo Reyes Puig

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Proves that Manila Clam Farming ( Ruditapes Philippinarum ) Is a Fully Sustainable Aquaculture Practice and a Carbon Sink

    Edoardo Turolla;Giuseppe Castaldelli;Elisa Anna Fano;Elena Tamburini

  • Recovery of the macrobenthic community in the Valli di Comacchio, northern Adriatic Sea, Italy

    Cristina Munari;Simone Modugno;Francesco Ghion;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Exotic species invasions undermine regional functional diversity of freshwater fish.

    Marco Milardi;Anna Gavioli;Janne Soininen;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Life Cycle Based Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Agricultural Productions in the Mediterranean Area

    Elena Tamburini;Paola Pedrini;Maria Gabriella Marchetti;Elisa Anna Fano

  • High-resolution global grids of revised Priestley–Taylor and Hargreaves–Samani coefficients for assessing ASCE-standardized reference crop evapotranspiration and solar radiation

    Vassilis G. Aschonitis;Dimitris Papamichail;Kleoniki Demertzi;Nicolo Colombani

  • Environmental doses of perfluorooctanoic acid change the expression of genes in target tissues of common carp.

    John Charles Rotondo;Luisa Giari;Cristiana Guerranti;Mauro Tognon

  • Nitrogen Budget in a Lowland Coastal Area Within the Po River Basin (Northern Italy): Multiple Evidences of Equilibrium Between Sources and Internal Sinks

    Giuseppe Castaldelli;Elisa Soana;Erica Racchetti;Enrica Pierobon

  • Biogas from Agri-Food and Agricultural Waste Can Appreciate Agro-Ecosystem Services: The Case Study of Emilia Romagna Region

    Elena Tamburini;Mattias Gaglio;Giuseppe Castaldelli;Elisa Anna Fano

  • Recovery of the macrobenthic community in the Valli di Comacchio, northern Adriatic Sea, Italy Restauration de la communauté macrobenthique des Valli di Comachio, au nord de l'Adriatique, Italie

    Cristina Munari;Simone Modugno;Francesco Ghion;Giuseppe Castaldelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Micòl Mastrocicco
Micòl Mastrocicco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Nicolò Colombani
Nicolò Colombani University of Ferrara
Marco Bartoli
Marco Bartoli University of Parma
Bahram S. Dezfuli
Bahram S. Dezfuli University of Ferrara
Pierluigi Viaroli
Pierluigi Viaroli University of Parma
David T. Welsh
David T. Welsh Griffith University
Michele Mistri
Michele Mistri University of Ferrara
Anastasija Zaiko
Anastasija Zaiko Sequench Limited
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling

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