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Lorenzo Bramanti is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS in France. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of ecology, global and planetary change, and oceanography.

Their research work encompasses marine ecosystems with a particular emphasis on coral and marine ecosystem studies. Additional topics of their research include marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, marine ecology and invasive species, marine biology and ecology research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and broader marine animal studies.

Lorenzo Bramanti has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Coral Reefs
  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Lorenzo Bramanti are:

  • Resilience of Octocoral Forests to Catastrophic Storms, 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • Protecting global marine animal forests, 2022, published in Science
  • Settlement dynamics and recruitment responses of Mediterranean gorgonians larvae to different crustose coralline algae species, 2020, published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of marine animal forest assemblages along nine submarine canyons of Eastern Sardinia (central Mediterranean Sea), 2020, published in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Colonization of plastic debris by the long-lived precious red coral Corallium rubrum: New insights on the "plastic benefits" paradox, 2021, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin

The scientist's frequent collaborators include:

  • Katell Guizien
  • Bruna Giordano
  • Peter J. Edmunds
  • Howard R. Lasker
  • Francisco Otero-Ferrer

Best Publications

  • The Exploitation and Conservation of Precious Corals

    Georgios Tsounis;Sergio Rossi;Richard Grigg;Giovanni Santangelo

  • Reproduction and population sexual structure of the overexploited Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum

    G. Santangelo;E. Carletti;E. Maggi;L. Bramanti

  • Recruitment, early survival and growth of the Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum (L 1758), a 4-year study

    Lorenzo Bramanti;Giampaolo Magagnini;Lucio De Maio;Giovanni Santangelo

  • Survey of deep-dwelling red coral (Corallium rubrum) populations at Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean)

    Sergio Rossi;Georgios Tsounis;Covadonga Orejas;Tirma Padrón

  • Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)

    Andrea Gori;Covadonga Orejas;T. Madurell;Lorenzo Bramanti

  • Population dynamics and conservation biology of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral.

    Giovanni Santangelo;Lorenzo Bramanti;Mimmo Iannelli

  • Impact of ocean acidification and warming on the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

    Frédéric Gazeau;Frédéric Gazeau;Samir Alliouane;Samir Alliouane;Christian Bock;Lorenzo Bramanti;Lorenzo Bramanti

  • Long-term variation of octocoral populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands

    Elizabeth A. Lenz;Lorenzo Bramanti;Howard R. Lasker;Peter J. Edmunds

  • Detrimental effects of ocean acidification on the economically important Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum)

    L. Bramanti;L. Bramanti;J. Movilla;M. Guron;E. Calvo

  • Density-associated recruitment mediates coral population dynamics on a coral reef

    Lorenzo Bramanti;Lorenzo Bramanti;Peter J. Edmunds

  • Marine Animal Forests

    Sergio Rossi;Lorenzo Bramanti;Andrea Gori;Covadonga Orejas

  • Reproductive cycle and trophic ecology in deep versus shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Cap de Creus, northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

    Andrea Gori;Nuria Viladrich;Josep Maria Gili;M. Kotta

  • Diet and seasonal prey capture rates in the Mediterranean red coral ( Corallium rubrum L.)

    Georgios Tsounis;Sergio Rossi;Jürgen Laudien;Lorenzo Bramanti

  • Demographic parameters of two populations of red coral ( Corallium rubrum L. 1758) in the North Western Mediterranean

    Lorenzo Bramanti;Lorenzo Bramanti;Lorenzo Bramanti;Ilaria Vielmini;Sergio Rossi;Georgios Tsounis

  • Mathematical modelling for conservation and management of gorgonians corals: youngs and olds, could they coexist?

    Lorenzo Bramanti;Mimmo Iannelli;Giovanni Santangelo

  • Life‐history tables of the Mediterranean fin whale from stranding data

    Massimo Arrigoni;Massimo Arrigoni;Piero Manfredi;Simone Panigada;Lorenzo Bramanti;Lorenzo Bramanti

  • Resilience of Octocoral Forests to Catastrophic Storms

    H. R. Lasker;Á. Martínez-Quintana;L. Bramanti;P. J. Edmunds

  • Demography of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral (Corrallium rubrum L. 1758)

    Giuseppe Santangelo;E. Maggi;Lorenzo Bramanti;L. Bongiorni

  • The role of light in mediating the effects of ocean acidification on coral calcification

    Aaron M. Dufault;Aaron Ninokawa;Lorenzo Bramanti;Vivian R. Cumbo

  • Anthropogenic effects on reproductive effort and allocation of energy reserves in the Mediterranean octocoral Paramuricea clavata

    Georgios Tsounis;Lucia Martinez;Lorenzo Bramanti;Nuria Viladrich

  • Settlement and early survival of red coral on artificial substrates in different geographic areas: some clues for demography and restoration

    Lorenzo Bramanti;Sergio Rossi;Georgios Tsounis;Josep Maria Gili

  • Trophic impact of long-lived species indicated by population dynamics in the short-lived hydrozoan Eudendrium racemosum

    Sergio Rossi;Lorenzo Bramanti;Elisabetta Broglio;Josep María Gili

  • Habitat constraints and self-thinning shape Mediterranean red coral deep population structure: implications for conservation practice

    Alessandro Cau;Lorenzo Bramanti;Rita Cannas;Maria Cristina Follesa

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi University of Salento
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Peter J. Edmunds
Peter J. Edmunds California State University, Northridge
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carles Pelejero
Carles Pelejero Institute of Marine Sciences
Howard R. Lasker
Howard R. Lasker University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Marco Abbiati
Marco Abbiati University of Bologna
Robert Arlinghaus
Robert Arlinghaus Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Frédéric Gazeau
Frédéric Gazeau Université Paris Cité

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