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Overview

Loreto Rossi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work addresses several main research topics including Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Marine and fisheries research, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. These topics reflect a broad engagement with aquatic and environmental systems from molecular to ecosystem levels.

Frequent publication venues for Loreto Rossi include Scientific Reports, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Biological Invasions, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Water. These outlets suggest a focus on multidisciplinary environmental and ecological studies conveyed to varied scientific communities.

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of the scientist's research:

  • A novel approach to quantifying trophic interaction strengths and impact of invasive species in food webs, 2021, Biological Invasions
  • Seasonal Food Web Dynamics in the Antarctic Benthos of Tethys Bay (Ross Sea): Implications for Biodiversity Persistence Under Different Seasonal Sea-Ice Coverage, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biological Invasions in Fresh Waters: Micropterus salmoides, an American Fish Conquering the World, 2023, Water
  • Gaining insight into the assimilated diet of small bear populations by stable isotope analysis, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Nitrogen and metal pollution in the southern Caspian Sea: a multiple approach to bioassessment, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Co-authorship patterns indicate frequent collaboration with a core group of researchers. Close collaborators include Maria Letizia Costantini, Edoardo Calizza, Giulio Careddu, Simona Sporta Caputi, and Deborah Maccapan. This collaborative network likely supports cross-disciplinary and multi-faceted approaches to environmental problems.

Best Publications

  • Disturbance patterns in a socio-ecological system at multiple scales

    G. Zurlini;Kurt H. Riitters;N. Zaccarelli;I. Petrosillo

  • Connecting the green and brown worlds . allometric and stoichiometric predictability of above- and below-ground networks

    Christian Mulder;Farshid S. Ahrestani;Michael Bahn;David A. Bohan

  • Effects of terrestrial input on macrobenthic food webs of coastal sea are detected by stable isotope analysis in Gaeta Gulf

    Giulio Careddu;Giulio Careddu;Maria Letizia Costantini;Edoardo Calizza;Pasquale Carlino

  • Interactions between Invertebrates and Microfungi in Freshwater Ecosystems

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  • Stable isotope variation in macroinvertebrates indicates anthropogenic disturbance along an urban stretch of the river Tiber (Rome, Italy)

    Antonella di Lascio;Loreto Rossi;Pasquale Carlino;Edoardo Calizza

  • Role of fungi in the trophic niche of the congeneric detritivorous Asellus aquaticus and A. coxalis (Isopoda)

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  • Occurrence of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 in two Mediterranean coastal habitats: Temporary visitor or permanent resident?

    Giorgio Mancinelli;Leonardo Carrozzo;Maria Letizia Costantini;Loreto Rossi

  • Cascading effects of predatory fish exclusion on the detritus-based food web of a lake littoral zone (Lake Vico, central Italy).

    G. Mancinelli;M. L. Costantini;L. Rossi

  • NDVI spatial pattern and the potential fragility of mixed forested areas in volcanic lake watersheds

    Maria Letizia Costantini;Nicola Zaccarelli;Stefania Mandrone;David Rossi

  • Effect of habitat degradation on competition, carrying capacity, and species assemblage stability.

    Edoardo Calizza;Maria Letizia Costantini;Giulio Careddu;Loreto Rossi

  • Antarctic food web architecture under varying dynamics of sea ice cover

    Loreto Rossi;Simona Sporta Caputi;Edoardo Calizza;Giulio Careddu

  • Seasonal abundance and trophic position of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896 in a Mediterranean coastal habitat

    Leonardo Carrozzo;Luigi Potenza;Pasquale Carlino;Maria Letizia Costantini

  • Effect of multiple disturbances on food web vulnerability to biodiversity loss in detritus-based systems

    Edoardo Calizza;M. Letizia Costantini;Loreto Rossi

  • Posidonia oceanica habitat loss and changes in litter-associated biodiversity organization: A stable isotope-based preliminary study

    Edoardo Calizza;Maria Letizia Costantini;Pasquale Carlino;Flavia Bentivoglio

  • δ(15)N variation in Ulva lactuca as a proxy for anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in coastal areas of Gulf of Gaeta (Mediterranean Sea).

    Lucia Orlandi;Flavia Bentivoglio;Pasquale Carlino;Edoardo Calizza

  • Predator and detritivore niche width helps to explain biocomplexity of experimental detritus-based food webs in four aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

    Loreto Rossi;Antonella di Lascio;Pasquale Carlino;Edoardo Calizza

  • Autochthonous and allochthonous plant contributions to coastal benthic detritus deposits: a dual-stable isotope study in a volcanic lake

    Loreto Rossi;M. Letizia Costantini;Pasquale Carlino;Antonella di Lascio

  • Effects of disturbance on an urban river food web

    Edoardo Calizza;Maria Letizia Costantini;David Rossi;Pasquale Carlino

  • Species diversity and decomposition in laboratory aquatic systems: the role of species interactions

    Maria Letizia Costantini;Loreto Rossi

  • Time- and depth-wise trophic niche shifts in Antarctic benthos.

    Edoardo Calizza;Giulio Careddu;Simona Sporta Caputi;Loreto Rossi

  • Sediment structural properties mediating dominant feeding types patterns in soft-bottom macrobenthos of the Northern Adriatic Sea

    G. Mancinelli;S. Fazi;L. Rossi

  • Indirect, size-dependent effects of crustacean mesograzers on the rhodophyta Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss: evidence from a short-term study in the Lesina Lagoon (Italy)

    G. Mancinelli;L. Rossi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Basset
Alberto Basset University of Salento
Xavier Pons
Xavier Pons Autonomous University of Barcelona
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Giovanni Zurlini
Giovanni Zurlini University of Salento
Salvatrice Vizzini
Salvatrice Vizzini University of Palermo
Antonio Mazzola
Antonio Mazzola University of Palermo
Stefano Fazi
Stefano Fazi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Hendrik Poorter
Hendrik Poorter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Bryan S. Griffiths
Bryan S. Griffiths Scotland's Rural College
Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski University of Cologne

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