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Luisa Mangialajo

Luisa Mangialajo

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4506
World Ranking
7858
National Ranking
351

Overview

Luisa Mangialajo is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and focuses their research on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields including oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and general health professions.

The research topics covered by Mangialajo include marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and fisheries research, coastal and marine management, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Their publication record features articles in several academic venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Harmful Algae, Journal of Applied Phycology, Scientific Reports, and Journal of Environmental Management. The most frequent venue is Frontiers in Marine Science, with five publications.

Luisa Mangialajo has co-authored multiple papers with researchers frequently collaborating with them, including Margalida Monserrat, Jana Verdura, Simonetta Fraschetti, Emma Cebrián, and Silvia Bianchelli.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mangialajo include:

  • Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests, 2023, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Highly restricted dispersal in habitat-forming seaweed may impede natural recovery of disturbed populations, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Climate change and species facilitation affect the recruitment of macroalgal marine forests, 2022, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • A new methodology based on littoral community cartography dominated by macroalgae for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Enric Ballesteros;Xavier Torras;Susana Pinedo;María García

  • The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications

    Enric Sala;Enric Ballesteros;Panagiotis Dendrinos;Antonio Di Franco

  • Loss of fucoid algae along a gradient of urbanisation, and structure of benthic assemblages

    L. Mangialajo;M. Chiantore;R. Cattaneo-Vietti

  • Trends in Ostreopsis proliferation along the Northern Mediterranean coasts.

    Luisa Mangialajo;Nicolas Ganzin;Stefano Accoroni;Valentina Asnaghi

  • Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

    Adrien Cheminée;Adrien Cheminée;Enric Sala;Jérémy Pastor;Pascaline Bodilis

  • The toxic benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata: quantification of proliferation along the coastline of Genoa, Italy.

    L. Mangialajo;R. Bertolotto;R. Cattaneo-Vietti;M. Chiantore

  • Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

    Fabrizio Gianni;Fabrizio Bartolini;Laura Airoldi;Enric Ballesteros

  • Toxic effects of harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata on invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms.

    Marco Faimali;Valentina Giussani;Veronica Piazza;Francesca Garaventa

  • Ecological status in the Ligurian Sea: The effect of coastline urbanisation and the importance of proper reference sites

    Luisa Mangialajo;Nicoletta Ruggieri;Valentina Asnaghi;Mariachiara Chiantore

  • Inter- and intra-specific competition between Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula in resource-limited barren areas

    Davide Privitera;Mariachiara Chiantore;Luisa Mangialajo;Niksa Glavic

  • The Ligurian Sea: present status, problems and perspectives

    R. Cattaneo Vietti;G. Albertelli;S. Aliani;S. Bava

  • How good is your marine protected area at curbing threats

    Mirta Zupan;Fabio Bulleri;Julian Evans;Simonetta Fraschetti

  • Cascading effects of ocean acidification in a rocky subtidal community.

    Valentina Asnaghi;Valentina Asnaghi;Mariachiara Chiantore;Luisa Mangialajo;Frédéric Gazeau;Frédéric Gazeau

  • Proliferation of the toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata in relation to depth, biotic substrate and environmental factors in the North West Mediterranean Sea

    S. Cohu;S. Cohu;S. Cohu;L. Mangialajo;Thierry Thibaut;Aurélie Blanfuné;Aurélie Blanfuné;Aurélie Blanfuné

  • Occurrence of the toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata in relation with environmental factors in Monaco (NW Mediterranean)

    Stéphanie Cohu;Thierry Thibaut;Luisa Mangialajo;Jean-Philippe Labat;Jean-Philippe Labat

  • Zonation patterns and interspecific relationships of fucoids in microtidal environments

    Luisa Mangialajo;Luisa Mangialajo;Mariachiara Chiantore;Marie-Lucie Susini;Alexandre Meinesz

  • Effects of ocean acidification and diet on thickness and carbonate elemental composition of the test of juvenile sea urchins

    Valentina Asnaghi;Luisa Mangialajo;Jean-Pierre Gattuso;Patrice Francour

  • Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management

    Erika Fabbrizzi;Erika Fabbrizzi;Michele Scardi;Enric Ballesteros;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

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  • Threats to large brown algal forests in temperate seas: the overlooked role of native herbivorous fish.

    Fabrizio Gianni;Fabrizio Bartolini;Alexis Pey;Mathieu Laurent

  • Cartography of littoral rocky-shore communities (CARLIT) as a tool for ecological quality assessment of coastal waters in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

    Vedran Nikolić;Ante Žuljević;Luisa Mangialajo;Boris Antolić

  • Development of a transplantation technique of Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta and Cystoseira compressa

    M. L. Susini;L. Mangialajo;Thierry Thibaut;A. Meinesz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariachiara Chiantore
Mariachiara Chiantore University of Genoa
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti University of Genoa
Patrice Francour
Patrice Francour Université Côte d'Azur
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Paolo Guidetti
Paolo Guidetti Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Laura Airoldi
Laura Airoldi University of Padua
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council
Cecilia Totti
Cecilia Totti Marche Polytechnic University
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council

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