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Marco Cantonati is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Materials Science, with a focus on various subfields including Ecology, Biomaterials, Environmental Chemistry, Plant Science, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, particularly in the areas of Diatoms and Algae Research, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Marco Cantonati has contributed to scientific literature with publications in several venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Water
  • Ecological Indicators
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Fottea
  • Italian Botanist

Recent selected papers include:

  • Characteristics, Main Impacts, and Stewardship of Natural and Artificial Freshwater Environments: Consequences for Biodiversity Conservation, 2020, Water
  • Urgent plea for global protection of springs, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Geological and hydrochemical prerequisites of unexpectedly high biodiversity in spring ecosystems at the landscape level, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors of Marco Cantonati are:

  • Abdullah A. Saber
  • Daniel Spitale
  • Nicola Angeli
  • Stefano Segadelli
  • Olena Bilous

This collaboration indicates sustained research partnerships with scientists contributing across multiple projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Effects of water-level fluctuations on lakes: an annotated bibliography

    Manel Leira;Marco Cantonati

  • Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes: an urgent issue

    Karl M. Wantzen;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt;Martin Mörtl;Marco Cantonati

  • Springs of the Alps – Sensitive Ecosystems to Environmental Change: From Biodiversity Assessments to Long-term Studies

    M. Cantonati;R. Gerecke;E. Bertuzzi

  • Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

    Marco Cantonati;Sandra Poikane;Catherine M. Pringle;Lawrence E. Stevens

  • Crenic habitats, hotspots for freshwater biodiversity conservation: toward an understanding of their ecology

    Marco Cantonati;Leopold Füreder;Reinhard Gerecke;Ingrid Jüttner

  • Benthic Algae in High Altitude Streams of the Alps – a Neglected Component of the Aquatic Biota

    E. Rott;M. Cantonati;L. Füreder;P. Pfister

  • DIATOM COMMUNITIES OF SPRINGS IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS

    Marco Cantonati

  • Lake benthic algae: toward an understanding of their ecology

    Marco Cantonati;Rex L. Lowe

  • Diatoms in springs of the Alps: spring types, environmental determinants, and substratum

    Marco Cantonati;Nicola Angeli;Ermanno Bertuzzi;Daniel Spitale

  • Benthic algal assessment of ecological status in European lakes and rivers: Challenges and opportunities.

    Sandra Poikane;Martyn Kelly;Marco Cantonati

  • Environmental controls of epilithic diatom depth-distribution in an oligotrophic lake characterized by marked water-level fluctuations

    Marco Cantonati;Silvia Scola;Nicola Angeli;Graziano Guella

  • The role of environmental variables in structuring epiphytic and epilithic diatom assemblages in springs and streams of the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (south-eastern Alps).

    Marco Cantonati;Daniel Spitale

  • Ecohydrogeology : The interdisciplinary convergence needed to improve the study and stewardship of springs and other groundwater-dependent habitats, biota, and ecosystems

    Marco Cantonati;Lawrence E. Stevens;Stefano Segadelli;Abraham E. Springer

  • Achnanthidium minutissimum (Bacillariophyta) valve deformities as indicators of metal enrichment in diverse widely-distributed freshwater habitats

    Marco Cantonati;Nicola Angeli;Laura K. Virtanen;Agata Z. Wojtal

  • Benthic algae assessments in the EU and the US: Striving for consistency in the face of great ecological diversity

    Donald F. Charles;Martyn G. Kelly;Martyn G. Kelly;R. Jan Stevenson;Sandra Poikane

  • Ecological effects of water-level fluctuations in lakes

    Karl M. Wantzen;Karl-Otto Rothhaupt;Martin Mörtl;Marco Cantonati

  • The challenges of long-term ecological research in springs in the northern and southern Alps: indicator groups, habitat diversity, and medium-term change

    Reinhard Gerecke;Marco Cantonati;Daniel Spitale;Elisabeth Stur

  • Ecological and Conservation Value of Small Standing-Water Ecosystems: A Systematic Review of Current Knowledge and Future Challenges

    Rossano Bolpagni;Sandra Poikane;Alex Laini;Simonetta Bagella

  • A global review on ambient Limestone-Precipitating Springs (LPS): Hydrogeological setting, ecology, and conservation.

    Marco Cantonati;Stefano Segadelli;Kei Ogata;Ha Tran

  • Using spring biota of pristine mountain areas for long-term monitoring

    M. Cantonati;K. Ortler

  • Environmental classification of springs of the Italian Alps and its consistency across multiple taxonomic groups

    Daniel Spitale;Manel Leira;Nicola Angeli;Marco Cantonati

  • Urgent plea for global protection of springs.

    Marco Cantonati;Roderick J. Fensham;Lawrence E. Stevens;Reinhard Gerecke

Frequent Co-Authors

Graziano Guella
Graziano Guella University of Trento
Martyn Kelly
Martyn Kelly Durham University
Sandra Poikane
Sandra Poikane European Commission Joint Research Centre
Luc Ector
Luc Ector Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Donald F. Charles
Donald F. Charles Drexel University
Michal Hájek
Michal Hájek Masaryk University
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro University of Oviedo
Jiří Komárek
Jiří Komárek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Nico Goldscheider
Nico Goldscheider Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Leopold Füreder
Leopold Füreder University of Innsbruck

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