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Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France and has established a research profile centered on environmental and earth sciences, particularly in the study of marine ecosystems and environmental changes.

Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their published work also delves into subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change, with engagement in Biotechnology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main research topics focus heavily on marine environments, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa has contributed to research articles in several publication venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Global Change Biology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • "Corals exhibit distinct patterns of microbial reorganisation to thrive in an extreme inshore environment" (2020, Coral Reefs)
  • "Near-future ocean warming and acidification alter foraging behaviour, locomotion, and metabolic rate in a keystone marine mollusc" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "The Bouraké semi-enclosed lagoon (New Caledonia) - a natural laboratory to study the lifelong adaptation of a coral reef ecosystem to extreme environmental conditions" (2021, Biogeosciences)
  • "Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity to ocean acidification" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Corals adapted to extreme and fluctuating seawater pH increase calcification rates and have unique symbiont communities" (2023, Ecology and Evolution)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several other researchers in their field, including:

  • Fanny Houlbrèque
  • Timothy Ravasi
  • Federica Maggioni
  • Yves Letourneur
  • Sylvain Agostini

Best Publications

  • Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification

    Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Sophie Martin;Emma Ransome

  • Coral and mollusc resistance to ocean acidification adversely affected by warming

    Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Fanny Houlbrèque;E. Tambutté;F. Boisson

  • Effects of naturally acidified seawater on seagrass calcareous epibionts.

    Sophie Martin;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Emma Ransome;Sonia Rowley

  • The Future of Coral Reefs Subject to Rapid Climate Change: Lessons from Natural Extreme Environments

    Emma F. Camp;Verena Schoepf;Peter J. Mumby;Leonardo A. Hardtke

  • Effects of ocean acidification on invertebrate settlement at volcanic CO2 vents

    M. Cigliano;M. C. Gambi;R. Rodolfo-Metalpa;R. Rodolfo-Metalpa;F. P. Patti

  • Quantifying the pH 'vital effect' in the temperate zooxanthellate coral Cladocora caespitosa: Validation of the boron seawater pH proxy

    Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Malcolm Thomas McCulloch;Sergio Silenzi

  • Response of the temperate coral Cladocora caespitosa to mid- and long-term exposure to p CO 2 and temperature levels projected for the year 2100 AD

    R. Rodolfo-Metalpa;S. Martin;C. Ferrier-Pagès;J.-P. Gattuso;J.-P. Gattuso

  • Effects of ocean acidification and high temperatures on the bryozoan Myriapora truncata at natural CO2 vents

    Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Chiara Lombardi;Silvia Cocito;Jason M. Hall-Spencer

  • Geochemical survey of Levante Bay, Vulcano Island (Italy), a natural laboratory for the study of ocean acidification

    F. Boatta;W. D’Alessandro;A.L. Gagliano;M. Liotta

  • Li/Mg systematics in scleractinian corals: Calibration of the thermometer

    Paolo Montagna;Malcolm McCulloch;Eric Douville;Matthias López Correa

  • Physiological advantages of dwarfing in surviving extinctions in high-CO2 oceans

    Vittorio Garilli;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Danilo Scuderi;Lorenzo Brusca

  • Changes in coral microbial communities in response to a natural pH gradient.

    Dalit Meron;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Ross Cunning;Andrew C Baker

  • Ocean acidification impairs vermetid reef recruitment

    Marco Milazzo;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Vera Bin San Chan;Maoz Fine

  • Co-variation between autotrophy and heterotrophy in the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa

    Mia Hoogenboom;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Sea anemones may thrive in a high CO2 world.

    David J. Suggett;Jason M. Hall‐Spencer;Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa;Toby G. Boatman

  • Effects of temperature, light and heterotrophy on the growth rate and budding of the temperate coral Cladocora caespitosa

    R. Rodolfo-Metalpa;Andrea Peirano;F. Houlbrèque;M. Abbate

  • Summer autotrophy and winter heterotrophy in the temperate symbiotic coral Cladocora caespitosa

    C. Ferrier-Pagès;Andrea Peirano;M. Abbate;Silvia Cocito

  • Tissue necrosis and mortality of the temperate coral Cladocora Caespitosa

    Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa;Carlo Nike Bianchi;Andrea Peirano;Carla Morri

  • Marine bivalve shell geochemistry and ultrastructure from modern low pH environments: environmental effect versus experimental bias

    Sabine Hahn;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Erika Griesshaber;Wolfgang W Schmahl

  • Reef-building corals thrive within hot-acidified and deoxygenated waters

    Emma F. Camp;Matthew R. Nitschke;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Fanny Houlbreque

  • Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures

    Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Cécile Richard;Denis Allemand;Carlo Nike Bianchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University
Christine Ferrier-Pagès
Christine Ferrier-Pagès Scientific Centre of Monaco
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
P. Montagna
P. Montagna National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Maria Cristina Gambi
Maria Cristina Gambi National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Maoz Fine
Maoz Fine Bar-Ilan University
Dario Tedesco
Dario Tedesco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
David J. Suggett
David J. Suggett University of Technology Sydney
Suzanne M. Turner
Suzanne M. Turner University of East Anglia

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