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Stefano Piraino

Stefano Piraino

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
7140
World Ranking
4892
National Ranking
90

Overview

Stefano Piraino is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on subfields such as Paleontology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within marine and environmental sciences. Key topics in their research include Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, as well as studies related to Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

The recent notable publications authored by Stefano Piraino and collaborators illustrate a focus on marine ecology, invasive species, and environmental pollution:

  • "Jellyfish Impacts on Marine Aquaculture and Fisheries" (2020), Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • "Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning" (2020), Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Unfolding Jellyfish Bloom Dynamics along the Mediterranean Basin by Transnational Citizen Science Initiatives" (2021), Diversity
  • "Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation" (2023), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Microplastics in water surface and in the gastrointestinal tract of target marine organisms in Salento coastal seas (Italy, Southern Puglia)" (2022), Environmental Pollution

Stefano Piraino frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Marine Drugs
  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Diversity
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include Andrea Toso, Lucia Rizzo, Mar Bosch-Belmar, Antonella Leone, and Marta Mammone, reflecting established research partnerships.

Their scholarship includes an extensive number of contributions to Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as specialized studies in marine ecosystems, invasive species, and ecological dynamics. These contribute to ongoing scientific discourse on marine and coastal environmental challenges.

Best Publications

  • Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes)

    F. Boero;J. Bouillon;C. Gravili;Maria Pia Miglietta

  • Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview

    Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi;Agnese Marchini;Grazia Cantone;Alberto Castelli

  • ‘Double trouble’: the expansion of the Suez Canal and marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

    Bella S. Galil;Ferdinando Boero;Marnie L. Campbell;James T. Carlton

  • Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

    S. Piraino;F. Boero;B. Aeschbach;V. Schmid

  • Mediterranean Bioconstructions Along the Italian Coast

    Gianmarco Ingrosso;Marco Abbiati;Fabio Badalamenti;Giorgio Bavestrello

  • The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist?

    Ferdinando Boero;Genuario Belmonte;Giovanni Fanelli;Stefano Piraino

  • Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities

    S. Piraino;G. Fanelli;F. Boero

  • Human predation along Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy): desertification caused by Lithophaga litho-phaga (Mollusca) fisheries

    G. Fanelli;S. Piraino;G. Belmonte;S. Geraci

  • Pelagia noctiluca in the Mediterranean Sea

    Antonio Canepa;Veronica Fuentes;Ana Sabatés;Stefano Piraino

  • The Bright Side of Gelatinous Blooms: Nutraceutical Value and Antioxidant Properties of Three Mediterranean Jellyfish (Scyphozoa).

    Antonella Leone;Raffaella Marina Lecci;Miriana Durante;Federica Meli

  • Impact of stinging jellyfish proliferations along south Italian coasts: human health hazards, treatment and social costs

    Antonella De Donno;Adele Idolo;Francesco Bagordo;Tiziana Grassi

  • Epibiotic Vibrio luminous bacteria isolated from some hydrozoa and bryozoa species.

    L. Stabili;C. Gravili;Salvatore Maurizio Tredici;S. Piraino

  • Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach

    Simonetta Scorrano;Giorgio Aglieri;Ferdinando Boero;Michael N. Dawson

  • Jellyfish Impacts on Marine Aquaculture and Fisheries

    Mar Bosch-Belmar;Giacomo Milisenda;Lorena Basso;Thomas K. Doyle

  • Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

    Gianna Servello;Franco Andaloro;Ernesto Azzurro;Luca Castriota

  • Jellyfish as prey: frequency of predation and selective foraging of Boops boops (Vertebrata, Actinopterygii) on the mauve stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa).

    Giacomo Milisenda;Sara Rosa;Veronica L. Fuentes;Ferdinando Boero

  • Reverse development in Cnidaria

    S Piraino;D De Vito;J Schmich;J Bouillon

  • Recommendations for developing and applying genetic tools to assess and manage biological invasions in marine ecosystems

    John A. Darling;Bella S. Galil;Gary R. Carvalho;Marc Rius

  • The attitudes of Italian consumers towards jellyfish as novel food

    Luisa Torri;Fabio Tuccillo;Simona Bonelli;Simona Bonelli;Stefano Piraino

  • Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Stefano Piraino;Giorgio Aglieri;Luis Martell;Carlotta Mazzoldi

  • Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

    Konstantinos Tsiamis;Ernesto Azzurro;Michel Bariche;Melih E. Çinar

  • First records of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) from the Ligurian, Thyrrhenian and Ionian Seas (Western Mediterranean) and first record of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria) from the Western Mediterranean

    Ferdinando Boero;Marco Putti;Egidio Trainito;Emanuele Prontera

  • New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July, 2017)

    V. Gerovasileiou;E.H.Kh. Akel;O. Akyol;G. Alongi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinando Boero
Ferdinando Boero Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Fabio Crocetta
Fabio Crocetta Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Adriana Giangrande
Adriana Giangrande University of Salento
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Agnese Marchini
Agnese Marchini University of Pavia
Argyro Zenetos
Argyro Zenetos Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi University of Pavia
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Volker Schmid
Volker Schmid Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Maria Cristina Gambi
Maria Cristina Gambi National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics

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