Dr Mariachiara Chiantore

" Current position

Lecturer in Ecology - Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle Sue Risorse, University of Genova, Italy

" Address

Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle Sue Risorse, Corso Europa, 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy
Phone ++39 010 3538384
Fax ++39 010 3538102
E-mail chiantor@dipteris.unige.it

" Academic qualifications

1992 Degree in Biology (cum laude)
1996 PhD in Environmental Sciences (Sea Science)
2000- Lecturer in Ecology

" Research interests and expertise

Analysis and description of the structure and distribution of marine macrobenthic communities.
Study of the fluxes between the water column and the sediments and their influence on the structure and dynamics of benthic communities and on the life cycle of key species.
Population dynamics.
Larval ecology of sea-urchins.

" Recent publications

Guidetti, P., Bianchi, C.N., Chiantore, M., Schiaparelli, S., Morri, C. and. Cattaneo-Vietti R., in press. Living on the rocks: substrate mineralogy and the structure of subtidal rocky substrate communities in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Regoli, F., Cerrano, C., Chierici, E., Chiantore, M. and Bavestrello, G., in press. Seasonal variability of prooxidant pressure and antioxidant adaptation to symbiosis in the Mediterranean demosponge Petrosia ficiformis. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Chiantore, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R. and Heilmayer, O., 2003. Antarctic scallop (Adamussium colbecki) annual growth rate at Terra Nova Bay. Polar Biology, 26: 416-419.

Dalla Riva, S., Abelmoschi, M.L., Chiantore, M., Grotti, M., Magi, E. and Soggia, F., 2003. Biogeochemical cycling of Pb in the coastal marine environment at Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea. Antarctic Science, 15 (4): 425-432.

Heilmayer, O., Brey, T., Chiantore, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R. and Arntz, W.E., 2003. Age and productivity of the Antarctic scallop, Adamussium colbecki, in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 288 (2): 239-256.

Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Albertelli, G., Bavestrello, G., Bianchi, C.N., Cerrano, C., Chiantore, M., Gaggero, L., Morri, C. and Schiaparelli, S., 2002. Can rock composition affect sublittoral epibenthic communities? P.S.Z.N.: Marine Ecology, 23, Supplement 1: 65-77.

Chiantore, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Elia, L., Guidetti, M. and Antonini, M., 2002. Reproduction and condition of the scallop Adamussium colbecki (Smith 1902), the sea-urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) and the sea-star Odontaster validus Koehler, 1911 at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea): different strategies related to inter-annual variations in food availability. Polar Biology, 25: 251-255.

Regoli, F., Nigro, M., Chiantore, M. and Winston, G.W., 2002. Seasonal variations of susceptibility to oxidative stress in Adamussium colbecki, a key bioindicator species for the Antarctic marine environment. The Science of the Total Environment, 289: 205-211.

Cerrano, C., Bavestrello, G., Calcinai, B., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chiantore, M., Guidetti, M. and Sarà, A., 2001. Bioerosive processes in Antarctic seas. Polar Biology, 24: 790-792.

Cerrano C., Puce, S., Chiantore, M., Bavestrello, G. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2001. The influence of the epizooic hydroid Hydractinia angusta on the recruitment of the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki. Polar Biology, 24: 577-581.

Chiantore, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Berkman, P.A., Nigro, M., Vacchi, M., Schiaparelli, S. and Albertelli, G., 2001. Antarctic scallop (Adamussium colbecki) spatial population variability along the Victoria Land Coast, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 24: 139-143.

Povero, P., Chiantore, M., Misic, C., Budillon, G. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2001. Land forcing controls pelagic-benthic coupling in Adelie Cove (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea). Polar Biology, 24: 875-882.

Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chiantore, M., Schiaparelli, S. and Albertelli, G., 2000. Shallow and deep-water mollusc distribution at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica). Polar Biology, 23: 173-182.

Cerrano, C., Puce, S., Chiantore, M. and Bavestrello, G., 2000. Unusual trophic strategies of Hydractinia angusta (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 23 (7): 488-494.

Nonnis Marzano, F., Fiori, F., Jia, G. and Chiantore, M., 2000. Anthropogenic radionuclides bioaccumulation in Antarctic marine fauna and its ecological relevance. Polar Biology, 23: 753-758.

Schiaparelli, S., Cattaneo-Vietti, R. and Chiantore, M., 2000. Adaptive morphology of Capulus subcompressus Pelseneer, 1903 (Gastropoda: Capulidae) from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 23: 11-16.

Vacchi, M., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chiantore, M. and Dalù, M., 2000. Predator-prey relationship between nototheniid fish Trematomus bernacchii and Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki at Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea). Antarctic Science, 12 (1): 64-68.

Dr Luisa Mangialajo

" Current position

PhD student - Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle Sue Risorse, University of Genova, Italy

" Address

Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle Sue Risorse, Corso Europa, 26, I-16132 Genova, Italy
Phone ++39 010 3538382
Fax ++39 010 3538102
E-mail luisama@dipteris.unige.it

" Academic qualifications

2000 Degree in Marine Environmental Sciences

" Research interests and expertise

Analysis and description of the structure and distribution of marine macrophytobenthos.
Phenology of structuring algal species; importance of the species on the understorey communities

" Publications

Bava, S., Mangialajo, L., Chiantore, M. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2003. Ligurian Sea MPAs: spatial variability at different scale and protection effect in subtidal hard bottom assemblages. EMBS 38, Aveiro, 8-12 September 2003.

Chiantore, M., Bava, S., Mangialajo, L. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2003. Taxonomic resolution and data transformation in analyses of subtidal hard bottom assemblages in the Western Mediterranean Sea. EMBS 38, Aveiro, 8-12 September 2003.

Guidetti, M., Chiantore, M., Zichichi, F., Elia, L., Mangialajo, L., Mori, M. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2003. Density and population structure variability in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus Lam.: effects of scale and habitat heterogeneity. XIII National Congressof the Italian Society of Ecology, Como, 8-10 September.

Mangialajo, L., Barberis, G. and Cattaneo-Vietti R., 2003. Contribute to the knowledge of macroalgal biodiversity of the ligurian coast. Second Marine Vegetation Symposium, Athens, 12-13 December 2003.

Mangialajo, L., Bava, S., Chiantore, M. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2003. Comparison of Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta and Cystoseira compressa understorey communities in the Ligurian Sea. The 3rd European Phycological Congress, Belfast, 21-26 July 2003.

Mangialajo, L., Bava, S., Chiantore, M. and Cattaneo-Vietti, R., 2003. Cystoseira understorey communities in the Ligurian Sea: structure and spatial variability. EMBS 38, Aveiro, 8-12 September 2003.

Mangialajo, L., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chiantore, M., Meinesz, A., Vaugelas, J. de and Barberis, G., 2003. Superficial algae as environmental quality indicators: application of a G.I.S. to the Portofino Promontory park. Biol. Mar. Medit., 10 (2): 574-576.

Mangialajo, L., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Chiantore, M., Meinesz, A. and Vaugelas, J. de, 2003. Application of a G.I.S. to the Management of Marine Protected Areas: Cartography of Infralittoral Fringe Communities as Environmental Health Indicators. CoastGIS'03. Genoa, 16-18 october 2003. www.gisig.it/coastgis/papers/mangialajo.pdf

Torras, X., Pinedo, S., Garcia, M., Mangialajo, L. and Ballesteros, E., 2003. Assessment of coastal environmental quality based on Littoral community cartography: methodological approach. Second Marine Vegetation Symposium. Athens, 12-13 December 2003.

Thibaut, T., Meinesz, A., Amade, P., Charrier, S., De Angelis, K., Ierardi, S., Mangialajo, L., Melnick, J. and Vidal, V., 2001. Elysia subornata (Mollusca) a potential control agent of the alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U. K., 81: 497-504.

Thibaut, T., Meinesz, A., Burtaire, L., Charrier, S., Mangialajo, L., Ierardi, S. and Vidal V., 1998. Lutte biologique contre Caulerpa taxifolia: espoirs et risques d'une utilisation d'Ascoglosses tropicaux et Méditerranèens. Third International Workshop on Caulerpa taxifolia, Marseille, 19-20 Septembre 1997: 105-111.

Cinelli, F., Ceccherelli, G., Orestano, C., Ierardi, S., Mangialajo, L., Relini, M., Tunesi, L., Meinesz, A., Chiaverini, D. and Cottalorda, J.-M., 1997. Suivi de l'invasion de l'algue tropicale Caulerpa taxifolia devant les côtes italiennes de la Méditerranée: Situation au 31 décembre 1997. In: Meinesz, A., Cottalorda, J.-M., Chiaverini, D., Cassar, N. and Vaugelas, J. de, 1998. Caulerpa taxifolia: situation fin 1997. Ed. Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis: 179-204.