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List of works by Roberto Danovaro

<b>Global ocean conservation under the magnifying glass</b>

scientific article published in 2017

A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program

scholarly article by Kerry L. Howell et al published 25 November 2020 in Frontiers in Marine Science

A bacterial community-based index to assess the ecological status of estuarine and coastal environments

scientific article published on 23 October 2016

A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges

scientific article published on 2 August 2010

A comparative analysis of metabarcoding and morphology-based identification of benthic communities across different regional seas

scientific article published in September 2018

A decade to study deep-sea life

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

A fast-moving target: achieving marine conservation goals under shifting climate and policies

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

A high biodiversity mitigates the impact of ocean acidification on hard-bottom ecosystems

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

A multiple-scale analysis of metazoan meiofaunal distribution in the deep Mediterranean Sea

article

A new molecular approach based on qPCR for the quantification of fecal bacteria in contaminated marine sediments

scientific article published on 3 August 2011

A submarine volcanic eruption leads to a novel microbial habitat

scientific article published in 2017

A unique and threatened deep water coral-bivalve biotope new to the Mediterranean Sea offshore the Naples megalopolis

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Abyssal fauna, benthic microbes, and organic matter quality across a range of trophic conditions in the western Pacific ocean

scientific article published in 2021

Acoustic indexes for marine biodiversity trends and ecosystem health

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Adding the Third Dimension to Marine Conservation

Alternative hypotheses to explain why biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are concave-up in some natural ecosystems but concave-down in manipulative experiments

scientific article

Archaeal diversity in deep-sea sediments estimated by means of different terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLP) protocols

scientific article

Assessing marine environmental status through microphytobenthos assemblages colonizing the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) and their potential in coastal marine restoration

scientific article

Assessment of benthic trophic status of marine coastal ecosystems: Significance of meiofaunal rare taxa

scientific article published in 2011

Auto- and heterotrophic acidophilic bacteria enhance the bioremediation efficiency of sediments contaminated by heavy metals

scientific article published on 31 December 2008

Bacterial response to seasonal changes in labile organic matter composition on the continental shelf and bathyal sediments of the Cretan Sea

article

Benthic bacterial response to variable estuarine water inputs.

scientific article published in November 2004

Benthic deep-sea fungi in submarine canyons of the Mediterranean Sea

scholarly article

Benthic input rates predict seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) fish farm-induced decline

scientific article published on 3 June 2008

Benthic microbial loop functioning in coastal lagoons: a comparative approach

Biochemical composition of pico-, nano- and micro-particulate organic matter and bacterioplankton biomass in the oligotrophic Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean)

article

Biodiversity and distribution of meiofauna in the Gioia, Petrace and Dohrn Canyons (Tyrrhenian Sea)

scientific article published in 2019

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal lagoons: Does microbial diversity play any role?

scientific article published in 2007

Biodiversity loss and turnover in alternative states in the Mediterranean Sea: a case study on meiofauna

scientific article

Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea

article

Biodiversity response to experimental induced hypoxic-anoxic conditions in seagrass sediments

article published in 2008

Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in long-term time series and palaeoecological records: deep sea as a test bed

scientific article

Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in anoxic marine sediments: consequences on the speciation of heavy metals

scientific article published on 8 September 2009

Biotic and human vulnerability to projected changes in ocean biogeochemistry over the 21st century

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Bridging the Gap between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

CO2 leakage from carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) systems affects organic matter cycling in surface marine sediments

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Canyon conditions impact carbon flows in food webs of three sections of the Nazaré canyon

Challenging the paradigms of deep-sea ecology

scientific article

Changes in Coral-Forest Microbiomes Predict the Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Habitat-Forming Species Down to Mesophotic Depths

scientific article published on 10 December 2021

Changes in coral forest microbiomes predict the impact of marine heatwaves on habitat-forming species down to mesophotic depths

scientific article published on 06 February 2022

Chronic and intensive bottom trawling impairs deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

scientific article

Climate change and the potential spreading of marine mucilage and microbial pathogens in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article

Climate change impacts on the biota and on vulnerable habitats of the deep Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Connecting marine productivity to sea-spray via nanoscale biological processes: Phytoplankton Dance or Death Disco?

scientific article

Corrigendum: A submarine volcanic eruption leads to a novel microbial habitat

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Cosmopolitanism and Biogeography of the Genus Manganonema (Nematoda: Monhysterida) in the Deep Sea.

scientific article published on 5 September 2011

Cytotoxic effects induced by hexachlorobenzene in Squilla mantis (L.) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda).

scientific article published in February 2008

Deep-sea biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable

scientific article

Deep-sea ecosystem response to climate changes: the eastern Mediterranean case study

article

Deep-sea impacts of climate interventions

scientific article published on 29 March 2023

Deep-sea litter in the Gulf of Cadiz (Northeastern Atlantic, Spain)

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Deep-sea mobile megafauna of Mediterranean submarine canyons and open slopes: Analysis of spatial and bathymetric gradients

Deep-sea nematode biodiversity in the Mediterranean basin: testing for longitudinal, bathymetric and energetic gradients

scientific article published in 2008

Determination of viral production in aquatic sediments using the dilution-based approach.

scientific article published on 11 June 2009

Developing technological synergies between deep-sea and space research

scientific article published in 2022

Distribution, health and threats to Mediterranean macroalgal forests: defining the baselines for their conservation and restoration

scientific article published on 20 November 2023

Diversity and spatial distribution of metal-reducing bacterial assemblages in groundwaters of different redox conditions

scientific article

Do Bacteria Compete with Phytoplankton for Inorganic Nutrients? Possible Ecological Implications

scientific article published in 1998

Drivers of Bacterial α- and β-Diversity Patterns and Functioning in Subsurface Hadal Sediments

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Dynamics of meiofaunal assemblages on the continental shelf and deep-sea sediments of the Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean): relationships with seasonal changes in food supply

scholarly article

Ecological assessment of anthropogenic impact in marine ecosystems: The case of Bagnoli Bay

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Ecosystem effects of dense water formation on deep Mediterranean Sea ecosystems: an overview

scientific article published in 2010

Ecosystem effects of dense water formation on deep Mediterranean Sea ecosystems: an overview

Ecosystem service benefits and costs of deep-sea ecosystem restoration

scientific article published on 25 November 2021

Effects of Local Acidification on Benthic Communities at Shallow Hydrothermal Vents of the Aeolian Islands (Southern Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2022

Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors on Fucalean Brown Seaweeds Across Different Spatial Scales in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2021

Effects of antifouling booster biocide Irgarol 1051 on the structure of free living nematodes: a laboratory experiment.

scientific article

Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Effects of intensive mariculture on sediment biochemistry

scientific article published in July 2007

Enhanced viral activity and dark CO2 fixation rates under oxygen depletion: the case study of the marine Lake Rogoznica

scientific article published on 8 August 2016

Environmental hazard assessment of a marine mine tailings deposit site and potential implications for deep-sea mining

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss

scientific article

Extracellular DNA plays a key role in deep-sea ecosystem functioning

scientific article published in Science

Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant–bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

First step in the restoration of a highly degraded coral reef (Singapore) by in situ coral intensive farming

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Fish-farm impact on metazoan meiofauna in the Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of regional vs. habitat effects

scientific article

Food Preferences of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals in Captivity

scientific article published in 2022

Front Cover

article published in 2016

Functional response to food limitation can reduce the impact of global change in the deep-sea benthos

scientific article published in 2017

Fungal Abundance and Diversity in the Mariana Trench, the Deepest Ecosystem on Earth

scholarly article published on 16 January 2024

Global Carbon Cycling on a Heterogeneous Seafloor.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Global Deep-Sea Biodiversity Research Trends Highlighted by Science Mapping Approach

scientific article published in 2020

Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using random forests

scientific article

Habitat Features and Their Influence on the Restoration Potential of Marine Habitats in Europe

scientific article published on 07 April 2020

Habitat loss and small‐scale fishery: A controversial issue

scholarly article

Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda?

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Hidden Players—Meiofauna Mediate Ecosystem Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Ocean

High Meiofaunal and Nematodes Diversity around Mesophotic Coral Oases in the Mediterranean Sea ⬇️

scientific article published on June 18, 2013

High bacterial biodiversity increases degradation performance of hydrocarbons during bioremediation of contaminated harbor marine sediments

scientific article

High diversity of benthic bacterial and archaeal assemblages in deep-Mediterranean canyons and adjacent slopes

scholarly article

High potential for temperate viruses to drive carbon cycling in chemoautotrophy-dominated shallow-water hydrothermal vents.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

High prokaryotic biodiversity associated with gut contents of the holothurian Molpadia musculus from the Nazaré Canyon (NE Atlantic)

article published in 2012

Higher abundance of bacteria than of viruses in deep Mediterranean sediments

scientific article published on March 2002

Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

scientific article

Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe's Deep-Ocean Margins

article

Human activities and resultant pressures on key European marine habitats: An analysis of mapped resources

scholarly article by Thanos Dailianis published in December 2018

Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach

scientific article published in 2021

Identifying Toxic Impacts of Metals Potentially Released during Deep-Sea Mining—A Synthesis of the Challenges to Quantifying Risk

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Imbalance between phytoplankton production and bacterial carbon demand in relation to mucilage formation in the Northern Adriatic Sea

article

Impact of CO2 leakage from sub-seabed carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) reservoirs on benthic virus-prokaryote interactions and functions

scientific article

Impact of breakwater relocation on benthic biodiversity associated with seagrass meadows of northern Adriatic Sea

scholarly article published on 8 June 2018

Impact of heavy metals and PCBs on marine picoplankton.

scientific article

Impact of historical sulfide mine tailings discharge on meiofaunal assemblages (Portmán Bay, Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Impact of hypersaline brines on benthic meio- and macrofaunal assemblages: A comparison from two desalination plants of the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Impact of inorganic UV filters contained in sunscreen products on tropical stony corals (Acropora spp.).

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Impact of mangrove forests degradation on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Impact of resuspended mine tailings on benthic biodiversity and ecosystem processes: The case study of Portmán Bay, Western Mediterranean Sea, Spain

scientific article published in 2022

Impact of the biocide Irgarol on meiofauna and prokaryotes from the sediments of the Bizerte lagoon-an experimental study

scientific article published on 09 January 2016

Impact on the water column biogeochemistry of a Mediterranean mussel and fish farm

scientific article published in February 2002

Impairment of microbial and meiofaunal ecosystem functions linked to algal forest loss

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Implementing and Innovating Marine Monitoring Approaches for Assessing Marine Environmental Status

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

In situ experimental evidences for responses of abyssal benthic biota to shifts in phytodetritus compositions linked to global climate change

scientific article published in 2021

Indicator-Based Assessment of Marine Biological Diversity–Lessons from 10 Case Studies across the European Seas

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Integrated characterization and risk management of marine sediments: The case study of the industrialized Bagnoli area (Naples, Italy)

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Jaws from the deep: biological and ecological insights on the kitefin shark Dalatias licha from the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2023

Lessons from photo analyses of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures as tools to detect (bio-)geographical, spatial, and environmental effects

scientific article published on 08 March 2019

Limited impact of beach nourishment on macrofaunal recruitment/settlement in a site of community interest in coastal area of the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 06 February 2018

Local Environmental Conditions Promote High Turnover Diversity of Benthic Deep-Sea Fungi in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)

scientific article published in 2022

MERCES: Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas (H2020 funded project)

MERCES: Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Changing European Seas (H2020 funded project)

Macroecological drivers of archaea and bacteria in benthic deep-sea ecosystems

scientific article

Macrofaunal assemblages in canyon and adjacent slope of the NW and Central Mediterranean systems

scholarly article

Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

scholarly article by Andrew K. Sweetman et al published 23 February 2017 in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems

scientific article

Marine Microbial-Derived Molecules and Their Potential Use in Cosmeceutical and Cosmetic Products

scientific article

Marine archaea and archaeal viruses under global change

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem function relationships: The potential for practical monitoring applications

scientific article published in August 2015

Marine ecosystem restoration in a changing ocean

scientific article published on 27 May 2021

Marine protected areas and endangered shark conservation

scientific article published in 2021

Marine viruses and global climate change

scientific article

Meiofauna assemblages of the Condor Seamount (North-East Atlantic Ocean) and adjacent deep-sea sediments

scholarly article by Daniela Zeppilli published in December 2013

Meiofauna communities, nematode diversity and C degradation rates in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica L.) and unvegetated sediments invaded by the algae Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder).

scientific article

Meiofaunal biodiversity in submarine canyons of the Mediterranean Sea: A meta-analysis

scientific article published in 2019

Meiofaunal colonisation on artificial substrates: a tool for biomonitoring the environmental quality on coastal marine systems

scientific article published in May 2004

Metagenetic tools for the census of marine meiofaunal biodiversity: An overview

scientific article published on 6 May 2015

Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment: Knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Microbial community and geochemical analyses of trans-trench sediments for understanding the roles of hadal environments

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Morphological and molecular responses of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus to highly contaminated marine sediments: The case study of Bagnoli-Coroglio brownfield (Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Multiple declines and recoveries of Adriatic seagrass meadows over forty years of investigation

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Multiple spatial scale analyses provide new clues on patterns and drivers of deep-sea nematode diversity

scientific article published in August 2013

Nematode biodiversity and benthic trophic state are simple tools for the assessment of the environmental quality in coastal marine ecosystems

scientific article published in 2018

New High-Tech Flexible Networks for the Monitoring of Deep-Sea Ecosystems

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

New Technologies for Monitoring and Upscaling Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Deep-Sea Environments

scholarly article published in January 2024

Ocean Acidification Induces Changes in Virus-Host Relationships in Mediterranean Benthic Ecosystems

scientific article published on 06 April 2021

Oceans, microbes, and global climate change

scientific article published in 2015

Organic matter composition of the continental shelf and bathyal sediments of the Cretan Sea (NE Mediterranean)

article

Organic matter composition, metazoan meiofauna and nematode biodiversity in Mediterranean deep-sea sediments

article

Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes of the Portuguese, Catalan, Southern Adriatic and Cretan Sea margins

article

Oxygen supersaturation mitigates the impact of the regime of contaminated sediment reworking on sea urchin fertilization process

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Particle sources and downward fluxes in the eastern Fram strait under the influence of the west Spitsbergen current

scholarly article by Anna Sanchez-Vidal published in September 2015

Particulate organic matter uptake rates of two benthic filter-feeders (Sabella spallanzanii and Branchiomma luctuosum) candidates for the clarification of aquaculture wastewaters

scientific article

Patterns and drivers of bacterial α- and β-diversity across vertical profiles from surface to subsurface sediments

scientific article

Pelagic-benthic coupling and diagenesis of nucleic acids in a deep-sea continental margin and an open-slope system of the Eastern Mediterranean.

scientific article published on October 2005

Pockmarks enhance deep‐sea benthic biodiversity: a case study in the western Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2011

Positive effects of the decrease of hydraulic dredging due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on benthic fauna and clam harvesting in the northern Adriatic (Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2022

Potential impact of global climate change on benthic deep-sea microbes

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Protect the deep sea.

scientific article published in January 2014

Quantification of Viral and Prokaryotic Production Rates in Benthic Ecosystems: A Methods Comparison

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Recent advances in understanding the ecology and functioning of submarine canyons in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2019

Red coral extinction risk enhanced by ocean acidification

scientific article

Relationships between meiofaunal biodiversity and prokaryotic heterotrophic production in different tropical habitats and oceanic regions

scientific article

Reply to: Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Response of Benthic Protozoa and Thraustochytrid Protists to Fish Farm Impact in Seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) and Soft-Bottom Sediments

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Restoration actions in marine ecosystems: a global analysis

Restoration actions in marine ecosystems: a global analysis

Scientists' warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Sea urchin chronicles. The effect of oxygen super-saturation and marine polluted sediments from Bagnoli-Coroglio Bay on different life stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Seafloor heterogeneity influences the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in the deep sea.

scientific article

Seasonal changes and biochemical composition of the labile organic matter flux in the Cretan Sea

article

Sediment resuspension effects on the benthic microbial loop in experimental microcosms

scientific article published in November 2005

Sedimentation of organic matter from fish farms in oligotrophic Mediterranean assessed through bulk and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analyses

article

Simultaneous recovery of extracellular and intracellular DNA suitable for molecular studies from marine sediments

scientific article

Space invaders; biological invasions in marine conservation planning

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2016)

Species richness, species turnover and functional diversity in nematodes of the deep Mediterranean Sea: searching for drivers at different spatial scales

article

Spinoloricus cinziae(Phylum Loricifera), a new species from a hypersaline anoxic deep basin in the Mediterranean Sea

article

Stranded seaweeds (<i>Gongolaria barbata</i>): an opportunity for macroalgal forest restoration

scientific article published in 2024

Sunscreen products impair the early developmental stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus.

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Sunscreens cause coral bleaching by promoting viral infections

scientific article

Synthesis of knowledge on marine biodiversity in European Seas: from census to sustainable management

scientific article

Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity

scientific article

The Hierarchic Treatment of Marine Ecological Information from Spatial Networks of Benthic Platforms

scientific article published on 21 March 2020

The Pillars of Hercules as a bathymetric barrier to gene flow promoting isolation in a global deep-sea shark (Centroscymnus coelolepis).

scientific article

The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats ⬇️

scientific article

The challenge of proving the existence of metazoan life in permanently anoxic deep-sea sediments

scientific article

The contribution of deep-sea macrohabitat heterogeneity to global nematode diversity

article

The date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga: Biology, ecology and the multiple impacts of its illegal fishery

scientific article published on 11 July 2020

The deep sea: The new frontier for ecological restoration

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

The deep-sea under global change

scientific article published on June 2017

The first metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions

scientific article published in 2010

The marine genome: structure, regulation and evolution

scientific article published on 7 November 2015

The ocean sampling day consortium

scientific article published in 2015

The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Threats to marine biodiversity in European protected areas

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Towards Naples Ecological REsearch for Augmented Observatories (NEREA): The NEREA-Fix Module, a Stand-Alone Platform for Long-Term Deep-Sea Ecosystem Monitoring

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Towards a common approach to the assessment of the environmental status of deep-sea ecosystems in areas beyond national jurisdiction

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Transfer of labile organic matter and microbes from the ocean surface to the marine aerosol: an experimental approach

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Trophic importance of subtidal metazoan meiofauna: evidence from in situ exclusion experiments on soft and rocky substrates

article

Trophic specialisation of metazoan meiofauna at the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano: fatty acid biomarker isotope evidence

article

Trophic status and meiofauna biodiversity in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Insights for the assessment of good environmental status.

scientific article published on 31 October 2015

Unveiling the Biodiversity of Deep-Sea Nematodes through Metabarcoding: Are We Ready to Bypass the Classical Taxonomy?

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Vibrio harveyi as a causative agent of the White Syndrome in tropical stony corals.

scientific article

Viral Infections Boost Prokaryotic Biomass Production and Organic C Cycling in Hadal Trench Sediments

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Viral decay and viral production rates in continental-shelf and deep-sea sediments of the Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

Viral infections stimulate the metabolism and shape prokaryotic assemblages in submarine mud volcanoes.

scientific article

Viral production, decay rates, and life strategies along a trophic gradient in the North Adriatic Sea.

scientific article

Virus decomposition provides an important contribution to benthic deep-sea ecosystem functioning

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

Virus-mediated archaeal hecatomb in the deep seafloor

scientific article

Viruses as new agents of organomineralization in the geological record.

scientific article

Vitellogenesis in the deep-sea sharkCentroscymnus coelolepis

scientific article published in 2006

Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration

scientific article published on 13 October 2021

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