The microbiome of coastal sediments

GJC Underwood, AJ Dumbrell, TJ McGenity… - The marine …, 2022 - Springer
Coastal zones are among the most productive marine environments and many are highly
impacted by anthropogenic activity. Coastal zones are key regions for the transformation of …

Artificial light at night erases positive interactions across trophic levels

E Maggi, L Bongiorni, D Fontanini… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is one of the most recently recognized sources of
anthropogenic disturbance, with potentially severe effects on biological systems that are still …

Microbenthic net metabolism along intertidal gradients (Cadiz Bay, SW Spain): Spatio-temporal patterns and environmental factors

S Haro, M Lara, I Laiz, CJ González… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microphytobenthos (MPB), the photosynthetic primary producing component of
microbenthos, shows variable patterns in its biomass distribution along the intertidal …

Bacterial diversity and microbial functional responses to organic matter composition and persistent organic pollutants in deltaic lagoon sediments

A Zoppini, L Bongiorni, N Ademollo… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lagoons in river deltas are highly productive systems that receive high loads of organic
matter and nutrients. Among the major environmental stress factors and human health …

Trophic compensation stabilizes marine primary producers exposed to artificial light at night

E Maggi, L Benedetti-Cecchi - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2018 - int-res.com
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a widespread phenomenon along coastal areas. Despite
increasing evidence of pervasive effects of ALAN on patterns of species distribution and …

Light pollution enhances temporal variability of photosynthetic activity in mature and developing biofilm

E Maggi, I Bertocci, L Benedetti-Cecchi - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been recently recognized as a threat for aquatic systems,
but a comprehensive knowledge of its effects is still lacking. A fundamental question is …

Hybrid datasets: integrating observations with experiments in the era of macroecology and big data

L Benedetti‐Cecchi, F Bulleri, M Dal Bello, E Maggi… - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how increasing human domination of the biosphere affects life on earth is a
critical research challenge. This task is facilitated by the increasing availability of open …

Microbial community and network responses across strong environmental gradients: How do they compare with macroorganisms?

C Arboleda-Baena, M Freilich, CB Pareja… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The way strong environmental gradients shape multispecific assemblages has allowed us to
examine a suite of ecological and evolutionary hypotheses about structure, regulation and …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and abundance of benthic microalgae from the Estuarine Complex of Paranaguá Bay (southern Brazil) with special emphasis on toxic species

AR Moreira-González, MC Brustolin… - Ocean and Coastal …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
This study addressed the occurrence and distribution of benthic microalgae, with emphasis
on toxic species, on different substrates (macroalgae, seagrass and sediments) along the …

Temporal clustering of extreme climate events drives a regime shift in rocky intertidal biofilms

M Dal Bello, L Rindi, L Benedetti‐Cecchi - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Research on regime shifts has focused primarily on how changes in the intensity and
duration of press disturbances precipitate natural systems into undesirable, alternative …