2017

Rivaro, P., Ianni, C., Langone, L., Ori, C., Aulicino, G., Cotroneo, Y., Saggiomo, M. and Mangoni, O. (2017). Physical and biological forcing of mesoscale variability in the carbonate system of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) during summer 2014’. Journal of Marine Systems 166:144-158 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.11.002)

Saggiomo, M., Poulin, M., Mangoni, O., Lazzara, L., De Stefano, M., Sarno, D. and Zingone, A. (2017). Spring-time dynamics of diatom communities in landfast and underlying platelet ice in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Marine Systems 166:26-36. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.06.007)

2016

Aoyama, M., et al. (including Margiotta, F.). IOCCP-JAMSTEC 2015 Inter-Laboratory calibration exercise of a certified reference material for nutrient in seawater. International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) Report Number 1/2016. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Tokosuka, Japan (176pp).

D'Alelio, D., Margiotta, F., Sarno, D. and Ribera d'Alcalà, M. (2016). Plankton food-webs: to what extent can they be simplified? Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 7, 67-92.

Mangoni, O., Lombardo, R., Camminatiello, I. , Margiotta, F., Passarelli, A., Saggiomo, M. (2016). Phytoplankton community to assess the environmental status of the Adriatic Sea via non-linear partial least squares regression. Quality & Quantity (in press) First Online: 12 October 2016.

Pepi, M., Borra, M., Tamburrino, S., Saggiomo, M., Viola, A., Biffali, E., Balestra, C., Sprovieri, M. and Casotti, R. (2016). A Bacillus sp isolated from sediments of the Sarno River mouth, Gulf of Naples (Italy) produces a biofilm biosorbing Pb(II). Science of the Total Environment 562, 588-595.

Valenti D., Denaro G.; Spagnolo B., Mazzola S., Basilone G., Conversano F., Brunet C., Bonanno A. (2016) Stochastic models for phytoplankton dynamics in Mediterranean Sea. Elsevier Editorial System(tm) for Ecological Complexity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.06.001.

2015

D'Alelio, D., Mazzocchi, M. G., Montresor, M., Sarno, D., Zingone, A., Di Capua, I., Franze, G., Margiotta, F., Saggiomo, V. Ribera d'Alcala, M. (2015). The green-blue swing: plasticity of plankton food-webs in response to coastal oceanographic dynamics. Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective 36, 1155-1170.

Valenti D, Denaro G, Spagnolo B, Conversano F, Brunet C. (2015) How Diffusivity, Thermocline and Incident Light Intensity Modulate the Dynamics of Deep Chlorophyll Maximum in Tyrrhenian Sea. PLoS ONE 10(1): e0115468. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0115468.

2014

Carella F, Aceto S, Saggiomo M, Mangoni O, De Vico G (2014). Gorgonian disease outbreak in the Gulf of Naples: pathology reveals cyanobacterial infection linked to elevated sea temperatures. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 110: 69-80.

Towards an integrated observing system in the Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples (Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea) extends between 40°50’-40°32’N and 13°52’-14°28’E, with an area of 870 km2 and an average depth of 170 m. About 4 million people live along the coasts, which have been inhabited since the pre-Roman age. The Gulf is characterized by the contrast between highly polluted areas (Bagnoli-Coroglio, Eastern-Naples) and pristine sites identified as Marine Protected Areas (Punta Campanella, Regno di Nettuno).

The Research Program MareChiara was launched by SZN in 1984 with the aim of investigating the structure and functioning of planktonic communities of the Gulf of Naples in relation to the environmental variability and climate change. Since 2006, the station LTER-MareChiara (LTER-MC) is part of the national (LTER-Italy) and international networks of Long Term Ecological Research sites (I-LTER, E-LTER). LTER- MC is located 2 miles offshore the city of Naples, on the 75 m isobath, at the boundary between the coastal area, influenced by land runoff, and the offshore oligotrophic waters with characteristics of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. In support to the observational activities, two MEDA-elastic buoys (MEDA A and MEDA B) were installed in 2016 at a short distance from the coast, one off the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn and the other off Bagnoli. The buoys are equipped with meteorological sensors, multiparametric profiling probes and ADCP current-meters. High-frequency data are transmitted in real time via a broadband Wi-Fi bridge and also via the GSM network. In 2022 LTER-MC and the «Gulf of Naples integrated pelagic observatory» has been nominated “Endorsed Decade Action” by the United Nations under the Marine Life 2030 program (https://oceandecade.org/actions/gulf-of-naples-integrated-pelagic-observatory/).

Since March 2019 an augmented observatories established in the frame of ongoing monitoring programs, at Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, and in two preferential sites at the mouth of the Sarno river (Nerea_Sarno) and on the Dohrn Canyon off Capri (Nerea_Capri). Sampling monthly involving the use of molecular methods to increase the taxonomic and functional detail of the biodiversity of the Gulf of Naples.
The Observatory is called NEREA (Naples Ecological research Augmented observatory www-nerea observatory.org) and has received the endorsement of the United Nations as a project under the OBON program (Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network https:///www.oceandecade.org/actions/ocean-biomolecular-observing-network-obon/). NEREA also participates in the EMOBON initiative (European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network https:///www.embrc.eu/emo-bon).

For further information

2017

Di Capua I., Maffucci F., Pannone R., Mazzocchi M.G., Biffali E. and Amato A. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Oncaeidae (Copepoda) using nuclear ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS rDNA) PLoS ONE #PONE-D-16-33262 (under review)

2016

De Felice, B., Borra, M., Manfellotto, F., Santangelo, A., Biffali, E. and Guida, M. (2016) Assessment of genetic diversity between wild and cultivated artichokes using SSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution,63,8,1363-1369,2016,Springer Netherlands

D’Agostino, Y., Locascio, A., Ristoratore, F., Sordino, P., Spagnuolo, A., Borra, M. and D’Aniello, S. (2016) A rapid and cheap methodology for CRISPR/Cas9 zebrafish mutant screening. Molecular biotechnology, 58: 73-78.

Iacomino G., Russo P., Stillitano I., Lauria F., Marena P., Ahrens W., De Luca P. and Siani A. (2016). Circulating microRNAs are deregulated in overweight/obese children: preliminary results of the I.Family study. Genes and Nutrition, vol. 11:7, ISSN: 1555-8932

Karaa S., Maffucci F., Jribi I., Bologna M. A., Borra M., Biffali E., Bradai M. N. and Hochscheid S. (2016). Connectivity and stock composition of loggerhead turtles foraging on the North African continental shelf (central Mediterranean): implications for conservation and management. Marine Ecology. Vol. 37, Issue 5, October, 1103–1115.

Karaz S., Courgeon M., Lepetit H., Bruno E., Pannone R., Tarallo A., Thouzé F., Kerner P., Vervoort M., Causeret F., Pierani A. and D’Onofrio G. (2016). Neuronal fate specification by the Dbx1 transcription factor is linked to the evolutionary acquisition of a novel functional domain. EvoDevo, 7: 18.

Maffucci F., Corrado R., Palatella L., Borra M., Marullo S., Hochscheid S., Lacorata G. and Iudicone D. (2016). Seasonal heterogeneity of ocean warming: a mortality sink for ectotherm colonizers. Scientific reports, 6, Nature Publishing Group Article number: 23983.

Pepi M., Borra M., Tamburrino S., Saggiomo M., Viola A., Biffali E., Balestra C., Sprovieri M. and Casotti R. (2016). A Bacillus sp. isolated from sediments of the Sarno River mouth, Gulf of Naples (Italy) produces a biofilm biosorbing Pb(II). Science of The Total Environment. vol. 562, 15 August, 588–595.

2015

Affinito O., Andreakis N., Caputi L., Marino R., Pannone R., Sordino P. & Procaccini G. (2015). High connectivity and directional gene flow in European Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of Ciona intestinalis sp. A. Marine Ecology, 36: 1230–1243.

2014

MG Adelfi, M Borra, R Sanges, M Montresor, A Fontana, MI Ferrante (2014). Selection and validation of reference genes for qPCR analysis in the pennate diatoms Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata and P. arenysensis.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 451, 74-81.

Guida M, Cannavacciuolo PL, Cesarano M, Borra M, Biffali E, D’Alessandro R, De Felice B (2014) Microbial diversity of landslide soils assessed by RFLP and SSCP fingerprints. Journal of Applied Genetics, 55: 403-15.

De Felice B, Annunziata A, Fiorentino G, Manfellotto F, D'Alessandro R, Marino R, Borra M, Biffali E (2014). Telomerase expression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Journal of human genetics, 59: 555-561.

De Felice B, Annunziata A, Fiorentino G, Borra M, Biffali E, Coppola C, Cotrufo R, Brettschneider J, Giordana ML, Dalmay T, Wheeler G, D’Alessandro R (2014) miR-338-3p is over-expressed in blood, CFS, serum and spinal cord from sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Neurogenetics, 15: 243-253.

Bosnjak I, Borra M, Iamunno F, Benvenuto G, Ujevic I, Buselic I, Roje-Busatto R, Mladineo I (2014), Effect of bisphenol A on P-glycoprotein-mediated efflux and ultrastructure of the sea urchin embryo. Aquatic toxicology, 156, 21-29.

E. Dattolo, M. Ruocco, C. Brunet, M. Lorenti, C. Lauritano, D. D'Esposito, P. De Luca, R. Sanges, S. Mazzuca, G. Procaccini (2014). Response of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to different light environments: Insights from a combined molecular and photophysiological study. Marine Environmental research, 101. 225-236.

Porreca I, D'Angelo F, Gentilcore D, Carchia E, Amoresano A, Affuso A, Ceccarelli M, De Luca P, Esposito L, Guadagno FM, Mallardo M, Nardone A, Maccarone S, Pane F, Scarfò M, Sordino P, De Felice M, Ambrosino C. (2014). Cross-species toxicogenomic analyses and phenotypic anchoring in response to groundwater low-level pollution. BMC Genomics, 15: 1471-2164.

Fin dal 1983, presso l'Acquario della Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli vengono ricoverati esemplari di Caretta caretta, la specie di tartaruga marina più comune nelle acque italiane, classificata come "endagered" nella lista rossa delle specie a rischio d'estinzione dall'IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) e inclusa dalla Comunità Europea nell'Annex II della direttiva habitat come specie prioritaria, la cui conservazione nel Mediterraneo richiede speciali misure di protezione. Nella maggior parte dei casi, le tartarughe ricoverate sono gravemente ferite a causa dell'impatto con strumenti di pesca o imbarcazioni, oppure debilitate e denutrite a causa di fattori ambientali sfavorevoli. Si rendono quindi necessari interventi specifici di cura e riabilitazione prima di poterle rimettere in natura in aree idonee alla loro sopravvivenza.

Se vedi un esemplare in difficoltà contattaci e provvederemo alle cure necessarie.