Technologist
Integrative Marine Ecology Deparment
Tel. +39 081 5833507
Fax: +39 081 984201
e-mail francesco.patti(at)szn.it
Research interests
The correct identification of the species is essential for monitoring and conservation of biodiversity, and the measure of the wealth of species is the best indicator of this biodiversity. The phenotypic plasticity of a particular character, used for species identification, may also lead to incorrect identification which often does not take into account the presence of cryptic species and/or siblings. So the taxonomy based on molecular characters proved to be a valuable support to the classical taxonomy allowing to cope with the growing need for accurate and accessible taxonomic information. I am mainly interested in the interaction between plants, seaweeds and marine invertebrates, in particular working on molluscs gastropods, amphipods and brown algae.
Ecological, morphometric and genetic approaches are integrated to characterize the species and to assess the phylogeny and their genetic connectivity, with the scope to predict how these species will be affected by anthropogenic impacts. I combine also molecular and morphological methods (DNA barcoding promoting the growth of DNA banks and improving the information infrastructure), and standard databases and metadatabases to manage biodiversity data.
Selected Publications
Russo GF, Patti FP (2005) Early life history of two closely related gastropods, Rissoa auriscalpium and Rissoa italiensis (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Marine Biology 147: 429-437.
Criscione F, Scuderi D, Patti FP (2009) Revising α-taxonomy in shelled gastropods: The case of Rissoa panhormensis Verduin, 1985 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Nautilus 123: 303.
Iannotta MA, Toscano F, Patti FP (2009) Nassarius corniculus (Olivi, 1792)(Caenogastropoda: Nassariidae): a model of environmental complexity of Italian brackish and marine habitats. Marine Ecology 30: 106-115.
Chenuil A, Hoareau TB, Egea E, Penant G, Rocher C, Aurelle D, Mokhtar-Jamai K, Bishop JDD, Boissin E, Diaz A (2010) An efficient method to find potentially universal population genetic markers, applied to metazoans. BMC evolutionary biology 10: 276.
Criscione F, Patti FP (2010) Similar shells are not necessarily a reliable guide to phylogeny: Rissoa guerinii Récluz, 1843, and Rissoa lia (Monterosato, 1884) (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae): a case study. Nautilus 124: 117-128.
Andreakis N, D’Aniello S, Albalat R, Patti FP, Garcia-Fernàndez J, Procaccini G, Sordino P, Palumbo A (2011) Evolution of the nitric oxide synthase family in metazoans. Molecular biology and evolution 28: 163-179.
Rodolfo-Metalpa R, Houlbrèque F, Tambutté É, Boisson F, Baggini C, Patti FP, Jeffree R, Fine M, Foggo A, Gattuso JP (2011) Coral and mollusc resistance to ocean acidification adversely affected by warming. Nature Climate Change 1: 308-312.
Garrard SL, Gambi MC, Scipione MB, Patti FP, Lorenti M, Zupo V, Paterson DM, Buia MC (2014) Indirect effects may buffer negative responses of seagrass invertebrate communities to ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461: 31-38.
Corriero G. PC, Accoroni S., Alabisio G., Bavestrello G., Barbone E., Bastianini M., Bazzoni A.M., Bernardi Aubry F., Boero F., Buia M.C., Cabrini M., Camatti E., Cardone F., Cataletto B., Cattaneo Vietti R., Cecere E., Cibic T., Colangelo P., De Olazabal A., D’Onghia G., Finotto S., Fiore N., Fornasaro D., Fraschetti S., Gambi M.C., Giangrande A., Gravili C., Guglielmo R., Longo C., Lorenti M., Luglie A., Maiorano P., Mazzocchi M.G., Mercurio M., Mastrototaro F., Mistri M., Monti M., Munari C., Musco L., Nonnis-Marzano C., Padedda B.M., Patti F.P., Petrocelli A., Piraino S., Portacci G., Pugnetti A., Pulina S., Romagnoli T., Rosati I., Sarno D., Satta C.T., Sechi N., Schiapparelli S., Scipione B., Sion L., Terlizzi A., Tirelli V., Totti C., Tursi A., Ungaro N., Zingone A., Zupo V. & Basset A (2015) Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Kumar A, Castellano I, Patti FP, Palumbo A, Buia MC (2015) Nitric oxide in marine photosynthetic organisms. Nitric Oxide 47: 34-39.
Websites or online articles
http://www.ansa.it/scienza/notizie/rubriche/terrapoli/2011/08/22/visualizza_new.html_753570759.html
Book Chapters
Procaccini G., Migliaccio M., Iannotta M.A., Patti F.P., Gambi M.C (2005). Contributo della genetica allo studio ed alla conservazione della comunità a Posidonia oceanica. In: De Filippo G., Fulgione D.. Gestione della Fauna selvatica e conservazione della biodiversità. p. 79-85, ROMA:T-scrivo edizioni, ISBN: 88-7530-000-3
Software
Patti F.P., (2009) Winmodeltest, Modeltest Windows 32bit frontend. https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmodeltest/
