Researcher
Department of Research Infrastructure for Marine Biological Resources - Core Facility MOtax
E-mail: leonilde.roselli(at)szn.it
Web: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0002-9415
Leonilde Roselli - Google Scholar
Research Interests
My research interest is on microalgae biodiversity and its role in regulating the functioning of marine ecosystems. In particular, my research activity is focused on identifying patterns of diversity and distribution of key morpho-functional traits of phytoplankton using field data at the individual level of both taxonomic and functional resolution. Trait-based approach allows to test the potential mechanisms of organization of the phytoplankton community in different environmental conditions, including the impact of anthropogenic pressures. A part of my research activity is, in fact, dedicated to the implementation of indices and indicators of the status health of ecosystems using phytoplankton as biological quality element.
From a methodological point of view, the approach based on morpho-functional traits is explored by combining confocal microscopy and image analysis as a new frontier for biodiversity, ecology and ecotoxicology studies. In particular, I have developed a new method for calculating the cellular biovolume of phytoplankton based on confocal microscopy and 3D reconstruction by image analysis as well as application of new computational models.
My recent work experience as a responsible of both Marine Strategy Project Descriptor Non-Indigenous Species and environmental emergencies related to microalgal blooms has also allowed me to deepen many aspects related to the ecology of species and the functioning of ecosystems.
Selected Publications
Roselli L., Bevilacqua S., Terlizzi A. (2022). Using null models and species traits to optimize phytoplankton monitoring: An application across oceans and ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 138, 108827.
Roselli L., Caroppo C., Bevilacqua S., Ciciriello P.C., Ungaro N., Vadrucci M.R. (2022). Harmful algae and pressure-impact relationship: noxious blooms and toxic microalgae occurrence from coastal waters of the Apulia region (Adriatic and Ionian Seas, Mediterranean). Marine Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105791
Gómez F., Zhang H., Roselli L., Lin S. (2021). Detection of Prorocentrum shikokuense in the Mediterranean Sea and evidence that P. dentatum, P. obtusidens and P. shikokuense are three different species (Prorocentrales, Dinophyceae). Acta Protozoologica, 2021, Volume 60, p. 47-59, lut. 2022. ISSN 1689-0027.
Ryabov A., Kerimoglu O., Litchman E., Olenina I., Roselli L., Basset A., Stanca E., and Blasius B. (2021). Shape matters: the relationship between cell geometry and diversity in phytoplankton. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.13680
Durante G.*, Roselli L.*, De Nunzio G., Piemontese U., Marsella G., Basset A. (2020). Plankton Tracker: A novel integrated system to investigate the dynamic sinking behavior in phytoplankton. Ecological Informatics, 60, 101166 * These authors contributed equally
Roselli L., Vadrucci M.R., Belmonte M., Ciciriello P., Rubino F., Ungaro N., Caroppo C. (2020). Two-stages bloom of Margalefidinium cf. polykrikoides in a Mediterranean shallow bay (Ionian Sea, Italy). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151 110825
Durante G., Basset A., Stanca E., Roselli L. (2019). Allometric scaling and morphological variation in sinking rate of phytoplankton. Journal of Phycology DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12916
Roselli L., Vadrucci M.R., Fanelli F., Ungaro N., Caroppo C. (2019) First bloom event of the small dinoflagellate Prorocentrum shikokuense in the Mediteranean Sea: cryptogenic or introduced? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 139 197-204
Roselli L., Litchman E., Stanca E., Cozzoli F., Basset A. (2017). Individual trait variation in phytoplankton communities across multiple spatial scales. Journal of Plankton Research, 39 (3): 577-588
Roselli L. and Basset A. (2015). Decoding size distribution patterns in marine and transitional water phytoplankton: from community to species level. Plos One, 10 (5) e0127193
Roselli L., Paparella F., Stanca E., Basset A. (2015). New data-driven method from 3D confocal microscopy for calculating phytoplankton cell biovolume. Journal of Microscopy, 258 (3) 200-211
Renzi M., Roselli L., Giovani A., Focardi SE., Basset A. (2014). Early warning tools for ecotoxicity assessment based on Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Ecotoxicology 23 (6): 1055- 1072
Roselli L., Stanca, E., Paparella, F., Mastrolia, T., Basset, A. (2012). Determination of Coscinodiscus cf. granii biovolume by confocal microscopy: comparison of calculation models. Journal of Plankton Research, 35: 135-45
