Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Activities
Zooplankton taxonomy and ecology (e.g spatio-temporal variability, biodiversity in coastal and deep-sea
waters, trophic interactions, climate change and communities’shifts), (ii) numerical ecology and time series analysis, (iii) impact of environmental variability on fish stocks.
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
North Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
Ligurian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Skills
Zooplankton (in particular Cnidaria, Ctenophora, pelagic tunicates, copepods) taxonomy; numerical ecology; support to the policy (ecosystem-based management to the fishery)