Francesca Ape
Doctor
Coastal Marine Environment
National Research Council of Italy
Italy
Biography
Ape current research is about the effects of multiple stressors such as microplastics, acidification, hypoxia and increasing sea surface temperatures on functional and behavioural traits of marine organisms, through the application of bioenergetic predictive models (DEB models). Other interests of mine are the spread of alien species in the Mediterranean sea and the sustainability of modern aquaculture.
Research Interest
Marine Ecology, Functional Ecology, Climate Change, Multiple Stressor, Bioenergetics, Aquaculture
