Antonio Pusceddu
Professor
Department of Life Sciences and the Environment
University of Cagliari
Italy
Biography
Current positions. Associate Professor of Ecology at the University of Cagliari (October 2015-present), Delegate of AIOL at the Italian Federation of Nature and Environmental Sciences (FISNA), President of the Italian Association of Limnology and Oceanography (AIOL; 2016-2018), Member of the Directive Council of the Italian Society of Ecology (2015-2018).
Research Interest
AP has carried out his research in several marine ecosystems, from transitional aquatic ecosystems to the oceans’ hadal depths. His main research interest deals with the trophodynamics of the benthic microbial loop (including prokaryotes and meiofauna) and ascertaining how they vary in response to different typologies of anthropogenic or natural disturb, including climate change. AP has authored or co-authored 111 articles in ISI scientific journals with Impact Factor and currently scores a Hirsch factor of 32, and ca. 3000 citations (source: SCOPUS, March 2017).
Publications
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Pusceddu A, Bianchelli S, Sanchez Vidal A, Canals M, Durrieu De Madron X, Heussner S, Lykousis V, de Stigter H, Trincardi F, Danovaro R 2010. Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean continental margins. Deep-Sea Research I 57(3): 441-457.
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Mirto S, Bianchelli S, Krzelj M, Gambi C, Pusceddu A, Scopa M, Holmer M, Danovaro R 2010. Meiofauna response to fish farming in seagrass and soft-bottom sediments of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research 69: 38-47
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Cerrano C, Pusceddu A, Riva A, Schiaparelli S, Gambi C, Danovaro R 2010. Effects of gorgonian forests and Savalia savaglia (Cnidaria, Zoanthidea) on the trophic state and biodiversity of the surrounding soft bottoms. Biodiversity and Conservation 19, 153-167
