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Dr Airoldi, Laura
Personal home page www.unibo.it/docenti/laura.airoldi

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Laura Airoldi is Assistant Professor in Ecology, expert of responses of biodiversity to global and local environmental changes and ecosystem functioning Marina A. Colangelo is Researcher in Ecology with focus on the ecology of estuarine and marine benthic invertebrates.

University of Bologna; Research Center for Environmental Sciences; Laboratory of Experimental Ecology (LES), more

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University of Bologna; Department of Experimental Evolutionary Biology (BES), more

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Identifying relationships between ecosystem attributes (diversity, functioning and services) and human pressures in salt marshes, more
Innovative coastal technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate, more
Innovative Multi-purpose off-shore platforms: planning, Design and operation, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

A1 Publications (20) [show]
Bugnot, A.B.; Mayer-Pinto, M.; Airoldi, L.; Heery, E.C.; Johnston, E.L.; Critchley, L.P.; Strain, E.M.A.; Morris, R.L.; Loke, L.H.L.; Bishop, M.J.; Sheehan, E.V.; Coleman, R.A.; Dafforn, K.A. (2021). Current and projected global extent of marine built structures. Nature Sustainability 4(1): 33-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00595-1, more Gianni, F.; Bartolini, F.; Pey, A.; Laurent, M.; Martins, G.M.; Airoldi, L.; Mangialajo, L. (2017). Threats to large brown algal forests in temperate seas: the overlooked role of native herbivorous fish. NPG Scientific Reports 7(1): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06394-7, more Araújo, R.M.; Assis, J.; Aguillar, R.; Airoldi, L.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Bekkby, T.; Christie, H.; Davoult, D.; Derrien-Courtel, S.; Fernández, C.; Fredriksen, S.; Gevaert, F.; Gundersen, H.; Le Gal, A.; Lévêque, L.; Mieszkowska, N.; Norderhaug, K.M.; Oliveira, P.; Puente, A.; Rico, J.M.; Rinde, E.; Schubert, H.; Strain, E.M.; Valero, M.; Viard, F.; Sousa-Pinto, I. (2016). Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment. Biodivers. Conserv. 25(7): 1319-1348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1141-7, more Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; van Dalen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Management of Local Stressors Can Improve the Resilience of Marine Canopy Algae toGlobal Stressors. PLoS One 10(3): e0120837. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120837, more Wong, J.X.W.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Nutrient levels modify saltmarsh responses to increased inundation in different soil types. Mar. Environ. Res. 104: 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.12.003, more Ferrario, F.; Beck, M.W.; Storlazzi, C.D.; Micheli, F.; Shepard, C.C.; Airoldi, L. (2014). The effectiveness of coral reefs for coastal hazard risk reduction and adaptation. Nature Comm. 5: 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4794, more Stuart-Smith, R.D.; Bates, A.E.; Lefcheck, J.S.; Duffy, E.; Baker, S.C.; Thomson, R.J.; Stuart-Smith, J.F.; Hill, N.A.; Kininmoth, S.J.; Airoldi, L.; Becerro, M.A.; Campbell, S.J.; Dawson, T.P.; Navarrete, S.A.; Soler, G.A.; Strain, E.M.A.; Willis, T.J.; Edgar, G.J. (2013). Integrating abundance and functional traits reveals new global hotspots of fish diversity. Nature (Lond.) 501(7468): 539-542, + methods (12 pp). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12529, more Perkol-Finkel, S.; Ferrario, F.; Nicotera, V.; Airoldi, L. (2012). Conservation challenges in urban seascapes: promoting the growth of threatened species on coastal infrastructures. J. Appl. Ecol. 49(6): 1457-1466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02204.x, more Airoldi, L.; Bulleri, F. (2011). Anthropogenic disturbance can determine the magnitude of opportunistic species responses on marine urban infrastructures. PLoS One 6(8): e22985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022985, more Lotze, H.K.; Coll, M.; Magera, A.M.; Ward-Paige, C.; Airoldi, L. (2011). Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems. Trends Ecol. Evol. 26(11): 595-605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.07.008, more Fauvelot, C.; Bertozzi, F.; Costntini, C.; Airoldi, L.; Abbiati, M. (2009). Lower genetic diversity in the limpet Patella caerulea on urban coastal structures compared to natural rocky habitats. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(11): 2313-2323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1259-1, more Irving, A.D.; Balata, D.; Colosio, F.; Ferrando, G.A.; Airoldi, L. (2009). Light, sediment, temperature, and the early life-history of the habitat-forming alga Cystoseira barbata. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(6): 1223-1231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1164-7, more Airoldi, L.; Balata, D.; Beck, M.W. (2008). The Gray Zone: Relationships between habitat loss and marine diversity and their applications in conservation. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 366(1-2): 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.034, more Airoldi, L.; Beck, M.W. (2007). Loss, status and trends for coastal marine habitats of Europe, in: Gibson, R.N. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 45. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 45: pp. 345-405, more Airoldi, L.; Hawkins, S.J. (2007). Negative effects of sediment deposition on grazing activity and survival of the limpet Patella vulgata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 332: 235-240. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps332235, more Bulleri, F.; Airoldi, L.; Branca, G.M.; Abbiati, M. (2006). Positive effects of the introduced green alga, Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides, on recruitment and survival of mussels. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 148(6): 1213-1220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0181-4, more Bulleri, F.; Airoldi, L. (2005). Artificial marine structures facilitate the spread of a nonindigenous green alga, Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides, in the north Adriatic Sea. J. Appl. Ecol. 42(6): 1063-1072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01096.x, more Airoldi, L. (2003). The effects of sedimentation on rocky coast assemblages, in: Gibson, R.N. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 41: pp. 161-236, more Airoldi, L. (2001). Distribution and morphological variation of low-shore algal turfs. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 138(6): 1233-1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270100546, more Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Pannacciulli, F.G.; Bulleri, F.; Moschella, P.S.; Airoldi, L.; Relini, G.; Cinelli, F. (2001). Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 214: 137-150, more
Peer reviewed publications (3) [show]
Gianni, F.; Bartolini, F.; Airoldi, L.; Ballesteros, E.; Francour, P.; Guidetti, P.; Meinesz, A.; Thibaut, T.; Mangialajo, L. (2013). Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas. Adv. Oceanogr. Limnol. 4(2): 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475721.2013.845604, more Airoldi, L.; Connell, S.D.; Beck, M.W. (2009). The loss of natural habitats and the addition of artificial substrata, in: Wahl, M. (Ed.) Marine hard bottom communities: Patterns, dynamics, diversity, and change. Ecological Studies, 206: pp. 269-280, more Abbiati, M.; Airoldi, L.; Castelli, A.; Cinelli, F.; Southward, A.J. (1994). Preliminary observations on a dense population of Phyllochaetopterus socialis Claparède at the sulphurous water boundary in a Mediterranean submarine cave. Mém. Mus. natl. hist. nat., Sér. A Zool. 162: 323-329, more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Hoggart, S.; Hawkins, S.J.; Bohn, K.; Airoldi, L.; van Belzen, J.; Bichot, A.; Bilton, D.T.; Bouma, T.J.; Colangelo, M.A.; Davies, A.J.; Ferrario, F.; Firth, L.; Galvan, C.; Hanley, M.; Heurtefeux, H.; Lara, J.L.; Rodriquez, I.L.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela-Eizaguirre, B.; Rundle, S.D.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; White, A.; Zhang, L.; Zhu, Z.; Thompson, R.C. (2014). Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation, in: Zanuttigh, B. et al. Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 171-236. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00004-X, more Dugan, J.E.; Airoldi, L.; Chapman, M.G.; Walker, S.J.; Schlacher, T. (2011). Estuarine and coastal structures: Environmental effects, a focus on shore and nearshore structures, in: Wolanski, E. et al. (Ed.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science: 8. Human-induced problems (uses and abuses). pp. 17-41. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.00802-0, more Bulleri, F.; Abbiati, M.; Airoldi, L. (2006). The colonisation of human-made structures by the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the North Adriatic Sea (NE Mediterranean), in: Queiroga, H. et al. (Ed.) Marine biodiversity: patterns and processes, assessment, threats, management and conservation: Proceedings of the 38th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Aveiro, Portugal, 8-12 September 2003. Developments in Hydrobiology, 183: pp. 263-269. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1122-4, more
Abstracts (4) [show]
Booth, A.; Van Colen, C.; Sakaguchi-Söder, K.; Sobral, P.; Airoldi, L.; Sempéré, R.; van Franeker, J.A.; Magnusson, K.; Doyle, T.; Salaverria, I.; Herzke, D.; Orbea, A.; Gabrielsen, G.W.; Nies, H.; Galloway, T.; van Oyen, A. (2016). PLASTOX: Direct and indirect ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on marine organisms, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 56, more Lo, V.; Bouma, T.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2016). Interactive effects of vegetation and grain size on erosion rates in salt marshes of the Northern Adriatic Sea, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 37, more Lo, V.; Bouma, T.J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2016). Quantifying resistance to erosion in salt marshes of the Northern Adriatic Sea, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1^st - 5^th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 79, more Mancuso, F.P.; De Clerck, O.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Effects of local and global stressor on canopy-forming algae and their microbial community, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 88, more
Report [show]
Beck, M.W.; Brumbaugh, R.D.; Airoldi, L.; Carranza, A.; Coen, L.; Crawford, C.; Defeo, O.; Edgar, G.J.; Hancock, B.; Kay, M.; Lenihan, H.; Luckenbach, M.W.; Toropova, C.L.; Zhang, G. (2009). Shellfish reefs at risk: A global analysis of problems and solutions. The Nature Conservancy: Arlington VA. 52 pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Verbeek, L. (2011). Effects of soft- and hard beach defence structures on benthic macro- and meiofauna of sandy beaches at the Adriatic coast. MSc Thesis. Bologna University: Bologna. 29 pp., more

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