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Carlo Cerrano

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Carlo Cerrano

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)
& Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn Fano Marine Center

Research interests

Mesophotic ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea

Publications

Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Low connectivity and declining genetic variability along a depth gradient in Corallium rubrum populations \| article Costantini F, Costantini F, Rossi S, Pintus E, Cerrano C, Gili J-M, Abbiati M (2011) Coral Reefs 30:991-1003
	Coral assemblage off the Calabrian Coast (South Italy) with new observations on living colonies of Antipathes dichotoma \| article Bo M, Bavestrello G, Canese S, Giusti M, Angiolillo M, Cerrano C, Salvati E, Greco S (2011) Ital J Zool 78:231-242
	Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone \| article Cerrano C, Danovaro R, Gambi C, Pusceddu A, Riva A, Schiaparelli S (2010) Biodivers Conserv 19:153-167
	Reproductive biology of Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) and Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) from the NW Mediterran... \| article Previati M, Palma M, Bavestrello G, Falugi C, Cerrano C (2010) Mar Ecol 31:555-565
	Temporal variability of sedimentation rates and mobile fauna inside and outside a gorgonian garden \| article Valisano L, Notari F, Mori M, Cerrano C (2016) Mar Ecol 37:1303-1314
	Ecological shifts in Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages related to gorgonian forest loss \| article Ponti M, Perlini RA, Ventra V, Grech D, Abbiati M, Cerrano C (2014) PLoS ONE 9:e102782
	An updated overview of the geographic and bathymetric distribution of Savalia savaglia \| article Giusti M, Cerrano C, Angiolillo M, Tunesi L, Canese S (2015) Mediterr Mar Sci 16:128-135
	The role of gorgonians on the diversity of vagile benthic fauna in Mediterranean rocky habitats \| article Ponti M, Grech D, Mori M, Perlini RA, Ventra V, Panzalis PA, Cerrano C (2016) Mar Biol 163:120
	Development of long-term primary cell aggregates from Mediterranean octocorals \| article Huete-Stauffer C, Valisano L, Gaino E, Vezzulli L, Cerrano C (2015) In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 51:815-826
	Black coral (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) forest near the western Pontine Islands (Tyrrhenian Sea) \| article Ingrassia M, Macelloni L, Bosman A, Chiocci F, Cerrano C, Martorelli E (2016) Marine Biodiversity 46:285-290
	The coral assemblages of an off-shore deep Mediterranean rocky bank (NW Sicily, Italy) \| article Bo M, Cerrano C, Canese S, Salvati E, Angiolillo M, Santangelo G, Bavestrello G (2014) Mar Ecol 35:332-342
	Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species \| article Bertolino M, Cerrano C, Bavestrello G, Carella M, Pansini M, Calcinai B (2013) Zookeys 2013:1-37
	The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs \| article Ponti M, Turicchia E, Ferro F, Cerrano C, Abbiati M (2018) Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 28:1153-1166
	Mediterranean Sea shelters for the gold coral Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819): An assessment of potential distribution of a rare parasitic species \| article Mantas TP, Varotti C, Roveta C, Palma M, Innocenti C, Giusti M, Benabdi M, Trainito E, Mačić V, Gambi MC, Cerrano C (2022) Mar Environ Res 179:105686
	Changes in coral forest microbiomes predict the impact of marine heatwaves on habitat-forming species down to mesophotic depths \| article Corinaldesi C, Varrella S, Tangherlini M, Dell'Anno A, Canensi S, Cerrano C, Danovaro R (2022) Science of The Total Environment 823:153701
	Distribution, ecology and morphology of Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a Mediterranean Sea habitat former to protect \| article Di Camillo CG, Boero F, Gravili C, Previati M, Torsani F, Cerrano C (2013) Biodivers Conserv 22:773-87
	Distribution and phenotypic variability of the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) \| article Pica D, Calcinai B, Poliseno A, Trainito E, Cerrano C (2018) Eur Zool J 85:392-408
	Stability of the sponge assemblage of Mediterranean coralligenous concretions along a millennial time span \| article Bertolino M, Calcinai B, Cattaneo‐Vietti R, Cerrano C, Lafratta A, Pansini M, Pica D, Bavestrello G (2014) Mar Ecol 35:149-158
	Genome-wide SNPs data provides new insights into the population structure of the Atlantic-Mediterranean gold coral Savalia savaglia (Zoantharia: Pa... \| article Poliseno A, Terzin M, Costantini F, Trainito E, Mačić V, Boavida J, Perez T, Abbiati M, Cerrano C, Reimer JD (2022) Ecological Genetics and Genomics 25:100135
	Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) loss in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) due to a mass mortality event \| article Huete‐Stauffer C, Vielmini I, Palma M, Navone A, Panzalis P, Vezzulli L, Misic C, Cerrano C. (2011) Mar Ecol 32:107-116
	Comparison between the sponge fauna living outside and inside the coralligenous bioconstruction. A quantitative approach \| article Calcinai B, Bertolino M, Bavestrello G, Montori S, Mori M, Pica D, Valisano L, Cerrano C. (2015) Mediterr Mar Sci 16:413-418
	Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event \| article Cerrano C, Arillo A, Azzini F, Calcinai B, Castellano L, Muti C, Valisano L, Zega G, Bavestrello G. (2005) Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 15:147-157
	Characterization of North–Western Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages by video surveys and evaluation of their structural complexity \| article Valisano L, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Calcinai B, Cerrano C. (2019) Mar Pollut Bull 148:134-148
	Do colonies of Lytocarpia myriophyllum, L. 1758 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) affect the biochemical composition and the meiofaunal diversity of surrounding... \| article Cerrano C, Bianchelli S, Di Camillo CG, Torsani F, Pusceddu A (2015) Chem Ecol 31:1-21
	SfM-based method to assess gorgonian forests (Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)) \| article Palma M, Rivas Casado M, Pantaleo U, Pavoni G, Pica D, Cerrano C (2018) Remote Sens 10:1154
	Temperate mesophotic ecosystems: gaps and perspectives of an emerging conservation challenge for the Mediterranean Sea \| review Cerrano C, Bastari A, Calcinai B, Di Camillo C, Pica D, Puce S, Valisano L, Torsani F (2019) Eur Zool J 86:370-388
	Updating the current knowledge on the relationships between Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 (Annelida, Syllidae) and Paramuricea clavata (Riss... \| article Pola L, Calcinai B, Pica D, Di Camillo CG, Martin D, Cerrano C (2020) Marine Biodiversity 50:105

Research keywords

Research platform experience

SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)

Research summary (from publications)

	Low connectivity and declining genetic variability along a depth gradient in Corallium rubrum populations \| article Costantini F, Costantini F, Rossi S, Pintus E, Cerrano C, Gili J-M, Abbiati M (2011) Coral Reefs 30:991-1003
	Coral assemblage off the Calabrian Coast (South Italy) with new observations on living colonies of Antipathes dichotoma \| article Bo M, Bavestrello G, Canese S, Giusti M, Angiolillo M, Cerrano C, Salvati E, Greco S (2011) Ital J Zool 78:231-242
	Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone \| article Cerrano C, Danovaro R, Gambi C, Pusceddu A, Riva A, Schiaparelli S (2010) Biodivers Conserv 19:153-167
	Reproductive biology of Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) and Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) from the NW Mediterran... \| article Previati M, Palma M, Bavestrello G, Falugi C, Cerrano C (2010) Mar Ecol 31:555-565
	Temporal variability of sedimentation rates and mobile fauna inside and outside a gorgonian garden \| article Valisano L, Notari F, Mori M, Cerrano C (2016) Mar Ecol 37:1303-1314
	Ecological shifts in Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages related to gorgonian forest loss \| article Ponti M, Perlini RA, Ventra V, Grech D, Abbiati M, Cerrano C (2014) PLoS ONE 9:e102782
	An updated overview of the geographic and bathymetric distribution of Savalia savaglia \| article Giusti M, Cerrano C, Angiolillo M, Tunesi L, Canese S (2015) Mediterr Mar Sci 16:128-135
	The role of gorgonians on the diversity of vagile benthic fauna in Mediterranean rocky habitats \| article Ponti M, Grech D, Mori M, Perlini RA, Ventra V, Panzalis PA, Cerrano C (2016) Mar Biol 163:120
	Development of long-term primary cell aggregates from Mediterranean octocorals \| article Huete-Stauffer C, Valisano L, Gaino E, Vezzulli L, Cerrano C (2015) In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 51:815-826
	Black coral (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) forest near the western Pontine Islands (Tyrrhenian Sea) \| article Ingrassia M, Macelloni L, Bosman A, Chiocci F, Cerrano C, Martorelli E (2016) Marine Biodiversity 46:285-290
	The coral assemblages of an off-shore deep Mediterranean rocky bank (NW Sicily, Italy) \| article Bo M, Cerrano C, Canese S, Salvati E, Angiolillo M, Santangelo G, Bavestrello G (2014) Mar Ecol 35:332-342
	Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species \| article Bertolino M, Cerrano C, Bavestrello G, Carella M, Pansini M, Calcinai B (2013) Zookeys 2013:1-37
	The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs \| article Ponti M, Turicchia E, Ferro F, Cerrano C, Abbiati M (2018) Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 28:1153-1166
	Mediterranean Sea shelters for the gold coral Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819): An assessment of potential distribution of a rare parasitic species \| article Mantas TP, Varotti C, Roveta C, Palma M, Innocenti C, Giusti M, Benabdi M, Trainito E, Mačić V, Gambi MC, Cerrano C (2022) Mar Environ Res 179:105686
	Changes in coral forest microbiomes predict the impact of marine heatwaves on habitat-forming species down to mesophotic depths \| article Corinaldesi C, Varrella S, Tangherlini M, Dell'Anno A, Canensi S, Cerrano C, Danovaro R (2022) Science of The Total Environment 823:153701
	Distribution, ecology and morphology of Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a Mediterranean Sea habitat former to protect \| article Di Camillo CG, Boero F, Gravili C, Previati M, Torsani F, Cerrano C (2013) Biodivers Conserv 22:773-87
	Distribution and phenotypic variability of the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) \| article Pica D, Calcinai B, Poliseno A, Trainito E, Cerrano C (2018) Eur Zool J 85:392-408
	Stability of the sponge assemblage of Mediterranean coralligenous concretions along a millennial time span \| article Bertolino M, Calcinai B, Cattaneo‐Vietti R, Cerrano C, Lafratta A, Pansini M, Pica D, Bavestrello G (2014) Mar Ecol 35:149-158
	Genome-wide SNPs data provides new insights into the population structure of the Atlantic-Mediterranean gold coral Savalia savaglia (Zoantharia: Pa... \| article Poliseno A, Terzin M, Costantini F, Trainito E, Mačić V, Boavida J, Perez T, Abbiati M, Cerrano C, Reimer JD (2022) Ecological Genetics and Genomics 25:100135
	Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) loss in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) due to a mass mortality event \| article Huete‐Stauffer C, Vielmini I, Palma M, Navone A, Panzalis P, Vezzulli L, Misic C, Cerrano C. (2011) Mar Ecol 32:107-116
	Comparison between the sponge fauna living outside and inside the coralligenous bioconstruction. A quantitative approach \| article Calcinai B, Bertolino M, Bavestrello G, Montori S, Mori M, Pica D, Valisano L, Cerrano C. (2015) Mediterr Mar Sci 16:413-418
	Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event \| article Cerrano C, Arillo A, Azzini F, Calcinai B, Castellano L, Muti C, Valisano L, Zega G, Bavestrello G. (2005) Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 15:147-157
	Characterization of North–Western Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages by video surveys and evaluation of their structural complexity \| article Valisano L, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Calcinai B, Cerrano C. (2019) Mar Pollut Bull 148:134-148
	Do colonies of Lytocarpia myriophyllum, L. 1758 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) affect the biochemical composition and the meiofaunal diversity of surrounding... \| article Cerrano C, Bianchelli S, Di Camillo CG, Torsani F, Pusceddu A (2015) Chem Ecol 31:1-21
	SfM-based method to assess gorgonian forests (Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)) \| article Palma M, Rivas Casado M, Pantaleo U, Pavoni G, Pica D, Cerrano C (2018) Remote Sens 10:1154
	Temperate mesophotic ecosystems: gaps and perspectives of an emerging conservation challenge for the Mediterranean Sea \| review Cerrano C, Bastari A, Calcinai B, Di Camillo C, Pica D, Puce S, Valisano L, Torsani F (2019) Eur Zool J 86:370-388
	Updating the current knowledge on the relationships between Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 (Annelida, Syllidae) and Paramuricea clavata (Riss... \| article Pola L, Calcinai B, Pica D, Di Camillo CG, Martin D, Cerrano C (2020) Marine Biodiversity 50:105