Marine Science

Marine Science publishes articles, short communications, and critical reviews that contribute to our scientific understanding of marine systems and the impact of human activities. The Journal serves as a foundation for scientific advice across the broad spectrum of management and conservation issues related to the marine environment. Oceanography, marine habitats, living resources, ecology and related management topics constitute the key elements of papers eligible for publication. Integrated studies that bridge gaps between traditional disciplines are particularly welcome. The scope of the journal also includes economic, social, and public administration studies to the extent that they are directly related to management of the seas and are of general interest to marine scientists. Papers of both fundamental and applied approaches are accepted.

Stefano Aliani

Editorial Board Member of Marine Science

Staff Scientist, Institute Marine Science Section of La Spezia, Italy

Research Areas

Marine Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Polar Areas, Hydrothermal Vents

Education

2000Evaluation of research activity for PHD equivalent certification
1994Professional biologistUniversity of Parma (Italy)
1993Diploma of LaureaBiological Sciences University of Pisa (Italy)

Membership

Member of the Steering Committee of EC projects
Member of EC-FP5 evaluation panels, coPI of ESF Eurocore project BIOFUN
Member of the Polar Committee of CNR POLARNET
Responsible of Operative Unit in the Italian Antarctic project on oceanography CLIMA and member of the projects BIOSESO and Polar Dove. PI in Arctic projects
Member of the projects BIOSESO and Polar Dove. PI in Arctic projects
Member of the Committee of the Marine Science Technological District in Liguria

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Sandro Torcini, Marino Vacchi, Stefano ALIANI, Giorgio Bavestrello, Andrea Bergamasco, Giorgio Budillon, Barbara Calcinai, Giulio Catalano, Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti, Carlo Cerrano, Mariachiara Chiantore, Simonetta Corsolini, Roberto Bargagli, Antonio Dell'Anno, Guido di Prisco, Giannetta Fusco, Silvano Focardi, Letterio Gugliemo, Giancarlo Lauriano, Piero Luporini, Olga Mangoni, Silvia Olmastroni, Francesco Pezzo, Eva Pisano, Laura Ghigliotti, Paolo Povero, Stefania Puce, Antonio Pusceddu, Emanuela Rusciano, Maria Saggiomo, Vincenzo Saggiomo, Maria Cristina Gambi, Stefano Schiaparelli, Giancarlo Spezie, Cinzia Verde, Paola Del Negro in press. Terra Nova Bay: hot spot in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, knowledge and functioning of the ecosystem. CCAMLR Meeting 2011.
[2]  Budillon G., Castagno P., ALIANI S., Spezie G., Padman L. in press. Thermohaline variability and Antarctic Bottom Water formation at the Ross Sea Shelf Break Deep-Sea Research Part I
[3]  Kern S., ALIANI S, 2011. A comparison between polynya area and associated ice production with mooring-based measurements of temperature, salinity, and currents in the southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology 52 (57), 291-300.
[4]  R. Cattaneo Vietti, G. Albertelli, S. ALIANI, S. Bava, G. Bavestrello, L. Benedetti Cecchi, C.N. Bianchi, E. Bozzo, M. Capello, M. Castellano, C. Cerrano, M. Chiantore, N. Corradi, S. Cocito, L. Cutroneo, G. Diviacco, M. Fabiano, M. Faimalih, M. Ferrari, G.P. Gasparini, M. Locritani, L. Mangialajo, V. Marina, M. Moreno, C. Morri, L. Orsi Relini, L. Pane, C. Paoli, M. Petrillo, P. Povero, R. Pronzato, G. Relini, G. Santangelo, S. Tucci, L.Tunesi, M.Vacchi, P.Vassallo, L.Vezzulli and M.Wurtz. 2010 The Ligurian Sea: present status, problems and perspectives. Chemistry and Ecology 26, Supplement, 319–340.
[5]  C. Micheli, F. Spinosa, S. ALIANI, G. P. Gasparini, A. Molcard, and A. Peirano. 2010. Genetic input by Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile fruits dispersed by currents in the Ligurian Sea. Plant Biosystems, Vol. 144, No. 2, 333–339
[6]  Morri C., ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N. 2009. Reef status in the Rasfari region (North Male Atoll, Maldives)five years before the mass mortality event of 1998. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 86 258–264. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.021.
[7]  Bergamasco A., Budgell W.P., Chiantore MC, ALIANI S., 2007. Downslope processes, deep ventilation and meridional overturning circulation. In: Polar environment and climate: the challenges. Conference proceedings of the International Symposium, Brussels, 5-6 March 2007; European research in the context of the International Polar Year/coord. por Damien Cardinal, Elisabeth Lipiatou. ISBN 9789279062780 , pags. 61-63.
[8]  ALIANI S., Meloni R., Dando P.R. 2004-Fluctuations of sediment temperature in a marine shallow water hydrothermal vent off Milos (Agean Volcanic Arc, Eastern Mediterranean) and their forcings. Journal Marine Systems 46 109-119.
[9]  ALIANI S, G.Bartholini, F.Degl'innocenti, R.Delfanti, C.Galli, E.Lazzoni, R.Lorenzelli, A.Malaguti, R.Meloni, C.Papucci, S.Salvi, A.Zaborska 2004-Multidisciplinary investigations in the marine environment of the inner Kongsfjord, Svalbard, at the glacier-sea interfaces (September 2000 and 2001) Chemistry and Ecology 20 (1) 19-28.
[10]  De Biasi A.M., Bianchi C.N., ALIANI S., Cocito S., Peirano A., Dando P.R., Morri C. 2004-Epibenthic communities in a marine shallow area with hydrothermal vents (Milos Island, Aegean Sea) Chemistry and Ecology 20 (1) 89-105.
[11]  ALIANI S., Griffa A., Molcard A., 2003-Floating debris in the Ligurian Sea, North Western Mediterranean Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 1142-1149.
[12]  ALIANI S., De Biasi A.M., 2003-Shallow water hydrothermal vents in the Mediterranean sea: milestones for Lessepsian migration? Hydrobiologia 503: 37-44.
[13]  ALIANI S., Molcard A., 2003-Hitch-hiking on floating marine debris: macrobenthic species in the western mediterranean. Hydrobiologia 503: 59-67.
[14]  R. Delfanti, R. Meloni, C. Papucci, S. ALIANI, G. Bartholini, F. Degl'Innocenti, C. Galli, E. Lazzoni, R. Lorenzelli, A. Malaguti, S. Salvi, A. Zaborska 2002-Oceanographic processes in the inner Kongsfjord (Svalbard): multidisciplinary results from 2000-2001 campaigns. In: The changing physical environment . Eds: J.B. Orbaek, K. Holmen, R. Neuber, H.P. Plag, B. Lefauconnier, G. Di Prisco, H. Ito. Proc. 6th Ny Alesund International Seminar. Norsk Polar Institute, Tromso Norway. 181-184.
[15]  ALIANI S., Bergamasco A., Meloni R., 2002-Thermal vent mediterranei: una fabbrica di singolarità (caratteristiche ambientali). Proceedings Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology. 15 (1):1-15.
[16]  De Biasi A.M., ALIANI S. 2001-Monitoring of marine macrobethic communities at a dumping site: are cause/effect relationships clear? Atti Soc Toscana Scienze Naturali l 108 51-58.
[17]  De Biasi A. M., ALIANI S., Sartoni G. 2001-Stypopodium schimperi (Buchinger ex Kützing ) M. Verlaque et Boudouresque: first record in Milos island (Aegean sea) near hydrothermal vents. Biologia marina mediterranea 8 (1):109-111.
[18]  ALIANI S., Amici L., De Biasi A.M., Meloni R., 2000-Influence of shallow water hydrothermal vents in Milos Island (Aegean Sea) on the seasonal variation of the seawater temperature: some floristic remarks). Proceedings Italian Association of Oceanology and Limnology. 13 (2): 217-229.
[19]  Dando, P. R., ALIANI, S., Arab, H., Bianchi, C. N., Brehmer, M., Cocito, S., Fowler, S. W., Gundersen, J., Hooper, L. E., Kölbl, R., Kuever, J., Linke, P., Makropoulos, K. C., Meloni, R., Miquel, J.C., Morri, C., Müller, S., Robinson, C., Schlesner, H., Sievert, S., Stöhr, R., Stüben, D., Thomm, M., Varnavas, S. P., and Ziebis, W. 2000-Hydrothermal studies in the Aegean Sea Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B), 25(1), 1-8.
[20]  Varnavas S. P., Panagiotaras D., Megalovasilis P., Dando P., ALIANI S., Meloni R. 2000-Compositional characterisation of suspended particulate matter in the Hellenic volcanic arc hydrothermal centres Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B) 25(1), 9-18.0
[21]  Morri C., Bianchi, C. N., Cocito, S., Peirano, A., De Biasi, A. M., ALIANI, S., Pansini, M., Boyer, M., Ferdeghini, F., Pestarino, M. & Dando, P., 1999-Biodiversity of marine sessile epifauna at an Aegean island subject to hydrothermal activity: Milos, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 135 (4), 729-739.
[22]  ALIANI S., Meloni R. 1999-Dispersal strategies of benthic species and water current variability in the Corsica Channel (Western Mediterranean). Scientia Marina 63 (2): 137-145.
[23]  De Biasi A.M., ALIANI S. 1998-The Posidonia meadow of Portovenere (Gulf of La Spezia, Eastern Mediterranean) Atti società Toscana Scienze Naturali serie B Vol.105: 59-63.
[24]  ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N., De Asmundis C., Meloni R. 1995-Scanning electron microscope observations on the tube of the "reef-forming" serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel) (Annellida, Polychaeta). Boll. Zool. Vol 63 fasc.1: 363-367.
[25]  Bianchi C.N., ALIANI S., Morri C. 1995-Present-day Serpulid reef, with reference to an on-going research project on Ficopomatus enigmaticus. Publications du Service Geologique du Luxembourg. Vol. 29: 61-65.
[26]  Morri, C., Bianchi C.N., ALIANI S. 1995-Coral reef at Gangehi (North Ari atoll-Maldive Islands). Publications du Service Geologique du Luxembourg.Vol. 29: 23-31.
[27]  ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N., Morri C. 1995-Lineamenti del benthos dei Mari Toscani (Main features of benthic communities of the Tuscan Seas). Atti società Toscana Scienze Naturali Mem. Serie A, Suppl. Vol. 120: 77-92.
[28]  De Biasi A.M., ALIANI S., Cocito S., Dando P.R., Logan A., Morri C., Pansini M., Peirano A., Sartoni G. Bianchi C.N. 2004-The marine biota of shallow-water hydrothermal vents at Milos, Aegean Sea. Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Medit. 37: 510.
[29]  Bianchi C.N., ALIANI S., Balduzzi A., Boyer M., Cocito S., De Biasi A.M., Ferdeghini F., Morri C., Pansini M., Peirano A., Pestarino M., 1999-Biodiversità dell'epifauna sessile in un'isola del Mar Egeo: Milos Cicladi. Biologia marina mediterranea. 6 (1); 179-183.
[30]  ALIANI S., Bergamasco A. 1999-Coastal current variability in a hydrothermal vents area off Milos Island (Aegean Sea). Atti XIII Congresso AIOL (Ancona 1998) 1: 181-187.
[31]  ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N., Cocito S., Dando P.R., Meloni R., Niemeyer A., Peirano A., Ziebis W. 1998-A map of seagrass meadows in Palaeochori Bay (Milos Island, Aegean Sea), a marine area with hydrothermal vents. Rapp. Com. int. Mer Med. 35: 512-513.
[32]  ALIANI S., Amici L., Dando P.R., Meloni R. 1998-Time series of water pressure and bottom temperature in a marine shallow water hydrothermal vent of Milos Island (Aegean Volcanic Arc): preliminary results. Rapp. Com. int. Mer Med. 35: 46-47.
[33]  Miquel J.C., Fowler S.W., La Rosa J., ALIANI S., Meloni R. 1998-High particulate and organic fluxes resulting from hydrothermal vent activity in the coastal Aegean sea. Rapp. Com. int. Mer Med. 35: 276-277.
[34]  ALIANI S., De Asmundis C., Meloni R., Borghini M., Gasparini G.P. 1998-Transport of benthic species in the Sicily Channel: preliminary observations. Atti XXII Congr. AIOL: 173-182.
[35]  De Biasi A.M., Torricelli L, ALIANI S. 1997-Osservazioni sulla prateria di Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile di Portovenere (Mar Ligure Orientale). Biologia Marina Mediterranea 4 (1):119-120.
[36]  De Biasi A.M., ALIANI S., Pulcini M., Virno-Lamberti C. 1997-Fondi ad anfiosso nella Baia di Carini (Sicilia Settentrionale). Biologia Marina Mediterranea 4 (1): 1-10.
[37]  De Biasi A.M., ALIANI S. 1997 Benthic community studies at different taxonomic levels: the Magra Estuary.) Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 4 (1): 369-371.
[38]  ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N. De Biasi A.M. 1994-Modificazioni del benthos in un'area marina soggetta a discarica di materiale portuale. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 1 (1): 265-269.
[39]  Nair R., Dell'Amico F., Rossi G., ALIANI S., Di Rosa G., Di Martino G., Morgigni M., Gasparini G.P. 1996-Hydrological and chemical fields in the Sardinia-Sicily aperture, Southern Tyrrhenian Sea. Atti XI Congr. AIOL. (Sorrento, Italy. 1994): 615-624.
[40]  ALIANI S., Meloni R. 1996-Relationship between transport of benthic species and hydrological characteristics: note on settlement in the Corsican Channel. Atti XI Congr. AIOL, (Sorrento, Italy. 1994): 259-269.
[41]  ALIANI S., 1994 "I fondi a Gryphus vitreus (Brachiopoda) dell'Arcipelago Toscano". Atti X Congr. AIOL (Alassio, 1992): 209-220.
[42]  Bianchi C.N., Ceppodomo I., Cocito S., ALIANI S., Dell'Amico F., Cattaneo-Vietti R., Morri C. 1993. Benthos dei mari Toscani III: La Spezia-Livorno (crociera ENEA, 1987). In: O. Ferretti e F. Immordino (eds), "Arcipelago Toscano: studio oceanografico, sedimentologico, geochimico e biologico". Enea Roma.317-340.
[43]  Bianchi C.N., Ceppodomo I., Niccolai I., ALIANI S., De Ranieri S., Abbiati M., Dell'Amico F., Morri C. 1993. Benthos dei mari Toscani II: Isola d'Elba-Montecristo (crociera ENEA, 1986) In: O. Ferretti e F. Immordino (eds), "Arcipelago Toscano: studio oceanografico, sedimentologico, geochimico e biologico". Enea Roma.291-316.
[44]  Delfanti R., Meloni R., Papucci C., ALIANI S., Bartholini G., Degl'Innocenti F., Galli C., Lazzoni E., Lorenzelli R., Malaguti A., Salvi S., Zaborska A., 2002. Processi oceanografici nella parte più interna del Kongsfiord (Svalbard) risultati delle campagne di misura multidisciplinari dal 2000 al 2002. Atti Congresso CONISMA "Ambienti estremi ed aree di transizione" Bari
[45]  ALIANI S., De Biasi A.M., Meloni R. 1998. Composition and structure of benthic fauna in a shallow water hydrothermal vent at Milos Island (Aegean Sea). European Marine Biological Association Symposium. Abstracts Volume: 30.
[46]  Miquel J.C., Fowler S.W., ALIANI S. Can hydrothermal vents activity influence pelagic production? European Marine Biological Association Symposium. Abstracts Volume: 32
[47]  Dando P.R., Hooper L., Sthor R., ALIANI S., Amici L., Meloni R. 1997 Fluxes of heat and fluids from Aegean vents. BRIDGE Annual Science Meeting Bristol Jan 6-7 .
[48]  Bianchi C.N., Cocito S., Peirano A., Morri C., ALIANI S., De Biasi A.M., Dando P.-The epibenthic communities of an area with hydrothermal vents at Milos island (Aegean Sea). EOS. International Conference "Progress in Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea". Rome Mast MTS Meeting: 391-392.
[49]  Miquel J.C., Fowler S.W., La Rosa J., ALIANI S., Meloni R. 1997 High particulate and organic fluxes resulting from hydrothermal vent activity in the coastal Aegean sea. EOS. International Conference "Progress in Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea". Rome: 389-390.
[50]  Bianchi C.N., Albertelli G., ALIANI S., Ambrogi R., Boero F., Chimenez C., Cocito S., Gambi M.C., Morri C., Peirano A., Pastore M., Vacchi M. (abstract). Dinamica dello zoobenthos marino e cambiamento climatico. I Workshop SINAPSI, Roma 6-8 Aprile 1998.
[51]  ALIANI S., Astraldi M., Borghini M., De Asmundis C., Degl'Innocenti F., Galli C., Gasparini G.P., Lazzoni E., Meloni R. (abstract). Canale di Corsica: trait d'union per il trasporto di invertebrati marini tra Mar Tirreno e Mar Ligure. I Workshop SINAPSI, Roma 6-8 Aprile 1998.
[52]  ALIANI S., Bianchi C.N., Morri C. 1995-The use of non taxonomic descriptors for reef evaluation: an example in the Maldives. ISRS95 meeting (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK).
[53]  ALIANI S., 2004 Variabilità, processi climatici ed interazioni nel Mare di Ross in relazione alle pulsazioni climatiche. Italica 1 leg. Rapporto Finale della XIX campagna antartica 2003-2004. PNRA scrl Roma.
[54]  Bortoluzzi G., ALIANI S., Galli C., Anzi dei M., Caramanna G., De Giosa S., Lippolis F., Sacchetti F. 2003. Rapporto sulle indagini morfobatimetriche, magnetiche, side scan sonar, sbp, ed oceanografiche durante la crociera AP2002 con la m/n Alsea (7-16 Dicembre 2002). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto Scienze Marine, sezione Bologna e sezione La Spezia. Rapp. Interno ISMAR CGR. 7 gennaio 2003.
[55]  Meloni R., ALIANI S. Galli C. Degl'Innocenti F. Lazzoni E. 2002 Hydrology and water currents in the inner part of Kongsfiord in front of Kongsfiord Glaciers. Progetto Strategico Artico, CNR polarnet Techical report, 1/2002: 85-97 ISSN 1592-5064.
[56]  ALIANI S K. Eichstadt 1999 Report in "Heike W., Ch Hembleban, P. Lincke, M. Turkay H. Weikert: Mittlemer 1998/99 Cruise No 40 28 October 1997-10 February 1998. Meteor-Berichte, Universitat Hamburg 99-2: 1-286.