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VALENTINA COSTA. Completed the Doutoramento in Ecology in 2013 by Università degli Studi di Parma, Mestrado in Master Degree in "Marine Biological Resources" in 2009 by Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Licenciatura in Biology in 2007/04 by Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Master in Monitoring and Sustainable Management of Marine Ecosystems in 2012/06 by Università degli Studi di Palermo, Master in Monitoring and Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems in 2010/07/31 by Università degli Studi di Palermo, Postgraduate Certificate in Data Exploration, linear, regression, GLM and GAM with R in 2015/05/08 by Università degli Studi di Palermo, Postgraduate Certificate in Training SEM-EDS in 2011/04/06 by Università degli Studi di Palermo, Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics and Numerical Skills: Multivariate Analysis in 2013/05/31 by Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Postgraduate Certificate in Effects of increased CO2/Ocean Acidification on seagrass meadows in 2013/05/11 by European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Postgraduate Certificate in Effects of increased CO2/Ocean Acidification on seagrass meadows in 2013/05/11 by Università degli Studi di Palermo, Postgraduate Certificate in Summer school in “Scientific diving” in 2016/09/30 by OGS ”ECCSEL-NatLab Italy” and Postgraduate Certificate in Experimental design and data analysis for marine scientists in 2012/08/31 by Göteborgs universitet Sven Lovén centrum för marina vetenskaper Tjärnö. Published 7 articles in journals. Co-supervised 1 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Pos-doctoral Fellow in 3 project(s), Principal investigator in 1 project(s) and Research Fellow in 10 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In their professional activities interacted with 35 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: seagrass ecology; nutrient cycling; stable isotopes; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
VALENTINA COSTA

Citation names

  • COSTA, VALENTINA

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8911-57CC-C35E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1513-0284
Google Scholar ID
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Researcher Id
A-8319-2015

Email addresses

  • valentina.costa@szn.it (Professional)
  • vale.costa@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/03/03 - 2025/03/07
Concluded
 School and Hackathon “Biodiversity Digital Twin (BioDT) School and Hackathon” BioDT Project (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università del Salento, Italy
2024/03/19 - 2024/03/20
Concluded
 Systematic Review and Mapping Method Course (Postgraduate Certificate)
Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, United Kingdom
2024/02/19 - 2024/02/23
Concluded
 Introduction to Ecological Modelling with a focus on DEB (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/02
Concluded
 BLS-D Provider (Postgraduate Certificate)
Divers Alert Network Inc, United States
2023/02 - 2023/02
Concluded
 Oxygen First Aid for Scuba diving Injuries Provider (Postgraduate Certificate)
Divers Alert Network Inc, United States
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/22
Concluded
 "OPITO Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training, Including HUET and EBS” OPITO Approved – Course Code 5700 (Postgraduate Certificate)
CFO Srl Centro Formazione Offshore , Italy
2021/07/26 - 2021/07/30
Concluded
 Principles of Ocean remote sensing & its applications (Postgraduate Certificate)
ESSO- Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, India
2021/05/14 - 2021/05/16
Concluded
 Systematic Review and Map methods course (Postgraduate Certificate)
Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, United Kingdom
2020/10/13 - 2020/10/15
Concluded
 Spring School “III Fortaleza’s Austral Spring School/Labomar-UFC: ocean impacts, conservation and management, blue growth” (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università del Salento, Italy
2019/10/28 - 2019/10/30
Concluded
 Sizing the Blue Carbon: Estimating carbon stocks and fluxes in seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems (Postgraduate Certificate)
Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Spain
2019/06/03 - 2019/06/07
Concluded
 Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry (Outros)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/05
Concluded
 An introduction to systematic reviews and meta-analysis for environmental sciences (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/05
Concluded
 Successful applications of scientific evidence in resources conservation and management (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2017/05/03 - 2017/05/05
Concluded
 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, techniques and tools in practice (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2016/09/24 - 2016/09/30
Concluded
 Summer school in “Scientific diving” (Postgraduate Certificate)
OGS ”ECCSEL-NatLab Italy”, Italy
2015/07 - 2015/07
Concluded
 The data Scientist’s Toolbox: data, questions, & tools that data analysts & scientists work with (Postgraduate Certificate)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
2015/05/04 - 2015/05/08
Concluded
 Data Exploration, linear, regression, GLM and GAM with R (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2013/05/28 - 2013/05/31
Concluded
 Statistics and Numerical Skills: Multivariate Analysis (Postgraduate Certificate)
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
2013/05/06 - 2013/05/11
Concluded
 Effects of increased CO2/Ocean Acidification on seagrass meadows (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
2013
Concluded
 Ecology (Doutoramento)
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
"Seagrass detritus dynamics in marine ecosystems: assessment along confinement and ocean acidification gradients" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 PhD in "Ecology"
2012/08/20 - 2012/08/31
Concluded
 Experimental design and data analysis for marine scientists (Postgraduate Certificate)
Göteborgs universitet Sven Lovén centrum för marina vetenskaper Tjärnö, Sweden
2012/04/01 - 2012/06
Concluded
 Monitoring and Sustainable Management of Marine Ecosystems (Master)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2011/04/04 - 2011/04/06
Concluded
 Training SEM-EDS (Postgraduate Certificate)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2010/04/01 - 2010/07/31
Concluded
 Monitoring and Sustainable Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (Master)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2009
Concluded
 Master Degree in "Marine Biological Resources" (Mestrado)
Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Italy
"Ecological role of Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1788 (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) in the recycling of organic matter in Posidonia oceanica ecosystem" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Master Degree in "Marine Biological Resources"
2007/04
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Italy
"Transfer of organic matter and contaminants in the Stagnone Protected Area (Sicily, Italy): methodological aspects and technical approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bachelor Degree in "Biology"
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2021/04/01 - 2022/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2018/10/01 - 2020/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2018/03/15 - 2018/05/27 Visiting Researcher (Research) MARBEC, France
2017/06/12 - 2017/10/31 Coordinating Researcher (Research) Archipelagos NGO, Institute of Marine Conservation, Greece
2014/07/01 - 2016/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Italy
2012/12/27 - 2013/06/17 Visiting Researcher (Research) Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/12/01 - Current Rolling in the deep: Neptune balls as plastic sentinels
Rolling in the deep: Neptune balls as plastic sentinels
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Ongoing
2024/04/12 - Current Calabrian Blue Carbon: a comprehensive approach to assessing Blue Carbon Stocks
Calabrian Blue Carbon: a comprehensive approach to assessing Blue Carbon Stocks
Principal investigator
British Ecological Society, United Kingdom
Ongoing
2021/04/01 - 2022/01/31 Adaptation of marine organisms in environmental stress conditions
Marine Hazard
Post-doc Fellow
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2020/03/31 BIOPRADARIA - Restoration, management & conservation of biodiversity & biological resources associated with Ria de Aveiro seagrass ecosystems
MAR-01.04.02- FEAMP-0020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2018/08/15 Site search, field assessment and monitoring of Pinna nobilis
D.M. 11 febbraio 2015 sulla Marine Strategy
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded
2018/03/01 - 2018/05/25 Zostera noltei detritus as a Blue Carbon source in the Étang de Thau (France)
Premio Luigi e Francesca Brusarosco
Research Fellow
MARBEC, France
Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2016/11/30 Responses of benthic and fish community associated with Posidonia oceanica after restoration activity
Project PON 2007-2013 “Marine Hazard”
Project PON 2007-2013 Marine Hazard
Post-doc Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
N/A
Concluded
2014/07/01 - 2016/06/30 Test of growth of echinoderms with formulated feed and evaluation of environmental sustainability
PON02_00451_3362185
Post-doc Fellow
Università di Palermo Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Italy
Concluded
2012/12 - 2013/06 Analysis of the ocean acidification effects on the decomposition dynamic of seagrass detritus: a mesocosm experiment
International Training Fellowship
Post-doc Fellow
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany
Concluded
2011/11 - 2012/06 Analysis of the ocean acidification effects on the decomposition dynamic of seagrass detritus
Project MEDSEA
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded
2010/09 - 2011/08 Evaluation of trophic processes in natural marine-coastal area and in aquaculture systems: analysis of organic matter transfer in trophic net and evaluation of decomposition rates
CISAC Fellowship
Research Fellow
Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Studio dell?ecologia degli Ambienti Costieri, CISAC, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded
2011/02 - 2011/02 MEDSEA “European Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a changing climate”
Project MEDSEA
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2009/06 - 2009/06 Posidonia oceanica meadow (codice habitat 1120) of Maddalena Archipelago as potential atmospheric CO2 sink
Project MATTM CountDown_Posidonia
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded
2009/02 - 2009/03 Evaluation of biological resources – data analysis for scientific and technical support for the participation of the Italian Government in international activities relating to cetaceans, evaluation of bycatch in pelagic trawling
Project MIPAF BYCATCH II
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
2007/10 - 2007/10 Evaluation of biological resources – data analysis for scientific and technical support for the participation of the Italian Government in international activities relating to cetaceans, evaluation of bycatch in pelagic trawling
Project MIPAF BYCATCH II
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded
2007/06 - 2007/06 Strengthening and developing of guidelines to assess the environmental effects of aquaculture by floating cages in the Gulf of Castellammare
Project Gulf of Castellammare
Research Fellow
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, CoNISMa, Italy

Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2011/01 - 2012/01 Sabellaria alveolata (Anellida Polychaeta) biocostructions as natural structures for the coastal protection from erosion
Azione 7 "Giovani e Lavoro"
Principal investigator
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/06/01 - 2022/08/31 O2 consumption and production in a green macroalgae of Commercial Interest
O2 consumption and production in a green macroalgae of Commercial Interest
Principal investigator
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Valentina Costa; Renato Chemello; Davide Iaciofano; Sabrina Lo Brutto; Francesca Rossi. "Seagrass detritus as marine macroinvertebrates attractor". 2022.
    10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.58
Conference poster
  1. Dias, Vitor; Marques, Joao; Meek, Sarah; COSTA, VALENTINA; Miliou, Anastasia. "The distribution of the invasive Caulerpa cylindracea in Lipsi Island, Greece". Paper presented in 12th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography & Fisheries, Corfù (Greece), 2018.
  2. de Ruijter, Vera N; COSTA, VALENTINA; Miliou, Anastasia. "Assessment of microplastics distribution in shallow marine sediments in Samos Island, Greece". Paper presented in 12th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography & Fisheries, Corfù (Greece), 2018.
  3. Di Trapani, Francesca; Bonaviri, Chiara; COSTA, VALENTINA; Vizzini, Salvatrice; Badalamenti, Fabio; Gianguzza, Paola. "Feeding habits of Ophidiaster ophidianus (lmk.) (Asteroidea) in Mediterranean rocky reefs". Paper presented in SItE, Naples (Italy), 2017.
  4. Apostolaki, Eugenia T; Vizzini, Salvatrice; COSTA, VALENTINA; Olsen, Ylva; Hendriks, I. "Seagrass community metabolism in a Mediterranean volcanic vent". Paper presented in Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop 2012, Essaouira (Marocco), 2012.
  5. COSTA, VALENTINA; Vizzini, Salvatrice; Tomasello, Agostino; Calvo, Sebastiano; Mazzola, Antonio. "Studio della comunità associata allo strato fogliare di Posidonia oceanica in sorgenti sottomarine superficiali di CO2". Paper presented in XXI Congresso Nazionale S.It.E., Palermo (Italy), 2011.
  6. COSTA, VALENTINA; Savona, Andrea; Aleo, Adele Elisa; Mazzola, Antonio; Vizzini, Salvatrice. "Relazioni trofiche dell’epifauna colonizzatrice del detrito fogliare di Posidonia oceanica". Paper presented in XX Congresso Nazionale S.It.E., Roma (Italy), 2010.
  7. Vizzini, Salvatrice; Tramati, Cecilia Doriana; COSTA, VALENTINA; Mazzola, Antonio. "Trophic transfer of trace metals in an isotopically constructed food web from a Mediterranean coastal area". Paper presented in 4° European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research, Montpellier (France), 2009.
  8. Vizzini, Salvatrice; COSTA, VALENTINA; Evola, Lorenzo; Venturella, Alessandra; Mazzola, Antonio. "Seagrass litter decomposition in a semi-enclosed coastal ecosystem: a litterbag experiment". Paper presented in 3° Congresso LaguNet, Orbetello (Italy), 2009.
  9. Vizzini, Salvatrice; Tramati, Cecilia Doriana; Tumbarello, Valeria; COSTA, VALENTINA; Mazzola, Antonio. "Seagrasses as biological barriers against anthropic input in coastal marine ecosystems". Paper presented in 13° International Workshop Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Palermo (Italy), 2009.
  10. Vizzini, Salvatrice; COSTA, VALENTINA; Tramati, Cecilia Doriana; Savona, Andrea; Savona, Benedetto; Mazzola, Antonio. "Valutazione dei livelli di alcuni metalli pesanti in una catena del detrito ricostruita attraverso l’analisi degli isotopi stabili di carbonio ed azoto". Paper presented in 18° Congresso Nazionale S.It.E., Parma (Italy), 2008.
  11. Colombo, Francesca; Vizzini, Salvatrice; Savona, Benedetto; Aleo, Adele Elisa; COSTA, VALENTINA; Mazzola, Antonio. "Analisi delle fonti di materia organica utilizzate da Dendropoma petraeum (Mollusca, Vermetidae) (Monterosato, 1884) in relazione a diverse condizioni idrodinamiche". Paper presented in 18° Congresso Nazionale S.It.E., Parma (Italy), 2008.
Journal article
  1. Andolina, C.; Cilluffo, G.; Zammuto, V.; Signa, G.; Papale, M.; Lo Giudice, A.; Di Leonardo, R.; et al. "Extreme abiotics drive sediment biocomplexity along pH gradients in a shallow submarine volcanic vent". Marine Pollution Bulletin 211 (2025): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85212587223&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117470
  2. Geraldina Signa; Valentina Sciutteri; Agostino Tomasello; Valentina Costa; Silvia Casabianca; Giovanna Cilluffo; Cristina Andolina; Salvatrice Vizzini. "Combined exposure to CO2 and H2S significantly reduces the performance of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: Evidence from a volcanic vent". Limnology and Oceanography Letters (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10368.
    10.1002/lol2.10368
  3. Pierpaolo Consoli; Valentina Costa; Valentina Sciutteri; Danilo Malara; Cristina Pedà; Fabio Figurella; Ian Campbell; et al. "Synthetic polymers: A global threat to aquatic benthic environments". Journal of Hazardous Materials (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134848.
    10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134848
  4. Sciutteri, V.; Costa, V.; Malara, D.; Figurella, F.; Campbell, I.; Deery, E.; Romeo, T.; Andaloro, F.; Consoli, P.. "Citizen science through a recreational underwater diving project supports the collection of large-scale marine litter data: The Oceania case study". Marine Pollution Bulletin (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/67619661/.
    10.1016/J.MARPOLBUL.2024.116133
  5. Valentina Costa; Valentina Sciutteri; Pierpaolo Consoli; Elisabetta Manea; Elisabetta Menini; Franco Andaloro; Teresa Romeo; Roberto Danovaro. "Volcanic-associated ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: a systematic map and an interactive tool to support their conservation". PeerJ (2023): https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15162.
    10.7717/peerj.15162
  6. Galasso, Christian; Ruocco, Nadia; Mutalipassi, Mirko; Barra, Lucia; Costa, Valentina; Giommi, Chiara; Dinoi, Alessia; et al. "Marine polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and silica for drug delivery systems: A review". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/63764820/.
    10.1016/J.IJBIOMAC.2023.127145
  7. Guido Pietroluongo; Belén Quintana Martín-Montalvo; Simone Antichi; Anastasia Miliou; Valentina Costa. "First Assessment of Micro-Litter Ingested by Dolphins, Sea Turtles and Monk Seals Found Stranded along the Coasts of Samos Island, Greece". Animals (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12243499.
    10.3390/ani12243499
  8. Valentina Costa; Mogens R. Flindt; Marta Lopes; J. Pedro Coelho; Ana F. Costa; Ana I. Lillebø; Ana I. Sousa. "Enhancing the resilience of Zostera noltei seagrass meadows against Arenicola spp. bio-invasion: A decision-making approach". Journal of Environmental Management (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113969.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113969
  9. Valentina Costa; Renato Chemello; Davide Iaciofano; Sabrina Lo Brutto; Francesca Rossi. "Small-scale patches of detritus as habitat for invertebrates within a Zostera noltei meadow". Marine Environmental Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105474.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105474
  10. Valentina Costa; João Serôdio; Ana I. Lillebø; Ana I. Sousa. "Use of hyperspectral reflectance to non-destructively estimate seagrass Zostera noltei biomass". Ecological Indicators 121 (2021): 107018-107018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107018.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107018
  11. COSTA, VALENTINA; Costa, Valentina; Mazzola, Antonio; Rossi, Francesca; Vizzini, Salvatrice. "Decomposition rate and invertebrate colonization of seagrass detritus along a hydrodynamic gradient in a Mediterranean coastal basin: The Stagnone di Marsala (Italy) case study". Marine Ecology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12570.
    10.1111/maec.12570
  12. VERA N. DE RUIJTER; ANASTASIA MILOU; VALENTINA COSTA. "Assessment of microplastics distribution and stratification in the shallow marine sediments of Samos island, Eastern Mediterranean sea, Greece". Mediterranean Marine Science (2019): https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.19131.
    10.12681/mms.19131
  13. COSTA, VALENTINA. "Morphological response of the larvae of Arbacia lixula to near-future ocean warming and acidification". ICES Journal of Marine Science (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000404450100029&KeyUID=WOS:000404450100029.
    10.1093/icesjms/fsx037
  14. Geraldina Signa; Antonio Mazzola; COSTA, VALENTINA; Salvatrice Vizzini; Signa, G.; Mazzola, A.; Costa, V.; Vizzini, S.. "Bottom-Up Control of Macrobenthic Communities in a Guanotrophic Coastal System". Plos One 10 2 (2015): https://publons.com/publon/2310250/.
    10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0117544
  15. Costa, V.; Mazzola, A.; Vizzini, S.; Valentina Costa; A. Mazzola; S. Vizzini. "Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1791 (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata) enhances organic matter recycling in Posidonia oceanica meadows". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461 (2014): 226-232. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906761936&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jembe.2014.08.008
  16. Vizzini, S.; Di Leonardo, R.; Costa, V.; Tramati, C.D.; Luzzu, F.; Mazzola, A.; S. Vizzini; et al. "Trace element bias in the use of CO2 vents as analogues for low pH environments: Implications for contamination levels in acidified oceans". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 134 (2013): 19-30. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887606915&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2013.09.015
  17. Colombo, F.; Costa, V.; Dubois, S.F.; Gianguzza, P.; Mazzola, A.; Vizzini, S.; Francesca Colombo; et al. "Trophic structure of vermetid reef community: High trophic diversity at small spatial scales". Journal of Sea Research 77 (2013): 93-99. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873713732&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.seares.2012.10.005
  18. Vizzini, Salvatrice; Costa, Valentina; Tramati, Cecilia; Gianguzza, Paola; Mazzola, Antonio; Vizzini, S.; Costa, V.; et al. "Trophic Transfer of Trace Elements in an Isotopically Constructed Food Chain From a Semi-enclosed Marine Coastal Area (Stagnone di Marsala, Sicily, Mediterranean)". Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 65 4 (2013): 642-653. https://publons.com/publon/2310251/.
    10.1007/S00244-013-9933-1
  19. Vizzini, S.; Colombo, F.; Costa, V.; Mazzola, A.; Salvatrice Vizzini; Francesca Colombo; Valentina Costa; Antonio Mazzola. "Contribution of planktonic and benthic food sources to the diet of the reef-forming vermetid gastropod Dendropoma petraeum in the western Mediterranean". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96 1 (2012): 262-267. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84655162770&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.021
Report
  1. Lumbierres, M; Abecasis, D; Alcaraz-Segura, Domingo; Alison, J; Alvarez-Presas, M; et al; COSTA, VALENTINA; Kissing, WD. 2024. EuropaBON EBV workflow templates.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. COSTA, VALENTINA. "Seagrass detritus dynamics in marine ecosystems: assessment along confinement and ocean acidification gradients". PhD, 2013.
  2. COSTA, VALENTINA. "Ecological role of Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1788 (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) into the organic matter recycling system in Posidonia oceanica ecosystem". Master, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2009.
  3. COSTA, VALENTINA. "Transfer of organic matter and contaminants in the Stagnone Protected Area (Sicily, Italy): methodological aspects and technical approach". Degree, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2007.

Other

Dataset
  1. Signa, Geraldina; Sciutteri, Valentina; Tomasello, Agostino; COSTA, VALENTINA; Casabianca, S; Cilluffo, G.; Andolina, Cristina; Vizzini, Salvatrice. Combined exposure to CO2 and H2S significantly reduces the performance of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: evidence from a volcanic CO2 vent. 2023.
    10.5281/zenodo.8425339
  2. COSTA, VALENTINA; Renato Chemello; Iaciofano, Davide; Lo Brutto, Sabrina; Rossi, Francesca. Dataset from: Small-scale patches of detritus as habitat for invertebrates within a Zostera noltei meadow. 2021.
    10.5281/ZENODO.5304675
Other output
  1. BlueCarbon: blue carbon functions in R. 2021. COSTA, VALENTINA. https://zenodo.org/record/4543541.
    10.5281/ZENODO.4543541
Software
  1. COSTA, VALENTINA. "Code of the shiny-app MH-shiny from: Volcanic-associated ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: a Systematic Map and an Interactive Tool to support their conservation". 2023.
    10.5281/zenodo.7537046
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/17 Unraveling the effect of ocean acidification on seagrass decomposition and macroinvertebrate colonization: evidence from a shallow CO2 volcanic vent 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th International Seagrass Biology Workshop
(Naples, Italy)
2022/09/05 Seagrass meadows restoration and management addressing natural and societal challenges
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2022/06/14 Seagrass detritus as marine macroinvertebrate attractor 9th International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
(Livorno, Italy)
2021/09/07 Nature-based-Solutions foster seagrass Zostera noltei resilience and restoration success: guidelines for practitioners and upscaling activities 12th European Conference on Ecological Restoration
(Spain)
2020/12/09 Aumento da resiliência de pradarias marinhas de Zostera noltei face à bioturbação de Arenicola spp.: uma abordagem por etapas 19º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2020/08/17 A stepwise approach to improve Zostera noltei seagrass meadows resilience through counteracting Arenicola spp. bioturbation IMCC6 - 6th International Marine Conservation Congress
(Kiel, Germany)
2019/07/29 Current status, conservation and restoration of seagrass meadows: Ria de Aveiro (Portugal) as a show case 15th EEF Congress & 18th SPECO meeting – Ecology across borders: Embedding ecology in sustainable development goals
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/06/17 Seagrass meadows Status and Restoration at Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): Natured Based-Solutions to mitigate loss of Biodiversity and ES provisioning The EU Biodiversity Strategy beyond 2020 - Research insights and needs for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe
(Ghent, Belgium)
2018/06/02 Development of an efficient and cost effective tool for mapping Posidonia oceanica in the eastern Aegean 12th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography & Fisheries
(Corfù , Greece)
2017/09/12 Response of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica and associated vagile invertebrates in volcanic vents SItE, Naples (Italy)
(Naples, Italy)
2017/05/03 Response of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to hydrothermal emissions in volcanic vents XIII Incontro dei Dottorandi in Ecologia e Scienze dei Sistemi Acquatic
(Palermo, Italy)
2015/09/21 Community and trophic structure of amphipod assemblages associated to Posidonia oceanica in a shallow volcanic CO2 vent EEF SItE Ecology at the Interface
(Rome, Italy)
2013/08/18 Bottom-up control on macrobenthic communities in a guanotrophic coastal system INTECOL
(London, United Kingdom)
2012/11/25 Seagrass response to high CO2 in volcanic vents 10th International Seagrass Biology Workshop (ISBW10)
(Armação dos Búzios, Brazil)
2012/10/29 Macrobenthic communities impoverishment in response to seabird input in a mediterranean transitional area VI Congresso LaguNet
(Cagliari, Italy)
2012/09/10 Studio della dinamica di decomposizione del detrito fogliare di Posidonia oceanica lungo un gradiente di confinamento in un’area siciliana a caratteristiche lagunari (Stagnone di Marsala) XXII Congresso Nazionale S.It.E
(Alessandria, Italy)
2012/08/20 Trophic structure of vermetid reef community: high trophic diversity at small spatial scales ISOECOL 2012
(Brest, France)
2011/10/19 Dinamica del detrito fogliare fanerogamico lungo un gradiente di confinamento in un’area costiera a caratteristiche lagunari V congresso di LaguNet
(Lesina, Italy)
2010/10/27 Trace metal transfer in the food webs of a semi-enclosed coastal ecosystem (Stagnone di Marsala, Sicily, Italy) IV Congresso LaguNet
(Marsala, Italy)
2009/05/26 Indagine sul contributo delle fonti bentoniche e planctoniche alla rete trofica del reef a vermeti 40° S.I.B.M.
(Livorno, Italy)
2009/01/25 The fate of terrestrial and riverine materials in a Mediterranean exploitation seagrass bed ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(Nice, France)
2009/01/15 Trophic structure and functioning of vermetid reef community based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis The First Mediterranean Symposium on the Coralligenous
(Tabarka, Tunisia)
2007/09/16 Ichthyofauna trophic structure from three adjacent mediterranean lagoons International Symposium ECSA 42. Estuarine ecosystems: structure, function and management
(Kaliningrad-Svetlogorsk, Russia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2012 - 2013 Study of the epifauna associated with Posidonia oceanica foliar canopy in an area affected by CO2 emissions
Co-supervisor of Lorenzo Evola
 Marine Ecology (Master)
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/06/12 - 2022/06/18 Expert in “Biodiversity and Ecology of Marine Ecosystems”
Workshop
 Workshop “Marine Ecology and Plastic Debris”
2017/09/22 - 2017/09/28 Expert in “Common Indicators related to Habitats”
Workshop
 SPA/RAC Training session on monitoring techniques of the EcAp Common Indicators related to Biodiversity and NIS

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current British Ecological Society
2018/03 - Current Society for Experimental Biology

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/08/07 - 2023/08/21 Vessel “Denar Explorer”, Project Survey off-shore Calabrian region, ROV TEAM, Data analyst, data logging, collection, processing and sampling of deep-sea biological samples Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2023/06/21 - 2023/07/07 Vessel “Denar Explorer”, Project Survey off-shore Sardinian region, ROV TEAM, Data analyst, data logging, collection, processing and sampling of deep-sea biological samples Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2022/09/22 - 2022/09/27 Research Vessel “Dallaporta”, Campaign SAFE2022 Survey on hydrothermal and seamount areas (Panarea, Marsili and Palinuro) Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2022/07/12 - 2022/08/04 Vessel “NG-WORKER”, Project Survey off-shore Apulian and Calabrian region, ROV TEAM, Data analyst, data logging, collection, processing and sampling of deep-sea biological samples Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
2021/10/12 - 2021/11/04 Research Vessel “Mainport GEO”, Project MEDWIND Survey off-shore Sicily, ROV TEAM, Data analyst and deep-sea species identification and data logging, collection, processing and sampling of deep-sea biological samples Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best Oral Presentation for the Communication “Development of an efficient and cost effective tool for mapping Posidonia oceanica in the eastern Aegean”
2017 "Luigi e Francesca Brusarosco" Italian Society of Ecology
Società Italiana di Ecologia, Italy
2009 Degree Award “Banco di Sicilia”
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy