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Biography

I am a coral ecologist/biologist by training with a focus on physiological and morphological responses of corals (and other marine calcifiers) to ocean warming, acidification and accelerating atmosphere-ocean feedbacks. I combine fieldwork along natural temperature, pH, and anthropogenic impact gradients with studies under controlled conditions.

Activities

Employment (2)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: New Brunswick, New Jersey, US

2023-09-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences)
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Fiorella Prada

University of Bologna, Marine Science Group: Bologna, IT

2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | Post Doc (Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Bologna: Bologna, IT

2011-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | PhD (Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences)
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Works (11)

Decreasing pH impairs sexual reproduction in a Mediterranean coral transplanted at a CO2 vent

Limnology and Oceanography
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Chiara Marchini; Francesca Gizzi; Thomas Pondrelli; Lisa Moreddu; Luca Marisaldi; Francesco Montori; Valentina Lazzari; Valentina Airi; Erik Caroselli; Fiorella Prada et al.
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Mediterranean versus Red sea corals facing climate change, a transcriptome analysis

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85012048349

Contributors: Maor-Landaw, K.; Waldman Ben-Asher, H.; Karako-Lampert, S.; Salmon-Divon, M.; Prada, F.; Caroselli, E.; Goffredo, S.; Falini, G.; Dubinsky, Z.; Levy, O.
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Fiorella Prada via Scopus - Elsevier

Ocean warming and acidification synergistically increase coral mortality

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85009982252

Contributors: Prada, F.; Caroselli, E.; Mengoli, S.; Brizi, L.; Fantazzini, P.; Capaccioni, B.; Pasquini, L.; Fabricius, K.E.; Dubinsky, Z.; Falini, G. et al.
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Turning casualty into opportunity: fragmenting dislodged colonies is effective for restoring reefs of a Mediterranean endemic coral

Ecological Engineering
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85003554351

Contributors: Musco, L.; Prada, F.; D'Anna, G.; Galasso, N.M.; Pipitone, C.; Vega Fernández, T.; Badalamenti, F.
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Influence of intra-skeletal coral lipids on calcium carbonate precipitation

CrystEngComm
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84997638264

Contributors: Reggi, M.; Fermani, S.; Samorì, C.; Gizzi, F.; Prada, F.; Dubinsky, Z.; Goffredo, S.; Falini, G.
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Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation

Nature Communications
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937458403

Contributors: Fantazzini, P.; Mengoli, S.; Pasquini, L.; Bortolotti, V.; Brizi, L.; Mariani, M.; Di Giosia, M.; Fermani, S.; Capaccioni, B.; Caroselli, E. et al.
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Isotropic microscale mechanical properties of coral skeletons

Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84929485496

Contributors: Pasquini, L.; Molinari, A.; Fantazzini, P.; Dauphen, Y.; Cuif, J.-P.; Levy, O.; Dubinsky, Z.; Caroselli, E.; Prada, F.; Goffredo, S. et al.
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Skeletal mechanical properties of Mediterranean corals along a wide latitudinal gradient

Coral Reefs
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925467151

Contributors: Goffredo, S.; Mancuso, A.; Caroselli, E.; Prada, F.; Dubinsky, Z.; Falini, G.; Levy, O.; Fantazzini, P.; Pasquini, L.
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Biomineralization control related to population density under ocean acidification

Nature Climate Change
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903477352

Contributors: Goffredo, S.; Prada, F.; Caroselli, E.; Capaccioni, B.; Zaccanti, F.; Pasquini, L.; Fantazzini, P.; Fermani, S.; Reggi, M.; Levy, O. et al.
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A time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance study of mediterranean scleractinian corals reveals skeletal-porosity sensitivity to environmental changes

Environmental Science and Technology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84888274156

Contributors: Fantazzini, P.; Mengoli, S.; Evangelisti, S.; Pasquini, L.; Mariani, M.; Brizi, L.; Goffredo, S.; Caroselli, E.; Prada, F.; Falini, G. et al.
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Environmental implications of skeletal micro-density and porosity variation in two scleractinian corals

Zoology
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053447734

Contributors: Caroselli, E.; Prada, F.; Pasquini, L.; Marzano, F.N.; Zaccanti, F.; Falini, G.; Levy, O.; Dubinsky, Z.; Goffredo, S.
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Peer review (5 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Marine biodiversity. (1)
Review activity for Marine environmental research. (4)