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Prof. Belmonte, Genuario

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University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali; National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), more

Function: Marine ecologist, Taxonomist
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Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more

Belmonte, G. (2000). Cysts from plankton from the South Adriatic Sea. University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), Italy., more
Belmonte, G. (2000). Microzooplankton - Crustacea from the South Adriatic Sea. University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), Italy., more
Belmonte, G. (2010) Mesozooplankton - Crustacea from the South Adriatic Sea. University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), Italy., more
Belmonte, G. (2010) Zooplankton - Crustacea from the Taranto Seas. University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), Italy., more

A1 Publications (26) [show]
Furfaro, G.; D’Elia, M.; Mariano, S.; Trainito, E.; Solca, M.; Piraino, S.; Belmonte, G. (2022). SEM/EDX analysis of stomach contents of a sea slug snacking on a polluted seafloor reveal microplastics as a component of its diet. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 10244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14299-3, more Belmonte, G. (2021). The suspected contradictory role of parental care in the adaption of planktonic Calanoida to temporary freshwater. Water 13(1): 100. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13010100, more Mancinelli, G.; Mali, S.; Belmonte, G. (2019). Species richness and taxonomic distinctness of zooplankton in ponds and small lakes from Albania and north Macedonia: the role of bioclimatic factors. Water 11(11): 2384. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11112384, more Suaria, G.; Avio, C.G.; Mineo, A.; Lattin, G.L.; Magaldi, M.G.; Belmonte, G.; Moore, C.J.; Regoli, F.; Aliani, S. (2016). The Mediterranean plastic soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters. NPG Scientific Reports 6(37551): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37551, more Russo, R.; Valente, S.; Colangelo, G.; Belmonte, G. (2015). Meiofauna distribution on hard substrata in a submarine cave. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 95(8): 1555-1564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531541500051X, more Alfonso, G.; Russo, R.; Belmonte, G. (2014). First record of the Asian diaptomid Neodiaptomus schmackeri (Poppe & Richard, 1892) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) in Europe. Journal of Limnology 73(3): 584-592. https://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.972, more Alfonso, G.; Belmonte, G. (2013). Neolovenula alluaudi (Guerne and Richard, 1890) (Calanoida: Diaptomidae: Paradiaptominae): first record in Italy and review of geographical distribution. Journal of Limnology 72(2): 251-261. https://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e20, more Denitto, F.; Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2009). Occurrence and distribution pattern of Palaemon spp. shrimps in a shallow submarine cave environment: a study case in South-eastern Italy. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(4): 416-424. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00296.x, more Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2009). An integrated water/sediment approach to study plankton (a case study in the southern Adriatic Sea). J. Mar. Syst. 78(4): 536-546. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.023, more Denitto, F.; Terlizzi, A.; Belmonte, G. (2007). Settlement and primary succession in a shallow submarine cave: spatial and temporal benthic assemblage distinctness. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 35-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00172.x, more Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2007). The plankton of a shallow submarine cave ('Grotta di Ciolo', Salento Peninsula, SE Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 47-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00167.x, more Bussotti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2006). Spatial and temporal variability of sessile benthos in shallow Mediterranean marine caves. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325: 109-119, more Belmonte, G. (2005). Y-nauplii (Crustacea, Thecostraca, Facetotecta) from coastal waters of the Salento Peninsula (south eastern Italy, Mediterranean Sea) with descriptions of four new species. Mar. Biol. Res. 1(4): 254-266, more Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more Moscatello, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Plankton biodiversity around the Salento Peninsula (south east Italy): an integrated water/sediment approach. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 85-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s185, more Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2004). Active and resting stages of zooplankton and its seasonal evolution in a hypersaline temporary pond of the Mediterranean coast (the "Vecchia Salina", SE Italy). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(4): 491-500, more Tommasa, L.D.; Danovaro, R.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Resting stage abundance in the biogenic fraction of surface sediments from the deep Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 103-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1103, more Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2003). Distribution patterns of the cardinal fish, Apogon imberbis, in shallow marine caves in southern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 70: 153-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000309356509, more Bussotti, S.; Denitto, F.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2002). Fish assemblages in shallow marine caves of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Apulia, SE Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00004.x, more Rubino, F.; Moscatello, S.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Plankton-derived resting stages in marine coastal sediments along the Salento Peninsula (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 329-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00031.x, more Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling? Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004139715482, more Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages of plankton in recent north Adriatic sediments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 21(3-4): 263-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00725.x, more Pati, A.C.; Belmonte, G.; Cecherelli, V.-U.; Boero, F. (1999). The inactive temporary component: an unexplored fraction of meiobenthos. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 134: 419-427, more Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review. Hydrobiologia 355: 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003071205424, more Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Fanelli, G.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F. (1996). The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist? Trends Ecol. Evol. 11(4): 177-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)20007-2, more Giangrande, A.; Geraci, S.; Belmonte, G. (1994). Life-cycle and life-history diversity in marine invertebrates and the implications in community dynamics, in: Ansell, A.D. et al. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 32. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 32: pp. 305-333, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Costantini, F.; Denitto, F.; Metrangolo, M.; Muscogiuri, L.; Onorato, R. (2003). Indagine faunistica sulle grotte sottomarine del Capo di Leuca (Mar Ionio-Puglia). Biol. Mar. Medit. 10(2): 647-649, more Mura, G.; Ferreri, D.; Belmonte, G. (1999). Prima segnalazione di Branchinella spinosa Milne-Edwards 1840 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) per l'Italia peninsulare. Thalassia Salent. 23: 59-65, more
Books (2) [show]
Parenzan, P.; Belmonte, G. (2002). Animalia speluncarum Italiae et omnis alii subterranei habitat terrae marisque. Congedo: Galatina. ISBN 88-8086-474-2. 222 pp., more Fanelli, G.; Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G. (2000). The Marine Biology Station of Porto Cesareo 1966-1999 = La stazione di biologia marina di Porto Cesareo 1966-1999. Edizione def Grifo: Porto Cesareo. ISBN 88-7261-174-1. 228 pp., more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Belmonte, G.; Colopi, E. (2007). The library of a young marine biology station (MBS of University of Salento, Italy), in: Konjevic, S. et al. (2009). From treasures of the seas - To treasures of the Libraries: Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Meeting of the European Association of Aquatic Science Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC): Krimskoe Primor'e, Crimea, Ukraine, May, 2-4, 2007 [CD-ROM]. pp. 1-2, more Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling?, in: Jones, M.B. et al. Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_23, more Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review, in: Naumov, A.D. et al. Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-13 September 1996. Developments in Hydrobiology, 121: pp. 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1907-0_17, more Belmonte, G.; Castello, P.; Piccinni, M.R.; Quarta, S.; Rubino, F.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (1995). Resting stages in marine sediments off the Italian coast, in: Eleftheriou, A. et al. (Ed.) Biology and ecology of shallow coastal waters. Proceedings of the 28th European Marine Biological Symposium, Crete, Greece, 23-28 September 1993. International Symposium Series, : pp. 53-58, more
Abstract [show]
Belmonte, G.; Rescio, F.; Genga, A.; Fico, D. (2018). Space-time distribution of microplastics in the neuston around the Salento Peninsula (Central Mediterranean Sea), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 115, more
Other publication [show]
Denitto, F.; Longo, C.; Belmonte, G.; Costantini, M.; Poto, M.; Onorato, R. (1999). Biocenotica della Grotta sottomarina delle Corvine, Baia di Uluzzu, Nardò, Lecce. Itinerari Speleologici 8(2): 7-16, more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Martinez Valente, S.M. (2011). Composition and time-space distribution of vagile meiofauna in the marine cave "Il Ciolo" (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). MSc Thesis. University of Salento. Laboratory of Zoogeography and Fauna: Lecce. 29 pp., more

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