Acri Francesco

• Coastal marine eutrophication
• Phytoplankton ecology
• Temporal trends in nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton biomass in the Lagoon of Venice and in the Northern Adriatic sea

Determination of nutrient salts by automatic methods (Segmented Flow Analysis and Discrete Analysis) both in seawater and brackish water.

• Socal, G., Acri, F., Bastianini, M., Bernardi Aubry, F., Bianchi, F., Cassin, D., Coppola, J., De Lazzari, A., Bandelj, V., Cossarini, G., Solidoro, C. 2008. Hydrological and biogeochemical features of the Northern Adriatic Sea in the period 2003-2006. Marine Ecology, 29: 449-468.
• Ianora, A., Casotti, R., Bastianini, M., Brunet, C., D’Ippolito, G., Acri, F., Fontana, A., Cutignano, A., Turner, J.T., Miralto, A. 2008. Low reproductive success for copepods during a bloom of the non-aldehyde-producing diatom Cerataulina pelagica in the North Adriatic Sea. Marine Ecology, 29: 399–410.
• Tedesco, L., Socal, G., Bianchi, F., Acri, F., Veneri, D., Vichi, M. 2007. NW Adriatic Sea biogeochemical variability in the last 20 years (1986–2005). Biogeosciences, 4, 673–687, 2007.
• Bernardi Aubry, F., Acri, F., Bastianini, M., Bianchi, F., Cassin, D., Pugnetti,  A., Socal, G.. 2006. Seasonal and interannual variations of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Venice (Northern Adriatic Sea). Chemistry and Ecology, Vol. 22 (Supplement 1), pp. 71–91.
• Bernardi Aubry, F., Acri, F., Bastianini, M., Pugnetti, A., Socal, G. Picophytoplankton Contribution to Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Gulf of Venice (NW Adriatic Sea). 2006. Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol., 91: 51–70
• Boldrin, A., Langone, L., Miserocchi, S., Turchetto, M., Acri, F. Po River plume on the Adriatic continental shelf: Dispersion and sedimentation of dissolved and suspended matter during different river discharge rates. 2005. Marine Geology,  222–223: 135–158.
• Acri, F.,  Bernardi Aubry, F.,  Berton, A.,  Bianchi, F.,  Boldrin, A.,  Camatti, E.,  Comaschi, A., Rabitti, S., Socal, G. Plankton communities and nutrients in the Venice Lagoon. Comparison between current and old data. 2004. Journal of Marine Systems, 51:  321-329.
• Bernardi Aubry, F., Acri, F. Phytoplankton seasonality and exchange at the inlets of the Lagoon of Venice (July 2001-June 2002). 2004. Journal of Marine Systems, 51: 65-76.
• Bianchi, F., Ravagnan, E., Acri, F., Bernardi Aubry F., Boldrin, A., Camatti, E. Cassin, D., Turchetto, M. Variability and fluxes of hydrology, nutrients and particulate matter between the Venice Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea. Preliminary results (years 2001-2002). 2004. Journal of Marine Systems, 51: 49-64.
• Bernardi Aubry, F., Berton, A., Bastianini, M., Socal, G., Acri, F. Phytoplankton succession in a coastal area of the NW Adriatic, over a 10-year sampling period (1990-1999). 2004. Continental Shelf Research, 24: 97-115.
• Bianchi, F., Acri, F., Bernardi Aubry, F., Berton, A., Boldrin, A., Camatti, E., Cassin, D., Comaschi, A. 2003. Can plankton communities be considered as bio-indicators of water quality in the Lagoon of Venice? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46: 964-971.
• Totti, C., Civitarese, G., Acri, F., Barletta, D., Candelari, G., Paschini, E., Solazzi, A. 2000. Seasonal variability of phytoplankton populations in the middle Adriatic sub-basin. J. Plankton Res., Vol. 22, 9: 1735 – 1756.