Bergami Caterina

Her researches have been mostly focused on planktonic Foraminifera mainly of the Quaternary in sediment cores and water samples from Mediterranean Sea and Antarctica. Major Research topics: 1) Ecology and paleoecology of planktonic foraminifers; 2) Relationship between distribution of recent planktonic foraminifers and the different water masses (interpretation of hydrologic datas); 3) Paleoclimatology and stable isotopes (carbon and oxigen) in shells of foraminifers (recent and fossils); 4) Trace elements in shells of foraminifers and implication in reconstructing paleoenvironments

Sailed on a number of scientific cruises between 2004-2010.
Quantitative and qualitative micropaleontology of living and fossil specimens of planktonic foraminifers in sediment cores and water samples.
Analytical and cleaning techniques for measuring trace elements using ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS.
Stable Isotope geochemistry.

Google Scholar Profile

• Bergami, C., Capotondi, L., Langone, L., Giglio, F. and Ravaioli, M. (2009). Distribution of living planktonic foraminifera in the Ross Sea and the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean (Antarctica). Marine Micropaleontology, 73, 37–48.
• Bergami, C., Capotondi, L., Sprovieri, M., Tiepolo, M., Langone, L., Giglio, F. and Ravaioli, M. (2008). Mg/Ca ratios in the planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral) from plankton tows in the Ross Sea and the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean (Antarctica): comparison of different methodological approaches. Chemistry and Ecology, 24:1, 39 – 46.
• Capotondi, L., Vigliotti, L., Bergami, C. Climate and environmental changes during sapropel S1 deposition in central Mediterranean Sea. 13th Congress RCMNS Napoli, 2-6 settembre 2009. Extended abstract.

Degree and PhD thesis

• C. Bergami  (2005). Distribuzione attuale dei foraminiferi planctonici nell’ oceano meridionale (settore pacifico). Degree  Thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 124 pp. Published on-line in ErmesAmbiente (L’ambiente si laurea) of Regione Emilia Romagna.
• C. Bergami (2009). Paleoceanographic reconstructions from geochemistry and ecology of planktonic foraminifera. Investigations in two key areas: the Southern ocean and the Mediterranean sea. Ph.D Thesis, Università degli Studi di Bologna, 159 pp.