Fabbrocini Adele

Adele Fabbrocini is a marine biologist. Her first researches dealt with adaptative physiology of fishes and mussels to environmental stress and biomonitoring. Actually she studies the reproductive biology of marine and lagoon organisms and the interactions between reproductive biology and environmental parameters. She carries out researches on the conditioning of aquatic organisms in controlled rearing systems; on the cryopreservation of gametes and embryos and on their use in ecotoxicological tests for the water quality assessment.

Scientific Responsible of the Research Project “Pilot project for the experimental recolonization with the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus of coastal areas if Apulian region subjected to overexploitation; experimental management for the safeguard of the resource and of the environment”. Fishery European Fund (FEP Project – Regione Puglia, Italy) • Responsible of the Research Project “Ecotoxicological tests using fresh and cryopreserved semen of Sparus aurata for the monitoring of marine ecosystems” (APQ on scientific research in Regione Puglia, grant N PE060) • Co-ordinator of the Research Project “Sustainable and eco-compatible aquaculture. Rearing of autoctone bivalve mussel species” (POR Puglia grant N. 1946/P) • Responsible of the Research Project “Conditioning of aquatic organisms in a controlled rearing system for the continuous production of gametes and embryos for ecotoxicological tests” (Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research grant) • Research collaboration to the Research Project “SSD-Pesca” - Support system to the decision makers for a sustainable management of fishery in Southern Italy (Italian Ministry of University and Research) • Research collaboration to the Flagship Project RITMARE - Italian Research for the Sea (Italian Ministry of University and Research) • Research collaboration to marine coastal and lagoon biomonitorig programs and to research projects dealing with reproductive biotechnologies, aquaculture and environmental quality evaluation

• Fabbrocini A., Volpe M.G., Coccia E., D’Adamo R. and Paolucci M. 2015. Agar-based biocomposites slow down progression in the reproductive cycle facilitaitng synchronization of the gonads of reared specimens of Paracentrotus lividus. International Journal of Aquaculture and Fishery Sciences 1(2): 035-041.
• Costa E., Piazza V., Gambardella C., Moresco R., Prato E., Biandolino F., Cassin D., Botter M., Maurizio D., D’Adamo R., Fabbrocini A., Faimali M., Garaventa G. 2015. Ecotoxicological effects of sediments from Mar Piccolo, South Italy: toxicity testing with organisms from different trophic levels. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (in press). doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-5471-x
• Fabbrocini A., D’Adamo R., Del Prete F., Maurizio D., Specchiulli A., Oliveira L.F., Silvestri F., and Sansone G. 2015. The sperm motility pattern in ecotoxicological tests. The CRYO-Ecotest as  a case study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (in press). doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.08.018
• Gambardella C., Costa E., Piazza V., Fabbrocini A., Magi E., Faimali M., Garaventa F. 2015. Effect of silver nanoparticles on marine organisms belonging to different trophic levels. Marine Environmental Research (in press). doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.001
• Fabbrocini A., D’Adamo R., Pelosi S., Oliveira LFJ., Del Prete F., Silvestri F., Vitiello V., and Sansone G. 2015. Sperm motility evaluation following long-term storage (5 years) of cryopreserved sea bream (Sparus aurata L., 1758) semen. Journal of Applied Ichthyology; 31 (1): 104-107.
• Fabbrocini A., D’Adamo R., Pelosi S., Oliveira L.F.J., Silvestri F., Sansone G. 2014. Gamete cryobanks for laboratory research: developing a rapid and easy-to-perform protocol for the cryopreservation of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lmk, 1816) spermatozoa. Cryobiology, 69: 149-156.
• D’Adamo R., Specchiulli A., Cassin D., Botter M., Zonta R. Fabbrocini A. 2014. The Effect of Floods on sediment contamination in a microtidal coastal lagoon: The Lagoon of Lesina, Italy. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 67: 297-309.
• Lombardo F., Gioacchini G., Fabbrocini A., Candelma M., D’Adamo R., Giorgini E., Carnevali O. 2014. Melatonin-mediated effects on killifish reproductive axis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 172: 31–38.
• Silvestri F., Vitiello V., Del Prete F., Fabbrocini A., Ferreira J.F., Sansone G. 2014. Sperm motility and fertilization performance of Nodipecten nodosus (L. 1758) exposed at two different cryoprotectants. Aquaculture Research. DOI: 10.1111/are.12521
• Fabbrocini A., D’Adamo R., Del Prete F., Langellotti A.L., Barone M.C.A., Rinna F., Sessa R., Silvestri F., Villani G., Vitiello V., Sansone G. 2013. Motility of cryopreserved spermatozoa for the ecotoxicological evaluation of aquatic environments. Chemistry & Ecology 29(7): 660-667.
• Fabbrocini A., D’Adamo R., Del Prete F., Langellotti A.L., Rinna F., Silvestri F., Sorrenti G., Vitiello V., Sansone G. 2012. Cryopreserved semen in ecotoxicological bioassays: sensitivity and reliability of cryopreserved Sparus aurata spermatozoa. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 84: 293-298.
• Fabbrocini A., Volpe MG., Di Stasio M., D’Adamo R., Maurizio D., Coccia E. & Paolucci M. 2012. Agar-based pellets as feed for sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus): rheological behaviour, digestive enzymes and gonad growth. Aquaculture Research, 43: 321-331.
• Fabbrocini A. and D’Adamo R. 2011. Gamete and embryos of sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus Lmk 1816) reared in confined conditions: their use in toxicity bioassays. Chemistry and Ecology, 27(2): 105-115.
• Brugnano C., D'Adamo R., Fabbrocini A., Granata A. and Zagami G. 2011. Zooplankton responses to hydrological and trophic variability in a Mediterranean coastal eco system (Lesina Lagoon, South Adriatic Sea). Chemistry and Ecology, vol 27 (5): 461-480
• Fabbrocini, A. and D’Adamo R. 2010. Gamete maturation and gonad growth in fed and starved sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816). Journal of Shellfish Research 29(4): 1051-1059
• Fabbrocini A., Di Stasio M., and D’Adamo R. 2010. Computerized sperm motility analysis in toxicity bioassays: a new approach to pore water quality assessment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73: 1588-1595.