Publications
This is a list of peer-reviewed publications from our group, starting with the most recent ones. Name of group members are highlighted. Most publications from the group can also be found visiting Ulisse’s Google Scholar profile.
Berlinghof J, Montilla LM, Peiffer F, Quero GM, Marzocchi U, Meador TB, Margiotta F, Abagnale M, WildC, Cardini U (2024) Accelerated nitrogen cycling on Mediterranean seagrass leaves at volcanic CO2 vents. Communications Biology, 7:341
Pfister CA, Cardini U, Mirasole A, Montilla LM, Veseli I, Gattuso J-P, Teixido N (2023) Microbial associates of an endemic Mediterranean seagrass enhance the access of the host and the surrounding seawater to inorganic nitrogen under ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 13:19996
Politi T, Zilius M, Bartoli M, Cardini U, Marzocchi U, Bonaglia S (2023) Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments. Limnology & Oceanography Letters, 8:876-884
Zilius M, Bartoli M, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Chiozzini VG, Marzocchi U, Moraes PC, Zaiko A, Braga ES (2023) Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 712:87-99
van Hoytema N, de Goeij JM, Kornder NA, El-Khaled Y, van Oevelen D, Rix L, Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, Al-Horani FA, Wild C (2023) A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef. Coral Reefs, 42:367–381
Cardini U, Marín-Guirao L, Montilla LM, Marzocchi U, Chiavarini S, Rimauro J, Quero GM, Petersen JM, Procaccini G (2022) Nested interactions between chemosynthetic lucinid bivalves and seagrass promote ecosystem functioning in contaminated sediments. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:918675
Berlinghof J, Peiffer F, Marzocchi U, Munari M, Quero GM, Dennis L, Wild C, Cardini U (2022) The role of epiphytes in seagrass productivity under ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 12:6249
Zilius M, Daunys D, Bartoli M, Marzocchi U, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Castaldelli G (2022) Partitioning benthic nitrogen cycle processes among three common macrofauna holobionts. Biogeochemistry, 157:193–213
Carlot J, Rouzé H, Barneche DR, Mercière A, Espiau B, Cardini U, Brandl SJ, Casey JM, Pérez-Rosales G, Adjeroud M, Hédouin L, Parravicini V (2022) Scaling up calcification, respiration, and photosynthesis rates of six prominent coral taxa. Ecology and Evolution, 12:e8613
Medina M, Baker DM, Baltrus DA, Bennett Gm, Cardini U, Correa A, Degnan SM, Christa G, Kim E, Li J, Nash DR, Marzinelli E, Nishiguchi M, Prada C, Roth MS, Saha M, Smith CI, Theis KR, Zaneveld J (2022) Grand Challenges in Coevolution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:618251
Malkin S & Cardini U (2021) Facilitative interactions on the rise: cable bacteria associate with diverse aquatic plants. New Phytologist, 232:1897-1900
Zilius M, Daunys D, Bartoli M, Marzocchi U, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Castaldelli G (2021) Partitioning benthic nitrogen cycle processes among three common macrofauna holobionts. Biogeochemistry, 157:193-213
Carlot J, Kayal M, Lenihan HS, Brandl SJ, Casey JM, Adjeroud M, Cardini U, Merciere A, Espiau B, Barneche DR, Rovere, A, Hédouin L, Parravicini V (2021) Juvenile corals underpin coral reef carbonate production after disturbance. Global Change Biology, 27:2623-2632
Helber SB, Procaccini G, Belshe EF, Santillán-Sarmiento A, Cardini U, Bröhl S, Schmid M, Reuter H, Teichberg M (2021) Unusually warm summer temperatures exacerbate population and plant level response of Posidonia oceanica to anthropogenic nutrient stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.662682
Politi, T, Barisevičiūte, R, Bartoli, M, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Castaldelli G, Kančauskaitė A, Marzocchi U, Petkuviene J, Samuiloviene A, Vybernaite-Lubiene I, Zaiko A, Zilius M (2021) A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping N-cycling. Freshwater Biology, 66:1036– 1048
Marzocchi U, Bonaglia S, Zaiko A, Quero GM, Vybernait-Lubiene I, Politi T, Samuiloviene A, Zilius M, Bartoli M, Cardini U (2020) Zebra mussel holobionts fix and recycle nitrogen in lagoon sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:610269
Dittami SM, Arboleda E, Auguet J-C, Bigalke A, Briand E, Cárdenas P, Cardini U, Decelle J, Engelen AH, Eveillard D, Gachon CMM, Griffiths SM, Harder T, Kayal E, Kazamia E, Lallier FH, Medina M, Marzinelli EM, Morganti TM, Núñez Pons L, Prado S, Pintado J, Saha M, Selosse M-A, Skillings D, Stock W, Sunagawa S, Toulza E, Vorobev A, Leblanc C, Not F (2021) A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions. PeerJ, 9:e10911
Zilius M, Bonaglia S, Broman E, Chiozzini VG, Samuiloviene A, Nascimento FJA, Cardini U, Bartoli M (2020) N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont. Scientific Reports, 10:13966
Bonaglia S, Marzocchi U, Ekeroth N, Brüchert V, Blomqvist S, Hall POJ (2019) Sulfide oxidation in deep Baltic Sea sediments upon oxygenation and colonization by macrofauna. Marine Biology, 166:149
Samuiloviene A, Bartoli M, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Vybernaite-Lubiene I, Marzocchi U, Petkuviene J, Politi T, Zaiko A, Zilius M (2019) The effect of chironomid larvae on Nitrogen cycling and microbial communities in soft sediments. Water, 11:1931
Cardini U, Bartoli M, Lücker S, Mooshammer M, Polzin J, Lee RW, Micić V, Hofmann T, Weber M, Petersen JM (2019) Chemosymbiotic bivalves contribute to the nitrogen budget of seagrass ecosystems. The ISME Journal, doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0486-9
Tilstra A, van Hoytema N, Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Rix L, Naumann MS, Al-Horani FA, Wild C (2018) Effects of water column mixing and stratification on planktonic primary production and dinitrogen fixation on a northern Red Sea coral reef. Frontiers in Microbiology, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02351
Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Rix L, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2018) Contrasting seasonal responses in dinitrogen fixation between shallow and deep-water colonies of the model coral Stylophora pistillata in the northern Red Sea. Plos One, 13:e0199022
Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Bednarz VN, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2018) N2 fixation and primary productivity in a red sea Halophila stipulacea meadow exposed to seasonality. Limnology and Oceanography, 63:786-798
Ripple WJ, Wolf C, Newsome TM, Galetti M, Alamgir M, Crist E, Mahmoud MI, Laurance WF, 15,364 scientist signatories from 184 countries (2017) World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice. BioScience, 67:1026–1028
Tilstra A, Bednarz VN, Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2017) Seasonality affects dinitrogen fixation associated with two common macroalgae from a coral reef in the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 575:69-80
Petersen JM, Kemper A, Gruber-Vodicka H, Cardini U, van der Geest M, Kleiner M, Bulgheresi S, Mußmann M, Herbold C, Seah BKB, Antony CP, Liu D, Belitz A, Weber M (2016) Chemosynthetic symbionts of marine invertebrate animals are capable of nitrogen fixation. Nature Microbiology, 2: 16195
Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Bednarz V, Rix L, Foster RA, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2016) Microbial dinitrogen fixation in coral holobionts exposed to thermal stress and bleaching. Environmental Microbiology, 18: 2620-2633
Cardini U, Bednarz V, van Hoytema N, Rovere A, Naumann MS, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2016) Budget of primary production and dinitrogen fixation in a highly seasonal Red Sea coral reef. Ecosystems, 19: 771–785
van Hoytema N, Bednarz VN, Cardini U, Naumann MS, Al-Horani FA, Wild C (2016) The influence of seasonality on benthic primary production in a Red Sea coral reef. Marine Biology, 163: 52
Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, van Hoytema N, Rix L, Foster RA, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2015) Functional significance of dinitrogen fixation in sustaining coral productivity under oligotrophic conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 282: 20152257
Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Schuhmacher H, Wild C, Naumann MS (2015) 37 Years later: revisiting a Red Sea long-term monitoring site. Coral Reefs, 34: 1111
Rix L, Bednarz VN, Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Al-Horani FA, Wild C, Naumann MS (2015) Seasonality in dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity by coral reef framework substrates from the northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 533:79-92
Bednarz VN, van Hoytema N, Cardini U, Naumann MS, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2015) Dinitrogen fixation and primary productivity by carbonate and silicate reef sand communities of the Northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 527:47-57
Bednarz VN, Cardini U, van Hoytema N, Al-Rshaidat MMD, Wild C (2015) Seasonal variation of N2 fixation and O2 fluxes associated with two dominant zooxanthellate soft corals from the Northern Red Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 519:141-152
Rädecker N, Meyer FW, Bednarz VN, Cardini U, Wild C (2014) Ocean acidification rapidly decreases dinitrogen fixation associated with the hermatypic coral Seriatopora hystrix. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511:297-302
Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Foster RA, Wild C (2014), Benthic N2 fixation in coral reefs and the potential effects of human-induced environmental change. Ecology & Evolution, 4:1706-1727
Cerrano C, Cardini U, Bianchelli S, Corinaldesi C, Pusceddu A, Danovaro R (2013) Red coral extinction risk enhanced by ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 3:1457
Garrard S, Hunter R, Frommel A, Lane A, Phillips J, Cooper R, Dineshram R, Cardini U, McCoy S, Arnberg M, Rodrigues Alves B, Annane S, de Orte M, Kumar A, Aguirre-Martínez G, Maneja R, Basallote M, Ape F, Torstensson A, and Bjoerk M (2012) Biological impacts of ocean acidification: a postgraduate perspective on research priorities. Marine Biology, 160:1789-1805
Cardini U, Chiantore M, Lasagna R, Morri C, Bianchi CN (2012) Size-structure patterns of juvenile hard corals in the Maldives. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 92:1335-1339
