Generalitat de Cataluña

(Montreal, Canada, 1953. Resident in Italy since 1976)

Zooplankton ecologist at the Stazione Zoologica of Naples, Italy, since 1983 and Director of Research of the Ecophysiology Laboratory of the Stazione Zoologica since 1998.

ianora@szn.it

Adrianna Ianora studied at BSc McGill University of Montreal 1975 and was Laurea Cum Laude at the University of Naples 1980.

Professional Career

• Editorial Board Member of the journal PSZN: Marine Ecology 1991-2005
• Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Plankton Research 1996-present
• Editorial Board Member of the journal Scientia Marina 2001-present
• Review Editor of the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series 2004-present
• Steering Committee Member of the EU Network of Excellence MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning); Deputy Manager of the Work package on Training Activities; Co-ordinator of the research project ROSEMEB (Role of Secondary Metabolites on Ecosystem Biodiversity)
• Principal Investigator of the EU Network of Excellence EUROCEAN and member of the training committee of this NoE
• Executive Board Member of MARS EU Network of Marine Research Stations

Research:

Her research interests are in the areas of microalgal chemical ecology and copepod ecology, reproduction, development, nutrition and physiology. Her laboratory is particularly interested in employing an integrative approach to study plant-herbivore and predator-prey interactions in marine planktonic communities, and on understanding the role of chemical defences in mediating biotic interactions. We are presently studying the effects of phytoplankton chemical defences, such as polyunsaturated aldehydes produced by several toxic diatom species, on copepod consumer fitness and screening for the presence of new anti-proliferative compounds in dinoflagellates and other microalgal groups. She is currently responsible for co-ordinating the activities of the research project on chemical ecology ROSEMEB of the EU Network of Excellence MarBEF.

Teaching and Training Activities

She has been member of the Open University PhD Committee at the SZN since 2001 and has co-ordinated the ecology courses of the PhD programme since then. She has acted as both internal and external supervisor for several PhD candidates in this period. She has also been involved in the organization of many training courses within the EU Networks of Excellence MarBEF, EUROCEANS and Marine Genomics.

Publication

• Ban, S., C. Burns, J. Castel, E. Christou, R. Escribano, S. Fonda Umani, S. Gasparini, F. Guerrero Ruiz, M. Hoffmeyer, A. Ianora, H. Kang, M. Laabir, A. Lacoste, A. Miralto, S. Poulet, X. Ning, V. Rodriguez, J. Runge, J. Shi, M. Starr, S. Uye and Y. Wang, 1997: The paradox of diatom-copepod interactions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 157: 287-293.
• Ianora, A., 1998: Copepod life history traits in subtemperate regions. J. Mar. Systems 15, 337-349.
• Laabir, M., S.A. Poulet, R.P. Harris, D. Pond, A. Cueff and A. Ianora, 1998. A comparative study of the reproduction of Calanus helgolandicus in well-mixed and stratified coastal waters of the Western English Channel. J. Plankton Res. 20, 407-421.
• Miralto, A., A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, G. Zagami and I. Buttino, 1998: Egg production and hatching success in the peri-Antarctic copepod Calanus simillimus. J. Plankton Res. 20, 2369-2378.
• Buttino, I., A. Miralto, A. Ianora, G. Romano and S.A. Poulet, 1999: The diatom Thalassiosira rotula induces aberrations in embryonic tubulin organisation in sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Mar. Biol. 134: 147-154.
• Ianora, A., A. Miralto, I. Buttino, S.A. Poulet and G. Romano, 1999: First evidence of some dinoflagellates reducing male copepod fertilization capacity. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44, 147-153.
• Ianora, A., A. Miralto and S.A. Poulet, 1999: Are diatoms good or toxic for copepods: Reply to comment by Jonasdottir et al. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 177:305-308.
• Laabir, M., S.A. Poulet, A. Cueff and A. Ianora, 1999: Effect of diet on levels of amino acids during embryonic and naupliar development of the copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Mar. Biol. 134: 89-98.
• Miralto, A., A. Ianora, S.A. Poulet, G. Romano , I. Buttino and S. Scala, 1999: Embryonic development in invertebrates is arrested by inhibitory compounds in diatoms. Mar. Biotech. 1: 401-402.
• Miralto, A., G. Barone, G. Romano, S.A. Poulet, A. Ianora, L. Russo, I. Buttino, G. Mazzarella, M. Laabir, M. Cabrini and M.G. Giacobbe, 1999: The insidious effect of diatoms on copepod reproduction. Nature 402: 173-176.
• Turner, J.T., A. Ianora, A. Miralto, M. Laabir and F. Esposito, 2001: Decoupling of copepod grazing rates, fecundity and egg hatching success on mixed and alternating diatom and dinoflagellate diets. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 220: 187-199
• 12. Laabir, M., I. Buttino, A. Ianora, G. Kattner, S. Poulet, G. Romano, Y. Carotenuto and A. Miralto, 2001. Effect of specific dinoflagellate and diatom diets on gamete ultrastructure and fatty acid profiles of the copepod Temora stylifera. Mar. Biol. 138:1241-1250
• Lacoste, A., S.A. Poulet, A. Cueff, G. Kattner, A. Ianora and M. Laabir, 2001: New evidence of the copepod maternal food effects on reproduction. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 259: 85-107
• Carotenuto, Y., A. Ianora, I. Buttino, G. Romano and A. Miralto, 2002. Is post-embryonic development in the copepod Temora stylifera negatively affected by diatom diets? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 276: 49-66
• d'Ippolito, G., G. Romano, O. Iadicicco, A. Miralto, A. Ianora, G. Cimino and A. Fontana, 2002. New birth-control aldehydes from the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum: characterizaqtion and biogenesis. Tetrahedron Lett. 43: 6133-6136.
• Turner, J.T., A. Ianora, F. Esposito, Y. Carotenuto and A. Miralto, 2002. Zooplankton feeding ecology: Does a diet of Phaeocystis globosa support good copepod survival, egg production and egg hatching success? J. Plankton Res. 24: 1185-1195.
• Buttino, I. A. Ianora, Y. Carotenuto, V. Zupo and A. Miralto, 2003. Use of the confocal laser scanning microscope in studies on development of marine crustaceans. Microsc. Res. Tech. 60: 458-464.
• Ianora, A., S.A. Poulet and A. Miralto, 2003. The effects of diatoms on copepod reproduction: A review. Phycologia 42: 351-363.
• Miralto, A., L. Guglielmo, G. Zagami, I. Buttino, A. Granata and A. Ianora, 2003. Inhibition of population growth in the copepods Acartia clausi and Calanus helgolandicus during diatom blooms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 254: 253-268.
• Ceballos, S. and A. Ianora (2003) Different diatoms induce contrasting effects in the copepod Temora stylifera. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 294: 189-202.
• Tosti, E., G. Romano, I. Buttino, A. Cuomo, A. Ianora and A. Miralto (2003) Bioactive aldehydes from diatoms block fertilization currents in ascidian oocytes. Mol. Rep. Devlop. 66: 72-80.
• Romano, G., G.L. Russo, I. Buttino, A. Ianora and A. Miralto (2003) A marine diatom-derived aldehyde induces apoptosis in copepod and sea urchin embryos. J. Exp. Biol. 206: 3487-3494.
• Ianora, A., A. Miralto, S.A. Poulet, Y. Carotenuto, I. Buttino, G. Romano, R. Casotti, G. Pohnert, T. Wichard, L. Colucci D'Amato, G. Terrazzano and V. Smetacek (2004) Aldehyde suppression of copepod recruitment in blooms of a ubiquitous planktonic diatom. Nature 429: 403-407.
• Buttino, I., S. Do Spirito Santo, A. Ianora and A. Miralto (2004) Rapid assessment of copepod embryo viability using fluorescent probes. Mar. Biol. 145: 393-399.
• Ianora A., J.T. Turner, F. Esposito, G. d'Ippolito, G. Romano, C. Guisande, Y. Carotenuto, and A. Miralto (2004) Copepod egg hatching success is reduced by maternal diets of a non-neurotoxic strain of the dinoflagellate Alexandium tamarense. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 280: 199-210.
• Paffenhöfer, G.-A., A. Ianora, A. Miralto, J. T. Turner, G. S. Kleppel, M. Ribera d'Alcala, R. Casotti, G. Caldwell, G. Pohnert, A. Fontana, D. Müller-Navarra, S. Jonasdöttir, V. Armbrust, U. Bamstedt, S. Ban, M. Bentley, M. Boersma, M. Bundy, I. Buttino, A. Calbet, F. Carlotti, Y. Carotenuto, G. d'Ippolito, B. Frost, C. Guisande, W. Lampert, R. Lee, S. Mazza, M.G. Mazzocchi, J. Nejstgaard, S.A. Poulet, G. Romano, V. Smetacek, S. Uye, S. Wakeham, S. Watson, and T. Wichard (2005) Colloquium on diatom-copepod interactions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 286: 293-305
• Casotti, R., S. Mazza, C. Brunet, V. Vantrepotte, A. Ianora and A. Miralto (2005) Growth inhibition and toxicity of the algal aldehyde 2-trans-2-cis decadienal Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae) J. Phycol. 41: 7-20.
• Buttino, I., G. De Rosa, Y. Carotenuto, A. Ianora, A, Fontana, F. Quaglia, M.I. La Rotonda and A. Miralto (2006) Giant liposomes as delivery system for ecophysiological studies in copepods. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 801-809.
• Carotenuto, Y., A. Ianora, M. Di Pinto, D. Sarno and A. Miralto (2006) Annual cycle of early developmental stage survival and recruitment in the copepods Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 314: 227-238.
• A. Ianora, M. Boersma, R. Casotti, A. Fontana, J. Harder, F. Hoffman, H. Pavia, S.A. Poulet, and G. Toth (2006) The H.T. Odum Synthesis Essay: New trends in marine chemical ecology. Estuaries and Coasts 29: 531-551.

Books

• Guglielmo, L. and A. Ianora (eds) Atlas of Marine Zooplankton Straits of Magellan, Vol. 1 Copepods. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995, pp. 1-279.
• Guglielmo, L. and A. Ianora (eds) Atlas of Marine Zooplankton Straits of Magellan, Vol. 2 Amphipods, Euphausiids, Mysids, Ostracods and Chaetognaths.Springer-Verlag, 1997, pp. 1-275
• Faranda, F.M., L. Guglielmo and A. Ianora (eds) Ross Sea Ecology, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000, pp. 1-604.
• Ianora A. Birth-control effects of diatoms for copepod reproduction: implications for aquaculture studies (2005) In: C.-S. Lee, P.J. O'Bryen and N.H. Marcus (eds) Copepods in Aquaculture. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, U.K. pp. 31-48.