Publications

Ballerini, T., Galletti, Y. and Tacconi, D. (2024) 'Plastic pollution on the Tuscan coast: environmental measures municipalities can put in place to reduce it', Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques, pp. 858–871. Firenze University Press. doi: 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.74

Ballerini, T., Chaudon, N., Fournier, M., Coulomb, J.P., Dumontet, B., Matuszak, E. and Poncet, J. (2022) 'Plastic pollution on Durance riverbank: first quantification and possible environmental measures to reduce it', Frontiers in Sustainability, 3, 866982. doi: 10.3389/frsus.2022.866982

Azzurro, E., Ballerini, T. et al. (2022) 'ClimateFish: A database to track the abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea', Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.910887

Delacuvellerie, A., Ballerini, T., Frère, L., Matallana-Surget, S., Dumontet, B. and Wattiez, R. (2022) 'From rivers to marine environments: A constantly evolving microbial community within the plastisphere', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, 113660. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113660

Amaral-Zettler, L., Ballerini, T. et al. (2021) 'Diversity and predicted inter- and intra-domain interactions in the Mediterranean Plastisphere', Environmental Pollution, 286, 117439. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117439

Cappelletto, M. et al. (2021) 'The Mediterranean Sea we want', Ocean and Coastal Research, 69(Supp 1). doi: 10.1590/2675-2824069.21019mc

Hill, S.L., Pinkerton, M.H., Ballerini, T. et al. (2021) 'Robust model-based indicators of regional differences in food-web structures in the Southern Ocean', Journal of Marine Systems, 220, 103556. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103556

Mansui, J., Darmon, G., Ballerini, T. et al. (2020) 'Predicting marine litter accumulation patterns in the Mediterranean basin: spatio-temporal variability and comparison with empirical data', Progress in Oceanography, 182, 102268. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102268

Boero, F. et al. (2017) 'CoCoNet: Towards coast-to-coast networks of Marine Protected Areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential', SCIRES-IT – Scientific Research and Information Technology, 6(Supp 1), pp. 1–95. doi: 10.2423/i22394303v6Sp1

Constable, A., Costa, D.P., Schofield, O., Newman, L., Urban, E.R., Fulton, E.A., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Ballerini, T. et al. (2016) 'Determining priority variables ("ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables" — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems', Journal of Marine Systems, 161, pp. 26–41. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.05.003

Ballerini, T. et al. (2015) 'Predicting responses of the Adélie penguin population of Edmonson Point to future sea ice changes in the Ross Sea', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3, article 8. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00008

Ballerini, T. et al. (2014) 'An end-to-end food web model for the marine ecosystem west of the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean', Progress in Oceanography, 122, pp. 10–29. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.11.007

Brandt, A., Griffiths, H., Gutt, J., Linse, K., Schiapparelli, S., Ballerini, T. et al. (2014) 'Challenges of deep-sea biodiversity assessments in the Southern Ocean', Advances in Polar Science, 25(3), pp. 204–212. doi: 10.13679/j.advps.2014.3.00204

Ruzicka, J.J., Steele, J.H., Ballerini, T. et al. (2013) 'Dividing up the pie: whales, fish, and humans as competitors', Progress in Oceanography, 116, pp. 207–219. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.009

Ruzicka, J.J., Steele, J.H., Gaichas, S., Ballerini, T. et al. (2013) 'Analysis of energy flow in US GLOBEC ecosystems using end-to-end models', Oceanography, 26(4), pp. 82–97. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.77

Blight, L.K., Ainley, D.G., Ackley, S.F., Ballard, G., Ballerini, T. et al. (2010) 'Fishing for data in the Ross Sea' (Letter), Science, 330(6009), p. 1316. doi: 10.1126/science.330.6009.1316

Ballerini, T., Tavecchia, G., Olmastroni, S. et al. (2009) 'Nonlinear effects of winter sea-ice on the survival of Adélie penguins from Edmonson Point, Ross Sea', Oecologia, 161(2), pp. 253–265. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1387-9

Azzurro, E., Ballerini, T., Garrabou, J. and Di Franco, A. (2022) Joint Monitoring Plan in the MPAs. Deliverable 3.4.8, MPA Engage Project.

Di Franco, A., Ballerini, T., Garrabou, J. and Azzurro, E. (2021) Evaluation Report of Pilot Activities. Deliverable 3.8.2, MPA Engage Project.

Ballerini, T. and Dumontet, B. (2020) Rapport de la mission Vigieplastic Méditerranée 2020. Expédition MED.

Ballerini, T., Fournier, M. and Dumontet, B. (2020) Les déchets de la Durance: abondance et caractérisation. Intermediate Report, Stop Plastiques en Méditerranée, PACA Region.

Ballerini, T. et al. (2019) Pelagos Plastic Free Project — Final Report. Pelagos Secretariat.

Aliani, S., Griffa, A., Molcard, A., Ballerini, T. et al. (2016) Report on the Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Existing MPA Network Regarding Connectivity Processes. COCONET Project.

Ballerini, T. et al. (2015) Report on COCONET Focus Workshop on Connectivity. COCONET FP7 Project.

Ballerini, T. (ed.) (2018) Outreach scientific summary on plastic pollution. Plastic and Ocean Platform (30 research scientists and 20 NGOs). The Camp, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Ballerini, T., Di Pierri, M. and Peca, M. (2016) L'Italia vista da Parigi — Report on Climate Change and Italian Energetic Policies. Centro Documentazione Conflitti Ambientali, Rome; Italian Atlas of Environmental Conflicts, 2016–2017.