University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali; National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), more
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Furfaro, G.; D’Elia, M.; Mariano, S.; Trainito, E.; Solca, M.; Piraino, S.; Belmonte, G. (2022). SEM/EDX analysis of stomach contents of a sea slug snacking on a polluted seafloor reveal microplastics as a component of its diet. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 10244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14299-3
Belmonte, G. (2021). The suspected contradictory role of parental care in the adaption of planktonic Calanoida to temporary freshwater. Water 13(1): 100. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13010100
Mancinelli, G.; Mali, S.; Belmonte, G. (2019). Species richness and taxonomic distinctness of zooplankton in ponds and small lakes from Albania and north Macedonia: the role of bioclimatic factors. Water 11(11): 2384. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11112384
Russo, R.; Valente, S.; Colangelo, G.; Belmonte, G. (2015). Meiofauna distribution on hard substrata in a submarine cave. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 95(8): 1555-1564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531541500051X
Alfonso, G.; Russo, R.; Belmonte, G. (2014). First record of the Asian diaptomid Neodiaptomus schmackeri (Poppe & Richard, 1892) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) in Europe. Journal of Limnology 73(3): 584-592. https://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.972
Alfonso, G.; Belmonte, G. (2013). Neolovenula alluaudi (Guerne and Richard, 1890) (Calanoida: Diaptomidae: Paradiaptominae): first record in Italy and review of geographical distribution. Journal of Limnology 72(2): 251-261. https://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e20
Belmonte, G.; Scirocco, T.; Denitto, F. (2011). Zooplankton composition in Lake Varano (Adriatic Sea coast, Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 78(3): 370-378. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.561261
Denitto, F.; Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2009). Occurrence and distribution pattern of Palaemon spp. shrimps in a shallow submarine cave environment: a study case in South-eastern Italy. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(4): 416-424. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00296.x
Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2009). An integrated water/sediment approach to study plankton (a case study in the southern Adriatic Sea). J. Mar. Syst. 78(4): 536-546. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.023
Denitto, F.; Terlizzi, A.; Belmonte, G. (2007). Settlement and primary succession in a shallow submarine cave: spatial and temporal benthic assemblage distinctness. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 35-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00172.x
Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2007). The plankton of a shallow submarine cave ('Grotta di Ciolo', Salento Peninsula, SE Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 47-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00167.x
Bussotti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2006). Spatial and temporal variability of sessile benthos in shallow Mediterranean marine caves. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325: 109-119, more
Belmonte, G. (2005). Y-nauplii (Crustacea, Thecostraca, Facetotecta) from coastal waters of the Salento Peninsula (south eastern Italy, Mediterranean Sea) with descriptions of four new species. Mar. Biol. Res. 1(4): 254-266
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more
Moscatello, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Plankton biodiversity around the Salento Peninsula (south east Italy): an integrated water/sediment approach. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 85-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s185
Moscatello, S.; Belmonte, G. (2004). Active and resting stages of zooplankton and its seasonal evolution in a hypersaline temporary pond of the Mediterranean coast (the "Vecchia Salina", SE Italy). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(4): 491-500
Tommasa, L.D.; Danovaro, R.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Resting stage abundance in the biogenic fraction of surface sediments from the deep Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 103-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1103
Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2003). Distribution patterns of the cardinal fish, Apogon imberbis, in shallow marine caves in southern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 70: 153-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000309356509
Bussotti, S.; Denitto, F.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2002). Fish assemblages in shallow marine caves of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Apulia, SE Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00004.x
Rubino, F.; Moscatello, S.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Plankton-derived resting stages in marine coastal sediments along the Salento Peninsula (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 329-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00031.x
Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling? Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004139715482
Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages of plankton in recent north Adriatic sediments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 21(3-4): 263-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00725.x
Pati, A.C.; Belmonte, G.; Cecherelli, V.-U.; Boero, F. (1999). The inactive temporary component: an unexplored fraction of meiobenthos. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 134: 419-427, more
Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review. Hydrobiologia 355: 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003071205424
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Fanelli, G.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F. (1996). The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist? Trends Ecol. Evol. 11(4): 177-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)20007-2, more
Giangrande, A.; Geraci, S.; Belmonte, G. (1994). Life-cycle and life-history diversity in marine invertebrates and the implications in community dynamics, in: Ansell, A.D. et al.Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 32. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 32: pp. 305-333
Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Costantini, F.; Denitto, F.; Metrangolo, M.; Muscogiuri, L.; Onorato, R. (2003). Indagine faunistica sulle grotte sottomarine del Capo di Leuca (Mar Ionio-Puglia). Biol. Mar. Medit. 10(2): 647-649
Mura, G.; Ferreri, D.; Belmonte, G. (1999). Prima segnalazione di Branchinella spinosa Milne-Edwards 1840 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) per l'Italia peninsulare. Thalassia Salent. 23: 59-65
Parenzan, P.; Belmonte, G. (2002). Animalia speluncarum Italiae et omnis alii subterranei habitat terrae marisque. Congedo: Galatina. ISBN 88-8086-474-2. 222 pp.
Fanelli, G.; Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G. (2000). The Marine Biology Station of Porto Cesareo 1966-1999 = La stazione di biologia marina di Porto Cesareo 1966-1999. Edizione def Grifo: Porto Cesareo. ISBN 88-7261-174-1. 228 pp.
Belmonte, G.; Colopi, E. (2007). The library of a young marine biology station (MBS of University of Salento, Italy), in: Konjevic, S. et al. (2009). From treasures of the seas - To treasures of the Libraries: Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Meeting of the European Association of Aquatic Science Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC): Krimskoe Primor'e, Crimea, Ukraine, May, 2-4, 2007 [CD-ROM]. pp. 1-2
Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling?, in: Jones, M.B. et al.Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_23
Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review, in: Naumov, A.D. et al.Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-13 September 1996. Developments in Hydrobiology, 121: pp. 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1907-0_17
Belmonte, G.; Castello, P.; Piccinni, M.R.; Quarta, S.; Rubino, F.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (1995). Resting stages in marine sediments off the Italian coast, in: Eleftheriou, A. et al. (Ed.) Biology and ecology of shallow coastal waters. Proceedings of the 28th European Marine Biological Symposium, Crete, Greece, 23-28 September 1993. International Symposium Series, : pp. 53-58
Belmonte, G.; Rescio, F.; Genga, A.; Fico, D. (2018). Space-time distribution of microplastics in the neuston around the Salento Peninsula (Central Mediterranean Sea), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 115
Denitto, F.; Longo, C.; Belmonte, G.; Costantini, M.; Poto, M.; Onorato, R. (1999). Biocenotica della Grotta sottomarina delle Corvine, Baia di Uluzzu, Nardò, Lecce. Itinerari Speleologici 8(2): 7-16
Martinez Valente, S.M. (2011). Composition and time-space distribution of vagile meiofauna in the marine cave "Il Ciolo" (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). MSc Thesis. University of Salento. Laboratory of Zoogeography and Fauna: Lecce. 29 pp.
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