Giovanni Fontana

Current position: PhD student

 

Date of Birth: 25.01.1978

 

Corresponding address:

Scienze Ambientali - Universitą di Bologna

Via S. Alberto 163

I-48123 Ravenna (Italy)

 

Phone: +39 0544 937 314

Laboratory: +39 0544 937 398

Fax: +39 0544 937 411

e.mail: g.fontana@unibo.it

 

Research interests:

·         Statistical methods for the study of the distribution patterns of soft bottom benthic animals.

·         Biodiversity conservation in coastal habitats

 


 

Academic

qualifications

 

2005

Master Science equivalent in Marine Environmental Science and Oceanografy cum laude, University of Bologna

Thesis entitled: The variability of the marine benthic assemblages: is the species accumulation an efficient measure?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

Bachelor equivalent in Environmental Science, University of Palermo

Thesis entitled: The effects of Sodium dodecyl sulfate on the defense mechanisms of the sea-urchin P. lividus

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

2006

Ph.D.student in Ecology, University of Bologna

 

 

 

 

 

Awards and

other qualifications

2005

Unlimited nautical license for sailing boat and motorboat (Harbour-office of Ravenna, Italy) 

 

 

2005

Advanced diver FIPSAS (Federazione Italiana Pesca sportiva e Attivitą subacquee)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

Open water diver NASE (National Accademy of Scuba Educators)

 

 

 

 

 

Selected

publication

Fontana G., Arizza V., Giaramita F., Cammarata M, Parrinello N, 2003. The effects of Sodium dodecyl sulfate on the defense mechanisms of the sea-urchin P. lividus  ATTI 64° CONVEGNO UZI, Varese, 21-25 Settembre, 2003.

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Last update 21/04/2009