Teaching interests

Ecophysiological implications of Ocean Acidification and Global Warming in marine invertebrates

Invertebrates Macrophysiology

Evolutionary Physiology

Biology of Marine Organisms  

Research interests

I work at different levels of biological complexity (larvae to adult) and compare strains, populations and species living along environmental gradients. I integrate ecophysiology, life-history and functional behaviour, and more recently transcriptomic and metabolomic techniques, to broaden our understanding of the implication of current levels of adaptation in defining taxa vulnerability to a changing environment. Furthermore, I am interested in determining species scope for further physiological adaptation to rapid environmental changes, and whether such adaptation implies physiological and/or fitness consequences, investigating the responses of clonal strains, using laboratory natural selection experiments and carrying out translocation experiments to compare strains and populations inhabiting contrasting environments.

MAIN RESEARCH LINES

Macrophysiology of Marine Invertebrates

Experimental Evolutionary Physiology

Ecophysiological Implication of Ocean Warming, De-oxygenation, and Acidification in Marine Invertebrates

PEOPLE

Dr Samuel Rastrick - Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in Animal Ecophysiology. UK OA Research Programme 'Identify the physiological responses that underpin changes in organism performance and function'. Funding NERC-Defra-DEC.

Dr Lucy Millicent Turner - Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in Animal Ecophysiology. 'Identify the potential for organisms resistance and adaptation to prolonged exposure to elevated temperature and CO₂ and low O₂’. Funding Plymouth University.

Ms Marie Hawkins - Technician in Aquatic Animal Culture. UK OA Research Programme 'Identify the potential for organisms resistance and adaptation to prolonged CO₂ exposure'. Funding NERC-Defra-DEC.

Ms Camilla Bertolini  – Research Assistant. UK OA Research Programme 'Identify the potential for organisms resistance and adaptation to prolonged CO₂ exposure'.

Ms Noelle Lucey (first supervisor) - PhD candidate. Project: The challenge of living in a High CO2 World. . Funding FP7 MARES MUNDUS. In collaboration with ENEA Lerici.

Ms Maj Arnberg (first supervisor) - PhD candidate. Project: Combined effects of CO₂/acidified seawater, climate change and oil-related discharges on aspects of the development of marine invertebrates. In collaboration with IRIS Stavanger and Kristineberg Marine Station.

Ms Emilie Hall (first supervisor) - PhD candidate. Project: Vulnerability to Global Change in marine invertebrates living along a latitudinal and depth gradient: Marine Macrophysiology for a Changing Ocean. In collaboration with Aberystwyth University and University of British Columbia.

Mr Daniel Small (second supervisor) - PhD candidate. Project: Investigation of the combined impact of elevated CO₂ and temperature on the developmental biology and functional physiology of crustaceans. Funding Marine Institute-Plymouth University. In collaboration with National Lobster Hatchery and PML.

Ms Ruth Bibby Calder-Potts (fourth supervisor) - PhD candidate. Project: Combined effects of hypoxia, high CO₂, elevated temperature on benthic biotic communities. Funding NERC. In collaboration with PML.

Ms Araceli Rodriguez-Romero - visiting PhD student. Project: Scope for further adaptation to complex global climate changes in marine worms. Funding: NERC-Defra-DEC and Andalusia Government, in collaboration with University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia.

Mr Mike Jarrold - Master Research Project Student. Project: Physiological developmental plasticity and scope for further adaptation in marine worms. Funding: NERC-Defra-DEC and Plymouth University, in collaboration with University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia.

Ms Evelyn van der Ent – visiting Master Research Project Student. Project: Energy metabolism, shell composition and phylogeographic structure of multiple population of the periwinkle Littorina littorea along the North West European coast thermo-latitudinal gradient. Funding: NERC-Defra-DEC and Erasmus Mundus.

Mr Gregory Nightingale - Undergraduate Project Student. Project: Effect of elevated CO₂ on post-moult re-mineralisation in the crab Carcinus maenes.

PEOPLE WHO PASSED BY HERE!

Dr Chiara Lombardi - visiting Researcher.
Ms Jennifer Lewis - Master Research Student.
Ms Rebekah Simpson - Master Research Student.
Ms Sarah Magozzi - Master Research Student.
Ms Camilla Campanati - Master Research Student.

Prof Jonathon Stillman - visiting Researcher.

Dr Nathan Miller - visiting Postdoctoral Researcher.

Ms Sofia Ferreira - visiting Master Research Student.

Ms Cristina Coccia - visiting PhD candidate.

Ms Ines Le Fur - visiting Master Research Student.

Ms Nadja Christen - Master Research Project Student.
Ms Elena Aloisio - visiting Master Research Project Student.

Dr Gloria Massamba-N'Siala - visiting Postdoctoral Researcher.

Ms Paula Arribas Blazquez - visiting PhD candidate.

Ms Anneli Stroble - visiting PhD candidate.

Dr Felix Mark - visiting Research Fellow.

Ms Jennifer Pistevos - Master Research Project Student.

Ms Rachel Hale - Master Science Project Student.

Ms Penelope Donohue - Undergraduate Project Student.
Prof Hans-Otto Portner - visiting Research Fellow.

Mr David Griffith - Undergraduate Project Student.

Mr David Sanchez - visiting PhD candidate.

UoP Research group membership

Other research

ACTIVE COLLABORATIONS

Grants & contracts

RECENT AWARDS

2012-2016 Fondation Total Research Grant ‘Vulnerability to Global Change in marine invertebrates living along latitudinal and depth gradients: Marine Macrophysiology for a Changing Ocean’

2012 SICB-SEB support for the organisation of the II Macrophysiology Workshop with Prof. Jonathon Stillman (SFSU/Berkley) (8^th January 2013, San Francisco, USA).

2012 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Group Pump Primer Grant

2012 PhD funding from FP7 MARES MUNDUS, in collaboration with C. Lombardi (ENEA, Italy)

2012 PhD funding Marine Institute and School of Marine Science and Engineering (Plymouth University, UK)

2012 UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme Travel Grant

2012 Ocean Acidification in Benthic Communities – Commonwealth Award  UK-USA Partnership

2012 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Group Research Assistant Allocation       (5 months)

2012 School of Marine Science and Engineering Pump-Primer Fund

2011 Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories - Access Fund ‘In-situ comparative physiology of marine invertebrates vulnerable and tolerant to high-CO₂ conditions’  (SZN Ischia, Naples, Italy)

2011 School of Marine Science and Engineering Pump-Primer Fund

2010 NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility Grant #475 - 'Does elevated [CO₂] compromise thermal safety margins of marine organisms? A metabolomic approach'

2010  International Governance Strategy Science Program ‘Assessing the response of Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) populations to ClimateChange and Variability (international collaborator for Institut Maurice Lamontagne, Canada)

2010 Ocean Acidification – Commonwealth Development Award  UK-USA Partnership

2010-2013 MedSeA EU OA Research Programme EU FP7

2010-2013 UK OA Research Programme NERC-DEC-Defra ‘Impacts of ocean acidification on key benthic ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and life cycles’ 2010 Marine Biology Research Experience Scheme PU

Publications

34) MAGOZZI S, CALOSI P 2012. Integrating metabolic performance, thermal tolerance and plasticity to predict taxa vulnerability to Global Warming. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology special issue in Conservation Physiology. Submitted for review. IF = 2.394

33) JARROLD MD, CALOSI P, VERBERK  WCEP, RASTRICK SPS, ATFIELD A, SPICER JI 2012. Ocean acidification alters the photo-physiology but preserves the metabolic relationship of the zooxanthellae-anemone symbiosis. Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology. Submitted for review. IF = 1.875

32) COCCIA C, CALOSI P, BOYERO L, GREEN AJ, BILTON DT 2012. Does ecophysiology play a role in the colonization success of the invasive corixid Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis in south-west Spain? PLoS one. Submitted for review. IF = 4.092

31) CALOSI P, RASTRICK SPS, GRAZIANO M,

THOMAS SC, BAGGINI C, CARTER HA, HALL-SPENCER JM, MILAZZO M, SPICER JI 2013. Distribution of sea urchins living near shallow water CO₂ vents is dependent upon species acid-base and ion-regulatory abilities. Marine Pollution Bulletin special issue on CCS and CO₂ Vents accepted pending revision. DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.040   IF = 2.359

30) CHRISTEN N, CALOSI P, MCNEILL CL, WIDDICOMBE S 2012. Structural and functional vulnerability to elevated pCO₂ in marine benthic communities. Marine Biology special issue on Ocean Acidification. DOI 10.1007/s00227-012-2097-0   IF = 2.011

29) MELATUNAN S, CALOSI P, RUNDLE SD, WIDDICOMBE S, MOODY AJ 2012. Marine gastropod shell plastic responses to the combined effects of ocean acidification and elevated temperature. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI 10.3354/meps10046   IF = 2.480

28) ARNBERG M, CALOSI P, SPICER JI, TANDBERG AHS, NILSEN M, WESTERLUND S, BECHMANN RK 2012. Elevated temperature elicits greater effects than elevated pCO₂ on the development, feeding and metabolism of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) larvae. Marine Biology special issue on Ocean Acidification. DOI 10.1007/s00227-012-2072-9            IF = 2.011

27) MASSAMBA-N'SALA G., CALOSI, P., BILTON, D.T., PREVEDELLI, D., SIMONINI R. 2012. Life-history and thermal tolerance traits display different thermal plasticities and relationships with temperature in the marine polychaete Ophryotrocha labronica La Greca and Bacci (Dorvilleidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 438, 109-117. IF = 1.875

26) BURDETT H, ALOISIO E, CALOSI P, FINDLAY H, WIDDICOMBE S, HATTON A, KAMENOS N 2012. The effect of chronic and acute low pH on the intracellular DMSP production and epithelial cell morphology of red coralline algae. Marine Biology Research 8, 756-763. IF = 1.484

25) ARRIBAS P, VELASCO J, ABELLÁN P, SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, ANDÚJAR C, CALOSI P, MILLÁN A, RIBERA I, BILTON DT 2012. Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Journal of Biogeography 39, 5, 384-394. IF = 4.273

24) DONOHUE P, CALOSI P, BATES AH, LAVEROCK B, RASTRICK S, MARK FC, STROBEL A, WIDDICOMBE S 2012. Physiological and behavioural impacts of exposure to elevated pCO₂ on an important ecosystem engineer, the burrowing shrimp Upogebia deltaura. Aquatic Biology 15, 1, 73-86. IF = 1.611

23) VERBERK WCEP, CALOSI P 2012. Oxygen limits heat tolerance and drives heat hardening in the aquatic nymphs of the gill breathing damselfly Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus,1758). Journal of Thermal Biology 37, 224-229. IF = 1.273

22) CALOSI P, BILTON DT, SPICER JI, VERBERK WCEP, ATFIELD A, GARLAND T Jr 2012. The comparative biology of diving in two genera of European Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, 2, 329-341. IF = 3.656

21) MELATUNAN S, CALOSI P, RUNDLE SD, MOODY AJ, WIDDICOMBE S 2011. Exposure to elevated temperature and pCO₂ reduces respiration rate and energy status in the periwinkle Littorina littorea. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84, 6, 583-594.  IF = 2.394

20) BOZINOVIC F, CALOSI P, SPICER JI 2011. Physiological correlates of geographical range in animals. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematic 42, 155-179. IF = 10.698

19) FINDLAY HS, CALOSI P, CRAWFURD K 2011. Determinants of the PIC:POC response in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi under future ocean acidification scenarios.  Limnology & Oceanography 56, 3, 1168–1178. IF = 3.385

18) VERBERK WCEP, BILTON DT, CALOSI P, SPICER JI 2011. Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: Partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns. Ecology 92, 1565–1572.1 IF = 5.073

17) PISTEVOS JCA, CALOSI P, WIDDICOMBE S, BISHOP JDD 2011. Will variation among genetic individuals influence species responses to global climate change? Oikos 120, 5, 675-689. IF = 3.393

16) HALE R, CALOSI P, McNEIL L, MIESZKOWSKA N, WIDDICOMBE S 2011. Predicted levels of future ocean acidification and temperature rise could alter community structure and biodiversity in marine benthic communities. Oikos 120, 5, 661-674.  IF = 3.393

15) IRIE T, BESSHO K, FINDLAY HS, CALOSI P 2010. Increasing costs due to ocean acidification drives phytoplankton to be more heavily calcified: optimal growth strategy of coccolithophores. PLoS ONE 5, 10: e13436. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013436 PP IF = 4.411

14) MARCHANT H, CALOSI P, SPICER JI 2010. Exposure to mild CO₂-acidification of sea water does not compromise feeding, acid-base balance and respiration of the common limpet Patella vulgata but surprisingly is accompanied by radula damage.  JMBA U.K. 90, 7, 1379-1384. IF = 0.933

13) SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ D, CALOSI P, ATFIELD A, ARRIBAS P, VELASCO J, SPICER JI, MILLAN A, BILTON DT 2010. Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles. Physiological Entomology 35, 3, 265-273. IF = 1.417

12) SMALL D, CALOSI P, WIDDICOMBE S, WHITE D, SPICER JI 2010. Impact of medium-term exposure to CO₂ enriched seawater on the physiological functions of the velvet swimming crab, Necora puber. Aquatic Biology 10, 11–21. IF = 1.611

11) CALOSI P, BILTON DT, SPICER JI, VOTIER S, ATFIELD A 2010. What determines a species geographical range? Thermal biology and latitudinal range size relationships in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 79, 194–204. Most cited research paper of the year. IF = 4.457

10) GASTON K, CHOWN SL, CALOSI P, BERNARDO J, BILTON DT, CLARKE A, CLUSELLA-TRULLAS S, GHALAMBOR CK, KONARZEWSKI M, PECK LS, PORTER WP, POERTNER H-O, REZENDE EL, SCHULTE PM, SPICER JI, STILLMAN J, TERBLANCHE JS, VAN KLEUNEN M 2009 Macrophysiology: a conceptual re-unification. American Naturalist 174, 5, 595–612. IF = 4.736

9) Fialkowski WM,  CALOSI P,  Dahlke S, Dietrich A, Moore PG, Olenin S, Persson L-E, Smith BD, Spegys M, Rainbow PS 2009. The sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as a biomonitor of trace metal bioavailabilities in European coastal waters.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 58, 1, 39-44. IF = 2.359

8) CALOSI P, BILTON DT, SPICER JI 2008b. Thermal tolerance, acclimatory capacity and vulnerability to global climate change. Biology Letters 4, 99-102. Highlight research paper. IF = 3.651

7) CALOSI P, BILTON DT, SPICER JI, ATFIELD A 2008a. Thermal tolerance and geographic range size in the Agabus brunneus group of European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Journal of Biogeography 35, 295-305. IF = 4.273

6) CALOSI P, BILTON DT, SPICER JI 2007b. The diving response of the diving beetle Ilybius montanus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): the effects of temperature and acidification. Journal of Zoology 273, 3, 289-297. IF = 1.787

5) CALOSI P, MORRITT D, CHELAZZI G, UGOLINI A 2007a. Physiological capacity and environmental tolerance in two sandhopper species with contrasting geographical ranges: Talitrus saltator and Talorchestia ugolinii. Marine Biology 151, 1647-1655. IF = 2.011

4) KAMENOS N, CALOSI P, MOORE PG 2006. Substratum mediated heart rate responses to predation threat. Animal Behaviour 71, 809-813. IF = 3.101

3) CALOSI P, UGOLINI A, MORRITT D 2005. Physiological responses to hyposmotic stress in the supralittoral amphipod Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology part A 142, 267-275. IF = 2.134

2) UGOLINI A, BORGHINI F, CALOSI P, BAZZICALUPO M, CHELAZZI G, FOCARDI S 2004. Mediterranean Talitrus saltator (Crustacea, Amphipoda) as a biomonitor of heavy metals contamination. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48, 526-532. IF = 2.359

1) CALOSI P, CHELAZZI G, UGOLINI A 2003. Optocardiographic recording of heart rate in Talitrus saltator (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Physiological Entomology 28, 344-348. IF = 1.417

(BLUE) BSc student - (ORANGE) MSc/MRes student - (RED) PhD student

Reports & invited lectures

2012 Invited Lecturer at the CeMEB Advanced Course 2012 on Marine Evolution Under Climate Change, at the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences, (19^th – 23^rd November 2012, Kristineberg, Sweden) with Jenn Sunday and Sam Dupont

2012 Key Note at the Symposium on Physiology of Environmental Grandients - Society of Experimental Biology Annual Meeting 2012 (Salzburg, Austria)

2011 Invited Talk at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Aberdeen, UK)

2011 Invited Talk at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences (Oban, UK)

2011 Invited Talk  at the Romberg Tiburon Center - SFSU (Tiburon, California, USA)

2011 Invited Talk  at the OA North California and Oregon Workshop, Romberg Tiburon Center - SFSU (Tiburon, California, USA)

2010 Invited Talk  at the Institut Maurice Lamontagne - Pêches et Océans Canada (Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada)

2009 Invited Talk  at the Marine Biological Association of the UK (Plymouth, UK)

2009 Invited Talk at the British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, UK).

2009 Key Note at the Ocean Acidification Meeting at Plymouth University (Plymouth, UK).

2008 CALOSI P at the Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter in Cornwall (Falmouth, UK)

2008 Invited Talk at the Central Science Laboratory (York, UK)

2007 Invited Talk at the University of California Riverside (Riverside, USA)

2007 Invited Talk at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Bremerhaven, Germany)

Conferences organised