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Stefano Bonaglia
Associate Senior Lecturer
Department of Marine SciencesAbout Stefano Bonaglia
Our coasts and ocean are changing due to direct and indirect effects of human activities. My main interest is to understand how ecological factors and human processes influence aquatic biogeochemical cycles. I tend to combine sea expeditions; water/sediment sampling using a vast array of devices; deployment of in situ landers; lab micro- and mesocosm experiments and incubations.
I enjoy using isotope tracers, microsensors, optodes, and other analytical techniques such as GCs, GC-IRMS, ICPs, HPLC-ESI-MS/MS, SEM. In concert with my scientific network, we complement geochemistry with molecular biology to better understand biogeochemical transformation processes and their microbial key players.
Currently, I have two projects funded by VR and Formas dealing with greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange in fjords and GHG emissions from mussel farming, respectively. Read more here:
- https://www.gu.se/en/research/high-resolution-spatiotemporal-dynamics-of-nitrous-oxide-and-methane-in-fjords-under-global-change
- https://www.gu.se/en/research/what-is-the-contribution-of-mussel-farming-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions
At the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, I lecture for courses:
- Environmental Chemistry (KEM490)
- Chemical Dynamics in the Sea (MAR450)
- Världshaven och djupa sediment (MAV112)
My lab at Gothenburg consists of:
- PhD Student Adele Maciute - Project aimed at investigating the role of meiofauna on vital ecosystem processes
- PhD Student Lok Shan Cheung - Project dealing with nitrogen loss and gain in the marine environment
- Postdoc Tobia Politi - Working on greenhouse gas exchange in fjords, funded by my VR project
- MSCA Postdoc Tetyana Gilevska - 2-y Marie Curie project on contaminated sediments and methanogenesis
External webpages and Social channels:
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Denitrification, anammox, and DNRA in oligotrophic continental shelf
sediments
Henry Lok Shan Cheung, Jenny R. Hillman, Conrad A. Pilditch, Candida Savage, Isaac R. Santos, Ronnie N. Glud, Francisco J.A. Nascimento, Simon F. Thrush, Stefano Bonaglia
Limnology and Oceanography - 2024 -
Efficient oxidation attenuates porewater-derived methane fluxes in mangrove
waters
Yvonne Yu Yan Yau, Alex Cabral dos Santos, Gloria Reithmaier, Luiz C. Cotovicz, Joao Barreira, Gwenael Abril, Cedric Morana, Alberto V. Borges, Wilson Machado, Jose M. Godoy, Stefano Bonaglia, Isaac R. Santos
Limnology and Oceanography - 2024 -
Thin-layer capping with granular activated carbon and calcium-silicate to remediate organic and metal polluted harbor sediment - A mesocosm
study
Johan Wikstrom, Sara C. Forsberg, Adele Maciute, Francisco J. A. Nascimento, Stefano Bonaglia, Jonas S. Gunnarsson
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - 2024 -
Biotic interactions between benthic infauna and aerobic methanotrophs mediate methane fluxes from coastal
sediments
Elias Broman, Markus Olsson, Adele Maciute, Daniel Donald, Christoph Humborg, Alf Norkko, Tom Jilbert, Stefano Bonaglia, Francisco J A Nascimento
The ISME journal - 2024 -
Eutrophication and urbanization enhance methane emissions from coastal
lagoons
Stefano Bonaglia, Henry Lok Shan Cheung, Tobia Politi, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Tristan McKenzie, Isaac R. Santos, Mindaugas Zilius
Limnology and Oceanography Letters - 2024 -
No evidence of light inhibition on aerobic methanotrophs in coastal sediments using eDNA and
eRNA
Elias Broman, Rinti Barua, Daniel Donald, Florian Roth, Christoph Humborg, Alf Norkko, Tom Jilbert, Stefano Bonaglia, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Environmental DNA - 2023 -
Long-Term Pollution Does Not Inhibit Denitrification and DNRA by Adapted Benthic Microbial
Communities.
Elias Broman, Mohanad Abdelgadir, Stefano Bonaglia, Sara C Forsberg, Johan Wikström, Jonas S Gunnarsson, Francisco J A Nascimento, Sara Sjöling
Microbial ecology - 2023 -
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal
sediments
Tobia Politi, Mindaugas Zilius, Marco Bartoli, Ulisse Cardini, Ugo Marzocchi, Stefano Bonaglia
Limnology And Oceanography Letters - 2023 -
Organic matter degradation causes enrichment of organic pollutants in hadal
sediments
Anna Sobek, Sebastian Abel, Hamed Sanei, Stefano Bonaglia, Zhe Li, Gisela Horlitz, Arka Rudra, Kazumasa Oguri, Ronnie N. Glud
Nature Communications - 2023 -
Methane emissions offset atmospheric carbon dioxide uptake in coastal macroalgae, mixed vegetation and sediment
ecosystems
Florian Roth, Elias Broman, Xiaole Sun, Stefano Bonaglia, Francisco Nascimento, John Prytherch, Volker Brüchert, Maysoon Lundevall Zara, Märta Brunberg, Marc C. Geibel, Christoph Humborg, Alf Norkko
Nature Communications - 2023 -
Methane emissions from macrophyte beach wrack on Baltic
seashores
Mats Björk, Gunilla Rosenqvist, Fredrik Gröndahl, Stefano Bonaglia
Ambio - 2023 -
Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic
status
M. Zilius, M. Bartoli, Stefano Bonaglia, U. Cardini, V. G. Chiozzini, U. Marzocchi, P. C. Moraes, A. Zaiko, E. S. Braga
Marine Ecology Progress Series - 2023 -
Reconciling the importance of meiofauna respiration for oxygen demand in muddy coastal
sediments
Adele Maciute, O. Holovachov, R. N. Glud, E. Broman, P. Berg, F. J. A. Nascimento, Stefano Bonaglia
Limnology and Oceanography - 2023 -
Methane Emissions in Seagrass Meadows as a Small Offset to Carbon
Sequestration
Yvonne Yu Yan Yau, Gloria M.S. Reithmaier, Claudia Majtényi-Hill, O. Serrano, N. Pineiro-Juncal, M. Dahl, M. A. Mateo, Stefano Bonaglia, Isaac R. Santos
Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences - 2023 -
Meiofauna Shaping Biogeochemical
Processes
Stefano Bonaglia, Francisco Nascimento
New Horizons in Meiobenthos Research - 2023 -
Microbial functional genes are driven by gradients in sediment stoichiometry, oxygen, and salinity across the Baltic benthic
ecosystem
Elias Broman, Dandan Izabel-Shen, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón, Stefano Bonaglia, Sarahi L. Garcia, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Microbiome - 2022 -
High spatiotemporal variability of methane concentrations challenges estimates of emissions across vegetated coastal
ecosystems.
Florian Roth, Xiaole Sun, Marc C Geibel, John Prytherch, Volker Brüchert, Stefano Bonaglia, Elias Broman, Francisco Nascimento, Alf Norkko, Christoph Humborg
Global change biology - 2022 -
Enhanced benthic nitrous oxide and ammonium production after natural oxygenation of long-term anoxic
sediments
Astrid Hylén, Stefano Bonaglia, Elizabeth Robertson, Ugo Marzocchi, Mikhail Y Kononets, Per Hall
Limnology and Oceanography - 2022 -
High methane emissions from an anoxic fjord driven by mixing and
oxygenation
Stefano Bonaglia, Tobias Rütting, Mikhail Y Kononets, Anders Stigebrandt, Isaac R. Santos, Per Hall
Limnology and Oceanography Letters - 2022 -
Methane Emissions From Nordic Seagrass Meadow
Sediments
Maria. E. Asplund, Stefano Bonaglia, C Boström, M Dahl, Diana Deyanova, K Gagnon, M Gullström, M Holmer, M Björk
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2022 -
Partitioning benthic nitrogen cycle processes among three common macrofauna
holobionts
Mindaugas Zilius, Darius Daunys, Marco Bartoli, Ugo Marzocchi, Stefano Bonaglia, Ulisse Cardini, Giuseppe Castaldelli
Biogeochemistry - 2022 -
Intracellular nitrate storage by diatoms can be an important nitrogen pool in freshwater and marine
ecosystems
Peter Stief, Clemens Schauberger, Marie B. Lund, Andreas Greve, Raeid M.M. Abed, Mohammad A.A. Al-Najjar, Karl Attard, Stefano Bonaglia, Jörg S. Deutzmann, Belén Franco-Cisterna, Emilio García-Robledo, Moritz Holtappels, Uwe John, Adele Maciute, Michael J. Magee, Rie Pors, Tina Santl-Temkiv, Anja Scherwass, Duygu S. Sevilgen, Dirk de Beer, Ronnie N. Glud, Andreas Schramm, Anja Kamp
Communications Earth and Environment - 2022 -
Oxygen-deficient water zones in the Baltic Sea promote uncharacterized Hg methylating microorganisms in underlying
sediments
Eric Capo, Elias Broman, Stefano Bonaglia, Andrea G. Bravo, Stefan Bertilsson, Anne L. Soerensen, Jarone Pinhassi, Daniel Lundin, Moritz Buck, Per Hall, Francisco J.A. Nascimento, Erik Björn
Limnology and Oceanography - 2022 -
Sediment Remediation Using Activated Carbon: Effects of Sorbent Particle Size and Resuspension on Sequestration of Metals and Organic
Contaminants.
Robert Rämö, Stefano Bonaglia, Inna Nybom, Anne Kreutzer, Gesine Witt, Anna Sobek, Jonas S Gunnarsson
Environmental toxicology and chemistry - 2022 -
In situ incubations with the Gothenburg benthic chamber landers: applications and quality
control
Mikhail Y Kononets, Anders Tengberg, Madeleine Nilsson, Nils Ekeroth, Astrid Hylén, Elizabeth Robertson, Sebastiaan van de Velde, Stefano Bonaglia, Tobias Rütting, Sven Blomqvist, Per Hall
Journal of Marine Systems - 2021 -
Active DNRA and denitrification in oxic hypereutrophic
waters.
Elias Broman, Mindaugas Zilius, Aurelija Samuiloviene, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Tobia Politi, Isabell Klawonn, Maren Voss, Francisco J A Nascimento, Stefano Bonaglia
Water research - 2021 -
Spatiotemporal patterns of N2 fixation in coastal waters derived from rate measurements and remote
sensing
Mindaugas Zilius, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Diana Vaiciute, Donata Overlinge, Evelina Griniene, Anastasija Zaiko, Stefano Bonaglia, Iris Liskow, Maren Voss, Agneta Andersson, Sonia Brugel, Tobia Politi, Paul A. Bukaveckas
Biogeosciences - 2021 -
Depicting Temporal, Functional, and Phylogenetic Patterns in Estuarine Diazotrophic Communities from Environmental DNA and
RNA
Mindaugas Zilius, Aurelija Samuiloviene, Rūta Stanislauskienė, Elias Broman, Stefano Bonaglia, Rolandas Meškys, Anastasija Zaiko
Microbial Ecology - 2021 -
Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient
biogeochemistry
Isaac R. Santos, X. G. Chen, A. L. Lecher, A. H. Sawyer, N. Moosdorf, V. Rodellas, J. Tamborski, H. M. Cho, N. Dimova, R. Sugimoto, Stefano Bonaglia, H. L. Li, M. C. Hajati, L. Li
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - 2021 -
In situ characterization of benthic fluxes and denitrification efficiency in a newly re-established mussel
farm
Astrid Hylén, Daniel Taylor, Mikhail Y Kononets, Mats Lindegarth, Anna Stedt, Stefano Bonaglia, Per Bergström
Science of the Total Environment - 2021 -
High throughput shotgun sequencing of eRNA reveals taxonomic and derived functional shifts across a benthic productivity
gradient
Elias Broman, Stefano Bonaglia, Alf Norkko, Simon Creer, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Sediment Remediation with New Composite Sorbent Amendments to Sequester Phosphorus, Organic Contaminants, and
Metals.
Johan Wikström, Stefano Bonaglia, Robert Rämö, Gunno Renman, Jakob Walve, Johanna Hedberg, Jonas S Gunnarsson
Environmental Science & Technology - 2021 -
A microsensor-based method for measuring respiration of individual
nematodes
Adele Maciute, Oleksandr Holovachov, Peter Berg, Ronnie N. Glud, Elias Broman, Francisco J.A. Nascimento, Stefano Bonaglia
Methods in Ecology and Evolution - 2021 -
A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping
N-cycling
Tobia Politi, Rūta Barisevičiūte, Marco Bartoli, Stefano Bonaglia, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Ugo Marzocchi, Jolita Petkuviene, Aurelija Samuiloviene, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Anastasija Zaiko, Mindaugas Zilius
Freshwater Biology - 2021 -
Influence of settling organic matter quantity and quality on benthic nitrogen
cycling
Séréna Albert, Stefano Bonaglia, Nellie Stjärnkvist, Monika Winder, Bo Thamdrup, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Limnology and Oceanography - 2021 -
Physical Disturbance by Bottom Trawling Suspends Particulate Matter and Alters Biogeochemical Processes on and Near the
Seafloor
Clare Bradshaw, Martin Jakobsson, Volker Brüchert, Stefano Bonaglia, Carl Magnus Mörth, Julia Muchowski, Christian Stranne, Mattias Sköld
Frontiers in Marine Science - 2021 -
Cyanophage Diversity and Community Structure in Dead Zone
Sediments
Elias Broman, Karin Holmfeldt, Stefano Bonaglia, Per Hall, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
mSphere - 2021 -
Zebra Mussel Holobionts Fix and Recycle Nitrogen in Lagoon
Sediments
Ugo Marzocchi, Stefano Bonaglia, Anastasija Zaiko, Grazia M Quero, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Tobia Politi, Aurelija Samuiloviene, Mindaugas Zilius, Marco Bartoli, Ulisse Cardini
Frontiers in Microbiology - 2021 -
N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab
holobiont
Mindaugas Zilius, Stefano Bonaglia, Elias Broman, Vitor Gonsalez Chiozzini, Aurelija Samuiloviene, Francisco J.A. Nascimento, Ulisse Cardini, Marco Bartoli
Scientific Reports - 2020 -
Low Abundance of Methanotrophs in Sediments of Shallow Boreal Coastal Zones With High Water Methane
Concentrations
Elias Broman, Xiaole Sun, Christian Stranne, Marco G. Salgado, Stefano Bonaglia, Marc Geibel, Martin Jakobsson, Alf Norkko, Christoph Humborg, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Frontiers in Microbiology - 2020 -
Organic Contaminant Mixture Significantly Changes Microbenthic Community Structure and Increases the Expression of PAH Degradation
Genes
Sven Iburg, Inna Nybom, Stefano Bonaglia, Agnes M.L. Karlson, Anna Sobek, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Frontiers in Environmental Science - 2020 -
The effects of hydrological extremes on denitrification, dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) and mineralization in a coastal
lagoon
Monia Magri, Sara Benelli, Stefano Bonaglia, Mindaugas Zilius, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Marco Bartoli
Science of the Total Environment - 2020 -
Fueling of a marine-terrestrial ecosystem by a major seabird
colony.
J Hentati-Sundberg, C Raymond, M Sköld, O Svensson, B Gustafsson, Stefano Bonaglia
Scientific reports - 2020 -
Uncovering diversity and metabolic spectrum of animals in dead zone
sediments
Elias Broman, Stefano Bonaglia, Oleksandr Holovachov, Ugo Marzocchi, Per Hall, Francisco J.A. Nascimento
Communications Biology - 2020 -
Activated carbon stimulates microbial diversity and PAH biodegradation under anaerobic conditions in oil-polluted
sediments.
Stefano Bonaglia, Elias Broman, Björn Brindefalk, Erika Hedlund, Tomas Hjorth, Carl Rolff, Francisco J A Nascimento, Klas Udekwu, Jonas S Gunnarsson
Chemosphere - 2020 -
Meiofauna improve oxygenation and accelerate sulfide removal in the seasonally hypoxic
seabed.
Stefano Bonaglia, Johanna Hedberg, Ugo Marzocchi, Sven Iburg, Ronnie N Glud, Francisco J A Nascimento
Marine environmental research - 2020 -
Capping with activated carbon reduces nutrient fluxes, denitrification and meiofauna in contaminated
sediments.
Stefano Bonaglia, Robert Rämö, Ugo Marzocchi, Léonie Le Bouille, Martine Leermakers, Francisco J A Nascimento, Jonas S Gunnarsson
Water research - 2019