Monica Gagliano
2007 PhD. in Marine Ecology, James Cook University (Australia)
1999 MSc. in Marine & Fishery Sciences, University of Aberdeen (UK) & University of Cape Town (South Africa)
1998 BSc. (Hons) in Marine Biology, University of North Wales Bangor (Wales)
Research Interests
My main research is broadly in evolutionary ecology with particular emphasis on the responses of individuals to changing environmental conditions and the proximate factors influencing these responses in the wild. I am particularly interested in the interplay between developmental physiology and maternal effects, and the long-lasting demographic consequences of phenotypic variation induced early in life at the individual and population level.
Currently, I am combining biochemical tools and whole-animal ecology to understand and quantify how parents can transmit information about environmental variability to their offspring. I primarily work with a pomacentrid fish study system which can be readily manipulated in field and laboratory experiments to address process-oriented questions on developmental and physiological trade-offs in the marine environment.
I am also involved in research on fluctuating asymmetry, compensatory growth, oxidative stress and senescence to determine the direction and strength of selection acting on the morphological and life history traits that contribute to fitness.
Publications
• GAGLIANO, M. (in press) On the spot: the absence of predators reveals eyespot plasticity in a marine fish. Behav. Ecol.
• GAGLIANO, M., DEPCZYNSKI, M., SIMPSON, S.D. & J. MOORE (2008) Dispersal without errors: symmetrical ears tune into the right frequency for survival. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 275:527-534.
• DEPCZYNSKI, M. & M. GAGLIANO (2007) Andaman blennies bathe in the tropical sun rather than in the water. Coral Reefs 26:677.
• GAGLIANO, M., McCORMICK M.I. & M.G. MEEKAN (2007) Survival against the odds: ontogenetic changes in selective pressure mediate growth-mortality trade-offs in a marine fish. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 274:1575-1582.
• GAGLIANO, M., McCORMICK M.I. & M.G. MEEKAN (2007) Temperature-induced shifts in selective pressure at a critical developmental transition. Oecologia 152:219-225.
• GAGLIANO, M. & M.I. McCORMICK (2007) Maternal condition influences phenotypic selection on offspring. J. Anim. Ecol. 76:174-182.
• GAGLIANO, M., & M.I. McCORMICK (2007) Compensating in the wild: is flexible growth the key to early juvenile survival? Oikos 116:111-120.
• GAGLIANO, M., KOWALEWSKY S. & M.I. McCORMICK (2006) An alternative method for the preservation of tropical fish larvae. J.Fish Biol. 68:634-639.
• BAY, L.K., BUECHLER, K., GAGLIANO, M. & M. J. CALEY (2006) Intraspecific variation in the pelagic larval duration of tropical reef fishes. J.Fish Biol. 68:1206-1214.
• GRISTINA, M., FIORENTINO, F., GAROFALO, G., GAGLIANO, M., MORIZZO, G. & S. CUSUMANO (2006) Protection effects on European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas Fabricius, 1787) in the Isole Egadi Marine Reserve. Biol. Mar. Med. 12:404-409.
• GAGLIANO, M. & M.I. McCORMICK (2004) Feeding history influences otolith shape in tropical fish. Mar.Ecol.Prog.Ser. 278: 291-296
• GRISTINA, M. & M. GAGLIANO (2004). Performance of traditional rush and modern plastic traps on the capture of Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) in laboratory tanks. Fish. Res. 66: 235-239.
• GAGLIANO, M., FIORENTINO, F. & S. RAGONESE (2002) New record of Caulerpa racemosa in the south-western Sicilian waters. Naturalista sicil. 26:155-159.
• GAGLIANO, M., TUYA, F., MARTIN GARCÌA, J. & O. AYZA MASCARELL (2002) Experimental evaluation on fish assemblages associated with artificial structures: a preliminary study. Biol. Mar. Med. 9 (1):754-757.
• Gagliano, m., Gancedo, u., Coca, j., & A.G. Ramos (2002) Real time remote sensing monitoring of the western Mediterranean. Biol. Mar. Med. 9 (1):870-873.
