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Luciano Chiaverano

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS  39529  

Luciano.Chiaverano@usm.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2022

Hoover, A. M., Chiaverano, L., Deary, A. L., & Hernandez, F. (2022). Variation in larval Gulf Menhaden diet, growth and condition during an atypical winter freshwater-discharge event in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 265(5).

2021

Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Treible, L. M., Briseno-Avena, C., & Hernandez, F. J. (2021). From spatial pattern to ecological process through imaging zooplankton interactions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(8), 2664?2674.

2020

Greer, A. T., Boyette, A. D., Cruz, V. J., Cambazoglu, M. K., Dzwonkowski, B., Chiaverano, L. M., et al. (2020). Contrasting fine-scale distributional patterns of zooplankton driven by the formation of a diatom-dominated thin layer. Limnol. Oceanogr., 65(9), 2236–2258.
Parra, S. M., Sanial, V., Boyette, A. D., Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto, I. M., Greer, A. T., et al. (2020). Bonnet Carre Spillway freshwater transport and corresponding biochemical properties in the Mississippi Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 199, 104114.

2019

Greer, A., Chiaverano, L., Ditty, J., & Hernandez, F. (2019). In situ observations of fish larvae encased within a pelagic gelatinous matrix. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 614, 209–214.

2018

Greer, A., Shiller, A., Hofmann, E., Wiggert, J., Warner, S., Parra, S., et al. (2018). Functioning of Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems and Implications for Oil Spill Response: From Observations to Mechanisms and Models. Oceanog, 31(3).
Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Luo, J. Y., Cowen, R. K., & Graham, W. M. (2018). Ecology and behaviour of holoplanktonic scyphomedusae and their interactions with larval and juvenile fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(2), 751–763.

Conference Presentations - 9

2020

Briseno-Avena, C., Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Graham, W. M., & Cowen, R. K. (2020). The relationship between water column stratification, pelagic habitat heterogeneity and plankton diversity in a neritic, river-dominated environment. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Greer, A. T., Chiaverano, L. M., Cruz, V. J., Cambazoglu, M. K., Axler, K., Briseno-Avena, C., et al. (2020). Summer hypoxia, layering, and dynamic physical features alter fine-scale abundances of mesozooplankton and marine snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Chiaverano, L., Greer, A., Lestrade, O., Hernandez, F., Briseno-Avena, C., Cowen, R., et al. (2019). Fine-Scale Distributional Patterns of Gelatinous Zooplankton are Driven by Seasonal Environmental Changes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Chiaverano, L., Greer, A., Briseno-Avena, C., Lestrade, O., Hernandez, F., Cowen, R., et al. (2018). Stratification Drives Taxon-specific Distribution of Gelatinous Plankton at Fine Scales in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Greer, A., Church, I., Chiaverano, L., Briseno-Avena, C., Axler, K., Hernandez, F., et al. (2018). Patch Structure and Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Hypoxic Waters Measured with in situ Imaging and Multibeam Acoustics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Hoover, A., Briseno-Avena, C., Chiaverano, L., Deary, A., & Hernandez, F. (2018). Larval Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) diet, growth and condition during an anomalous high freshwater discharge event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Chiaverano, L. M., Greer, A. T., Pliru, A., Hernandez, F. J., & Graham, W. M. (2017). High resolution sampling of early stage Aurelia medusae and associated water column properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
Greer, A., Church, I., Chiaverano, L., Williamson, M., Briseno-Avena, C., & Cowen, R. (2017). Combining Multibeam Acoustics and In Situ Imaging to Resolve Patch Structure of Shrimp Aggregations and Gelatinous Zooplankton in Relation to Hypoxia. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Hoover, A. M., Chiaverano, L., Deary, A. L., & Hernandez, F. J. (2017). Spatial variation in larval Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) growth and condition during a high freshwater discharge event. In 41st Annual Larval Fish Conference. Austin, TX : 07/12/17-07/16/17.