Ecohydrology

Collaborations

• École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
• Duke University
• Technical University of Denmark
• Universitat de Barcelona
• Università di Padova

Publications

• Enrico Bertuzzo, Damiano Pasetto: The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 11: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18050-2 (2020)
• Enrico Bertuzzo: The Metabolic Regimes at the Scale of an Entire Stream Network Unveiled Through Sensor Data and Machine Learning. ECOSYSTEMS: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00618-8 (2021)
• Elisa Stella, Jacopo Gabrieli, Carlo Barbante, Enrico Bertuzzo: Mapping environmental suitability for anthrax reemergence in the Arctic. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol.16: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2527 (2021)
• Enrico Bertuzzo: Scaling of dissolved organic carbon removal in river networks. ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES, vol.110: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.009 (2017)
• Enrico Bertuzzo: Unexpected large evasion fluxes of carbon dioxide from turbulent streams draining the world’s mountains. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol.10: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12905-z (2019)

Case studies

• Fluvial Metabolism and estimates of carbon dioxide emission from streams
• Publications:
  The Metabolic Regimes at the Scale of an Entire Stream Network Unveiled Through Sensor Data and Machine Learning
  Modeling the coupled dynamics of stream metabolism and microbial biomass
  Climate-Induced Changes in Spring Snowmelt Impact Ecosystem Metabolism and Carbon Fluxes in an Alpine Stream Network
  Unexpected large evasion fluxes of carbon dioxide from turbulent streams draining the world’s mountains
• In the press:
  Il respiro dei torrenti montani: emettono 30% della CO2 fluviale

• Impacts of mobile gates on the geomorphology of the Venice lagoon and on salt-marsh ecosystems
• Publications:
  A Minimalist Model of Salt-Marsh Vegetation Dynamics Driven by Species Competition and Dispersal
  Loss of geomorphic diversity in shallow tidal embayments promoted by storm-surge barriers

• Development of epidemiological models for forecasting COVID-19 epidemic in Italy
• Publications:
  The epidemicity index of recurrent SARS-CoV-2 infections
  Range of reproduction number estimates for COVID-19 spread
  The geography of COVID-19 spread in Italy and implications for the relaxation of confinement measures
  Spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: Effects of emergency containment measures
• From the press:
  Decreti Covid-19: in marzo evitati almeno 200mila ricoveri
  Isolare i casi per frenare Covid-19, studio su Nature Communications

Research projects

• EPIDOC, Data assimilation of epidemiological data and the optimal control for the short term forecast and management of COVID-19, Fondo Integrativo per la Ricerca (FISR 2020), Italian Ministry of University and Research
• NewTechAqua, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture (https://www.newtechaqua.eu/), Horizon 2020 European framework
• Smart solutions for the monitoring pollutants and environmental impact of highway runoff, European Social Fund, Veneto Region
• Venezia 2021, Research program for a regulated lagoon (http://www.corila.it/it/Venezia2021), Linea 3.2, Consorzio Ricerche Lagunari
• EUROFLOW, A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/765553), Role: Partner. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: European Training Network
• Cholera spreading and migration fluxes around lake Chad: The Niger case study. UNICEF Niger
• SMIRES: Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers & Ephemeral Stream (https://www.smires.eu/), COST-action, European Cooperation in Science and Technologies
• Nunataryuk, Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation (https://nunataryuk.org/), Horizon 2020 European framework