Publications

Enrico Montalbetti, Davide Seveso, Simone Farina, Simone Bava, Elisa Carta, Laura Castellano, Paolo Galli, Valerio Isa, Yohan D. Louis, Rossana Marzaioli, Davide Moccia, Stefania Papa, Flora Angela Rutigliano, Laura Tamburello, Roberto Arrigoni. "Wildfire ash undermines the physiology of the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa." Marine Environmental Research (2026): 107817.

Louis, Yohan D., Enrico Montalbetti, Valerio Isa, Davide Maggioni, Ludovico Pravettoni, Rebecca Pollutri, Jacopo Gobbato et al. "A multi-molecular biomarker assessment of thermal preconditioning in two scleractinian coral species." Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025): 34785.

Louis, Yohan D., Federico Cerri, and Paolo Galli. "Are coexisting mangrove-coral assemblages missing in the Maldives?." Marine Biodiversity 55, no. 1 (2025): 3.

Isa, Valerio, Davide Seveso, Eleonora Concari, Alessandro Becchi, Francesco Saliu, Marina Lasagni, Elena Maria Collina, Andrea Madaschi a b, Silvia Lavorano c, Simone Montano a b d, Yohan D. Louis a b d, Enrico Montalbetti a b d. "Evidence of oxidative stress in the soft coral Pinnigorgia flava (Nutting, 1910) exposed to secondary plastic nanofibers and related leachates." Environmental Pollution 366 (2025): 125433.

Rossella Nicolai, Giuseppe C Zuccarello, Ulf Karsten, Yohan D. Louis, Federico Cerri, Giulia Senna, Shazla Mohamed, Paolo Galli. "The benthic marine algae of the Maldives: historical insights into their diversity and distribution." Botanica Marina 68, no. 2 (2025): 101-111.

Toniolo, Lorenzo Massimo, Yohan D. Louis, Davide Seveso, Enrico Montalbetti, Jonas Khaw Chee Haw, Wei Long Ow Yong, Danwei Huang, and Jani Tanzil. "Effects of light limitation on the photophysiology of the coral Pachyseris speciosa from Singapore's turbid reefs." Coral Reefs (2025): 1-16.

Chiara Bises, Jacopo Gobbato, Niccolò Lainati, Inga Dehnert, Federica Siena, Davide Seveso, Enrico Montalbetti, Yohan D. Louis, Simone Montano. "Temporal patterns in coral disease prevalences at Thudufushi Island, Maldives, 2010-2022." Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 159 (2024): 133-142.

Federico Cerri, Yohan D. Louis, Luca Fallati, Federica Siena, Arindam Mazumdar, Rossella Nicolai, M Sami Zitouni, Aishath Shehenaz Adam, Shazla Mohamed, Silvia Lavorano, Paolo Galli. "Mangroves of the Maldives: a review of their distribution, diversity, ecological importance and biodiversity of associated flora and fauna." Aquatic Sciences 86, no. 2 (2024): 44.

Isa, Valerio, Davide Seveso, Luca Diamante, Enrico Montalbetti, Simone Montano, Jacopo Gobbato, Silvia Lavorano, Paolo Galli, and Yohan D. Louis. "Physical and cellular impact of environmentally relevant microplastic exposure on thermally challenged Pocillopora damicornis (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)." Science of the Total Environment 918 (2024): 170651.

Jacopo Gobbato, Thierry M Work, Martina P Facchinelli, Federica M Siena, Enrico Montalbetti, Davide Seveso, Yohan D. Louis, Paolo Galli, Simone Montano. "Pathology of tissue loss in three key gorgonian species in the Mediterranean Sea." Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 207 (2024): 108197.

Seveso, Davide, Yohan D. Louis, Ranjeet Bhagooli, Craig A. Downs, and Walter Dellisanti. "The cellular stress response and physiological adaptations of corals subjected to environmental stressors and pollutants, volume II." Frontiers in Physiology 15 (2024): 1473792.

Marco Contardi, Marta Fadda, Valerio Isa, Yohan D Louis, Andrea Madaschi, Sara Vencato, Enrico Montalbetti, Laura Bertolacci, Luca Ceseracciu, Davide Seveso, Silvia Lavorano, Paolo Galli, Athanassia Athanassiou, Simone Montano. "Biodegradable zein-based biocomposite films for underwater delivery of curcumin reduce thermal stress effects in corals." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, no. 28 (2023): 33916-33931.

Enrico Montalbetti, Valerio Isa, Sara Vencato, Yohan D. Louis, Simone Montano, Silvia Lavorano, Davide Maggioni, Paolo Galli, Davide Seveso. "Short-term microplastic exposure triggers cellular damage through oxidative stress in the soft coral Coelogorgia palmosa." Marine Biology Research 18, no. 7-8 (2022): 495-508.

Davide Seveso, Yohan D. Louis, Simone Montano, Paolo Galli, Francesco Saliu. "The Mauritius oil spill: what’s next?" Pollutants 1, no. 1 (2021): 18-28.

Ranjeet Bhagooli, Sushma Mattan-Moorgawa, Deepeeka Kaullysing, Yohan D. Louis, Arvind Gopeechund, Sundy Ramah, Mouneshwar Soondur, Sivajyodee Sannassy Pilly, Rima Beesoo, Diah Permata Wijayanti, Zainudin Bin Bachok, Víctor Cubillos Monrás, Beatriz Estela Casareto, Yoshimi Suzuki, Andrew Charles Baker. "Chlorophyll fluorescence–A tool to assess photosynthetic performance and stress photophysiology in symbiotic marine invertebrates and seaplants." Marine Pollution Bulletin 165 (2021): 112059.

Johan Hollander, Olof Linden, Mishal Gudka, M Duncan, D Obura, N James, R Bhagooli, J Nyanapah, C Onyango, J Duvane, Yohan D. Louis, et al. "Marine organisms response to climate change effects in the Western Indian Ocean." Journal of Indian Ocean Rim Studies 3, no. 1 (2020): 33-59.

Louis, Yohan D., Ranjeet Bhagooli, Davide Seveso, Davide Maggioni, Paolo Galli, Marina Vai, and Sabrina Devi Dyall. "Local acclimatisation‐driven differential gene and protein expression patterns of Hsp70 in Acropora muricata: Implications for coral tolerance to bleaching." Molecular Ecology 29, no. 22 (2020): 4382-4394.

Louis, Yohan D., Ranjeet Bhagooli, Carly D. Kenkel, Andrew C. Baker, and Sabrina D. Dyall. "Gene expression biomarkers of heat stress in scleractinian corals: promises and limitations." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 191 (2017): 63-77.

Louis, Yohan D., Deepeeka Kaullysing, Arvind Gopeechund, Sushma Mattan-Moorgawa, Theeshan Bahorun, Sabrina D. Dyall, and Ranjeet Bhagooli. "In hospite Symbiodinium photophysiology and antioxidant responses in Acropora muricata on a coast-reef scale: implications for variable bleaching patterns." Symbiosis 68, no. 1 (2016): 61-72.

Louis, Yohan D., S. Dyall, and Ranjeet Bhagooli. "Coast-reef scale physiological responses of Acropora muricata harboring Symbiodinium clade A." In Proceedings of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, pp. 258-277. 2016.