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Peer-review scientific articles:

Tedesco, L., Steiner, N., Pekeen, I., 2025. Sea-Ice Ecosystems, in Comprehensive Cryospheric Sciences and Environmental Change. Ed. Claire Earys, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-85242-5.00043-9. Access a preview here.Castellani, G., Tedesco, L., Steiner, N., Vancoppenolle, M, 2025. Numerical models of sea ice biogeochemistry. In: Sea Ice, Chapter 20. Ed.: Thomas, D.N., 4th Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, doi: 10.1002/9781394213764.ch20.Tedesco, L., Castellani, G., Duarte, P., Jin, M., Moreau, S., Mortenson, E., Saenz, B. T., Steiner, N., and Vancoppenolle, M., 2025. Brief communication: Intercomparison study reveals pathways for improving the representation of sea-ice biogeochemistry in models, EGUsphere [preprint], doi:10.5194/egusphere-2025-1107.Haapala, J., Muilwijk, M., Merkouriadi, I, ..Tedesco, L. et al. 2025. Review of physical processes and parameterizations of sea ice in a changing climate. ESS Open Archive [preprint], doi:10.22541/essoar.174139248.82214011/v1.Golledge, N., Hofmann, E., Raphael, M. and Tedesco, L. eds., 2024. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Frontiers Media SA.Tedesco, L.2023, Zooplankton dilemma in the twilight, Nat. Clim. Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01786-2. Download the accepted manuscript here.Willis, M. D., Lannuzel, D., Else, B., Angot, H., Campbell, K., Crabeck, O., Delille, B., Hayashida, H., Lizotte, M., Loose, B., Meiners, K. M., Miller, L., Moreau, S., Nomura, D., Prytherch, J., Schmale, J., Steiner, N., Tedesco, L., Thomas., J., 2023. Polar oceans and sea ice in a changing climate. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene; 11 (1): 00056, doi: 10.1525/elementa.2023.00056.Tedesco, L.. and Post, E., 2022. Sea ice: An extraordinary and unique, yet fragile, biome, Past Global Changes Magazine 30 (2), 76-77, doi:10.22498/pages.30.2.76.Campbell, K., Matero, I., Bellas, C., .., Tedesco, L. et al. 2022. Monitoring a changing Arctic: Recent advancements in the study of sea ice microbial communities, Ambio 51, 318–332, doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01658-z.Steiner, N. S., Bowman, J., Campbell, K., .. Tedesco, L. et al. 2021. Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene; 9 (1): 00007, doi: 10.1525/elementa.2021.00007.Lannuzel, D., Tedesco, L., van Leeuwe, M. et al., 2020. The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 983–992, doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00940-4.Miller, L., Fripiat, F., Moreau, S., Nomura, D., Stefels, J., Steiner, N., Tedesco, L., Vancoppenolle, M., 2020. Implication of Sea Ice Management for Arctic Biogeochemistry, EOS, 101, doi: 10.1029/2020EO149927.Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., Scoccimarro, E., 2019. Sea-ice algal phenology in a warmer Arctic, Science Advances,5, eaav4830, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav4830.Spilling, K., Tedesco, L., Klais, R., Olli, K., 2019. Changing Plankton Communities: Causes, Effects and Consequences, Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 272, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00272.Fransner, F., Fransson, A., Humborg, C., Gustafsson, E., Tedesco, L., Hordoir, R., and Nycander, J., 2019. Remineralization rate of terrestrial DOC as inferred from CO2 supersaturated coastal waters, Biogeosciences, 16, 863–879, doi: 10.5194/bg-16-863-2019.Spilling K., Olli K., Lehtoranta J., Kremp A., Tedesco, L., Tamelander T., Klais R., Peltonen H. and Tamminen T., 2018. Shifting Diatom-Dinoflagellate Dominance During Spring Bloom in the Baltic Sea and its Potential Effects on Biogeochemical Cycling. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:327, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00327 .van Leeuwe, M. A., Tedesco, L., Arrigo, K. A., Assmy, P., Campbell, K., Meiners, K. M., Rintala, J-M, Selz, V., Thomas, D. N., Stefels, J., 2018. Microalgal community structure and primary production in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: A synthesis. Elem Sci Anth,6: 4, doi: 10.1525/elementa.267.Fransner, F., Gustafsson, E., Tedesco, L.,Vichi, M., Hordoir, R., Roquet, F., Spilling, K., Kuznetsov, I., Eilola, K., Morth, C.-M., Humborg, C., and Nycander, J., 2018. Non‐Redfieldian dynamics explain seasonal pCO2 drawdown in the Gulf of Bothnia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 166-188, doi: 10.1002/2017JC013019.Tedesco, L., Miettunen E., An, B.W., Kaartokallio, H., Haapala, J., 2017. Long-term mesoscale variability of modelled sea-ice primary production in the northern Baltic Sea. Elem. Sci. Anth., 5: 29, doi: 10.1525/elementa.223.Lynam, C. P., Uusitalo, L., Patrício, P., Piroddi, C., Queiros, A. M., Teixeira, H., Rossberg, A. G., Sagarminaga, Y., Hyder, K., Niquil, N., Möllmann, C., Wilson, W., Chust, G., Galparsoro, I., Forster, R., Verissimo, H., Tedesco, L., Revilla, M., Neville, S., 2016. Uses of innovative modelling tools within the implementation of the marine strategy framework directive. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3:182, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00182.Tedesco, L., Piroddi, C., Kamari, M., Lynam, C., 2016. Capabilities of Baltic Sea models to assess environmental status for marine biodiversity. Marine Policy, 70 (1-12), doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.04.021.Steiner, N., Deal, C., , Lannuzel, D., Lavoie, D., Massonnet, F., Miller, L.A., Moreau, S., Popova, E., Stefels, J., Tedesco, L., 2016. What sea-ice biogeochemical modellers need from observational scientists, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 4: 000084, doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000084.Piroddi, C., Teixeira, H., Lynam, C., Smith, C., Alvarez, M., Mazik, K., Andonegi, E., Churilova, T., Tedesco, L., Chiet, M., et al., 2015. Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Ecological Indicators 58, 175-191, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.037.Tedesco, L., Vichi, M. Sea ice biogeochemistry: a guide for modellers, 2014. PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089217.Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., and Thomas, D. 2012, Process studies on the ecological coupling between sea ice algae and phytoplankton. Ecological Modelling, 226: 120-138, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.011.Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., Haapala, J., and Stipa, T., 2010. A dynamic Biologically-Active Layer for numerical studies of the sea ice ecosystem. Ocean Modelling, 35(1-2):89-104, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.06.008.Tedesco, L., Vichi, M., Haapala, J., and Stipa, T., 2009. An enhanced sea ice thermodynamic model applied to the Baltic Sea. Boreal Environmental Research, 14: 68–80.Tedesco, L., Socal, G., Bianchi, F., Acri, F., Veneri, D., and Vichi, M., 2007. NW Adriatic Sea biogeochemical variability in the last 20 years (1986-2005). Biogeosciences, 4, 673-687, doi:10.5194/bg-4-673-2007.

Articles for the general public

Tedesco, L., 2022, The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean, 360Info, doi:10.54377/47d8-ed5cThe BEPSII WG, 2020. Policy Brief: Effective Arctic climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies require consideration of biogeochemical and ecological impacts of sea-ice decline.

Scientific monographs and doctoral dissertation

PhD thesis
Tedesco, L., Modelling coupled physical-biogeochemical processes in ice-covered oceans, 2009. University of Bologna (Italy), PhD in Oceanography. Tutor: Prof. Nadia Pinardi (University of Bologna, Italy). Supervisor: Dr. Marcello Vichi (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Co-supervisors: Dr. Jari Haapala (Finnish Meteorological Institute, FMI, Finland) and Dr. Tapani Stipa (FMI, Finland). Opponent: Prof. David N. Thomas (Bangor University, UK). Date of dissertation: 19 June 2009.

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