Research area:

benthic ecology, with special reference to the effect of natural factors and anthropogenic pressures on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in coastal marine and lagoon systems;

development of indicators of ecological and environmental status in application to the European Directives (WFD; 2006/60/EC and MSFD; 2008/56);

food webs studies (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N analysis), including the effect of invasive species on benthic–pelagic coupling;

biogeochemical processes, including the effect of bioturbation of benthic macroinvertebrates on oxygen and nutrient fluxes;

biodiversity and ecosystem services.

 

Membership in editorial boards, scientific communities, and other organizations:

associate editor – scientific journal Frontiers in Marine Science.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Giampaoletti J., Galli S., Gravina M. F., Magni P., Sbrana A. To change or not to change: Macrozoobenthic community variation versus persistence in Tortolì lagoon (Sardinia, Italy). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2025, vol. 313, art. no. 109067 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.109067

 

Chen S., Chen S., Tao Z., Li Y., Magni P., Zhang L., Zheng X., Pan K. The importance of organic matter in controlling the metal variability and mobility in seagrass sediments. Environmental Pollution, 2025, vol. 366, art. no. 125542 (10 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125542

 

Como S., Melouah K., Draredja M. A., Draredja B., Magni P. Variability of soft-bottom macrobenthic invertebrates at different spatial scales: Comparisons between habitats and seasons. Marine Environmental Research, 2024, vol. 197, art. no. 106488 (9 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106488

 

Lønborg C., Carreira C., Abril G., Agustí S., Amaral V., … Magni P. et al. A global database of dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration measurements in coastal waters (CoastDOM v1). Earth System Science Data, 2024, vol. 16, iss. 2, pp. 1107–1119. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1107-2024

 

Grassi E., Catani L., Magni P., Gravina M. F., Semprucci F. Taxonomic and functional diversity of nematode fauna: Two sides of the same coin in the ecological quality assessment of transitional environments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2023, vol. 295, art. no. 108550 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108550

 

Giampaoletti J., Sbrana A., Magni P., Gravina M. F. Macrobenthos of the Tortolì Lagoon: A peculiar case of high benthic biodiversity among Mediterranean lagoons. Diversity, 2023, vol. 15, iss. 6, art. no. 783 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060783

 

Magni P., Gravina M. F. Macrobenthos of lagoon ecosystems: A comparison in vegetated and bare sediments. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2023, vol. 14, no. 1, art. no. 11124 (9 p.). https://doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2023.11124

 

Magni P., Vesal S. E., Giampaoletti J., Como S., Gravina M. F. Joint use of biological traits, diversity and biotic indices to assess the ecological quality status of a Mediterranean transitional system. Ecological Indicators, 2023, vol. 147, art. no. 109939 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.109939

 

Avolio R., Grozdanov A., Avella M., Barton J., Cocca M., De Falco F., Dimitrov A. T., Errico M. E., Fanjul-Bolado P., Gentile G., Paunovic P., Ribotti A., Magni P. Review of pH sensing materials from macro- to nano-scale: Recent developments and examples of seawater applications. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2022, vol. 52, iss. 6, pp. 979–1021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2020.1843312

 

Magni P., Semprucci F., Gravina M. F. Joint analysis of macrofaunal and meiofaunal assemblages improves the assessment of lagoonal environmental heterogeneity. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022, vol. 266, art. no. 107740 (8 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107740

 

Brundu G., Magni P. Context-dependent effect of serpulid reefs on the variability of soft-bottom macrobenthic assemblages in three Mediterranean lagoons (Sardinia, Italy). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2021, vol. 2625, art. no. 107589 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107589