Publications
Publications
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Rhode Island
Scucchia, F., Sauer, K., Fara, S., Mass, T., & Zaslansky, P. (2025). 4D insights into coral biomineralization: effects of ocean acidification on the early skeleton development of a stony coral. Advanced Science, e08585.
Ashey, J., Scucchia, F., Huffmyer, A., Putnam, H., & Mass, T. (2025). Thermal and Acidification Gradients Reveal Tolerance Thresholds in Pocillopora acuta Recruits. Molecular Ecology, e70116.Â
Bellworthy, J., Scucchia, F., Goodbody-Gringley, G., & Mass, T. (2024). Genomic, morphological, and physiological insights into coral acclimation along the depth gradient following an in situ reciprocal transplantation of planulae. Science of the Total Environment, 929, 172090.
Foster, B., Hugosson, F., Scucchia, F., Enjolras, C., Babonis, L., Hoaen, W., & Martindale, M. Q. (2024). A novel in vivo system to study coral biomineralization in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. iScience 27(3):109131.
Scucchia, F., Wong, K., Zaslansky, P., Putnam, H.M., Goodbody-Gringley, G., & Mass, T. (2023). Morphological and genetic mechanisms underlying the plasticity of the coral Porites astreoides across depths in Bermuda. Journal of Structural Biology, 108036.
Scucchia, F., Zaslansky, P., Boote, C., Doheny, A., Mass, T., Camp, E. (2023). The role and risks of selective adaptation in extreme coral habitats. Nature Communications, 14, 4475.
Bellworthy, J., Pardo, R., Scucchia, F., Zaslansky, P., Goodbody-Gringley, G., & Mass, T. (2023). Physiological and morphological plasticity in Stylophora pistillata larvae from Eilat, Israel, to shallow and mesophotic light conditions. iScience, 26(7).Â
Scucchia, F., Sauer, K., Zaslansky, P., & Mass, T. (2022). Artificial intelligence as a tool to study the 3D skeletal architecture in newly settled coral recruits: insights into the effects of Ocean Acidification on coral biomineralization. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), 391.
Chille, E.E., Strand, E., Scucchia, F., Neder, M., Schmidt, V., Sherman, M.O., Mass, T., & Putnam, H.M. (2022). Energetics but not development is impacted in coral embryos exposed to ocean acidification. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(19), jeb243187.
Goodbody-Gringley, G., Scucchia, F., Ju, R., Chequer, A., S., Einbinder, Martinez, S., Nativ, H., & Mass, T. (2021). Plasticity of Porites astreoides early life history stages suggests mesophotic coral ecosystems act as refugia in Bermuda. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1215.
Scucchia, F., Malik, A., Putnam, H. M., & Mass, T. (2021). Genetic and physiological traits conferring tolerance to ocean acidification in mesophotic corals. Global Change Biology, 27(20), 5276-5294.
Nativ, H., Scucchia, F., Martinez, S., Einbinder, S., Chequer, A., Goodbody-Gringley, G., & Mass, T. (2021). In situ Estimation of coral recruitment patterns from shallow to mesophotic reefs using an optimized fluorescence imaging system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1047.
Scucchia, F., Malik, A., Zaslansky, P., Putnam, H. M., & Mass, T. (2021). Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1953), 20210328.
Martinez, S., Kolodny, Y., Shemesh, E., Scucchia, F., Nevo, R., Levin-Zaidman, S., Paltiel, Y., Keren, N., Tchernov, D., & Mass, T. (2020). Energy sources of the depth-generalist mixotrophic coral Stylophora pistillata. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.
Scucchia, F., Nativ, H., Neder, M., Goodbody-Gringley, G., & Mass, T. (2020). Physiological characteristics of Stylophora pistillata larvae across a depth gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 13.