91探花

Dr. Maysa Ito

Postdoctoral Reseacher

Forschungsbereich 3: Marine 脰kologie
Marine Evolutions枚kologie - Ecosystem Modelling Working Group

 

Research interests:

I am a marine ecologist focused on understanding the impacts of current global changes on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. My research employs both experimental and modeling approaches to address ecological questions. I conduct mesocosm experiments to investigate how climate change alters ecological interactions and I use ecosystem modeling to examine the impacts of human activities (e.g. fisheries) on food webs.

 

Publications:

13. Ito, M., Guy-Haim, T., Sawall, Y., Franz, M., Buchholz, B., Hansen, T., Neitzel, P., Pansch, C., Steinhoff, T., Wahl, M., Weinberger, F., Scotti, M. Mechanistic understanding of the heatwaves effects on various levels of ecological hierarchy in a temperate benthic ecosystem. Accepted at Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

12. MacNeil, L., Joly, L., Ito, M., Mehler, K., Steinman, A., Scotti, M. Sizing mudsnails: Applying superpixels to scale growth detection under ocean warming. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

11. Carcedo, M.C., Scotti, M., Ito, M., Blasina, G., Molina, J., Mart铆nez, M., Cardona, J. E.G., Moyano, J., Men茅ndez, M.C., Dutto, M.S., Cazorla, A.L., Fiori, S.M., 2024. Niche width and overlap of benthic invertebrates in surf zones increase with distance from the estuarine source of organic matter. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 298, p.108620.

10. Ito, M., Halouani, G., Cresson, P., Giraldo C., Girardin R., 2023. Detection of fishing pressure using ecological network indicators derived from ecosystem models. Ecological Indicators, 147, p.110011.

9. Melbourne-Thomas, J., Tommasi, D., Gehlen, M., Murphy E.J., Beckensteiner J., Bravo, F., Eddy, T.D., Fischer, M., Fulton, E., Gogina, M., Hofmann, E., Ito, M., Mynott, S., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Osiecka, A.N., Payne, M.R., Sald铆var-Lucio, R., Scherrer, K.J.N., 2023. Lighting the Grey Zone: integrating human dimensions in decadal-scale prediction for marine social-ecological systems. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(1), pp.16-30.

8. Sawall, Y., Nicosia, A.M., McLaughlin, K. and Ito, M., 2022. Physiological responses and adjustments of corals to strong seasonal temperature variations (20鈥�28掳 C). Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(13), p.jeb244196.

7. Sawall, Y., Ito, M. and Pansch, C., 2021. Chronically elevated sea surface temperatures revealed high susceptibility of the eelgrass Zostera marina to winter and spring warming. Limnology and Oceanography, 66(12), pp.4112-4124.

6. Wahl, M., Werner, F.J., Buchholz, B., Raddatz, S., Graiff, A., Matthiessen, B., Karsten, U., Hiebenthal, C., Hamer, J., Ito, M. and G眉lzow, E., 2020. Season affects strength and direction of the interactive impacts of ocean warming and biotic stress in a coastal seaweed ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(4), pp.807-827.

5. Saha, M., Barboza, F.R., Somerfield, P.J., Al鈥怞anabi, B., Beck, M., Brakel, J., Ito, M., Pansch, C., Nascimento鈥怱chulze, J.C., Jakobsson Thor, S. and Weinberger, F., 2020. Response of foundation macrophytes to near鈥恘atural simulated marine heatwaves. Global change biology, 26(2), pp.417-430.

4. Ito, M., Scotti, M., Franz, M., Barboza, F.R., Buchholz, B., Zimmer, M., Guy-Haim, T. and Wahl, M., 2019. Effects of temperature on carbon circulation in macroalgal food webs are mediated by herbivores. Marine Biology, 166(12), pp.1-11.

3. Carcedo, M.C., Fiori, S.M., Scotti, M., Ito, M., Dutto, M.S. and Carbone, M.E., 2019. Dominant Bivalve in an Exposed Sandy Beach Regulates Community Structure Through Spatial Competition. Estuaries and Coasts, 42(7), pp.1912-1923.

2. Ito, M., Franz, M. and Barboza, F.R., 2019. Pathways to link biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: from monitoring to complex ecological interactions studies. Community Ecology, 20(2), pp.107-109.

1. Pansch, C., Scotti, M., Barboza, F.R., Al鈥怞anabi, B., Brakel, J., Briski, E., Bucholz, B., Franz, M., Ito, M., Paiva, F. and Saha, M., 2018. Heat waves and their significance for a temperate benthic community: A near鈥恘atural experimental approach. Global change biology, 24(9), pp.4357-4367.

 

Report:

1. Gomes, V., Van Ngan, P., de ACR Passos, M.J., da Silva Rocha, A.J., Hasue, F.M., Machado, A.S.D., Sart贸rio, P.V., Ferreira, J.P.L., Vignardi, C.P., Campos, D.Y.F. and Ito, M., 2013. Study on the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) and Organic Contaminants on Antarctic Marine Animals from Shallow Waters. INCT-APA Annual Activity Report, v. 1, p. 126鈥�130.

 

 

Career / Education:

2022-present Postdoctoral researcher at 91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany)

2020-2021 Postdoctoral researcher at Ifremer Channel and North Sea (France)

2020 Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at 91探花 Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany)

2014 M.Sc. in Ecohydrology at Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Ecohydrology at Lodz University (Poland) and Kiel University (Germany)

2008 B.Sc. in Marine Biology and Coastal Management at Universidade Estadual Paulista 鈥淛煤lio de Mesquita Filho鈥� (Brazil)