Bruno Scotto di Carlo (1939–1988)
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Journal of Plankton Research Vol.12 no.2 pp.245-248, 1990 Obituary Bruno Scotto di Carlo (1939-1988) The Italian and international scientific community has recently been struck by a tragedy without precedence for the Mediterranean Sea. The research vessel 'Posillipo' of the Stazione Zoologica of Naples, Italy, sank in the waters of the Gult of Naples during a storm on December 15, 1988. Of the crew, consisting of Bruno Scotto di Carlo, his young research assistant, Patrizia Mascellaro, the captain-master, Vincenzo Tramontano and the ship-mate, Francesco DiLiello, only the last has survived. This brief recollection is dedicated to Bruno Scotto di Carlo even though the three persons lost will forever be remembered together in the hearts of colleagues and friends. Bruno Scotto di Carlo was Head of the Biological Oceanography Department of the Stazione Zoologica of Naples, a department created ~15 years ago with the aim of promoting permanent research on the ecology of the Gulf of Naples. Towards this objective, the laboratory had gathered together the ecological competences within the institute and promoted a number of national and international collaborations. Bruno had taken up the direction of the depart- ment in 1982 at the end of an initial stage of organizational efforts and had guided it toward levels of prominent international recognition pursued with unwavering determination. Bruno's scientific career had evolved coherently in the field of zooplankton research, with particular interests in the systematics and ecology of pelagic copepods. In a first phase of his work, Bruno's studies were devoted to problems concerning the faunistics and biogeography of copepod communities of the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas, in the framework of broader problems regarding the relationships between Western and Eastern Mediterranean basins. Of particular interest were the results obtained on the existence of a deep-sea copepod community that is quantitatively important and yet almost unknown for the Mediterranean. These results led Bruno to investigate structural and functional aspects of this community. A series of studies followed on the bathymetric zonation of copepod communities, their seasonal variation, and diel and ontogenetic vertical migrations with the aim of verifying whether the model proposed by Vinogradov for oceanic basins was applicable for the interpretation of the distribution and dynamics of Mediterranean communities. The results of these studies led to the identification for the Mediterranean of vertical patterns that differed substantially from the oceanic ones. They have also stressed the role of intermediate-water copepods on the efficient exploitation of the energy produced in surface layers. Deep Mediterranean waters are in fact lacking in bathypelagic species, being characterized, in both structural and functional terms, by species of the intermediate layers. Other lines of research included both biological and ecological aspects of the vertical migration of copepods, their role within eutrophic coastal systems, and the incidence of parasitic 245 at University of Sussex on October 3, 2012 http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/ Downloaded from
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Journal of Plankton Research Vol.12 no.2 pp.245-248, 1990
ObituaryBruno Scotto di Carlo (1939-1988)
The Italian and international scientific community has recently been struck by atragedy without precedence for the Mediterranean Sea. The research vessel'Posillipo' of the Stazione Zoologica of Naples, Italy, sank in the waters of theGult of Naples during a storm on December 15, 1988. Of the crew, consisting ofBruno Scotto di Carlo, his young research assistant, Patrizia Mascellaro, thecaptain-master, Vincenzo Tramontano and the ship-mate, Francesco DiLiello,only the last has survived. This brief recollection is dedicated to Bruno Scotto diCarlo even though the three persons lost will forever be remembered together inthe hearts of colleagues and friends.
Bruno Scotto di Carlo was Head of the Biological Oceanography Departmentof the Stazione Zoologica of Naples, a department created ~15 years ago withthe aim of promoting permanent research on the ecology of the Gulf of Naples.Towards this objective, the laboratory had gathered together the ecologicalcompetences within the institute and promoted a number of national andinternational collaborations. Bruno had taken up the direction of the depart-ment in 1982 at the end of an initial stage of organizational efforts and hadguided it toward levels of prominent international recognition pursued withunwavering determination.
Bruno's scientific career had evolved coherently in the field of zooplanktonresearch, with particular interests in the systematics and ecology of pelagiccopepods. In a first phase of his work, Bruno's studies were devoted to problemsconcerning the faunistics and biogeography of copepod communities of theAdriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas, in the framework of broader problems regardingthe relationships between Western and Eastern Mediterranean basins. Ofparticular interest were the results obtained on the existence of a deep-seacopepod community that is quantitatively important and yet almost unknown forthe Mediterranean. These results led Bruno to investigate structural andfunctional aspects of this community. A series of studies followed on thebathymetric zonation of copepod communities, their seasonal variation, and dieland ontogenetic vertical migrations with the aim of verifying whether the modelproposed by Vinogradov for oceanic basins was applicable for the interpretationof the distribution and dynamics of Mediterranean communities. The results ofthese studies led to the identification for the Mediterranean of vertical patternsthat differed substantially from the oceanic ones. They have also stressed therole of intermediate-water copepods on the efficient exploitation of the energyproduced in surface layers. Deep Mediterranean waters are in fact lacking inbathypelagic species, being characterized, in both structural and functionalterms, by species of the intermediate layers. Other lines of research includedboth biological and ecological aspects of the vertical migration of copepods,their role within eutrophic coastal systems, and the incidence of parasitic
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infestations on the populations dynamics of important littoral species, e.g.Paracalanus parvus.
The results of Bruno's scientific activities have appeared in leading journals,e.g. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Journal of PlanktonResearch, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Marine EcologyP.S.Z.N.I. Bruno's prominent role within the Mediterranean scientific com-munity was recently recognized with his election as president of the PlanktonCommittee of the International Commission for the Exploration of theMediterranean Sea (C.I.E.S.M.).
Since this brief recollection stems not only from 20 years of working togetherat the Stazione Zoologica but also from an equally long and solid friendship, Icannot help but mention that Bruno's reputation was based not only on hisscientific achievements but also on his rich and sagacious personality and openand cordial character. I am convinced that much of Bruno's success as a teacherof many young Italian and foreign students is due to this human side of hispersonality. He believed that scientific research was but one aspect of thecultural maturation of an individual that could not be fully achieved outside adimension merging and guiding both daily professional activities and personalrelationships.
Gian Carlo CanadaDepartment of Zoology,
University of Naples
List of scientific publications
1. Scotto di Carlo.B. (1966) Le Alveoline del Gargano nordorientale. Pal. Ital., 61, 65-73.2. Scotto di Carlo,B. (1967) Description of the male of Corissa parva FARRAN (pelagic
copepoda). Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 35, 239-242.3. Hure,J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1967) Revision du genre Vettoria WILSON, 1924 (copepodes
pelagiques). Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 35, 286-299.4. Gamulin.T., Hure,J. and Scotto di Carlo,B. (1968) Comparazione tra lo zooplancton del Golfo
di Napoli e dell'Adriatico meridionale presso Dubrovnik. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 36, 8-20.5. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1968) Comparazione tra lo zooplancton del Golfo di Napoli e
dell'Adriatico meridionale presso Dubrovnik. I. Copepoda. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 36,21-102.
6. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1968) Two new species of Scaphocalanus (Copepoda:Calanoidea) from the Mediterranean Sea. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 36, 152-166.
7. Scotto di Carlo,B. (1968) Quelques considerations sur les Copepodes pelagiques de profondeurdu Golfe de Naples. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Mtditerr., Monaco, 19,501-503.
8. Hure,J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1969) Ripartizione quantitativa e distribuzione verticale deiCopepodi pelagjci di profondita su una stazione nel mar TiiTeno ed una neU'Adriaticomeridionale. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 37, 51-83.
9. HureJ. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1969) Copepodi pelagici dell'Adriatico settentrionale nelperiodo gennaio-dicembre 1965. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 37, 173-195.
10. Hure,J., Scotto di Carlo.B. and Basile.A. (1969) Comparazione tra lo zooplancton del Golfo diNapoli e dell'Adriatico meridionale presso Dubrovnik. II. Amphipoda (Hyperiidea). Pubbl. Stn.Zool. Napoli, 37, 599-609.
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11. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo,B. (1969) Diurnal vertical migration of some deep water Copepodsin the Southern Adriatic (East Mediterranean). Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 37, 581-598.
12. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1970) Distribuzione e frequenza del specie del genereClausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 (Copepoda: Calanoida) nel Golfo di Napoli e nell'Adriaticomeridionale. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 38, 289-304.
13. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1971) Importance quantitative et distribution verticale desCopepodes pelagiques de profondeur de la mer Tyrrhenienne et de PAdriatique meridionale.Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 30, 401-404.
14. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1974) New patterns of diurnal vertical migration of some deepwater copepods in the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas. Mar. Biol, 28, 173-184.
15. Scotto di Carlo.B., Hure.J. and Miralto.A. (1975) Bathypelagic Copepods collected off island ofPonza (Mediterranean Sea) in June 1973 and June 1974. Pubbl. Stn. Zool. Napoli, 39,176-186.
16. Hure.J. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1977) An account of the Copepod distribution of the surfacecommunity in the Adriatic Sea. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr.,Monaco, 24, 133-134.
17. Hure.J., Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1979) "Vila Velebita" Expedition in the KvarnerRegion (Adriatic Sea). Planktonic Copepods. Thalassia Jugosl., 15, 203-216.
18. Berdar.A., Costanzo.G., Guglielmo.L., Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1979) Some aspectson the feeding habits of two species of mid-water fishes stranded on the shores of the Strait ofMessina. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 25/26, 209-210.
20. Hure.J., Ianora,A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1979) Spatial distribution of pelagic copepods in theAdriatic Sea. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 25/26,141-142.
21. Hure.J., Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1979) Copepod density in the open waters of theAdriatic Sea. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 25/26,139-140.
22. Carrada,G.C, Hopkins.T.S., Bonaduce.G., Ianora.A., Marino,D., Modigh.M., Riberad'Alcala,M. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1980) Variability in the hydrographic and biological featuresof the Gulf of Naples. P.S.Z.N.I: Mar. Ecol, 1, 105-120.
23. Hure.J., Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1980) Temporal and spatial distribution of copepodcommunities in the Adriatic Sea. / . Plankton Res., 2, 1-22.
24. Ianora,A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1981) Vertical distribution of Mediterranean deep-seacopepods. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 27, 165-167.
25. Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1981) Distribution and annual cycles of SiphonophoraCalicophora in the Gulf of Naples and adjacent waters. Arch. Oceanogr. Limnol, 20, 51-65.
26. Scotto di Carlo.B., Costanzo.G., Fresi.E., Guglielmo.L. and Ianora.A. (1982) Feeding ecologyand stranding mechanisms in two lanternfishes Hygophum benoiti and Myctophum punctatum.Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 9, 13-24.
27. Scotto di Carlo.B. and Ianora.A. (1983) Standing stocks and species composition ofMediterranean zooplankton. In Carrada.G.C, Hopkins.T.S., Jeftic.Lj. and Morcos.S. (eds),Quantitative Analysis and Simulation of Mediterranean Coastal Ecosystems: the Gulf of Naples, aCase Study. Unesco Rep. Mar. Sci., 20, 59-69.
28. Scotto di Carlo.B. and Ianora.A. (1983) Atlantis II Cruise: copepod assemblages in deepMediterranean waters. Rapp. P.-V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl. Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 28,149-151.
29. Scotto di Carlo.B., Ianora.A., Fresi.E. and Hure,J. (1984) Vertical zonation patterns forMediterranean copepods from the surface to 3000 m at a fixed station in the Tyrrhenian Sea. /.Plankton Res., 6, 1031-1036.
30. Genovese.S., Guglielmo.L., Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1985) Osservazioni biologichecon il mesoscafo "Forel" nello Stretto di Messina. Arch. Oceanogr. Limnol., 20, 1-30.
31. Ianora,A., Mazzocchi.M.G. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1985) Zooplankton community structurefor coastal waters of the Gulf of Naples. Summer 1983. Rapp. P. -V. Riun., Commun. Int. Expl.Sci. Mer Miditerr., Monaco, 29, 299-300.
32. Scotto di Carlo.B., Tomas.C.R., Ianora.A., Marino,D., Mazzocchi.M.G., Montresor.M.,Petrillo,L., Ribera d'Alcala.M., Saggiomo.V. and Zingone.A. (1985) Uno studio integratodell'ecosistema pelagico costiero del Golfo di Napoli. Nova Thalassia, 7, 99-128.
33. Scotto di Carlo.B. (1985) Appunti sullo zooplancton del Mediterraneo. Nova Thalassia, 7,83-97.
34. Ianora,A., Mazzocchi.M.G. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1987) Impact of parasitism and intersexual-ity on Mediterranean populations of Paracalanus parvus (Copepoda: Calanoida). Dis. Aquat.Org., 3, 29-36.
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35. Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1988) Observations on egg production rates and seasonalchanges in the internal morphology of Mediterranean population of Acartia clausi andCentropages typicus. Hydrobiologia, 167/168, 247-253.
36. Ianora.A., Scotto di Carlo.B. and Mascellaro,P. (1988) Reproductive biology of the planktoniccopepod Temora stylifera. Mar. Biol., 101, 187-194.
37. Ianora.A. and Scotto di Carlo.B. (1988) Parasitic infestations in coastal Mediterraneancopepods. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer M6dit., 31(2), 233.
38. Ianora.A., Scotto di Carlo.B., Mazzocchi.M.G. and Mascellaro.P. (1990) Histomorphologicalchanges in the reproductive condition of parasitized marine planktonic copepods. J. PlanktonRes., 12,249-258.
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