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BALESTRA, VALENTINA
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture
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Falling from the ceiling: first evidence of microplastic and microfibre pollution in cave dripping waters
2026 Balestra, Valentina; Mossotti, Raffaella; Zini, Luca; Bellopede, Rossana
Living at the Interface: Behavioral, Evolutionary and Ecological Insights of Spring Use by Highly Mobile Stygobiont Crustaceans, Troglocaris planinensis (Decapoda: Atyidae)
2026 Manenti, Raoul; Zampieri, Veronica; Cassarino, Filippomaria; Brognoli, Damiano; Mauri, Edgardo; Terraneo, Giorgia; Lo Parrino, Elia; Bruschi, Raffaele; Balestra, Valentina; Lapadula, Stefano; Galbiati, Matteo; Messina, Valeria; Falaschi, Mattia; Barzaghi, Benedetta; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Melotto, Andrea
Microplastic and microfibre pollution in confined aquifers: insights from Italy
2026 Balestra, Valentina; Valle, Matteo; Bellopede, Rossana; Fiorucci, Adriano
Microplastic and Microfibre Pollution in Greenland Surface Ice: A Preliminary Study
2026 Balestra, Valentina; Akyildiz, Sinem Hazal; Wadhams, Peter; Bellopede, Rossana
Microplastics contamination in Isinuka springs and CO2- seeping freshwater systems in South Africa: a baseline study
2026 Mutshekwa, Thendo; Mlambo, Musa C; Odume, Oghenekaro N; Madikizela, Phindile; Owowenu, Enahoro K; Mulaudzi, Fulufhelo; Balestra, Valentina; Mofu, Lubabalo; Naidoo, Trishan; Motitsoe, Samuel N
Spatial patterns and short-term deposition of atmospheric microplastics in an urban environment
2026 Mutshekwa, Thendo; Mkhencele, Solethu; Lebepe, Jeffrey; Balestra, Valentina; Mofu, Lubabalo; Motitsoe, Samuel N.
The invisible problem of microplastics and microfibres in karst systems and aquifers: a multidisciplinary approach
2026 Balestra, Valentina
The rhythm of the night: Assessing temporal variation of activity patterns in arhythmic environments from field data
2026 Lo Parrino, Elia; Lapadula, Stefano; Brognoli, Damiano; Terraneo, Giorgia; Barzaghi, Benedetta; Boulamail, Sarah; Balestra, Valentina; Galbiati, Matteo; Gandini, Jacopo Luciano; Grassi, Giorgio; Falaschi, Mattia; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Inguscio, Salvatore; Messina, Valeria; Mauri, Edgardo; Passoni, Francesco; Zampieri, Veronica; Cozzoli, Francesco; Manenti, Raoul
The role of coastal karst environments for the conservation of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean area
2026 Dato, Giacomo Actis; Ottonello, Dario; Fiorucci, Adriano; Vigna, Bartolomeo; Capurro, Matteo; Balestra, Valentina; Oneto, Fabrizio
Tracing the invisible along the surface-subsurface continuum: bisphenols and microplastic pollution in karst system waters
2026 Balestra, Valentina; Ochoa-Esteso, Clara; Lerma-García, María Jesús; Bellopede, Rossana; Carrasco-Correa, Enrique Javier
Understanding benefits and risks of exploiting spring habitats by subterranean animals: insights from a mark-recapture study on the olm (Proteus anguinus)
2026 Barzaghi, Benedetta; Grassi, Giorgio; Creanza, Thomas; Gajdošová, Magdalena; Zampieri, Veronica; Lapadula, Stefano; Galbiati, Matteo; Balázs, Gergely; Borgatti, Danilo; Balestra, Valentina; Messina, Valeria; Mauri, Edgardo; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Manenti, Raoul
Back from the underworld: the exploitation of spring habitats by stygobiont species
2025 Manenti, Raoul; Zampieri, Veronica; Pacinotti, Giulia; Cassarino, Filippomaria; Galbiati, Matteo; Lapadula, Stefano; Gajdošová, Magdalena; Messina, Valeria; Balestra, Valentina; Falaschi, Mattia; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Barzaghi, Benedetta
Bioclimatic Influence on the Nutritional Composition, In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Urtica dioica
2025 Abid, Khalil; Abidi, Takwa; Benrajeb, Saifddine; Balestra, Valentina; Barbera, Salvatore; Issaoui, Rabeb; Kaihara, Hatsumi; Niama, Wijdem; Aroua, Mohamed; Mahouachi, Mokhtar; Ben Said, Samia; Tassone, Sonia
Comparison of methodologies for microfiber analysis across different stages of wastewater from a textile dyeing company
2025 Akyıldız, Sinem Hazal; Balestra, Valentina; Drudi, Lia; Marini, Paola; Bellopede, Rossana
Comunichiamo la scienza: Le grotte raccontate sotto una nuova veste grafica. “A Speleologist's Life”
2025 Di Silvestro, Gianpaolo; Greco, Corrado; Urbinati, Francesca; Balestra, Valentina
Dal letame nascono i fiori. E dal guano?
2025 Galliano, Yuri; Balestra, Valentina
Degradation of Microplastics in an In Vitro Ruminal Environment
2025 Tassone, Sonia; Issaoui, Rabeb; Balestra, Valentina; Barbera, Salvatore; Fadda, Marta; Kaihara, Hatsumi; Glorio Patrucco, Sara; Pragliola, Stefania; Venditto, Vincenzo; Abid, Khalil
Explorations in the dark continent: Did microplastics and microfibres get here before us?
2025 Balestra, Valentina; Bellopede, Rossana
From production to pollution: a review of microfiber release mechanisms and mitigation strategies in the textile industry
2025 Akyildiz, Sinem Hazal; Sezgin, Hande; Yalçın Eniş, İpek; Balestra, Valentina; Marini, Paola; Bellopede, Rossana
I Leptodirini nelle Alpi occidentali: aggiornamento al 2024 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)
2025 Lana, Enrico; Mauro Giachino, Pier; Balestra, Valentina
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| Falling from the ceiling: first evidence of microplastic and microfibre pollution in cave dripping waters / Balestra, V., Mossotti, R., Zini, L., Bellopede, R.. - In: GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. - ISSN 2352-801X. - 34:(2026). [10.1016/j.gsd.2026.101669] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, ValentinaBellopede, Rossana + | 2026+Balestra+et+al+-+Falling+from+the+ceiling+first+evidence+of+microplastic+and+microfibre+pollution+in+cave+dripping+waters_mini.pdf |
| Living at the Interface: Behavioral, Evolutionary and Ecological Insights of Spring Use by Highly Mobile Stygobiont Crustaceans, Troglocaris planinensis (Decapoda: Atyidae) / Manenti, R., Zampieri, V., Cassarino, F., Brognoli, D., Mauri, E., Terraneo, G., Lo Parrino, E., Bruschi, R., Balestra, V., Lapadula, S., Galbiati, M., Messina, V., Falaschi, M., Barzaghi, B., Ficetola, G.F., Melotto, A.. - In: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. - ISSN 2045-7758. - 16:4(2026). [10.1002/ece3.73338] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, Valentina + | 2026 Manenti et al - Living at the Interface Behavioral Evolutionary and Ecological Insights of spring use by highly mobile stygobiont crustaceans Troglocaris planinensis.pdf |
| Microplastic and microfibre pollution in confined aquifers: insights from Italy / Balestra, V., Valle, M., Bellopede, R., Fiorucci, A.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 300:(2026). [10.1016/j.envres.2026.124416] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, ValentinaValle, MatteoBellopede, RossanaFiorucci, Adriano | 2026+Balestra+et+al.+-+Microplastic+and+microfibre+pollution+in+confined+aquifers,+insights+from+Italy_mini.pdf |
| Microplastic and Microfibre Pollution in Greenland Surface Ice: A Preliminary Study / Balestra, V., Akyildiz, S.H., Wadhams, P., Bellopede, R.. - In: WATER. - ISSN 2073-4441. - 18:7(2026), pp. 1-14. | 1-gen-2026 | Valentina BalestraSinem Hazal AkyildizPeter WadhamsRossana Bellopede | Microplastic and Microfibre Pollution in Greenland Surface Ice A Preliminary Study .pdf |
| Microplastics contamination in Isinuka springs and CO2- seeping freshwater systems in South Africa: a baseline study / Mutshekwa, T., Mlambo, M.C., Odume, O.N., Madikizela, P., Owowenu, E.K., Mulaudzi, F., Balestra, V., Mofu, L., Naidoo, T., Motitsoe, S.N.. - In: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCES. - ISSN 1608-5914. - (2026), pp. 1-8. [10.2989/16085914.2026.2701109] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, Valentina + | 2026+Mutshekwa+et+al+-+Microplastics+contamination+in+Isinuka+springs+and+CO2-seeping+freshwater+systems+in+South+Africa++a+baseline+study_mini.pdf |
| Spatial patterns and short-term deposition of atmospheric microplastics in an urban environment / Mutshekwa, T., Mkhencele, S., Lebepe, J., Balestra, V., Mofu, L., Motitsoe, S.N.. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - ELETTRONICO. - 16:1(2026). [10.1038/s41598-026-60015-w] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, Valentina + | s41598-026-60015-w (1).pdf |
| The invisible problem of microplastics and microfibres in karst systems and aquifers: a multidisciplinary approach / Balestra, Valentina. - (2026 Jan 13), pp. 1-257. [10.13121/polito/porto/3006971] | 13-gen-2026 | BALESTRA, VALENTINA | conv_2025-12 thesis balestra valentina mps karst systems nd aquifers.pdf; conv_abstract ext.pdf |
| The rhythm of the night: Assessing temporal variation of activity patterns in arhythmic environments from field data / Lo Parrino, E., Lapadula, S., Brognoli, D., Terraneo, G., Barzaghi, B., Boulamail, S., Balestra, V., Galbiati, M., Gandini, J.L., Grassi, G., Falaschi, M., Ficetola, G.F., Inguscio, S., Messina, V., Mauri, E., Passoni, F., Zampieri, V., Cozzoli, F., Manenti, R.. - In: ECOSPHERE. - ISSN 2150-8925. - ELETTRONICO. - 17:8(2026). [10.1002/ecs2.70735] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, Valentina + | 2026+Lo+Parrino++et+al+-+The+rhythm+of+the+night++Assessing+temporal+variation+of+activity+patterns+in+arhythmic+environment_mini.pdf |
| The role of coastal karst environments for the conservation of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean area / Dato, G.A., Ottonello, D., Fiorucci, A., Vigna, B., Capurro, M., Balestra, V., Oneto, F.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. - ISSN 0378-1909. - ELETTRONICO. - 109:3(2026). [10.1007/s10641-026-01875-z] | 1-gen-2026 | Fiorucci, AdrianoVigna, BartolomeoBalestra, Valentina + | 2026 Actis Dato et al - The role of coastal karst environments for the conservation of Anguilla anguilla in the Mediterranean area.pdf |
| Tracing the invisible along the surface-subsurface continuum: bisphenols and microplastic pollution in karst system waters / Balestra, V., Ochoa-Esteso, C., Lerma-García, M.J., Bellopede, R., Carrasco-Correa, E.J.. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0013-9351. - 305:(2026). [10.1016/j.envres.2026.125007] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, ValentinaBellopede, Rossana + | 2026 Balestra et al - Tracing the invisible along the surface-subsurface continuum, bisphenols and MPs pollution in karst system waters.pdf |
| Understanding benefits and risks of exploiting spring habitats by subterranean animals: insights from a mark-recapture study on the olm (Proteus anguinus) / Barzaghi, B., Grassi, G., Creanza, T., Gajdošová, M., Zampieri, V., Lapadula, S., Galbiati, M., Balázs, G., Borgatti, D., Balestra, V., Messina, V., Mauri, E., Ficetola, G.F., Manenti, R.. - In: HYDROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0018-8158. - ELETTRONICO. - (2026). [10.1007/s10750-025-06000-2] | 1-gen-2026 | Balestra, Valentina + | 2025 Barzaghi et al - proteo.pdf |
| Back from the underworld: the exploitation of spring habitats by stygobiont species / Manenti, R., Zampieri, V., Pacinotti, G., Cassarino, F., Galbiati, M., Lapadula, S., Gajdošová, M., Messina, V., Balestra, V., Falaschi, M., Ficetola, G.F., Barzaghi, B.. - In: HYDROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0018-8158. - ELETTRONICO. - 852:1(2025), pp. 43-53. [10.1007/s10750-024-05638-8] | 1-gen-2025 | Balestra, Valentina + | s10750-024-05638-8.pdf |
| Bioclimatic Influence on the Nutritional Composition, In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Urtica dioica / Abid, K., Abidi, T., Benrajeb, S., Balestra, V., Barbera, S., Issaoui, R., Kaihara, H., Niama, W., Aroua, M., Mahouachi, M., Ben Said, S., Tassone, S.. - In: ANIMALS. - ISSN 2076-2615. - ELETTRONICO. - 15:19(2025), pp. 1-14. [10.3390/ani15192856] | 1-gen-2025 | Valentina Balestra + | animals-15-02856.pdf |
| Comparison of methodologies for microfiber analysis across different stages of wastewater from a textile dyeing company / Akyıldız, S.H., Balestra, V., Drudi, L., Marini, P., Bellopede, R.. - In: JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ADVANCES. - ISSN 2772-4166. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:(2025). [10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100791] | 1-gen-2025 | Akyıldız, Sinem HazalBalestra, ValentinaDrudi, LiaMarini, PaolaBellopede, Rossana | 2025AK~1.PDF |
| Comunichiamo la scienza: Le grotte raccontate sotto una nuova veste grafica. “A Speleologist's Life” / Di Silvestro, G., Greco, C., Urbinati, F., Balestra, V.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2025). (Borgio Subterranea Borgio Verezzi 4-6 April 2025). | 1-gen-2025 | Valentina Balestra + | fumetto borgio.pdf |
| Dal letame nascono i fiori. E dal guano? / Galliano, Y., Balestra, V.. - STAMPA. - (2025). (Borgio Subterranea Borgio Verezzi (Ita) 4-6 April 2025). | 1-gen-2025 | Valentina Balestra + | Galliano_Balestra_Poster_Borgio2025_def.jpg |
| Degradation of Microplastics in an In Vitro Ruminal Environment / Tassone, S., Issaoui, R., Balestra, V., Barbera, S., Fadda, M., Kaihara, H., Glorio Patrucco, S., Pragliola, S., Venditto, V., Abid, K.. - In: FERMENTATION. - ISSN 2311-5637. - ELETTRONICO. - 11:8(2025), pp. 1-15. [10.3390/fermentation11080445] | 1-gen-2025 | Balestra, Valentina + | 2025 Tassone et al - Degradation of Microplastics in an In Vitro Ruminal Environment.pdf |
| Explorations in the dark continent: Did microplastics and microfibres get here before us? / Balestra, V., Bellopede, R.. - In: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 0048-9697. - ELETTRONICO. - 977:(2025), p. 179328. [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179328] | 1-gen-2025 | Balestra, ValentinaBellopede, Rossana | 2025 Balestra & Bellopede - MPs unexplored caves.pdf |
| From production to pollution: a review of microfiber release mechanisms and mitigation strategies in the textile industry / Akyildiz, S.H., Sezgin, H., Yalçın Eniş, I., Balestra, V., Marini, P., Bellopede, R.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE. - ISSN 0040-5000. - (2025), pp. 1-21. [10.1080/00405000.2025.2547125] | 1-gen-2025 | Sinem Hazal AkyıldızValentina BalestraPaola MariniRossana Bellopede + | From production to pollution a review of microfiber release mechanisms and mitigation strategies in the textile industry.pdf |
| I Leptodirini nelle Alpi occidentali: aggiornamento al 2024 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) / Lana, E., Mauro Giachino, P., Balestra, V.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2025). (Borgio Subterranea Borgio Verezzi (Ita) 4-6 April 2025). | 1-gen-2025 | Valentina Balestra + | leptodirini Borgio.pdf |