• Morabito G, MG Mazzocchi, N Salmaso, A Zingone, C Bergami, G Flaim, S Accoroni, A Basset, M Bastianini, G Belmonte, F Bernardi Aubry, I Bertani, M Bresciani, F Buzzi, M Cabrini, E Camatti, C Caroppo, B Cataletto, M Castellano, P Del Negro, A de Olazabal, I Di Capua, A Elia, D Fornasaro, M Giallain, F Grilli, B Leoni, M Lipizer, L Longobardi, A Ludovisi, A Lugliè, M Manca, F Margiotta, M A Mariani, M Marini, M Marzocchi, U Obertegger, A Oggioni, B M Padedda, M Pansera, R Piscia, P Povero, S Pulina, T Romagnoli, I Rosati, G Rossetti, F Rubino, D Sarno, C T Satta, N Sechi, E Stanca, V Tirelli, C Totti, and A Pugnetti^. 2018.  Plankton dynamics across the freshwater, transitional and marine research sites of the LTER-Italy Network. Patterns, fluctuations, drivers. Science of The Total Environment 627: 373–387. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.153.

• Cieplinski A, U. Obertegger, T. Weisse. 2018.  Life history traits and demographic parameters in the Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera, Monogononta) species complex.  Hydrobiologia 811:325–338. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3499-2.

• Obertegger, U., B. Obrador, and G. Flaim. 2017. Dissolved oxygen dynamics under ice: Three winters of high-frequency data from Lake Tovel, Italy. Water Resources Research 53, doi:10.1002/2017WR020599.

• Valentini, L. 2017. Studio della biodiversità microalgale e della chimica delle acque del Lago di Tovel, Trento (Agosto 2016). Tesi di Laurea Treinnale - Corso di Laurea in Biologia, Università di Padova. Anno Accademico 2016/2017. Relatore: Prof.ssa Isabella Moro, Co-relatore Giovanna Flaim.

• Cieplinski A, Weisse T, Obertegger U. 2017. High diversity in Keratella cochlearis (Rotifera, Monogononta): morphological and genetic evidence. Hydrobiologia, 796: 145-159. doi: 10.1007/s10750-016-2781-z.

• Anesi A, Obertegger U, Hansen G, Sukenik A, Flaim G and Guella G. 2016. Comparative Analysis of membrane lipids in psychrophilic and mesophilic freshwater dinoflagellates. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:524. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00524

• Todeschi, Pietro. 2016. LTER Lago di Tovel: La ricostruzione delle temperature superficiali del lago (1995-2015) e confronto di diversi parametri limnologici nelle annate 2014-2015. Tesi di Laurea Magistrale - Corso di laurea in Progettazione e Gestione degli Ecosistemi Agro-territoriali, Forestali e del Paesaggio. Università di Bologna. Anno Accademico 2014/2015. Relatore: Prof.ssa Livia Vittori Antisari, Co-relatori: Giovanna Flaim, Ulrike Obertegger.

• Cellamare M, Lançon AM, Leitão M, Cerasino L, Obertegger U, Flaim G. 2016. Phytoplankton functional response to spatial and temporal differences in a cold and oligotrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 764:199–209. DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2313-2.

• Taticchi MI, Dorr AJM, Prearo M, Elia AC. 2016. Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) collected from an alpine lake in the Italian Dolomites. Italian Journal of Zoology 83(3): 382-389. Doi: 10.1080/1125003.2016.1193236.

• Mares J, Cantonati, M. 2016. Phylogenetic position of Geitleribactron purpureum (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria / Cyanophyceae) and its implications for the taxonomy of Chamaesiphonaceae and Leptolyngbyaceae. Fottea 16: 104–111. doi: 10.5507/fot.2016.002.

• Zeni Agnese. 2015.  Morfo-fisiologia di Spirogyra sp. raccolta nella Baia Rossa del Lago di Tovel (TN) e sottoposta a diversi parametri ambientali. Tesi di Laurea triennale in Scienze Biologiche. Università di Ferrara. Anno Accademico 2014/2015. Relatore: Prof.ssa Simonetta Pancaldi, Co-relatore: Giovanna Flaim.  

• Obertegger, U., Flaim G. 2015. Community assembly of rotifers based on morphological traits. Hydrobiologia 753:31–45. DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2191-7

• Obertegger U, Flaim G, Fontaneto D. 2014. Cryptic diversity within the rotifer Polyarthra dolichoptera along an altitudinal gradient. Freshwater Biology. 59:2413–2427. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12447. 

• Flaim G, Obertegger U, Anesi A, Guella G. 2014. Temperature-induced changes in lipid biomarkers and mycosporine-like amino acids in the psychrophilic dinoflagellate Peridinium aciculiferum. Freshwater Biology 59:985–997.

• Cantonati M, Komárek H, Hernández-Mariné M, Angeli N. 2014. New and poorly known coccoid species (Cyanoprokaryota) from the mid-depth and deep epilithon of a carbonate mountain lake. Freshwater Science. 33(2): 548-556.

• Cantonati M, Guella G, Spitale D, Angeli N, Borsato A, Lencioni V, Filippi M. 2014 The contribution of lake benthic algae to the sediment record in a carbonate mountain lake influenced by marked natural water-level fluctuations. Freshwater Science. 33(2): 499-512.

• Flaim G, Camin F, Tonon A, Obertegger U. 2013.  Stable isotopes of lakes and precipitation along an altitudinal gradient in the Eastern Alps. Biogeochemistry 116:187–198 
• Flaim. G., U. Obertegger, G. Guella. 2012. Changes in galactolipid composition of the cold freshwater dinoflagellate Borghiella dodgei in response to temperature. Hydrobiologia 698 (1): 285-293.
• Obertegger, U., D. Fontaneto, G. Flaim. 2012. Using DNA taxonomy to investigate the ecological determinants of plankton diversity: explaining the occurrence of Synchaeta spp. (Rotifera, Monogononta) in mountain lakes. Freshwater Biology  56: 1–9.  
• Obertegger, U., F. Camin, G. Guella, G. Flaim. 2011 Adaptation of a psychrophilic freshwater dinoflagellate to ultraviolet radiation. Journal of Phycology 47: 811-820.
• Majone, B, Bertagnoli A, Bellin A 2010. A non-linear runoff generation model in small Alpine catchments. Journal of Hydrology. 385:300–312.
• Obertegger U., B. Thaler, G. Flaim. 2010. Rotifer species richness along an altitudinal gradient in the Alps. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 895–904.
• Obertegger, U., A. Borsato, G. Flaim. 2010. Rotifer–crustacean interactions in a pseudokarstic lake: influence of hydrology. Aquatic Ecology 44(1) 121-130.
• Flaim G., E. Rott, R. Frassanito, G. Guella, U. Obertegger. 2009. Eco-fingerprinting of the dinoflagellate Borghiella dodgei: experimental evidence of a specific environmental niche. Hydrobiologia 639:85–98.
• Obertegger U., G. Flaim, A. Borsato. 2009. Influence of water residence time on zooplankton depth distribution in a pseudokarstic alpine lake. Aquatic Ecology 44(1) 121-13.
• Perini, M., F. Camin, F. Corradini, U. Obertegger, G. Flaim. 2009. Use of δ18O in the interpretation of hydrological dynamics in lakes. Journal of Limnology 68:1-9.
• Moestrup, O, Hansen G, Daugbjerg, N. 2008. Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflageflates III: on the ultrastructure and phylogeny of Borghiella dodgei gen. et sp nov., a cold-water species from Lake Tovel, N. Italy, and on B-tenuissima comb. nov (syn. Woloszynskia tenuissima). Phycologia 47(1): 54-78.
• Obertegger, U., G. Flaim, R. Sommaruga. 2008. Multifactorial nature of rotifer water layer preferences in an oligotrophic lake. Journal of Plankton Research 30:633-643.
• Frassanito, R., M. Cantonati, G. Flaim, I. Mancini, G. Guella. 2007. A new analytical method for the structural characterization of carotenoid esters in freshwater microorganisms by liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass spectrometry.  Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry   22:3531-3539.
• Hansen, G., G. Flaim, 2007. Dinoflagellates of the Trentino Province, Italy. Journal of Limnology 66:107-141.
• Hansen G, Daugbjerg N, Henriksen P. 2007. Baldinia anauniensis gen. et sp nov.: a 'new' dinotlagellate from LakeTovel, N. Italy. Phycologia 46(1):86-108. 108   DOI: 10.2216/PH06-23.1   
• Obertegger U., G. Flaim, M.G. Braioni, R. Sommaruga, F. Corradini, A. Borsato. 2007. Hydrology as a driving force of zooplankton structure and succession. Aquatic Sciences 69:575-583.
• Obertegger U., B. Thaler, G. Flaim. 2007. Habitat constraints of Synchaeta (Rotifera) in lakes (Trentino-SouthTyrol, Italy). Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie 30:302-306.
• Tolotti M, Corradini F, biscaini A, Calliari D. 2007. Weather-driven ecology of planktonic diatoms in Lake Tovel (trentino, Italy). Hydrobioliga 578(1):147-156. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0441-4 
• Borghi, B., A. Borsato, M. Cantonati, F. Corradini, G. Flaim. (eds). 2006. Studio sul mancato  arrossamento del Lago di Tovel.  Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Biologica  81:1-472.  (volume dedicato ai risultati del progetto SALTO con 40 articolo scientifici).
• Cantonati, M. & H. Lange-Bertalot. 2006. Achnanthidium dolomiticum sp. Nov. (Bacillatiophyta) from oligotrophic mountain springs and lakes fed by dolomite aquifers Phycologia 42: 1184–1188.
• Flaim, G., F. Corradini, A. Borsato, P.E. Ferretti, U. Obertegger, B. Borghi.  2006. The importance of hydraulic conditions in determining ecological equilibrium in an alpine lake: Lake Tovel (Trentino-Italy). Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie 29: 1327-1330.
• Frassanito, R., G. Flaim, I. Mancini, G. Guella. 2006. High production of unexpected carotenoids in Dinophyceae. Astaxanthin esters from the freshwater dinoflagellate Tovellia sanguinea. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34:843-853.
• Guilizzoni P, Lami A,  Manca M,  Musazzi S, Marchetto A. 2006. Palaeoenvironmental changes inferred from biological remains in short lake sediment cores from the Central Alps and Dolomites. Hydrobiologia 562:167-191. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1810-0.
• Obertegger U., M.G. Braioni, A. Borsato, P. Ferretti, G. Flaim. 2006. The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the seasonality of meso-zooplankton in Lake Tovel (Trentino-Italy) Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie 29:865-868.
• Obertegger U., G.M. Braioni, G. Arrighetti, G. Flaim. 2006. Trophi morphology and its usefulness for identification of formalin-preserved species of Synchaeta Ehrenberg, 1832 (Rotifera: Monogononta: Synchaetidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 245:109-120.
• D’Andrea, M., N. Daugbjerg,  G. Flaim. 2005. Investigation of the dinoflagellate community of lake Tovel by genetic analysis of environmental samples. Verhandlungen des Internationalen Verein Limnologie 29(1):478-481.
• Kulbe Tm Anselmetti F, Cantonati M, Sturm M. 2005.Environmental history of Lago di Tovel,  Trento, Italy, revealed by sediment cores and 3.5 kHz seismic mapping. Journal of Paleolimnology 34(3):325-337. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-005-5022-4.
• Moestrup, Ø., G. Hansen, N. Daugbjerg, G. Flaim, M. D’Andrea. 2005. Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates II: On Tovellia sanguinea sp. nov., the dinoflagellate species responsible for  the reddening of Lake  Tovel, N. Italy. European Journal of  Phycology  41:47:65.
• Spitale D, Tardio M, Cantonati M. 2005. Competition between a planktonic diatom and a dinoflagellate during enclosure experiments in a mountain lake. Phycologia 44(3):320-327. 327   DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[320:CBAPDA]2.0.CO;2
• Flaim, G., G. Hansen, Ø. Moestrup, F. Corradini, B. Borghi. 2004. Re-interpretation of the dinoflagellate ‘Glenodinium sanguineum’ in the  reddening of Lake Tovel, Italian Alps. Phycologia 43: 737-743.
• Cantonati M, Angeli N. 2003. New findings on the ecology and ultrastructure of Cymbella ancyli Cleve. Diatom Research 18(2):377.384.
• Flaim, G., E. Rott, F. Corradini,  G. Toller,  B. Borghi.  2003. Long-term trends in species composition and diurnal migration of Dinoflagellates in Lake Tovel (Trentino, Italy). Hydrobiologia  502: 357-366.
• Tardio M, Tolotti M, Novarino G, Cantonati M. 2003. Ecological and taxonomic observations on the flagellate algae characterising four years of enclosure experiments in Lake Tovel (Southern Alps). Hydrobiologia 502(1-3):285-296. 296   DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000004286.28881.75   
• Brusa T, Zucchi M, Pisoni C, gerola P, Sorlini C. 2002. Tovel “the red lake” preliminary microbiological studies. Annals of Microbiology 52(1): 13-23.
• Cavalca L, Ferrari P, andreoni v. 2001. Glenodinium sanguineum March. and the reddening phenomenon of Lake Tovel: biological and environmental aspects. Annals of Microbiology 51(2):159-177.
• Hofer, R., R. Lackner, J. Kargl, B. Thaler, D. Tait, L. Bonetti, R. Vistocco, G. Flaim. 2000. Organochlorine and metal accumulation in fish (Phoxinus phoxinus) along a north-south transect in the Alps. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 125:189-200.
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