Dr.  Annunziata Mastrolia collaborated in this project from September 2009 to February 2012.

In a first period, from September 2009 to February 2011, as a part of her doctoral studies, Dr. Mastrolia was involved in study and taxonomic identification of phytoplankton.

Subsequently, from February 2011 to February 2012, collaborated to the project as a Post-Graduate Fellow, with object of the assignment : "Analysis of the size structure of phytoplankton guilds for methodological standardization and certification of ecological descriptors of the state of health of aquatic ecosystems".