Gerardo I Zardi

Affiliations

Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. Electronic address: zardi73@yahoo.it.

Publications (28)

Intraspecific diversity in an ecological engineer functionally trumps interspecific diversity in shaping community structure.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Katy R Nicastro , Christopher D McQuaid , Alexia Dievart , Gerardo I Zardi

Plastic ingestion in aquatic birds in Portugal.

Marine pollution bulletin

Avec: Marta N Basto , Katy R Nicastro , Ana I Tavares , Christopher D McQuaid , María Casero , Fábia Azevedo , Gerardo I Zardi

Small scale habitat effects on anthropogenic litter material and sources in a coastal lagoon system.

Marine pollution bulletin

Avec: Nadja Velez , Katy R Nicastro , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence when exposed to microplastic leachates.

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)

Avec: Lorenzo Cozzolino , Katy R Nicastro , Peter C Hubbard , Laurent Seuront , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Historical and contemporary range expansion of an invasive mussel, Semimytlius algosus, in Angola and Namibia despite data scarcity in an infrequently surveyed region.

PloS one

Avec: Kevin C K Ma , Gerardo I Zardi , Christopher D McQuaid , Katy R Nicastro

Intraspecific variations in oyster (Magallana gigas) ploidy does not affect physiological responses to microplastic pollution.

Chemosphere

Avec: Lorenzo Cozzolino , Katy R Nicastro , Camille Detree , Laura Gribouval , Laurent Seuront , Fernando P Lima , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Symbiont-induced phenotypic variation in an ecosystem engineer mediates thermal stress for the associated community.

Journal of thermal biology

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Laurent Seuront , Christopher D McQuaid , William Froneman , Katy R Nicastro

Size-dependent response of the mussel collective behaviour to plastic leachates and predator cues.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Marine Uguen , Sylvie M Gaudron , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Nicolas Spilmont , Laurent Seuront

The tolerance of a keystone ecosystem engineer to extreme heat stress is hampered by microplastic leachates.

Biology letters

Avec: Marine Uguen , Sylvie M Gaudron , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Nicolas Spilmont , Solène Henry , Laurent Seuront

Species-specific plastic accumulation in the sediment and canopy of coastal vegetated habitats.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Lorenzo Cozzolino , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Carmen B de Los Santos

Density-Dependent and Species-Specific Effects on Self-Organization Modulate the Resistance of Mussel Bed Ecosystems to Hydrodynamic Stress.

The American naturalist

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Katy R Nicastro , Christopher D McQuaid , Monique de Jager , Johan van de Koppel , Laurent Seuront

Symbiont-induced intraspecific phenotypic variation enhances plastic trapping and ingestion in biogenic habitats.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Katy R Nicastro , Laurent Seuront , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Microplastic leachates disrupt the chemotactic and chemokinetic behaviours of an ecosystem engineer (Mytilus edulis).

Chemosphere

Avec: Marine Uguen , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Sylvie M Gaudron , Nicolas Spilmont , Fleurine Akoueson , Guillaume Duflos , Laurent Seuront

Symbiotic endolithic microbes reduce host vulnerability to an unprecedented heatwave.

Marine environmental research

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Jonathan R Monsinjon , Laurent Seuront , Nicolas Spilmont , Christopher D McQuaid , Katy R Nicastro

Microplastic leachates induce species-specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels.

Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America

Avec: Laurent Seuront , Katy R Nicastro , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Decreased thermal tolerance under recurrent heat stress conditions explains summer mass mortality of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis.

Scientific reports

Avec: Laurent Seuront , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Eric Goberville

Rejection of the genetic implications of the "Abundant Centre Hypothesis" in marine mussels.

Scientific reports

Avec: Noxolo N Ntuli , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Jorge Assis , Christopher D McQuaid , Peter R Teske

Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference-seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge.

Ecology and evolution

Avec: Laurent Seuront , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi

A whale of a plastic tale: A plea for interdisciplinary studies to tackle micro- and nanoplastic pollution in the marine realm.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Laurent Seuront , Gerardo I Zardi , Marine Uguen , Vincent M P Bouchet , Camille Delaeter , Solène Henry , Nicolas Spilmont , Katy R Nicastro

The relative effects of interspecific and intraspecific diversity on microplastic trapping in coastal biogenic habitats.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Lorenzo Cozzolino , Katy R Nicastro , Laurent Seuront , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Microplastic leachates inhibit small-scale self-organization in mussel beds.

The Science of the total environment

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Katy R Nicastro , Stéphanie Lau Truong , Philippe Decorse , Sophie Nozak , Alexandre Chevillot-Biraud , Pierre William Froneman , Fleurine Akoueson , Guillaume Duflos , Laurent Seuront

Understanding the margin squeeze: Differentiation in fitness-related traits between central and trailing edge populations of

Ecology and evolution

Avec: Regina Kolzenburg , Katy R Nicastro , Sophie J McCoy , Alex T Ford , Gerardo I Zardi , Federica Ragazzola

Foul-weather friends: Modelling thermal stress mitigation by symbiotic endolithic microbes in a changing environment.

Global change biology

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Jonathan R Monsinjon , Christopher D McQuaid , Laurent Seuront , Mauricio Orostica , Andrew Want , Louise B Firth , Katy R Nicastro

The effect of interspecific and intraspecific diversity on microplastic ingestion in two co-occurring mussel species in South Africa.

Marine pollution bulletin

Avec: Lorenzo Cozzolino , Katy R Nicastro , Sebastien Lefebvre , Luana Corona , Pierre William Froneman , Christopher McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Effects of habitat quality on abundance, size and growth of mussel recruits.

Hydrobiologia

Avec: Mauricio H Oróstica , Adam J Wyness , Jonathan R Monsinjon , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Cassandra Barker , Christopher D McQuaid

Comparative mitogenomic analyses and gene rearrangements reject the alleged polyphyly of a bivalve genus.

PeerJ

Avec: Regina L Cunha , Katy R Nicastro , Gerardo I Zardi , Celine Madeira , Christopher D McQuaid , Cymon J Cox , Rita Castilho

Transcriptome wide analyses reveal intraspecific diversity in thermal stress responses of a dominant habitat-forming species.

Scientific reports

Avec: Katy R Nicastro , Gareth A Pearson , Xana Ramos , Vasco Pearson , Christopher D McQuaid , Gerardo I Zardi

Plastiskin: A new form of plastic pollution affecting rocky shore organisms.

Marine pollution bulletin

Avec: Gerardo I Zardi , Laurent Seuront , François Gevaert , Katy R Nicastro

Réseau de co-auteurs

Katy R Nicastro 28 collaborations

Christopher D McQuaid 17 collaborations

Laurent Seuront 17 collaborations

Lorenzo Cozzolino 5 collaborations

Nicolas Spilmont 5 collaborations

Marine Uguen 4 collaborations

Sylvie M Gaudron 3 collaborations

Jonathan R Monsinjon 3 collaborations

Solène Henry 2 collaborations

Fleurine Akoueson 2 collaborations

Guillaume Duflos 2 collaborations

Pierre William Froneman 2 collaborations

Alexia Dievart 1 collaboration

Marta N Basto 1 collaboration

Ana I Tavares 1 collaboration

María Casero 1 collaboration

Fábia Azevedo 1 collaboration

Nadja Velez 1 collaboration

Peter C Hubbard 1 collaboration

Kevin C K Ma 1 collaboration

Camille Detree 1 collaboration

Laura Gribouval 1 collaboration

Fernando P Lima 1 collaboration

William Froneman 1 collaboration

Carmen B de Los Santos 1 collaboration

Monique de Jager 1 collaboration

Johan van de Koppel 1 collaboration

Eric Goberville 1 collaboration

Noxolo N Ntuli 1 collaboration

Jorge Assis 1 collaboration

Peter R Teske 1 collaboration

Vincent M P Bouchet 1 collaboration

Camille Delaeter 1 collaboration

Stéphanie Lau Truong 1 collaboration

Philippe Decorse 1 collaboration

Sophie Nozak 1 collaboration

Alexandre Chevillot-Biraud 1 collaboration

Regina Kolzenburg 1 collaboration

Sophie J McCoy 1 collaboration

Alex T Ford 1 collaboration

Federica Ragazzola 1 collaboration

Mauricio Orostica 1 collaboration

Andrew Want 1 collaboration

Louise B Firth 1 collaboration

Sebastien Lefebvre 1 collaboration

Luana Corona 1 collaboration

Christopher McQuaid 1 collaboration

Mauricio H Oróstica 1 collaboration

Adam J Wyness 1 collaboration

Cassandra Barker 1 collaboration

Regina L Cunha 1 collaboration

Celine Madeira 1 collaboration

Cymon J Cox 1 collaboration

Rita Castilho 1 collaboration

Gareth A Pearson 1 collaboration

Xana Ramos 1 collaboration

Vasco Pearson 1 collaboration

François Gevaert 1 collaboration