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Christine Ferrier-Pagès

Christine Ferrier-Pagès

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Ecology and Evolution

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76
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16941
World Ranking
1017
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1

Overview

Christine Ferrier-Pagès is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research predominantly focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, pollution, and biotechnology.

Their primary research topics cover coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, microplastics and plastic pollution, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine sponges and natural products, as well as aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental Evidence
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Scientific Reports

Prominent recent papers by Christine Ferrier-Pagès include:

  • The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health, 2023, Annals of Global Health
  • The Molecular Language of the Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis, 2020, Trends in Microbiology
  • Physiological stress response of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata exposed to polyethylene microplastics, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Unravelling the different causes of nitrate and ammonium effects on coral bleaching, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Leaching of flame-retardants from polystyrene debris: Bioaccumulation and potential effects on coral, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Renaud Grover
  • Denis Allemand
  • Romie Tignat-Perrier
  • Cécile Rottier
  • Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water

Best Publications

  • Heterotrophy in tropical scleractinian corals.

    Fanny Houlbrèque;Fanny Houlbrèque;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Interacting effects of CO2 partial pressure and temperature on photosynthesis and calcification in a scleractinian coral

    Stéphanie Reynaud;Nicolas Leclercq;Samantha Romaine‐Lioud;Christine Ferrier‐Pagés

  • Biomineralisation in reef-building corals: from molecular mechanisms to environmental control

    Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Paola Furla;Fanny Houlbrèque

  • Coral biomineralization: From the gene to the environment

    Sylvie Tambutté;Michael Holcomb;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Stéphanie Reynaud

  • Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

    Matthew J. Neave;Matthew J. Neave;Amy Apprill;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Christian R. Voolstra

  • Effect of nutrient enrichment on growth and photosynthesis of the zooxanthellate coral Stylophora pistillata

    C. Ferrier-Pagès;J.-P. Gattuso;S. Dallot;J. Jaubert

  • Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

    C. Ferrier-Pagès;J. Witting;E. Tambutté;K. P. Sebens

  • Ultraviolet‐B radiation stimulates shikimate pathway‐dependent accumulation of mycosporine‐like amino acids in the coral Stylophora pistillata despite decreases in its population of symbiotic dinoflagellates

    J. M. Shick;S. Romaine-Lioud;C. Ferrier-Pagès;J.-P. Gattuso

  • Coral calcification responds to seawater acidification: a working hypothesis towards a physiological mechanism

    F. Marubini;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;P. Furla;D. Allemand

  • Quantifying the pH 'vital effect' in the temperate zooxanthellate coral Cladocora caespitosa: Validation of the boron seawater pH proxy

    Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Malcolm Thomas McCulloch;Sergio Silenzi

  • Suppression of skeletal growth in scleractinian corals by decreasing ambient carbonate-ion concentration: a cross-family comparison.

    Francesca Marubini;Christine Ferrier-Pages;Jean-Pierre Cuif

  • Effect of light and feeding on the fatty acid and sterol composition of zooxanthellae and host tissue isolated from the scleractinian coral Turbinaria reniformis

    C. Treignier;R. Grover;C. Ferrier-Pagés;I. Tolosa

  • Effect of zooplankton availability on the rates of photosynthesis, and tissue and skeletal growth in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

    Fanny Houlbrèque;Eric Tambutté;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Uptake of ammonium by the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata: effect of feeding, light, and ammonium concentrations

    Renaud Grover;Jean-François Maguer;Stephanie Reynaud-Vaganay;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Response of the temperate coral Cladocora caespitosa to mid- and long-term exposure to p CO 2 and temperature levels projected for the year 2100 AD

    R. Rodolfo-Metalpa;S. Martin;C. Ferrier-Pagès;J.-P. Gattuso;J.-P. Gattuso

  • The Symbiotic Anthozoan: A Physiological Chimera between Alga and Animal

    Paola Furla;Denis Allemand;J. Malcolm Shick;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Interactions between zooplankton feeding, photosynthesis and skeletal growth in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata.

    Fanny Houlbrèque;Eric Tambutté;Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • Nitrate uptake in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

    Renaud Grover;Jean-François Maguer;Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagés

  • Experimental assessment of the feeding effort of three scleractinian coral species during a thermal stress: Effect on the rates of photosynthesis

    Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Cécile Rottier;Eric Beraud;Oren Levy

  • Uptake of dissolved free amino acids by the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata.

    Renaud Grover;Jean-François Maguer;Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagès

  • General Palaeontology (Palaeobiochemistry) Biomineralisation in reef-building corals: from molecular mechanisms to environmental control

    Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Paola Furla;Fanny Houlbrèque

  • Iconographies supplémentaires de l'article : Biomineralisation in reef-building corals: from molecular mechanisms to environmental control

    Denis Allemand;Christine Ferrier-Pagès;Paola Furla;Fanny Houlbrèque

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Allemand
Denis Allemand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa
Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Eric Tambutté
Eric Tambutté Scientific Centre of Monaco
Miguel Costa Leal
Miguel Costa Leal Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Mia O. Hoogenboom
Mia O. Hoogenboom James Cook University
Jean-Pierre Cuif
Jean-Pierre Cuif University of Paris-Saclay
Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz

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