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Christine Pergent-Martini

Christine Pergent-Martini

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
8639
World Ranking
4430
National Ranking
189

Overview

Christine Pergent-Martini is affiliated with the University of Corsica Pascal Paoli in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with substantial contributions within the subfields of Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their main scientific topics focus on marine and coastal plant biology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine ecology and invasive species, geology and paleoclimatology research, and coastal and marine management.

They have published extensively in a range of scientific venues, including:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Diversity
  • Water
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Selected recent publications authored or coauthored by Christine Pergent-Martini include:

  • Contribution of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the context of climate change mitigation in the Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Impacts of Marine and Lagoon Aquaculture on Macrophytes in Mediterranean Benthic Ecosystems, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Sizing the carbon sink associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows using very high-resolution seismic reflection imaging, 2021, Marine Environmental Research
  • Quantification of blue carbon stocks associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in Corsica (NW Mediterranean), 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Christine Pergent-Martini frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Gérard Pergent, Briac Monnier, Monica Montefalcone, Charles-François Boudouresque, and Miguel Á. Mateo.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including the work titled Marine Aquaculture Impacts on Marine Biota, published by Frontiers Media in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Climate change effects on a miniature ocean: the highly diverse, highly impacted Mediterranean Sea

    Christophe Lejeusne;Pierre Chevaldonné;Christine Pergent-Martini;Charles-François Boudouresque

  • Seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica) distribution and trajectories of change

    Luca Telesca;Andrea Belluscio;Alessandro Criscoli;Giandomenico Ardizzone

  • Assessment of the use of biomarkers in aquatic plants for the evaluation of environmental quality: application to seagrasses.

    L Ferrat;C Pergent-Martini;M Roméo

  • Mapping ofPosidonia oceanicausing Aerial Photographs and Side Scan Sonar: Application off the Island of Corsica (France)

    V. Pasqualini;C. Pergent-Martini;P. Clabaut;G. Pergent

  • Utilisation de l'herbier à Posidonia oceanica comme indicateur biologique de la qualité du milieu littoral en Méditerranée : état des connaissances

    G. Pergent;C. Pergent-Martini;C.-F. Boudouresque

  • Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application

    Christine Pergent-Martini;Vanina Leoni;Vanina Pasqualini;G. D. Ardizzone

  • Trace metals assessment in water, sediment, mussel and seagrass species--validation of the use of Posidonia oceanica as a metal biomonitor.

    Céline Lafabrie;Gérard Pergent;Roger Kantin;Christine Pergent-Martini

  • Primary production, stocks and fluxes in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica

    G. Pergent;J. Romero;C. Pergent-Martini;M. A. Mateo

  • Protection and conservation of Posidonia oceanica meadows.

    Charles-Francois Boudouresque;Guillaume Bernard;Patrick Bonhomme;Eric Charbonnel

  • Use of SPOT 5 for mapping seagrasses: An application to Posidonia oceanica

    Vanina Pasqualini;Christine Pergent-Martini;Gérard Pergent;Magali Agreil

  • Préservation et conservation des herbiers à Posidonia oceanica

    C F Boudouresque;G Bernard;P Bonhomme;E Charbonnel

  • Chapter 1 – Global seagrass distribution

    Frederick T. Short;R. G. Coles;C. Pergent-Martini

  • Coralligenous and maërl habitats: predictive modelling to identify their spatial distributions across the Mediterranean Sea

    Corinne Martin;M Giannoulaki;F De Leo;M Scardi

  • Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquim Garrabou;Daniel Gómez-Gras;Jean Baptiste Ledoux;Cristina Linares

  • The necromass of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: Fate, role, ecosystem services and vulnerability

    Charles-Francois Boudouresque;Gérard Pergent;Christine Pergent-Martini;Sandrine Ruitton

  • The Detritic Compartment in a Posidonia oceanica Meadow: Litter Features, Decomposition Rates, and Mineral Stocks

    Javier Romero;Gérard Pergent;Christine Pergent-Martini;Miguel-Angel Mateo

  • Preliminary data on the impact of fish farming facilities on Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Mediterranean

    Gérard Pergent;Stéphane Mendez;Christine Pergent-Martini;Vanina Pasqualini

  • Marine phanerogams as a tool in the evaluation of marine trace-metal contamination: an example from the Mediterranean

    C. Pergent-Martini;G. Pergent

  • Seagrass Conservation Biology: An Interdisciplinary Science for Protection of the Seagrass Biome

    W. Judson Kenworthy;Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria;Robert G. Coles;Gérard Pergent

  • Climate change and Mediterranean seagrass meadows: a synopsis for environmental managers

    G. Pergent;Hocein Bazairi;C. N. Bianchi;Charles F. Boudouresque

  • Primary production of Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Basin

    C. Pergent-Martini;V. Rico-Raimondino;G. Pergent

  • Trace metal concentrations in Posidonia oceanica of North Corsica (northwestern Mediterranean Sea): use as a biological monitor?

    Marc Gosselin;Jean-Marie Bouquegneau;Frédéric Lefèbvre;Gilles Lepoint

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Pergent
Gérard Pergent University of Corsica Pascal Paoli
Charles-François Boudouresque
Charles-François Boudouresque Aix-Marseille University
Frederick T. Short
Frederick T. Short University of New Hampshire
Michele Gristina
Michele Gristina National Research Council (CNR)
Javier Romero
Javier Romero Harvard University
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Fabio Badalamenti
Fabio Badalamenti National Research Council (CNR)
Gilles Lepoint
Gilles Lepoint University of Liège
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council
Diana Walker
Diana Walker University of Western Australia

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