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Christopher D. McQuaid

Christopher D. McQuaid

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
14117
World Ranking
1710
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Christopher D. McQuaid is affiliated with Rhodes University in South Africa and has a focus on environmental science, particularly within oceanography and ecology. Their research spans several interconnected domains relating to marine environments and coastal ecosystems.

The main fields of study for McQuaid include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Key subfields featured in their work are:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pollution
  • Genetics

Their research topics cover a variety of marine and environmental issues, including:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine and Fisheries Research

Frequent collaborators in McQuaid's body of work include Katy R. Nicastro, Gerardo I. Zardi, Laurent Seuront, Mary Carman, and Jonathan R. Monsinjon.

McQuaid's research has been published recurrently in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • African Journal of Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Examples of recent papers illustrate the scope of their research interests:

  • Rejection of the genetic implications of the "Abundant Centre Hypothesis" in marine mussels (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Microplastic leachates induce species-specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels (2020, Ecological Applications)
  • Algal turf consumption by sea urchins and fishes is mediated by fisheries management on coral reefs in Kenya (2020, Coral Reefs)
  • Intraspecific diversity in an ecological engineer functionally trumps interspecific diversity in shaping community structure (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • The sardine run in southeastern Africa is a mass migration into an ecological trap (2021, Science Advances)

Recognition for their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • Gradients of intertidal primary productivity around the coast of South Africa and their relationships with consumer biomass

    Rodrigo H. Bustamante;George M. Branch;Sean Eekhout;Bruce Robertson

  • Predator-prey role reversal in a marine benthic ecosystem

    Amos Barkai;Christopher McQuaid

  • Prey composition and daily rations of myctophid fishes in the Southern Ocean

    Pakhomov Ea;Perissinotto R;McQuaid Cd

  • Marine alien species of South Africa — status and impacts

    TB Robinson;CL Griffiths;CD McQuaid;M Rius

  • Limited wind-driven dispersal of intertidal mussel larvae: in situ evidence from the plankton and the spread of the invasive species Mytilus galloprovincialis in South Africa

    C. D. McQuaid;T. E. Phillips

  • Phytoplankton production and biomass at frontal zones in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

    R. K. Laubscher;R. Perissinotto;C. D. McQuaid

  • A review of marine phylogeography in southern Africa

    Peter R. Teske;Sophie von der Heyden;Christopher D. McQuaid;Nigel P. Barker

  • Trophic structure of the marine food web at the Prince Edward Islands (Southern Ocean) determined by δ13C and δ15N analysis

    S. Kaehler;E. A. Pakhomov;C. D. McQuaid

  • Distribution of surface zooplankton and seabirds across the Southern Ocean

    E. A. Pakhomov;C. D. McQuaid

  • Influence of sea temperature, substratum and wave exposure on rocky intertidal communities: an analysis of faunal and floral biomass

    C. D. Mcquaid;G. M. Branch

  • Thermal adaptation in the intertidal snail Echinolittorina malaccana contradicts current theory by revealing the crucial roles of resting metabolism

    David J. Marshall;Yun-wei Dong;Christopher D. McQuaid;Gray A. Williams

  • Trophic structure of rocky intertidal communities response to wave action and implications for energy flow

    C. D. Mcquaid;G. M. Branch

  • Warming reduces metabolic rate in marine snails: adaptation to fluctuating high temperatures challenges the metabolic theory of ecology

    David J. Marshall;Christopher D. McQuaid

  • Biogeographic and nearshore-offshore trends in isotope ratios of intertidal mussels and their food sources around the coast of southern Africa

    J. M. Hill;C. D. McQuaid;S. Kaehler

  • Will the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck replace the indigenous Perna perna L. on the south coast of South Africa

    Sarah J. Bownes;Christopher D. McQuaid

  • Hydrodynamic stress and habitat partitioning between indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) mussels: constraints of an evolutionary strategy

    G. I. Zardi;K. R. Nicastro;C. D. McQuaid;M. Rius

  • Effect of wave exposure on growth and mortality rates of the mussel Perna perna: bottom up regulation of intertidal populations

    C. D. McQuaid;T. L. Lindsay

  • Comparative structure of the macrozooplankton/ micronekton communities of the Subtropical and Antarctic Polar Fronts

    EA Pakhomov;R. Perissinotto;CD McQuaid

  • Zooplankton structure and grazing in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in late austral summer 1993 Part 2. Biochemical zonation

    E.A. Pakhomov;R. Perissinotto;C.D. McQuaid;P.W. Froneman

  • Implications of life history for genetic structure and migration rates of southern African coastal invertebrates: planktonic, abbreviated and direct development

    P. R. Teske;I. Papadopoulos;I. Papadopoulos;G. I. Zardi;C. D. McQuaid

  • Unexpected genetic structure of mussel populations in South Africa: indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis

    G. I. Zardi;C. D. McQuaid;P. R. Teske;N. P. Barker

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo I. Zardi
Gerardo I. Zardi Rhodes University
Peter R. Teske
Peter R. Teske University of Johannesburg
Nigel P. Barker
Nigel P. Barker University of Pretoria
P.W. Froneman
P.W. Froneman University of Cape Town
Marc Rius
Marc Rius University of Southampton
Evgeny A. Pakhomov
Evgeny A. Pakhomov University of British Columbia
David J. Marshall
David J. Marshall Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Stefano Cannicci
Stefano Cannicci University of Hong Kong
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve

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