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Gareth A. Pearson

Gareth A. Pearson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
8487
World Ranking
3888
National Ranking
25

Overview

Gareth A. Pearson is affiliated with the University of Algarve in Portugal. Their research centers on marine and coastal plant biology, with extensive contributions to the understanding of kelp and related marine ecosystems. The scientist's work spans several key fields, including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Oceanography, Ecology, and Genetics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to marine biology and ecology.

Key topics addressed throughout their career include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Gareth A. Pearson has published in a variety of scientific journals, often focusing on studies involving kelp forests and their ecological and genetic aspects. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • European Journal of Phycology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Biogeography

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae, 2020, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
  • Heat stress responses and population genetics of the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) across latitudes reveal differentiation among North Atlantic populations, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Thermal traits for reproduction and recruitment differ between Arctic and Atlantic kelp Laminaria digitata, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Loss of a globally unique kelp forest from Oman, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Ocean currents shape the genetic structure of a kelp in southwestern Africa, 2022, Journal of Biogeography

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Ester Á. Serrão
  • João Neiva
  • Neusa Martins
  • Jorge Assis
  • Inka Bartsch

Best Publications

  • STRESS TOLERANCE IN INTERTIDAL SEAWEEDS

    Ian R. Davison;Gareth A. Pearson

  • The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Pierre Rouzé;Bram Verhelst;Yao-Cheng Lin

  • The impact of temperature on marine phytoplankton resource allocation and metabolism

    Andrew Toseland;Stuart J. Daines;James R. Clark;Amy Kirkham

  • ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY, VOL 59

    Martin Wahl;Veijo Jormalainen;Klemens Eriksson;James A. Coyer

  • Frayed at the edges: selective pressure and adaptive response to abiotic stressors are mismatched in low diversity edge populations

    Gareth A. Pearson;Asuncion Lago-Leston;Catarina Mota

  • Successful external fertilization in turbulent environments

    Ester A. Serrao;Gareth Pearson;Lena Kautsky;Susan H. Brawley

  • Climate Change Impacts on Seagrass Meadows and Macroalgal Forests: An Integrative Perspective on Acclimation and Adaptation Potential

    Bernardo Duarte;Irene Martins;Rui Rosa;Ana R. Matos

  • Stress Ecology in Fucus: Abiotic, Biotic and Genetic Interactions

    Martin Wahl;Veijo Jormalainen;Britas Klemens Eriksson;James A Coyer

  • Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae

    Trevor T. Bringloe;Samuel Starko;Rachael M. Wade;Christophe Vieira

  • Reproductive ecology, of Fucus distichus (Phaeophyceae):an intertidal alga with successful external fertilization

    Pearson Ga;Brawley Sh

  • Shift happens: trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus.

    Katy R Nicastro;Gerardo I Zardi;Sara Teixeira;João Neiva

  • ECOLOGICAL GENETICS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC: ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND ADAPTATION AT SPECIFIC LOCI

    Paul S. Schmidt;Ester A. SerrÃo;Gareth A. Pearson;Cynthia Riginos

  • Population genetics of dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii throughout its biogeographic range

    J. A. Coyer;O. E. Diekmann;Ester Serrão;G. Procaccini

  • Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga

    Carla R. Lourenço;Carla R. Lourenço;Gerardo I. Zardi;Christopher D. McQuaid;Ester A. Serrão

  • Marine forests of the Mediterranean-Atlantic Cystoseira tamariscifolia complex show a southern Iberian genetic hotspot and no reproductive isolation in parapatry.

    Ricardo Bermejo;Ricardo Bermejo;Rosa M. Chefaoui;Aschwin H. Engelen;Roberto Buonomo;Roberto Buonomo

  • Adaptive traits are maintained on steep selective gradients despite gene flow and hybridization in the intertidal zone.

    Gerardo I. Zardi;Katy R. Nicastro;Fernando Canovas;Joana Ferreira Costa

  • CONTROL OF GAMETE RELEASE IN FUCOID ALGAE: SENSING HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS VIA CARBON ACQUISITION

    Gareth A. Pearson;Ester A. Serrão;Susan H. Brawley

  • Climate-driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga.

    J Assis;E A Serrão;B Claro;Cecile Perrin;Cecile Perrin

  • Temperature tolerance and survival of intertidal populations of the seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornemann) in Southern Europe (Ria Formosa, Portugal)

    S. I. Massa;S. Arnaud-Haond;S. Arnaud-Haond;G. A. Pearson;Ester Serrão

  • An Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis of the Intertidal Brown Seaweeds Fucus serratus (L.) and F. vesiculosus (L.) (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae) in Response to Abiotic Stressors

    Gareth A. Pearson;Galice Hoarau;Asuncion Lago-Leston;James A. Coyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve
Myriam Valero
Myriam Valero Sorbonne University
Jeanine L. Olsen
Jeanine L. Olsen University of Groningen
Gerardo I. Zardi
Gerardo I. Zardi Rhodes University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
James A. Coyer
James A. Coyer University of New Hampshire
Aschwin H. Engelen
Aschwin H. Engelen University of Algarve
Jorge Assis
Jorge Assis University of Algarve
Galice Hoarau
Galice Hoarau Nord University
Christopher D. McQuaid
Christopher D. McQuaid Rhodes University

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