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Mehdi Adjeroud is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and earth sciences, with a core focus on marine and coastal ecosystems.

The primary fields of study for Mehdi Adjeroud include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these, their work dives into specific subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main topics of work cover various aspects of marine and environmental research, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Mehdi Adjeroud has contributed numerous publications, with recent papers addressing coral reef ecology and environmental methodology. Notable examples include:

  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Quantifying the shelter capacity of coral reefs using photogrammetric 3D modeling: From colonies to reefscapes (2020, Ecological Indicators)
  • Which Method for Which Purpose? A Comparison of Line Intercept Transect and Underwater Photogrammetry Methods for Coral Reef Surveys (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Coral reef structural complexity loss exposes coastlines to waves (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • Juvenile corals underpin coral reef carbonate production after disturbance (2021, Global Change Biology)

Publications have also appeared frequently in venues such as Scientific Reports, Coral Reefs, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecological Indicators, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a set of frequent co-authors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. Key collaborators include:

  • Lucie Penin
  • Mohsen Kayal
  • François Guilhaumon
  • Sophie Bureau
  • Lionel Bigot

Best Publications

  • Predator crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) outbreak, mass mortality of corals, and cascading effects on reef fish and benthic communities.

    Mohsen Kayal;Mohsen Kayal;Julie Vercelloni;Julie Vercelloni;Julie Vercelloni;Thierry Lison de Loma;Pauline Bosserelle

  • Recurrent disturbances, recovery trajectories, and resilience of coral assemblages on a South Central Pacific reef

    Mehdi Adjeroud;F. Michonneau;F. Michonneau;P.J. Edmunds;Y. Chancerelle

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

  • Early post-settlement mortality and the structure of coral assemblages

    Lucie Penin;François Michonneau;Andrew H. Baird;Sean R. Connolly

  • Factors influencing spatial patterns on coral reefs around Moorea, French Polynesia

    Mehdi Adjeroud

  • Innate immune responses of a scleractinian coral to vibriosis.

    Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol;Ophélie Ladrière;Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Pierre-Eric Sautière

  • Coral bleaching under thermal stress: putative involvement of host/symbiont recognition mechanisms

    Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol;Mehdi Adjeroud;Emmanuel Roger;Laurent Foure

  • Recovery of coral assemblages despite acute and recurrent disturbances on a South Central Pacific reef.

    Mehdi Adjeroud;Mohsen Kayal;Claudie Iborra-Cantonnet;Julie Vercelloni

  • Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes

    S. K. Wilson;M. Adjeroud;D. R. Bellwood;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen;M. L. Berumen

  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences

    Alec P. Christie;David Abecasis;Mehdi Adjeroud;Juan C. Alonso

  • Patterns of genetic variation do not correlate with geographical distance in the reef-building coral Pocillopora meandrina in the South Pacific.

    Hélène Magalon;M. Adjeroud;M. Veuille

  • Physiological responses of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis to bacterial stress from Vibrio coralliilyticus

    Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol;Ophélie Ladrière;Anne-Leila Meistertzheim;Laurent Fouré

  • Human-induced physical disturbances and their indicators on coral reef habitats: A multi-scale approach

    Pascale Chabanet;Mehdi Adjeroud;Serge Andréfouët;Yves-Marie Bozec

  • Persistence and Change in Community Composition of Reef Corals through Present, Past, and Future Climates

    Peter J. Edmunds;Mehdi Adjeroud;Marissa Leanne Baskett;Iliana B. Baums

  • Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in coral recruitment around Moorea, French Polynesia: Implications for population maintenance

    Mehdi Adjeroud;Lucie Penin;Andrew Carroll

  • High resilience masks underlying sensitivity to algal phase shifts of Pacific coral reefs

    Peter J. Mumby;Robert S. Steneck;Mehdi Adjeroud;Suzanne N. Arnold

  • Natural disturbances and interannual variability of coral reef communities on the outer slope of Tiahura (Moorea, French Polynesia): 1991 to 1997

    Mehdi Adjeroud;David Augustin;René Galzin;Bernard Salvat

  • High spatial variability in coral bleaching around Moorea (French Polynesia): patterns across locations and water depths.

    Lucie Penin;Mehdi Adjeroud;Muriel Schrimm;Hunter Stanton Lenihan

  • Effects of predators and grazers exclusion on early post-settlement coral mortality

    Lucie Penin;Lucie Penin;Francois Michonneau;Andrew Gerard Carroll;Mehdi Adjeroud

  • Detecting the effects of natural disturbances on coral assemblages in French Polynesia: A decade survey at multiple scales

    Mehdi Adjeroud;Yannick Chancerelle;Muriel Schrimm;Thierry Perez

  • Genetic variation and clonal structure in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan

    M. Adjeroud;M. Tsuchiya

  • Thermal regime and host clade, rather than geography, drive Symbiodinium and bacterial assemblages in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis sensu lato.

    Kelly Brener-Raffalli;Camille Clerissi;Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol;Mehdi Adjeroud

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume Mitta
Guillaume Mitta University of Montpellier
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
René Galzin
René Galzin University of Perpignan
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Tim R. McClanahan
Tim R. McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society
Joachim Claudet
Joachim Claudet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Gareth J. Williams
Gareth J. Williams Bangor University
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier

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