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Nathalie Niquil is affiliated with Université de Caen Normandie in France. Their research predominantly focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Oceanography. The work also covers Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Niquil has contributed to several papers published in notable venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • "A spatial food web model to investigate potential spillover effects of a fishery closure in an offshore wind farm" (2020), published in Journal of Marine Systems
  • "Cumulative effects of marine renewable energy and climate change on ecosystem properties: Sensitivity of ecological network analysis" (2020), published in Ecological Indicators
  • "Shifting levels of ecological network's analysis reveals different system properties" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Assessing the state of marine biodiversity in the Northeast Atlantic" (2022), published in Ecological Indicators
  • "How to model social-ecological systems? - A case study on the effects of a future offshore wind farm on the local society and ecosystem, and whether social compensation matters" (2020), published in Marine Policy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Niquil include:

  • François Le Loc'h
  • Emma Araignous
  • Ghassen Halouani
  • Aurore Raoux
  • Frida Ben Rais Lasram

Publishing regularly in specialized journals, Nathalie Niquil has multiple contributions in venues such as Journal of Marine Systems, ICES Journal of Marine Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecological Indicators, and Ecosystem Services.

Best Publications

  • Trophic networks: How do theories link ecosystem structure and functioning to stability properties? A review

    Blanche Saint-Béat;Dan Baird;Harald Asmus;Ragnhild Asmus

  • Exploring and quantifying fungal diversity in freshwater lake ecosystems using rDNA cloning/sequencing and SSU tag pyrosequencing

    Sébastien Monchy;Giovanna Sanciu;Marlène Jobard;Serena Rasconi

  • Benthic and fish aggregation inside an offshore wind farm: Which effects on the trophic web functioning?

    Aurore Raoux;Samuele Tecchio;Jean-Philippe Pezy;Géraldine Lassalle

  • Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy

    Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Harald Asmus;Ragnhild Asmus;Dan Baird

  • Phytoplankton chytridiomycosis: community structure and infectivity of fungal parasites in aquatic ecosystems

    Serena Rasconi;Nathalie Niquil;Télesphore Sime-Ngando

  • Lower trophic levels and detrital biomass control the Bay of Biscay continental shelf food web: Implications for ecosystem management

    G. Lassalle;J. Lobry;F. Le Loc'h;Paco Bustamante

  • Food web indicators under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: From complexity to simplicity?

    I. Rombouts;G. Beaugrand;X. Fizzala;F. Gaill

  • Using ecological models to assess ecosystem status in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Chiara Piroddi;Heliana Teixeira;Christopher P. Lynam;Chris Smith

  • Towards ecosystem-based management: identifying operational food-web indicators for marine ecosystems

    Jamie C. Tam;Jason S. Link;Axel G. Rossberg;Stuart I. Rogers

  • Numerical analysis of the food web of an intertidal mudflat ecosystem on the Atlantic coast of France

    Delphine Leguerrier;Nathalie Niquil;Nicolas Boileau;Jadwiga Rzeznik

  • δ15N and δ13C in the Mondego estuary food web: seasonal variation in producers and consumers.

    Alexandra Baeta;Rute Pinto;Ivan Valiela;Pierre Richard

  • Inverse model analysis of the planktonic food web of Takapoto Atoll (French Polynesia)

    Nathalie Niquil;George A. Jackson;Louis Legendre;Bruno Delesalle

  • Community structure of digenean parasites of sparid and labrid fishes of the Mediterranean sea: a new approach.

    P. Sasal;N. Niquil;P. Bartoli

  • Functional Effects of Parasites on Food Web Properties during the Spring Diatom Bloom in Lake Pavin: A Linear Inverse Modeling Analysis

    Boutheina Grami;Serena Rasconi;Serena Rasconi;Nathalie Niquil;Marlène Jobard

  • Modeling the impact of oyster culture on a mudflat food web in Marennes-Oléron Bay (France)

    Delphine Leguerrier;Nathalie Niquil;Aurélie Petiau;Alain Bodoy

  • An ecosystem approach for the assessment of fisheries impacts on marine top predators: the Bay of Biscay case study

    Géraldine Lassalle;Didier Gascuel;François Le Loc'h;Jérémy Lobry

  • Modelling the effects of eutrophication, mitigation measures and an extreme flood event on estuarine benthic food webs

    Alexandra Baeta;Alexandra Baeta;Nathalie Niquil;João C. Marques;Joana Patrício

  • Zooplankton community structure in a highly turbid environment (Charente estuary, France): Spatio-temporal patterns and environmental control

    Julien Modéran;Pierre Bouvais;Valérie David;Sandrine Le Noc

  • Hydrothermal Fe cycling and deep ocean organic carbon scavenging: Model-based evidence for significant POC supply to seafloor sediments

    C.R. German;L.L. Legendre;S.G. Sander;N. Niquil

  • Bacterivory in the common foraminifer Ammonia tepida: Isotope tracer experiment and the controlling factors

    Pierre-Yves Pascal;Christine Dupuy;Pierre Richard;Nathalie Niquil

  • The planktonic food web of the Bizerte lagoon (south-western Mediterranean) during summer: I. Spatial distribution under different anthropogenic pressures

    Asma Sakka Hlaili;Boutheina Grami;Nathalie Niquil;Michel Gosselin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Claude Dauvin
Jean-Claude Dauvin Université de Caen Normandie
François Le Loc'h
François Le Loc'h Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard University of La Rochelle
Cédric Bacher
Cédric Bacher French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Télesphore Sime-Ngando
Télesphore Sime-Ngando University of Clermont Auvergne
Dan Baird
Dan Baird Stellenbosch University
Louis Legendre
Louis Legendre Université Paris Cité
Joana Patrício
Joana Patrício European Commission
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Boris Leroy
Boris Leroy French National Museum of Natural History

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