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Overview

Pascal Riera is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, contributing research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered by Pascal Riera include:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Pascal Riera has published extensively in scientific journals and participates actively in marine and ecological studies. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Isotopic tracing reveals single-cell assimilation of a macroalgal polysaccharide by a few marine Flavobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Stomach content and stable isotope analyses provide complementary insights into the trophic ecology of coastal temperate bentho-demersal assemblages under environmental and anthropogenic pressures," 2022, Marine Environmental Research
  • "Stable Isotope Trajectory Analysis (SITA): A new approach to quantify and visualize dynamics in stable isotope studies," 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • "Temporal succession of a macrofaunal community associated with kelp fragment accumulations in an in situ experiment," 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Characterizing spatio-temporal changes in benthic communities: Taxonomic and functional trajectories of intertidal assemblages in the bay of Saint-Brieuc (English Channel)," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

The primary venues for Pascal Riera's publications include:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The ISME Journal
  • Ecological Monographs

Frequent co-authors working alongside Pascal Riera include:

  • Anthony Sturbois
  • Gauthier Schaal
  • Nicolas Desroy
  • Alain Ponsero
  • Alexandre Carpentier

Best Publications

  • Isotopic Determination of Food Sources ofCrassostrea gigasAlong a Trophic Gradient in the Estuarine Bay of Marennes-Ol éron

    P. Riera;P. Richard

  • Chemical and isotopic composition of the organic matter sources in the Gulf of Gdansk (southern Baltic Sea)

    D. Maksymowska;P. Richard;H. Piekarek-Jankowska;P. Riera

  • Community structure and food web based on stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) analysis of a North Eastern Atlantic maerl bed

    Jacques Grall;François Le Loc'h;François Le Loc'h;Benjamin Guyonnet;Pascal Riera

  • Determination of food sources for benthic invertebrates in a salt marsh (Aiguillon Bay, France) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: importance of locally produced sources

    P. Riera;L.J. Stal;J. Nieuwenhuize;P. Richard

  • Benthic trophic network in the Bay of Banyuls-sur-Mer (northwest Mediterranean, France) : An assessment based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes analysis

    Antoine Carlier;Pascal Riera;Jean-Michel Amouroux;Jean-Yves Bodiou

  • Food source of intertidal nematodes in the Bay of Marennes-Oleron (France), as determined by dual stable isotope analysis

    Riera P;Richard P;Grémare A;Blanchard G

  • Dynamics of spatial patterns of microphytobenthic biomass: inferences from a geostatistical analysis of two comprehensive surveys in Marennes-Oléron Bay (France)

    Jean-Marc Guarini;Gérard F. Blanchard;Cédric Bacher;Philippe Gros

  • Temporal variation of delta13C in particulate organic matter and oyster Crassostrea gigas in Marennes-Oléron Bay (France): effect of freshwater inflow

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  • Heavy δ15N in Intertidal Benthic Algae and Invertebrates in the Scheldt Estuary (The Netherlands): Effect of River Nitrogen Inputs

    P. Riera;L.J. Stal;J. Nieuwenhuize

  • Summer autotrophy and winter heterotrophy in the temperate symbiotic coral Cladocora caespitosa

    C. Ferrier-Pagès;Andrea Peirano;M. Abbate;Silvia Cocito

  • Trophic ecology of nematodes from various microhabitats of the Roscoff Aber Bay (France): importance of stranded macroalgae evidenced through δ13C and δ15N

    P. Riera;Cédric Hubas

  • A seasonal survey of the food web in the Lapalme Lagoon (northwestern Mediterranean) assessed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

    Antoine Carlier;Pascal Riera;Jean-Michel Amouroux;Jean-Yves Bodiou

  • Dynamics of particulate organic matter composition in coastal systems: a spatio-temporal study at multi-systems scale

    Camilla Liénart;Nicolas Savoye;Yann Bozec;Elsa Breton

  • Exploitation of natural food sources by two sympatric, invasive suspension-feeders: Crassostrea gigas and Crepidula fornicata

    Priscilla Decottignies;Peter G. Beninger;Yves Rincé;Richard J. Robins

  • Trophic ecology in a Northern Brittany (Batz Island, France) kelp (Laminaria digitata) forest, as investigated through stable isotopes and chemical assays

    Gauthier Schaal;Pascal Riera;Cédric Leroux

  • δ13C versus δ15N of co-occurring molluscs within a community dominated by Crassostrea gigas and Crepidula fornicata (Oosterschelde, The Netherlands)

    P. Riera;L.J. Stal;J. Nieuwenhuize

  • Trophic interactions between two introduced suspension-feeders, Crepidula fornicata and Crassostrea gigas, are influenced by seasonal effects and qualitative selection capacity

    Priscilla Decottignies;Peter G. Beninger;Yves Rincé;Pascal Riera

  • δ15N of organic matter sources and benthic invertebrates along an estuarine gradient in Marennes-Oleron bay (France): implications for the study of trophic structure

    Pascal Riera

  • Feeding of glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) in the course of their estuarine migration: new insights from stable isotope analysis

    Agnès Bardonnet;Pascal Riera

  • Preferential food source utilization among stranded macroalgae by Talitrus saltator (Amphipod, Talitridae): a stable isotopes study in the northern coast of Brittany (France)

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  • Utilization of estuarine organic matter during growth and migration by juvenile brown shrimp Penaeus aztecus in a south Texas estuary

    Pascal Riera;Pa Montagna;Rd Kalke;Pierre Richard

  • Food web structure of two Mediterranean lagoons under varying degree of eutrophication

    Antoine Carlier;Pascal Riera;Jean-Michel Amouroux;Jean-Yves Bodiou

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Davoult
Dominique Davoult Sorbonne University
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard University of La Rochelle
Pierre-Guy Sauriau
Pierre-Guy Sauriau University of La Rochelle
Antoine Grémare
Antoine Grémare University of Bordeaux
Lucas J. Stal
Lucas J. Stal University of Amsterdam
Cédric Bacher
Cédric Bacher French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Christian Jeanthon
Christian Jeanthon Université Paris Cité
Stéphane Uroz
Stéphane Uroz University of Lorraine
François Le Loc'h
François Le Loc'h Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
Nicolas Savoye
Nicolas Savoye University of Bordeaux

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