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Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
8522
World Ranking
4642
National Ranking
198

Overview

Philippe Usseglio-Polatera is affiliated with the University of Lorraine in France and specializes primarily in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Some recent papers co-authored by Philippe Usseglio-Polatera include:

  • Functional trait-based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists (2020), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • DISPERSE, a trait database to assess the dispersal potential of European aquatic macroinvertebrates (2020), published in Scientific Data
  • Comparison of markers for the monitoring of freshwater benthic biodiversity through DNA metabarcoding (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • A global perspective on the functional responses of stream communities to flow intermittence (2021), published in Ecography
  • Morphological vs. DNA metabarcoding approaches for the evaluation of stream ecological status with benthic invertebrates: Testing different combinations of markers and strategies of data filtering (2020), published in Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Philippe Usseglio-Polatera include:

  • Albin Meyer
  • Élise Billoir
  • Michaël Danger
  • Martin Laviale
  • Cédric P. Mondy

Publication venues where Philippe Usseglio-Polatera has frequently contributed to include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale

    Egina Malaj;Egina Malaj;Peter C. von der Ohe;Matthias Grote;Ralph Kühne

  • Biological and ecological traits of benthic freshwater macroinvertebrates: relationships and definition of groups with similar traits

    Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera;Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera;Michel Bournaud;Philippe Richoux;Henri Tachet

  • Stream community structure in relation to spatial variation: the influence of mesohabitat characteristics

    Jean-Nicolas Beisel;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Sandra Thomas;Jean-Claude Moreteau

  • Invertebrate traits for the biomonitoring of large European rivers: an initial assessment of alternative metrics

    Sébastien Gayraud;Bernhard Statzner;Pierre Bady;Arne Haybachp

  • Perspectives for biomonitoring at large spatial scales: a unified measure for the functional composition of invertebrate communities in European running waters

    Bernhard Statzner;Barbara Bis;Sylvain Dolédec;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

  • The spatial heterogeneity of a river bottom: a key factor determining macroinvertebrate communities

    Jean-Nicolas Beisel;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Jean-Claude Moreteau

  • Traits of benthic macroinvertebrates in semi‐natural French streams: an initial application to biomonitoring in Europe

    Stéphane Charvet;Bernhard Statzner;Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera;Bernard Dumont

  • Biomonitoring through biological traits of benthic macroinvertebrates: how to use species trait databases?

    Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Michel Bournaud;Philippe Richoux;Henri Tachet

  • The STAR project: context, objectives and approaches

    Mike T. Furse;Daniel Hering;Otto Moog;Piet Verdonschot

  • Assessing the ecological status in the context of the European Water Framework Directive: Where do we go now?

    Yorick Reyjol;Christine Argillier;Wendy Bonne;Angel Borja

  • A new macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index (I2M2) to evaluate ecological quality of French wadeable streams fulfilling the WFD demands: A taxonomical and trait approach

    Cédric Pascal Mondy;Bertrand Villeneuve;Virginie Archaimbault;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

  • Functional trait-based approaches as a common framework for aquatic ecologists

    Séverine Martini;Floriane Larras;Aurélien Boyé;Emile Faure

  • Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects

    Vasco Elbrecht;Pierre Taberlet;Tony Dejean;Alice Valentini

  • DISPERSE: a trait database to assess the dispersal potential of European aquatic macroinvertebrates

    Romain Sarremejane;Romain Sarremejane;Nuria Cid;Rachel Stubbington;Thibault Datry

  • Assessment of functional integrity of eutrophic streams using litter breakdown and benthic macroinvertebrates

    Antoine Lecerf;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Jean-Yves Charcosset;Didier Lambrigot

  • Patterns of benthic community traits in neotropical streams: relationship to mesoscale spatial variability

    Sylvie Tomanova;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

  • Global climate change in large European rivers: long‐term effects on macroinvertebrate communities and potential local confounding factors

    Mathieu Floury;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Martial Ferreol;Cecile Delattre

  • A Comparative Analysis of Evenness Index Sensitivity

    Jean-Nicolas Beisel;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Vincent Bachmann;Jean-Claude Moreteau

  • Assessing pollution of toxic sediment in streams using bio‐ecological traits of benthic macroinvertebrates

    Virginie Archaimbault;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera;Jeanne Garric;Jean-Gabriel Wasson

  • Linking biotopes to invertebrates in rivers: Biological traits, taxonomic composition and diversity

    Benoît O.L. Demars;Joanna L. Kemp;Nikolai Friberg;Philippe Usseglio-Polatera

  • Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology

    Joan Artigas;Gertie Arts;Marc Babut;Anna Barra Caracciolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Nicolas Beisel
Jean-Nicolas Beisel University of Strasbourg
Michael Danger
Michael Danger University of Lorraine
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles
Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles University of Barcelona
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Núria Bonada
Núria Bonada University of Barcelona
Thibault Datry
Thibault Datry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David M. Harper
David M. Harper University of Leicester
Ralf B. Schäfer
Ralf B. Schäfer University of Kaiserslautern-Landau - RPTU
Jeanne Garric
Jeanne Garric École Normale Supérieure

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