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Teresa Alcoverro is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their research primarily covers the following fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their work delves into subfields including:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The main topics addressed in Alcoverro's research include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Alcoverro has published articles in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Recent selected papers include:

  • Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • Temperature reduces fish dispersal as larvae grow faster to their settlement size (2021, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Resilience of seagrass populations to thermal stress does not reflect regional differences in ocean climate (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Sequential overgrazing by green turtles causes archipelago-wide functional extinctions of seagrass meadows (2021, Biological Conservation)

Alcoverro collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rohan Arthur
  • Jordi Boada
  • Jordi F. Pagès
  • Elrika D'Souza
  • Mario Minguito Frutos

Best Publications

  • Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

    Carmen B de los Santos;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Teresa Alcoverro;Núria Marba

  • Annual growth dynamics of Posidonia oceanica: contribution of large-scale versus local factors to seasonality

    T. Alcoverro;C.M. Duarte;J. Romero

  • Annual metabolic carbon balance of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: the importance of carbohydrate reserves

    Teresa Alcoverro;Marta Manzanera;Javier Romero

  • Nutrient dynamics in seagrass ecosystems.

    Javier Romero;Kun-Seop Lee;Marta M. Pérez;Miguel Ángel Mateo

  • A multivariate index based on the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (POMI) to assess ecological status of coastal waters under the water framework directive (WFD)

    Javier Romero;Begoña Martínez-Crego;Teresa Alcoverro;Marta M. Pérez

  • Growth plasticity in Cymodocea nodosa stands: the importance of nutrient supply

    Marta Perez;Carlos M. Duarte;Javier Romero;Kaj Sand-Jensen

  • Response of seagrass indicators to shifts in environmental stressors: A global review and management synthesis

    Guillem Roca;Guillem Roca;Teresa Alcoverro;Teresa Alcoverro;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Thorsten J. S. Balsby

  • Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems

    Elisabeth S. Bakker;Jordi F. Pagès;Jordi F. Pagès;Rohan Arthur;Rohan Arthur;Teresa Alcoverro;Teresa Alcoverro

  • Spatial and temporal variations in nutrient limitation of seagrass Posidonia oceanica growth in the NW Mediterranean

    Teresa Alcoverro;Javier Romero;Carlos M. Duarte;Nancy I. López

  • Diversity of European seagrass indicators: patterns within and across regions

    Núria Marbà;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Teresa Alcoverro;Sebastian Birk

  • Resource allocation and sucrose mobilization in light-limited eelgrass Zostera marina

    Teresa Alcoverro;Richard C. Zimmerman;Donald G. Kohrs;Randall S. Alberte

  • Impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem by a severe coastal storm

    Anna Sanchez-Vidal;Miquel Canals;Antoni M. Calafat;Galderic Lastras

  • The influence of herbivores on Posidonia oceanica epiphytes

    Teresa Alcoverro;Carlos M. Duarte;Javier Romero

  • Extensive direct measurements of Posidonia oceanica defoliation confirm the importance of herbivory in temperate seagrass meadows

    Patricia Prado;Fiona Tomas;Teresa Alcoverro;Javier Romero

  • Implications of conserving an ecosystem modifier: Increasing green turtle (Chelonia mydas) densities substantially alters seagrass meadows

    Aparna Lal;Aparna Lal;Rohan Arthur;Núria Marbà;Adrian W.T. Lill

  • Seagrasses in the age of sea turtle conservation and shark overfishing

    Michael R. Heithaus;Teresa Alcoverro;Teresa Alcoverro;Rohan Arthur;Derek A. Burkholder

  • PRODUCTION OF MUCILAGE BY THE ADRIATIC EPIPELIC DIATOM CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER NUTRIENT LIMITATION

    Teresa Alcoverro;Ersilia Conte;Lucia Mazzella

  • Compensation and resistance to herbivory in seagrasses: induced responses to simulated consumption by fish

    Adriana Vergés;Marta M. Pérez;Teresa Alcoverro;Javier Romero

  • Role of fish herbivory in structuring the vertical distribution of canopy algae Cystoseira spp. in the Mediterranean Sea

    Adriana Vergés;Teresa Alcoverro;Enric Ballesteros

  • Effects of sea urchin grazing on seagrass (Thalassodendron ciliatum) beds of a Kenyan lagoon

    Teresa Alcoverro;Simone Mariani

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Romero
Javier Romero Harvard University
Marta Pérez
Marta Pérez University of Barcelona
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Adriana Vergés
Adriana Vergés University of New South Wales
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University
Paul S. Lavery
Paul S. Lavery Edith Cowan University
Juan M. Ruiz
Juan M. Ruiz University of Granada
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council

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