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Xavier de Montaudouin

Xavier de Montaudouin

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
3168
World Ranking
8365
National Ranking
379

Overview

Xavier de Montaudouin is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly contributions focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Parasitology, and Small Animals.

The researcher's work covers a variety of topics with a particular emphasis on marine and aquatic environments. The main topics addressed are Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Marine and Fisheries Research, Parasites and Host Interactions, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and Helminth Infection and Control.

Xavier de Montaudouin has published extensively across several venues, frequently contributing to journals such as Parasitology, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, PLoS ONE, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, and Nature Cancer.

Among notable recent publications are the following works:

  • Somatic evolution of marine transmissible leukemias in the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule (2023, Nature Cancer)
  • Sediment reworking by the burrowing polychaete Hediste diversicolor modulated by environmental and biological factors across the temperate North Atlantic. A tribute to Gaston Desrosiers (2021, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology)
  • How costly are metacercarial infections in a bivalve host? Effects of two trematode species on biochemical performance of cockles (2020, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology)
  • Parasitism in ecosystem engineer species: A key factor controlling marine ecosystem functioning (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • Mobilisation of data to stakeholder communities. Bridging the research-practice gap using a commercial shellfish species model (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xavier de Montaudouin include Luísa Magalhães, Kate Mahony, Rosa Freitas, Simão Correia, and Sarah C. Culloty.

Their work also extends to book publications, with several titles published through RIA-UA and Ifremer. These include:

  • Atlas des parasites et maladies de la coque commune Cerastoderma edule (2021)
  • Catálogo de parasitas e patologias do berbigão-vulgar Cerastoderma edule (2021)
  • Inventario de parasitos e enfermidades do berberecho Cerastoderma edule (2021)
  • Catalogue of parasites and diseases of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule (2021)

Best Publications

  • Use of biotic indices in semi-enclosed coastal ecosystems and transitional waters habitats - Implications for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    H Blanchet;Nicolas Lavesque;T Ruellet;J Dauvin

  • Heterogeneity of macrozoobenthic assemblages within a Zostera noltii seagrass bed: diversity, abundance, biomass and structuring factors

    Hugues Blanchet;Xavier de Montaudouin;Aurélien Lucas;Pierre Chardy

  • Long-term evolution (1988–2008) of Zostera spp. meadows in Arcachon Bay (Bay of Biscay)

    Plus Martin;Dalloyau Sébastien;Trut Gilles;Auby Isabelle

  • Seasonal changes in macrophyte and macrozoobenthos assemblages in three coastal lagoons under varying degrees of eutrophication

    Guy Bachelet;Xavier de Montaudouin;Isabelle Auby;Pierre-Jean Labourg

  • The Manila clam population in Arcachon Bay (SW France): Can it be kept sustainable?

    Cécile Dang;Cécile Dang;Xavier de Montaudouin;Xavier de Montaudouin;Mériame Gam;Christian Paroissin;Christian Paroissin

  • A census of macroparasites in an intertidal bivalve community, Arcachon Bay, France

    Xavier de Montaudouin;Isabelle Kisielewski;Guy Bachelet;Céline Desclaux

  • Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems

    David W. Thieltges;Xavier de Montaudouin;Brian Fredensborg;K. Thomas Jensen

  • Structuring factors and recent changes in subtidal macrozoobenthic communities of a coastal lagoon, Arcachon Bay (France)

    Hugues Blanchet;Xavier de Montaudouin;Pierre Chardy;Guy Bachelet

  • Does the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata, L.) impair oyster growth and zoobenthos biodiversity? A revisited hypothesis

    Xavier de Montaudouin;Corinne Audemard;Pierre-Jean Labourg

  • The proliferating Gastropoda Crepidula fornicata may stimulate macrozoobenthic diversity

    X. de Montaudouin;P.G. Sauriau

  • Digenean trematode species in the cockle Cerastoderma edule: identification key and distribution along the north-eastern Atlantic shoreline.

    Xavier de Montaudouin;David W. Thieltges;Mériame Gam;Manuela Krakau

  • Impact of digenean parasite infection on metallothionein synthesis by the cockle (Cerastoderma edule): a multivariate field monitoring.

    Magalie Baudrimont;Xavier de Montaudouin;Audrey Palvadeau

  • Interactive effects of metal contamination and pathogenic organisms on the marine bivalve Cerastoderma edule.

    Ika Paul-Pont;Patrice Gonzalez;Magalie Baudrimont;Florence Jude

  • Distance decay of similarity among parasite communities of three marine invertebrate hosts

    David W. Thieltges;MacNeill A. D. Ferguson;Cathy S. Jones;Manuela Krakau

  • Trematode communities in cockles (Cerastoderma edule) of the Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): Influence of inorganic contamination

    R. Freitas;R. Martins;B. Campino;E. Figueira

  • Parasite co-infection of two sympatric bivalves, the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) and the cockle (Cerastoderma edule) along a latitudinal gradient

    Géraldine Lassalle;Xavier de Montaudouin;Philippe Soudant;Christine Paillard

  • The Quantitative Distribution of Subtidal Macrozoobenthic Assemblages in Arcachon Bay in Relation to Environmental Factors: a Multivariate Analysis

    Guy Bachelet;Xavier de Montaudouin;Jean-Claude Dauvin

  • Effect of intermediate host size (Cerastoderma edule) on infectivity of cercariae of three Himasthla species (Echinostomatidae, Trematoda)

    Anne Margrethe Wegeberg;Xavier de Montaudouin;K.Thomas Jensen

  • How life history contributes to stress response in the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum.

    Ika Paul-Pont;Xavier de Montaudouin;Patrice Gonzalez;Philippe Soudant

  • Development of a multimetric approach to assess perturbation of benthic macrofauna in Zostera noltii beds.

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  • Invasion of the eastern Bay of Biscay by the nassariid gastropod Cyclope neritea: origin and effects on resident fauna

    Guy Bachelet;Benoît Simon-Bouhet;Céline Desclaux;Pascale Garcia-Meunier

  • Spartina anglica eradication experiment and in situ monitoring assess structuring strength of habitat complexity on marine macrofauna at high tidal level

    Maud Cottet;Xavier de Montaudouin;Hugues Blanchet;Pascal Lebleu

  • Cockle emergence at the sediment surface: 'favourization' mechanism by digenean parasites?

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  • Potential of bivalves' secondary settlement differs with species: a comparison between cockle ( Cerastoderma edule ) and clam ( Ruditapes philippinarum ) juvenile resuspension

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  • Physiological responses of Manila clams Venerupis (=Ruditapes) philippinarum with varying parasite Perkinsus olseni burden to toxic algal Alexandrium ostenfeldii exposure.

    Malwenn Lassudrie;Philippe Soudant;Gaëlle Richard;Nicolas Henry

  • Cockle infection by Himasthla quissetensis - I. From cercariae emergence to metacercariae infection

    Xavier de Montaudouin;Hugues Blanchet;Céline Desclaux-Marchand;Nicolas Lavesque

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Guy Sauriau
Pierre-Guy Sauriau University of La Rochelle
Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro
Philippe Soudant
Philippe Soudant French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Magalie Baudrimont
Magalie Baudrimont Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David W. Thieltges
David W. Thieltges Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Christine Paillard
Christine Paillard University of Western Brittany
Antoine Grémare
Antoine Grémare University of Bordeaux
Shelagh K. Malham
Shelagh K. Malham Bangor University
Etelvina Figueira
Etelvina Figueira University of Aveiro
Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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