KATY R.

NICASTRO

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION

Full name: Katy Nicastro

Citation name: Nicastro, Katy R.

Citizenship: Italian

Marital status: married, one son (5 years old)

AUTHOR IDENTIFIERS

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7071-141X

Google Scholar ID: UUOXLPcAAAAJ

LANGUAGES

Italian - Native speaker

English - Fluent

Portuguese -Very advanced

French - Intermediate

EDUCATION

09/2004 - 03/2008 Ph.D. in Marine Biology, Rhodes University, South Africa. Dissertation:
Effects of coastal topography on physiology, behaviour and genetics of
indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
mussels.

09/2000 - 03/2004 Degree (3 years Laurea) in Environmental Sciences, University of

Genoa, 101/110. Thesis work performed at the Genoa Section of the
National Research Council Institute for Marine Sciences (CNR, ISMAR)
in the framework of a joint project with the Section of Comparative
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General Physiology of the University of Genoa. Thesis: Biomarkers of

immunotoxicity in marine invertebrates.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2020/04/01 - present Associate Researcher, LOG, France

2020/04/01 - present Associate Researcher, Rhodes University, South Africa

2020/04/01 - present Principal Investigator, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2015/04/01 - 2020/03/31 Associate Researcher and PI, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2014/11/01 - 2014/12/31 Visiting Researcher, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2008/10/01 - 2014/10/31 Postdoc, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2008/04/01 - 2008/10/01 Research Assistant, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

2007/12/01 - 2007/12/30 Research Trainee, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Italy

2006/04/01 - 2006/04/15 Research Trainee, African Coelacanth ecosystem programme,

South Africa

2003/09/01 - 2004/03/01 Research Trainee, CNR - Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca di

Genova, Italy

2003/11/01 - 2003/12/01 Research Trainee, Ligurian Fish and Environment Observatory,

Italy

PRIZE AND AWARD

2019 Honorary Appointment - Research Associate, Rhodes University, South Africa

2015 FCT 2014 - FCT Investigator grant, Portuguese Science Foundation, Portugal

2008 FCT Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Portuguese Science Foundation, Portugal

2005 Upgrading of degree from MSc to PhD for merit, Rhodes University, South Africa

SUPERVISION AND TEACHING

PHD STUDENTS

2021/05 PhD in Biological Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal, L.

Cozzolino –Supervisor.
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2014/01 - 2018 PhD in Marine Biology, Rhodes University – C. Lourenço. “The role of
upwelling in determining the composition, species distribution and genetic
structure of intertidal communities in a time of climate change”, Co-
supervisor. Currently, Project Manager at Pavilion of Knowledge -
Ciência Viva Science Centre, Lisbon.

MSC STUDENTS

2019/01 - 2021/01 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – Y.

Rodriguez. “Socio-economic impact of marine litter for remote oceanic
islands: The Azores archipelago”, Supervisor.

2020/01 - 2020/12 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – S. Rao.

“The impact of plastic pollution and fishing gear on aquatic birds”,
Supervisor.

2020/01 - 2020/12 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – S. Birnstiel.

“Effects of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from plastic leaching on
marine microbes”, Supervisor.

2019/01 - 2019/12 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – L.

Cozzolino. “Service or disservice: The role of marine bioengineers in
plastic debris trapping”, Supervisor. Currently, just been awarded PhD
fellowship by FCT, Portugal.

2017/01 - 2018 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – M. Basto.

“The use of stranded aquatic-associated bird surveys for plastic litter
monitoring in Portugal”, Supervisor.

2015/01 - 2018 MSc in Zoology, University of Johannersburg, South Africa – N.N. Ntuli.
“An investigation of core-edge genetic diversity in South African marine
mussels”, Co-supervisor.

2017/01 - 2017 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – N. Velez.

“Prevalence and impacts of pollution by plastic debris along shores of
south Portugal and Morocco”, Supervisor.

2014/01 - 2014 MSc in Marine Biology, University of Algarve EMBC-Ghent University,

Belgium – G. Saada. “Taking the Heat: Vulnerability of distinct
macroalgal lineages to thermal stress”, Co-supervisor.

2014/01 - 2014 MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, University of Algarve

EMBC-Ghent University, Belgium – C. Monteiro. “The protective role of
canopy forming species against environmental stress”, Supervisor.
Currently, Junior Researcher at CIBIO, Portugal.

2012/01 - 2012/11 MSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – C.

Lourenço. “First record of the intertidal mussel Perna perna along the

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European coast”, Co-supervisor. Currently, Project Manager at Pavilion

of Knowledge - Ciência Viva Science Centre, Lisbon.

BACHELOR STUDENTS

2018/01 - 2018/10 BSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – S. Almeida.

“Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in southern Portugal”,
Supervisor.

2015/01 - 2015 BSc in Marine Biology, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal – J.

Gonçalves. “Intraspecific diversity in Fucus guiry”, Co-supervisor.

TEACHING

2008 – present Demonstrator in field and laboratory practicals to MSc students (Marine
Biology) at University of Algarve, Portugal.

2008 – present Supervisor and training of molecular and field technicians.

2005 Demonstrator in laboratory and field practicals (Zoology and

Entomology courses) at the Department of Zoology and Entomology,
Rhodes University, South Africa.

FUNDING

2016/01/01 - 2020/11/30 Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine

Forests to Global Change - 169.000,00€ -
BIODIVERSA/004/2015. Fundação para a Ciência e a
Tecnologia, Portugal. Researcher.

2022/01 – 2023/06 microCOOL: microbial endosymbiotic thermal buffer against

heatwaves - 49.971,79€ - EXPL/BIA-BMA/0682/2021. Fundação
para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Researcher.

2015/03/01 - 2020/02/28 Who is taking the heat? accounting for multiple levels of
biodiversity under contemporary climatic change - 50.000,00€ -
IF/01413/2014/CP1217/CT0004. Fundação para a Ciência e a
Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator.

2015/04/01 - 2020/03/01 Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP) -

199.941,00€ - PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014. Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Researcher.

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2018/04/01 - 2019/12/31 Cool parasites: Parasite-driven host thermoregulation – 3.000,00€.

PESSOA – Bilateral Project 2018/2019. (co)-Principal
Investigator.

2013/07/01 - 2016/09/30 Extant or extinct tipping points - climate changes drive genetic
diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary
hotspots - 499.557,00€ - EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012. Fundação
para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Researcher.

2015/07/01 - 2016/06/30 Climate change in the Ocean: The resilience of marginal

populations - 15.000€. Research Development Fund 2015.
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. (co)- Principal
Investigator.

2013/06/01 - 2014/12/31 Escape the heat: upwelling as current refugia from climate change
- 49.956,00€. EXPL/BIA-BIC/1471/2012. Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal Investigator.

2011/04/01 - 2014/07/31 Adaptive potential at range edges: testing relationships between

fitness-related traits and population structure near
ecophysiological limits -181.752,00€ - PTDC/MAR/110251/2009.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Principal
Investigator.

2010/01/01 - 2013/04/01 Adaptation in action: comparing invasive and native populations

to understand processes influencing species boundaries -
141.370,00€ - PTDC/BIA-BEC/103916/2008. Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal. Researcher.

2010/09/30 - 2011/10/01 Tropicalization of Mediterranean Sea biodiversity: ecology of a

contact zone between a temperate and a sub-tropical/tropical
mussel species - 2.250,00€ - Bilateral Cooperation (Tunisia-
Portugal). Researcher.

2010/02/01 - 2010/02/28 Testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population

structure of Fucus spp. near ecophysiological limits - 1500,00€ -
European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC).
ASSEMBLE (EU FP7 research infrastructure initiative).
Principal Investigator.

EVALUATION COMMITTEE

2020/11 Evaluator of CCMAR-FCT Doctoral Research Fellowships (Portugal).

2018/09 Evaluator of conference abstracts, Scientific committee for XIV National

Meeting of Evolutionary Biology (Portugal).

2018/12 Evaluator of grants, Leverhulme Trust (UK).

2016 Evaluator for rating applicants, National Research Foundation’s

Reviews and Evaluation directorate (South Africa).
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2019/11 Member Jury panel MSc thesis (internal examiner) at CCMAR, UAlg

OTHER

2020/07/01 - present Member Editorial Board for Climate Change Ecology, Elsevier

ACTIVITIES FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL PURPOSES

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

23/05/2019 Invited speaker at public event. “A plastic ocean”. Lagos Municipal Chamber
(Lagos, Portugal).

06/06/2019 Invited speaker at within the public event “Por um algarve + saudável: como
lidar com os plásticos marinhos?” University of Algarve.

25/08/2019 Invited speaker at public event “Un mare di plastica”, Associazione Poveromo,
Massa, Italy.

11/2016 III Science and Technology Project Show 2016. Tavira. Mussel aggregates
change their microenvironment and the body temperature of their neighbours.
(with Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira). Hands-on activity.

SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANCY

2019 - present Scientific consultancy for artisanal salt producers in southern Portugal
to assess the magnitude of plastic pollution in the final products and
develop specialised strategies to reduce plastic pollution in different stages
of the production.

2019 Scientific consultancy for the Portuguese Association for Consumer

Protection (DECO) as part of a national campaign aimed at “enhancing
public awareness and promoting co-responsibility for marine litter”.
2019 Low Plastic Foot Print: coordinator of outreach national initiatives
aimed at raising awareness about plastic pollution.

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS

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INVITED SPEAKER

2020/12/18 Keynote Speaker at CCMAR Symposium 2020, Portugal

2020/09/11 Invited Seminar at Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, France

ORAL PRESENTATION

FIRST NAME ALWAYS DENOTES THE SPEAKER

1 Calazans S, Hoffman E, Tagliaro C, Zardi G, Ferreira CEL, Fernandes F, Silva EP,

NICASTRO KR, Lourenco C. 2018. "Unlocking the history of a trans-Atlantic invader:
evolutionary history of Perna perna". Paper presented in CMB-X 2018 - 10th International
Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Argentina.

2 McQuaid CD, NICASTRO KR, Ng TPT, Lathlean J, Seuront L, Zardi GI. 2017. "For better
and for worse: shifting costs and benefits in a marine symbiosis", 52nd EMBS, Slovenia.

3 Almeida SC, NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. 2016.
"Contrasting patterns of genetic structure between sister species along a biogeographic
transition zone". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research,
Portugal.

4 Hoffman E, Tagliaro C, Zardi G, Ferreira CEL, Fernandes F, Silva EP, NICASTRO KR,
Lourenco C, Calazans S. 2016. "Impact of the human slave trade on the New World
distribution of Perna perna". Evolution Meeting, United States.

5 NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Lourenço CR, McQuaid CD. 2016.
"Who is taking the heat? Recent warming trends threaten distinct genetic lineages and the
adaptive potential of the species as a whole". 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
(ITRS), Italy.

6 NICASTRO KR. 2016. "Assessing native biogeographic boundaries and the invasive
potential of the intertidal mussel Perna perna". 11th International Temperate Reefs
Symposium (ITRS), Italy.

7 Zardi GI, NICASTRO KR, McQuaid CD. 2016. "Intraspecific adaptive divergence of a
marine mussel over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition". 11th International
Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), Italy.

8 Ntuli NN, Teske PR, Zardi GI, NICASTRO KR. 2015. "An investigation of core-edge
genetic diversity in a South African marine mussel". 9th WIOMSA Symposium, South
Africa.

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9 Zardi GI, NICASTRO KR, McQuaid CD, Pt Ng T, Lathlean J, Seuront L. 2015. "Cool
parasites: indirect positive effects of endolithic parasitism on intertidal mussels". Aquatic
Biodiversity and Ecosystems, United Kingdom.

10 Lourenço CR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Jacinto R, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, NICASTRO KR.
2015. "Upwelling areas as refugia from rising sea surface temperatures along the contracting
southern range edge of the macroalga Fucus guiryi". Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems,
United Kingdom.

11 NICASTRO KR, Pearson GA, Monteiro C, Serrão EA Zardi GI. 2015. "Global stress, local
relief: an ecosystem engineer acts as a refugium for a keystone species undergoing range
contraction". Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, United Kingdom.

12 Lathlean J, Seuront L; McQuaid CD;P.t. Ng T,; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI. 2015. "Cheating
the locals: invasive mussels ‘steal’ the cooling effect of indigenous mussels". 52nd Australian
Marine Science Association (AMSA) Annual Conference, Australia.

13 McQuaid CD, NICASTRO KR, Porri F, Zardi GI. 2014. "Simple patterns can emerge from
complex interactions: habitat segregation between indigenous and invasive mussels". 10th
International Temperate Reefs Symposium, Australia.

14 Zardi GI, NICASTRO KR, McQuaid CD. 2013. "Simple behaviour can have critical
consequences: interactions between invasive and indigenous mussels". 48th Annual European
Marine Biology Symposium, Ireland.

15 Serrão EA, Alberto F., Assis J., Canovas F., Coelho N., Costa J. Neiva J., NICASTRO KR,
Pearson G.A., Raimondi P. 2013. "Extant or extinct tipping points – range edge populations
as evolutionary hotspots". 10th International Phycological Congress, United States.

16 Pearson GA, Serrao EA, Canovas F, Lago-Leston A, Neiva J, NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI.
2010. "Environmental genomics of Fucus: stress management, mergers and acquisitions in the
intertidal zone". (invited speaker) Ectocarpus 2010, a decade of algal genomics, Belgium.

17 Serrao EA, Pearson GA, Canovas F, Neiva J, NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI. 2010. "Genetic
signatures of evolutionary dynamics and range shifts in canopy-forming marine species".
Nordic Marine Sciences Conference 2010, Sweden.

18 NICASTRO KR. 2008 et al. "Predicted effects of global warming on indigenous and
invasive mussels and their associated infauna". 43rd European Marine Biology Symposium,
Portugal.

19 McQuaid CD, Zardi GI, NICASTRO KR, Roberts MJ, Hancke L 2008. "Selection and
dispersal, twin drivers for genetic structure in intertidal mussels". Plenary Talk. 13th South
African Marine Science Symposium, South Africa.

20 NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, L Stephens, GL Blatch, Porri F, Rius M. 2007.
"Sand, waves, heat stress and habitat segregation between invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
and indigenous (Perna perna) mussels in South Africa." 42nd EMBS European Marine
Biology Symposium, Germany.

21 Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, NICASTRO KR, Teske PR, Barker NP. 2007. "Larval dispersal,
selection and the genetic structure of indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus
galloprovincialis) mussels in South Africa." 42nd EMBS European Marine Biology
Symposium, Germany.
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22 NICASTRO, KR. 2006. "Adaptive genetic diversity in the intertidal mussel Perna perna on
the southern African coast". 41st EMBS European Marine Biology Symposium, Ireland.

23 McQuaid CD, Bownes SJ, Zardi GI, Rius M, Erlandsson J, Porri F, NICASTRO KR, P Pal.
2005. "Invasive/indigenous interactions: a case study of two intertidal mussels". Zoological
Society of Southern Africa Symposium, South Africa.

24 NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD. 2005. "Sand inundation as a non-determinant
factor in the zonation of two co-existing mussel species on South African rocky shores". 12th
South African Marine Science Symposium, South Africa.

POSTERS

1. Zardi GI, Basto M, Madeira P, Lourenço CR, Lo Savio R, Valbusa U, NICASTRO KR. 2017
"Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in Portugal". The 1st Portuguese congress
on microplastics: environmental contamination by microplastics and its implications for
environmental, animal and human heath, Portugal.

2. Cunha RL, NICASTRO KR, Costa JF, McQuaid CD, Serrão EA, Zardi GI. 2014. "Wider
sampling reveals a non-sister relationship for geographically contiguous lineages of a marine
mussel". 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, UK.

3. NICASTRO KR, Saada G, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Zardi GI. 2014 "Shifting away: trailing
edge contraction in the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus associated with recent warming trends
threatens a distinct genetic lineage and the adaptive potential of the entire species". Gordon
Research Conference - Ocean Global Change Biology, US.

4. Zardi GI, Lourenço CR, McQuaid CD, Jacinto R, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, NICASTRO KR.
2014. Upwelling areas as refugia from rising sea surface temperatures along the contracting
southern range edge of the macroalga Fucus guiryi. Gordon Research Conference - Ocean
Global Change Biology, US.

5. Monteiro C, NICASTRO KR, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Zardi GI. 2014. "Importance of
Spartina marittima canopies for the preservation of isolated populations of Fucus vesiculosus
outside the recently contracted southern range". Mares Conference – Marine Ecosystems
Health and Conservation, Portugal.

6. Zupan M, Assis J, NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, Serrão EA. 2014. Dispersal or habitat
availability: what is limiting the spread of an aggressive marine invader? ECSA 54 - Coastal
systems under change: tuning assessment and management tools. Lisbon, Portugal.

7. NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI, Teixeira S, Neiva J, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. 2013. "Trailing edge
contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the
seaweed Fucus vesiculosus". 48th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, Ireland.

8. Lourenço CR, NICASTRO KR, Serrão EA, Zardi GI. 2012 "First record of the intertidal
mussel Perna perna along the European coast: long overlooked or a recent range expansion".
47th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, Norway.
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9. Picollo A, Albertelli G, Coppo S, Verardi D, NICASTRO KR. 2003. The role of indicators in
marine environmental management of Ligurian coastal areas. Proceedings of the sixth
Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 03 E. Ozhan Editor,
Ravenna, Italy.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTER

1. McQuaid CD; Porri F, NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI. 2015. “Simple, scale-dependent patterns
emerge from very complex effects-an example from the intertidal mussels Mytilus
galloprovincialis and Perna perna”. In book: Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual
Review, Vol.53Publisher: CRC Press. Editors: R.N. Hughes, D.J. Hughes, I. P. Smith, A.C. Dale

CONFERENCE PAPER

1. Serrao EA; Alberto F; Assis J; Canovas F; Coelho N; Costa J; Neiva J; NICASTRO KR,
Pearson GA; Raimondi P. 2013. "Extant or extinct tipping points – range edge populations as
evolutionary hotspots". Paper presented in 10th International Phycological Congress.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

*DENOTES STUDENTS/INTERNS OF K. NICASTRO

#DENOTES WHEN K. NICASTRO IS SENIOR CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

1. Calazans CSH, Lourenço CR, NICASTRO KR, Tagliaro CH, Zardi GI; Ferreira CE;
Fernandes FC; Silva EP; Hoffman EA. “Unlocking the history of a trans-Atlantic invader:
Evolutionary history of Perna perna.” Accepted in Journal of Biogeography on the
26/06/2021.

2. Monsinjon JR; McQuaid CD; NICASTRO KR; Seuront L; Orostica M; Zardi GI. 2021
“Weather and topography regulate the benefit of a conditionally helpful parasite.”
Functional Ecology. Accepted in Functional Ecology on the 28/09/2021.

3. Seuront L; NICASTRO KR, Zardi GI. "Heads in the clouds: on the carbon footprint of
conference-seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge." Accepted in Ecology
and Evolution on the 11/05/2021.
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4. Cozzolino* L; de los Santos CB; Zardi GI; Repetto, L.; NICASTRO# KR 2021
“Microplastics in commercial bivalves harvested from intertidal seagrasses and sandbanks
in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal.” Marine & Freshwater Research, doi:
10.1071/MF20202

5. Zardi GI; Monsinjon JR; McQuaid CD; Seuront L; Orostica M; Want A; Firth LB;
NICASTRO# KR 2021 “Foul-weather friends: Modelling thermal stress mitigation by
symbiotic endolithic microbes in a changing environment.” Global Change Biology, 27:
2549-2560. doi:10.1111/gcb.15616

6. Ma K; Gusha MNC; Zardi GI; NICASRO KR; Monsinjon JR; McQuaid CD 2021
“Biogeographic drivers of distribution and abundance in an alien ecosystem engineer:
Transboundary range expansion, barriers to spread, and spatial structure.” Journal of
Biogeography, doi:10.1111/jbi.14124

7. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; McQuaid CD; de Jager M; van de Koppel J; Seuront L.
2021. “Density-dependent and species-specific effects on self-organization modulate the
resistance of mussel bed ecosystems to hydrodynamic stress.” The American Naturalist,
197 (5), 615-623.

8. Ma K; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; NICASRO KR. 2020. “Historical and contemporary
range expansion of an invasive mussel, Semimytlius algosus, in Angola and Namibia
despite data scarcity in an infrequently surveyed region”. PlosONE, 15 (9), e0239167.

9. Velez* N; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Zardi GI. 2020. Small scale habitat effects on
anthropogenic litter material and sources in a coastal lagoon system. Marine Pollution
Bulletin 160, 111689.

10. Cozzolino* L; NICASRO KR; Zardi GI; de los Santos CB. 2020. "Species-specific
plastic accumulation in the sediment and canopy of coastal vegetated habitats". Science of
The Total Environment 723: 138018. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138018

11. Ntuli* N; NICASRO KR; Zardi GI, Assis J; McQuaid CD; Teske P. 2020. "Rejection of
the genetic implications of the “Abundant Centre Hypothesis” in marine mussels".
Scientific Reports 10 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57474-0

12. Lourenço* CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Krug L; Zardi GI. 2020. "Strong
upwelling conditions drive differences in species abundance and community composition
along the Atlantic coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara". Marine Biodiversity. doi:
10.1007/s12526-019-01032-z

13. NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Dievart A; Zardi GI. 2020. "Intraspecific diversity
functionally trumps interspecific diversity in shaping community structure". Science of the
Total Environment 743: 140723. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140723

14. Seuront L; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Zardi GI. 2020. "Microplastic leachates
induce species-specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels". Ecological Applications
(2020). 31( 1):e02222. 10.1002/eap.2222

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15. Ndhlovu* A; McQuaid CD; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI. 2020. "Community succession in
phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths attacking intertidal mussels". Journal of Molluscan
Studies. eyaa036, doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyaa036

16. Velez* N; Zardi GI; Lo Savio R; McQuaid CD; Valbusa U; Sabour B; NICASTRO KR.
2019. "A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern
Atlantic shores". Marine Pollution Bulletin 149: 110649. doi:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110649

17. Seuront L; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; Goberville E. 2019. "Decreased thermal tolerance
under recurrent heat stress conditions explains summer mass mortality of the blue mussel
Mytilus edulis". Scientific Reports 9 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53580-w

18. Ndhlovu* N; McQuaid CD; NICASTRO KR; Marquet N; Gektidis M; Monaco CJ; Zardi
GI. 2019. "Biogeographical Patterns of Endolithic Infestation in an Invasive and an
Indigenous Intertidal Marine Ecosystem Engineer". Diversity. doi: 10.3390/d11050075

19. Kolzenburg R; NICASTRO KR; McCoy SJ.; Ford AT.; Zardi GI.; Ragazzola F. 2019.
"Understanding the margin squeeze: Differentiation in fitness-related traits between
central and trailing edge populations of Corallina officinalis". Ecology and Evolution 9
(10): 5787-5801. doi: 1002/ece3.5162

20. Basto* MN; NICASTRO KR; Tavares AI; McQuaid CD; Casero M; Azevedo F; Zardi
GI. 2019. "Plastic ingestion in aquatic birds in Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 138:
19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.024

21. NICASTRO KR; Assis J; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; Neiva J; Valero M; Jacinto R; Zardi
GI. 2019. "Congruence between fine-scale genetic breaks and dispersal potential in an
estuarine seaweed across multiple transition zones. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77:
371–378. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsz179

22. Tavares* AI; NICASTRO KR; Kolzenburg R; Ragazzola F; Jacinto R; Zardi GI. 2018.
"Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for the red alga Corallina
officinalis". Molecular Biology Reports: 45: 2791–2794 doi: 10.1007/s11033-018-4353-y

23. NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Zardi GI. 2018. "Between a rock and a hard place:
combined effect of trampling and phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in marine
intertidal mussels". Marine Biodiversity. doi: 10.1007/s12526-018-0924-3

24. NICASTRO KR; Lo Savio R; McQuaid CD; Madeira P; Valbusa U; Azevedo; Casero M;
Lourenço CR; Zardi GI. 2018. "Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in
southern Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 126: 413-418. doi:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.050

25. Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Jacinto R; Lourenço CR; Serrão EA; NICASTRO# KR. 2018.
"Re-assessing the origins of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in southern
Africa". Marine and Freshwater Research 69 (4): 607-613. doi: 10.1071/MF17132

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26. Lourenço* CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Sabour B; Zardi GI. 2017. "Latitudinal
incidence of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths and their effects on mussel bed
microclimates". Marine Biology 164 (6). doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3160-7

27. Almeida* SC; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; Pearson GA; Valero M; Serrão EA. 2017.
"Reproductive strategies and population genetic structure of Fucus spp. across a northeast
Atlantic biogeographic transition". Aquatic Living Resources 30. doi:
10.1051/alr/2017012z

28. Monteiro* C; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; NICASTRO KR. 2017.
"Canopy microclimate modification in central and marginal populations of a marine
macroalga". Marine Biodiversity: 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s12526-017-0824-y

29. Lourenço* CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Chefaoui RM; Assis J; Taleb MZ; Zardi
GI. 2017. "Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a
marine mussel". Scientific Reports 7 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10753-9

30. Saada* G; NICASTRO KR; Jacinto R; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; Zardi GI.
2016. "Taking the heat: distinct vulnerability to thermal stress of central and threatened
peripheral lineages of a marine macroalga". Diversity and Distributions 22 (10): 1060-
1068. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12474

31. Lourenço* CR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; Jacinto R; NICASTRO
KR. 2016. "Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic
diversity of a marine macroalga". Journal of Biogeography 43 (8): 1595-1607. doi:
10.1111/jbi.12744

32. Lathlean JA; Seuront L; McQuaid CD; Ng TPT; Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR. 2016.
"Cheating the locals: Invasive mussels steal and benefit from the cooling effect of
indigenous mussels". PLoS ONE 11 (3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152556

33. Lathlean JA; Seuront L; McQuaid CD; Ng TP; Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR. 2016. "Size
and position (sometimes) matter: small-scale patterns of heat stress associated with two
co-occurring mussels with different thermoregulatory behaviour". Marine Biology 163 (9).
doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2966-z

34. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; Mcquaid CD; Ng TPT; Lathlean J; Seuront L. 2016.
"Enemies with benefits: parasitic endoliths protect mussels against heat stress". Scientific
Reports 6. doi: 10.1038/srep31413

35. Helmuth B; Choi F; Matzelle A; Torossian JL; Morello SL; Mislan KAS; Yamane L;…;
NICASTRO KR et al. 2016. "Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of
intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors". Scientific Data 3. doi:
10.1038/sdata.2016.87

36. Assis J; Zupan M; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA. 2015.
"Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African
Shores". PLoS ONE 10 (6): e0128124-e0128124. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128124

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37. Lourenço* CL; NICASTRO KR; Serrão EA; Castilho R; Zardi GI. 2015. "Behind the
mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and
northern African shores". J. Mollus. Stud. 81 (3): 380-387. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyv004

38. Zardi GI; NICATSRO# KR; Serrão EA; Jacinto R; Monteiro C; Pearson GA. 2015.
"Closer to the rear edge: Ecology and genetic diversity down the core-edge gradient of a
marine macroalga". Ecosphere 6 (2). doi: 10.1890/ES14-00460.1

39. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; McQuaid CD; Castilho R; Costa J; Serrão EA; Pearson GA.
2015. "Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and
spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition". BMC
Evolutionary Biology. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0366-5

40. Cunha RL; NICASTRO KR; COSTA J; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Zardi GI. 2014.
"Wider sampling reveals a non-sister relationship for geographically contiguous lineages
of a marine mussel". Ecology Evolution: doi: 10.1002/ece3.1033

41. Lourenço* CR; NICASTRO KR; Serrão EA; Zardi GI. 2014. "First record of the brown
mussel (Perna perna) from the European Atlantic coast". Marine Biodiversity Records 5
(3). doi: 10.1017/S1755267212000280

42. Marquet* N; NICASTRO KR; Gektidis M; McQuaid CD; Pearson GA; Serrão EA; Zardi
GI. 2013. "Comparison of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in invasive and native
populations of the intertidal mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Biological Invasions 15
(6): 1253-1272. doi: 10.1007/s10530-012-0363-1

43. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; Teixeira S; Neiva J; Serrão EA; Pearson GA. 2013. "Shift
happens: Trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a
distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus". BMC Biology 11.
doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-6

44. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; Ferreira Costa J; Serrão EA; Pearson GA. 2013. "Broad scale
agreement between intertidal habitats and adaptive traits on a basis of contrasting
population genetic structure". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 131: 140-148. doi:
10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.016

45. Teske P, Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR. 2013. "Two sides of the same coin: extinctions and
originations across the Atlantic/Indian Ocean boundary as consequences of the same
climate oscillation". Frontiers of Biogeography. doi: 10.21425/F5FBG15591

46. Coelho* NC; Zardi GI; Pearson GA; Serrão EA; NICASTRO KR. 2012.
"Characterization of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intertidal mussel
Perna perna, and cross species amplification within the genus". BMC Research Notes 5.
doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-2101791285670501

47. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Pearson GA; Serrão EA. 2012. "Love thy
neighbour: group properties of gaping behaviour in mussel aggregations". PLoS ONE 7
(10). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047382

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48. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; Canovas F; Costa JF; Serrão EA; Pearson GA. 2011.
"Adaptive traits are maintained on steep selective gradients despite gene flow and
hybridization in the intertidal zone". PLoS ONE 6 (6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019402

49. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; McQuaid CD; Hancke L; Helmuth B. 2011. "The
combination of selection and dispersal helps explain genetic structure in intertidal
mussels". Oecologia 165 (4): 947-958. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1788-9
50. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD. 2010. "Differential reproductive investment,
attachment strength and mortality of invasive and indigenous mussels across
heterogeneous environments". Biological Invasions 12 (7): 2165-2177. doi:
10.1007/s10530-009-9619-9

51. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Stephens L; Radloff S; Blatch GL. 2010. "The
role of gaping behaviour in habitat partitioning between coexisting intertidal mussels".
BMC Ecology 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-17

52. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; McQuaid CD; Gektidis M. 2009. "Effects of endolithic
parasitism on invasive and indigenous mussels in a variable physical environment". PLoS
ONE 4 (8). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006560

53. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Teske PR; Barker NP. 2008. "Coastal
topography drives genetic structure in marine mussels". Marine Ecology Progress Series
368: 189-195. doi: 10.3354/meps07607

54. NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD. 2008. "Movement behaviour and mortality in
invasive and indigenous mussels: Resilience and resistance strategies at different spatial
scales". Marine Ecology Progress Series 372: 119-126. doi: 10.3354/meps07671

55. Zardi GI; NICASTRO# KR; McQuaid CD; Erlandsson J. 2008. "Sand and wave induced
mortality in invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and indigenous (Perna perna) mussels".
Marine Biology 153 (5): 853-858. doi: 10.1007/s00227-007-0857-z

56. Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; NICASTRO KR. 2007. "Balancing survival and reproduction:
Seasonality of wave action, attachment strength and reproductive output in indigenous
Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis mussels". Marine Ecology Progress
Series 334: 155-163. doi: 10.3354/meps334155

57. NICASTRO KR; Zardi, G.I.; McQuaid CD. 2007. "Behavioural response of invasive
Mytilus galloprovincialis and indigenous Perna perna mussels exposed to risk of
predation". Marine Ecology Progress Series 336: 169-175. doi: 10.3354/meps336169

58. Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Rius M; Porri F. 2006. "Hydrodynamic stress
and habitat partitioning between indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus
galloprovincialis) mussels: Constraints of an evolutionary strategy". Marine Biology 150
(1): 79-88. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0328-y

59. Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR; Porri F, McQuaid CD. 2006. "Sand stress as a non-
determinant of habitat segregation of indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus
galloprovincialis) mussels in South Africa". Marine Biology 148 (5): 1031-1038. doi:
10.1007/s00227-005-0155-6

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