Article
Environmental Sciences
S. E. Cryer, C. Schlosser, N. Allison
Summary: The decrease in ocean pH and the presence of dissolved copper have negative impacts on the calcification, photosynthesis, and respiration of the tropical Stylophora pistillata coral. The effects are amplified when both stressors are combined.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bo Yang, Xuelu Gao, Jianmin Zhao, Yongliang Liu, Hon-Kit Lui, Ting-Hsuan Huang, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Qianguo Xing
Summary: The study found that bay scallop farming significantly impacts the carbonate system of seawater, mainly by reducing the carbonate concentration to increase the DIC/TAlk ratio. This may accelerate the acidification process of coastal waters.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Louise P. Cameron, Claire E. Reymond, Jelle Bijma, Janina Buescher, Dirk De Beer, Maxence Guillermic, Robert A. Eagle, John Gunnell, Fiona Mueller-Lundin, Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb, Isaac Westfield, Hildegard Westphal, Justin B. Ries
Summary: This study investigates the complex responses of corals to global change. The results suggest that tropical corals exhibit a reduced calcification response to increased pCO(2) when they lose their symbionts under high-temperature treatments. In contrast, a cold-water coral shows a negative calcification response to increasing pCO(2), which is partially alleviated under elevated temperature. All corals are able to elevate the pH of their calcifying fluid under increased pCO(2).
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Christopher E. Cornwall, Ben P. Harvey, Steeve Comeau, Daniel L. Cornwall, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Viviana Pena, Shigeki Wada, Lucia Porzio
Summary: The majority of coralline algae experienced negative impacts like reduced abundance, calcification rates, and pH declines in response to ocean acidification (OA) in laboratory experiments or at naturally elevated CO2 sites. However, there were inconsistent physiological responses of coralline algae to simulated OA, with calcification/growth being the most frequently measured parameters.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Fisheries
Fangfang Yang, Zhangliang Wei, Lijuan Long
Summary: Calcification by calcified marine macroalgae is crucial for algal growth and coral reef formation, but is vulnerable to changes in global climate. Studies on the mechanisms of macroalgal calcification are limited, but new approaches such as genomics offer avenues for new understandings.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Federica Maggioni, Mireille Pujo-Pay, Jerome Aucan, Carlo Cerrano, Barbara Calcinai, Claude Payri, Francesca Benzoni, Yves Letourneur, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa
Summary: Current experimental evidence suggests that coral reefs may disappear within the century if CO2 emissions remain high, but some corals may thrive under extreme conditions such as high temperatures, high pCO2 levels, and low oxygen levels. Unique study sites like volcanic CO2 vents, semi-enclosed lagoons, and mangrove estuaries provide opportunities to explore how reef species could adapt to climate change. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the Bourake lagoon in New Caledonia supports a diverse community of corals, sponges, and macroalgae, possibly due to environmental variability and nutrient imbalances.
Review
Engineering, Marine
Davide Asnicar, Maria Gabriella Marin
Summary: The continuous release of CO2 into the atmosphere is causing the seawater to become more acidic, posing a threat to marine organisms such as echinoids. This review collected and summarized 50 articles on the effects of seawater acidification on adult echinoids, revealing that pH reduction can lead to various and subtle changes in calcification, physiology, behavior, and reproduction. More than 43% of the endpoints studied were altered by low pH conditions compared to control conditions. However, animals exposed in long-term experiments or residing in CO2-vent systems showed the ability to adapt. Furthermore, differences among species may be explained by the latitudinal range of their distribution. Therefore, future experiments should consider local variability, long-term exposure, and multigenerational approaches to better understand the effects of ocean acidification on echinoids.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
F. M. Mendrik, T. B. Henry, H. Burdett, C. R. Hackney, C. Waller, D. R. Parsons, S. J. Hennige
Summary: The study found that the impact of microplastic on corals depends on the type of microplastic, coral species, and temperature. Microplastic fibers reduced the photosynthetic capability of Acropora sp., while exposure to microplastic spheres significantly improved photosynthetic performance in Seriatopora hystrix.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sotirios Zerveas, Melpomeni Sofia Mente, Dimitra Tsakiri, Kiriakos Kotzabasis
Summary: The photosynthetic process in microalgae leads to an increase in pH in the aquatic environment, primarily due to cellular proton uptake. This phenomenon promotes proton uptake and microalgal growth. Ocean acidification, caused by enhanced dissolution of atmospheric CO2, affects the growth of phytoplankton and zooplankton.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinqing Zheng, Chenying Wang, Huaxia Sheng, Gaofeng Niu, Xu Dong, Lingling Yuan, Tuo Shi
Summary: This study investigated the importance of symbiotic metabolite supply to scleractinian corals and the effects of ocean acidification on coral calcification. The findings suggest that while there were no significant differences in carbon assimilation among different pH treatments, nitrogen assimilation significantly decreased at pH 7.4. This decreased nitrogen assimilation could lead to reduced coral resilience to stressful events, highlighting the trade-off between coral hosts and symbionts in response to future climate change.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shanying Tong, Dong Xu, Yitao Wang, Xiansheng Zhang, Yan Li, Hongyan Wu, Naihao Ye
Summary: The research found that under high CO2 conditions, the ratio of respiration to photosynthesis in Phaeodactylum tricornutum is higher and increases with rising temperature but decreases within a certain temperature range. This suggests that ocean acidification may exacerbate the negative impacts of warming on the R/P ratio in this diatom species.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Futian Li, Jiekai Xu, John Beardall, Kunshan Gao
Summary: The response of coastal phytoplankton to dynamic changes in pH/pCO(2) is limited, with research on the physiological performance of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi revealing potential benefits of diel fluctuations of pCO(2) on growth but inhibitory effects on calcification. The results suggest a need to consider the influences of dynamic pH fluctuations on coastal carbon cycles associated with ocean global changes.
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huiling Kang, Xuefei Chen, Wenfeng Deng, Xijie Wang, Hao Cui, Xi Liu, Guanqiang Cai, Ti Zeng, Jian-xin Zhao, Gangjian Wei
Summary: The study reveals significant warming and persistent acidification in the open ocean of the northern South China Sea since the 1960s, leading to a slight decline in coral skeletal density while coral extension and calcification show an overall increasing trend. However, coral calcification has persistently decreased since the 1960s, indicating a pessimistic situation for corals in the northern South China Sea.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eun Ju Kang, A-Reum Han, Ju-Hyoung Kim, Il-Nam Kim, Sukyeon Lee, Jun-Oh Min, Bo-Ra Nam, Young-Joon Choi, Matthew S. Edwards, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Changsin Kim
Summary: The study found that under ocean acidification conditions, Ulva ohnoi algae prefer CO2 and NH4+ as carbon and nitrogen sources, leading to an increase in N content and better performance in photosynthesis and growth, thus potentially increasing their bloom potential; however, elevated temperatures decrease photosynthesis and growth, reducing their bloom potential.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Silke Lischka, Michael J. J. Greenacre, Ulf Riebesell, Martin Graeve
Summary: Ocean warming and acidification pose a severe threat to pteropods in the Arctic by reducing their survival and causing the dissolution of their shells. Lipids, especially phospholipids, play a crucial role in the early-stage pteropods. Our experimental study shows that elevated temperatures and high CO2 concentrations lead to a significant decrease in total lipids, mainly due to the reduction of phospholipids. This reduction may compromise cell differentiation and energy balance in the early-stage larvae. The negative effects of warming on lipid metabolism may be a more immediate threat to pteropods than shell dissolution effects caused by acidification.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Veneta Gerganova, Sophie G. Martin
Summary: Even the simplest cells exhibit intracellular patterning through various mechanisms, including biochemical reactions and physical forces.
Review
Cell Biology
Boris Sieber, Julia Maria Coronas-Serna, Sophie G. Martin
Summary: Cells communicate and reproduce sexually through the secretion of pheromones. In the yeast models Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe, pheromone signaling activates specific pathways involving receptors, small GTPase, and MAP kinase cascades. Local release and sensing of pheromones lead to spatial gradient interpretation and cell fusion. This review highlights the decoding of pheromone signals and the fusion process in these two yeast species.
SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ingrid Billault-Chaumartin, Olivia Muriel, Laetitia Michon, Sophie G. Martin
Summary: Secretory vesicle clusters transported on actin filaments by myosin V motors play important roles in local secretion, and their focusing mechanism involves condensation mediated by an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) and selective permeability. This condensation mechanism may be a general mechanism for actin network organization and selective local concentration of secretory vesicles.
Article
Cell Biology
Tomoyuki Hatano, Tzer Chyn Lim, Ingrid Billault-Chaumartin, Anubhav Dhar, Ying Gu, Teresa Massam-Wu, William Scott, Sushmitha Adishesha, Bernardo Chapa-y-Lazo, Luke Springall, Lavanya Sivashanmugam, Masanori Mishima, Sophie G. Martin, Snezhana Oliferenko, Saravanan Palani, Mohan K. Balasubramanian
Summary: In this study, a new tool for observing the dynamics of tropomyosin was reported and successfully applied in different organisms. The study revealed the important role of tropomyosin in cytoskeletal regulation and its functions in cell division and mating processes.
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ines Perez-Peris, Sandra Navarro-Mayoral, Marcial Cosme de Esteban, Fernando Tuya, Viviana Pena, Ignacio Barbara, Pedro Neves, Claudia Ribeiro, Antonio Abreu, Jacques Grall, Fernando Espino, Nestor Echedey Bosch, Ricardo Haroun, Francisco Otero-Ferrer
Summary: This study examined the impact of depth on the size and morphology of calcareous red macroalgae structures (rhodoliths) and the abundance of associated flora and fauna. The findings revealed that depth typically influenced the size and shape of rhodoliths, with larger nodules found at intermediate and deep depths. The biomass of attached macroalgae (epiphytes) also increased with depth. The study concluded that the morphology of rhodoliths and associated epibionts were primarily influenced by depth, regardless of latitude.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Alice De Lapparent, Rodolphe Sabatier, Raphael Paut, Sophie Martin
Summary: Planting mixed fruit tree-vegetable systems can address certain environmental issues, but labor allocation between the two activities is complex. Our simulation using viability theory examines possible trajectories for transitioning from market gardening to mixed systems. Results show a trade-off between capital and working hours, influencing suitable strategies for orchard planting and crop rotations.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chirine Toumi, Miquel De Caceres, Jacques Grall, Aurelien Boye, Eric Thiebaut, Marion Maguer, Vincent Le Garrec, Caroline Broudin, Celine Houbin, Olivier Gauthier
Summary: Long-term monitoring programs are crucial for understanding changes in ecosystem health and ecological processes. In a 14-year study of benthic coastal invertebrates in the North-East Atlantic, community compositions varied between sites and habitats, but showed non-directional dynamics at the regional scale. The study confirmed the usefulness of community trajectory analysis (CTA) in linking observed patterns to ecological processes.
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Sophie Martin, Tatjana Kosanovic Milickovic, Costas A. Charitidis, Sandy Moisan
Summary: An innovative process using supercritical fluid chemistry was used to recycle uncured prepregs and functionalize the recovered carbon fibers with magnetic nanoparticles. This allows for the production of a new type of secondary raw material suitable for composite applications. The process also enables the fibers to be heated through induction for triggered healing properties and potential carbon fiber reclamation.
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
M. P. Jacquot, M. C. Nordstrom, L. De Wever, R. Ngom Ka, S. Ka, V. Le Garrec, J. Raffray, O. Sadio, M. Diouf, J. Grall, L. Tito de Morais, F. Le Loc
Summary: This study assessed the influence of environmental variables and human-induced pressures on infaunal community structure and functions in two main mangrove areas in Southern West Senegal. The study found that environmental variables and their temporal dynamics greatly impacted infaunal communities in the subtidal zone, while human activities had a greater effect on the intertidal area. Shellfish harvesting and heavy metals pollution resulted in a decline in abundance, biomass, taxonomic richness, and functional diversity of infaunal communities.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Chirine Toumi, Olivier Gauthier, Eric Thiebaut, Clement Guedes, Jacques Grall
Summary: Biodiversity monitoring is important but costly and time-consuming. Taxonomic surrogacy can overcome these problems by accurately reflecting species-level community patterns, but its efficiency has rarely been assessed with long-term monitoring data. In this study, the efficiency of subset taxa in summarizing long-term community dynamics was tested in different coastal habitats. The results showed that Polychaeta best reflected the spatial and temporal dynamics of non-Polychaeta species, especially in biogenic habitats. The study confirmed the effectiveness of the subset-taxon method for reflecting long-term benthic habitat dynamics.
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fernando Tuya, Nadine Schubert, Julio Aguirre, Daniela Basso, Eduardo O. Bastos, Flavio Berchez, Angelo F. Bernardino, Nestor E. Bosch, Heidi L. Burdett, Fernando Espino, Cindy Fernandez-Garcia, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Patrick Gagnon, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Ricardo Haroun, Laurie C. Hofmann, Paulo A. Horta, Nicholas A. Kamenos, Line Le Gall, Rafael A. Magris, Sophie Martin, Wendy A. Nelson, Pedro Neves, Irene Olive, Francisco Otero-Ferrer, Viviana Pena, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho, Federica Ragazzola, Ana Cristina Rebelo, Claudia Ribeiro, Eli Rinde, Kathryn Schoenrock, Joao Silva, Marina N. Sissini, Frederico T. S. Tamega
Summary: Global marine conservation is hindered by an imbalance in research efforts and policy actions, which limits progress towards sustainability. Rhodolith beds, despite their global ecological importance and numerous ecosystem functions, remain disproportionately understudied compared to other coastal ecosystems. The lack of information about these habitats and their ecosystem services hampers effective conservation measures, especially considering the severe pressures and threats they face. Therefore, it is crucial to prioritize research on rhodolith beds, combat degradation, and protect biodiversity for the future.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Manuel Lera-Ramirez, Jurg Bahler, Juan Mata, Kim Rutherford, Charles S. Hoffman, Sarah Lambert, Snezhana Oliferenko, Sophie G. Martin, Kathleen L. Gould, Li-Lin Du, Sarah A. Sabatinos, Susan L. Forsburg, Olaf Nielsen, Paul Nurse, Valerie Wood
Summary: Standardized nomenclature for genes, gene products, and isoforms is crucial for clear communication and efficient sharing of scientific data. This publication extends the fission yeast clade gene nomenclature guidelines to support curation efforts at PomBase, introducing guidelines for noncoding RNA genes and updating allele and genotype nomenclature. Adoption of these rules will improve consistency in gene and genotype nomenclature and enhance machine-readability in publications or datasets.
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Kavya Govindarajan, Seep Goel, Praveen Jayachandran, Steve Glover, J. M. Pulido Villaverde, Jacques Cresp, Joel Viale, Sophie Martin, Fabrice Livigni
Summary: The increasing adoption of 5G is expected to bring about transformation in various industries and generate a wide range of use cases with specific requirements. 5G slicing, a key enabling technology, allows different applications with customized QoS requirements to be supported on the same infrastructure. A scalable Management and Orchestration (MANO) framework is needed for the lifecycle management of slices, considering their dynamic nature and the strict QoS demands of 5G applications. A more intelligent MANO framework with analytics capabilities and optimization features is required for slice SLO assurance and resource efficiency. This demo presents an end-to-end 5G slicing lifecycle framework with additional capabilities of cost-efficient slice placement and intelligent monitoring using 3GPP compliant Data and Analytics Function (DAF) module.
2023 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS & NETWORKS, COMSNETS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Anthony Sturbois, Miquel De Caceres, Aline Bifolchi, Frederic Bioret, Aurelien Boye, Olivier Gauthier, Jacques Grall, Antoine Gremare, Celine Labrune, Alexandre Robert, Gauthier Schaal, Nicolas Desroy
Summary: Worldwide, ecosystems are experiencing taxonomic and functional changes due to human activities. Conservation policies and restoration programs have been adopted to address biodiversity losses. Assessing the quality of ecosystems requires addressing the challenges of defining reference conditions and measuring restoration and degradation dynamics. This paper proposes a flexible framework, using data analysis, to track ecological quality.
