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109) Bergerot B., Roussel J.-M. Piscart C. (2025). Tightly intertwined: Waterscapes prompt urgent reconsideration of aquatic insects and their role in agricultural landscapes. Science of the Total Environment, 966:178728 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178728
108) Gutierrez M.F., Andrade V.S., Ale A., Monserrat J.M., Roa‑Fuentes C.A., Herrera‑Martínez Y., Bacchetta C., Cazenave J., Rossi A.S., Nandini S., Sarma S.S.S., Piscart C., Wiegand C. (2025). Responses of freshwater organisms to multiple stressors in a climate change scenario: a review on small‑scale experiments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-025-36034-x
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107) Allen J., Sire M., Belouard N., Gorzerino C., Coutellec M.-A., Mony C., Pannard A., Piscart C. (2024). Could landscape ecology principles apply at the microscale? A metabarcoding approach on Trichoptera larvae-associated microbial diversity. Science of the Total Environment, 955:177304 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177304
106) Dzavi J., Foto Menbohan S., Piscart C.(2024). Impact of a set of environmental variables on the leaf litter breakdown rate in natural streams of the equatorial forest in Cameroon. International Journal of Limnology, 60: 21 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2024018
105) Ohnemus T., Zacharias S., Dirnböck T., Bäack J., Brack W., Forsius M., Mallast U., Nikolaidis N.P., Peterseil J., Piscart C. , Pando F., Poppe Teran C., Mirtl M. (2024). The eLTER research infrastructure: Current design and coverage of environmental and socio-ecological gradients. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 23:100456 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100456
104) Labat F., Thiebaut G., Piscart C. (2024). Principal determinants of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in small shallow water ecosystems. Biodivesity and Conservation, 33: 3253-3274 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02911-z
103) Abahi K.S., Piscart C., Gnohossou M.P. (2024). Responses of the macroinvertebrate community to urban wastewater pollution in the upper Ouémé Basin in Benin. International Journal of Limnology, 60: 7 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2024006
102) Taybi A.F., Mabrouki Y., Glöer P., Piscart C. (2024). Factors explaining the distribution of Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) in freshwaters of Morocco. Water, 16:803 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/w16060803
101) Piscart C. , Dézerald O., Pellan L, Le Bris N., Rodriguez-Perez H., Beauverger T., Huteau D., Roussel J.-M. (2024). Persistent disconnect between flow restoration and restoration of river ecosystem functions following the removal of a large dam on the Sélune River. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, 12: 1250810 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1250810
100) Pannard A., Massé S., Llopis S., Leitao M., Morata S., Bouger G., Gillier J.M., Piscart C. (2024). How do rooted floating-leaf macrophytes structure coexistence of different phytoplankton assemblages within a shallow lake? Hydrobiologia, 851: 869–895 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05366-5
99) Gerber R., Piscart C. , Roussel J.M., Bergerot B. (2024). Morphology-based classification of the flying capacities of aquatic insects: a first attempt. Current Zoology, 70(5): 607-617(Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoad047
98) Prosnier L., Loeuille N., Hulot F.D., Renault D., Piscart C., Bicocchi B., Deparis M., Lam M., Médoc V. (2024). Parasites make hosts more profitable but less available to predators Oïkos, 2024: e10469 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10469
97) Roussel J.M., Fraisse S., Dézerald O., Fovet O., Pannard P., Rodriguez-Perez H., Crave A., Gorzerino C., Poupelin M., Forget G., Huteau D., Soissons L., Piscart C. (2024). Effects of large-dam reservoirs on aquatic food webs along a small coastal stream with high sediment loads. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1254462 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1250892
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96) Dezerald O., Roussel J.M., Lanoë E., Beauverger T., Bazin A., Rodriguez-Pérez H., Dufour S., Bernez I., Piscart C. (2023). Fast but transient recovery of aquatic and terrestrial communities after a large dam removal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1254462 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1254462
95) Chinche S.B., Piscart C., Mbanga Medjo P., Koji E., Tuekam Kayo R.P., Zebaze Togouet S.H. (2023). Impact of altitude on spring macroinvertebrates and water quality in South West region of Cameroon. International Journal of Limnology, 59:10 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2023010
94) Gerber R., Piscart C., Roussel J.M., Georges R., Houet T., Royer J., Benjamin Bergerot (2023). Landscape models can predict the distribution of aquatic insects across agricultural areas. Landscape Ecology, 38: 2917–2929 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01761-4
93) Ayati K., Hupało K., Dhaouadi S., Rewicz T., Grabowski M., Piscart C. (2023). Conservation of freshwater biodiversity in Tunisia in a climate change context: combining amphipod distribution data and molecular analyses to improve priorities. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 2539–2559 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02617-8
92) Zambo G.B., Essomba R.B., Nanfack R.D., Edoa Owona F.D., Kouedeum E.K., Nangou Sob P.B., Piscart C., Togouet Zébazé S.H. (2023). Spatiotemporal distribution of zooplankton in relation to some abiotic variables in the waters of the Kribian Atlantic coast (South Cameroon). World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 17: 1256–1270. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.1231
91) Abahi K.S., Akodogbo H.H., Gouton R.R.T., Adje A.S.D.D., Gnohossou P.M., Piscart C. (2023). Evaluation de l’Effet des Eaux Usées Industrielles sur la Qualité de l’Eau de la Rivière Klou au Centre du Bénin. European Scientific Journal, 19: 148-163. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2023.v19n3p148
90) Taybi A.F., Mabrouki Y., Piscart C. (2023). Distribution of freshwater alien animal species in Morocco: current knowledge and management issues. Diversity 15: 169 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020169
89) Misteli B., Pannard A., Aasland E., Harpenslager S.F., Motitsoe S., Thiemer K., Llopis S., Coetzee C., Hilt S., Köhler J., Schneider S.C., Piscart C., Thiébaut G. (2023). Short-term effects of macrophyte removal on aquatic biodiversity in rivers and lakes. Journal of Environmental Management 325: 116442 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116442
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88) Gerber R., Cabon V., Piscart C.Roussel J-M., Bergerot B. (2022). Body stores of emergent aquatic insects are associated with
body size, sex, swarming behaviour and dispersal strategies. Freshwater Biology 67: 2161–2175 (Abstract) DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14003
87) Gerber R., Bergerot B., Georges R., Roussel J-M., Piscart C. (2022). The Role of Hydrographic Mapping in the Study of Emerging Aquatic Insects on the Landscape Scale. Water 14: 3019 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/w14193019
86) Misteli B., Pannard A., Labat F., Kengne Fosso L., Nompumelelo C. B., Faye Harpenslager S., Nkopane Motitsoe S., Thiebaut G., Piscart C. (2022). How invasive macrophytes affect macroinvertebrate assemblages and sampling efficiency: Results from a multinational survey. Limnologica 96: 125998 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2022.125998
85) Raitif J., Roussel J.M., Olmos M., Piscart C., Plantegenest M. (2022). Assessing spatial deposition of aquatic subsidies by insects emerging from agricultural streams Science of the Total Environment 837: 155686 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155686
84) Labat F., Thiebaut G. Piscart C. (2022). A new method to monitor macrophyte communities in small shallow lakes and ponds. Biodiversity and Conservation 31: 1627–1645 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02416-7
83) Omonoiyi G.E., Piscart C. Pellan L., Bergerot B. (2022). Responses of macroinvertebrate communities to hydromorphological restoration of headwater streams in Brittany. Water 14: 553 (Abstract) https://doi.org/
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82) Labat F., Piscart C., Thiebault G. (2022). A new method to sample invertebrates in small shallow lakes and ponds: application to study influences of environmental factors on their communities. Aquatic Ecology 56:585-603(Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-021-09939-1
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81) Pountougnigni O.F., Piscart C., Sob Nangou P.B., Zebaze Togouet S.H. (2021). Distribution of Stenasellidae in Africa and description of a new species of Metastenasellus from Cameroonian groundwaters Subterranean Biology 40: 175–194 2021 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.40.76301
80) Rodríguez-Pérez H., Pannard A., Gorzerino C., Pellan L., Massé S., Bouger G., Chorin M., Roussel J.M. Piscart C. (2021). Ecological consequences of consecutive river damming for three groups of bioindicators. Ecological Indicators 131: 108103 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108103
79) Omoniyi G.E., Bergerot B., Pellan L., Delmotte M., Crave A., Heyman J., Piscart C. (2021). In‐stream variability of litter breakdown and consequences on environmental monitoring Water 13: 2246 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/w13162246
78) Kwon T., Shibata H, Kepfer-Rojas S.2, Schmidt I.K., Larsen K.S., Beier C., Berg B., Verheyen K., Lamarque J.F., Hagedorn F., Eisenhauer N., Djukic I., TeaComposition Network (2021). Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 678480 (Abstract) https://doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
77) Labat F., Thiebaut G., Piscart C. (2021). Principal determinants of aquatic macrophyte communities in least-impacted small shallow lakes in France. Water 13: 609 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050609
76) Fanini L., Piscart C., Panzini E., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Petillon J. (2021). The extended concept of littoral active zone considering soft sediment shores as social-ecological systems, and an application to Brittany (North-Western France). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 250: 107148 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107148
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75) Hadjab R., Ayati K., Piscart C., (2020). A new species of freshwater amphipods Echinogammarus (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from Algeria. Taxonomy 1: 36-47 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy101005
74) Wattier R., Mamos T., Copilas-Ciocianu D., Jelić M., Ollivier A., Chaumot A., Danger M., Felten V., Piscart C., Žganec K., Rewicz T., Wysocka A., Rigaud T., Grabowski M. (2020). Continental-scale patterns of hyper-cryptic diversity within the freshwater model taxon Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda) Scientific Report 10:16536 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73739-0
73) Nicolai A., Guernion M., Guillocheau S., Hoeffner K., Le Gouar P., Ménard N., Piscart C., Vallet D., Hervé M.E.T., Benezeth E., Chedanne H., Blémus J., Vernon P., Cylly D., Hotte H., Loïs G., Mai B., Perez G., Ouisse T., Monard C., Wiegand C., Caudal J.-P., Butet A., Dahirel M., Barbe L., Balbi M., Briand V., Bormans M., Charrier M., Bouger G., Jung V., Le Lann C., Pannard A., Petillon J., Rantier Y., Marguerie D., Tougeron K., Devogel P., Dugravot S., Dubos T., Garrin M., Carnet M., Gouraud C., Chambet A., Esnault J., Poupelin M., Welk E., Bütof A., Dubois G.F., Humbert G., Marie-Réau O., Norvez O., Richard G., Froger B., Rochais C., Potthoff M., Ayati K., Bellido A., Rissel A., Santonja M., Farcy J.-O., Collias E., Sene L., Cluzeau D., Supper R. (2020). Transdisciplinary Bioblitz: Rapid biotic and abiotic inventory allows studying environmental changes over 60 years at the Biological Field Station of Paimpont (Brittany, France) and opens new interdisciplinary research opportunities. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e50451(Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50451
72) Andrade V.S., Wiegand C., Pannard A., Gagneten A.M.; Pédrot M., Bouhnik-Le Coz M., Piscart C. (2020). How can interspecific interactions in freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates modify trace element availability from sediment? Chemosphere 254:125594 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125594
71) Santonja M., Rodríguez-Pérez H., Le Bris N., Piscart C. (2020). Leaf nutrients and macroinvertebrates control litter mixing effects on decomposition in temperate streams. Ecosystems 23:400-416 (Abstract) 10.1007/s10021-019-00410-9
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70) Piscart C., Ayati K., Coulis M. (2019). Cerrorchestia taboukeli sp. nov., a new terrestrial amphipod (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from Martinique Island. European Journal of Taxonomy 588: 1-14 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.588
69) von Schiller D., Datry T., Corti R., Foulquier A., Tockner K. Marcé R., García-Baquero G. Odriozola I. Obrador B., Elosegi A., Mendoza-Lera C. Gessner M.O. Stubbington R., Albariño R., Allen D.C. Altermatt F., Arce M.I., Arnon S., Banas D., Banegas-Medina A., Beller E. Blanchette M.L., Blanco-Libreros J.F., Blessing J., Boëchat I.F., Boersma K.S., Bogan M.T. Bonada N., Bond N.R., Brintrup K., Bruder A., Burrows M.R., Cancellario T., Carlson S.M., Cauvy-Fraunié S., Cid N., Danger M., de Freitas Terra B., Dehedin A., De Girolamo A.M., del Campo R., Díaz-Villanueva V., Duerdoth C.P., Dyer F., Faye E., Febria C., Figueroa R., Four B., Gafny S., Gómez R. Gómez-Gener L., Graça M.A.S., Guareschi S., Gücker B., Hoppeler F., Hwan J.L., Kubheka S., Laini A., Langhans S.D., Leigh C., Little C.J., Lorenz S., Marshall J., Martín E.J., McIntosh A., Meyer E.I., Miliša M., Mlambo M.C., Moleón M., Morais M., Negus P., Niyogi D., Papatheodoulou A., Pardo I., Pařil P., Pešić V., Piscart C., Polášek M., Rodríguez-Lozano P., Rolls R.J., Sánchez-Montoya M.M., Savić A., Shumilova O., Steward A. Taleb A., Uzan A., Vander Vorste R., Waltham N., Woelfle-Erskine C., Zak D., Zarf C., Zoppini A. (2019). Sediment respiration pulses in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 33: 1251-1263 (Abstract) 10.1029/2019GB006276
68) Samon O.S., Gouissi F.M., Adje D.D., Abahi K.S., Tchaou C.M., Okoya J.G.A., Orou Piami F.Z., Gnohossou P., Omoniyi G., Piscart C. (2019). Abundance and Distribution of Macroinvertebrates of the Affon River in Bénin Open Journal of Marine Sciences 9: 173-187 (Abstract) 10.4236/ojms.2019.94013
67) Bretagnolle V., Benoit M., Bonnefond M., Breton V., Church J.M., Gaba S., Gilbert D., Gillet F., Glatron S., Guerbois C., Lamouroux N., Lebouvier M., Mazé C., Mouchel J.M., Ouin A., Pays O., Piscart C., Ragueneau O., Servain S., Spiegelberger T., Fritz H. (2019). Action-orientated research and framework: insights from the French LTSER network. Ecology and Society 24(3): 10 (Abstract) 10.5751/ES-10989-240310
66) Gnohossou P., Piscart C.(2019). A new species of Quadrivisio (Amphipoda, Maeridae) from coastal tropical lagoons (Benin, West Africa). European Journal of Taxonomy, 533: 1-14 (Abstract) 10.5852/ejt.2019.533
65) Ayati K., Hadjab R., Khammar H., Dhaouadi S., Piscart C., Mahmoudi E. Origin, diversity and distribution of freshwater epigean amphipods in Maghreb Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology, 55:13 (Abstract) 10.1051/limn/2019012 ---------------------------------------- 64) Ayati K., Dhaouadi S., Mahmoudi E., Piscart C. (2018). Two new species of gammarid amphipods from Tunisian freshwaters (Amphipoda, Gammaridae. Crustaceana, 91: 1327-1345 (Abstract) 10.1163/15685403-00003837 63) Ngoay-Kossy J.C., Zébazé Togouet S.H., Wango S.P, Bolevane Ouantinam S.F., Tchakonté S., Piscart C. (2018). Bioindicators of running freshwaters in Centrafrican Republic: benthic macroinvertebrates and anthropogenic stress in the Nguitto Stream. Revue d'écologie, 73(4): 603-616(Abstract) 62) Dole-Olivier M.J., Hafid H., Piscart C. (2018). A new groundwater species of Pseudoniphargus (Amphipoda: Pseudoniphargidae) from Algeria. Zootoxa, 4482(1): 125-139 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.5 61) Raitif J., Plantegenest M., Piscart C. , Roussel J.M. (2018). Seasonal and spatial variations of stream insect emergence in an intensive agricultural landscape. Science of the Total Environment, 644:594-601 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.021 60) Santonja M., Pellan L., Piscart C. (2018). How shredder invertebrate identity mediates their responses to the litter quality and microbial conditioning in the leaf litter recycling in aquatic environment. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 2542-2553 (Abstract) 10.1002/ece3.3790 59) Djukic I., Kepfer-Rojas S., Kappel Schmidt I., Steenberg Larsen K., Beier C., Berg B., Verheyen K. et al. (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628/629: 1369–1394 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012 58) Dick J., Orenstein D.E., Holzer J., Wohner C., Achard A.L., Andrews C., Avriel-Avni N., Beja P., Blond N., Cabello J., Chen C., Díaz-Delgado R., Giannakis G., Gingrich S., Izakovicova Z., Krauze K., Lamouroux N., Leca S., Melecis V., Miklós K., Mimikou M., Niedrist G., Piscart C., Postolache C., Psomas A., Santos-Reis M., Tappeiner U., Vanderbilt K., Van Ryckegem G. (2018). What is socio-ecological 1 research delivering? A literature survey across 25 international LTSER platforms. Science of the Total Environment, 622/623: 1225–1240 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.324 57) Marmonier P., Maazouzi C., Baran N., Blanchet S., Ritter A., Saplairolese M., Dole-Olivier M.J., Galassi D.M.P., Eme D., Dolédec S., Piscart C., (2018). Ecology-based evaluation of groundwater ecosystems under intensive agriculture: A combination of community analysis and sentinel exposure. Science of the Total Environment, 613-614:1353-1366 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.191 ---------------------------------------- 56) Koudenoukpo C.P., Chikou A., Imorou Toko I., Zebaze Togouet S.H., Tchakonté S., Hazoume R., Piscart C., (2017). Diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in relationship with the environmental factors of a lotic ecosystem in tropical region: the Sô river in South-East of Benin (West Africa). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(4): 1-10 (Abstract) 55) Piscart C., Pellan L., Puijalon S. & Santonja M. 2017). Functional importance of freshwater amphipods in the leaf litter recycling process: the role of leaf litter characteristics Biodiversity Journal, 8(2): 429-430 54) Ayati K., Dhaouadi S., Piscart C., Mahmoudi E. (2017). Diversity and distribution of freshwater amphipods from Tunisia. Biodiversity Journal, 8(2) 431-432
53) De Grave S., Piscart C., Tuekam Kayo R.P., Anker A.(2017). A new groundwater-dwelling species of Euryrhynchina from Cameroon (Malacostraca, Decapoda, Euryrhynchidae). Zootaxa, 4254 (1):120-126 (Abstract) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.8
52) Henry Y., Piscart C., Charles S., Colinet C. (2017). Combined effect of temperature and ammonia on molecular response and survival of the freshwater crustacean Gammarus pulex. Ecostoxicology and Environmental Safety, 137:42-48 (Abstract) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.11.011
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51) Maazouzi C., Coureau C., Piscart C., Saplairoles M., Baran N., Marmonier P. (2016). Individual and joint toxicity of the herbicide 1 S-metolachlor and a metabolite, deethylatrazine on aquatic crustaceans: difference between ecological groups. Chemosphere, 165:118-125 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.09.030
50) Bertrand C., Dekeyser Y., Piscart C., Franquet E. (2016). Vulnérability & resilience of freshwater and marine ecosystems. 3rd International Limnology and Oceanography Conference (JILO) Hydrobiologia 781:1-2 Hydrobiologia, 781:1-2 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2880-x
49) Pellan L., Médoc V., Renault D., Spataro T., Piscart C. (2016). Feeding choice and predation pressure of two invasive gammarids, Gammarus tigrinus and Dikerogammarus villosus, under increasing temperature. Hydrobiologia, 781: 43-54 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2312-3
48) Foucreau N., Piscart C., Puijalon S., Hervant F. (2016). Effect of rising temperature on a functional process: consumption and digestion of leaf litter by a freshwater shredder. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 187:295-306 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1127/fal/2016/0841
47) Cañedo-Arguelles M., Hawkins C., Kefford B.J., Olson J., Schäfer R.B., Dyack B., Brucet S., Buchwalter D., Dunlop J., Frör O., Lazorchak J., Coring E., Fernandez U.R., Goodfellow W., González Achem A.L., Hatfield-Dodds S., Karimov B., Mensah P., Piscart C., Prat N., Ponsá S., Schulz C.J., Timpano A.J. Saving freshwater from salts. Science 351 (6276): 4-6 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad3488
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46) Nana Nkemegni G., Zébazé Togouet S.H., Fomena A., Pountougnigni O.F., Piscart C. (2015). Distribution of groundwater invertebrates in a tropical mountain climates; the case of the Bamoun tableland of the West region of Cameroon. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 40: 393-401 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2015.1113922
45) Kon Kam King G., Delignette-Muller M.L. Kefford B.J., Piscart C., Charles S. (2015). Constructing time-resolved species sensitivity distributions using a hierarchical toxico-dynamic model. Environmental Science and Technology, 2015, 49: 12465–12473 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02142
44) Cottin D., Foucreau N., Hervant F., Piscart C. (2015). Differential regulation of hsp70 genes in the freshwater key species Gammarus pulex (Crustacea, Amphipoda) exposed to thermal stress: effects of latitude and ontogeny. Journal of Comparative Physiology – B, 185: 303-3013 (Abstract) https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00360-014-0885-1
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43) Graillot, D., Paran F., Bornette G., Marmonier P., Piscart C., Cadilhac L. (2014). Coupling groundwater modeling and biological indicators for identifying river/aquifer exchanges. SpringerPlus 3: 68 (Abstract) doi:10.1186/2193-1801-3-68
42) Foulquier A., Dehedin A., Piscart C., Montuelle B., Marmonier P. (2014). Habitat heterogeneity influences the response of microbial communities to severe low-flow periods in alluvial wetlands. Freshwater Biology 59: 463-476 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12278
41) Foucreau N., Cottin D., Piscart C., Hervant F. (2014) Physiological and metabolic responses to rising temperature in Gammarus pulex populations (Crustacea) living under continental or Mediterranean climates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 168: 69-75 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.11.006
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40) Piscart C., Merzoug D., Hafid H. (2013). A new species of Echinogammarus from Algerian freshwaters, Echinogammarus haraktis n. sp. (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Crustaceana 86: 1623-1633 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003252
39) Foucreau N., Piscart C., Puijalon S., Hervant F., (2013). Effect of climate-related change in vegetation on leaf litter consumption and energy storage by Gammarus pulex from continental or Mediterranean populations. Plos ONE 8(10): e77242 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077242
38) Foucreau N., Puijalon S., Hervant F., Piscart C. (2013). Effect of leaf litter characteristics on leaf conditioning and on consumption by Gammarus pulex. Freshwater Biology 58: 1672-1681 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.121580.1
37) Marmonier P., Maazouzi C., Foulquier A., Navel S., François C., Hervant F., Mermillod-Blondin F., Vieney A., Barraud S., Togola A., Piscart C. (2013). The use of crustaceans as sentinel organisms to evaluate groundwater ecological quality. Ecological Engineering 57: 118-132 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.009
36) Dehedin, A., Dole-Olivier M.J., Piscart C., Mimoun, D., Marmonier P., (2013). Global change and drying modality affect interstitial assemblages of alluvial wetlands. Wetlands 33: 537-550 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12084
35) Dehedin, A., Maazouzi S., Puijalon S., Marmonier P., Piscart C. (2013). Combined effects of the water level reduction and the increase in ammonia concentrations on organic matter processing by key freshwater shredders in alluvial wetlands. Global Change Biology 19: 763–774 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12084
34) Cañedo-Argüelles M.; Kefford B.J., Piscart C., Prat N. Schäfer R., Schulz C.J. (2013). Salinisation of rivers: an urgent ecological issue. Environmental Pollution 173: 157-167 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.10.011
33) Navel S., Piscart C., Mermillod-Blondin F., Marmonier P. (2013). New methods for the investigation of leaf litter breakdown in river sediments. Hydrobiologia 700: 301-312 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1239-1
32) Dehedin A., Piscart C., Marmonier P. (2013). Seasonal variations of the effect of temperature on lethal and sublethal toxicities of ammonia for three common freshwater shredders. Chemosphere 90: 1016-1022 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.07.055
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31) Tuekam Kayo, R., Marmonier P., Boutin C., Nola, M., Zebaze Togouet, S.H., Piscart C. (2012). Les crustacés aquatiques souterrains d’Afrique et de Madagascar : bilan et enjeux. Spelunca 128 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003134
30) Tuekam Kayo, R., Marmonier P., Zebaze Togouet, S.H., Nola, M., Piscart C. (2012). An annotated checklist of freshwater stygobiotic crustaceans of Africa and Madagascar. Crustaceana 85: 1613-1631 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003134
29) Marmonier, P., Archambaud, G., Belaidi, N., Bougon, N. Breil, P., Chauvet, E., Claret, C., Cornut, J., Datry, T., Dole-Olivier, M.-J., Dumont, B. Flipo, N., Foulquier, A., Gérino, M., Guilpart, A. Julien, F. Maazouzi, C. Martin, D., Mermillod-Blondin, F., Montuelle, B., Namour, P., Navel, S., Ombredane, D., Pelte, T., Piscart C., Pusch, M., Stroffek, S., Robertson, A., Sanchez-Pérez, J.-M., Sauvage, S., Taleb, A., Wantzen, M., Vervier, P. (2012). The role of organisms in hyporheic processes: gaps in current knowledge, needs for future research and applications. International Journal of Limnology 48: 253-266 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2012009
28) Kefford B.J., Hickey G.L., Ben-David E., Dunlop J.E., Palmer C.G., Allan K., Choy S. & Piscart C. (2012) Global Scale Variation in the Salinity Sensitivity of Riverine Macroinvertebrates: Eastern Australia, France, Israel and South Africa. Plos ONE 7(5): e35224 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035224
27) Cottin, D., Roussel, D., Foucreau, N., Hervant, F., Piscart C. (2012) Disentangling the effects of local and regional factors on the thermal tolerance of freshwater crustaceans. Naturwissenschaften 99: 259-264 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-012-0894-4 (free online view)
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26) Piscart C., Mermillod-Blondin, F., Maazouzi, C., Mérigoux, S., Marmonier, P., (2011). Potential impact of invasive amphipods on leaf litter recycling in aquatic ecosystems. Biological Invasions 13: 2861-2868 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-9969-y (free online view)
25) Labat, F., Piscart C., Fontan, B., (2011). First records, pathways and distributions of four new Ponto-Caspian amphipods in France. Limnologica 41: 290-295 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2010.12.004
24) Piscart C., Navel, S., Maazouzi, C., Montuelle, B., Cornut, J., Mermillod-Blondin, F., Creuzé des Châtelliers, M., Simon, L. (2011). Leaf litter recycling in benthic and hyporheic layers in agricultural streams with different types of land use. Sciences of the Total Environment 409: 4373-4380 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.060
23) Maazouzi, C., Piscart C., Legier, F., Hervant, F., (2011). Ecophysiological responses to temperature of the "killer shrimp" Dikerogammarus villosus: is the invader really stronger than the native Gammarus pulex? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 159: 268-274 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.03.019
22) Médoc V., Piscart C., Maazouzi C., Simon L., Beisel J.N. (2011). Parasite-induced changes in the diet of a freshwater amphipod: field and laboratory evidence. Parasitology 138: 537-546(Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010001617
21) Piscart C., Roussel J.M., Dick J.T.A., Grosbois G., Marmonier P. (2011). Effects of coexistence on the habitat use and trophic ecology of interacting native and invasive amphipods. Freshwater Biology 56: 325-334 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02500.x
20) Piscart C., Kefford B.J., Beisel J.N. (2011). Are salinity tolerances of non-native macroinvertebrates in France an indicator of potential for their translocation in a new area? Limnologica 41:107-112 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2010.09.002
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19) Navel, S., Mermillod-Blondin, F., Montuelle, B., Chauvet, E., Simon, L., Piscart C., Marmonier P.(2010). Interactions between fauna and sediment control the breakdown of plant matter in river sediments. Freshwater Biology 55: 753-766 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009. 02315.x
18) Piscart C., Bergerot, B., Laffaille, P., Marmonier, P. (2010). Are amphipod invaders a threat to regional biodiversity? Biological Invasions 12: 853-863 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9506-4 (free online view)
17) Marmonier, P., Piscart C., Sarriquet, P.E., Azam, D., Chauvet, E. (2010). Relevance of large litter bag burial for the study of leaf breakdown in the hyporheic zone. Hydrobiologia 641: 203-214 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-009-0082-5
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16) Maazouzi C., Piscart C., Pihan, J.C., Masson, G. (2009 ). Effect of habitat-related resources on fatty acid composition and body weight of the invasive Dikerogammarus villosus in an artificial reservoir. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 175: 327-338 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0175-0185
15) Piscart C., Dick, J.T.A., McCrisken, D., MacNeil, C. (2009). Environmental mediation of intraguild predation between the freshwater invader Gammarus pulex and the native G. duebeni celticus. Biological Invasions 11: 2141-2145 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-009-9497-1(free online view)
14) Piscart C., Genoel, R., Dolédec, S., Chauvet, E., Marmonier, P. (2009). Effects of intense agricultural practices on heterotrophic processes in streams. Environmental Pollution 157: 1011-1018 (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2008.10.010
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13) Piscart C., Maazouzi, C., Marmonier P. (2008). Range expansion of the North American alien amphipod Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939 (Crustacea: Gammaridae) in Brittany, France. Aquatic Invasions 3: 449-453. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2008.3.4.16
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12) Piscart C., Webb, D., Beisel, J.N. (2007). An acanthocephalan parasite increases the salinity tolerance of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus roeseli (Crustacea: Gammaridae). Naturwissenschaften 94: 741-747. (Abstract) DOI 10.1007/s00114-007-0252-0 (free online view)
11) Piscart C., Manach, A., Copp, G.H., Marmonier, P. (2007). Distribution and microhabitats of native and non-native gammarids (Amphipoda, Crustacea) in Brittany, with particular reference to the endangered endemic sub-species Gammarus duebeni celticus. Journal of Biogeography 34: 524-533. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01609.x
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10) Piscart C., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2006). Fluctuating asymmetry of natural populations of aquatic insects along a salinity gradient. Environmental Bioindicators 1: 229-241. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1080/15555270601003789
9) Piscart C., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2006). Salinization consequences in running waters: the use of a sentinel substrate as bioassessment method. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 477-486. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[477:SCIRWU]2.0.CO;2
8) Piscart C., Usseglio-Polatera, P., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2006). The role of salinity in the selection of biological traits of freshwater invertebrates. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 166: 185-198. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0185
7) Piscart C., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2006). Monitoring changes in freshwater macroinvertebrate communities along a salinity gradient using artificial substrates. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 116: 529-542. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-7669-3
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6) Piscart C., Lecerf, A., Usseglio-Polatera, P., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2005). Biodiversity patterns along a salinity gradient: The case of net-spinning caddisflies. Biodiversity and conservation 14: 2235 - 2249. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-004-4783-9(free online view)
5) Piscart C., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2005). Biodiversity and structure of macroinvertebrate communities along a small permanent salinity gradient (Meurthe River, France). Hydrobiologia 551: 227-236. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-4463-0
4) Piscart C., Moreteau, J.C., Beisel J.N. (2005). Decrease of fluctuating asymmetry among larval instars in an aquatic, holometabolous insect. Comptes Rendus de Biologie 328: 912-917. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2005.09.002
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3) Devin, S., Piscart C., Beisel, J.N., Moreteau, J.C. (2004). Life history traits of the Invader Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the Moselle River, France. International Review of Hydrobiology 89: 21-34. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200310667
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2) Piscart C., Devin,S., Beisel, J.N., Moreteau, J.C. (2003). Growth-related life-history traits of an invasive gammarid species: evaluation with a Laird-Gompertz model. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 2006-2014. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1139/Z03-188
1) Devin, S., Piscart C., Beisel, J.N., Moreteau, J.C. (2003). Ecological traits of the amphipod invader Dikerogammarus villosus on a mesohabitat scale. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158: 43-56. (Abstract) https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0043
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Barreteau O., Charpentier I., Blanchoud H., Bonnefond M., Gouy V., Piscart C. Pons M.-N., Raimonet M., Royer A., Salvador-Blanes S. (2024). Exp'Eau, un jeu sérieux pour explorer les trajectoires d'amélioration de la qualité de l'eau dans les bassins versants ruraux. Dynamiques Environnementales, 49/50: 27-53 (Abstract) https://doi.org/
Tuekam Kayo, R., Marmonier, P., Boutin, C., Nola, M., Zébazé Togouet S.H., Piscart C.(2012). Les crustacés aquatiques souterrains d’Afrique et de Madagascar : bilan et enjeux. Spelunca 128 : 43-46. (Abstract)
Piscart C.(2004). Role of the salinity in the regulation and the dynamic of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities. PhD Thesis in Ecology and Hydrobiology. University of Metz (France).233 pages. (Abstract)
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HDR Thesis (Autorization to drive research) :
Piscart C.(2014). Impact of global changes on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. HDR Thesis. University of Lyon 1, Lyon.84 pages.
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7) Piscart C., Camacho A., Christodoulou M, Wittmann K.J., Messana B., Coisneau N. (2023). Chapter 7: Class Malacostraca (SubClass Eumalacostraca). Pp 157-223 in Maasri A. & Thorp J.H. (eds.) Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00018-1
6) Zebaze Togouet S., Nyamsi Tchatcho N., Tharme R., Piscart C. (2023). The Sanaga River, an Example of Biophysical and Socio-Cultural
Integration in Cameroon, Central Africa. Pp 145-164 in Wantzen K.M. (ed.) River Culture – Life as a dance to the rhythm of the waters. UNESCO Publishing, Paris, 901+XV pp, ISBN 978-92-3-100540-4.
5) Paran F., Graillot D., Arthaud F., Bornette G., Chatelier M., Douez O.r, Flipo N., Habets F., Lavastre V., Marmonier P., Mouhri A., Piégay H., 3) Piscart C. Simon L., Tallec G., Vergnes J.P., Wawrzyniak V., Maugis P., Augeard B., (2017). Guide technique Interactions nappe/rivière Des outils pour comprendre et mesurer les échanges. Agence Française pour la Biodiversité, Guides et Protocoles, 106p
4) Paran F., Arthaud F., Novel M., Graillot D., Bornette G.,Piscart C. Marmonier P., Lavastre V., Travi Y., Cadilhac L. (2015). Caractérisation des échanges nappes/rivières en milieu alluvionnaire - Guide méthodologique. ed. Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée et Corse, Collection Eau et connaissance, 178p.
3)Piscart C. and Bollache, L. (2012). Crustacés amphipodes de surface (Gammare d'eau douce). Association Française de Limnologie, Thonon les Bains, 113p. ISBN : 978-2-9542258-0-7
2) Archaimbault, V., Marmonier, P., Montuelle, B. , Piscart C.(2011). Question 59. Des feuilles mortes pour nourrir les rivières. In: Cluster de Recherche Rhône Alpes Environnement (Ed.), Rhône-Alpes et l'environnement : 100 questions pour la recherche. Région Rhône Alpes, Lyon.
1) Piscart C. (2011). Salinisation et biodiversité des macroinvertébrés dulçaquicoles. Editions universitaires européennes, Sarrebruck. 132 pages. ISBN-13 978-3-8417-8258-82
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