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Researcher

Anna-Maria Vafeiadou

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46 Results

2026

Lipid unsaturation correlates with population dynamics of the copepod Platychelipus littoralis in intertidal mudflats

Iene HermanBram MartinJulieta Vigliano RelvaAnna-Maria VafeiadouMarleen De Troch

A1 Journal Article in ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

2025

Benthic copepod guts as a selective microbial microhabitat in marine sediments

Bram MartinAnna-Maria VafeiadouNico BoonMarleen De Troch

A1 Journal Article in MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

The role of mangroves in early-life trophic interactions supporting fishery production in the Galapagos

José Fernando Pontón CevallosAnna-Maria VafeiadouNicolas MoityJorge Ramírez-GonzálezMaría José RendónMercy J. Borbor-CordovaTom MoensJorge R. Bermudez-MonsalvePeter Goethals

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

2024

Structurally stable but functionally disrupted marine microbial communities under a future climate change scenario : potential importance for nitrous oxide emissions

Annabelle DairainHelena VoetAnna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterAnnelien RigauxCarl Van ColenJan VanaverbekeTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Temperature-driven dynamics : unraveling the impact of climate change on cryptic species interactions within the Litoditis marina complex

Anna-Maria VafeiadouKevin GeldhofWissam BarhdadiJan BaetensBernard De BaetsTom MoensAisling Daly

A1 Journal Article in PEERJ

2023

Unravelling complexities in mangrove meio- and macrofauna benthic food webs using carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen stable isotopes

Benjamin LejeuneAnna-Maria VafeiadouDavid X SotoYannick StroobandtTom MoensSteven Bouillon

Unravelling complexities in mangrove meio- and macrofauna benthic food webs using carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen stable isotopes

Benjamin LejeuneAnna-Maria VafeiadouDavid X SotoYannick StroobandtTom MoensSteven Bouillon

2022

Microbiome differentiation among coexisting nematode species in estuarine microhabitats : a metagenetic analysis

Anna-Maria VafeiadouSofie DeryckeAnnelien RigauxNele De MeesterRodgee Mae GudenTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

The role of microbiome in coexistence of nematode cryptic species complex Litoditis marina under climate change

Anna-Maria VafeiadouAnnabelle DairainRodgee Mae GudenSofie DeryckeTom Moens

2021

Effects of temperature and interspecific competition on population fitness of free-living marine nematodes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Toxic effects of phenanthrene intensify with an increase of temperature for the populations of a free-living nematode

Leticia Pereira PontesAnna-Maria VafeiadouFlavia Juliana Lobato de FrançaRaianne Amorim CavalcanteDébora Alissandra de Araújo FrançaClara Moura BritoRomulo Nepomuceno AlvesPaulo Sérgio Martins de CarvalhoGiovanni Amadeu Paiva dos Santos

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

2019

Effects of temperature range changes and interspecific competition to population development and behaviour of marine nematodes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

Microbiome partitioning of coexisting nematode species in shared microhabitats : insights of a metagenetic analysis

Anna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterAnnelien RigauxSofie DeryckeTom Moens

Potential drivers of species coexistence of marine nematodes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

Resource utilization of puffer fish in a subtropical bay as revealed by stable isotope analysis and food web modeling

Mathilde LemoineTom MoensAnna-Maria VafeiadouLuis Artur Valoes BezerraPaulo Lana

A1 Journal Article in MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Species coexistence of marine nematodes : environmental conditions, resource utilisation and microhabitat partitioning as possible drivers of niche differentiation

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom MoensChariton C Chintiroglou

Tracing carbon in marine phototrophic biofilms

Willem StockAnna-Maria VafeiadouAn-Sofie D'HondtAntoine PrinsPhilippe RosaTanja StratmannJulie GaubertAlexandre BarnettDominique LamyDavid Paterson et al.

2018

Effects of an increased temperature regime on the population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Global warming-induced temperature effects to intertidal tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities

Anna-Maria VafeiadouBryan Lloyd P BretañaCarl Van ColenGiovanni AP dos SantosTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Living apart-together : microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat

Rodgee Mae GudenAnna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterSofie DeryckeTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2016

Another side of the climate change coin: effects of fluctuating vs stable temperature regimes on the population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

Assessing functional diversity of marine nematodes in the 21st century: moving away from the black box approach

Tom MoensAnna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterXiuqin WuTânia Campinas BezerraKatja GuiliniJan VanaverbekeSofie Derycke

Climate change from another perspective : effects of temperature fluctuations on population dynamics and species interactions

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

Co-occurrence of cryptic nematode species : true coexistence or mediated by differential microhabitat preferences?

Rodgee Mae GudenAnna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterAnnelien RigauxSofie DeryckeTom Moens

Do tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities respond similarly to climate change?

Anna-Maria VafeiadouBryan BretañaGiovanni dos SantosTom Moens

Microhabitat choice of cryptic species: do closely related nematode species really occur together?

Rodgee Mae GudenAnna-Maria VafeiadouNele De MeesterAnnelien RigauxSofie DeryckeTom Moens

Population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes under climate change

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

Structural and functional composition of benthic nematode assemblages during a natural recovery process of Zostera noltii seagrass beds

Patrick MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouTom MoensHelena Adão

A1 Journal Article in ESTUARIES AND COASTS

2015

A comparative analysis of benthic nematode assemblages from Zostera noltii beds before and after a major vegetation collapse

Patrick MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouRui RibeiroTom MoensHelena Adão

A1 Journal Article in ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

2014

Benthic nematode assemblage response during the early phase of a natural recovery process of seagrass beds Zostera noltii

Patrick MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouTom MoensHelena Adão

Diatom feeding across trophic guilds in tidal flat nematodes, and the importance of diatom cell size

Tom MoensAnna-Maria VafeiadouEllen De GeyterPieter VanormelingenKoen SabbeMarleen De Troch

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

How do marine nematodes cope with extreme temperatures and fluctuations?

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

Marine nematode behavioral response under fluctuating temperature conditions

Anna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

Resource utilization and trophic position of nematodes and harpacticoid copepods in and adjacent to Zostera noltii beds

Anna-Maria VafeiadouPatrick MateratskiHelena AdãoMarleen De TrochTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOSCIENCES

Short-term behavioral responses of marine nematodes to climate change-induced temperature fluctuations

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

The role of seagrass-associated resources in an estuarine benthic food web

Anna-Maria VafeiadouPatrick MateratskiHelena AdãoMarleen De TrochTom Moens

2013

Benthic nematode assemblages response to seagrass beds spatial heterogeneity in natural recovery process of Zostera Noltii after major colapse

Patrick MateratskiTom MoensAnna-Maria VafeiadouHelena Adão

Food sources of macrobenthos in an estuarine seagrass habitat (Zostera noltii) as revealed by dual stable isotope signatures

Anna-Maria VafeiadouPatrick MateratskiHelena AdãoMarleen De TrochTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in MARINE BIOLOGY

Food web analysis of meiobenthos in estuarine seagrass bed

Anna-Maria VafeiadouPatrick MateratskiHelena AdãoMarleen De TrochTom Moens

Sample acidification effects on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of macrofauna from a Zostera noltii bed

Anna-Maria VafeiadouHelena AdãoMarleen De TrochTom Moens

A1 Journal Article in MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

The response of marine nematodes to temperature fluctuations and episodic extremes

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChariton ChintiroglouTom Moens

2012

Assessing meiobenthic food web in an estuarine seagrass habitat (SW Portugal) using isotopic tracers

Anna-Maria VafeiadouMarleen De TrochTom Moens

Benthic nematode assemblages as indicators of spatial heterogeneity in early natural recovery of Zostera noltii seagrass beds

Helena AdãoPatrick MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouTom Moens

Recovery of benthic nematodes assemblages after a major collapse in seagrass beds of Zostera noltii

Patrick MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouTom MoensHelena Adão

Symbiosis of sea anemones and hermit crabs: different resource utilization patterns in the Aegean Sea

Anna-Maria VafeiadouChryssanthi AntoniadouChariton Chintiroglou

A1 Journal Article in HELGOLAND MARINE RESEARCH

2011

Recovery of benthic nematode assemblages after a major collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds

P MateratskiAnna-Maria VafeiadouMarleen De TrochTom MoensH Adão