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List of works by Katy R. Nicastro

Adaptive Traits Are Maintained on Steep Selective Gradients despite Gene Flow and Hybridization in the Intertidal Zone

scientific article published on June 14, 2011

Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity ofMytilus galloprovincialisalong southern European and northern African shores

article by Carla R. Lourenço et al published 16 February 2015 in Journal of Molluscan Studies

Between a rock and a hard place: combined effect of trampling and phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in marine intertidal mussels

Biogeographic drivers of distribution and abundance in an alien ecosystem engineer: Transboundary range expansion, barriers to spread, and spatial structure

scientific article published on 04 May 2021

Biogeographical Patterns of Endolithic Infestation in an Invasive and an Indigenous Intertidal Marine Ecosystem Engineer

scientific article published in 2019

Canopy microclimate modification in central and marginal populations of a marine macroalga

Characterization of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intertidal mussel Perna perna, and cross species amplification within the genus

scientific article

Characterization of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intertidal mussel Perna perna, and cross species amplification within the genus

Cheating the Locals: Invasive Mussels Steal and Benefit from the Cooling Effect of Indigenous Mussels

scientific article

Comparison of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in invasive and native populations of the intertidal mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Effects of endolithic parasitism on invasive and indigenous mussels in a variable physical environment

scientific article

Enemies with benefits: parasitic endoliths protect mussels against heat stress

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a marine mussel

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

First record of the brown mussel (Perna perna) from the European Atlantic coast

Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition

scientific article published on 31 May 2015

Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for the red alga Corallina officinalis

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Latitudinal incidence of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths and their effects on mussel bed microclimates

scientific article published in 2017

Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors

scientific article (publication date: 11 October 2016)

Love thy neighbour: group properties of gaping behaviour in mussel aggregations

scientific article published on October 16, 2012

Microplastic leachates disrupt the chemotactic and chemokinetic behaviours of an ecosystem engineer (Mytilus edulis)

scientific article published in 2022

Microplastic leachates induce species-specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Plastic ingestion in aquatic birds in Portugal

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in southern Portugal

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Reproductive strategies and population genetic structure of Fucus spp. across a northeast Atlantic biogeographic transition

scholarly article by Susana C. Almeida et al published 2017 in Aquatic Living Resources

Shift happens: trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus

scientific article published on January 23, 2013

Simple, Scale-Dependent Patterns Emerge from Very Complex Effects—An Example from the Intertidal Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and Perna perna

Size and position (sometimes) matter: small-scale patterns of heat stress associated with two co-occurring mussels with different thermoregulatory behaviour

scientific article published in 2016

Species-specific plastic accumulation in the sediment and canopy of coastal vegetated habitats

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Taking the heat: distinct vulnerability to thermal stress of central and threatened peripheral lineages of a marine macroalga

scientific article published in 2016

The combination of selection and dispersal helps explain genetic structure in intertidal mussels.

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

The role of gaping behaviour in habitat partitioning between coexisting intertidal mussels

scientific article

Understanding the margin squeeze: Differentiation in fitness‐related traits between central and trailing edge populations of Corallina officinalis

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Unlocking the history of a trans‐Atlantic invader: Did the human slave trade impact Brown mussel dispersal?

scientific article published on 26 August 2021

Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga

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Wider sampling reveals a non-sister relationship for geographically contiguous lineages of a marine mussel

scientific article published in June 2014