Mathilde Schapira

PhD Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (2005)

Rhodes University Post-doctoral Research Fellow

'phone +27 [0]46 603-8579
FAX +27 [0]46 622-8959
e-mail m.schapira@ru.ac.za

Research interests

Marine ecosystem functioning

Some recent publications

Schapira M., Buscot M.J., Pollet T., Leterme S.C., Chaperon C. & Seuront L. (2009) Distribution of microbial communities along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. In press.

Seuront L., Leterme S.C., Seymour J.R., Mitchell J.G., Ashcroft D., Noble W., Thomson P.G., Davidson A.T., van den Enden R., Scott F.J., Wright S.W., Schapira M., Chapperon C. and Cribb N. (2010) Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80° E). Deep Sea Research II. In Press. 

Leterme S.C., Mitchell J.G., Ellis A.V., Buscot M.J., Pollet T., Schapira M. and Seuront L. (2010) Morphological flexibility of Cocconeis placentula nanostructure along a natural salinity gradient. Journal of Phycology. Accepted.

Schapira M., Buscot M.J., Pollet T., Leterme S.C. and Seuront L. (2010) Distribution of picophytoplankton communities from brackish to hypersaline waters in a South Australian coastal lagoon. Saline Systems. 6:2.

Schapira M., Buscot M.J., Pollet T., Leterme S.C., Chaperon C. and Seuront L. (2009) Distribution of heterotrophic bacteria and virus-like particles along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 54 171-183.

Schapira M., Pollet T., Mitchell J.G. and Seuront L. (2009) Respiration rates in marine heterotrophic bacteria relate to the cytometric characteristics of bacterioplankton communities. Journal of Marine Biology Association of United Kingdom. 89 (6) 1161-1169.

Schapira M., Vincent D., Gentilhomme V. and Seuront L. (2008) Temporal patterns of phytoplankton assemblages, size spectra and diversity during the wane of a Phaeocystis globosa spring bloom in hydrologically contrasted coastal waters. Journal of Marine Biology Association of United Kingdom. 88 (4) 649-662.

Schapira M., Seuront L. and Gentilhomme V. (2006) Effects of small-scale turbulence on Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) growth and life cycle. Journal of Experimental and Marine Biology. 335 (1) 27-38.

Boulart C., Flament P., Gentilhomme V., Deboudt K., Migon C., Lizon F., Schapira M. and Lefebrve A. (2006) Atmospherically-promoted photosynthetic activity in a well-mixed ecosystem: significance of wet deposition events of nitrogen compounds. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences. 69 449-458.