Francesca Porri
PhD Rhodes University (2004)
Associate Scientist
'phone +27 [0]46 603-8525
FAX +27 [0]46 622-8959
e-mail f.porri@ru.ac.za
Research interests
Marine invertebrate behaviour
Mangrove and intertidal ecology
Ecological processes associated with mussel beds
For more information on one of the research programmes I am invoved in please click here.
Some recent publications
Ludford A, Cole V, Porri F, McQuaid CD, Nakin M, Erlandsson J Sowing seeds on barren ground: the roles of habitat quality, landscape corridors and marine reserves for recruitment (submitted to Landscape Ecology)
Porri F, Hill J, McQuaid CD, (2011) Trophic and non-trophic relationships in ephemeral systems: habitat utilisation by amphipod populations. (Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 426:253-262
Plass-Johnson J, McQuaid CD, Porri F, (2010) Top down control of intertidal mussel populations: synergistic effects of two predator guilds. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 411:149-159
Von der Meden CEO, Porri F, McQuaid CD, Faulkner K, Robey J, (2010) Fine-scale ontogenetic shifts in settlement behaviour of mussels: differential responses to biofilm and conspecific settler presence in Mytilus galloprovincialis and Perna perna. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 411: 161-171
Pineda J, Porri F, Starczak V, Blyhte J, (2010) Causes of decoupling between larval supply and settlement and consequences for understanding recruitment and population connectivity. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol, 392: 9-21
Von der Meden C., Porri, F., Erlandsson, J., McQuaid, C.D. (2008) Generic effects of large-scale coastline topography on mussel distribution. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 372: 135-145
Porri, F., McQuaid, C.D., Lawrie, S.M., Antrobus, S. J. (2008) Fine-scale spatial and temporal variation in settlement of the intertidal mussel Perna perna: indicates differential hydrodynamic delivery of larvae to the shore. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol, 367: 213-218
Porri, F. Jordaan, T., McQuaid, C.D. (2008) Does cannibalism of larvae by adults affect settlement and connectivity of mussel populations? Est Coast Shelf Sci, 79: 687-693
Erlandsson, J. Porri, F., McQuaid C.D. (2008) Ontogenetic changes in small-scale movement by recruits of an exploited mussel. Mar Biol, 153: 365-373
Porri, F., Zardi, G. I., McQuaid, C.D., Radloff, S. (2007) Tidal height, rather than habitat selection for conspecifics, controls settlement in mussels. Mar Biol, 152:631-637
