Katy Nicastro completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology in 2008/03/28 by Rhodes University and Laurea in Environmental Sciences in 2004/04/23 by Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita. Currently, she is a Principal Investigator in Centro de Ciências do Mar, Auxiliary Researcher in Rhodes University and Research Associate in Université de Lille. Dr. Nicastro is an ecologist who's research highlights the need to address the impacts of contemporary global change on biodiversity at all levels, including the most basic, functional diversity. Most of the work used marine macroalgae and invertebrates as model species and, through physiological, ecological, modelling and evolutionary approaches, it underlines the importance of intraspecific genetic variation. She has published 54 articles in journals, has 1 book, h-index of 24 and over 1200 citations. She has co-supervised 1 PhD thesis, currently supervising 1 PhD and co-supervising another one. She has supervised 6 MSc dissertations e co-supervised 4, supervised 1 BSc thesis e co-supervised 1 and has received 4 awards and/or honors. Dr Nicastro currently participates or participated as Principal investigator in 5 projects and as researcher in 6. During her professional activities, she interacted with more than 177 collaborators co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Personal identification

Full name
Katy Nicastro

Citation names

  • Nicastro, Katy R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3E12-714B-AFE5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7071-141X
Google Scholar ID
UUOXLPcAAAAJ

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1)
Degree Classification
2004/09/01 - 2008/03/28
Concluded
 Marine Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Rhodes University, South Africa
"Effects of coastal topography on physiology, behaviour and genetics of indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) mussels" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
2004/04/23
Concluded
 Environmental Sciences (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy
"Biomarkers of immunotoxicity in marine invertebrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 101/110

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/04/02 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2020/12/31 Principal Investigator (Research) Rhodes University, South Africa
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/04/01 - 2020/03/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2014/11/01 - 2014/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2008/10/01 - 2014/10/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/04/01 - 2008/10/01 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2007/12/01 - 2007/12/30 Research Trainee (Research) Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Italy
2006/04/01 - 2006/04/15 Research Assistant (Research) African Coelacanth ecosystem programme, South Africa
2003/09/01 - 2004/03/01 Research Trainee (Research) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Area della Ricerca di Genova, Italy
2003/11/01 - 2003/12/01 Research Trainee (Research) Ligurian Fish and Environment Observatory, Italy

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/01 - Current Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change
BIODIVERSA/004/2015
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015/04/01 - 2020/03/01 Who is taking the heat? accounting for multiple levels of biodiversity under contemporary climatic change
IF/01413/2014/CP1217/CT0004
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/06/01 - 2020/02/28 Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP)
PTDC/MAR-EST/6053/2014
Provided by PTCRIS: 144693
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/04 - 2019/12/31 Cool parasites: Parasite-driven host thermoregulation
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia 2018/2019
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013/07/01 - 2016/09/30 Extant or extinct tipping points - climate changes drive genetic diversity and dynamics of range edge populations as evolutionary hotspots
EXCL/AAG-GLO/0661/2012
131407
Provided by PTCRIS: 131407
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/07 - 2016/06 Climate change in the Ocean: The resilience of marginal populations
Research Development Fund 2015
Researcher
University of Portsmouth
Concluded
2013/06 - 2014/12 Escape the heat: upwelling as current refugia from climate change
131103
Provided by PTCRIS: 131103
EXPL/BIA-BIC/1471/2012
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/04/01 - 2014/07/31 Adaptive potential at range edges: testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population structure near ecophysiological limits
PTDC/MAR/110251/2009
Provided by PTCRIS: 110251
110251
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01 - 2013/04 Adaptation in action: comparing invasive and native populations to understand processes influencing species boundaries.
Provided by PTCRIS: 103916
103916
PTDC/BIA-BEC/103916/2008
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Tropicalization of Mediterranean Sea biodiversity: ecology of a contact zone between a temperate and a sub-tropical/tropical mussel species
Bilateral Cooperation (Tunisia-Portugal)
Researcher
Bilateral Cooperation (FCT/Tunisia)
2010 - 2010 Testing relationships between fitness-related traits and population structure of Fucus spp. near ecophysiological limits
ASSEMBLE
Principal investigator
EMBRC-ERIC
Concluded

Publications

Book
  1. McQuaid CD; Porri F; NICATSRO KR; Zardi GI. Simple, scale-dependent patterns emerge from very complex effects-an example from the intertidal mussels mytilus galloprovincialis and perna perna. 2015.
Conference abstract
  1. Calazans S., Hoffman E., Tagliaro C., Zardi G., Ferreira C.E.L., Fernandes F., Silva E.P., Nicastro K.R, Lourenco C.. "Unlocking the history of a trans-Atlantic invader: evolutionary history of Perna perna". Paper presented in CMB-X 2018 - 10th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, 2018.
  2. McQuaid C.D., Nicastro K.R., Ng T.P.T., Lathlean J., Seuront L., Zardi G.I.. "For better and for worse: shifting costs and benefits in a marine symbiosis". Paper presented in 52nd EMBS, 2017.
  3. Almeida S.C., Nicastro K.R., Zardi G.I., Pearson G.A., Valero M., Serrão E.A.. "Contrasting patterns of genetic structure between sister species along a biogeographic transition zone". Paper presented in IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research, 2016.
  4. Hoffman E., Tagliaro C., Zardi G., Ferreira C.E.L., Fernandes F., Silva E.P., Nicastro K., Lourenco C., Calazans S. "Impact of the human slave trade on the New World distribution of Perna perna". Paper presented in Evolution Meeting, 2016.
    Published
  5. Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Lourenço CR, McQuaid CD. "Who is taking the heat? Recent warming trends threaten distinct genetic lineages and the adaptive potential of the species as a whole". Paper presented in 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2016.
    Published
  6. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Assessing native biogeographic boundaries and the invasive potential of the intertidal mussel Perna perna". Paper presented in 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2016.
    Published
  7. Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD. "Intraspecific adaptive divergence of a marine mussel over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition". Paper presented in 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS), 2016.
    Published
  8. Ntuli NN, Teske PR, Zardi GI, Nicastro KR. "An investigation of core-edge genetic diversity in a South African marine mussel". Paper presented in 9th WIOMSA Symposium, 2015.
    Published
  9. Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD, Pt Ng T, Lathlean J, Seuront L. "Cool parasites: indirect positive effects of endolithic parasitism on intertidal mussels". Paper presented in Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, 2015.
    Published
  10. Lourenço CR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Jacinto R, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Nicastro KR. "Upwelling areas as refugia from rising sea surface temperatures along the contracting southern range edge of the macroalga Fucus guiryi". Paper presented in Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, 2015.
    Published
  11. Nicastro KR, Pearson GA, Monteiro C, Serrão EA Zardi GI. "Global stress, local relief: an ecosystem engineer acts as a refugium for a keystone species undergoing range contraction". Paper presented in Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, 2015.
    Published
  12. Lathlean J; Seuront L; McQuaid CD; P.t. Ng T,; Nicastro KR; Zardi GI. "Cheating the locals: invasive mussels ‘steal’ the cooling effect of indigenous mussels". Paper presented in 52nd Australian Marine Science Association (AMSA) Annual Conference, 2015.
    Published
  13. McQuaid CD, Nicastro KR, Porri F, Zardi GI.. "Simple patterns can emerge from complex interactions: habitat segregation between indigenous and invasive mussels". Paper presented in 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, 2014.
    Published
  14. Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD.. "Simple behaviour can have critical consequences: interactions between invasive and indigenous mussels". Paper presented in 48th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, 2013.
  15. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Environmental genomics of Fucus: stress management, mergers and acquisitions in the intertidal zone". Paper presented in Ectocarpus 2010, a decade of algal genomics, 2013.
    Published
  16. Serrao, EA, Pearson, GA, Canovas, F, Neiva, J, Nicastro, K, Zardi GI. "Genetic signatures of evolutionary dynamics and range shifts in canopy-forming marine species". Paper presented in Nordic Marine Sciences Conference 2010, 2010.
    Published
  17. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Predicted effects of global warming on indigenous and invasive mussels and their associated infauna". Paper presented in 43rd European Marine Biology Symposium, 2008.
    Published
  18. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Selection and dispersal, twin drivers for genetic structure in intertidal mussels". Paper presented in Plenary Talk. 13th South African Marine Science Symposium, 2008.
    Published
  19. Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, L Stephens, GL Blatch, Porri F, Rius M. "Sand, waves, heat stress and habitat segregation between invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and indigenous (Perna perna) mussels in South Africa.". Paper presented in 42nd EMBS European Marine Biology Symposium, 2007.
    Published
  20. Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Nicastro KR, Teske PR, Barker NP. "Larval dispersal, selection and the genetic structure of indigenous (Perna perna) and invasive (Mytilus galloprovincialis) mussels in South Africa.". Paper presented in 42nd EMBS European Marine Biology Symposium, 2007.
    Published
  21. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Adaptive genetic diversity in the intertidal mussel Perna perna on the southern African coast". Paper presented in 41st EMBS European Marine Biology Symposium, 2006.
    Published
  22. McQuaid CD, Bownes SJ, Zardi GI, Rius M, Erlandsson J, Porri F, Nicastro KR, P Pal.. "Invasive/indigenous interactions: a case study of two intertidal mussels". Paper presented in Zoological Society of Southern Africa Symposium, 2005.
    Published
  23. Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD.. "Sand inundation as a non-determinant factor in the zonation of two co-existing mussel species on South African rocky shores". Paper presented in 12th South African Marine Science Symposium, 2005.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Zardi, G.I., Basto, M., Madeira, P., Lourenço, C.R., Lo Savio, R., Valbusa, U., Nicastro, K.R.. "Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in Portugal". Paper presented in The 1st Portuguese congress on microplastics: environmental contamination by microplastics and its implications for environmental, animal and human heath, 2017.
  2. Nicastro KR, Saada G, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Zardi GI.. "Shifting away: trailing edge contraction in the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage and the adaptive potential of the entire species". Paper presented in Gordon Research Conference - Ocean Global Change Biology, 2014.
  3. Monteiro C, Nicastro KR, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Zardi GI.. "Importance of Spartina marittima canopies for the preservation of isolated populations of Fucus vesiculosus outside the recently contracted southern range". Paper presented in Mares Conference – Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, 2014.
  4. Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, Teixeira S, Neiva J, Serrão EA, Pearson GA.. "Trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus". Paper presented in 48th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, 2013.
  5. Lourenço CR, Nicastro KR, Serrão EA, Zardi GI.. "First record of the intertidal mussel Perna perna along the European coast: long overlooked or a recent range expansion". Paper presented in 47th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Zardi, Gerardo I.; Nicastro, Katy Rebecca; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Jager, Monique de; Koppel, Johan van de; Seuront, Laurent. "Density-dependent and species-specific effects on self-organization modulate the resistance of mussel bed ecosystems to hydrodynamic stress". The American Naturalist (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/713738.
    In press • 10.1086/713738
  2. Velez, Nadja; Nicastro, Katy R.; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Zardi, Gerardo I.. "Small scale habitat effects on anthropogenic litter material and sources in a coastal lagoon system". Marine Pollution Bulletin 160 (2020): 111689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111689.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111689
  3. Ma, Kevin C. K.; Zardi, Gerardo I.; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Nicastro, Katy R.. "Historical and contemporary range expansion of an invasive mussel, Semimytlius algosus, in Angola and Namibia despite data scarcity in an infrequently surveyed region". PLOS ONE 15 9 (2020): e0239167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239167.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0239167
  4. Cozzolino, Lorenzo; Nicastro, Katy R.; Zardi, Gerardo I.; de los Santos, Carmen B.. "Species-specific plastic accumulation in the sediment and canopy of coastal vegetated habitats". Science of The Total Environment 723 (2020): 138018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138018.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138018
  5. Ntuli, Noxolo N.; Nicastro, Katy R.; Zardi, Gerardo I.; Assis, Jorge; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Teske, Peter R.. "Rejection of the genetic implications of the “Abundant Centre Hypothesis” in marine mussels". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57474-0.
    10.1038/s41598-020-57474-0
  6. Lourenço CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Krug L; Zardi GI. "Strong upwelling conditions drive differences in species abundance and community composition along the Atlantic coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara". Marine Biodiversity (2020):
    Open access • In press
  7. Nicastro, Katy R.; Mcquaid, C.D.; Dievart, A.; Zardi, G.I.. "Intraspecific diversity functionally trumps interspecific diversity in shaping community structure". Science of the Total Environment (2020):
    Accepted
  8. Seuront, L.; Nicastro, Katy R.; Mcquaid, C.D.; Zardi, G.I.; Laurent Seuront; Katy R. Nicastro; Christopher D. McQuaid; Gerardo I. Zardi. "Microplastic leachates induce species-specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels". Ecological Applications 31 1 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2222.
    Accepted • 10.1002/eap.2222
  9. Ndhlovu, A.; Mcquaid, C.D.; Nicastro, Katy R.; Zardi, G.I.. "Community succession in phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths attacking intertidal mussels". Journal of Molluscan Studies (2020):
    Accepted
  10. Velez, Nadja; Zardi, Gerardo I.; Lo Savio, Roberto; McQuaid, Christopher D.; Valbusa, Ugo; Sabour, Brahim; Nicastro, Katy R.. "A baseline assessment of beach macrolitter and microplastics along northeastern Atlantic shores". Marine Pollution Bulletin 149 (2019): 110649. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110649.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110649
  11. Seuront, Laurent; Nicastro, Katy R.; Zardi, Gerardo I.; Goberville, Eric. "Decreased thermal tolerance under recurrent heat stress conditions explains summer mass mortality of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis". Scientific Reports 9 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53580-w.
    10.1038/s41598-019-53580-w
  12. Aldwin Ndhlovu; Christopher D. McQuaid; Katy R Nicastro; Nathalie Marquet; Marcos Gektidis; Cristián J Monaco; Gerardo I Zardi. "Biogeographical Patterns of Endolithic Infestation in an Invasive and an Indigenous Intertidal Marine Ecosystem Engineer". Diversity (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/5/75.
    10.3390/d11050075
  13. Kolzenburg, Regina; NICASTRO K.R.; McCoy, Sophie J.; Ford, Alex T.; Zardi, Gerardo I.; Ragazzola, Federica. "Understanding the margin squeeze: Differentiation in fitness-related traits between central and trailing edge populations of Corallina officinalis". Ecology and Evolution 9 10 (2019): 5787-5801. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5162.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.5162
  14. Basto MN; NICASTRO KR; Tavares AI; McQuaid CD; Casero M; Azevedo F; Zardi GI. "Plastic ingestion in aquatic birds in Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 138 (2019): 19-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.024.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.024
  15. Nicastro, Katy R.. "Congruence between fine-scale genetic breaks and dispersal potential in an estuarine seaweed across multiple transition zones". (2019):
    Accepted
  16. Tavares AI; NICASTRO KR; Kolzenburg R; Ragazzola F; Jacinto R; Zardi GI. "Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for the red alga Corallina officinalis". Molecular Biology Reports (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4353-y.
    10.1007/s11033-018-4353-y
  17. NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Zardi GI. "Between a rock and a hard place: combined effect of trampling and phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in marine intertidal mussels". Marine Biodiversity (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0924-3.
    10.1007/s12526-018-0924-3
  18. NICATSRO KR; Lo Savio R; McQuaid CD; Madeira P; Valbusa U; Azevedo ; Casero M; Lourenço CR; Zardi, Gerardo I.. "Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in southern Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 126 (2018): 413-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.050.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.050
  19. Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Jacinto R; Lourenço CR; Serrão EA; NICASTRO KR. "Re-assessing the origins of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in southern Africa". Marine and Freshwater Research 69 4 (2018): 607-613. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044675089&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1071/MF17132
  20. Lourenço CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Sabour B; Zardi GI. "Latitudinal incidence of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths and their effects on mussel bed microclimates". Marine Biology 164 6 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00227-017-3160-7.
    10.1007/s00227-017-3160-7
  21. Almeida SC; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; Pearson GA; Valero M; Serrão EA. "Reproductive strategies and population genetic structure of Fucus spp. across a northeast Atlantic biogeographic transition". Aquatic Living Resources 30 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019670792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1051/alr/2017012
  22. Monteiro C; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; NICASTRO KR. "Canopy microclimate modification in central and marginal populations of a marine macroalga". Marine Biodiversity (2017): 1-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85035092273&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12526-017-0824-y
  23. Lourenço CR; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid CD; Chefaoui RM; Assis J; Taleb MZ; Zardi GI. "Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a marine mussel". Scientific Reports 7 1 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028686739&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-017-10753-9
  24. Saada G; NICASTRO KR; Jacinto R; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA; Pearson GA; Zardi GI. "Taking the heat: distinct vulnerability to thermal stress of central and threatened peripheral lineages of a marine macroalga". Diversity and Distributions 22 10 (2016): 1060-1068. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12474.
    10.1111/ddi.12474
  25. Lourenço, C.R.; Zardi, G.I.; McQuaid, C.D.; Serrão, E.A.; Pearson, G.A.; Jacinto, R.; NICASTRO K.R.. "Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga". Journal of Biogeography 43 8 (2016): 1595-1607. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962866793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jbi.12744
  26. Lathlean, J.A.; Seuront, L.; McQuaid, C.D.; Ng, T.P.T.; Zardi, G.I.; NICASTRO KR. "Cheating the locals: Invasive mussels steal and benefit from the cooling effect of indigenous mussels". PLoS ONE 11 3 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84977470453&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0152556
  27. Lathlean, J.A.; Seuront, L.; McQuaid, C.D.; Ng, T.P.T.; Zardi, G.I.; NICASTRO KR. "Size and position (sometimes) matter: small-scale patterns of heat stress associated with two co-occurring mussels with different thermoregulatory behaviour". Marine Biology 163 9 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84983666592&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00227-016-2966-z
  28. Zardi, G.I.; NICASTRO KR; Mcquaid, C.D.; Ng, T.P.T.; Lathlean, J.; Seuront, L.. "Enemies with benefits: parasitic endoliths protect mussels against heat stress". Scientific Reports 6 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981736564&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep31413
  29. Helmuth, B.; Choi, F.; Matzelle, A.; Torossian, J.L.; Morello, S.L.; Mislan, K.A.S.; Yamane, L.; et al. "Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors". Scientific Data 3 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991063360&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/sdata.2016.87
  30. Assis J; Zupan M; NICASTRO KR; Zardi GI; McQuaid CD; Serrão EA. "Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores". PLoS ONE 10 6 (2015): e0128124-e0128124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128124.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0128124
  31. Lourenço CL; NICASTRO KR; Serrão EA; Castilho R; Zardi GI. "Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and northern African shores". J. Mollus. Stud. 81 3 (2015): 380-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyv004.
    10.1093/mollus/eyv004
  32. Zardi GI; NICATSRO KR; Serrão EA; Jacinto R; Monteiro C; Pearson GA. "Closer to the rear edge: Ecology and genetic diversity down the core-edge gradient of a marine macroalga". Ecosphere 6 2 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925456069&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1890/ES14-00460.1
  33. Zardi, G.I.; NICASTRO KR; McQuaid, C.D.; Castilho, R.; Costa, J.; Serrão, E.A.; Pearson, G.A.. "Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition". BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930080763&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12862-015-0366-5
  34. Lourenço, C.R.; Nicastro, K.R.; Serrão, E.A.; Zardi, G.I.; Carla R. Lourenço; Katy R. Nicastro; Ester A. Serrão; Gerardo I. Zardi. "First record of the brown mussel (Perna perna) from the European Atlantic coast". ANZIAM Journal 5 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946158284&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S1755267212000280
  35. Marquet, N.; NICASTRO KR; Gektidis, M.; McQuaid, C.D.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A.; Zardi, G.I.. "Comparison of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths in invasive and native populations of the intertidal mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis". Biological Invasions 15 6 (2013): 1253-1272. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877622996&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10530-012-0363-1
  36. NICASTRO KR; Zardi, G.I.; Teixeira, S.; Neiva, J.; Serrão, E.A.; Pearson, G.A.. "Shift happens: Trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus". BMC Biology 11 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872568718&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/1741-7007-11-6
  37. Zardi, G.I.; Nicastro, K.R.; Ferreira Costa, J.; Serrão, E.A.; Pearson, G.A.. "Broad scale agreement between intertidal habitats and adaptive traits on a basis of contrasting population genetic structure". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 131 (2013): 140-148. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84883800759&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.016
  38. Nicastro, Katy; Zardi GI; NICASTRO KR. "Two sides of the same coin: extinctions and originations across the Atlantic/Indian Ocean boundary as consequences of the same climate oscillation". Frontiers of Biogeography (2013): http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0vb3b7mp.
    doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG15591
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Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2021/01 Socio-economic impact of marine litter for remote oceanic islands: The Azores archipelago
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/01/08 - 2020/12 The impact of plastic pollution and fishing gear on aquatic birds
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/12 Effects of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from plastic leaching on marine microbes
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 - 2019/12 Service or disservice: The role of marine bioengineers in plastic debris trapping
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2018 - 2018/10/12 Plastic ingestion in aquatic-associated bird species in southern Portugal
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017 - 2018 The use of stranded aquatic-associated bird surveys for plastic litter monitoring in Portugal
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2018 An investigation of core-edge genetic diversity in South African marine mussels
Co-supervisor
 Zoology (Master)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
2014 - 2018 The role of upwelling in determining the composition, species distribution and genetic structure of intertidal communities in a time of climate change
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology (PhD)
Rhodes University, South Africa
2017 - 2017 Prevalence and impacts of pollution by plastic debris along shores of south Portugal and Morocco
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Instraspecific diversity in Fucus guiry
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Taking the Heat: Vulnerability of distinct macroalgal lineages to thermal stress
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
University of Algarve EMBC-Ghent University, Belgium
2014 - 2014 The protective role of canopy forming species against environmental stress
Supervisor
 Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Master)
University of Algarve EMBC-Ghent University, Belgium
2012 - 2012 First record of the intertidal mussel Perna perna along the European coast: long overlooked or a recent range expansion?
Co-supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Member of the Scientific and Organizing committee of the International Scientific Round Table event entitled “Roundtable: past and present anthropogenic impacts on the coastal environment.” University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018/09 - 2018/09 Scientific committee for XIV National Meeting of Evolutionary Biology
Evaluator
2018 - 2018 Referee for Leverhulme Trust
2016 - 2016 Referee for rating applicants for the National Research Foundation ’s Reviews and Evaluation directorate (South Africa)
Evaluator

Award

2005 Upgrading of degree from MSc to PhD for merit
Rhodes University, South Africa

Title

2019 Honorary Appointment
Rhodes University, South Africa

Other distinction

2014 FCT Investigator grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal