Research Interests

	Primary productivity of microphytobenthos Regulation and limitation of microphytobenthos photosynthesis in situ Use of PAM fluorescence for estimating photosynthetic rates of microphytobenthos biofilms Remote sensing of microphytobenthos biomass through spectral reflectance analysis
	Photobiology of photosynthetic animal-algae symbioses Photosynthetic activity of kleptoplasts in sacoglossan molluscs (sea slugs, Elysia viridis) Photoprotection and photobehaviour of animal-algae symbioses:mollusc-green algae kleptoplasts (e.g. Eysia viridis / Codium sp.), platyhelminthes-dinoflagellates (e.g. Amphiscolops sp. / Amphidinium sp.), platyhelminthes-green algae (Convoluta sp. / Tetraselmis sp.)
	Photoprotection and oxidative stress in diatoms Xanthophyll cycle in natural diatom-dominated assemblages Photocclimation and effects of oxidative stress Non-photochemical quenching of fluorescence, photoprotection and photoinhibition
	Migratory behaviour of benthic diatoms Photobehavior of benthic diatoms and migratory response to oxidative stress Behavioural photoprotection: photoprotective role of migration, and coupling with physiological photoprotection Use of migratory inhibitors to study the photoprotective role of diatom photobehaviour
	Modelling of benthic primary productivity In situ recording of time series of photophysiological parameters for intertidal microphytobenthos Modelling the productivity of intertidal microphytobenthos on hourly to annual time scales Estimation of primary productivity budgets for different intertidal habitats
	Microphytobenthos trophic interactions Environmental and endogenous control of the assimilation of microphytobenthos biomass by benthic grazers Coupling of benthic microalgae productivity and grazing feeding activity