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Lara Macheriotou is a marine biologist with a BSc in Marine Biology from the University of Oregon (U.S.A.) and an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. Her MSc thesis investigated the role of intraspecific functional trait variability in a free-living marine nematode under thermal stress. Her current Phd work is focused on the biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea nematodes of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone using first and Next Generation Sequencing methodologies. | |
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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more
Function: PhD student
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| Project |
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- Diversity and biogeogrpahy of deep-sea nematodes in the ClarionClipperton Fracture Zone: a molecular approach, more
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| Datasets (5) |
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| Other [show] |
- EMBRC-BE Joint Development Activity: Optimisation of in-situ sampling from ARMS in dynamic coastal environments, more
- EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2024 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
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| Data [show] |
- EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2021 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
- EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2022 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
- EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2023 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
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| Publications (22) |
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| A1 Publications (15) [show] |
 Sørensen, M.V.; Macheriotou, L.; Braeckman, U.; Smith, C.R.; Ingels, J. (2025). Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula. Eur. J. Taxon. 1000: 1-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1000.2947, more- Sørensen, M.V.; Araujo, T.Q.; Macheriotou, L.; Braeckman, U.; Smith, C.R.; Ingels, J. (2025). A new gastrotrich, Musellifer leasiae sp. nov. (Paucitubulatina: Muselliferidae), from Antarctica—the first Muselliferidae species description from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 5647(4): 359-370. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.4.3, more
- Lefaible, N.; Macheriotou, L.; Pape, E.; Molari, M.; Haeckel, M.; Zeppilli, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2024). Industrial mining trial for polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone indicates complex and variable disturbances of meiofaunal communities. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1380530. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1380530, more
- Lefaible, N.; Macheriotou, L.; Purkiani, K.; Haeckel, M.; Zeppilli, D.; Pape, E.; Vanreusel, A. (2023). Digging deep: lessons learned from meiofaunal responses to a disturbance experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Mar. Biodiv. 53(4): 48. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01353-0, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2023). Environmental filtering along a bathymetric gradient: A metabarcoding meta‐analysis of free‐living nematodes. Mol. Ecol. 32(23): 6177-6189. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17201, more
- Ingels, Jeroen; Vanreusel, Ann; Pape, Ellen; Pasotti, Francesca; Macheriotou, Lara; Arbizu, Pedro Martínez; Sørensen, Martin Vinther; Edgcomb, Virginia P.; Sharma, Jyotsna; Sánchez, Nuria; Homoky, William B.; Woulds, Clare; Leduc, Daniel; Gooday, Andrew J.; Pawlowski, Jan; Dolan, John R.; Schratzberger, Michaela; Gollner, Sabine; Schoenle, Alexandra; Arndt, Hartmut; Zeppilli, Daniela (2021). Ecological variables for deep-ocean monitoring must include microbiota and meiofauna for effective conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(1): 27-29. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01335-6, more
- Lins, L.; Zeppilli, D.; Menot, L.; Michel, L.N.; Bonifacio, P.; Brandt, M.; Pape, E.; Rossel, S.; Uhlenkott, K.; Macheriotou, L.; Bezerra, T.N.; Sánchez, N.; Alfaro-Lucas, J.M.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Kaiser, S.; Murakami, C.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Toward a reliable assessment of potential ecological impacts of deep‐sea polymetallic nodule mining on abyssal infauna. Limnol. Oceanogr., Methods 19(9): 626-650. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10448, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Rigaux, A.; Olu, K.; Zeppilli, D.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Corrigendum: deep-sea nematodes of the Mozambique Channel: evidence of random community assembly dynamics in seep sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 685177. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.685177, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Rigaux, A.; Olu, K.; Zeppilli, D.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Deep-sea nematodes of the Mozambique Channel: evidence of random community assembly dynamics in seep sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 549834. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.549834, more
- Pantó, G.; Pasotti, F.; Macheriotou, L.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Combining traditional taxonomy and metabarcoding: Assemblage structure of nematodes in the shelf sediments of the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 629706. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.629706, more
- Sánchez, N.; Zeppilli, D.; Baldrighi, E.; Vanreusel, A.; Lahitsiresy, M.G.; Brandily, C.; Pastor, L.; Macheriotou, L.; García-Gómez, G.; Dupré, S.; Olu, K. (2021). A threefold perspective on the role of a pockmark in benthic faunal communities and biodiversity patterns. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 167: 103425. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103425, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2020). Phylogenetic clustering and rarity imply risk of local species extinction in prospective deep-sea mining areas of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 287(1924): 20192666. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2666, more
- Hauquier, F.; Macheriotou, L.; Bezerra, T.N.; Egho, G.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Distribution of free-living marine nematodes in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone: implications for future deep-sea mining scenarios. Biogeosciences 16(18): 3475-3489. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3475-2019, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Guilini, K.; Bezerra, T.N.; Tytgat, B.; Nguyen, D.T.; Phuong Nguyen, T.X.; Noppe, F.; Armenteros, M.; Boufahja, F.; Rigaux, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Derycke, S. (2019). Metabarcoding free-living marine nematodes using curated 18S and CO1 reference sequence databases for species-level taxonomic assignments. Ecol. Evol. 9(3): 1211-1226. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4814, more
- Macheriotou, L.; Braeckman, B.P.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2015). Intraspecific functional trait variability does not result in higher fitness under thermal stress in a free-living marine nematode. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 472: 14-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.016, more
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| Peer reviewed publication [show] |
- Glover, Adrian; Dahlgren, Thomas; Taboada, Sergio; Paterson, Gordon; Wiklund, Helena; Waeschenbach, Andrea; Cobley, Amber; Martínez, Pedro; Kaiser, Stefanie; Schnurr, Sarah; Khodami, Sahar; Raschka, Uwe; Kersken, Daniel; Stuckas, Heiko; Menot, Lenaick; Bonifacio, Paulo; Vanreusel, Ann; Macheriotou, Lara; Cunha, Marina; Hilário, Ana; Rodrigues, Clara; Colaço, Ana; Ribeiro, Pedro; Błażewicz, Magdalena; Gooday, Andrew; Jones, Daniel; Billett, David; Goineau, Aurélie; Amon, Diva; Smith, Craig; Patel, Tasnim; McQuaid, Kirsty; Spickermann, Ralph; Brager, Stefan (2016). The London workshop on the biogeography and connectivity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10528. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10528, more
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| Abstracts (2) [show] |
- Vanreusel, A.; Hauquier, F.; Macheriotou, L.; Bezerra, T.N.; Pape, E.; Mevenkamp, L. (2019). Meiofauna research to understand the future impact of deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 55-56, more
- Pape, E.; Kieswetter, A.; Bezerra, T.N.; Macheriotou, L.; Arbizu, P.M.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). Meiofauna in abyssal polymetallic nodule fields: seasonal variability and recovery following anthropogenic disturbance, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 34-35, more
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| Report [show] |
- Santi, I.; Casotti, R.; Comtet, T.; Cunliffe, M.; Koulouri, Y.; Macheriotou, L.; Not, F.; Obst, M.; Pavloudi, C.; Romac, S.; Thiebaut, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Pade, N. (2021). European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network (EMO BON) – Handbook. Version 1.0. European Marine Biological Resource Centre: Paris. 63 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1653, more
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| Thesis supervisor (2) [show] |
- Matthys, S. (2022). Global patterns of biodiversity and phylogeny of the Echinodermata. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent/Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Universiteit Antwerpen: Gent, Brussel, Antwerpen. 41 pp., more
- Panto, G. (2019). Benthic community structure and response to ice-shelf dynamics in the Prince Gustav Channel and Duse Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen/Ghent University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Antwerpen/Gent/Brussel. 42 pp., more
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