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Espinosa Prieto A, Hardion L, Debortoli N, Bournonville T, Marescaux J, ven der Zon KAE, Beisel JN (2025) Environmental DNA metabarcoding for catchment-scale detection of aquatic plants, invasive species, and land-use indicators in a large river. Ecological Indicators 178.
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Espinosa Prieto A, Hardion L, Debortoli N, Bournonville T, Marescaux J, ven der Zon KAE, Beisel JN (2025) Environmental DNA metabarcoding for catchment-scale detection of aquatic plants, invasive species, and land-use indicators in a large river. Ecological Indicators 178.
10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113943 Beghin M, Ambroise V, Lambert J, Garigliany MM, Cornet V, Kestemont P (2025) Environmental exposure to single and combined ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles: Implications for rainbow trout gill immune functions and microbiota. Chemosphere 373.
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144148 Espinosa Prieto A, Hardion L, Debortoli N, Bournonville T, Mathot T, Marescaux J, Canez E, Staentzel C, Beisel JN (2024) A comparative analysis of eDNA metabarcoding and field surveys: Exploring freshwater plant communities in rivers. Science of the Total Environment 954.
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176200 Foucher A, Evrard O, Rabiet L, Cerdan O, Landemaine V, Bizeul R, Chalaux-Clergue T, Marescaux J, Debortoli N, Ambroise V, Desprats JF (2024) Uncontrolled deforestation and population growth threaten a tropical island’s water and land resources in only 10 years. Science Advances 10 (33).
10.1126/sciadv.adn5941 Ambroise V, Legay S, Jozefczak M, Leclercq CC, Planchon S, Hausman JF, Renaut J, Cuypers A and Sergeant K (2024) Impact of Heavy Metals on Cold Acclimation of Salix viminalis Roots. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (3): 1545.
10.3390/ijms25031545 Bertels X, Hanoteaux S, Janssens R, Maloux H, Verhaegen B, Delputte P, Boogaerts T, van Nuijs ALN, Brogna D, Linard C, Marescaux J et al. (2023) Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022. Science of the Total Environment 899.
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165603 Trunfio N, Bournonville T, Debortoli N, Marescaux J, Nogaro G, Beisel JN (2023) Demographic and genetic structure of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, in the Moselle River ten years after first observation. Aquatic Invasions 18(2),199-218.
10.3391/ai.2023.18.2.105436 Janssens R, Hanoteaux S, Maloux H, Klamer S, Laisnez V, Verhaegen B, Linard C, Lahousse L, Delputte P, Terwagne M, Marescaux J, et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Belgian Wastewaters. Viruses 14, 1950.
10.3390/v14091950 Coughlan NE, Cunningham EM, Cuthbert RN, Joyce PWS, Anastácio P, Banha F, Bonel N, … Marescaux J et al. (2021) Biometric conversion factors as a unifying platform for comparative assessment of invasive freshwater bivalves. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58, 1945-1956.
10.1111/1365-2664.13941 Vastrade M, Etoundi E, Bournonville T, Colinet M, Debortoli N, Hedtke SM, Nicolas E, Pigneur LM, Virgo J, Flot JF, Marescaux J and Van Doninck K (bioRxiv) Extensive genetic mixing between worldwide-collected freshwater Corbicula lineages.
10.1101/590836 Heylen O, Debortoli N, Marescaux J and Olofsson JK (2021) A revised phylogeny of the Mentha spicata clade reveals cryptic species. Plants 10(4): 819.
10.3390/plants10040819 Ambroise V, Legay S, Guerriero G, Hausman JF, Cuypers A and Sergeant K (2020) The roots of plant frost hardiness and tolerance. Plant & Cell Physiology 61(1): 3-20.
10.1093/pcp/pcz196 Ambroise V, Esposito F, Scopece G, Tyteca D (2020) Can phenotypic selection on floral traits explain the presence of enigmatic intermediate individuals in sympatric populations of Platanthera bifolia and P. chlorantha (Orchidaceae)? Plant Species Biology 35(1), 59-71.
10.1111/1442-1984.12257 Ambroise V, Legay S, Guerriero G, Hausman JF, Cuypers A and Sergeant K (2019) Selection of appropriate reference genes for gene expression analysis under abiotic stresses in Salix viminalis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 4210.
10.3390/ijms20174210 Baekelandt S, Redivo B, Mandiki SNM, Bournonville T, Houndji A, Bernard B, Kertaoui NE, Schmitz M, Fontaine P, Gardeur JN, Ledoré Y and Kestemont P (2018) Multifactorial analyses revealed optimal aquaculture modalities improving husbandry fitness without clear effect on stress and immune status of pikeperch Sander lucioperca. General and Comparative Endocrinology 258: 194-204.
10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.010 Latli A, Descy JP, Mondy C, Floury M, Viroux L, Otjacques W, Marescaux J, Depiereux E, Ovidio M, Usseglio-Polatera P and Kestemont P (2017) Long-term trends in trait structure of riverine communities facing predation risk increase and trophic resource decline. Ecological Applications.
10.1002/eap.1621 Marescaux J, Latli A, Lorquet J, Virgo J, Van Doninck K and Beisel JN (2016) Benthic macro-invertebrate fauna associated to Dreissena mussels in the Meuse River: complex facilitation/incapaciting relationship. Aquatic Ecology 50: 15-28.
10.1007/s10452-015-9540-5 Marescaux J, von Oheimb KCM, Etoundi E, von Oheimb PV, Albrecht C, Wilke T and Van Doninck K (2016) Unraveling the invasion pathways of the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis) into Western Europe. Biological Invasions 18: 245-264.
10.1007/s10530-015-1005-1 Marescaux J, Falisse E, Lorquet J, Van Doninck K, Beisel JN and Descy JP (2016) Assessing filtration rates of invasive filter-feeder bivalves: dependence on algae concentration and seasonal factors. Hydrobiologia 777: 67-78.
10.1007/s10750-016-2764-0 Marescaux J, Boets P, Lorquet J, Sablon R, Van Doninck K and Beisel JN (2015) Sympatric Dreissena species in the Meuse River: towards a dominance shift from zebra mussels to quagga mussels. Aquatic Invasions 10: 287-298.
10.3391/ai.2015.10.3.04 Marescaux J and Van Doninck K (2014) Invasion of Western Europe by the quagga mussel: phylogeography, population genetics and potential impact assessment. Barcode Bulletin 5: 7-8
Pigneur LM, Etoundi E, Aldridge D, Marescaux J, Yasuda N, and Van Doninck K (2014) Genetic uniformity and long-distance clonal dispersal in the invasive androgenetic Corbicula clams. Molecular Ecology 23: 5102-5116.
10.1111/mec.12912 Smitz N, Cornélis D, Chardonnet P, Caron A, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Jori F, Mouton A, Latinne A, Pigneur LM, Melletti M, Kanapeckas KL, Marescaux J, Pereira CL and Michaux J (2014) Genetic structure of fragmented southern populations of African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer). BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (203).
10.1186/s12862-014-0203-2 Marescaux J and Van Doninck K (2013) Using DNA barcoding to differentiate invasive Dreissena species (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Zookeys 365: 235-244.
10.3897/zookeys.365.5905 Marescaux J, Molloy DP, Giamberini L, Albrecht C and Van Doninck K (2012) First records of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov 1897), in the Meuse River within France. BioInvasions Records 1 (4): 273-276.
10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.05 Marescaux J, Bij de Vaate A and Van Doninck K (2012) First records of Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Andrusov 1897) in the Meuse River. BioInvasions Records 1 (2): 109-114.
10.3391/bir.2012.1.2.05 Pigneur LM, Marescaux J, Roland K, Etoundi E, Descy JP and Van Doninck K (2011) Phylogeny and androgenesis in the invasive Corbicula clams (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Western Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 (147).
10.1186/1471-2148-11-147 Marescaux J, Pigneur LM and Van Doninck K (2010) New records of Corbicula clams in French rivers. Aquatic Invasions 5: S35-S39.
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