First Name: Stéphane
Name: Pesce
Position: Director of Research – Leader of the Research Group on Aquatic Microbial Ecotoxicology
Email: stephane.pesce@inrae.fr
Institute / University / Company: INRAE (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment)
Research Unit: RiverLy
Address (city, state): Lyon-Villeurbanne
Country: France
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
Benthic communities
Bioindication of toxicants
Pollution Induced Community Tolerance (PICT)
Soil-Water-Sediment continuum
Structural and functional responses
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
Pesticides
Metals
Pharmaceuticals (including antibiotics)
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
Phototrophic and heterotrophic microbial communities in periphyton, sediment and leaf litter material.
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
streams and small rivers
lake sediments
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: YES
If yes, please tell us more about the courses (University, course level,website,etc): University Savoie Mont-Blanc: “introduction to ecotoxicological concepts and applications)
– Master in “environemental risk diagnostic and management”
– Master in “mountain ecosystems”
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- PESCE S., LAMBERT A.S., MORIN S., FOULQUIER A., COQUERY M., DABRIN A., 2018. Experimental warming differentially influences the vulnerability of phototrophic and heterotrophic periphytic communities to copper toxicity. Frontiers in Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01424
- PESCE S., GHIGLIONE J.F., MARTIN-LAURENT F., 2017. Microbial communities as ecological indicators of ecosystem recovery following chemical pollution. In Microbial Ecotoxicology. Cravo-Laureau C., Cagnon C., Lauga B., Duran R. (eds). Springer pp. 227-250.
- PESCE S., ZOGHLAMI O., MARGOUM C., ARTIGAS J., CHAUMOT A., FOULQUIER A., 2016. Combined effects of drought and the fungicide tebuconazole on aquatic leaf litter decomposition. Aquat. Toxicol. 173, 120-131
- PESCE S., MARGOUM C., FOULQUIER A., 2016. Pollution-induced community tolerance for in situ assessment of recovery in river microbial communities following the ban of the herbicide diuron. Agr. Eco. Environ. 221, 79-86
- PESCE S., MARGOUM C., ROUARD N., FOULQUIER A., MARTIN-LAURENT F., 2013. Freshwater sediment pesticide biodegradation potential as an ecological indicator of microbial recovery following a decrease in chronic pesticide exposure: A case study with the herbicide diuron. Ecol. Indic. 29, 18-25.