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Vafeiadou, Anna-Maria
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AM Vafeiadou is a post-doctoral researcher at the Marine Biology Research Group of Ghent University. Received a Joint-PhD degree in Marine Sciences and in Biology by Ghent University and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds a MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation by Ghent University and other 5 partner universities. Her work focuses on meiobenthos responses to climate change with a close view on food webs and species interactions. She is interested in topics related to marine ecology, marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, food webs, symbiosis, interactions.

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more

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Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T.; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2018): Relative abundance data of 4 cryptic lineages of the nematode Litoditis marina in a saltmarsh habitat in the Western-Scheldt estuary, more
Vafeiadou, A-M.; Geldhof, K.; Barhdadi, W.; Rigaux, A.; Baetens, J.M.; De Baets, B.; Moens, T.; Daly, A.J.; Marine Biology Research Group, Department of Biology; Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling. Ghent University: Belgium; (2024): Experimental dataset of temperature-driven competition dynamics experiments. Marine Data Archive., more

A1 Publications (16) [show]
Martin, B.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Boon, N.; De Troch, M. (2025). Benthic copepod guts as a selective microbial microhabitat in marine sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 756: 19-29. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14800, more Dairain, A.; Voet, H.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2024). Structurally stable but functionally disrupted marine microbial communities under a future climate change scenario: Potential importance for nitrous oxide emissions. Sci. Total Environ. 907: 167928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167928, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Geldhof, K.; Barhdadi, W.; Baetens, J.M.; De Baets, B.; Moens, T.; Daly, A.J. (2024). Temperature-driven dynamics: unraveling the impact of climate change on cryptic species interactions within the Litoditis marina complex. PeerJ 12: e17324. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17324, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Guden, R.M.; Moens, T. (2022). Microbiome differentiation among coexisting nematode species in estuarine microhabitats: a metagenetic analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 881566. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.881566, more Pontes, L.P.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; de França, F.J.L.; Cavalcante, R.A.; de Araújo França, D.A.; Brito, C.M.; Alves, R.N.; de Carvalho, P.S.M.; dos Santos, G.A.P. (2021). Toxic effects of phenanthrene intensify with an increase of temperature for the populations of a free-living nematode. Ecol. Indic. 120: 106868. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106868, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moens, T. (2021). Effects of temperature and interspecific competition on population fitness of free-living marine nematodes. Ecol. Indic. 120: 106958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106958, more Lemoine, M.; Moens, T.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Bezerra, L.A.V.; Lana, P. (2019). Resource utilization of puffer fish in a subtropical bay as revealed by stable isotope analysis and food web modeling. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 626: 161-175. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13045, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Living apart-together: microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat. PLoS One 13(9): e0204750. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204750, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Bretaña, B.L.P.; Van Colen, C.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Moens, T. (2018). Global warming-induced temperature effects to intertidal tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities. Mar. Environ. Res. 142: 163-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.10.005, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Chintiroglou, C.; Moens, T. (2018). Effects of an increased temperature regime on the population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 502: 142-152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.02.008, more Materatski, P.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moens, T.; Adão, H. (2016). Structural and functional composition of benthic nematode assemblages during a natural recovery process of Zostera noltii seagrass beds. Est. Coast. 39(5): 1478-1490. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0086-0, more Materatski, P.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Ribero, R.; Moens, T.; Adão, H. (2015). A comparative analysis of benthic nematode assemblages from Zostera noltii beds before and after a major vegetation collapse. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 167: 256-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.001, more Moens, T.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Geyter, E.; Vanormelingen, P.; Sabbe, K.; De Troch, M. (2014). Diatom feeding across trophic guilds in tidal flat nematodes, and the importance of diatom cell size. J. Sea Res. 92: 125-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.08.007, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Materatski, P.; Adão, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2014). Resource utilization and trophic position of nematodes and harpacticoid copepods in and adjacent to Zostera noltii beds. Biogeosciences 11(14): 4001-4014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4001-2014, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Adao, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2013). Sample acidification effects on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of macrofauna from a Zostera noltii bed. Mar. Freshw. Res. 64(8): 741-745. dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF12169, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Materatski, P.; Adão, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2013). Food sources of macrobenthos in an estuarine seagrass habitat (Zostera noltii) as revealed by dual stable isotope signatures. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(9): 2517-2523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2238-0, more
Book chapter [show]
Antoniadou, C.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Chintiroglou, C. (2012). Symbiosis of sea anemones and hermit crabs in temperate seas, in: Camisão, A.F. et al. Symbiosis: evolution, biology and ecological effects. pp. 95-118, more
Thesis [show]
Vafeiadou, A.-M. (2011). Benthic food web analysis and meiofauna community dynamics in the seagrass Zostera noltii beds. MSc Thesis. Ghent University: Gent. 46 pp., more
Abstracts (13) [show]
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2019). Microbiome partitioning of coexisting nematode species in shared microhabitats: insights of a metagenetic analysis, in: Adão, H. et al. Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 70, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moens, T. (2019). Effects of temperature range changes and interspecific competition to population development and behaviour of marine nematodes, 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. 57-58, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moens, T. (2019). Potential drivers of species coexistence of marine nematodes, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 141, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Living apart-together: microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 90, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Microhabitat choice of cryptic species: do closely related nematode species really occur together?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 57, more Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Co-occurrence of cryptic nematode species: true coexistence or mediated by differential microhabitat preferences?, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 123-124, more Moens, T.; De Meester, N.; Guilini, K.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Vanreusel, A.; Derycke, S. (2016). Experimental elucidation of meiofaunal trophic interactions: from radioactive tracer techniques to next generation sequencing, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 6-7, more Moens, T.; Vafeiadou, A.M.; De Meester, E.; Wu, X.; Bezerra, T.C.; Guilini, K.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Derycke, S. (2016). Assessing functional diversity of marine nematodes in the 21st century: moving away from the black box approach, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1^st - 5^th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 49, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Chintiroglou, C.C.; Moens, T. (2016). Climate change from another perspective: effects of temperature fluctuations on population dynamics and species interactions, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 110, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Chintiroglou, C.; Moens, T. (2016). Population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes under climate change, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 20, more Vafeiadou, A.M.; Moens, T. (2016). Another side of the climate change coin: effects of fluctuating vs stable temperature regimes on the population dynamics and species interactions of marine nematodes, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1^st - 5^th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 34, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Chintiroglou, C.C.; Moens, T. (2014). How do marine nematodes cope with extreme temperatures and fluctuations?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 106, more Materatski, P.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T.; Adão, H. (2011). Recovery of benthic nematode assemblages after a major collapse of Zostera noltii seagrass beds, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 37, more
Other publication [show]
Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Microhabitat choice of cryptic species: Do closely related nematode species really occur together? Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 12 February 2016. Ghent University, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 1 poster pp., more

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