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Dr Vieira, Christophe
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Jeju National University, more

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AlgaeTraits eds., more

Function: Thematic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Thematic editor

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Fycologie, more

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AlgaeTraits: AlgaeTraits eds. (2026). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Accessed at https://algaetraits.org/ on yyyy-mm-dd, more Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2022). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds., more
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Vieira, Christophe et al. (2021), Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, Dryad, Dataset,, more

A1 Publications (44) [show]
Dam, D.T.; Nguyen, M.L.; Kim, M.S.; Vieira, C. (2023). Species diversity of the brown alga Lobophora (Dictyotales) in the Con Co Island Marine Protected Area, Vietnam. Bot. Mar. 66(5): 391-403. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0047, more Nguyen, M.L.; Kim, M.S.; Nguyen, N.T.N.; Nguyen, X.T.; Cao, V.L.; Nguyen, X.V.; Vieira, C. (2023). Marine floral biodiversity, threats, and conservation in Vietnam: an updated review. Plants-Basel 12(9): 1862. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12091862, more Tran, L.-A.T.; Leliaert, F.; Vieira, C.; Tran, T.V.; Nguyen, T.V.; Dam, T.D.; De Clerck, O. (2023). Molecular assessment of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) diversity in Vietnam including the new species U. vietnamensis. Phycol. Res. 71(1): 13-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12507, more Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; De Ramon N’Yeurt, A.; D'Hondt, S.; Millet, L.; Kim, M.S.; Payri, C.; Zubia, M. (2023). Diversity, systematics and biogeography of French Polynesian Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 58(2): 226-253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2092216, more Vieira, C.; Kim, M.S.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Payri, C.; D’Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2023). Marine flora of French Polynesia: an updated list using DNA barcoding and traditional approaches. Biology-Basel 12(8): 1124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12081124, more Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz Tapia, P; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2023). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. ESSD 15(7): 2711-2754. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2711-2023, more Bringloe, T.T.; Fort, A.; Inaba, M.; Sulpice, R.; Ghriofa, C.N.; Mols-Mortensen, A.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Starko, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high-latitude glacial refugia. Mol. Ecol. 31(24): 6473-6488. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16714, more Tran, L.-A.T.; Vieira, C.; Steinhagen, S.; Maggs, C.A.; Hiraoka, M.; Shimada, S.; Nguyen, T.V.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2022). An appraisal of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) taxonomy. J. Appl. Phycol. 34(5): 2689-2703. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02815-x, more Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D’hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364, more Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D'Hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364, more Bringloe, T.T.; Zaparenkov, D.; Starko, S.; Grant, W.S.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Klimova, A.; Klochkova, T.A.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). Whole-genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 57(6): 1721-1738. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13212, more Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047, more Vieira, C.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; D'Hondt, S.; Tran, L.-A.T.; Van den Spiegel, D.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Marine macroalgal biodiversity of northern Madagascar: morpho-genetic systematics and implications of anthropic impacts for conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 30(5): 1501-1546. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10531-021-02156-0, more Vieira, C.; Rasoamanendrika, F.A.; Zubia, M.; Bolton, J.J.; Anderson, R.J.; Engelen, A.H.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography. S. Afr. J. Bot. 142: 230-246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.015, more Bringloe, T.T.; Starko, S.; Wade, R.M.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cock, J.M.; Coelho, S.M.; Destombe, C.; Valero, M.; Neiva, J.; Pearson, G.A.; Faugeron, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 39(4): 281-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679, more Chomerat, N.; Bilien, G.; Viallon, J.; Herve, F.; Reveillon, D.; Henry, K.; Zubia, M.; Vieira, C.; Ung, A.; Gatti, C.M.I.; Roue, M.; Derrien, A.; Amzil, Z.; Darius, H.T.; Chinain, M. (2020). Taxonomy and toxicity of a bloom-forming Ostreopsis species (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales) in Tahiti island (South Pacific Ocean): one step further towards resolving the identity of O. siamensis. Harmful Algae 98: 101888. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101888, more Peña, V.; Vieira, C.; Braga, J.C.; Aguirre, J.; Rösler, A.; Baele, G.; De Clerck, O.; Le Gall, L. (2020). Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 150: 106845. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106845, more Puk, L.D.; Vieira, C.; Roff, G.; De Clerck, O.; Mumby, P.J. (2020). Cryptic diversity in the macroalgal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales) reveals environmental drivers of algal assemblages. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 167(12): 188. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00227-020-03802-x, more Theophilus, T.; Vieira, C.; Culioli, G.; Thomas, O.P.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Andréfouët, S.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.E.; Zubia, M. (2020). Dictyotaceae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) species from French Polynesia: current knowledge and future research, in: Bourgougnon, N. (Ed.) Seaweeds around the world: state of art and perspectives. Advances in Botanical Research, 95: pp. 163-211. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/bs.abr.2019.12.001, more Vieira, C. (2020). Lobophora-coral interactions and phase shifts: summary of current knowledge and future directions. Aquat. Ecol. 54(1): 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-019-09723-2, more Vieira, C.; Henriques, F.; D'Hondt, S.; Neto, A.I.; Almada, C.H.; Kaufmann, M.; Sansón, M.; Sangil, C.; De Clerck, O. (2020). Lobophora (Dictyotales) species richness, ecology and biogeography across the north-eastern Atlantic archipelagos and description of two new species. J. Phycol. 56(2): 346-357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12956, more Vieira, C.; Morrow, K.; D'Hondt, S.; Camacho, O.; Engelen, A.H.; Payri, C.E.; De Clerck, O. (2020). Diversity, ecology, biogeography, and evolution of the prevalent brown algal genus Lobophora in the Greater Caribbean Sea, including the description of five new species. J. Phycol. 56(3): 592-607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12986, more Camacho, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Vieira, C.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Norris, J.N.; Freshwater, D.W.; Fredericq, S. (2019). The systematics of Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans: eight new species. J. Phycol. 55(3): 611-624. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12850, more Gaubert, J.; Payri, C.E.; Vieira, C.; Solanki, H.; Thomas, O.P. (2019). High metabolic variation for seaweeds in response to environmental changes: a case study of the brown algae Lobophora in coral reefs. NPG Scientific Reports 9: 993. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38177-z, more Küpper, F.C.; Peters, A.F.; Kytinou, E.; Asensi, A.O.; Vieira, C.; Macaya, E.C.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Falkland Islands and southernmost South America. Phycologia 58(6): 640-647. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1648990, more Lee, H.; Lee, J.; Brown, M.T.; Park, J.; Vieira, C.; Han, T. (2019). Toxicity testing of cosmetic ingredients using gametophyte beads of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Phaeophyta). J. Appl. Phycol. 31(3): 2011-2023. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-018-1669-x, more Vieira, C.; Aharonov, A.; Paz, G.; Engelen, A.H.; Tsiamis, K.; Einav, R.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Diversity and origin of the genus Lobophora in the Mediterranean Sea including the description of two new species. Phycologia 58(2): 163-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2018.1534923, more Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; Millet, L.; Payri, C.E. (2019). Description of ten new Lobophora species from the Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea). Phycol. Res. 67(3): 228-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12372, more Vieira, C.; Stenger, P.-L.; Moleana, T.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C. (2019). Limited interspecific variation in grazing susceptibility of the brown alga Lobophora to herbivory. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 518: 151175. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.151175, more Zubia, M.; Vieira, C.; Palinska, K.A.; Roué, M.; Gaertner, J.-C.; Zloch, I.; Grellier, M.; Golubic, S. (2019). Benthic cyanobacteria on coral reefs of Moorea Island (French Polynesia): diversity response to habitat quality. Hydrobiologia 843(1): 61-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04029-8, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410, more Zubia, M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Mattio, L.; Vieira, C.; Cambert, H.; Quod, J.P.; Loiseau, N.; Golubic, S.; Lin, S.-M.; Liu, S.-L.; Pinault, M. (2018). Diversity and assemblage structure of tropical marine flora on lava flows of different ages. Aquat. Bot. 144: 20-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.10.005, more Vieira, C.; Gaubert, J.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C.; Culioli, G.; Thomas, O.P. (2017). Biological activities associated to the chemodiversity of the brown algae belonging to genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Phytochemistry Reviews 16(1): 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11101-015-9445-x, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Sun, Z.; Fredericq, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Historical biogeography of the highly diverse brown seaweed Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 110: 81-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.007, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.J.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Sansón, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Shedding new light on old algae: matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65(4): 689-707. https://dx.doi.org/10.12705/654.1, more Vieira, C.; Thomas, O.P.; Culioli, G.; Genta-Jouve, G.; Houlbreque, F.; Gaubert, J.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C.E. (2016). Allelopathic interactions between the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and scleractinian corals. NPG Scientific Reports 6(18637): 11 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18637, more Vieira, C.; Engelen, H; Guentas, L; Aires, T; Houlbreque, F; Gaubert, J; Serrao, A; De Clerck, O.; Payri, E (2016). Species specificity of bacteria associated to the brown seaweeds Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and their potential for induction of rapid coral bleaching in Acropora muricata. Front. Microbiol. 7: 13 pp. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00316, more Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C. (2016). First report of the Hawaiian genus Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea and description of the new species N. yhaga sp. nov. Bot. Mar. 59(1): 31-37. dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2015-0095, more Bonin, P.; Vieira, C.; Grimaud, R.; Militon, C.; Cuny, P.; Lima, O.; Guasco, S.; Brussaard, C.P.D.; Michotey, V. (2015). Substrates specialization in lipid compounds and hydrocarbons of Marinobacter genus. Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 22: 15347-15359. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-4009-y, more Steen, F.; Vieira, V.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, E.C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Biogeographic affinities of Dictyotales from Madagascar: a phylogenetic approach. Cryptogam., Algol. 36(2): 129-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v36.iss2.2015.129, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.; Bolton, J.; Sanson, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Matching names and clades in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae): an effort to integrate type specimens in modern taxonomy. Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 29-29, more Vieira, C.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Overgrowth and killing of corals by the brown alga Lobophora hederacea (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) on healthy reefs in New Caledonia: a new case of the epizoism syndrome. Phycol. Res. 63(2): 152-153. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12082, more Vieira, C.; D'Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C.E. (2014). Toward an inordinate fondness for stars, beetles and Lobophora? Species diversity of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in New Caledonia. J. Phycol. 50(6): 1101-1119. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12243, more Vieira, C.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2013). The role of adaptive and non-adaptive processes in marine algal speciation. Phycologia 52(4): 117-117, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Nguyen, M.L.; Nguyen, X.V.; Vieira, C.; Nguyen, V.Q.; Nguyen, N.L.; Kim, M.-S. (2024). Diversity of marine macroalgae species from Hai Van - Son Cha MPA (Thua Thien Hue province) in central Vietnam: A historical overview of research and publications. Jeju Journal of Island Sciences 1(1): 75-86. https://doi.org/10.23264/JJIS.2024.1.1.075, more
Abstracts (2) [show]
Meneses, C.S.; Vieira, C. (2019). Global patterns of seaweeds species diversity, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 122, more Van der Aa, P.; Vieira, C.; Guiry, M.D.R.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Supertree: Toward a comprehensive phylogeny for brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 148, more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Meneses, C. (2019). Global patterns of seaweeds species diversity. MSc Thesis. Gent University: Gent. 64 pp., more