Nicolas Henry

Pervasive effect of bottom trawling on benthic biodiversity unravelled by metabarcoding across the Tree of Life

This study uses eDNA metabarcoding to show that bottom trawling affects prokaryotic and Animalia benthic communities, with long-term impacts on Animalia diversity and unexpected effects on community structure.

Seasonal patterns in Synechococcus pigment diversity at two temperate sites with contrasting oceanic regimes

This study examines seasonal pigment diversity in Synechococcus at two temperate ocean sites, revealing distinct patterns linked to environmental factors and ecological niches.

Diversity, host-specificity, and environmental drivers of the coral reef eukaryome

The paper characterizes the eukaryotic diversity in coral reef environments, revealing high diversity and identifying environmental drivers shaping these communities.

HIDDEN APICOMPLEXAN PARASITE DIVERSITY LINKS CORAL AND PLANKTON MICROBIOMES ACROSS REEF SEASCAPES

The paper investigates the diversity and distribution of Apicomplexa across marine environments using metabarcoding data, revealing previously unknown diversity and biogeographic patterns.

OligoN-design: A simple and versatile tool to design specific probes and primers from large heterogeneous datasets

OligoN-design designs taxon-specific oligonucleotides from target and non-target sequences, outperforming existing tools by handling large datasets efficiently.

The JEDI marker as a universal measure of planetary biodiversity

The paper introduces the JEDI marker as a universal biodiversity measure, demonstrating its applicability across ecological scales and providing an automated bioinformatic workflow for standardized analysis.

Switch in parasitic and autotrophic-dominated protist assemblages coupled to seasonal oligotrophic-mesotrophic gradients in the sunlit layer of a subtropical marine ecosystem

The paper examines seasonal changes in protist communities in the Gulf of Aqaba, showing shifts between parasitic and autotrophic dominance linked to nutrient and mixing conditions.

Patterns and drivers of diatom diversity and abundance in the global ocean

This study analyzes diatom diversity and abundance in the global ocean using Tara Oceans data, identifying key environmental drivers and community patterns.

Emergent patterns of patchiness reflect decoupling between ocean physics and biology

The paper analyzes global ocean data to show that physical and biological patchiness are decoupled, using variance slope to quantify spatial patterns.

O Short-branch Microsporidia, Where Art Thou? Identifying diversity hotspots for future sampling

The paper identifies freshwater and terrestrial environments as diversity hotspots for short-branch Microsporidia to guide future sampling efforts.

On the relationship between protist metabarcoding and protist metagenome-assembled genomes

This study investigates the relationship between protist metabarcoding OTUs and metagenome-assembled genomes by analyzing their abundance correlations across environmental samples.

EukRibo: a manually curated eukaryotic 18S rDNA reference database to facilitate identification of new diversity

EukRibo provides a curated 18S rDNA database for accurate taxonomic annotation of environmental metabarcoding data, focusing on eukaryotic diversity.

An assessment of environmental metabarcoding protocols aiming at favouring contemporary biodiversity in inventories of deep-sea communities

This study evaluates eDNA metabarcoding protocols for deep-sea biodiversity, finding that DNA is more reliable than RNA and larger sediment samples improve accuracy.