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Post, Benjamin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-5186, Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Barton, Andrew D. and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2024) The XSO framework (v0.1) and Phydra library (v0.1) for a flexible, reproducible, and integrated plankton community modeling environment in Python. Geoscientific Model Development, 17 (3). pp. 1175-1195. DOI https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1175-2024.

Steiglechner, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1937-5983, Smaldino, Paul E., Moser, Deyshawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-9393 and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2023) Social identity bias and communication network clustering interact to shape patterns of opinion dynamics. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 20 (209). DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0372.

Hohn, Sönke, Dal Corso, Jacopo, Hoke, Kim Lisa, Thoms, Silke and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2023) Environmental and physiological conditions that led to the rise of calcifying nannoplankton in the Late Triassic. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11 . DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.747059.

Raharinirina, Nomenjanahary Alexia, Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2022) Modelling the acclimation capacity of coral reefs to a warming ocean. PLOS Computational Biology, 18 (5). e1010099. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010099.

Owusu, Kwabena A., Kulesz, Micaela M. and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2021) Communication Among Harvesters Leads to Sustainable Fishing Behaviour in a Continuous Time Common Pool Resource Experiment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 . p. 1151. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.644056.

Dal Corso, Jacopo, Preto, Nereo, Agnini, Claudia, Hohn, Sönke, Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056, Willems, Helmut and Gianolla, Piero (2021) Rise of calcispheres during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic). Global and Planetary Change, 200 . p. 103453. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103453.

Hohn, Sönke, Trejos, Esteban, Abrams, J.F., Fulgencio de Moura, Jailson, Spranz, R. and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2020) The long-term legacy of plastic mass production. Science of The Total Environment, 746 . p. 141115. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141115.

Owusu, Kwabena A., Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Fall, Mouhamed M. and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2020) Effects of cooperation and different characteristics of Marine Protected Areas in a simulated small-scale fishery. Ecological Complexity, 44 . p. 100876. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2020.100876.

Dal Corso, Jacopo, Bernardi, Massimo, Sun, Yadong, Song, Haijun, Seyfullah, Leyla J., Preto, Nereo, Gianolla, Piero, Ruffell, Alastair, Kustatscher, Evelyn, Roghi, Guido, Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056, Hohn, Sönke, Schmidt, Alexander R., Marzoli, Andrea, Newton, Robert J., Wignall, Paul B. and Benton, Michael J. (2020) Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic). Science Advances, 6 (38). eaba0099. DOI https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0099.

Guan, Yi, Hohn, Sönke, Wild, Christian and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2020) Vulnerability of global coral reef habitat suitability to ocean warming, acidification and eutrophication. Global Change Biology, 26 (10). pp. 5646-5660. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15293.

Tavares, Davi C., Moura, J. F., Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 and Siciliano, S. (2020) Mortality of seabirds migrating across the tropical Atlantic in relation to oceanographic processes. Animal Conservation . DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12539.

Tavares, Davi Castro, Moura, Jailson Fulgêncio, Ceesay, Adam and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2020) Density and composition of surface and buried plastic debris in beaches of Senegal. Science of The Total Environment, 737 . p. 139633. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139633.

Tavares, Davi, Moura, J.F. and Merico, Agostino (In Press / Accepted) Anthropogenic debris accumulated in nests of seabirds in an uninhabited island in West Africa. Biological Conservation . DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.043.

Tavares, Davi Castro, Moura, Jailson F., Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban and Merico, Agostino (2019) Traits Shared by Marine Megafauna and Their Relationships With Ecosystem Functions and Services. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 . p. 262. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00262.

Owusu, Kwabena, Kulesz, Micaela and Merico, Agostino (2019) Extraction Behaviour and Income Inequalities Resulting from a Common Pool Resource Exploitation. Sustainability, 11 (2). p. 536. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su11020536.

Dal Corso, Jacopo, Gianolla, Piero, Rigo, Manuel, Franceschi, Marco, Roghi, Guido, Mietto, Paolo, Manfrin, Stefano, Raucsik, Béla, Budai, Tamás, Jenkyns, Hugh C., Reymond, Claire, Caggiati, Marcello, Gattolin, Giovanni, Breda, Anna, Merico, Agostino and Preto, Nereo (2018) Multiple negative carbon-isotope excursions during the Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic). Earth-Science Reviews, 185 . pp. 732-750. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.07.004.

Moura, Jailson F., Tavares, Davi C., Lemos, Leila S., Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Saint’Pierre, Tatiana Dillenburg, Siciliano, Salvatore and Merico, Agostino (2018) Interspecific variation of essential and non-essential trace elements in sympatric seabirds. Environmental Pollution, 242 A . pp. 470-479. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.092.

Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Marañón, Emilio and Merico, Agostino (2018) Phytoplankton size diversity and ecosystem function relationships across oceanic regions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1879). p. 20180621. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0621.

Abrams, Jesse, Hohn, Sönke, Rixen, Tim and Merico, Agostino (2018) Sundaland Peat Carbon Dynamics and Its Contribution to the Holocene Atmospheric CO2 Concentration. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32 (4). pp. 704-719. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GB005763.

Merico, Agostino (2017) Models of Easter Island Human-Resource Dynamics: Advances and Gaps. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5 . DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00154.

Brandt, Gunnar, Kulesz, Micaela M., Nissen, Dennis and Merico, Agostino (2017) OGUMI—A new mobile application to conduct common-pool resource experiments in continuous time. PLOS ONE, 12 (6). e0178951. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178951.

Tavares, D.C., Moura, J.F., Merico, Agostino and Siciliano, S. (2017) Incidence of marine debris in seabirds feeding at different water depths. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 119 (2). pp. 68-73. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.012.

Raharinirina, Alexia, Brandt, Gunnar and Merico, Agostino (2017) A Trait-Based Model for Describing the Adaptive Dynamics of Coral-Algae Symbiosis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5 . DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00031.

Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Brandt, Gunnar, Smith, S. Lan and Merico, Agostino (2016) PhytoSFDM version 1.0.0: Phytoplankton Size and Functional Diversity Model. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 9 (11). pp. 4071-4085. DOI https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-102.

Smith, S. Lan, Vallina, Sergio M. and Merico, Agostino (2016) Phytoplankton size-diversity mediates an emergent trade-off in ecosystem functioning for rare versus frequent disturbances. Scientific Reports, 6 (1). p. 34170. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34170.

Smith, S. Lan, Pahlow, Markus, Merico, Agostino, Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Sasai, Yoshikazu, Yoshikawa, Chisato, Sasaoka, Kosei, Fujiki, Tetsuichi, Matsumoto, Kazuhiko and Honda, Makio C. (2016) Flexible phytoplankton functional type (FlexPFT) model: size-scaling of traits and optimal growth. Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (4). pp. 977-992. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbv038.

Moura, Jailson F., Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Tavares, Davi C., Meirelles, Ana C. O., Silva, Cristine P. N., Oliveira, Larissa R., Santos, Roberta A., Wickert, Janaína C., Machado, Rodrigo, Siciliano, Salvatore and Merico, Agostino (2016) Stranding Events of Kogia Whales along the Brazilian Coast. PLOS ONE, 11 (1). e0146108. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146108.

Abrams, Jesse F, Hohn, Sönke, Rixen, Tim, Baum, Antje and Merico, Agostino (2016) The impact of Indonesian peatland degradation on downstream marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. Global Change Biology, 22 (1). pp. 325-337. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13108.

Moura, Jailson Fulgencio de, Merico, Agostino, Montone, Rosalinda Carmela, Silva, Josilene, Seixas, Tércia Guedes, Godoy, José Marcus de Oliveira, Saint’Pierre, Tatiana Dillenburg, Hauser-Davis, Rachel Ann, Di Beneditto, Ana Paula Madeira, Reis, Estéfane Cardinot, Tavares, Davi Castro, Lemos, Leila Soledade and Siciliano, Salvatore (2015) Assessment of trace elements, POPs, 210Po and stable isotopes (15N and 13C) in a rare filter-feeding shark: The megamouth. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 95 (1). pp. 402-406. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.03.038.

Guan, Yi, Hohn, Sönke and Merico, Agostino (2015) Suitable Environmental Ranges for Potential Coral Reef Habitats in the Tropical Ocean. PLOS ONE, 10 (6). e0128831. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128831.

Tavares, Davi Castro, Guadagnin, Demétrio Luis, Moura, Jailson Fulgencio, Siciliano, Salvatore and Merico, Agostino (2015) Environmental and anthropogenic factors structuring waterbird habitats of tropical coastal lagoons: Implications for management. Biological Conservation, 186 . pp. 12-21. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.027.

Tyrrell, Toby, Merico, Agostino and Armstrong McKay, David Ian (2015) Severity of ocean acidification following the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (21). pp. 6556-6561. DOI https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418604112.

Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Brandt, Gunnar, Bruggeman, Jorn and Merico, Agostino (2015) Mechanisms shaping size structure and functional diversity of phytoplankton communities in the ocean. Scientific Reports, 5 (1). p. 8918. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08918.

Brandt, Gunnar and Merico, Agostino (2015) The slow demise of Easter Island: insights from a modeling investigation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3 . p. 13. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00013.

Hohn, Sönke and Merico, Agostino (2015) Quantifying the relative importance of transcellular and paracellular ion transports to coral polyp calcification. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2 . p. 37. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2014.00037.

Wild, Christian, Rixen, Tim, Sánchez-Noguera, Celeste, Merico, Agostino, Jimenez, Carlos, Cortés, Jorge and Naumann, Malik S (2015) A carbonate platform associated with shallow cold methane seeps in Golfo Dulce, Pacific Costa Rica. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 17 (1). pp. 13-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.3755/galaxea.17.13.

Wild, Christian, Rixen, Tim, Sanchez-Noguera, Celeste, Stuhldreier, Ines, Jimenez, Carlos and Merico, Agostino (2014) Massive coral tissue ablations in reefs of Pacific Costa Rica. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 16 (1). pp. 13-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.3755/galaxea.16.13.

Merico, Agostino, Brandt, Gunnar, Smith, S. Lan and Oliver, Marcel (2014) Sustaining diversity in trait-based models of phytoplankton communities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2 . p. 59. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00059.

Smith, SL, Merico, Agostino, Hohn, Sönke and Brandt, G (2014) Sizing-up nutrient uptake kinetics: combining a physiological trade-off with size-scaling of phytoplankton traits. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511 . pp. 33-39. DOI https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10903.

Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Brandt, Gunnar, Steinacher, Marco and Merico, Agostino (2014) A glimpse into the future composition of marine phytoplankton communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1 . p. 15. DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00015.

Smith, S. Lan, Merico, Agostino, Wirtz, Kai W. and Pahlow, Markus (2014) Leaving misleading legacies behind in plankton ecosystem modelling. Journal of Plankton Research, 36 (3). pp. 613-620. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu011.

Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban, Brandt, Gunnar, Merico, Agostino and Smith, S. Lan (2013) Biogeographical patterns of phytoplankton community size structure in the oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22 (12). p. 1315. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12071.

Brandt, Gunnar and Merico, Agostino (2013) Tipping points and user-resource system collapse in a simple model of evolutionary dynamics. Ecological Complexity, 13 . pp. 46-52. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.12.003.

Hohn, Sönke and Merico, Agostino (2012) Modelling coral polyp calcification in relation to ocean acidification. Biogeosciences, 9 (11). pp. 4441-4454. DOI https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4441-2012.

Smith, S. Lan, Pahlow, Markus, Merico, Agostino and Wirtz, Kai W. (2011) Optimality-based modeling of planktonic organisms. Limnology and Oceanography, 56 (6). pp. 2080-2094. DOI https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2080.

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Steiglechner, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1937-5983 and Merico, Agostino ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-8056 (2022) Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Deforestation, Settlement, and Land Use on Easter Island Prior to European Arrivals. In: The Prehistory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). , ed. by Rull, Valentí and Stevenson, Christopher. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 22 . Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 401-426. ISBN 978-3-030-91127-0

Schlüter, Achim and Merico, Agostino (2018) Humans: A Key Component of Sustainability. In: Scientific Partnership for a Better Future. , ed. by Hempel, Gotthilf, Hempel, Irmtraut and Hornidge, Anna-Katharina. Edition Falkenberg, Bremen, pp. 119-121. ISBN 978-3-95494-151-3

Schlüter, Achim and Merico, Agostino (2017) Menschen sind der Schlüssel für Nachhaltigkeit. In: Klüger nutzen – besser schützen – Bremer Forschung an tropischen Küsten. , ed. by Hempel, Gotthilf, Hempel, I and Hornidge, Anna-Katharina. Edition Falkenberg, Bremen, pp. 123-126. ISBN 978-3-95494-134-6