Géraldine Loot

Maître de Conférence

 

 

 

 

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         Dernière mise à jour: Janvier 2010

                               Thématiques

Les relations interspécifiques hôte/parasite:

• Parasitologie des poissons d’eau douce

• Impact des parasites sur la dynamique des populations naturelles

• Les relations de causalité dans les interactions hôte-parasite

• Variabilité spatio-temporelle des modèles d’infestation

• Impacts anthropiques sur la structuration des communautés de parasites

 

Interspecifics relationships host/parasite:

Macroparasites of freshwater fish

• Impact of parasites on host population dynamics

• Cause and consequence in host-parasite interactions

• Spatial and temporal patterns of parasite infection

• Impact of anthropic perturbation on parasite community structure

 

Publications

2010

Blanchet S., Rey O., Loot G. (2010) Evidence for host variation in parasite tolerance in a wild fish population. Evolutionary Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s10682-010-9353-x. PDF

Blanchet S., Rey O., Etienne R., Lek S., Loot G. (2010) Species-specific responses to landscape fragmentation: implications for management strategies. Evolutionary Applications  DOI:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00110.x. PDF

Loot G, Blanchet S and Thomas F (in press) “Vicious circles” and disease spread: elements of discussion. Trends in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.10.006. PDF

2009

Aldana M, González K, Loot G, Pulgar J and Marquet P. A. (2009) First Intermediate Host of the Digenean Trematode Proctoeces lintoni (Fellodistomidae) in Chile. The Journal of Parasitology 95(6):1408-1414.

 

Blanchet S, Thomas F and Loot G. (2009) Reciprocal effects between host phenotype and pathogens: new insights from an old problem. Trends in Parasitology 25: 364-369. PDF

 

Blanchet S, Rey O, Berthier P, Lek S and Loot G. (2009) Evidence of parasite-mediated disruptive selection on genetic diversity in a wild fish population. Molecular Ecology 18: 1112-1123. PDF

Blanchet S, Méjean L, Bourque J.F, Lek S, Thomas F, Marcogliese D.J, Dodson J.J and Loot G. (2009) Why parasitized hosts look different? Resolving the “chicken-egg” dilemma. Oecologia 160: 37-47. PDF

2008

Bouzid W, Štefka J, Hypša V, Lek S, Scholz T and Loot G. (2008) Geography and host specificity: two forces behind the genetic structure of Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) a parasite of freshwater fish. International Journal of Parasitology  38 (12): 1465-1479. PDF

Bouzid W, Lek S, Macé M, Ben Hassine O, Etienne R, Legal L and Loot G. (2008) Genetic diversity assessment of the cosmopolitan parasite Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46 (4): 289-296. PDF

Blanchet S, Loot G and Dodson JJ. (2008) Competition, predation and flow rate as mediators of direct and indirect effects on a stream food chain. Oecologia 157 (1): 93-104. PDF

Blanchet S, Loot G, Bernatchez L and Dodson JJ. (2008) The interaction of interspecific competition and environmental variability on the diel activity of Atlantic (Salmo salar). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65 (8): 1545-1553. PDF

Grenouillet G, Brosse S, Tudesque L, Lek S, Baraillé Y and Loot G (2008) Spatial autocorrelation and concordance among stream assemblages along a fragmented gradient. Diversity and Distribution   PDF

 

Loot G, Blanchet S, Aldana M, and S Navarrete (2008) Evidence of plasticity in the reproduction of a trematode parasite: the effect of host removal. The Journal of Parasitology 94 (1): 23-27.  

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2007

 

Loot G, Reyjol Y, Poulet N, Simkova A, Blanchet S and S Lek (2007) Effect of small weirs on fish parasite communities. Parasitology Research 101 (5): 1265-1276.  PDF

 

Blanchet S, Loot G, Bernatchez L, and JJ Dodson (2007) The disruption of dominance hierarchies by a non-native species: an individual-based analysis. Oecologia 152: 569-581.  PDF

 

Blanchet S, Loot G, Grenouillet G and S Brosse (2007) Competitive interactions between native and exotic salmonids: a combined field and laboratory demonstration. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 16(2): 133-143.  PDF

 

2006

 

Loot G, Park YS, S Lek and S Brosse (2006) Encounter rate between host species determines host selection in complex parasite life cycle. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 89(1): 99-106.  PDF

 

2005

 

Loot G, Aldana M and S Navarrete (2005) Effects of human exclusion on parasitism in intertidal food webs of central Chile. Conservation biology 19 (1): 203-213.  PDF

 

Reyjol Y, Loot G and S Lek (2005) Estimating sampling biais when using electrofishing to catch stone loach. Journal of Fish Biology 66: 1-3.  PDF

 

2004

 

Loot G, Poulet N, Reyjol Y, Blanchet S and S Lek (2004) The effects of the ectoparasite Tracheliastes polycolpus (Copepoda : Lernaeopodidae) on the fins of rostrum dace (Leuciscus leuciscus burdigalensis). Parasitology Research 94 (1): 16-23.  PDF

 

2002

 

Brown SP, Loot G, Teriokhin A, Brunel A, Brunel C and JF Guégan (2002) Host manipulation by Ligula intestinalis: a cause or consequence of parasite aggregation? International Journal for Parasitology 32: 817-824.  PDF

 

Loot G, Aulagnier S, Lek S, Thomas F and JF Guégan (2002) Experimental demonstration of a parasite Ligula intestinalis (L.) induced behavioural modification in a cyprinid fish Rutilus rutilus (L.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 738-744. PDF

 

Loot G, Giraudel JL and S Lek (2002) A non-destructive morphometric technique to predict Ligula intestinalis (L.) plerocercoid burden in roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)) abdominal cavity. Ecological modelling 156: 1-11.  PDF

 

Loot G, Poulin R, Lek S and J.F. Guégan  (2002) The differential effects of Ligula intestinalis (L.) plerocercoids on host growth in three natural populations of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11: 168-177. PDF

 

Brown SP, Loot G, Grenfell BT and JF Guégan (2002) Host manipulation by Ligula intestinalis: a size-dependant strategy? Parasitology 123: 519-529. PDF

 

2001

 

Loot G, Franscisco P, Santoul F, Lek S and J.F. Guégan (2001) The life-cycle of a parasite (Ligula intestinalis (L.)) in Lavernose-Lacasse gravel-pit, France. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 152 (3): 511-525.

 

Loot G, Lek S and JF Guégan (2001) Phenotypic modification of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)) infected with Ligula intestinalis (L.) (Cestoda, Pseudophyllidea). The Journal of Parasitology 87 (5): 1002-1010.   PDF

 

Loot G, Lek S, Dejean D and JF Guégan (2001) Parasite-induced mortality in three host populations of the roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.), by the tapeworm Ligula intestinalis (L.). Annales de Limnologie / International Journal of Limnology 37 (2): 151-159.

 

Loot G, Brosse S, Lek S and JF Guégan (2001) Behaviour of roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)) altered by Ligula intestinalis (L.) (Cestoda : Pseudophyllidea) : a field demonstration. Freshwater biology (46): 1219-1227. PDF

 

 

 

 

                                          Projets en cours et Collaborations

Projet Agence de l’eau Adour-Garonne (2007-2010)

Etude de l’impact de la fragmentation et du réchauffement climatique sur deux rivières, le Viaur (Aveyron) et le Célé (Lot).

Collaboration Nicolas Poulet (ONEMA Paris)

Laurence Blanc (ONEMA Toulouse)

• Projet PAI Barrande-Egide

Collaboration Tomas Scholz, Jan Stefka, Vaclav Hypsa  (2005-2007)

Institut de Parasitologie, Laboratoire de Phylogénie Moléculaire et Evolution des Parasites, Ceské Budějovice, Republique Tchèque

Etude de la variabilité génétique des populations de parasites Ligula intestinalis (Cestode, Pseudophyllidea

Collaboration Simon Blanchet, Julian Dodson (2003-2007)

 Université Laval, Département de biologie, Québec, Canada

Interactions compétitives entre le saumon atlantique et la truite arc-en-ciel : aspects écologiques, sélectifs et adaptatifs.

Collaboration Tae-Soo Chon, Yong-Hoon Lee (2008)

Division of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Pusan (Busan) 609-735 Korea.

 

Modélisation mathématique du cycle complexe de Ligula intestinalis.

 

Enseignement 2009/2010

• Licence 2 Biologie Animale: Anatomie comparée et physiologie des vertébrés

• Licence 3 Biologie Animale: Evolution et diversité animale

• Prépa Agrégation Biologie Animale : Interactions durables

• Responsable du module 3L6AB5M : Les interactions hôte-parasite    PDF1 PDF2 PDF3 TP

• Maîtrise 1 module 3M7EL7M : Structuration et fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes PDF

 

Contact

Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB)

UMR  5174 CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier

118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 4 - France.

Tél: +33 5 61 55 85 81        Fax: +33 5 61 55 67 28

Email: loot@cict.fr