Marie-Elodie Perga

Prof. Marie-Elodie Perga
associate professor
Biogéochimie
Institut des dynamiques de la surface terrestre, IDYST
Université de Lausanne
Géopolis
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 21 692 43 23
Phone2: +41 (0) 21 692 35 30
Fax: +41 (0) 21 692 35 05
E-mail: marie-elodie.perga(at)unil.ch
URL Institution: www.unil.ch/idyst


Key Publications of Marie-Elodie Perga (up to ten) :
Perga, M.-E., R. Bruel, L. Rodriguez, Y. Guénand, and D. Bouffard. 2018. Storm impacts on alpine lakes: Antecedent weather conditions matter more than the event intensity. Global Change Biology 24:5004-5016.
Alric, B., J. P. Jenny, V. Berthon, F. Arnaud, C. Pignol, J. L. Reyss, P. Sabatier, and M. E. Perga. 2013. Local forcings affect lake zooplankton vulnerability and response to climate warming. Ecology 94:2767-2780.
Jenny, J. P., F. Arnaud, B. Alric, J. M. Dorioz, P. Sabatier, M. Meybeck, and M. E. Perga. 2014. Inherited hypoxia: A new challenge for reoligotrophicated lakes under global warming. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 28:1413-1423.
Jenny, J. P., P. Francus, A. Normandeau, F. Lapointe, M. E. Perga, A. E. K. Ojala, A. Schimmelmann, and B. Zolitschka. 2015. Global spread of hypoxia in freshwater ecosystems during the last three centuries is caused by rising local human pressure. Global Change Biology:n/a-n/a.
Perga, M.-E., V. Frossard, J.-P. Jenny, B. Alric, F. Arnaud, V. Berthon, J. Black, I. Domaizon, C. Giguet-covex, A. Kirkham, M. Magny, M. Manca, a. Marchetto, L. Millet, C. Paillès, C. Pignol, J. Poulenard, J.-L. Reyss, F. Rimet, O. Savichtcheva, P. Sabatier, F. Sylvestre, and V. Verneaux. 2015. High-resolution paleolimnology opens new management perspectives for lakes adaptation to climate warming. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3.
Nellier, Y.-M., M.-E. Perga, N. Cottin, P. Fanget, and E. Naffrechoux. 2015. Particle-Dissolved Phase Partition of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in High Altitude Alpine Lakes. Environmental Science & Technology.
Perga, M.-E., S. C. Maberly, J.-P. Jenny, B. Alric, C. Pignol, and E. Naffrechoux (2016), A century of human-driven changes in the carbon dioxide concentration of lakes, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 30, 93–104, doi:10.1002/2015GB005286.
Bouffard, D., and M. E. Perga. 2016. Are flood-driven turbidity currents hot spots for priming effect in lakes? Biogeosciences 13:3573-3584.



Expertise of Marie-Elodie Perga:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Research Interface / Management
ScopeProcess Studies
Impact of Change
Vulnerability to Change
Topic AtmosphereClimate
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
Water Pollution / Waste Water
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Spatial ScaleRegional
National / Cultural
Time FramePast
Recent / Today
Statistical FocusStatistical Focus
Extreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Time ScaleTime Scale
Seasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsMethod
Data Collection
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Mountain Research InitiativeMRI Research area
Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
MRI Regions (please tick your mountain regions of interest)
Europe (including Eastern Europe)

Specialties of Marie-Elodie Perga:
Biogeochemical functioning of high-altitude lakes, carbon cycle and role of extreme events.
Under-ice processes and Winter limnology.

Last update: 9/2/23
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