Publications & Outreach

Papers

Antich A, Palacin C, Turon X, Wangensteen OS. 2022. DnoisE: distance denoising by entropy. An open-source parallelizable alternative for denoising sequence datasets. PeerJ 10:e12758 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12758.

Antich A., Palacín C., Cebrian E., Golo R., Wangensteen O.S. & Turon X. (2021) Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities? Molecular Ecology 30:3175-3188. DOI 10.1111/mec.15641 

Antich, A., Palacin, C., Wangensteen, O.S. & Turon X. (2021) To denoise or to cluster, that is not the question: optimizing pipelines for COI metabarcoding and metaphylogeography. BMC Bioinformatics 22,177 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04115-6 

Atienza, S., Guardiola, M., Præbel, K., Antich, A., Turon, X. & Wangensteen, O.S.(2020) DNA Metabarcoding of Deep-Sea Sediment Communities Using COI: Community Assessment, Spatio-Temporal Patterns and Comparison with 18S rDNA Diversity 2020, 12:123 DOI: 10.3390/d12040123. 

Barbanti, A., Torrado, H., Macpherson, E., Bargelloni, L., Franch, R., Carreras, C. & Pascual, M. (2020) Helping decision making for reliable and cost‐effective 2b‐RAD sequencing and genotyping analyses in non‐model species. Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 795– 806. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13144 

Barbanti A., Martin C., Blumenthal J.M., Boyle J., Broderick A.C., Collyer L., Ebanks-Petrie G.E., Godley B.J., Mustin W., Ordóñez V., Pascual M. & Carreras C. (2019) How many came home? Evaluating ex-situ conservation of green turtles in the Cayman Islands. Molecular Ecology. 28:1637-1651. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15017 

Barbanti, A., Blumenthal J.M.,Broderick, A.C., Godley B.J., Prat-Varela A., Turmo M., Pascual M., Carreras C. (accepted) The architecture of assisted colonisation in sea turtles. Nature communications 

Bradshaw, P.J., Broderick, A.C., Carreras, C., Fuller, W., Snape, R., Wright, L.I. & Godle, B.J. (2018) Defining conservation units with enhanced molecular tools to reveal fine scale structuring among Mediterranean green turtle rookeries. Biological Conservation 222: 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.014 

Carreras C, Ordóñez V, García-Cisneros A, Wangensteen OS, Palacin C, Pascual M, Turon X. (2021). The two sides of the Mediterranean: population genomics of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) in a warming sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:739008 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.739008 

Carreras, C., García-Cisneros, A., Wangensteen, O.S., Ordóñez, V., Palacín, C., Pascual, M. & Turon, X. (2020) East is East and West is West: Population genomics and hierarchical analyses reveal genetic structure and adaptation footprints in the keystone species Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea). Diversity and Distributions 26:382-398. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13016 

Carreras, C., Pascual, M., Tomás, J., Marco, A., Hochscheid, S., Castillo, J.J., Gozalbes, P., Parga, M., Piovano, S. & Cardona, L. (2018) Sporadic nesting reveals long distance colonisation in the philopatric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Scientific Reports 8:1435 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-19887-w 

Casso, M., Turon, M., Marco, N., Pascual, M., & Turon, X. (2020) The Microbiome of the Worldwide Invasive Ascidian Didemnum vexillum. Frontiers In Marine Science 7:201 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00201 

Casso, M., Tagliapietra, D., Turon, X., & Pascual, M. (2019) High fusibility and chimera prevalence in an invasive colonial ascidian. Scientific Reports 9, 15673.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51950-y 

Casso, M., Turon, X., & Pascual, M. (2019) Single zooids, multiple loci: independent colonisations revealed by population genomics of a global invader. Biol Invasions 21:3575-3592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02069-8 

Clusa, M., Carreras, C., Cardona, L., Demetropoulos, A., Margaritoulis, D., Rees, A.F., Hamza, A.A., Khalil, M., Levy, Y., Türkozan, O., Aguilar, A. & Pascual, M. (2018) Philopatry in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta): beyond the gender paradigm Marine Ecology Progress Series. 588:201-213 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12448 

Evans, J.S., Erwin, P.M., Shenkar, N., & López-Legentil, S. (2018) A comparison of prokaryotic symbiont communities in non-native and native ascidians from reef and harbour habitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94, 2018, fiy139. DOI:10.1093/femsec/fiy139 

Evans, J.S., Erwin, P.M., Sihaloho, H.F., & López-Legentil, S. (2021) Cryptic genetic lineages of a colonial ascidian host distinct microbiomes. Zoologica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12482 

Goddard-Dwyer, M., López-Legentil, S., Erwin, P.M. (2021) Microbiome variability across the native and invasive range of the ascidian Clavelina oblonga. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI 10.1128/AEM.02233-20 

Mugnai F, Meglécz E, Costaniti F, Abbiati M, Bavestrello G, Bertasi F, Bo M, Capa M, Chenuil A, Colangelo MA, De Clerck O, Gutiérrez JM, Lattanzi L, Leduc M, Martin D, Matterson KO, Mikac B, Plaisance L, Ponti M, Riesgo A, Rossi V, Turicchia E, Waeschenbach A, Wangensteen OS (2021) Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding? Global Ecology and Conservation 32:e01909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01909. 

Pérez-Portela R., Riesgo A., Wangensteen OS., Palacin C. & Turon X. (2020) Enjoying the warming Mediterranean: Transcriptomic responses to temperature changes of a thermophilous keystone species in benthic communities. Molecular Ecology. doi: 0.1111/MEC.15564 

Pérez-Portela R, Wangensteen OS, García-Cisneros A, Valero-Jiménez C, Palacín C. & Turon X. (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of genetic variation in Arbacia lixula, a thermophilous sea urchin in expansion in the Mediterranean. Heredity 122: 244-259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0098-6 

Raventos, N., Torrado, H., Arthur, R., Alcoverro, T., & Macpherson, E. (2021). Temperature reduces fish dispersal as larvae grow faster to their settlement size. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1419-1432. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13435. 

Rius, M., & Turon, X., (2020) Phylogeography and the Description Geographic Patters in Invasion Genomics. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:595711 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.595711 

Román S., Ortiz-Álvarez R., Romano C., Casamayor E.O. & Martin D. (2019) Microbial Community Structure and Functionality in the Deep Sea Floor: Evaluating the Cause of Spatial Heterogeneity in a Submarine Canyon System (NW Mediterranean, Spain). Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00108 

Sacristán-Soriano O., Turon X. & Hill M. (2020) Microbiome structure of ecologically important bioeroding sponges (family Clionaidae): the role of the host phylogeny and environmental plasticity. Coral reefs. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01962-2 

Sacristán-Soriano O., Winkler M., Erwin P., Weisz J., Harriot O., Heussler G., Bauer E., Masden B.W., Hill A., Hill M. (2019) Ontogeny of symbiont community structure in two carotenoid-rich, viviparous marine sponges: comparision of microbiomes and analysis of culturable pigmented heterotrophic bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12739 

Schunter, C., Pascual, M., Raventos, N., Garriga, J., Garza, J.C., Bartumeus, F., & Macpherson, E.(2019) A novel integrative approach elucidates fine-scale dispersal patchiness in marine populations. Scientific Reports. 9:10796 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47200-w 

Tikochinski Y, Bradshaw P, Mastrogiacomo A, Broderick A, Daya A, Demetropoulos A, Demetropoulos S, Eliades NG, Fuller W, Godley B, Kaska Y, Levy Y, Snape R, Wright L, Carreras C (2018) Mitochondrial DNA short tandem repeats unveil hidden population structuring and migration routes of an endangered marine turtle. Aquatic conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2018:1-10 DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2908 

Tikochinski Y, Carreras C, Tikochinski G, Vilaça S. (2020) Population-specific signatures of intra-individual mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and their potential evolutionary advantages. Scientific Reports.10:211 

Torrado, H., Carreras, C., Raventos, N., Macpherson, E. & Pascual, M. (2020) Individual-based population genomics reveal different drivers of adaptation in sympatric fish. Sci Rep 10, 12683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69160-2 

Torrado, H., Mourre, B., Raventos, N., Carreras, C., Tintoré, J., Pascual, M., & Macpherson, E. (2021) Impact of individual early life traits in larval dispersal: A multispecies approach using backtracking models. Progress in Oceanography. 192 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102518 

Turon, M., Cáliz, J., Garate, L., Casamayor, E.O., Uriz, M.J. (2018) Showcasing the role of seawater in bacteria recruitment and microbiome stability in sponges. Scientific Reports. 8:15201 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-33545-1 

Turon, M., Cáliz, J., Triadó-Margarit, X., Casamayor, E.O., Uriz, M.J. (2019) Sponges and Their Microbiomes Show Similar Community Metrics Across Impacted and Well-Preserved Reefs. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 1961. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01961 

Turon, M., Uriz, M. J., & Martin, D. (2019) Multipartner Symbiosis across Biological Domains: Looking at the Eukaryotic Associations from a Microbial Perspective. MSystems, 4(4), e00148-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00148-19 

Turon, M., Uriz, M. J. (2020) New Insights into the Archaeal Consortium of Tropical Sponges. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:789. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00789 

Turon, X., Casso, M., Pascual, M. & Viard, F. (2020) Looks can be deceiving: Didemnum pseudovexillum sp. nov. (Ascidiacea) in European harbours. Mar. Biodivers. 50, 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01083-7 

Turon, X., Antich, A., Palacín, C., Præbel, K., & Wangensteen, O. S. (2020) From metabarcoding to metaphylogeography: separating the wheat from the chaff. Ecol. Appl. 30(2):e02036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2036 

Viard, F., Roby, C., Turon, X., Bouchemousse, S., Bishop, J.(2019) Cryptic diversity and database errors challenge non-indigenous species surveys: an illustration with Botrylloides spp. In the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:615. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00615 

Wangensteen OS, Palacin C, Guardiola M, Turon X (2018) DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers. Peer J 6:e4705. DOI 10.7717/peerj.4705 

Zhang Z., Capinha C., Karger DN., Turon X., Maclsaac HJ. & Zhan A. (2020) Impacts of climate change on geographical distributions of invasive species. Marne Environmental Research,159: 104993. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104993


Other papers by the team indirectly related to the project

Arenas C., Zivanovic G. & Mestres F. (2018) Chromosomal Thermal Index: a comprehensive way to integrate the thermal adaptation of Drosophila subobscura whole karyotype. Genome 61: 73-78 | DOI.org/10.1139/gen- 2017-0124

Britayev T.A. & Martin D. (2019) Chapter 5.3. Chaeptoridae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1883, in: Purschke, G., Böggermann, M., Westheide, W. (Eds.), Volume 1: Annelida basal groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria; in: Purschke, G., Böggermann, M., Westheide, W. (Eds.), Annelida; in: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology. De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston. Pp. 154-173.

Britayev, T.A., Martin, D. (2018) 5.3. Chaetopteridae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833. In: Westheide, W. & Purschke, G. (Eds.), Annelida: Polychaetes, In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (Ed. Chief); Beutel, R. G., Kristensen, N. P., Leschen, R., Purschke, G., Westheide, W. & Zachos, F.(Eds.) Handbook of Zoology Online Database. A Natural History of the Phyla of the Animal Kingdom. De Gruyter, Osnabrück. Pp. 154-173.

Britayev TA, Martin D (2021) Behavioral traits and territoriality in the symbiotic scaleworm Ophthalmonoe pettiboneae. Scientific Reports 11: 12408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91810-2.

Català, C.; Bros, V.; Castelltort, X.; Santos, X.; Pascual, M. (2021) Deep genetic structure at a small spatial scale in the endangered land snail Xerocrassa montserratensis. Scientific Reports 11: 8855.  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87741-7

Carella, M., Agell, G., Uriz, M.J. (2019) Asexual reproduction and heterozygote selection in an Antarctic demosponge (Stylocordyla chupachups, Suberitida) Polar Biology 42:475-483

Chaibi, M., Antit, M., Bouhedi, M., Gillet, P., Azzouna, A., Meca, M.A., & Martin, D. (2019) A new species of Flabelligeridae (Annelida), Trophoniella radesiensis n. sp., from Tunisia. Zootaxa 4571(4): 551-561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.4.7

Chaibi, M., Romano, C., Azzouna, A., Martin, D., 2021. First record of Marphysa chirigota (Annelida: Eunicidae) in the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Tunis). Mediterranean Marine Science 22, 327-339. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.25248.

Davis, A.R., Becerro, M., Turon, X. (2018) Living on the edge: Early life history phases as determinants of distribution in Pyura praeputialis (Heller, 1878), a rocky shore ecosystem engineer. Marine Environmental Research doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.01

De Caralt, S., Gonzalez, J., Turon, X., Uriz, M.J. 2018. Reproductive strategies of two common sympatric Mediterranean sponges: Dysidea avara (Dictyoceratida) and Phorbas tenacior (Poecilosclerida). PeerJ 6:e5458.DOI 10.7717/peerj.5458

Diez ME, Díaz-Díaz O, Delgado-Blas VH, Martin D, Cremonte F (2020) ¿Cuánto sabemos sobre poliquetos simbióticos en Sudamérica?. En: Poliquetos bentónicos en Chile. Vol. VIII. Díaz-Díaz O, Rozbaczylo N (eds). Santiago, Chile, pp. 508-548.

El Asri, F., Martin, D., Tamsouri, M.-N, Errhif, A, Malouli. I. M. and Zidane, H. (2018) Spatial and temporal variability in distribution, diversity and structure of the polychaete assemblages from Dakhla Bay (Atlantic coast of South Morocco) Marine Biodiversity 49(3): 1271-1281.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0910-9

El Asri F, Martin D, Errhif A, Tamsouri MN, Maanan M, Zidane H (2021) Community structure and spatial patterns of macrozoobenthos in Oualidia Lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 37(4): 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00263-3.

El Asri, F., Zidane, H., Errhif, A., Tamsouri, M.N., Maanan, M., Idrissi, M.M., Martin, D., 2018. Polychaete diversity and assemblage structure in the Oualidia Lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic coast J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 98, 1337-1346. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000388.

Esteve, C., Lagares, C., & Mestres, F. (2020) First detection of chromosomal inversions in a natural population of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Genetics 99: 82-86 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-020-01238-2

Galludo, M., Canals, J., Pineda-Cirera, L., Esteve, C., Rosselló, M., Madrenas, R., Balanyà, J., Arenas, C., & Mestres, F. (2020) Annual climatic effects on the autumnal Drosophilids fauna composition at the Font Groga site (Tibidabo, Barcelona). North-Western Journal of Zoology 16: 15–20.

Galludo M, Canals J, Pineda-Cirera L, Esteve C, Rosselló M, Balanyà J, Arenas C, Mestres F (2018). Climatic adaptation of chromosomal inversions in Drosophila subobscura. Genetica 146:433-441

Garcia-Raso J.E., Cuesta J.A., Abello P. & Macpherson E. (2018) Updating changes in the Iberian decapod crustacean fauna (excluding crabs) after 50 years. Scientia Marina 82:207-229.

Gil, J., Glasby, C.J., Martin, D., 2019. Chapter 12. Phylum Annelida. Class Polychaeta, in: Rogers, D.C., Thorp, J.H. (Eds.), Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition. Volume IV – Keys to Palaearctic Fauna. Academic Press, London.

Gil, J., Glasby, C.J., Martin, D., 2019. Chapter 12. Phylum Annelida. Class Aphanoneura, in: Rogers, D.C., Thorp, J.H. (Eds.), Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition. Volume IV – Keys to Palaearctic Fauna. Academic Press, London, pp. 508-512.

Glasby, C.J., Gil, J., Martin, D., 2020. Chapter 12. Phylum Annelida. Class Polychaeta, in: Damborenea, C., Rogers, D.C., Thorp, J.H. (Eds.), Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition. Volume V – Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna. Academic Press, London, pp. 480-486.

Glasby CJ, Gil J, Martin D (2020) Class Polychaeta. In: Keys to neotropical and Antarctic fauna. Damborenea c, Rogers DC, Thorp JH (eds). Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 480-486

Haye PA, Turon X, Segovia NI. (2021). Time or space? relative importance of geographic distribution and interannual variation in three lineages of the ascidian Pyura chilensis in the Southeast Pacific Coast. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:6571411. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.657411

Kapun, M.; Barrón, M.G.; Staubach, F.; Obbard, D.J.; R. Wiberg, A.W.; et al. (2020) Genomic analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster populations reveals longitudinal structure, continent-wide selection, and previously unknown DNA viruses. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 2661-2678

Madrenas, R., Balanyà, J., Arenas, C., Khadem, M. & Mestres F. (2020). Global warming and chromosomal inversion adaptation in isolated populations: Drosophila subobscura populations from Madeira. Entomological Science 23: 74–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12398

Martin D, Britayev TA (2018) Symbiotic polychaetes revisited: an update of the known species and relationships (1998 – 2017). In: S. J. Hawkins, A. J. Evans, A. C. Dale, L. B. Firth & I. P. Smith (Eds), Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 56. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, London, New York, pp. 367-446.

Martin, D., Romano, C., 2021. Morphology and sexual dimorphism of living mature adults of Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (Annelida, Hesionidae, Amphidurine), first reported for the Iberian Peninsula. Biodiv. Data J. 9, e66020. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e66020

Martin, D., Aguado, M.T., Fernández Álamo, M.-A., Britayev, T.A., Böggemann, M., Capa, M., Faulwetter, S., Fukuda, M.V., Helm, C., Petti, M.A.V., Ravara, A., Teixeira, M.A.L., 2021. On the Diversity of Phyllodocida (Annelida: Errantia), with a Focus on Glyceridae, Goniadidae, Nephtyidae, Polynoidae, Sphaerodoridae, Syllidae, and the Holoplanktonic Families. Diversity 13, 131. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13030131.

Martin D., Pittito F., Gil J., Mura M.P., Bahamon N., Romano S., Thorin S., Schwartz T.; Dutrieux E. & Bocquenet Y. (2019) Long-distance influence of the Rhone plume on benthic macrofauna: Integrating descriptive ecology and predictive modelling. Science of the Total Environment. 637: 790-809. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.010.

Martin, D., Gil, J., Zanol, J., Meca, M. A., & Portela, R. P. (2020) Digging the diversity of Iberian bait worms Marphysa (Annelida, Eunicidae) PLoS ONE, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226749

Meca, M.A., Drake, P. & Martin, D.(2019) Does polyxenous symbiosis promote sympatric divergence? A morphometric and phylogeographic approach based on Oxydromus okupa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Hesionidae) Contributions to zoology. 1-29. DOI: 10.1163/18759866-20191403

Mestres, F., Lagares, C., Rojo, E., Serra, B., Colmenero, A. & Abelló, P. (2021). Estudio de la variabilidad genética en poblaciones mediterráneas del cangrejo batial Geryon longipes. X Foro Iberoam. Rec. Mar. Acui., pp. 193-203. Ed. AFRIMAR-AFIRMA, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España. ISBN: 978-84-09-32773-7.

Mestres, F., Sellés, M., Rojo, E., Lagares, C., Serra, B., Ojeda, V. & Abelló, P. (2021). La conectividad entre poblaciones del cangrejo marino Liocarcinus depurator en la transición Atlanto-mediterránea. X Foro Iberoam. Rec. Mar. Acui., pp. 495-511. Ed. AFRIMAR-AFIRMA, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, España. ISBN: 978-84-09-32773-7.  

Mestres F. & Vives-Rego J. (2018) Reflexiones sobre la complejidad en los seres vivos: desde su origen hasta la mente humana. Ludus vitalis 26: 237-241.

Mestres F. & Zivanovic G. (2018) Some applications of DNA databanks as an investigative tool for solving criminal cases. Journal of Criminalistics and Law 23: 233-250 | DOI: 10.5937/nabepo23-18139 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15017

Molari M, Guilini K, Lott C, Weber M, Beer D, Meyer S, Ramette A, Wegener G, Wenzhöfer F, Martin D, Cibic T, De Vittor C Vanreusel A, Boetius A  (2018) CO2 leakage alters biogeochemical and ecological functions of submarine sands. Science Advances, 4, eaao2040.

Palero, F., Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., Machordom, A., Macpherson, E. & Corbari, L. (2019) Evolution of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Anomura) squat lobsters: mitogenomic data suggest an early carcinization of Porcellanidae.. Hydrobiologia 833: 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3898-7

Parapar, J., Martin, D., Moreira, J., 2020. On the diversity of Terebellides (Annelida, Trichobranchidae) in West Africa, seven new species and the redescription of T. africana Augener, 1918 stat. prom. Zootaxa 4771, 1-61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4771.1.1

Pérez-Portela R, García-Cisneros A, Campos-Canet M, Palacin C (2021) Genetic homogeneity, lack of larvae recruitment, and clonality in absence of females across western Mediterranean populations of the starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina. Scientific Reports, 11: 16819. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96331-6

Pola L, Calcinai B, Pica D, Di Camillo CG, Martin D, Cerrano C. (2020) Updating the current knowledge on the relationships between Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 (Annelida, Syllidae) and Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) (Cnidaria, Plexauridae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity 50: 105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01127-y

Rodriguez-Flores, P.C., Buckley, D., Macpherson, E., Corbari, L. & Machordom, A. (2020) Deep-sea squat lobster biogeography (Munidopsidae: Leiogalathea) unveils Tethyan vicariance and evolutionary patterns shared by shallow-water relatives. Zoologica Scripta 49: 340-356 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12414.

Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., Machordom, A., Abelló, P., Cuesta. J.A. & Macpherson, E. (2019) Species delimitation and multi-locus species tree solve an old taxonomic problem for European squat lobsters of the genus Munida Leach, 1820. Marine Biodivesity 49: 1751-1773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00941-3

Román S., Lins, L., Ingels, J., Romano C., Martin, D., & Vanreusel, A. (2019) Role of spatial scales and environmental drivers in shaping nematode communities in the Blanes Canyon and its adjacent slope.. Deep Sea Research I 146: 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.03.002

Romano C, Nunes-Jorge A, Le Bris N, Rouse GW, Martin D, Borowski C (2020) Wooden stepping stones: diversity and biogeography of deep-sea wood boring Xylophagaidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new genus. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 579959. Doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.579959

Romano, C., Nunes-Jorge, A., Le Bris, N., Rouse, G.W., Martin, D., Borowski, C., 2021. Corrigendum: Wooden stepping stones: Diversity and biogeography of deep-sea wood boring Xylophagaidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new genus. Front. Mar. Sci. 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.640579

Sikorski AV, Radashevsky VI, Castelli A, Pavlova LV, Nygren A, Malyar VV, Borisova PB, Mikac B, Rousou M, Martin D, Gil J, Pacciardi L, Langeneck J (2021) Revision of the Laonice bahusiensis complex (Annelida: Spionidae) with a description of three new species. Zootaxa 4996: 253-283. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4996.2.2.

Sillero, N.; Huey, R. B.; Gilchrist, G.; Rissler, L.; Pascual, M. (2020). Distribution modelling of an introduced species: do adaptive genetic markers affect potential range? Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20201791

Simões P, Pascual M (2018) Patterns of geographic variation of thermal adapted candidate genes in Drosophila subobscura sex chromosome arrangements. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18:60

Taverna A, de Aranzamendi MC, Maggioni T, Alurralde G, Turon X, Tatián M. (2021). Morphology, genetics, and historical records support the synonymy of two ascidian species and suggest their spread throughout areas of the Southern Hemisphere. Invertebrate Systematics 35:675-687. 687 DOI: 10.1071/IS20060

Turon X, Holan JR, Davis AR. (2018) Defence behind the ramparts: Spicule armament against specialist predatorsin a subtidal habitat-forming ascidian. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 507:31-38 

Zivanovic, G., Arenas, C. & Mestres, F. (2019). Rate of change for the thermal adapted inversions in Drosophila subobscura. Genetica 147: 401–409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-019-00078-y

Zivanovic, G., Arenas, C. & Mestres, F. (2021). Adaptation of Drosophila subobscura chromosomal inversions to climatic variables: the Balkan natural population of Avala. Genetica 149: 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-021-00125-7



Conferences and Symposia

Invited keynotes

Pascual M Population structure in marine organisms: from genetics to genomics. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019

Wangensteen OS. State of the art of fish eDNA: is quantification possible? USA-Norway Science workshop. Tromsø, Norway. 8-11 October 2018.

Pascual M Conservation genetics in marine turtles. 15 congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología . Salamanca 5-8/September/2018

Carreras C. Tracking species with complex life cycles: lessons from the Mediterranean loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). V Ulusal Seniz Kaplumbagalari Sempozymu. Kusadasi, Turkey. Invited speaker/keynote talk (oral). 5-7 December 2017.


Presentations
 

Galià-Camps C, Schell T, Carreras C, Turon X, Greve C, Pascual M. Chromosome scaffolding, synteny and repetitive elements of the invasive tunicate species Styela Plicata. BG 2021, Biodiversity Genomics - The Darwin Tree of Life, Virtual meeting, EU. 27/09/21-01/10/21.

Galià-Camps C, Carreras C, Turon X, Pascual M. Testing the effects of 2b-RAD loci selection on the tunicate species Styela plicata. SMBE 2021, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Virtual meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 03-08/Julio/ 2021

Galià-Camps C, Pegueroles C, Carreras C, Turon X, Pascual M. Using 2b-RAD enzymes wisely: From loci number to functional structure. SMBE 2021, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Virtual meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 03-08/Julio/ 2021

Galià-Camps C, Schell T, Carreras C, Turon X, Greve C, Pascual M. Assembly and characteristics of the first genome draft for the tunicate species Styela plicata. SEG 2021, XLII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética. Virtual meeting, España. 14-18/Junio/ 2021

Galià-Camps C, Schell T, Carreras C, Turon X, Greve C, Pascual M. Obtaining high quality genome assemblies from basal chordate taxa. Insights into the first genome draft for the invasive species Styela plicata. Senckenberg Biodiversity Genomics Symposium. Virtual meeting, Germany. 21/abril/ 2021

Wangensteen OS, Turon X, Mariani S, Præbel K. Metaphylogeography: unveiling haplotype diversity from filtered seawater. 5 WMCB World Conference on Marine Biodiversity. Virtual meeting, Aukland, New Zealand. 13-16/diciembre/ 2020

Segovia N, Haye PA, Turon X. ¿Espacio o tiempo? Depende. Importancia relativa de la distribución espacial y temporal de tres linajes de la ascidia Pyura chilensis en la costa Pacífica sureste. LXIII Annual Meeting of the Biological Society of Chile. Virtual meeting, Chile. 25-27/noviembre/ 2020

Pegueroles C, Torrado H, Raventós N, Carreras C, Macpherson E, Pascual M. Diving on the genetic basis of the selective juvenile mortality in Diplodus puntazzo. SMBE 2021, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Virtual meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 03-08/Julio/ 2021

Pegueroles C, S. Pous, M. Vega, E. Macpherson, M. Pascual, C. Carreras. Evaluating the impact of non-target species in population genomic analysis. SEG 2021, XLII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética. Virtual meeting, España. 14-18/Junio/ 2021

Pegueroles C. LncRNAs: from current status to future analysis. Honk Kong University. Virtual meeting, Honk Kong. 3/February/2021

Luna-Ortiz, P. A.; Barbanti, A.; Pegueroles, C.; Pascual, M.; Carreras, C. (2021) Population genomics of the colonisation of the loggerhead sea turtle in the western Mediterranean. XVI Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología. Lisboa. Portugal. 6-17/Sept/2021. On-line (poster)

Colmenero, A., Sellés, M., Rojo, E., Lagares, C., Serra, B., Ojeda, V., Marco-Herrero, E., Abelló, P., Mestres, F. Molecular diversity and haplotype distribution in two marine crab species. XLII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética. Madrid, Spain. On-line.  14-18/Jun/2021.(poster)

Mestres, F., Lagares, C., Rojo, E., Serra, B., Colmenero, A., Abelló, P. Estudio de la variabilidad genética en poblaciones mediterráneas del cangrejo batial Geryon longipes. X Foro Iberoamericano de los Recursos Marinos y la Acuicultura. On-line. 7-12/Feb/2021. (poster)

Mestres, F., Sellés, M., Rojo, E., Lagares, C., Serra; B., Ojeda, V., Abelló, P. La conectividad entre poblaciones del cangrejo marino Liocarcinus depurator en la transición Atlanto-Mediterránea. X Foro Iberoamericano de los Recursos Marinos y la Acuicultura. On-line. 3rd award to the best poster  7-12/Feb/2021. (poster)

Galià-Camps C, Carreras C, Turon X, Pascual M.  The last shall be first. A problem-solving workflow for low-cost high-resolution genomics by using 2b-RAD sequencing. 3rd Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics PhDday Online Edition.  26 november 2020. (poster)

Barbanti A, Pascual M, Carreras C (2020) Sea turtle conservation: genetics and genomics for better management. EvolMar 1st Italian Congress on Marine Evolution. Online congress. 23-25/Nov/2020. (oral)

Mestres, F., Rojo, E., Lagares, C., Serra, B., Ojeda, V., Sellés, M., Colmenero, A., Vila, Y., Abelló, P. The connectivity between populations of the Marine crab Liocarcinus depurator in the Atlanto-Mediterranean transition: a five year series. VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 1-3/July/2020 (poster)

Galià-Camps C, Carreras C, Turon X, Pascual M.  Predicting 2b-RAD loci abundance and testing results in Styela plicata. VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 1-3/July/2020 (oral)

Pascual M, Carreras C, García-Cisneros A, Wangensteen O.S, Ordóñez V, Palacin C, Turon X. Population genomics and hierarchical analyses reveal genetic structure and adaptation in Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea). VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 1-3/July/2020 (poster)

Mestres, F., Serra, B., Lagares, C., Rojo, E., Eesteban, A, Abelló, P. Spatial genetic study in Western Mediterranean populations of the bathyal crab Geryon longipes: variability of COI gene. VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 1-3/July/2020 (poster)

Covarrubias A, Carreras C, Abella E, Pascual M. Identifying the origin of new colonizations in sea turtles. VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 1-3/July/2020 (poster)

Mestres, F., Lagares, C., Serra, B., Rojo, E., Ojeda, V., Sellés, M., Garcia T., Abelló, P. The role of the Almeria-Oran front in the connectivity between populations of the marine crab Liocarcinus depuratorVII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva, Sevilla, Spain Pòster. 5-7/Feb/2020 (poster)

Tikochinski Y, Carreras C, Tikochinski G, Vilaça S (2021) MtDNA heteroplasmy analysis of green sea turtles reveals populationspecific signatures and sheds light on potential heteroplasmy evolutionary processes and advantages. 2021 Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution Meeting. Congrés virtual, (pòster).

Torrado, H.; Carreras, C.; Raventós, N.; Macpherson, E.; Pascual, M. Environmental and phenotypic drivers influence differential genomic responses in congeneric fish. VII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva, Sevilla, Spain Pòster. 5-7/Feb/2020 (oral)

Pascual, M.; Carreras, C.; García-Cisneros, A.; Wangensteen, O.S.; Ordóñez, V.; Palacin, C.; Turon, X. East is East and West is West: population genomics and hierarchical analyses reveal genetic structure and adaptation footprints in the keystone species Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoidea). VII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva, Sevilla, Spain Pòster. 5-7/Feb/2020 (poster)

Antich A, Palacín C, San Román D, Wangensteen OS, Turon X. Metabarcoding the benthic boundary layer: the role of sampling method and marker characteristics in the DNA signatures obtained at the interface between benthos and plankton. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (oral)

Turon, X, Casso M, Pascual M. Population genomics revealed independent colonization events of a global ascidian invader. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (oral)

Turon X, Casso M, Turon M, Marco N, Pascual M. Tunic microbiome of a global ascidian invader. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Pascual M, Casso M, Tagliapietra D, Turon X. High fusibility and chimera prevalence in a worldwide invasive colonial ascidian. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Pérez-Portela R, Riesgo A, Wangensteen OS, Palacín C, Turon X. Loving the warming: transcriptomic responses to acute thermal shifts in a recent colonizer in the Mediterranean, the sea urchin Arbacia lixula. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Barbanti A, Turmo M, Blumenthal JM, Boyle J, Broderick AC, Collyer L, Ebanks-Petrie G, Godley BJ, Mustin W, Pascual M, Carreras C (2019) Founding in action: genetic assessment of new populations from the same reintroduction program. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Carreras C, García-Cisneros A, Wangensteen OS, Ordóñez V, Palacin C, Turon X, Pascual M (2019) East to West: Population genomics and hierarchical analyses reveal differential adaptation footprints in the edible sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (oral)

Carreras C, Pous S, Vega M, Macpherson E, Pascual M (2019) Genotyping impact of mixing samples from multiple non-model species in population genomic analyses. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Héctor Torrado, Baptiste Mourre, Núria Raventós, Carlos Carreras, Joaquín Tintoré, Marta Pascual, Enrique Macpherson. (2019) Use of individual early life traits in larval dispersal models: a multispecies approach. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (poster)

Héctor Torrado, Carlos Carreras, Núria Raventós, Marta Pascual and Enrique Macpherson (2019) Environmental and phenotypic drivers affect differential genomic responses in two sympatric congeneric fish. XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), Braga, Portugal, 9-12/Sept/2019 (oral)

Carreras C, García-Cisneros A, Wangensteen OS, Ordóñez V, Palacin C, Turon X, Pascual M Hierarchical analyses reveal differential adaptation footprints in the edible sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) 2019 Meeting, Manchester (UK) (oral) 21-25/July/ 2019

Turon X, Casso M, Turon M, Marco N, Pascual M.  Local microbiome of a global invader. 10th International Tunicate Meeting, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, (France) 8-12/July/ 2019

Casso M. Turon X, Pascual M Single zooids, multiple loci: population genomics of a global invader. 10th International Tunicate Meeting, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, (France) 8-12/July/2019

Pascual M, Casso M, Tagliapietra M, Turon X Genomic approaches to study long- and short-term chimera formation in the global invader Didemnum vexillum.10th International Tunicate Meeting, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, (France) 8-12/July/2019

Wangensteen OS, Lynghammar A, Præbel K, eDNA metabarcoding reflects habitat preference of fish and mammal communities from the Arctic Northeast Greenland shelf. FSBI Symposium, Hull (UK). 15-19 July 2019 (oral)

Sales NG, Wangensteen OS, Carvalho DC, Coscia I, McDevitt A, Mariani S. Spatio-temporal variation in Neotropical riverine ichthyofauna inferred by eDNA analysis. FSBI Symposium, Hull (UK). 15-19 July 2019 (oral)

Lopez-Lopez L, Baillie C, Wangensteen OS, Stowasser G, Saunders RA, Richmond B, Mariani S, Genner M, Tarling GA, Balcells L, Ward P, Collins RA, O'Gorman E. Unity makes strength: combining DNA-metabarcoding, SIA and microscopy to study the diet of myctophid fish in the Scotia Sea. FSBI Symposium, Hull (UK). 15-19 July 2019 (poster)

Collins RA, Wangensteen OS, Baillie C, Mariani S, Genner MJ. Environmental DNA as a long-term ecological recorder. FSBI Symposium, Hull (UK). 15-19 July 2019 (oral)

McDevitt AD, Sales NG, Browett S, Sparnenn A, Mariani S, Wangensteen OS, Coscia I, Benvenuto C. Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals. FSBI Symposium, Hull (UK). 15-19 July 2019 (poster)

Wangensteen OS, Antich A, Palacin C, Praebel K, Turon X From COI metabarcoding to metaphylogeography: finding the optimal way to get robust haplotype information from raw HTS data. 8th International Barcode of Life Conference, Trondheim, 17-20/June/2019

Descoteaux R, Ershova E, Wangensteen OS, Præbel K, Renaud P, Bluhm, B. The quest for the Pole: are larvae of boreal benthic species already capable of reaching the Arctic Ocean? 8th International Barcode of Life Conference, Trondheim (Norway). 17-20 June 2019 (oral)

Sales NG, Wangensteen OS, Carvalho DC, Mariani S, Coscia I, McDevitt A. Tackling biological invasions and hybridization between native and non-native species by means of a multidisciplinary integrative approach. 8th International Barcode of Life Conference, Trondheim (Norway). 17-20 June 2019 (poster)

Sales NG, Wangensteen OS, Carvalho DC, Coscia I, McDevitt A, Mariani S. The Neotropical biodiversity in the genomics and metagenomics era: unveiling the hidden diversity and potential threats to its conservation. 8th International Barcode of Life Conference, Trondheim (Norway). 17-20 June 2019 (oral).

Barbanti A, Torrado H, Macpherson E, Palacín C, Turon X, Pascual M, Carreras C The Mediterranean loggerhead genomics: lessons from the PopCOmics project. 39th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston (USA), International Sea Turtle Society (oral) 2-8/February/2019

Turon X, Wangensteen OS Mining eukaryotic community DNA data: from metabarcoding to metaphylogeography. 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society, Barcelona, (Spain) 4-7/February/2019

Wangensteen OS, González-Delgado S, Soto AZ, Alfonso B, Sangil C, Mariani S, Hernández JC. Benthic diversity in the future ocean: metabarcoding assessment of littoral communities from a volcanic CO2 vent in La Palma, Canary Islands. I Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society, Barcelona. 4-7 February 2019 (oral)

Garcés Pastor S, Wangensteen OS, Pérez-Haase A, Pèlachs A, Pérez-Obio R, Soriano JM, Cañellas-Boltà N, Mariani S, Vegas-Vilarrúbia Teresa. DNA from living edaphic communities in palaeoecological metabarcoding: a drawback of universal primers. I Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society, Barcelona. 4-7 February 2019 (poster)

Domènech M, Enguídanos Garcia A, Wangensteen OS, Malumbres-Olarte J, Arnedo MA. For all audiences: the impact of incorporating immature stages on biodiversity assessment of mega-diverse groups. I Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society, Barcelona. 4-7 February 2019 (oral)

Wangensteen OS. Bye bye barcoding, welcome mitogenomes: HTS strategies to build new biodiversity reference databases. Census of Marine Mediterranean Benthic biodiversity: an integrative metabarcoding approach (CoMBoMed). Ravenna, Italy. 11-14 February 2019 (oral)

Turon X. Issues in metabarcoding hard-bottom benthic communities. Census of Marine Mediterranean Benthic biodiversity: an integrative metabarcoding approach (CoMBoMed). Ravenna, Italy. 11-14 February 2019 (oral)

Barbanti A, Turmo M, Blumenthal JM, Boyle J, Broderick AC, Collyer L, Ebanks-Petrie G,  Godley BJ, Mustin W, Pascual M, Carreras C Unravelling the breeding structure of migratory marine vertebrates: The case study of the reintroduced green turtles of the Cayman islands. 39th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston (USA), International Sea Turtle Society (oral)1-8/February/2019

Garcia-Cruz M, Campbell CL,  Bjorndal KA, Cardona L, Lagueux CJ, Rodríguez-Clark KM, Lampo M, Señaris C, Vander Zanden HB, Fuentes MPB, Carreras C, Vernet P, BoltenAB The global male sea turtle initiative: adding males to the conservation equation. 39th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston (USA), International Sea Turtle Society (oral) 1-8/February/2019

Lagares C., Derra B., Rojo E., Ojeda V., Sellés M., Garcia T., Abelló P., Mestres F. Fluctuations of ocenaographic barriers and their effect on connectivity between populations of the marine crab Liocacinus depurator. 5ª Jornada de l’Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat. Barcelona, Spain. Año: 11/December/2018

Marchini A, Ahyong S, Costello MJ, Decock W, Dekeyzer S, Galil  BS, Lanssens T, Lejeusne C, Occhipinti-Ambroggi A, Pagad S, Panov VE,  Rius M, Robinson TB, Turon X, Verleye T, Vandepitte L, Vanhoorne B,  Verfaille K. Introducing the World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRIMS) Xth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions. Puerto Madryn, Argentina Año: 16-18/October/2018

Taverna A, Aranzamendi MC, Maggioni T, Alurralde G, Turon X,  Tatián M. The ascidian Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878) in the South Western Atlantic: a native or introduced species? Xth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions.  Puerto Madryn, Argentina Año: 16-18/October/2018

Tikochinski Y, Carreras C, Tikochinski G, Torres Vilaça S The evolutionary advantages of heteroplasmy in mtDNA inheritance of green turtles. In: Lazar B and Jančič M. (eds) Book of abstracts, 6th Mediterranean Conference of Marine Turtles, Poreč-Croatia, p29 (oral) 15-19/October/2018

Barbanti A, Torrado H, 2 Bargelloni L, Franch R, Cardona L, Tomás J, Hamza AA, Macpherson E, Carreras C, Pascual M Population genomics of marine species: a pilot study to improve laboratory protocols. In: Lazar B and Jančič M. (eds) Book of abstracts, 6th Mediterranean Conference of Marine Turtles, Poreč-Croatia, p77 (poster) 15-19/October/2018

Marco A, Revuelta O, Abella E, Carreras C, Tomás J Patterns of nesting of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Spanish Mediterranean. In: Lazar B and Jančič M. (eds) Book of abstracts, 6th Mediterranean Conference of Marine Turtles, Poreč-Croatia, p 28 (oral) 15-19/October/2018

Tikochinski Y, Bradshaw P, Mastrogiacomo A, Broderick A, Daya A, Demetropoulos A, Demetropoulos S, Eliades NG, Fuller W, Godley B, Kaska Y, Levy Y, Snape R, Wright L, Carreras C Mitochondrial DNA STRs unveil hidden population structuring and migration routes of Mediterranean green turtle populations. In: Lazar B and Jančič M. (eds) Book of abstracts, 6th Mediterranean Conference of Marine Turtles, Poreč-Croatia, p 26 (oral) 15-19/October/2018

Garcia-Cruz M, Campbell C, Bjorndal KA, Cardona L, Lagueux, C, Rodríguez-Clark KM, Lampo M, Señaris C, Vander Zanden HB, Fuentes MMPB, Carreras C, Mast R, Vernet P and Bolten AB The global male sea turtle initiative. In: Lazar B and Jančič M. (eds) Book of abstracts, 6th Mediterranean Conference of Marine Turtles, Poreč-Croatia, p 90 (poster) 15-19/October/2018

Barbanti A, Torrado H, 2 Bargelloni L, Franch R, Cardona L, Tomás J, Hamza AA, Macpherson E, Carreras C, Pascual M. Population genomics of marine species: a pilot study to improve laboratory protocols. XVIII Jornades de Biologia Evolutiva. Barcelona. Societat Catalana de Biologia (oral) 25/June/2018

Casso M, Pascual M, Turon X. The colonization of a global invader studied genomewide. XVIII Jornada de Biología Evolutiva. Barcelona, Spain Año: 25/June/2018

Perez Portela R, Riesgo A, Wangensteen OS, Palacín C, Turon X. Thermal stress response in a Mediterranean keystone sea urchin using RNA-seq techniques. Marine Evolution 2018. Strömstad, Sweden Año: 14-18/May/2018

Goddard-Dwyer M, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM. Microbiome shifts across the native and invasive range of the ascidian Clavelina oblonga. 6th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference. Woods Hole, MA, USA Año: 02-04/May/2018 (poster)

Bailey Counts, Xavier Turon, Susanna Lopez-Legentil. No introduced ascidians detected in reef and mangrove habitats of the Bahamas. 6th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference. Woods Hole, MA, USA Año: 02-04/May/2018

Xavier Turon, Maria Casso, Davide Tagliapietra, Marta Pascual Prevalence of chimerism and colony fusion in Didemnum vexillum: a genomic approach. 6th International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference. Woods Hole, MA, USA Año: 02-04/May/2018

Præbel K, Wangensteen OS. Comparison of different metabarcoding markers for assessing diversity and abundance of fish communities and eDNA abundance estimates from NGS data. USA-Norway Science workshop. Woods Hole, MA, USA. 1-2 May 2018 (oral)

Wangensteen OS, Turon X. Mitochondrial metabarcoding of marine hard-bottom communities with applications to metaphylogeography. ForBio Annual Meeting. Tromsø, Norway. 12-14 February 2018 (oral)

Guarneri I, Sigovini M, Andrenacci M, Appelqvist C, Bergamasco A, Bjordal C, Chbarenko B, Cragg S, D’Amado R, De Witt R, Eriksen AM, Faimali M, Gamito S, Gregory D, Guastadisegni A, Hoppe  K, Hummel H, Magni P, Paalvast P, Palma P, Pérez-Ruzafa A, Pessa G, PIcco AM, Quintana X, Razinkovas A, Ruginis T, Sandow V, Shaiek M, Sivrikaya H, Teaca A, Turon X, Tagliapietra D. Synchronous and standardized observation of the biogeographic distribution of marine woodborers in Europe: a networking activity. 8th EuroLag, European Coastal Lagoons Symposium. Athens, Greece Año: 20-23/March/2018

Carreras C, Pascual M, Tomás J, Marco A, Hochsheid S, Castillo JJ, Parga M, Piovano S, Cardona L Escaping from philopatry: evidences of long distance colonisation events in the loggerhead sea turtle. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society (poster) 18-23/February/2018

Barbanti A, Torrado H, 2 Bargelloni L, Franch R, Cardona L, Tomás J, Hamza AA, Macpherson E, Carreras C, Pascual M Population genomics of marine species: the key of adequate pilot studies. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society P 261 (poster) 18-23/February/2018

Barbanti A, Turmo M, Blumenthal JM, Boyle J, Broderick AC, Collyer L, Ebanks-Petrie G, Godley BJ, Mustin W, Pascual M, Carreras C. Individual contribution of green turtle nesting females in Cayman Island as Inferred using microsatellites. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society p215 (poster). 18-23/February/2018

Clusa M, Carreras C, Cardona L, Demetropoulos A, Margaritoulis D, Rees AF, Hamza AA, Khalil M, Levy Y, Turkozan O, Aguilar A, Pascual M Philopatry in loggerhead turtles, beyond the gender paradigm. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society p129 (oral) 18-23/February/2018

Barbanti A, Martin C, Blumenthal JM,  Boyle J,  Broderick AC, Collyer L, Ebanks-Petrie G, Godley BJ,  Mustin W, Pascual M, Carreras C Evaluating the impact of the Cayman Island Turtle farm: characteristics and consequences of an ex-situ conservation strategy. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society p124-125 (oral) 18-23/February/2018

Bradshaw PJ, Broderick AC, Carreras C,  Inger R,  Fuller W, Snape RTE, Stokes K,  Godley BJ. Satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis highlight differential recruitment among foraging areas in green turtles. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society p41 (oral) 18-23/February/2018

Tikochinski Y, Bradshaw P, Mastrogiacomo A, Broderick A, Daya A, Demetropoulos A, Demetropoulos S, Eliades NG, Fuller W, Godley B, Kaska Y, Levy Y, Snape R, Wright L, Carreras C Mitochondrial DNA Short Tandem Repeats unveil hidden population structuring and migration routes of an endangered marine turtle. In Ishihara T and Okamoto K (eds) Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Kobe, International Sea Turtle Society p268 (poster) 18-23/February/2018

Barbanti A, Torrado H, Macpherson E, Palacin C, Turon X, Pascual M, Carreras C The Mediterranean loggerhead genomics: lessons from the PopCOmics project. 39th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, Charleston (USA), International Sea Turtle Society (oral) 1-8/February/2019

Serra B., Ojeda V., Lagares C., Rojo E., García T., Aabelló P., Mestres F. Oceanographic barriers influence the connectivity: a spatial and temporal study of the marine crab Liocarcinus depurator. VI Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 17-19/January/2018

Dwaah H, Gentile G, Camilli S, Kornegay B, Hall H, Riesgo A, Sacristan-Soriano O, Hill M, and Hill A. Development of a model system to study Sponge: Algal symbioses. SICB (Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology) 2018. 3-7 January San Francisco CA (poster)

Romano, C., Nunes-Jorge, A., Anducas Comas, L., Rouse, G.W., Borowski, C. & Martin, D. (2018) Diversity and biogeography of deep-sea wood boring Xylophagaidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) in European waters. Marine Evolution, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Suecia,15-17 Mayo.

Romano, C., Tunnicliffe, V., Rouse, G.W. & Martin, D. (2018) Phylogeny and biogeography of deep-sea wood boring Xylophagainae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, September 9-14,Monterey, California, USA.

Martin, D. (2019) Polychaetes associated to hydrocarbon-enriched bottoms off Congo (West Africa). CoMBoMed Workshop. University of Bologna at Ravenna, 11-13 Febrero. Comunicación Oral, Internacional.

Chaibi, M., Martin, D. & Azzouna, A. (2019) New reports of Syllidae Grube, 1850 (Annelida, Polychaeta) In yhe Bay of Tunis, Tunisia (Central Mediterranean). 30éme Congrès International des Sciences Biologiques et de Biotechnologie ATSB.

Chaibi, M., Martin, D. & Azzouna, A. (2019) Contribition to the knowledge of the litoral polychaete annelids of Tunisia. 13th International Polychaete Conference, National Museum of Los Angeles, California, 4-9 Agosto. Poster, internacional.

Chaibi, M, Bouhedi, M., Khalthoumi, D., Martin, D. & Azzouna, A. (2019). Contribution à la connaissance des Annélides Polychètes sur le littoral de la Tunisie. XVIIIèms Journées Tunisiennes des Sciences de la Mer, 26-28 octobre, Association Tunisienne des Sciences de la Mer, Kélibia, Tunisie. Poster, internacional.

 


Press releases


Carreras C, Pascual M, Palacin C, Turon X

A genomic study shows differences between populations of the black sea urchin in the Mediterranean  




Sacristán-Soriano O.  


Carreras C. Sporadic nesting by loggerhead sea turtle can be determining for the future of the species in the Mediterranean (23/January/2018).


Carreras C. Male loggerhead turtles also go back to their nesting beaches to breed (14/March/2018). 
https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/menu_eines/noticies/2018/03/028.html


Carreras C. A genetic study of the UB reveals the success of the reintroduction program of the green turtle in Cayman Islands (18/January/2019).  



Invited speakers in seminars 

 
Carreras C. Tracking species with complex life cycles: lessons from the Mediterranean loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). 
Institut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC. (09/March/2018)

Turon X. Biodiversity 2.0: metabarcoding applied to the marine animal forests. 
University of Lecce, May 2018

Wangensteen OS. The needle or the haystack? Different strategies for molecular ecosystem assessment of extra-organismal vs community DNA. 
University of Copenhagen. (31/August/2018)

Wangensteen OS. Biodiversity in the Metabarcoding Era. From eDNA to whole ecosystem assessment. 
Arctos Colloquia, Tromsø, Norway. (19/February/2019)

Wangensteen OS, What is the DNA Universal-databank for Fisheries and Aquaculture (DUFA) and how can it be used to secure healthy fish? 
Aqua-Nor. Trondheim, Norway. (20-23/August/2019)

Wangensteen OS. Unfolding the secrets of environmental DNA as the next generation management tool for fisheries and aquaculture. 
Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Tromsø, Norway. (07/September/2019)

Martin D. “Cats and tigers... into the blueInstitut de Ciències del Mar-CSIC. (15/June/2018)

Martin D. Participación in the “Pint of Science” talks (Cafeteria Un Sol Mon, Girona) “Gats, Gossos i Tigres sota el mar …?” (16 May 2018).

Martin D Invited speech in European Reseach Night 2019 “¿Gatos, Perros y Tigres bajo el mar?" Liceo Francés de Barcelona (27 Sept 2019).

Martin D Invited speech in “Tardes de Ciència” (AstroBanyoles and Museo Darder), “Gats, Gossos i tigres sota el mar?" Banyoles (9 Jan 2021). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj81qlW9SLA

C. Pegueroles. Leaving your comfort zone: from pre- to post-doc. PhD Day 2020 from the Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics Department from University of Barcelona (UB). Virtual meeting, España. 26-27/November/2020

  


Divulgation in schools

Carreras C. “Marine Turtle Research” to children of primary school.
Escola Sant Just, Barcelona. (25/January/2018)

Carreras C. “Marine Turtle Research” to children of infant school. 
Escola Octavio Paz, Barcelona. (20/May/2019)

D. Martin. Three talks in CEIP Mossèn Joan Batlle (Primary School, Blanes) “Los organismos marinos que brillan en la oscuridad”, within the Science Week of the CEAB, 2021


Transmission to institutions

Carreras C. Participation as an expert on the “Taller sobre el protocolo común frente a eventos de anidación de tortugas marinas en las costas españolas” 
Organised by the “Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica” in El Salar, Valencia (27/November/2018)

Carreras C. Participation as an expert on the Meeting to implement the “Guia d’accions immediates per l’execució del pla de detecció i gestió d’esdeveniments de nidació de tortugues marines a Catalunya” in the Tarragona province.
Organised by the “Generalitat de Catalunya” in Tarragona (18/July/2019)

Courses given

Wangensteen OS. Eukaryotic metabarcoding. 
Freie Universität Berlin. Berlin, Germany. 40 h. (4-8/March/2019)

Wangensteen OS. Metabarcoding de comunidades de eucariontes. 
Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica. 40 h. (21-25/January/2019)

Turon X. Insights from genetics of marine invasive species. Profesor invitado Curso de Postgrado “Invasiones en el medio marino y Cambio global”. 
Universidad de Cádiz. (2-5/December/2018)

Wangensteen OS. Eukaryotic metabarcoding.
PR Informatics. Glasgow, UK. 40 h. (23-27/July/2018)

Carreras C, “Estudios genéticos con tortugas marines”. Profesor invitado. Curso “Biología y conservación de megavertebrados marinos del mediterráneo” organizado por la “Asociación para el estudio y conservación del mar-Xaloc”. September 2020.

 Carreras C, “Genética y origen de las tortugas marinas presentes en el Mediterráneo español”. Profesor invitado. Curso “Tortugas Marinas: Biología, Clínica y Conservación 2021” organizado por la Fundació CRAM. May 2021.