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Biogeographical Ecology and Evolution

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The team BEE (Biogeographical Ecology and Evolution) studies patterns and processes mediating population biology from ecological to evolutionary scales.

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The team BEE (Biogeographical Ecology and Evolution) studies patterns and processes mediating population biology from ecological to evolutionary scales. Topics include phylogeography, population dispersal/connectivity, abiotic stress-driven evolution, reproductive ecology and roles of mating systems in population divergence and speciation. Biological models include algae, marine plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, using a variety of approaches, from population genetics and phylogeny to experimental ecology and environmental genomics.

 

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Liboureau P, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Kreiner A, Martins N. A novel sexual system in male gametophytes of Laminaria pallida (Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology. 2024:1 - 10. doi:10.1080/09670262.2024.2314487
Tavares AI, Assis J, Larkin PD, et al. Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation speciesAbstract. Scientific Reports. 2023;13(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y
Varela-Álvarez E, Meirmans PG, Guiry MD, Serrão E. Biogeographic Population Structure of Chimeric Blades of Porphyra in the Northeast Atlantic Reveals Southern Rich Gene Pools, Introgression and Cryptic Plasticity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2022;13. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.818368
Tavares AI, Assis J, Patrício AR, et al. Seagrass Connectivity on the West Coast of Africa Supports the Hypothesis of Grazer-Mediated Seed Dispersal. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022;9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.80972110.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00110.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00210.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00310.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00410.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00510.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s00610.3389/fmars.2022.809721.s007
Almeida SC, Neiva J, Sousa F, et al. A low‐latitude species pump: Peripheral isolation, parapatric speciation and mating‐system evolution converge in a marine radiationAbstract. Molecular Ecology. 2022;31(18):4797 - 4817. doi:10.1111/mec.v31.1810.1111/mec.16623
Olivé I, Varela-Álvarez E, Silva J, Serrão E, Santos R. Physiological potential of the chlorophyte Caulerpa prolifera for proliferation across the Mediterranean-Atlantic basins in a warmer ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2021;668:73 - 84. doi:10.3354/meps13719
Varela-Álvarez E, Loureiro J, Meirmans PG, Castro M, Serrão EA. Genomes Vary in Size and Spatial Patterns Within Chimeric Blades of Porphyra spp. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2021;8. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.628183
Bringloe TT, Starko S, Wade RM, et al. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 2020;39(4):281 - 321. doi:10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679
Martins N, Pearson GA, Bernard J, Serrão EA, Bartsch I. Thermal traits for reproduction and recruitment differ between Arctic and Atlantic kelp Laminaria digitata. Zwolicki A, ed. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(6):e0235388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235388
Medrano A, Hereu B, Mariani S, et al. Ecological traits, genetic diversity and regional distribution of the macroalga Treptacantha elegans along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean Sea)Abstract. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76066-6
Mulas M, Neiva J, Sadogurska SS, et al. Genetic Affinities and Biogeography of Putative Levantine-Endemic Seaweed Treptacantha rayssiae (Ramon) M.Mulas, J.Neiva &Á.Israel, comb. nov. (Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie, Algologie. 2020;41(10). doi: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2020v41a10
Neiva J, Serrão EA, Paulino C, et al. Genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic Laminaria digitata (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) reveals a unique range-edge gene pool and suggests post-glacial colonization of the NW Atlantic. European Journal of Phycology. 2020;55(4):517 - 528. doi:10.1080/09670262.2020.1750058
Schoenrock KM, Connor AMO’, Mauger S, et al. Genetic diversity of a marine foundation species, Laminaria hyperborea (Gunnerus) Foslie, along the coast of Ireland. European Journal of Phycology. 2020;55(3):310 - 326. doi:10.1080/09670262.2020.1724338
Assis J, Fragkopoulou E, Frade D, et al. A fine-tuned global distribution dataset of marine forests. Scientific Data. 2020;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0459-x
Bermejo R, Macías M, Sánchez-García F, Love R, Varela-Álvarez E, Hernández I. Influence of irradiance, dissolved nutrients and salinity on the colour and nutritional characteristics of Gracilariopsis longissima (Rhodophyta). Algal Research. 2020;52:102121. doi:10.1016/j.algal.2020.102121
Zubia M, Draisma SGA, Morrissey KLee, Varela-Álvarez E, De Clerck O. Concise review of the genus Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2020;32(1):23 - 39. doi:10.1007/s10811-019-01868-9
Chefaoui RM, Chozas S. Abandonment of traditional saltworks facilitates degradation of halophytic plant communities and Carpobrotus edulis invasion. Applied Vegetation Science. 2019. doi:10.1111/avsc.12436
Varela-Álvarez E, P T, F G, R FG, D S. Phycobiliproteins, nitrogenous compounds and fatty acid contents in field-collected and cultured gametophytes of Porphyra dioica, a red sea vegetable. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2019. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-019-01841-6
Nicastro KR, Assis J, Serrão EA, et al. Congruence between fine-scale genetic breaks and dispersal potential in an estuarine seaweed across multiple transition zonesAbstract. Kaplan D, ed. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 2019;77(1):371 - 378. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz179
Sousa F, Neiva J, Martins N, et al. Increased evolutionary rates and conserved transcriptional response following allopolyploidization in brown algae. Evolution. 2019;73(1):59 - 72. doi:10.1111/evo.2019.73.issue-110.1111/evo.13645
Aires T, Muyzer G, Serrão EA, Engelen AH. Seaweed Loads Cause Stronger Bacterial Community Shifts in Coastal Lagoon Sediments Than Nutrient. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019;9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.03283
Basto MN, Nicastro KR, Tavares AI, et al. Plastic ingestion in aquatic birds in Portugal. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2019;138:19 - 24. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.024
Martins N, Pearson GA, Gouveia L, Tavares AI, Serrão EA, Bartsch I. Hybrid vigour for thermal tolerance in hybrids between the allopatric kelps Laminaria digitata and L. pallida (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) with contrasting thermal affinities. European Journal of Phycology. 2019;54(4):548 - 561. doi:10.1080/09670262.2019.1613571
Pearson GA, Martins N, Madeira P, Serrão EA, Bartsch I. Sex-dependent and -independent transcriptional changes during haploid phase gametogenesis in the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima. O. Anderson R, ed. PLOS ONE. 2019;14(9):e0219723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219723
Tavares AI, Nicastro KR, Kolzenburg R, Ragazzola F, Jacinto R, Zardi GI. Isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite markers for the red alga Corallina officinalis. Molecular Biology Reports. 2018;45(6):2791 - 2794. doi:10.1007/s11033-018-4353-y
Buonomo R, Chefaoui RM, Lacida RBermejo, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Airoldi L. Predicted extinction of unique genetic diversity in marine forests of Cystoseira spp. Marine Environmental Research. 2018.
Varela-Álvarez E, Loureiro J, Paulino C, Serrão EA. Polyploid lineages in the genus Porphyra. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26796-5
Chefaoui RM, Varela-Álvarez E. Niche conservatism and spread of seaweed invasive lineages with different residence time in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 2018;20(2):423 - 435. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1544-8
Neiva J, Paulino C, Nielsen MM, et al. Glacial vicariance drives phylogeographic diversification in the amphi-boreal kelp Saccharina latissima. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19620-7
Bermejo R, Chefaoui RM, Engelen AH, et al. Marine forests of the Mediterranean-Atlantic Cystoseira tamariscifolia complex show a southern Iberian genetic hotspot and no reproductive isolation in parapatry. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28811-1
Chefaoui RM, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. Global Change Biology. 2018. doi:10.1111/gcb.14401
Assis J, Araújo MB, Serrão EA. Projected climate changes threaten ancient refugia of kelp forests in the North Atlantic. Global Change Biology. 2018;24(1):e55 - e66. doi:10.1111/gcb.13818
Chefaoui RM, Hosseinzadeh MSadat, Mashayekhi M, Safaei-Mahroo B, Kazemi SMahdi. Identifying suitable habitats and current conservation status of a rare and elusive reptile in Iran. Amphibia-Reptilia. 2018. doi:10.1163/15685381-17000185
Buonomo R, Chefaoui RM, Lacida RBermejo, Engelen AH. Predicted extinction of unique genetic diversity in marine forests of Cystoseira spp. Marine Environmental Research. 2018.
Chefaoui RM, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. Palaeoclimatic conditions in the Mediterranean explain genetic diversity of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Scientific Reports. 2017;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03006-2
Alexandre A, Silva J, Ferreira R, Paulo D, Serrão EA, Santos R. First description of seagrass distribution and abundance in São Tomé and Príncipe. Aquatic Botany. 2017;142:48 - 52. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.06.008
Pereira TR, Engelen AH, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Population dynamics of temperate kelp forests near their low-latitude limit. Aquatic Botany. 2017;139:8 - 18. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.02.006
Chefaoui RM, Serrão EA. Accounting for uncertainty in predictions of a marine species: Integrating population genetics to verify past distributions. Ecological Modelling. 2017;359:229 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.006
A A, J S, R F, D P, Serrão EA, R S. First description of seagrass distribution and abundance in São Tomé and Príncipe. Aquatic Botany. 2017;142:48-52.
Chefaoui RM, Serrão EA. Accounting for uncertainty in predictions of a marine species: Integrating population genetics to verify past distributions. Ecological Modelling. 2017;359:229 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.006
Whitaker SG, Fong DR, Neiva J, Serrão EA, Anderson LM, Raimondi PT. Distribution and genetic structure of Fucus distichus Linnaeus 1953 (formerly F. gardneri) within Central San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 2017;15.
Almeida SC, Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Reproductive strategies and population genetic structure of Fucus spp . across a northeast Atlantic biogeographic transition. Aquatic Living Resources. 2017;30:16. doi:10.1051/alr/2017012
Assis J, Tyberghein L, Bosch S, Verbruggen H, Serrão EA, De Clerck O. Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2017. doi:10.1111/geb.12693
Varela-Álvarez E, Balau AC, Paulino C, Berecibar E, Pearson GA, Serrão EA. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis. Plant Genetic Resources. 2017:1 - 4. doi:10.1017/S147926211700034X
Martínez-Garrido J, Bermejo R, Serrão EA, Sánchez-Lizaso JM, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Regional Genetic Structure in the Aquatic Macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa Suggests Dispersal by Waterbirds. Estuaries and Coasts. 2017;40(6):1705-1716.
Varela-Álvarez E, Paulino C, Serrão EA. Development and characterization of twelve microsatellite markers for Porphyra linearis Greville. Genetica. 2017;(145):127–130; Pub online: Nov 2016. doi:10.1007/s10709-016-9941-y
Martínez-Garrido J, Bermejo R, Serrão EA, Sánchez-Lizaso JL, González-Wangüemert M. Regional Genetic Structure in the Aquatic Macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa Suggests Dispersal by Waterbirds. Estuaries and Coasts. 2017;40(6):1705-1716. doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0247-9
Weydmann A, Przyłucka A, Lubośny M, et al. Mitochondrial genomes of the key zooplankton copepods Arctic Calanus glacialis and North Atlantic Calanus finmarchicus with the longest crustacean non-coding regions. Scientific Reports. 2017;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13807-0
Assis J, Berecibar E, Claro B, et al. Major shifts at the range edge of marine forests: the combined effects of climate changes and limited dispersal. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:44348. doi:10.1038/srep44348
Pilczynska J, Cocito S, Boavida J, Serrão EA, Queiroga H. High genetic differentiation of red gorgonian populations from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology Research. 2017;13(8):854 - 861. doi:10.1080/17451000.2017.1312005
Chozas S, Chefaoui RM, Correia O, Bonal R, Hortal J. Environmental niche divergence among three dune shrub sister species with parapatric distributions. Annals of Botany. 2017. doi:10.1093/aob/mcx004
Neiva J, Serrão EA, Anderson L, et al. Cryptic diversity, geographical endemism and allopolyploidy in NE Pacific seaweeds. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2017;17(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0878-2
Arnaud-Haond S, Aires T, Candeias R, et al. Entangled fates of holobiont genomes during invasion: nested bacterial and host diversities in Caulerpa taxifolia. Molecular Ecology. 2017;26(8):2379 - 2391. doi:10.1111/mec.14030
Weydmann A, Przyłucka A, Lubośny M, et al. Postglacial expansion of the Arctic keystone copepod Calanus glacialis. Marine Biodiversity. 2017. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0774-4
Madeira PM, Chefaoui RM, Cunha RL, et al. High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc. PeerJ. 2017;5:e3069. doi:10.7717/peerj.3069/supp-4
Greff S, Aires T, Serrão EA, Engelen AH, Thomas OP, Pérez T. The interaction between the proliferating macroalga Asparagopsis taxiformis and the coral Astroides calycularis induces changes in microbiome and metabolomic fingerprints. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:42625. doi:10.1038/srep42625
Whitaker SG, Fong DR, Neiva J, Serrão EA, Anderson LM, Raimondi PT. Distribution and Genetic Structure of Fucus distichus Linnaeus 1953 (formerly F. gardneri) within Central San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 2017;15(3). doi:10.15447/sfews.2017v15iss3art4
Lourenço CR, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD, et al. Evidence for rangewide panmixia despite multiple barriers to dispersal in a marine mussel. Scientific Reports. 2017;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10753-9
Martins N, Tanttu H, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Bartsch I. Interactions of daylength, temperature and nutrients affect thresholds for life stage transitions in the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae). Botanica Marina. 2017;60(2). doi:10.1515/bot-2016-0094
Monteiro C, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Nicastro KR. Canopy microclimate modification in central and marginal populations of a marine macroalga. Marine Biodiversity. 2017. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0824-y
Chefaoui RM, Casado-Amezúa P, Templado J. Environmental drivers of distribution and reef development of the Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa. Coral Reefs. 2017. doi:10.1007/s00338-017-1611-8
Martínez-Garrido J, Creed JC, Martins S, Almada CH, Serrão EA. First record of Ruppia maritima in West Africa supported by morphological description and phylogenetic classificationAbstract. Botanica Marina. 2017;60(5). doi:10.1515/bot-2016-0128
Solomon FN, Rodrigues D, Gonçalves EJ, Serrão EA, Borges R. Larval development and allometric growth of the black-faced blenny Tripterygion delaisi. Journal of Fish Biology. 2017;90(6):2239 - 2254. doi:10.1111/jfb.13286
Martínez-Garrido J, Bermejo R, Serrão EA, Sánchez-Lizaso J, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Regional Genetic Structure in the Aquatic Macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa Suggests Dispersal by Waterbirds. Estuaries and Coasts. 2017;40(6):1705 - 1716. doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0247-9
Vieira C, Engelen AH, Guentas L, et al. Species Specificity of Bacteria Associated to the Brown Seaweeds Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and Their Potential for Induction of Rapid Coral Bleaching in Acropora muricata. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00316
Saada G, Nicastro KR, Jacinto R, et al. Taking the heat: distinct vulnerability to thermal stress of central and threatened peripheral lineages of a marine macroalga. Schoeman D, ed. Diversity and Distributions. 2016;22(10):1060 - 1068. doi:10.1111/ddi.2016.22.issue-1010.1111/ddi.12474
Pilczynska J, Cocito S, Boavida J, Serrão EA, Queiroga H. Genetic Diversity and Local Connectivity in the Mediterranean Red Gorgonian Coral after Mass Mortality Events. Zane L, ed. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(3):e0150590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150590.s003
Monteiro CA, Paulino C, Jacinto R, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Temporal windows of reproductive opportunity reinforce species barriers in a marine broadcast spawning assemblage. Scientific Reports. 2016;6:29198. doi:10.1038/srep29198
Klein M, Teixeira S, Assis J, Serrão EA, Gonçalves EJ, Borges R. High Interannual Variability in Connectivity and Genetic Pool of a Temperate Clingfish Matches Oceanographic Transport Predictions. Patterson HM, ed. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(12):e0165881. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165881.s006
Assis J, Lucas AVaz, Bárbara I, Serrão EA. Future climate change is predicted to shift long-term persistence zones in the cold-temperate kelp Laminaria hyperborea. Mar Environ Res. 2016;113:174-82. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.11.005
Chefaoui RM, Assis J, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. Large-Scale Prediction of Seagrass Distribution Integrating Landscape Metrics and Environmental Factors: The Case of Cymodocea nodosa (Mediterranean–Atlantic). Estuaries and Coasts. 2016;39(1):123 - 137. doi:10.1007/s12237-015-9966-y
Lourenço CR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, et al. Upwelling areas as climate change refugia for the distribution and genetic diversity of a marine macroalga. Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(8):1595 - 1607. doi:10.1111/jbi.2016.43.issue-810.1111/jbi.12744
Boavida J, Paulo D, Aurelle D, et al. A Well-Kept Treasure at Depth: Precious Red Coral Rediscovered in Atlantic Deep Coral Gardens (SW Portugal) after 300 Years. Pronzato R, ed. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(1):e0147228. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147228.s005
Segovia-Viadero M, Serrão EA, Canteras-Jordana JC, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Do hatchery-reared sea urchins pose a threat to genetic diversity in wild populations?. Heredity (Edinb). 2016;116(4):378-83. doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.109
Assis J, Lucas AVaz, Bárbara I, Serrão EA. Future climate change is predicted to shift long-term persistence zones in the cold-temperate kelp Laminaria hyperborea. Marine Environmental Research. 2016;113:174 - 182. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.11.005
Neiva J, Serrão EA, Assis J, et al. Seaweed Phylogeographyclimate Oscillations, Range Shifts And Phylogeographic Patterns Of North Atlantic Fucaceae. (Hu Z-M, Fraser C, eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2016:279 - 308. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7534-2_11
boavida J, assis J, silva I, Serrão EA. Overlooked habitat of a vulnerable gorgonian revealed in the Mediterranean and Atlantic by Ecological Niche Modelling. Scientific Reports. 2016.
Segovia-Viadero M, Serrão EA, Canteras-Jordana JC, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Do hatchery-reared sea urchins pose a threat to genetic diversity in wild populations?. Heredity. 2016;116(4):378 - 383. doi:10.1038/hdy.2015.109
Boavida J, Paulo D, Aurelle D, et al. A Well-Kept Treasure at Depth: Precious Red Coral Rediscovered in Atlantic Deep Coral Gardens (SW Portugal) after 300 Years. PLoS One. 2016;11(1):e0147228. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147228
Van Beveren E, Klein M, Serrão EA, Gonçalves EJ, Borges R. Early life history of larvae and early juvenile Atlantic horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus off the Portuguese west coast. Fisheries Research. 2016;183:111 - 118. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2016.05.018
Martínez-Garrido J, Serrão EA, Engelen AH, Cox CJ, García-Murillo P, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Multilocus genetic analyses provide insight into speciation and hybridization in aquatic grasses, genus Ruppia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016;117(2):177-191. doi:10.1111/bij.12666
Monteiro CA, Paulino C, Jacinto R, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Temporal windows of reproductive opportunity reinforce species barriers in a marine broadcast spawning assemblage. Sci Rep. 2016;6:29198. doi:10.1038/srep29198
Nielsen MMøller, Paulino C, Neiva J, Krause-Jensen D, Bruhn A, Serrão EA. Genetic diversity of Saccharina latissima (Phaeophyceae) along a salinity gradient in the North Sea-Baltic Sea transition zone. Lane C, ed. Journal of Phycology. 2016;52(4):523 - 531. doi:10.1111/jpy.2016.52.issue-410.1111/jpy.12428
Martínez-Garrido J, Serrão EA, Engelen AH, Cox CJ, García-Murillo P, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Multilocus genetic analyses provide insight into speciation and hybridization in aquatic grasses, genus Ruppia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016;117(2):177-191.
Pilczynska J, Cocito S, Boavida J, Serrão EA, Queiroga H. Genetic Diversity and Local Connectivity in the Mediterranean Red Gorgonian Coral after Mass Mortality Events. PLoS One. 2016;11(3):e0150590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150590
Paulino C, Neiva J, Coelho NC, et al. Characterization of 12 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2016;28(5):3071 - 3074. doi:10.1007/s10811-016-0811-x
C Fernández G, Paulo D, Serrão EA, Engelen AH. Limited differences in fish and benthic communities and possible cascading effects inside and outside a protected marine area in Sagres (SW Portugal). Mar Environ Res. 2016;114:12-23. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.12.003
Chefaoui RM, Chozas S, Correia O, Santos AMargarida, Hortal J. Using niche models of indicator species to predict the distribution of xerophytic shrub dune communities. Web Ecology. 2016;16:47.
Buonomo R, Assis J, Fernandes F, Engelen AH, Airoldi L, Serrão EA. Habitat continuity and stepping-stone oceanographic distances explain population genetic connectivity of the brown alga Cystoseira amentacea. Molecular Ecology. 2016. doi:10.1111/mec.13960
Aires T. Host and Environmental Specificity in Bacterial Communities Associated to Two Highly Invasive Marine Species (Genus Asparagopsis). Serrão EA, ed. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;7(559).
Large-Scale Prediction of Seagrass Distribution Integrating Landscape Metrics and Environmental Factors: The Case of Cymodocea nodosa (Mediterranean–Atlantic). Estuaries and Coasts. 2016;39(1).
Teixeira S, Pearson GA, Candeias R, Madeira C, Valero M, Serrão EA. Lack of fine-scale genetic structure and distant mating in natural populations of Fucus vesiculosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2016;544:131 - 142. doi:10.3354/meps11607
Martínez-Garrido J, Serrão EA, Engelen AH, Cox CJ, García-Murillo P, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M. Multilocus genetic analyses provide insight into speciation and hybridization in aquatic grasses, genus Ruppia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2016;117(2):177 - 191. doi:10.1111/bij.12666
Neiva J, Serrão EA, Assis J, et al. Seaweed PhylogeographyClimate Oscillations, Range Shifts and Phylogeographic Patterns of North Atlantic Fucaceae. In: Hu Z-M, Fraser C, eds. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2016:279 - 308. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-7534-210.1007/978-94-017-7534-2_11
Aires T, Serrão EA, Engelen AH. Host and Environmental Specificity in Bacterial Communities Associated to Two Highly Invasive Marine Species (Genus Asparagopsis). Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00559
Leitão F, Baptista V, Chícharo A, Hughes SJane, Vieira V, Chícharo L. The role of environmental and fisheries multi-controls in white seabream (Diplodus sargus) artisanal fisheries in Portuguese coast. Regional Environmental Change. 2016;16(1):163 - 176. doi:10.1007/s10113-014-0726-5
Assis J, Coelho NCastilho, Lamy T, Valero M, Alberto F, Serrão EA. Deep reefs are climatic refugia for genetic diversity of marine forests. Journal of Biogeography. 2016;43(4):833 - 844. doi:10.1111/jbi.12677
Engelen AH, Costa J, Bermejo R, Marba N, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. A population genetics toolbox for the threatened canopy-forming brown seaweeds Cystoseira tamariscifolia and C. amentacea (Fucales, Sargassaceae). Journal of Applied Phycology. 2016. doi:10.1007/s10811-016-0964-7
Custódio L, Laukaityte S, Engelen AH, et al. A comparative evaluation of biological activities and bioactive compounds of the seagrasses Zostera marina and Zostera noltei from southern Portugal. Natural Product Research. 2016;30(6):724 - 728. doi:10.1080/14786419.2015.1040791
Boavida J, Assis J, Reed J, Serrão EA, Gonçalves JMS. Comparison of small remotely operated vehicles and diver-operated video of circalittoral benthos. Hydrobiologia. 2016;766(1):247 - 260. doi:10.1007/s10750-015-2459-y
Creed JC, Engelen AH, D´Oliveira EC, Bandeira S, Serrão EA. First record of seagrass in Cape Verde, eastern Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity Records. 2016;9(1). doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0067-9
Boavida J, Assis J, Silva I, Serrão EA. Overlooked habitat of a vulnerable gorgonian revealed in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic by ecological niche modelling. Scientific Reports. 2016;6(1). doi:10.1038/srep36460
Johansson ML, Alberto F, Reed DC, et al. Seascape drivers of Macrocystis pyrifera population genetic structure in the northeast Pacific. Mol Ecol. 2015;24(19):4866-85. doi:10.1111/mec.13371
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Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, Serrão EA, Jacinto R, Monteiro CA, Pearson GA. Closer to the rear edge: ecology and genetic diversity down the core-edge gradient of a marine macroalga. Ecosphere. 2015;6(2):art23. doi:10.1890/ES14-00460.1
Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD, et al. Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition. BMC Evol Biol. 2015;15:100. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0366-5
Neiva J, Assis J, Coelho NC, Fernandes F. Genes Left Behind: Climate Change Threatens Cryptic Genetic Diversity in the Canopy-Forming Seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata. PLOS ONE. 2015;10(7):e0131530. doi:journal.pone.013153010.1371
Pereira TR, Engelen AH, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Contrasting timing of life stages across latitudes – a case study of a marine forest-forming species. European Journal of Phycology. 2015;50(3):361 - 369. doi:10.1080/09670262.2015.1064167
Pereira TR, Engelen AH, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Response of kelps from different latitudes to consecutive heat shock. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2015;463:57 - 62. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2014.10.022
Mineur F, Arenas F, Assis J, et al. European seaweeds under pressure: Consequences for communities and ecosystem functioning. Journal of Sea Research. 2015;98:91 - 108. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2014.11.004
Mota CF, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Some don't like it hot: microhabitat-dependent thermal and water stresses in a trailing edge population. Watling J, ed. Functional Ecology. 2015;29(5):640 - 649. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12373
Pearson GA, Lago-Lestón A, Cánovas F, et al. Metatranscriptomes reveal functional variation in diatom communities from the Antarctic Peninsula. The ISME Journal. 2015;9(10):2275 - 2289. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.40
Aires T, Moalic Y, Serrão EA, Arnaud-Haond S. Hologenome theory supported by cooccurrence networks of species-specific bacterial communities in siphonous algae ( Caulerpa ). Marchesi J, ed. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2015;91(7):fiv067. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv067
Ramos AA, Weydmann A, Cox CJ, Canario AVM, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. A transcriptome resource for the copepod Calanus glacialis across a range of culture temperatures. Marine Genomics. 2015;23:27 - 29. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.03.014
Monteiro CA, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Reproductive investment, synchrony and recruitment success in marine broadcast spawners: Effects of mating system and habitat (exposed shore versus estuary). Marine Environmental Research. 2015;112:33 - 39. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.001
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Monteiro CA, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Reproductive investment, synchrony and recruitment success in marine broadcast spawners: Effects of mating system and habitat (exposed shore versus estuary). Mar Environ Res. 2015;112(Pt B):33-9. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.001
Pearson GA, Lago-Lestón A, Cánovas F, et al. Metatranscriptomes reveal functional variation in diatom communities from the Antarctic Peninsula. ISME J. 2015;9(10):2275-89. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.40
Varela-Álvarez E, Balau AC, Marba N, Afonso-Carrillo J, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. Genetic diversity and biogeographical patterns of Caulerpa prolifera across the Mediterranean and Mediterranean/Atlantic transition zone. Marine Biology. 2015;162(3):557 - 569. doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2605-5
Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, McQuaid CD, et al. Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2015;15(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0366-5
Aires T, Moalic Y, Serrão EA, Arnaud-Haond S. Hologenome theory supported by cooccurrence networks of species-specific bacterial communities in siphonous algae (Caulerpa). FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2015;91(7). doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv067
Candeias R, Casado-Amezúa P, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Teixeira S. Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. BMC Res Notes. 2015;8:73. doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1035-x
Assis J, Zupan M, Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Serrão EA. Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores. Eklöv P, ed. PLOS ONE. 2015;10(6):e0128124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128124.s003
Ramos AA, Weydmann A, Cox CJ, Canario AVM, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. A transcriptome resource for the copepod Calanus glacialis across a range of culture temperatures. Mar Genomics. 2015;23:27-9. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.03.014
Martins MJoão F, Lago-Lestón A, Anjos A, et al. A transcriptome resource for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) exposed to short-term stress. Mar Genomics. 2015;23:45-7. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.04.008
Valente S, Serrão EA, González-Wangüemert M. West versus East Mediterranean Sea: origin and genetic differentiation of the sea cucumber Holothuria polii. Marine Ecology. 2015;36(3):485 - 495. doi:10.1111/maec.12156
Assis J, Zupan M, Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Serrão EA. Oceanographic Conditions Limit the Spread of a Marine Invader along Southern African Shores. PLoS One. 2015;10(6):e0128124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128124
Lourenço CR, Nicastro KR, Serrão EA, Castilho R, Zardi GI. Behind the mask: cryptic genetic diversity of Mytilus galloprovincialis along southern European and northern African shores. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2015;81(3):380 - 387. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv004
Araújo R, Serrão EA, Sousa-Pinto I, et al. Trade-offs between life-history traits at range-edge and central locations. J Phycol. 2015;51(4):808-18. doi:10.1111/jpy.12321
Candeias R, Casado-Amezúa P, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Teixeira S. Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. BMC Research Notes. 2015;8(1):73. doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1035-x
Vieira V, Oppliger LValeria, Engelen AH, Correa JA. A New Method to Quantify and Compare the Multiple Components of Fitness—A Study Case with Kelp Niche Partition by Divergent Microstage Adaptations to Temperature. Krkosek M, ed. PLOS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0119670. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.011967010.1371/journal.pone.0119670.g00110.1371/journal.pone.0119670.g00210.1371/journal.pone.0119670.g003
Martínez-Garrido J, González-Wangüemert M, Serrão EA. New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome. 2014;57(1):57 - 59. doi:10.1139/gen-2013-0186
Martínez-Garrido J, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M, Serrão EA. New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome. 2014;57(1):57-59. doi:10.1139/gen-2013-0186
Chefaoui RM. Landscape metrics as indicators of coastal morphology: A multi-scale approach. Ecological Indicators. 2014;45:139 - 147. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.004
Martínez-Garrido J, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M, Serrão EA. New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome. 2014;57(1):57-59.
Assis J, Serrão EA, Claro B, Perrin C, Pearson GA. Climate-driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga. Mol Ecol. 2014;23(11):2797-810. doi:10.1111/mec.12772
Neiva J, Assis J, Fernandes F, Pearson GA, Serrão EA. Species distribution models and mitochondrial DNA phylogeography suggest an extensive biogeographical shift in the high-intertidal seaweed Pelvetia canaliculata. Maggs C, ed. Journal of Biogeography. 2014;41(6):1137 - 1148. doi:10.1111/jbi.2014.41.issue-610.1111/jbi.12278
Martínez-Garrido J, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M, Serrão EA. New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome. 2014;57(1):57-59.
Martínez-Garrido J, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M, Serrão EA. New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome. 2014;57(1):57-9. doi:10.1139/gen-2013-0186
Arnaud-Haond S, Moalic Y, Hernández-García E, et al. Disentangling the Influence of Mutation and Migration in Clonal Seagrasses Using the Genetic Diversity Spectrum for Microsatellites. J Hered. 2014. doi:10.1093/jhered/esu015
Oliva S, Romero J, Pérez M, et al. Reproductive strategies and isolation-by-demography in a marine clonal plant along an eutrophication gradient. Mol Ecol. 2014;23(23):5698-711. doi:10.1111/mec.12973
Cunha RL, Nicastro KR, Costa J, McQuaid CD, Serrão EA, Zardi GI. Wider sampling reveals a non-sister relationship for geographically contiguous lineages of a marine mussel. Ecol Evol. 2014;4(11):2070-81. doi:10.1002/ece3.1033
Teixeira S, Olu K, Decker C, et al. High connectivity across the fragmented chemosynthetic ecosystems of the deep Atlantic Equatorial Belt: efficient dispersal mechanisms or questionable endemism?. Mol Ecol. 2013;22(18):4663-80. doi:10.1111/mec.12419
Engelen AH, Primo AL, Cruz T, Santos R. Faunal differences between the invasive brown macroalga Sargassum muticum and competing native macroalgae. Biological Invasions. 2013;15(1):171 - 183. doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0276-z
Johansson ML, Raimondi PT, Reed DC, Coelho NC, Serrão EA, Alberto FA. Looking into the black box: simulating the role of self-fertilization and mortality in the genetic structure of Macrocystis pyrifera. Mol Ecol. 2013;22(19):4842-54. doi:10.1111/mec.12444
Assis J, Coelho NCastilho, Alberto F, et al. High and distinct range-edge genetic diversity despite local bottlenecks. PLoS One. 2013;8(7):e68646. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068646
Hübner K, Gonzalez-Wangüemert M, Diekmann OE, Serrão EA. Genetic evidence for polygynandry in the black-striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster: a microsatellite-based parentage analysis. J Hered. 2013;104(6):791-7. doi:10.1093/jhered/est049
Massa SI, Paulino CM, Serrão EA, Duarte CM, Arnaud-Haond S. Entangled effects of allelic and clonal (genotypic) richness in the resistance and resilience of experimental populations of the seagrass Zostera noltii to diatom invasion. BMC Ecol. 2013;13:39. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-39
Assis J, Claro B, Ramos AA, Boavida J, Serrão EA. Performing fish counts with a wide-angle camera, a promising approach reducing divers' limitations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2013;445:93 - 98. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2013.04.007
Cunha AH, Assis JF, Serrão EA. Seagrasses in Portugal: A most endangered marine habitat. Aquatic Botany. 2013;104:193 - 203. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.08.007
Serrão EA, Alberto F, Assis J, et al. Extant or Extinct Tipping Points - Range Edge Populations as Evolutionary Hotspots. In: Phycologia. Phycologia. ; 2013. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/0031-8884-52.sp4.1
Aires T, Serrão EA, Kendrick G, Duarte CM, Arnaud-Haond S. Invasion Is a Community Affair: Clandestine Followers in the Bacterial Community Associated to Green Algae, Caulerpa racemosa, Track the Invasion Source. Verbruggen H, ed. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(7):e68429. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068429.s007
Cunha A, Varela-Álvarez E, Paulo D, Sousa I, Serrão EA. The rediscovery of Caulerpa prolifera in Ria Formosa, Portugal, 60 years after the previous record. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 2013;54.
Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, Teixeira S, Neiva J, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Shift happens: trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus. BMC Biol. 2013;11:6. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-11-6
Yun HYoung, Engelen AH, Santos R, Molis M. Water-Borne Cues of a Non-Indigenous Seaweed Mediate Grazer-Deterrent Responses in Native Seaweeds, but Not Vice Versa. Heil M, ed. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e38804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.003880410.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00110.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00210.1371/journal.pone.0038804.g00310.1371/journal.pone.0038804.t00110.1371/journal.pone.0038804.t002
Varela-Álvarez E, Garreta AGómez, Lluch JRull, Soler NSalvador, Serrão EA, Siguán MAntonia Ri. Mediterranean Species of Caulerpa Are Polyploid with Smaller Genomes in the Invasive Ones. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(10):e47728. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047728.t003
Arnaud-Haond S, Duarte CM, Diaz-Almela E, Marba N, Sintes T, Serrão EA. Implications of extreme life span in clonal organisms: millenary clones in meadows of the threatened seagrass Posidonia oceanica. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e30454. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030454
Diekmann OE, Serrão EA. Range-edge genetic diversity: locally poor extant southern patches maintain a regionally diverse hotspot in the seagrass Zostera marina. Mol Ecol. 2012;21(7):1647-57. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05500.x
Neiva J, Hansen GI, Pearson GA, Van De Vliet MS, Maggs CA, Serrão EA. Fucus cottonii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) is not a single genetic entity but a convergent salt-marsh morphotype with multiple independent origins. European Journal of Phycology. 2012;47(4):461 - 468. doi:10.1080/09670262.2012.736536
Monteiro CA, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Prezygotic barriers to hybridization in marine broadcast spawners: reproductive timing and mating system variation. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e35978. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035978
Neiva J, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Drifting fronds and drifting alleles: range dynamics, local dispersal and habitat isolation shape the population structure of the estuarine seaweed Fucus ceranoides. Journal of Biogeography. 2012;39(6):1167 - 1178. doi:10.1111/jbi.2012.39.issue-610.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02670.x
Coelho NC, Zardi GI, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Nicastro KR. Characterization of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intertidal mussel Perna perna, and cross species amplification within the genus. BMC Res Notes. 2012;5:558. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-558
Neiva J, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Fine-scale genetic breaks driven by historical range dynamics and ongoing density-barrier effects in the estuarine seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2012;12(1):78. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-78
Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Pearson GA, Serrão EA. Love thy neighbour: group properties of gaping behaviour in mussel aggregations. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e47382. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047382
Aires T, Marba N, Serrão EA, Duarte CM, Arnaud-Haond S. SELECTIVE ELIMINATION OF CHLOROPLASTIDIAL DNA FOR METAGENOMICS OF BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREEN ALGA CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA (BRYOPSIDOPHYCEAE)(1). J Phycol. 2012;48(2):483-90. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01124.x
Monteiro CA, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Prezygotic Barriers to Hybridization in Marine Broadcast Spawners: Reproductive Timing and Mating System Variation. Etges WJ, ed. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(4):e35978. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035978.g008
A Masucci P, Arnaud-Haond S, Eguíluz VM, Hernández-García E, Serrão EA. Genetic flow directionality and geographical segregation in a Cymodocea nodosa genetic diversity network. EPJ Data Science. 2012;1(1). doi:10.1140/epjds11
Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Costa JF, et al. Evolution and diversification within the intertidal brown macroalgae Fucus spiralis/F. vesiculosus species complex in the North Atlantic. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011;58(2):283-96. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.015
Moalic Y, Arnaud-Haond S, Perrin C, Pearson GA, Serrão EA. Travelling in time with networks: Revealing present day hybridization versus ancestral polymorphism between two species of brown algae, Fucus vesiculosus and F. spiralis. BMC Evol Biol. 2011;11:33. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-33
Alberto F, Raimondi PT, Reed DC, et al. Isolation by oceanographic distance explains genetic structure for Macrocystis pyrifera in the Santa Barbara Channel. Mol Ecol. 2011;20(12):2543-54. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05117.x
Chefaoui RM. thesis abstract: Applying species distribution modeling for the conservation of Iberian protected invertebrates. Frontiers of Biogeography. 2011;3.
Varela-Álvarez E, Glenn TC, Serrão EA, et al. Dinucleotide microsatellite markers in the genus Caulerpa. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2011;23(4):715 - 719. doi:10.1007/s10811-010-9568-9
Chefaoui RM, Lobo JM, Hortal J. Effects of species’ traits and data characteristics on distribution models of threatened invertebrates. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 2011;34:229–247.
Zardi GI, Nicastro KR, Cánovas F, Costa JFerreira, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Adaptive traits are maintained on steep selective gradients despite gene flow and hybridization in the intertidal zone. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e19402. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019402
Massa SI, Pearson GA, Aires T, et al. Expressed sequence tags from heat-shocked seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornemann) from its southern distribution range. Mar Genomics. 2011;4(3):181-8. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2011.04.003
Cánovas F, Mota CF, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. Driving south: a multi-gene phylogeny of the brown algal family Fucaceae reveals relationships and recent drivers of a marine radiation. BMC Evol Biol. 2011;11:371. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-371
Varela-Álvarez E, Rindi F, Cavas L, Serrão EA, Duarte CM, Nuria M. Molecular identification of the tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea from Turkey. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 2011;52.
Varela-Álvarez E, Rindi F, Cavas L, Serrão EA, Duarte CM, Marbà N. Molecular identification of Halophila stipulacea from Turkey. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 2011;52.
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Chefaoui RM. Modelos predictivos aplicados a la conservación de invertebrados protegidos ibero-baleares. 2010.
Neiva J, Pearson GA, Valero M, Serrão EA. Surfing the wave on a borrowed board: range expansion and spread of introgressed organellar genomes in the seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. Molecular Ecology. 2010;19(21):4812 - 4822. doi:10.1111/mec.2010.19.issue-2110.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04853.x
Pearson GA, Hoarau G, Lago-Lestón A, et al. An expressed sequence tag analysis of the intertidal brown seaweeds Fucus serratus (L.) and F. vesiculosus (L.) (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae) in response to abiotic stressors. Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2010;12(2):195-213. doi:10.1007/s10126-009-9208-z
VAN DE Vliet MS, Diekmann OE, Serrão EA, Beja P. Isolation of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for a species with a large genome size: sharp-ribbed salamander (Pleurodeles waltl). Mol Ecol Resour. 2009;9(1):425-8. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02436.x
Almany GR, DE Arruda MP, Arthofer W, et al. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009. Mol Ecol Resour. 2009;9(6):1460-6. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02759.x
Assis J, Tavares D, Tavares J, Cunha A, Alberto F, Serrão EA. Findkelp, a GIS-based community participation project to assess Portuguese kelp conservation status. Journal of Coastal Research. 2009;3:1469–1473. doi:10.2307/25738033
Alberto F, Whitmer A, Coelho NC, et al. Microsatellite markers for the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Conservation Genetics. 2009;10(6):1915 - 1917. doi:10.1007/s10592-009-9853-9
Cunha AH, Assis JF, Serrão EA. Estimation of available seagrass meadow area in Portugal for transplanting purposes. Journal of Coastal Research. 2009;56:1100–1104. http://ccmar.ualg.pt/maree/pdf/cunhaetalICS2009.pdf.
Monteiro CA, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Santos R. HABITAT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION OF THE INVASIVE ALGA SARGASSUM MUTICUM (PHAEOPHYTA, SARGASSACEAE) OVER TIDAL AND LUNAR CYCLES(1). J Phycol. 2009;45(1):1-7. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00619.x
Chefaoui RM, Lobo JM. Assessing the effects of pseudo-absences on predictive distribution model performance. Ecological modelling. 2008;210:478–486.
Engelen AH, Espirito-Santo C, Simões T, et al. Periodicity of propagule expulsion and settlement in the competing native and invasive brown seaweeds, Cystoseira humilis and Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta). European Journal of Phycology. 2008;43(3):275 - 282. doi:10.1080/09670260801979279
Varela-Álvarez E, Stengel DB, Guiry MD. SEASONAL GROWTH AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATION IN PORPHYRA LINEARIS (RHODOPHYTA) POPULATIONS ON THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND. Journal of Phycology. 2007;43(1):90 - 100. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00300.x
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Arnaud-Haond S, Duarte CM, Alberto F, Serrão EA. Standardizing methods to address clonality in population studies. Mol Ecol. 2007;16(24):5115-39. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03535.x
Varela-Álvarez E, Andreakis N, Lago-Lestón A, et al. GENOMIC DNA ISOLATION FROM GREEN AND BROWN ALGAE (CAULERPALES AND FUCALES) FOR MICROSATELLITE LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION1. Journal of Phycology. 2006;42(3):741 - 745. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00218.x
Pearson GA, Serrão EA. Revisiting synchronous gamete release by fucoid algae in the intertidal zone: fertilization success and beyond?. Integr Comp Biol. 2006;46(5):587-97. doi:10.1093/icb/icl030
Neiva J, Coelho R, Erzini K. Feeding habits of the velvet belly lanternshark Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae) off the Algarve, southern Portugal. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 2006;86(04):835. doi:10.1017/S0025315406013762
Engel CR, Daguin C, Serrão EA. When is a hybrid a hybrid? A counter-reply to Wallace et al. Mol Ecol. 2006;15(11):3481-2. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02979.x
Arnaud-Haond S, Teixeira S, Massa SI, et al. Genetic structure at range edge: low diversity and high inbreeding in Southeast Asian mangrove (Avicennia marina) populations. Mol Ecol. 2006;15(12):3515-25. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02997.x
Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Stam WT, Olsen JL. Convergent adaptation to a marginal habitat by homoploid hybrids and polyploid ecads in the seaweed genus Fucus. Biol Lett. 2006;2(3):405-8. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0489
Alexandre A, Cabaço S, Santos R, Serrão EA. Timing and success of reproductive stages in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany. 2006;85(3):219 - 223. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.05.002
James TY, Kauff F, Schoch CL, et al. Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny. Nature. 2006;443(7113):818 - 822. doi:10.1038/nature05110
Tatarenkov A, Bergström L, Jönsson RB, Serrão EA, Kautsky L, Johannesson K. Intriguing asexual life in marginal populations of the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. Mol Ecol. 2005;14(2):647-51. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02425.x
Arnaud-Haond S, Alberto F, Teixeira S, Procaccini G, Serrão EA, Duarte CM. Assessing genetic diversity in clonal organisms: low diversity or low resolution? Combining power and cost efficiency in selecting markers. J Hered. 2005;96(4):434-40. doi:10.1093/jhered/esi043
Chefaoui RM, Hortal J, Lobo JM. Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: a case study of Iberian Copris species. Biological Conservation. 2005;122:327–338.
Engel CR, Daguin C, Serrão EA. Genetic entities and mating system in hermaphroditic Fucus spiralis and its close dioecious relative F. vesiculosus (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae). Mol Ecol. 2005;14(7):2033-46. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02558.x
Alberto F, Gouveia L, Arnaud-Haond S, Pérez-Lloréns JL, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. Within-population spatial genetic structure, neighbourhood size and clonal subrange in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa. Mol Ecol. 2005;14(9):2669-81. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02640.x
Alexandre A, Santos R, Serrão EA. Effects of clam harvesting on sexual reproduction of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2005;298:115 - 122. doi:10.3354/meps298115
Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Dring M, Schmid R. Blue- and green-light signals for gamete release in the brown alga, Silvetia compressa. Oecologia. 2004;138(2):193-201. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1424-z
Varela-Álvarez E, Stengel DB, Guiry MD. The use of image processing in assessing conchocelis growth and conchospore production in Porphyra linearis. Phycologia. 2004;43(3):282 - 287. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-43-3-282.1
Baptista S, Quaresma A, Aires T, et al. Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in questing ticks from mainland Portugal. International Journal of Medical Microbiology Supplements. 2004;293:109 - 116. doi:10.1016/S1433-1128(04)80016-0
Projects
Title Coordinator Time frame Funding CCMAR All
iCULTURE iCulture: A digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilize macroalgae responsibly and sustainably. Gareth Anthony Pearson 09/01/2023 to 08/31/2027 Comissão Europeia 371.48k€ 5.999,69k€
FORESCUE Abordagens inovadoras de recuperação e gestão das florestas de algas no Mar Mediterrâneo João Neiva 03/01/2023 to 02/28/2026 FCT 72,00k€
CORALforests Otimizar a propagação de corais para restaurar e conservar as florestas de corais com participação da sociedade e dos pescadores Ester Serrão, Márcio A. G. Coelho 03/01/2023 to 02/28/2026 FBA- Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo 295,295.00k€
MARAFRICA MARAFRICA - A network monitoring, integrating and assessing marine biodiversity data along the west Africa to understand, predict and mitigate climatic / oceanographic changes. Ester Serrão 11/01/2022 to 12/28/2024 AKDN foundation (AGA KHAN) 242,50k€
MARAFRICA MARAFRICA - A network monitoring, integrating and assessing marine biodiversity data along the west Africa to understand, predict and mitigate climatic / oceanographic changes. Ester Serrão 11/01/2022 to 12/28/2024 FCT 242,50k€
Vertical Algas PRR: Pacto Bioeconomia Azul - Vertical Algas (WP 5) João Varela, Ester Serrão, Rui Santos 07/01/2022 to 12/31/2025 IAPMEI
RESTORESEAS Florestas Marinhas de animais, plantas e algas: "nature-based tools" para proteger e recuperar biodiversidade Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson 04/01/2022 to 03/31/2025 FCT 145,500.00k€
ICW3P Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and emergent proxies Fatima Abrantes, Lívia Gebara Cordeiro 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2024 FCT 215,338.37k€ 249.391,06k€
PBA PRR: Pacto Bioeconomia Azul Ester Serrão 10/01/2021 to 12/31/2025 PRR
Transversal Biobancos (WP9) PRR: Pacto Bioeconomia Azul - Transversal Biobancos (WP9) Ester Serrão 10/01/2021 to 12/31/2025 PRR
MARFOR Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change - MARFOR. Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson 01/01/2017 to 05/31/2020 FCT 169.15k€
GENEKELP Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP). Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson 06/01/2016 to 05/31/2019 FCT 199.94k€
MuDi Accounting for multiple levels of biodiversity under contemporary climatic change Katy Nicastro 01/04/2015 to 02/28/2020 FCT
Title Coordinator Time frame Funding CCMAR All
COMDUNES COMDUNES - As comunidades das dunas interiores seguem uma sucessão ecológica estrita? Rosa M. Chefaoui 04/01/2014 to 09/30/2015 FCT 4.73k€
DEEPGENE Espécies crípticas, conectividade e distribuição de biodiversidade. 03/01/2014 to 08/31/2015 FCT 49.80k€
INVASIVES Algas invasoras no aumento das temperaturas: impactos e do papel de aclimatação e adaptação Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen 08/31/2013 to 08/31/2016 FCT 149.74k€
EXTANT Diversidade genética e dinâmica de populações marginais - respostas a alterações globais Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson 07/01/2013 to 09/30/2016 FCT 499.56k€
REUP Fugir ao calor: centros de afloramento como refúgios às mudanças climáticas Katy Nicastro 06/30/2013 to 12/29/2014 FCT 49.96k€
ZOSADAPT Rastreios genómicos de polimorfismos de DNA para inferência da divergência populacional adaptativa em diferentes escalas espaciais nas espécies de ervas marinhas Zostera noltii e Z. marina na Europa, duas espécies marinhas de fundação 06/01/2013 to 11/30/2015 FCT 191.55k€
RECRUTA REEFFISH - Identificação dos factores associados ao sucesso do recrutamento em peixes de recifes temperados 05/01/2013 to 10/31/2015 FCT 38.85k€
ACIDLARVAE Efeitos da Acidificação em larvas de peixes temperados 04/01/2013 to 09/30/2015 FCT 26.13k€
SEAPROLIF Diversidade e funcionamento dos biomas costeiros marinhos sob cerco: implicações da proliferação de algas em três oceanos Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen 03/01/2012 to 08/31/2015 FCT 69.95k€
FUDGE Potencial adaptativo nas margens da distribuição: relações entre caracteres relacionados com fitness e estrutura populacional junto a limites ecofisiológicos Katy Nicastro 04/01/2011 to 07/31/2014 FCT 181.75k€
MATRIX Compreensão de padrões de conectividade entre populações de peixes de recife temperados 03/01/2011 to 08/31/2014 FCT 110.45k€
NORIGENOMICS Taxonomia molecular, genética populacional e filogenómica do género de algas vermelhas porphyra na Península Ibérica Maria Elena Varela Alvarez 04/04/2010 to 12/31/2013 FCT 199.81k€
CanaryGrass Balanço sexual e assexual de uma planta marinha clonal: o caso da erva marinha Cymodocea nodosa nas Canarias 03/03/2010 to 06/02/2013 FCT 157.83k€
RiaScapeGen Genética paisagistica duma lagoa costeira; uma abordagem empírica e de modelação usando a erva marinha Zostera noltii na Ria Formosa 03/01/2010 to 05/31/2013 FCT 163.13k€
INVASEA Mudanças de sistemas dominados por ervas marinhas para sistemas dominados por algas Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen 03/01/2010 to 08/31/2013 FCT 102.26k€
POLYANDRY Níveis de poliandria em Fucus vesiculosus 02/01/2010 to 08/31/2013 FCT 185.41k€
PERMYT Adaptação em acção: comparação de populações invasoras e nativas para a compreensão dos processos que influenciam os limites de distribuição das espécies Gerardo Zardi 01/17/2010 to 04/15/2013 FCT 141.37k€
PTDC 101639 Phylogeny, Biogeography and Character Evolution in Blennioidei and Gobiesocoidei Rita Castilho 01/01/2010 to 12/31/2012 FCT
PTDC 103110 Rios portugueses atlânticos e mediterrânicos sob o efeito das alterações climáticas: demografia actual e histórica e filogeografia comparada de peixes como instrumento para a conservação de espécies criticamente ameaçadas. Rita Castilho 01/01/2010 to 12/31/2012 FCT
EDGES Assinaturas genéticas da variabilidade de margens biogeográficas devida a alterações climáticas Ester Serrão 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2013 FCT 182.33k€
HYBRID Mecanismos de coexistência de espécies com isolamento reprodutivo incompleto: barreiras à hibridação em organismos marinhos com fertilização externa Gareth Anthony Pearson 01/01/2010 to 06/30/2013 FCT 198.24k€
ATP Arctic Tipping Points Ester Serrão 02/01/2009 to 01/31/2012 Comissão Europeia 264.54k€
MarinEra Marine phylogeographic structuring during climatechange: the signature of leading and rear edge of range shifting populations Rita Castilho 01/01/2009 to 06/30/2012 FCT 68.88k€
CAULERPA GENETICS Estrutura genética populacional, filogenia molecular e biogeografia histórica do género Caulerpa no Mar Mediterrâneo e Oceano Atlântico Maria Elena Varela Alvarez 11/01/2008 to 05/31/2012 FCT 182.63k€
MEGIKELP Ecologia Molecular do kelp gigante Macrocystis pyrifera 10/01/2008 to 12/31/2011 FCT 191.44k€
PILARES DE HÉRCULES Fluxo genico através dos Pilares de Hércules: o papel do Norte de África na recolonização pós-glacial da Europa Rita Castilho 03/01/2008 to 05/31/2011 FCT 35.14k€
METAPOPULAÇÕES Estrutura espacial de (meta)populações de anfíbios em paisagens agrícolas mediterrânicas: implicações de conservação Ester Serrão 01/01/2008 to 06/30/2011 FCT 53.65k€
DEECON Unravelling population connectivity for sustainable in the Deep Sea. Rita Castilho 06/01/2007 to 05/31/2010 FCT 17.40k€
CONGRO II Estudo do ciclo de vida do congro europeu (Conger conger) através da análise do DNA e da composição elementar e isotópica dos otólitos. Rita Castilho 01/01/2007 to 09/30/2008 FCT 16.76k€
SARGASSUM II Teoria de invasão da alga alienigena Sargassum muticum na costa sul de Portugal. Aschwin Hillebrand Engelen 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2008 FCT 30.04k€
Title Coordinator Time frame Funding CCMAR All
MPA Europe Marine Protected Areas Europe Jorge Assis 01/01/2023 to 04/30/2026 Comissão Europeia 232,375.00k€
microCOOL microCOOL: tampão térmico endossimbiótico microbiano contra ondas de calor Gerardo Zardi 01/01/2022 to 12/30/2023 FCT 49,971.79k€
InforBiomares InforBiomares Ester Serrão 02/01/2018 to 02/01/2020 PO SEUR 66,444.00k€ 132.813,00k€
News
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The biggest national television debate focused on climate change.
This event brought together about 30 marine conservation researchers to reduce, edit and validate the list of indicators of marine protected areas.
In recent years, biodiversity has suffered a rapid decline, but there are measures that can reverse this scenario. Jorge Assis integrated an international group of researchers who launched an article on the topic this Thursday.
This campaign aims to continue testing coral transplantation methods, accidentally removed from the seafloor by bottom-contact fisheries, that can be used in habitat restoration.
Julia started her PhD at CCMAR where she will test technological innovations to rebuild Portuguese marine seagrass meadows and value their ecosystem services. Welcome!
Pilar has joined CCMAR and will contribute to the development of a marine biodiversity data network for the Atlantic coast of Africa. Welcome to the team!