A novel sexual system in male gametophytes of &lt;i&gt;Laminaria pallida&lt;/i&gt;               (Phaeophyceae)

Marine evolutionary ecology, environmental genomics, biogeography, reproductive ecology.
Diversification and speciation processes in key species of coastal marine ecosystems (macrophytes, corals).
Functional genomics of phytoplankton communities

Previous positions:

1997 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow at Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal.
1994 - 1996 Research Associate, University of Maine, Orono, USA
1991 - 1994 Research Assistant, University of Maine, Orono, USA.

Current projects:

iCUTURE: A digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilize macroalgae responsibly and sustainably. HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02 (101082010-1). 2023 - 2027 (Local PI)
RESTORESEAS: Marine Forests of animals, plants and algae: nature-based tools to protect and restore biodiversity. EU - BiodivERsA3-2021: BiodivRestore-253 - FCT: DivRestore/0013/2020. 2022 - 2025 (co-PI)
Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul, PRR Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência. PRR C644915664-00000026. 2023 – 2026 (member WP Vertical Algas, WP Biobanking)

Projects

Projects Coordination

	Title	Coordinator	Start	End	Financiamento	Budget CCMAR	Budget Total
iCULTURE	iCulture: A digital bio-platform and co-culture bioprocess to prospect and utilize macroalgae responsibly and sustainably.	Gareth Anthony Pearson	09/2023	08/2027	Comissão Europeia	371k€	6000k€
RESTORESEAS	Florestas Marinhas de animais, plantas e algas: "nature-based tools" para proteger e recuperar biodiversidade	Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson	04/2022	03/2025	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	145500k€
MARFOR	Functional Variability and Dynamics of Responses of Marine Forests to Global Change - MARFOR.	Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson	01/2017	05/2020	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	169k€
GENEKELP	Thermal adaptation of marine forests (GENEKELP).	Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson	06/2016	05/2019	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	200k€
EXTANT	Diversidade genética e dinâmica de populações marginais - respostas a alterações globais	Ester Serrão, Gareth Anthony Pearson	07/2013	09/2016	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	500k€
HYBRID	Mecanismos de coexistência de espécies com isolamento reprodutivo incompleto: barreiras à hibridação em organismos marinhos com fertilização externa	Gareth Anthony Pearson	01/2010	06/2013	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	198k€
SOPA	Genómica Ambiental de Comunidades Fitoplanctónicas do Oceano Antártico	Gareth Anthony Pearson	11/2008	10/2011	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	191k€
ADAPT II	Divergência Populacional Adaptativa e Estrutura Populacional Comparada em Algas Castanhas do Genero Fucus	Gareth Anthony Pearson	01/2007	02/2009	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	53k€
EDEN	Ecological Diversity and Evolutionary Networks	Gareth Anthony Pearson	01/2007	12/2009	Comissão Europeia	296k€
ADAPT	Divergência Populacional Adaptativa e Estrutura Populacional Comparada em Algas Castanhas do Genero Fucus	Gareth Anthony Pearson	02/2006	02/2008	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	33k€

Projects Membership

	Title	Coordinator	Start	End	Budget CCMAR	Budget Total
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	01/2022	12/2024	215338k€	249391k€

News

December: 9 MSc thesis defences at CCMAR

Between the 6^th and 18^th of December 9 students of the Master in Marine Biology will defend their thesis.

Our researchers wanted to understand how the growth of bivalve shells is regulated. They identified long noncoding RNAs, as candidate biomineralisation-related genes involved in shell growth and maintenance.

Publications

Selected Publications

Barrera-Redondo J, Lipinska AP, Liu P, et al. Origin and Evolutionary Trajectories of Brown Algal Sex Chromosomes. bioRxiv. 2024. doi:10.1101/2024.01.15.575685

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

Coelho MAG, Pearson GA, Boavida JRH, et al. Not out of the Mediterranean: Atlantic populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata are a separate sister species under further lineage diversificationAbstract. Ecology and Evolution. 2023;13(1). doi:10.1002/ece3.v13.110.1002/ece3.9740

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

Publications

Year of Publication
2016	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 Read more about Seaweed PhylogeographyClimate Oscillations, Range Shifts and Phylogeographic Patterns of North Atlantic Fucaceae Google Scholar DOI
2016	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 Read more about Temporal windows of reproductive opportunity reinforce species barriers in a marine broadcast spawning assemblage. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about Reproductive investment, synchrony and recruitment success in marine broadcast spawners: Effects of mating system and habitat (exposed shore versus estuary). Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about A transcriptome resource for the copepod Calanus glacialis across a range of culture temperatures. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about Contrasting timing of life stages across latitudes – a case study of a marine forest-forming species Google Scholar DOI
2015	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 Read more about Response of kelps from different latitudes to consecutive heat shock Google Scholar DOI
2015	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 Read more about Some don't like it hot: microhabitat-dependent thermal and water stresses in a trailing edge population Google Scholar DOI
2015	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 Read more about Metatranscriptomes reveal functional variation in diatom communities from the Antarctic Peninsula. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about Intraspecific genetic lineages of a marine mussel show behavioural divergence and spatial segregation over a tropical/subtropical biogeographic transition. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2015	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 Read more about A transcriptome resource for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) exposed to short-term stress. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2014	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 Read more about Species distribution models and mitochondrial DNA phylogeography suggest an extensive biogeographical shift in the high-intertidal seaweed Pelvetia canaliculata Google Scholar DOI
2014	Candeias R, Teixeira S, Duarte CM, Pearson GA. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. BMC Res Notes. 2014;7:73. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-73 Read more about Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2014	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 Read more about Climate-driven range shifts explain the distribution of extant gene pools and predict future loss of unique lineages in a marine brown alga. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2013	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 Read more about Extant or Extinct Tipping Points - Range Edge Populations as Evolutionary Hotspots Google Scholar DOI
2013	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 Read more about Shift happens: trailing edge contraction associated with recent warming trends threatens a distinct genetic lineage in the marine macroalga Fucus vesiculosus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2013	Martins MJoão F, Mota CF, Pearson GA. Sex-biased gene expression in the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus. BMC Genomics. 2013;14:294. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-294 Read more about Sex-biased gene expression in the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2012	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 Read more about Fucus cottonii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) is not a single genetic entity but a convergent salt-marsh morphotype with multiple independent origins Google Scholar DOI
2012	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 Read more about Prezygotic barriers to hybridization in marine broadcast spawners: reproductive timing and mating system variation. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2012	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 Read more about Characterization of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the intertidal mussel Perna perna, and cross species amplification within the genus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2012	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 Read more about Love thy neighbour: group properties of gaping behaviour in mussel aggregations. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	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 Read more about Adaptive traits are maintained on steep selective gradients despite gene flow and hybridization in the intertidal zone. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	Wahl M, Jormalainen V, Eriksson BKlemens, et al. Stress ecology in fucus: abiotic, biotic and genetic interactions. Adv Mar Biol. 2011;59:37-105. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385536-7.00002-9 Read more about Stress ecology in fucus: abiotic, biotic and genetic interactions. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	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 Read more about Expressed sequence tags from heat-shocked seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornemann) from its southern distribution range. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	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 Read more about Driving south: a multi-gene phylogeny of the brown algal family Fucaceae reveals relationships and recent drivers of a marine radiation. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	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 Read more about Evolution and diversification within the intertidal brown macroalgae Fucus spiralis/F. vesiculosus species complex in the North Atlantic. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	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 Read more about Travelling in time with networks: Revealing present day hybridization versus ancestral polymorphism between two species of brown algae, Fucus vesiculosus and F. spiralis. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2011	Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Pearson GA, et al. Genomic scans detect signatures of selection along a salinity gradient in populations of the intertidal seaweed Fucus serratus on a 12 km scale. Mar Genomics. 2011;4(1):41-9. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2010.12.003 Read more about Genomic scans detect signatures of selection along a salinity gradient in populations of the intertidal seaweed Fucus serratus on a 12 km scale. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
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 Read more about Surfing the wave on a borrowed board: range expansion and spread of introgressed organellar genomes in the seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. Google Scholar DOI
2010	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 Read more about An expressed sequence tag analysis of the intertidal brown seaweeds Fucus serratus (L.) and F. vesiculosus (L.) (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae) in response to abiotic stressors. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2009	Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Beszteri B, Pearson GA, Olsen JL. Expressed sequence tag-derived polymorphic SSR markers for Fucus serratus and amplification in other species of Fucus. Mol Ecol Resour. 2009;9(1):168-70. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02406.x Read more about Expressed sequence tag-derived polymorphic SSR markers for Fucus serratus and amplification in other species of Fucus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2006	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 Read more about Revisiting synchronous gamete release by fucoid algae in the intertidal zone: fertilization success and beyond? Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2006	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 Read more about Convergent adaptation to a marginal habitat by homoploid hybrids and polyploid ecads in the seaweed genus Fucus. Google Scholar PubMed DOI
2004	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 Read more about Blue- and green-light signals for gamete release in the brown alga, Silvetia compressa. Google Scholar PubMed DOI

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December: 9 MSc thesis defences at CCMAR

How is the growth of bivalve shells regulated?