Mercedes González Wangüemert

Posição

Senior Researcher

Grau Académico

Doutoramento

Grupo

Fisheries, Biodiversity and Conservation

Localização

Faro, Gambelas Campus, UAlg

Gabinete

1.17

Contacto

+351 289 800 90

Extensão

7415

mwanguemert@ualg.pt

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ResearchGate

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Informação Principal

RESEARCH LINES

My research activity can be subdivided in the following lines:

1. Cryptic biodiversity in the genera Holothuria from the Mediterranean and Atlantic populations.

2. Sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture.

3. Importance of population genetics in the management of marine protected areas and fisheries. Effects of fishing protection on the genetic structure of target species (fishes and sea cucumbers). Connectivity of Marine Protected Areas.

4. Spatial and temporal genetic variability and gene flow in the Mediterranean and Atlantic populations of fishes and echinoderms. Relation of gene flow and open sea circulation pattern: connectivity.

5. Genetic adaptation in coastal lagoons, genetic responses to environmental stress (Elysia timida, Cerastoderma glaucum, Holothuria polii, Holothuria arguinensis, Pomatochistus marmoratus, Diplodus sargus, Caulerpa prolifera, Cymodocea nodosa and Ruppia cirrhosa).

6. Genetic assessment of restocking in marine ecosystems.

ONGOING PROJECTS

2016-2018

PTDC/MAR-BIO/5948/2014, Sea CUcumber as new MARine reSoURce: potential for aquaculture (CUMARSUR). Project leader: Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Wangüemert. CCMAR (Portugal), Université de La Réunion (France), Southern Cross University (Australia) and Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).

2015-2017

HOLREMAR. Holothuria arguinensis as new marine resource in Europe: potential for aquaculture. Project leader: Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Wangüemert. Sayanes Mar S.L & CCMAR.

2016

Okalunga Project. Assessment of potential areas for sea cucumber aquaculture in Angola. Project leader: Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Wangüemert. The 13th Door Sociedade Unipessoal LDA and Marine Atlantic.

2014-2017

COL12IP036. “Genetic and physiological variability of sea sea cucumber (Isostichopus fuscus, Ludwig 1875) in the Pacific (Panamá)”. GENPHYSOS. SENACYT, (Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Inovación), Panamá. Project leader: Dr. Carlos Vergara-Chen. CCMAR (Portugal), INDICASAT (Panamá), INVEMAR (Colombia). MGW`s role: Portuguese coordinator.

2015-2017

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. “Coastal species with low dispersal ability: connectivity, genetic structure and conservation (CONCoast)”. Project leader: Dr. Annie Machordom. MNCN (Spain), Universidad de Roma (Italy), Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR) and Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR, Italy). MGW's role: member of team.

2014-2016

SENACYT (Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, tecnología e Inovación), ITE12-007. “Identification of genetic adaptive variation in wild populations of sea bass, Centropomus armatus (Gill, 1863)”. ADAPVAR. Project leader: Dr. Carlos Vergara-Chen. INDICASAT-AIP (Panamá), University of Georgia (EEUU) and Centro do Ciencias do Mar (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal). MGW`s role: Portuguese coordinator.

2013-2017

Edital Universal, MCTI/CNPq 14/2013 . “Efetividade da área de exclusão de pesca da Reserva Extrativista do Corumbau na exportação de larvas de Scarus trispinosus e conectividade entre populações ”. Project leader: Dr. Fabiana Hackradt. Universidade Federal da Paraiba (Brasil), Universidade federal de Permambuco (Brasil), Centro do Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve (Portugal). MGW's role: member of team.

Projetos

Coordenação de Projetos

	Título	Coordenador	Início	Fim	Financiamento	Orçamento	Orçamento Total
CUMARSUR	Sea CUcumber as new MARine reSoURce: potential for aquaculture (CUMARSUR).	Mercedes González Wangüemert	04/2016	03/2019	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	195k€
CUMFISH	Pepinos-do-mar: o novo recurso para uma pescaria com fome	Mercedes González Wangüemert	02/2012	01/2015	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia	164k€

Notícias

News

Investigadora do CCMAR orienta Curso no Panamá

Foram três dias intensivos de um Curso teórico-prático no Panamá, onde Mercedes Wangüemert, investigadora do CCMAR, foi falar sobre aplicações de genética de populações na Ecologia e gestão de recursos marinhos costeiros.

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Postcard from Madagascar

Mercedes Wanguemert, Luca Antoni and Jorge Dominguez made important connections with sea cucumber aquaculture companies of Madagascar. Find out more about their visit.

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Publicações

Other Publications

60 papers in ISI, 42 papers with ≤ 4 authors, 22 papers as first author, 21 papers as supervisor/ coordinator of research

ECHINODERMS

1. Domínguez-Godino, J., González-Wangüemert, M. (2018) Breeding and larval development of Holothuria mammata, a new target species for aquaculture. Aquaculture Research, 49: 1430-1440. doi: 10.1111/are.13597. IF: 1.46

2. González-Wangüemert, M., Domínguez-Godino, J., Cánovas, F. (2018) The fast development of sea cucumber fisheries in the Mediterranean and NE Atlantic waters: from a new marine resource to its over-exploitation. Ocean and Coastal Management Journal, 151: 165-177. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.10.002. IF: 2.39

3. Olaya-Restrepo, J., Erzini, K., González-Wangüemert, M. (2018) Estimation of growth parameters for an exploited sea cucumber species, Holothuria arguinensis, from South Portugal. Fishery Bulletin, 116: 1-8. IF: 1.510

4. Siegenthaler, A., Cánovas, F., González-Wangüemert, M. (2017) Outlanders in an unusual habitat: Holothuria mammata behaviour on seagrass meadows from Ria Formosa (S Portugal). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 17: 1035-1042. doi: 10.4194/1303-2712-v17_5_19. IF. 0.566

5. Roggatz, C., González-Wangüemert, M., Pereira, H., Vizzeto-Duarte, C., Rodrigues, M., Barreira, L., da Silva, M., Varela, J., Custódio, L. (2018) A first glance into the nutritional properties of the sea cucumber Parastichopus regalis from the Mediterranean Sea (SE Spain). Natural product Research, 32: 116-120. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1331224. IF: 1.02

6. Marquet, M., Conand, C., Power, D. M., Canário, A., González-Wangüemert, M. (2017) Sea cucumbers, Holothuria arguinensis and H. mammata, from the southern Iberian Peninsula: variation in reproductive activity between populations from different habitats. Fisheries Research, 191: 120-130. IF: 2.19

7. González-Wangüemert, M., Domínguez-Godino, J., Cánovas, F. (2017) New records of sea cucumbers inhabiting Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain). Marine Biodiversity, doi 10.1007/s12526-017-0660-0. IF: 1.646

8. Henriques, F., Serrão, E.A., González-Wangüemert, M. (2016) Novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for a new target species, the sea cucumber Holothuria mammata. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology Journal, 66: 109-113. IF: 0.967.

9. González-Wangüemert, M., Valente, S., Henriques, F., Domínguez-Godino, J., Serrão, E., (2016). Setting preliminary biometric baselines for new target sea cucumbers species of the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean fisheries. Fisheries Research, 179: 57-66. IF: 1.903.

10. Segovia-Viadero, M., Serrão, E.A., Canteras-Jordana, J.C., González-Wangüemert, M. (2016). Do hatchery-reared sea urchins pose a threat to genetic diversity in wild populations? Heredity, 116, 378-383. IF: 3.805.

11. Roggatz, C., González-Wangüemert, M., Pereira, H., Rodrigues, M., da Silva, Barreira, L., M., Varela, J.Custodio, L. (2016). First report of the nutritional profile and antioxidant potential of Holothuria arguinensis, a new resource for aquaculture in Europe. Natural Product Research Journal, 30: 2034-2040. IF: 1.057

12. Cánovas, F., Magliozzi, C., Mestre, F., Palazón-Ferrando, J.A., González-Wangüemert, M. (2016). ENiRG: R-GRASS interface for efficiently characterizing the ecological niche of species and predicting habitat suitability. Ecography, 39: 593-598. IF: 4.77

13. Siegenthaler, A., Cánovas, F., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) Spatial distribution patterns of Holothuria arguinensis in the Ria Formosa (Portugal). Journal of Sea Research, 102: 33-40. IF: 1.99

14. Maggi, C., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) Genetic differentiation among Parastichopus regalis populations from Western Mediterranean Sea: potential effects of its fishery and current connectivity". Mediterranean Marine Science, 16/3: 489-501. IF: 1.505

15. Domínguez-Godino, J., Slater, M., Colin, H., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015). A new species for sea cucumber ranching and aquaculture: breeding and rearing of Holothuria arguinensis. Aquaculture, 438: 122-128. IF: 1.88.

16. Valente, S., Serrão E., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) West vs East Mediterranean Sea: origin and genetic differentiation of the sea cucumber Holothuria polii. Marine Ecology, 36: 485-495. IF: 2.561.

17. Rodrigues, F., Valente, S., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) Genetic diversity across geographical scales in marine coastal ecosystems: Holothuria arguinensis a model species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 463: 158-167. IF: 2.475

18. González-Wangüemert, M., Valente, S., Aydin, M. (2015) Effects of fishery protection on growth and genetic structure of three target sea cucumber species. Hydrobiologia, 743: 65-74. IF: 2.475.

19. González-Wangüemert, M., Aydin, M., Chantal, C. (2014) Assessment of target sea cucumber populations from Aegean Sea (Turkey): first insights for a right management of their fisheries. Ocean & Coastal Management, 92: 87-94. IF: 1.769

20. González-Wangüemert, M. & Borrero-Pérez, G. (2012) A new record of Holothuria arguinensis colonizing the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5: e105. IF: 1.023.

21. Borrero-Pérez, G., González-Wangüemert, M., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2011) Phylogeography of the Atlanto-Mediterranean sea cucumber Holothuria (Holothuria) mammata: the combined effects of historical processes and current oceanographical pattern. Molecular Ecology, 20 (9): 1964-1975. IF: 6.49.

22. Borrero-Pérez, G., Gómez-Zurita, J., Gonzalez-Wanguemert, M., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2010) Molecular systematic of the genus Holothuria in the Mediterranean and Northeastern Atlantic and a molecular clock for the diversification of the Holothuriidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57: 899-906. IF: 3.889.

23. Vergara-Chen,C.,González-Wangüemert, M., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2010) Genetic diversity and connectivity remain high in Holothuria polii (Delle Chiaje 1823) across a coastal lagoon-open sea environmental gradient. Genetica, 138: 895-906. IF: 2.358.

24. Borrero-Pérez, G., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., Marcos, C., González-Wangüemert, M. (2009) The taxonomic status of some Atlanto-Mediterranean species in the subgenus Holothuria (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) based on molecular evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157: 51-69. IF: 2.290.

TAXONOMY

1. Braga, T., Rodrigues, M., Pereira, H., Varela, J., Barreira, L., González-Wangüemert, M., Custódio, L. (2018). Bursatella leachi from Mar Menor as a source of bioactive molecules: preliminary evaluation of the nutritional profile, in vitro biological activities and fatty acids contents. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology,26: 1337-1350. doi 10.1080/10498850.2017.1392670.

2. Martínez-Garrido, J., Serrão, E.A., Engelen, A., Cox, C., García-Murillo, P., González-Wangüemert, M. (2016). Multi-locus genetic analyses provide insight into speciation and hybridisation in the genus Ruppia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 117: 177-191. IF: 2.264.

3. González-Wangüemert, M., Pujol J.A. (2016) First record of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Segura River mouth (Spain, South-Western Mediterranean Sea). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 40: 615-619.

4. León-Ortega, M., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the European eagle owl, Bubo bubo. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 63:109-112. IF: 0.967.

5. Martinez-Garrido, J., González-Wangüemert, M., Serrão E. (2014) New highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the aquatic angiosperm Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande reveal population diversity and differentiation. Genome 57: 57-59. IF: 1.558.

6. Vergara-Chen,C., Windsor, E.A., González-Wangüemert, M., Bermingham, E. (2009). A mitochondrial DNA based phylogeny of weakfish species of the genus Cynoscion (Pisces: Sciaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 602-607. IF: 3.871.

7. Vergara-Chen,C., González-Wangüemert, M., Bermingham, E., D’Croz, L. (2009) Identification of weakfish Cynoscion (Gill, 1861) in the Bay of Panama with RFLP markers. Journal of Fish Biology, 75: 1101-1107. IF: 1.246.

8. González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., García-Charton, J.A., Marcos, C. (2006). Genetic differentiation and gene flow of two sparidae subspecies, Diplodus sargus sargus and Diplodus sargus cadenati, in Atlantic and SW Mediterranean populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89/4: 705-718. IF: 2.245.

9. González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Rosique, M.J., Ortiz, A. (2004). Genetic differentiation in two cryptic species of Ostreidae, Ostrea edulis (Linné, 1758) and Ostreola stentina (Payraudeau, 1826), in the Mar Menor lagoon (SW Mediterranean). The Nautilus, 118: 103-111. IF: 0.500.

ECOLOGY

1. Cánovas-García, F., González-Wangüemert, M. (2018) Predation by the snakelock sea anemone Anemonia sulcata on the scyphozoan Pelagia noctiluca in the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. IF: 0.72

2. Wellens, S., Sandrini-Neto, L., González-Wangüemert, M., Lana, P. (2015). Do the crabs Goniopsis cruentata and Ucides cordatus compete for mangrove propagules? A field-based experimental approach. Hydrobiologia, 757:117-128. IF: 2.28

3. González-Wangüemert, M. & Vergara-Chen, C. (2014) Environmental variables, habitat discontinuity and life history shaping the genetic structure of Pomatoschistus marmoratus. Helgoland Marine Research, 68: 357-371. IF: 1.408

4. Vergara-Chen, C., González-Wangüemert, M., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2013) Small-scale genetic structure of Cerastoderma glaucum in a lagoonal environment: potential significance of habitat discontinuity and unstable population dynamics. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79: 230-240. IF: 1.358.

5. González-Wangüemert, M., Cánovas, F., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á. (2009) Phospoglucose isomerase variability of Cerastoderma glaucum as a model for testing the influence of environmental conditions and dispersal patterns through quantitative ecology approaches. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 37: 325-333. IF: 1.136.

6. Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Martín, E., Marcos, C., Zamarro, J.M., Stobart, B., Harmelin-Vivien, M., Polti, S., Planes, S., García-Charton, J. A., González-Wangüemert, M. (2008). Modelling spatial and temporal scales for spillover and biomass exportation from MPAs and their potential for fisheries enhancement. Journal for Nature Conservation 16:234-255. IF: 0.940.

POPULATION GENETICS

1. Wesselmann, M., González-Wangüemert, M., Serrâo, E.A., Engelen, A., Renault, L., García-March, J.R., Duarte, C.M., Hendriks, I. (2018) Genetic and oceanographic tools reveal high population connectivity and diversity in the endangered pen shell Pinna nobilis. Scientific Reports,8: 4770-4781. doi 10.1038/s41598-018-23004-2

2. Martínez-Garrido, J., Bermejo, R., Serrão, E., Sánchez-Lizaso, J.L., González-Wangüemert, M. (2017) Regional genetic structure in the aquatic macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa suggests dispersal by waterbirds. Estuaries and Coasts, 40: 1705-1716. doi 10.1007/s12237-017-0247-9

3. Vergara-Chen, C., Rodrigues, F., González-Wangüemert, M. (2015) Population genetics of Cerastoderma edule in Ria Formosa (South Portugal): the challenge of understanding an intraspecific hotspot of genetic diversity. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 95: 371-379. IF: 1.129

4. González-Wangüemert, M., Costa, J., Basso, L., Duarte, C.M., Serrão, E.A., Hendriks, I.E. (2015) Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Mediterranean endemic fan mussel Pinna nobilis. Mediterranean Marine Science, 16/1: 31-35. IF: 1.734.

5. Casado-Amezua, P., Machordom, A., Bernardo, J., González-Wangüemert, M. (2014) New insights on genetic diversity of zooxanthellae in Mediterranean anthozoans. Symbiosis 63: 41-46.IF: 1.44.

6. León-Ortega, M., González- Wangüemert, M., Martínez, J.E., Calvo-Sendín, J.F. (2014) Spatial patterns of genetic diversity in Mediterranean Eagle Owl Bubo bubo populations. Ardeola, 61: 45-62 . IF: 0. 824

7. González-Wangüemert, M., Domínguez-Godino, J., Giménez-Casalduero, F., Serrão E. (2014) Genetic signature of a recent invasion: Bursatella leachii (Blainville, 1817) coming to Mar Menor coastal lagoon. Biochemical and Systematics Ecology 54: 123-129. IF: 1.170.

8. Hübner, K., González-Wanguemert, M., Serrão E., Diekmann, O. (2013) Genetic polygynandry in the sex-role reversed pipefish Syngnathus abaster revealed by microsatellite-based parentage assignment. Journal of Heredity 104 (6): 791-797. IF: 2.799.

9. González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2012) In two waters: Contemporary evolution of lagoonal and marine white seabream populations. Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective, 33: 337-349. IF: 2.561.

10. González-Wangüemert, M., Vega-Fernández, T., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Giacalone, V.M., Badalamenti, F. (2012). Genetic impact of a restocking experiment of white seabream in Sicily (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Sea Research, 68: 41-48. IF: 2.683.

11. Giménez-Casalduero, F., Muniain, C., González-Wangüemert, M., Garrote-Moreno, A. (2011) Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) three decades of research. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 34 (1): 217-227. IF: 0.196.

12. Kaouche, M., Barhi-Sfar, L., González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., Ben Hassine, O.K. (2011) Is the Siculo-Tunisian strait an authentic gene flow barrier for fishes? Studying the case of white seabream along Tunisian coasts. African Journal of Marine Sciences, 33 (1): 79-90. IF: 1.520.

13. González-Wangüemert, M., Froufe, E., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Alexandrino, P. (2011) Phylogeographical history of the white seabream Diplodus sargus (Sparidae): Implications for insularity. Marine Biology Research,7: 250-260. IF: 1.484.

14. Vergara-Chen, C., González-Wangüemert, M., Marcos, C., Pérez-Ruzafa, A. (2010) High gene flow promotes the genetic homogeneity of Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Risso 1810) from Mar Menor coastal lagoon and adjacent marine waters. Marine Ecology: An evolutionary Perspective, 31: 270-275. IF: 1.558.
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

15. González-Wangüemert, M., Cánovas, F., Pérez-Ruzafa, A., Marcos, C., Alexandrino, P. (2010). Connectivity patterns inferred from the genetic structure of white seabream (Diplodus sargus L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 383: 23-31. IF: 2.116.

16. González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., Cánovas, F., García-Charton, J.A., Marcos, C. (2007) Temporal genetic variation in populations of Diplodus sargus from the SW Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 334: 237-244. IF: 2.286.

17. Pérez-Ruzafa, Á., González-Wangüemert, M., Lenfant, P., Marcos, C., García-Charton, J.A.(2006) Effects of fishing protection on the genetic structure of fish populations. Biological Conservation 129: 244-255. IF: 2.854.

18. González-Wangüemert, M., Giménez-Casalduero, F., Pérez-Ruzafa, Á. (2006). Genetic differentiation of Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) populations in Southwest Mediterranean and Mar Menor coastal lagoon. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 34: 514-527. IF: 0.906.

19. González-Wangüemert, M., Pérez Ruzafa, Á., Marcos, C., García-Charton, J.A. (2004). Genetic differentiation of Diplodus sargus (L) populations in Southwest Mediterranean. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 82: 249-261. IF: 1.935.

20. González-Wangüemert, M., Pezzuto, R., Borzone, C. (2000). Preliminary analysis of the genetic variability of two natural beds of the scallop Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) in Brazil. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 43(2). 235-240. IF: 0.397.

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