A5004712457- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Marine and environmental studies
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Leptospirosis research and findings
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
Universitat de Barcelona
2014-2024
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
2018-2021
The University of Queensland
2021
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
2013-2017
Clínica Diagonal
2015
University of Bristol
2014
Charles Darwin Foundation
2013
Pelagic fishes are among the most ecologically and economically important fish species in European seas. In principle, these pelagic have potential to demonstrate rapid abundance distribution shifts response climatic variability due their high adult motility, planktonic larval stages, low dependence on benthic habitat for food or shelter during life histories. Here, we provide evidence of substantial climate-driven changes structure communities shelf We investigated patterns species-level...
Abstract Understanding the drivers of restoration success is a central issue for marine conservation. Here, we explore role life‐history strategies sessile species in shaping outcomes and their associated timescales. A transplantation experiment extremely slow‐growing threatened octocoral Corallium rubrum was highly successful over relatively short term due to high survival reproductive potential transplanted colonies. However, demographic projections predict that from 30 40 years may be...
Restoration is considered an effective strategy to accelerate the recovery of biological communities at local scale. However, effects restoration actions in marine ecosystems are still unpredictable. We performed a global analysis published literature identify factors increasing probability success coastal and systems. Our results confirm that majority active initiatives concentrated northern hemisphere most information gathered from efforts derives relatively small subset species. The also...
Abstract Global warming and overexploitation both threaten the integrity resilience of marine ecosystems. Many calls have been made to at least partially offset climate change impacts through local conservation management. However, a mechanistic understanding interactions multiple stressors is generally lacking for habitat‐forming species; preventing development sound strategies. We examined effectiveness no‐take protected areas ( MPA s) enhancing structural complexity on populations an...
Understanding the resilience of temperate reefs to climate change requires exploring recovery capacity their habitat-forming species from recurrent marine heatwaves (MHWs). Here, we show that, in a Mediterranean highly enforced protected area established more than 40 years ago, octocoral populations that were first affected by severe MHW 2003 have not recovered after 15 years. Contrarily, they followed collapse trajectories brought them brink local ecological extinction. Since 2003, impacted...
Overexploitation is a major threat for the integrity of marine ecosystems. Understanding ecological consequences different extractive practices and mechanisms underlying recovery populations essential to ensure sustainable management plans. Precious corals are long-lived structural invertebrates, historically overfished, their conservation currently worldwide concern. However, processes poorly known. Here, we examined harvesting effects red coral Corallium rubrum by analyzing long-term...
Climate change threatens coastal benthic communities on a global scale. However, the potential effects of ongoing warming mesophotic temperate reefs at community level remain poorly understood. Investigating how different members these will respond to future expected environmental conditions is, therefore, key anticipating their trajectories and developing specific management conservation strategies. Here, we examined responses some main components highly diverse Mediterranean coralligenous...
Abstract Aim Intraspecific genetic diversity is one of the pillars biodiversity, supporting resilience and evolutionary potential populations. Yet, our knowledge regarding patterns at macroecological scales, so‐called macrogenetic patterns, remains scarce, particularly in marine species. Marine habitat‐forming (MHF) species are key some most diverse but also impacted ecosystems, such as coral reefs forests. We characterize drivers MHF provide a baseline, which can be used for conservation...
Understanding the role of environment in shaping evolution life histories remains a major challenge ecology and evolution. We synthesize longevity patterns marine sessile species find strong positive relationships between depth maximum lifespan across multiple taxa, including corals, bivalves, sponges macroalgae. Using long-term demographic data on terrestrial plant species, we show that extreme leads to strongly dampened population dynamics. also used detailed analyses Mediterranean red...
Overexploitation leads to the ecological extinction of many oceanic species. The depletion historical abundances large animals, such as whales and sea turtles, is well known. However, magnitude overfishing exploited invertebrates unclear. lack rigorous baseline data limits implementation efficient management conservation plans in marine realm. precious Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum has been intensively since antiquity for its use jewellery. It shows dramatic signs...
Climate change threatens the structure and function of marine ecosystems, highlighting importance understanding response species to changing environmental conditions. However, thermal tolerance determining vulnerability warming many abundant is still poorly understood. In this study, we quantified in field effects a temperature anomaly recorded Mediterranean Sea during summer 2015 on populations two common sympatric bryozoans, Myriapora truncata Pentapora fascialis. Then, experimentally...
Abstract Understanding the factors and processes that shape intra-specific sensitivity to heat stress is fundamental better predicting vulnerability of benthic species climate change. Here, we investigate response a habitat-forming Mediterranean octocoral, red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) thermal at multiple biological geographical scales. Samples from eleven P. populations inhabiting four localities separated by hundreds more than 1500 km coast with contrasting histories were...
The Galapagos sea lion ( Zalophus wollebaeki ), an endangered species, experiences high pup mortality (up to 100%) in years when El Niño events reduce food supply the Islands. Mortality of pups non-El is estimated be 5% undisturbed colonies. From 2009 2012 we observed 67%) colonies close capital, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, where contact with humans, domestic animals, and rats frequent. Gross postmortem findings from 54 included hemorrhagic lesions liver congestion lungs; histopathology...
ESR Endangered Species Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 24:9-19 (2014) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00573 Environment-driven changes in terrestrial habitat use and distribution of Galapagos sea lion Ignasi Montero-Serra1,2,3,*, Diego Páez-Rosas2,3,4, Juan C. Murillo2,5, Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia1, Katharina Fietz3, Judith Denkinger3 1Departament d’Ecologia, Facultat de...
Abstract Understanding the interactions among demographic parameters, mating system and population dynamics is key to predict response of populations global change. The Mediterranean red coral a precious octocoral suffering from decline due overfishing warming‐driven mass mortality events. While consequences these two pressures are well characterized, little known regarding their impact on evolution populations. main objective this study was fill gap focusing more particularly pattern...
ABSTRACT Extreme climatic events (ECEs), such as marine heatwaves (MHWs), are a major threat to biodiversity. Understanding the variability in ecological responses recurrent ECEs within species and underlying drivers arise key issue owing their implications for conservation population recovery. Yet, our knowledge on is limited since it has been frequently gathered following “single‐event approaches” focused one particular event. These approaches provide snapshots of but fall short capturing...
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one of the most efficient conservation tools to buffer marine biodiversity loss induced by human activities. Beside effective enforcement, an accurate understanding eco-evolutionary processes underlying patterns is needed reap benefits management policies. In this context, integrating population genetics with demographic data, demo-genetic approach, particularly relevant shift from a “species-based pattern” toward “eco-evolutionary-based processes”...
Abstract Complex ecological interactions are widely utilized to deliver conservation benefits but their efficacy is often debated. Using a coral reef trophic cascade as an example, we reveal that outcomes can be surprisingly difficult detect. Even important impacts of marine reserves go undetected (20% more with power < 0.5). This evidentiary challenge compounded by misinterpretation “nonsignificant” results evidence failed practice. We illustrate appropriate analytical approach using...
Abstract Extreme climatic events (ECEs), such as marine heatwaves (MHWs), are a major threat to biodiversity. Understanding the variability in ecological responses recurrent ECEs within species and underlying drivers arise key issue owing their implications for conservation restoration. Yet, our knowledge on is limited since it has been mostly gathered following “single-event approaches” focused one particular event. These approaches provide snapshots of but fall short capturing...
Corals and gorgonians play an important role as ecosystem engineers in many sublittoral communities worldwide. However, coral populations are being increasingly impacted by human activities. Active ecological restoration is a popular conservation tool nowadays, widely used to revert degradation natural populations. Several studies have reported survival growth success actively restored corals, but few studied the long‐term effect of transplantation on reproduction. We investigated sexual...