Outstanding Science

Publications

Aguzzi, Jacopo; Chatzidouros, Elias; Chatzievangelou, Damianos; Clavel-Henry, Morane; Flögel, Sascha; Bahamon, Nixon; Tangherlini, Michael; Thomsen, Laurenz; Picardi, Giacomo; Navarro, Joan; Masmitja, Ivan; Robinson, Nathan J.; Nattkemper, Tim W.; Stefanni, Sergio; Quintana, Jose; Campos, Ricard; García, Rafael; Fanelli, Emanuela; Francescangeli, Marco; Mirimin, Luca; Danovaro, Roberto; Toma, Daniel M.; Río, Joaquín del; Martínez, Enoc; Baños Castelló, Pol; Prat Bayarri, Oriol; Sarriá, David; Carandell, Matias; White, Jonathan; Parissis, Thomas; Panagiotidou, Stavroula; Quevedo Zabala, Juliana; Gallegati, Silvia; Grinyó, Jordi; Simon-Lledó, Erik; Company, Joan B.; Doyle, Jennifer; (2025).

A digital-twin strategy using robots for marine ecosystem monitoring.

Ecological Informatics, 91: 103409. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103409 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/403566
Corbera, Guillem; Domínguez-Carrió, Carlos; Grange, Laura; Ambroso, Stefano; Corbera, Jordi; Gili, Josep Maria; (2025).

The role of arborescent octocorals as ecosystem engineers in shaping the diversity and composition of shelf-dwelling benthic assemblages.

Marine Biology, 172: 162. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-025-04725-1 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/403639
Schoenle, Alexandra; Francis, Ore; Archibald, John M.; Burki, Fabien; de Vries, Jan; Dumack, Kenneth; Eme, Laura; Florent, Isabelle; Hehenberger, Elisabeth; Hoffmeyer, Tarja T.; Irisarri, Íker; Lara, Enrique; Leger, Michelle M.; Lukeš, Julius; Massana, Ramon; Mathur, Varsha; Nitsche, Frank; Strassert, Jürgen F.H.; Worden, Alexandra Z.; Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Del Campo, Javier; Waldvogel, Ann-Marie; (2025).

Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution.

Trends in Genetics, 41: 868-882. DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2025.05.004 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/395330
Trilla-Prieto, Núria; Dachs, Jordi; Iriarte, Jon; Berrojalbiz, Naiara; Colomer-Vidal, Pere; Casas, Gemma; Garcia-Garin, Odei; Vila-Costa, Maria; Jiménez, Begoña; (2025).

Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl acids as forever chemicals in Antarctic waters.

Communications Earth and Environment, 6: 545. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02535-3 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/395551
Chan, YiWynn; Robinson, Nathan J.; Dourdeville, Karen; Haas, Heather L.; Nielsen, James; Paladino, Frank V.; Prescott, Robert; Patel, Samir H. (2025).

Heavy metal concentrations suggest pollution risk varies between sea turtle species in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Chemosphere, 373: 144190. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144190 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/383026
Danovaro, Roberto; Aronson, James; Bianchelli, Silvia; Boström, Christoffer; Chen, W.; Cimino, R.; Cortina-Segarra, J.; D'Ambrosio, Paolo; Gambi, C.; Garrabou, Joaquim; Giorgetti, Alessandra; Grehan, Anthony; Hannachi, Amel Salhi; Mangialajo, Luisa; Morato, Telmo; Orfanidis, Sotiris; Papadopoulou, Nadia; Ramírez-Llodra, Eva; Smith, Christopher J.; Snelgrove, Paul V. R.; Koppel, J. van del; Tatenhove, Jan van; Fraschetti, Simonetta; (2025).

Assessing the success of marine ecosystem restoration using meta-analysis.

Nature Communications, 16: 3062. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57254-2 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387392
Morera-Pujol, Virginia; Catry, Paulo; Magalhães, Maria; Perón, Clara; Reyes-González, José M.; Granadeiro, José Pedro; Militão, Teresa; Dias, Maria P.; Oro, Daniel; Igual, José Manuel; Dell'Omo, Giacomo; Müller, Martina; Paiva, Vitor H.; Metzger, Benjamin; Neves, Verónica; Navarro, Joan; Karris, Georgios; Xirouchakis, Stavros; Cecere, Jacopo G.; Zamora-Marín, José M.; Forero, Manuela G.; Afán, Isabel; Ouni, Ridha; Romdhane, Mohamed Salah; De Felipe, Fernanda; Zajková, Zuzana; Cruz-Flores, Marta; Grémillet, David; González-Solís, Jacob; Ramos, Raül; (2025).

Migratory Connectivity and Non-Breeding Habitat Segregation Across Biogeographical Scales in Closely Related Seabird Taxa.

Diversity and Distributions. A Journal of Conservation Biogeopraphy, 31: e70013. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.70013 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387504
Jardim, Victor L.; Grall, Jacques; Barros-Barreto, M. Beatriz; Bizien, Anaëlle; Benoit, Thomas; Braga Alarcón, Juan Carlos; Brodie, Juliet; Burel, Thomas; Cabrito, Andrea; Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo; Gagnon, Patrick; Helias, Mathieu; Antunes Horta, Paulo; Joshi, Siddhi; Kamenos, Nick A.; Kolzenburg, Regina; Krieger, Erik C.; Legrand, Erwann; Page, Tessa M.; Peña, Viviana; Ragazzola, Federica; Rasmusson, Lina M.; Rendina, Francesco; Schubert, Nadine; Silva, João; Tâmega, Frederico T. S.; Tauran, Adeline; Burdett, Heidi L. (2025).

A Common Terminology to Unify Research and Conservation of Coralline Algae and the Habitats They Create.

Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 35: e70121. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.70121 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387519
Pujol, Gala; Marín-Gual, Laia; González-Rodelas, Laura; Álvarez-González, Lucia; Chauvigné, François; Cerdà, Joan; Teles, Mariana; Roher, Nerea; Ruiz-Herrera, Aurora; (2025).

Short-term polystyrene nanoplastic exposure alters zebrafish male and female germline and reproductive outcomes, unveiling pollutant-impacted molecular pathways.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 481: 136529. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136529 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/373115
Pita, Pablo; Tracey, Sean R.; Arlinghaus, Robert; Bachiller, Eneko; Pinho-Duarte, Filipa; Ferter, Keno; Henriques, Filipe; Hook, Samantha A.; Hyder, Kieran; Irigoyen, Alejo J.; Jiménez, María Paz; Laporta, Martín; Lejk, Adam M.; Leonard, Eoin; Olesen, Hans Jakob; Palmer, Freya; Pavičić, Mišo; Pontes, João C. O.; Pujol Baucells, Marta; Radford, Zachary; Rangel, Mafalda; Roche, William; Rudd, Hannah; Ryan, Diarmuid; Sbragaglia, Valerio; Selles, Jules; Silva, Catarina N. S.; Skov, Christian; Strehlow, Harry V.; Taylor, Stephen; Veiga, Pedro; Venerus, Leonardo A.; Venturelli, Paul A.; Vertegaal, David; Weltersbach, Marc Simon; Wiech, Martin; Winkler, Alexander; (2025).

Staying hooked: effective science engagement and communication in recreational fisheries.

Frontiers in Marine Science, 12: 1589544. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1589544 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/391231

Outstanding Science

Publications

A digital-twin strategy using robots for marine ecosystem monitoring.

The role of arborescent octocorals as ecosystem engineers in shaping the diversity and composition of shelf-dwelling benthic assemblages.

Protist genomics: key to understanding eukaryotic evolution.

Accumulation of perfluoroalkyl acids as forever chemicals in Antarctic waters.

Heavy metal concentrations suggest pollution risk varies between sea turtle species in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Assessing the success of marine ecosystem restoration using meta-analysis.

Migratory Connectivity and Non-Breeding Habitat Segregation Across Biogeographical Scales in Closely Related Seabird Taxa.

A Common Terminology to Unify Research and Conservation of Coralline Algae and the Habitats They Create.

Short-term polystyrene nanoplastic exposure alters zebrafish male and female germline and reproductive outcomes, unveiling pollutant-impacted molecular pathways.

Staying hooked: effective science engagement and communication in recreational fisheries.