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BEE

Generic representation of BEE

Biogeography, Ecology and Evolution

Group leaders
Gareth Anthony Pearson
João Neiva
Ester Serrao
Neusa Elisabete José do Nascimento Martins
Márcio A. G. Coelho

2024

Neiva, J., Assis, J., Fragkopoulou, E., Pearson, G.A., Raimondi, P.T. et al. (in press) Trans-Arctic asymmetries, melting pots and weak species cohesion in the low-dispersal amphiboreal seaweed Fucus distichus. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Liboureau P, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Anja Kreiner, Martins N. (2024) A novel sexual system in male gametophytes of Laminaria pallida (Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2024.2314487

de la Hoz Schilling C, Jabado R, Veríssimo A, Caminiti L, Sidina E, Gandega CY, Serrao EA (2024) eDNA metabarcoding reveals a rich but threatened and declining elasmobranch community in West Africa’s largest marine protected area, the Banc d’Arguin. Conservation Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01604-y

Assis, J., Fernández Bejarano, S.J., Salazar, V.W., Schepers, L., Gouvêa, L., Fragkopoulou, E., Leclercq, F., Vanhoorne, B., Tyberghein, L., Serrão, E.A, Verbruggen, H., De Clerck, O. (2024) Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13813

 

2023

Fragkopoulou, E., Sen Gupta, A., Costello, M.J., Wernberg T, Araujo MB, Serrao EA, De Clerck O, Assis J (2023) Marine biodiversity exposed to prolonged and intense subsurface heatwaves. Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01790-6

Gouvêa  LP, Fragkopoulou E, Cavanaugh K,  Serrao EA, Araújo MB, Costello MJ, Westergerling EHT, Assis J (2023) Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove forests at global scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 120 (14) e2209637120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209637120

Assis J, Alberto F, Macaya E, Castilho N, Faugeron S, Pearson G, Ladah L, Reed D, Raimondi P, Mansilla A, Brickle P, Zuccarello G, Serrao EA (2023) Past climate-driven range shifts structuring intraspecific biodiversity levels of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) at global scales.  Scientific Reports 13, 12046 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38944-7

Mourato C, Padrao N, Serrao EA, Paulo D (2023) Less Is More: Seagrass Restoration Success Using Less Vegetation per Area. Sustainability. v. 15, i. 17, 12937. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712937

Tavares AI, Assis J, Larkin PD, Creed JC, Magalhães K, Hita P, Engelen A, Cardoso N, Barbosa C, Pontes S, Regalla A, Almada C, Ferreira R, Abdoul BM, Ebaye S, Bourweiss M, Van-Dúnem dos Santos C, Patrício AR, Teodósio A, Santos R, Pearson GA, Serrao EA (2023) Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species. Scientific Reports.13: 9112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36367-y

Gouvêa L, Fragkopoulou E, Legrand T, Serrao EA,. Assis J (2023) Range Map Data of Marine Ecosystem Structuring Species Under Global Climate Change. Data in Brief.  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4606450

Liboureau P, Pearson GA, Barreto L, Serrão EA, Anja Kreiner, Martins N. (2023) Effects of thermal history on reproductive success and cross-generational effects in the kelp Laminaria pallida (Phaeophyceae). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 715: 41-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14357

Legrand T, Fragkopoulou E, Vapillon L, Gouvea L, Serrao EA, Assis J (2023) Unravelling the role of oceanographic connectivity in intra-specific diversity of marine forests at global scale. BioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.12.548579

Coelho M. A. G., Pearson G. A, Boavida J. R. H., Paulo D., Aurelle D., Arnaud-Haond S., Gómez-Gras D., Bensoussan N., López-Sendino P., Cerrano C., Kipson S., Bakran-Petricioli T., Ferretti E., Linares C., Garrabou J., Serrão E. A., Ledoux J.-B. (2023) Not out of the Mediterranean: Atlantic populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata are a separate sister species under further lineage diversification. Ecology and Evolution 13(1): e9740. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9740

Balogh V, Fragkopoulou E, Serrao EA, Assis J (2023) A dataset of cold-water coral distribution records. Data in Brief 48 : 109223, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109223

Martins N, Coleman MA, Wernberg T, Roleda MY. (2023) Editorial: Opening the black box of kelps: Response of early life stages to anthropogenic stressors. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 9:1133857. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1133857

Miranda, L. S., Tavares, S., Santos, A. dos, Gonçalves, E. J., Serrão, E. A., & Coelho, M. A. G. (2023). Lipkea ruspoliana Vogt, 1886 (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) in Portugal: the contribution of citizen science to range extension and taxonomic discussion of rare species. Aquatic Ecology 58: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-023-10070-6 

Neiva, J., Bermejo, R., Medrano, A., Capdevila, P., Milla-Figueras et al. (2023) DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 58: 351-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894

Varela-Álvarez E, Michael D. Guiry & Ester Serrão. (2023) A taxonomic assessment of Pyropia hiemalis (Kylin) Varela-Álvarez, Guiry & Serrão, comb. nov. (Bangiaceae, Bangiophyceae). Cryptogamie algology, 44, 5, 101-109. https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2023v44a5

Van der Loos L, … Serrao EA … De Clerck O (2023) Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia: a critical synthesis of diversity, spatial and temporal patterns. Journal of Phycology https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2023.2256828

Ceia F, Silva NC, Paiva VH, Morais L, Serrao EA, Ramos JA (2023) Gulls as indicators of environmental changes in the North Atlantic: a long-term study on Berlenga Island, western Portugal. Diversity-2627017. Diversity 15(11), 1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15111148 

Marques P,  et al.… (2023) Building a Portuguese Coalition for Biodiversity Genomics. EcoEvoRxiv https://doi.org/10.3390/d15111148

 

2022

Almeida SC, Neiva J, Sousa F, Martins N,  Cox CJ, Melo-Ferreira J, Guiry MD, Serrao EA, Pearson GP (2022) A low-latitude species pump: Peripheral isolation, parapatric speciation and mating-system evolution converge in a marine radiation. Molecular Ecology 31: 4797-4817. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16623 

Assis J, Neiva J, Bolton JJ,  Rothman MD,  Gouveia L, Paulino C, Mohdnasir H, Anderson RJ, Reddy MM, Kandjengo L, Kreiner A, Pearson GA, Serrao EA (2022) Ocean currents shape the genetic structure of a kelp in southwestern Africa.  Journal of Biogeography 49: 822-835. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.14338

Tavares  AI,  Assis  J,  Patricio R,  Ferreira  R, Cheikh MA, Bandeira S,  Regalla  A,  Santos I,  Potouroglou  M, Nicolau  S,  Teodosio  MA,  Almada  C,  Santos  RO, Pearson  GA,  Serrao EA (2022) Seagrass connectivity on the west coast of Africa supports the hypothesis of grazer-mediated seed dispersal.  Frontiers in Marine Science, 06 , https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.809721

Fragkopoulou E, Serrao EA, De Clerck O, Costello MJ, Araújo MB, Duarte CM, Krause-Jensen D, Assis J (2022) Global biodiversity patterns of marine forests of brown macroalgae. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/ geb.13450

Coelho M. A. G., Ledoux J.-B., Boavida J., Paulo D., Gómez-Gras D., Bensoussan N., López-Sendino P., Cerrano C., Kipson S., Bakran-Petricioli T., Garrabou J., Serrão E. A., Pearson G. A. (2022) Complete mitochondrial genome of the branching octocoral Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861), phylogenetic relationships and divergence analysis. Mitochondrial Dna Part B 7: 1985–1988. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2143246

Gauci C, Bartsch I, Martins N, Liesner D. (2022) Cold thermal priming of Laminaria digitata (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) gametophytes enhances gametogenesis and thermal performance of sporophytes. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:862923 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.862923

Martins N, Barreto L, Bartsch I, Bernard J, Serrão EA, Pearson GA. (2022) Daylength influences reproductive success and sporophyte growth in the Arctic kelp species Alaria esculenta. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 683: 37-52 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13950

Silva C, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Bartsch I, Martins N. (2022) Microscopic life stages of Arctic kelp differ in their resilience and reproductive output in response to Arctic seasonality. European Journal of Phycology. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2021.2014983

Strasser F-E, Barreto LM, Kaidi S, Sabour B, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Martins N. (2022) Population level variation in reproductive development and output in the golden kelp Laminaria ochroleuca under marine heat wave scenarios. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 9:943511.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.943511

Varela-Álvarez E, Meirmans PG, Guiry MD., & Serrão EA. (2022) 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 424.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.818368.

Duarte CM, Gattuso J-P, Hancke K, Gundersen H, Fibee-Dexter K, Pedersen MF, Middelburg J, Burrows MT, Krumhansl K, Wernberg T, Moore P, Pessarrodona A, Bachmann Ørberg S, Sousa Pinto I, Assis J, Queirós AM, Smale D, Bekkby T, Serrao EA, Krause-Jensen D (2022)  Global Estimates of the Extent and Production of Macroalgal Forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13515

Gouvêa LP, Serrao EA, Cavanaugh K, Gurgel CFD, Horta PA, Assis J (2022) Global impacts of projected climate changes on the extent and aboveground biomass of mangrove forests. Diversity and Distributions DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13631  , https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13631

Díaz-Abad L, Bacco-Mannina N, Madeira FM; Serrao EA; Regalla A, Patrício AR, Frade PR (2022) Red, Gold and Green: Microbial Contribution of Rhodophyta and Other Algae to Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Gut Microbiome. Microorganisms 10(10), DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10101988

Gómez-Gras D, Bensoussan N, Ledoux JB, López-Sendino P, Cerrano C, Ferretti E, Kipson S, Bakran-Petricioli T. Serrao EA, Paulo D, Coelho MAG, Pearson GA, Boavida J, Montero-Serra I, Pagès-Escolà M, Medrano A, López-Sanz A, Milanese M, Linares C, Garrabou J (2022) Exploring the response of a key Mediterranean gorgonian to heat stress across biological and spatial scales. Scientific Reports 21064. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25565-9

Coleman, M.A., Reddy, M., M. J. Nimbs, A. Marshell, S. A. Al-Ghassani, J. J. Bolton, B. P. Jupp, O. De Clerck, F. Leliaert, C. Champion, G. A. Pearson, E. A. Serrão, P. Madeira, T. Wernberg (2022) Loss of a globally unique kelp forest from Oman. Scientific Reports 12(1), 5020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08264-3

Assis J, Serrao EA, Duarte CM, Fragkopoulou E, Krause-Jensen D (2022) Major Expansion of Marine Forests in a Warmer Arctic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 850368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.850368

Gouvea LP, Horta P, Fragkopoulou E, Gurgel CFD,  Peres LMC, Bastos E, Ramlov F, Burle G, Koerich G, Martins CDL, Serrao EA, Assis J (2022Phenotypic Plasticity in Sargassum Forests May Not Counteract Projected Biomass Losses Along a Broad Latitudinal Gradient. Ecosystems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00738-9

Mauger S, Fouqueau L, Avia K, Reynes L, Serrao EA,  Neiva J, Valero M (2022) Development of tools to rapidly identify cryptic species and characterize their genetic diversity in different European kelp species. Journal of Applied Phycology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02613-x

Bermejo R., Golden N., Schrofner E, Knöllerd K, Fentone O, Serrão E, Morrison, L. (2022) Biomass and nutrient dynamics of major green tides in Ireland: Implications for biomonitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin 175: 113-318 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113318

Chaouti A, Belattmania Z, Nadri A, Serrão EA, Encarnação J, Teodósio A, Reani A, Sabour B (2022) The invasive Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its distributional range southward to Atlantic African shores: first records along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. BioInvasions Records 11(1): 227–237 https://doi.org/10.3391/bir. 2022.11.1.23

 

2021

Chefaoui RM, Duarte CM, Tavares AI, Frade DG, Cheikh MAS, Ba MA, Serrao EA (2021) Predicted regime shift in the seagrass ecosystem of the Gulf of Arguin driven by climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01890

Olivé I, Varela-Álvarez E, Silva J, Serrão E, and R Santos. (2021) Physiological potential of the chlorophyte Caulerpa prolifera for proliferation across Mediterranean-Atlantic basin in a warmer ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 668: 73-84. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13719

Varela-Álvarez E, João Loureiro, Patrick G. Meirmans, Mariana Castro and Ester A. Serrão. (2021) Genomes vary in size and spatial patterns within chimeric blades of Porphyra spp. Frontiers in marine science, 8:227. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.628183

Assis J, Failler P, Fragkopoulou E, Abecasis D, Touron-Gardic G, Regalla A, Sidina E, Dinis H, Serrao EA (2021) Potential Biodiversity Connectivity in the Network of Marine Protected Areas in Western Africa. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:765053 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.765053

Diaz-Abad L,  Bacco-Mannina N, Madeira FM,  Neiva J, Aires T, Serrao EA, Regalla A,  Patricio AR, Frade PR (2021) eDNA metabarcoding for diet analyses of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Marine Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-04002-x

Assis J, Fragkopoulou E, Serrao EA, Horta e Costa B, Gandra M, Abecasis D (2021) Weak biodiversity connectivity in the European network of no-take marine protected areas. Science of the Total Environment  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145664  

AIres T, Stuij TM, Muyzer G, Serrao EA, Engelen AH (2021) Characterization and comparison of bacterial communities of an invasive and two native Caribbean seagrass species sheds light on the possible influence of the microbiome on invasive mechanisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.653998

Capistrant-Fossa KA, Morrison HG, Engelen AH, Quigley CTC, Morozov A, Serrao EA, Brodie J, Gachon CMM, Badis Y, Johnson LE, Hoarau G, Abreu MH, Tester PA, Stearns LA, Brawley SH (2021) The microbiome of a habitat-forming brown alga, Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae), has similar cross-Atlantic structure that reflects past and present drivers. Journal of Phycology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13194

Bernal-Ibáñez A, Gestoso I, Wirtz P, Kaufmann M, Serrao EA, Canning-Clode J, Cacabelos E (2021) The collapse of marine forests: drastic reduction in populations of the family Sargassaceae in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic). Regional Environmental Change 21:71 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01801-2

Song XH, Assis J, Zhang J, Gao X, Choi H-G, Duan D-L, Serrao EA, Hu Z-M (2021) Climate-induced range shifts shaped the present and threaten the future genetic variability of a marine brown alga in the Northwest Pacific. Evolutionary Applications  https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13247

Lim KK, Rossbach S, Geraldi NR, Serrao EA, Duarte CM (2021)  Phylogeographic analysis suggests a recent population bottleneck in the rare Red Sea Tridacna squamosina. Frontiers in Marine Science 10  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.628142

Camus C, Solas M, Martinez C, Vargas J, Garcés C, Gil-Kodaka P, Ladah LB, Serrao EA, Faugeron S (2021) Mates matter: gametophyte kinship recognition and inbreeding in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13146

Thomson A, Archer F, Coleman M, Gajardo G, Goodall-Copestake W, Hoban S, Laikre L, Miller A, O'Brien D, Pérez-Espona S, Segelbacher S, Serrao E, Sjøtun K, Stanley M. (2021) Charting a course for genetic diversity in the UN Decade of Ocean Science. Evolutionary Applications https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13224

Anderson, A.B., Assis, J., Batista, M.B., Serrão, E., Guabiroba, H.C.,Delfino, S.D.T., Pinheiro, H.T., Pimentel, C.R., de O. Gomes, L.E., Vilar, C.C., Bernardino, A.F.,Horta, P., Ghisolfi, R.D., Joyeux, J.-C. (2021) Global warming assessment suggests the endemic Brazilian kelp beds as an endangered ecosystem. Marine Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105307

El Atouani S, Belattmania Z, Kaidi S, Engelen AH, Serrao EA, Chaouti A, Reani A, Sabour B (2021) Spatiotemporal patterns of phenology of the alien Phaeophyceae Sargassum muticum on the Atlantic coast of Morocco Scientia Marina 5(2): 103-111 http://scimar.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/4625/

Baptista V, Encarnação J, Serrao EA, Wirtz P, Pestana LB, Faria S, Teodósio MA (2021) New Records of Fish Species from the Coast of Luanda, Angola. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00297-1

 

 

2020

Dias V., Oliveira F., Boavida J., Serrão E. A., Gonçalves J. M. S., Coelho M. A. G. (2020) High Coral Bycatch in Bottom-set Gillnet Coastal Fisheries Reveals Rich Coral Habitats in Southern Portugal. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:1-16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.603438

Martins N, Pearson GA, Bernard J, Serrão EA, Bartsch, I. (2020) Thermal traits for reproduction and recruitment differ between Arctic and Atlantic kelp Laminaria digitata. PloS one, 15(6), e0235388 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235388

Neiva, J., Serrão, E. A., Paulino, C., Gouveia, L., Tamigneaux, É. et al. (2020) 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 55: 517-528. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1750058

Bringloe, T. T., Starko, S., Wade, R. M., Vieira, C., Kawai, H. Et al. (2020) Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 39: 281–321. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679

 

Martins N, Pearson GA, Gouveia L, Tavares AI, Serrão EA, Bartsch I. (2019) 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. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2019.1613571

Sousa, F., Neiva, J., Martins, N., Jacinto, R., Anderson, L. et al. (2019) Increased evolutionary rates and conserved transcriptional response following allopolyploidisation in brown algae. Evolution 73: 59–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13645

 

Neiva, J., Paulino, C., Nielsen, M.M., Krause-Jensen, D., Saunders, G.W. et al. (2018) Glacial vicariance drives phylogeographic diversification in the amphi-boreal kelp Saccharina latissima. Scientific Reports 8: 1112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19620-7

Varela-Álvarez E, Loureiro J, Paulino C and Ester A. Serrão. (2018). Polyploid lineages in the Porphyra genus. Scientific Reports 8. Article number: 8696. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26796-5

Varela-Álvarez E, Balau AC, Paulino C, Berecibar E, Gareth Pearson and Ester A. Serrão.  (2018). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis. Plant Genetic Resources. Plant Genetic Resources. 1 – 4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147926211700034X

 

Martins N, Tanttu H, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Bartsch I (2017) Interactions of daylength, temperature and nutrients affect thresholds for life stage transitions in the kelp Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae). Botanica Marina 60: 109-121 https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0094

Neiva, J., Serrão, E. A., Anderson, L., Raimondi, P. T., Martins, N. et al. (2017) Cryptic diversity, geographical endemism and allopolyploidy in NE Pacific seaweeds. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0878-2

 

Neiva, J., Serrão, E. A., Assis, J., Pearson, G. A., Coyer, J. A., et al. (2016) Climate Oscillations, Range Shifts and Phylogeographic Patterns of North Atlantic Fucaceae. Seaweed Phylogeography - Adaptation and Evolution of Seaweeds under Environmental Change (Z.-M. Hu & (C. Fraser, eds): pp. 279–308. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7534-2_11

Varela-Álvarez E, Paulino C & Ester A. Serrão. (2017). Development and characterization of twelve microsatellite markers for Porphyra linearis Greville. Genetica, 145: 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-016-9941-y

 

Neiva, J., Assis, J., Coelho, N. C., Fernandes, F., Pearson, G. A. & Serrão, E. A. (2015) Genes left behind: Climate change threatens cryptic genetic diversity in the canopy-forming seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata. PLoS ONE 10: e0131530. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131530

Varela-Álvarez E, Balau AC, Marbà N, Afonso-Carrillo J, Duarte C.M. and Ester A. Serrão. (2015) Genetic diversity and biogeographical patterns of Caulerpa prolifera across the Mediterranean and Mediterranean/Atlantic transition zone. Marine Biology, 162, 3: 557-569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2605-5

Cunha A, Varela-Álvarez E, Paulo D, Sousa I & Serrã E. A. (2013) The rediscovery of Caulerpa prolifera in Ria Formosa, Portugal, 60 years after the previous record. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 54: 359-364. doi:10.21411/CBM.A.AFD33E30

 

Neiva, J., Pearson, G. A., Valero, M. & Serrão, E. A. (2012) 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 39: 1167–1178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02670.x

 

Neiva, J., Pearson, G. A., Valero, M. & Serrão, E. A. (2012) Fine-scale genetic breaks driven by historical range dynamics and ongoing density-barrier effects in the estuarine seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-78

 

Neiva, J., Pearson, G. A., Valero, M. & Serrão, E. A. (2010) Surfing the wave on a borrowed board: range expansion and spread of introgressed organellar genomes in the seaweed Fucus ceranoides L. Molecular Ecology 19: 4812–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04853.x

Varela-Álvarez E, Gómez Garreta A, Rull Lluch J, Salvador Soler N, Serrão EA, and MAR Siguán. (2012). Mediterranean species of Caulerpa are polyploid with smaller genomes in the invasive ones. PloS ONE, 7(10): e47728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047728