FIU Discovery

The arrival of a non-indigenous ecosystem engineer to a heavily invaded and flow-regulated estuary in Europe

The benthic food web connects the estuarine habitat mosaic to adjacent ecosystems

Aquatic species shows asymmetric distribution range shifts in native and non-native areas

Coastal Countercurrents Increase Propagule Pressure of an Aquatic Invasive Species to an Area Where Previous Introductions Failed.  ESTUARIES AND COASTS.  45:2504-2518.

Free Pass Through the Pillars of Hercules? Genetic and Historical Insights Into the Recent Expansion of the Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus to the West and the East of the Strait of Gibraltar

What's for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumption.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS.  24:815-829.

Aliens From an Underwater World

Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Obtain Biodiversity Data About Cetaceans in a Poorly Monitored Area

Low-Cost Citizen Science Effectively Monitors the Rapid Expansion of a Marine Invasive Species

Estuaries, A Happy Place For Fish

Invasive fish keeps native feeding strategy despite high niche overlap with a congener species

Does consistent individual variability in pelagic fish larval behaviour affect recruitment in nursery habitats?.  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY.  74.

Modelling the ingress of a temperate fish larva into a nursery coastal lagoon.  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE.  235.

Habitat use and food sources of European flounder larvae (Platichthys flesus, L. 1758) across the Minho River estuary salinity gradient (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Swimming Abilities of Temperate Pelagic Fish Larvae Prove that They May Control Their Dispersion in Coastal Areas

New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe)

The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 expands its non-native distribution into the Ria Formosa lagoon and the Guadiana estuary (SW-Iberian Peninsula, Europe)

How Scientists Reveal The Secret Migrations of Fish

Winter river discharge may affect summer estuarine jellyfish blooms.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  591:253-265.

An Update on the Invasion of Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Actinopterygii: Sciaenidae) into Europe

On the presence of the Ponto-Caspian hydrozoan Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) in an Iberian estuary: highlights on the introduction vectors and invasion routes

Benthic food webs support the production of sympatric flatfish larvae in estuarine nursery habitat.  FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY.  26:507-512.

Response of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata L., 1758) Larvae to Nursery Odor Cues as Described by a New Set of Behavioral Indexes

Behavioural lateralization and shoaling cohesion of fish larvae altered under ocean acidification.  MARINE BIOLOGY.  163.

The transatlantic introduction of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Sciaenidae, Pisces) into Europe

Estuarine consumers utilize marine, estuarine and terrestrial organic matter and provide connectivity among these food webs.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  554:21-34.

Linking terrestrial and benthic estuarine ecosystems: organic matter sources supporting the high secondary production of a non-indigenous bivalve.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS.  16:2163-2179.

ASSESSING THE MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY OF UNIO DELPHINUS SPENGLER, 1783 (BIVALVIA: UNIONIDAE) USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRY

Effects of inter-annual freshwater inflow shifts on the community structure of estuarine decapods

Are tidal lagoons ecologically relevant to larval recruitment of small pelagic fish? An approach using nutritional condition and growth rate.  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE.  112:265-279.

Natural born indicators: Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Ayes: Phalacrocoracidae) as monitors of river discharge influence on estuarine ichthyofauna.  JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH.  73:101-108.

Population structure and connectivity of the European conger eel (Conger conger) across the north-eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean: integrating molecular and otolith elemental approaches.  MARINE BIOLOGY.  159:1509-1525.

Merging anchovy eggs abundance into a hydrodynamic model as an assessment tool for estuarine ecohydrological management.  RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS.  28:160-176.

Plasticity of European flounder life history patterns discloses alternatives to catadromy.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  465:267-280.

The effect of distinct hydrologic conditions on the zooplankton community in an estuary under Mediterranean climate influence

The migration patterns of the European flounder Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pleuronectidae, Pisces) at the southern limit of its distribution range: Ecological implications and fishery management.  JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH.  65:235-246.

Diversity of anchovy migration patterns in an European temperate estuary and in its adjacent coastal area: Implications for fishery management.  JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH.  64:295-303.

Changes in a temperate estuary during the filling of the biggest European dam.  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT.  407:2245-2259.

Alien species in the guadiana estuary (SE-Portugal/SW-Spain): Blackfordia virginica (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and Palaemon macrodactylus (Crustacea, Decapoda): Potential impacts and mitigation measures.  AQUATIC INVASIONS.  4:501-506.

Application and demonstration of the ecohydrology approach for the sustainable functioning of the guadiana estuary (South Portugal)

How to sample larval fish for taxonomical and ecophysiological studies in shallower temperate coastal ecosystems?

The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the Guadiana river Basin (Southwestern Iberian Peninsula): Setting the record straight.  AQUATIC INVASIONS.  4:681-684.

The unexpected occurrence of late Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (Osteichthyes: Clupeidae) larvae in a temperate estuary

Factors Affecting Pisidium amnicum (Muller, 1774; Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) Distribution in the River Minho Estuary: Consequences for its Conservation.  ESTUARIES AND COASTS.  31:1198-1207.

Effect of sex on ratios and concentrations of DNA and RNA in three marine species.  MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES.  332:241-245.

Allochthonous-derived organic matter subsidizes the food sources of estuarine jellyfish.  JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH.  39:870-877.

What are jellyfish really eating to support high ecophysiological condition?.  JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH.  37:1036-1041.

Leading hypothesis about the influence of temperate marine fish larvae on recruitment variability that shaped larval ecology.  53-63.

History of Fish Migration Research.  3-13.

Definitions and Concepts Related to Fish Migration.  14-19.

History of Fish Migration Research.  3-13.

Trends and Challenges in Fish Migration Research.  20-25.

Ecohydrology Approach to Sustain Ecological Functions of Coastal Ecosystems under Climate Change.  411-+.

An ecohydrology model of the Guadiana Estuary (South Portugal).  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 132-143.

Ichthyoplankton dynamics in the Guadiana estuary and adjacent coastal area, South-East Portugal.  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 85-97.

Inter-annual differences of ichthyofauna structure of the Guadiana estuary and adjacent coastal area (SE Portugal/SW Spain):: Before and after Alqueva dam construction.  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 39-51.

Phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal saline lake (SE-Portugal).  ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. S87-S96.

The ocean in a box: water density gradients and discontinuities in water masses are important cues guiding fish larvae towards estuarine nursery grounds.  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY.

Comments on Lowe et al. "Otolith Microchemistry Reveals Substantial Use of Freshwater by Southern Flounder in the Northern Gulf of Mexico".  ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 904-906.

Biological invasions and ecosystem functioning: time to merge.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 1055-1058.

New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula

What’s for Dinner? Assessing the Value of an Edible Invasive Species and Outreach Actions to Promote Its Consumption

Citizen Science and Biological Invasions: A Review

Cryptic invasions: A review.  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 1438-1448.

Biophysical processes leading to the ingress of temperate fish larvae into estuarine nursery areas: A review.  ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 187-202.

Review on the major ecosystem impacts caused by damming and watershed development in an Iberian basin (SW-Europe): focus on the Guadiana estuary.  105-117.