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Ester Á. Serrão

University of Algarve

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Gareth A. Pearson

University of Algarve

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Jorge Assis

University of Algarve

Carlos M. Duarte

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Aschwin H. Engelen

University of Algarve

Sophie Arnaud‐Haond

Université de Montpellier

João Neiva

University of Algarve

Joana Boavida

Université de Toulon

Filipe Alberto

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Eliza Fragkopoulou

University of Algarve

Nelson Castilho Coelho

University of Algarve

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University of Algarve

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Universidade do Porto

University of Lisbon

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve

Sorbonne Université

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

University of Coimbra

University of Groningen

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Phenotypic Plasticity in Sargassum Forests May Not Counteract Projected Biomass Losses Along a Broad Latitudinal Gradient

Ecosystems (2022)

Lidiane Gouvêa Paulo Antunes Horta Eliza Fragkopoulou Carlos Frederico D. Gurgel Letícia Peres

10.1007/s10021-022-00738-9

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Bottom Trawling Threatens Future Climate Refugia of Rhodoliths Globally

Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Eliza Fragkopoulou Ester Á. Serrão Paulo Antunes Horta Gabrielle Koerich Jorge Assis

Climate driven range shifts are driving the redistribution of marine species and threatening the functioning and stability of marine ecosystems. For species that are the structural basis of marine ecosystems, such effects can be magnified into drastic loss of ecosystem functioning and resilience. Rhodoliths are unattached calcareous red algae that provide key complex three-dimensional habitats for highly diverse biological communities. These globally distributed biodiversity hotspots are increasingly threatened by ongoing environmental changes, mainly ocean acidification and warming, with wide negative impacts anticipated in the years to come. These are superimposed upon major local stressors caused by direct destructive impacts, such as bottom trawling, which act synergistically in the deterioration of the rhodolith ecosystem health and function. Anticipating the potential impacts of future environmental changes on the rhodolith biome may inform timely mitigation strategies integrating local effects of bottom trawling over vulnerable areas at global scales. This study aimed to identify future climate refugia, as regions where persistence is predicted under contrasting climate scenarios, and to analyze their trawling threat levels. This was approached by developing species distribution models with ecologically relevant environmental predictors, combined with the development of a global bottom trawling intensity index to identify heavily fished regions overlaying rhodoliths. Our results revealed the importance of light, thermal stress and pH driving the global distribution of rhodoliths. Future projections showed poleward expansions and contractions of suitable habitats at lower latitudes, structuring cryptic depth refugia, particularly evident under the more severe warming scenario RCP 8.5. Our results suggest that if management and conservation measures are not taken, bottom trawling may directly threaten the persistence of key rhodolith refugia. Since rhodoliths have slow growth rates, high sensitivity and ecological importance, understanding how their current and future distribution might be susceptible to bottom trawling pressure, may contribute to determine the fate of both the species and their associated communities.

Bottom trawling

Marine ecosystem

10.3389/fmars.2020.594537

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Development and characterization of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Western Spadefoot toad, Pelobates cultripes

Conservation Genetics (2008)

Mirjam S. van de Vliet Onno E. Diekmann Ester Á. Serrão Pedro Beja

Lumbricidae

10.1007/s10592-008-9670-6

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Author response for "Kelp forest diversity under projected end‐of‐century climate change"

Jorge Assis Eliza Fragkopoulou Lidiane Gouvêa Miguel B. Araújo Ester Á. Serrão

Kelp forest

10.1111/ddi.13837/v2/response1

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Standard Deviation from Ensemble Niche Model

Figshare (2016)

Joana Boavida Jorge Assis Ester Á. Serrão Inga Silva

Standard deviation from the ensemble of the best models. Algorithm: Boosted Regression Trees. Species: Paramuricea clavata.

10.6084/m9.figshare.3470489

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Author Correction: Long range gene flow beyond predictions from oceanographic transport in a tropical marine foundation species

Scientific Reports (2023)

Ana I. Tavares Jorge Assis Patrick D. Larkin Joel C. Creed Karine Matos Magalhães

Fine scale connectivity' , "Sea turtles and dugongs are known to feed on H. wrightii meadows in these regions 63 , and for some species, these areas are part of their migratory pathways 64 .

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Tropical marine climate

10.1038/s41598-023-37583-2

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Not out of the Mediterranean: Atlantic populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata are a separate sister species under further lineage diversification

Authorea (Authorea) (2022)

Márcio A. G. Coelho Gareth A. Pearson Joana Boavida Diogo Paulo Didier Aurelle

The accurate delimitation of species boundaries in non-bilaterian marine taxa is notoriously difficult, with consequences for many studies in ecology and evolution. Anthozoans are a diverse group of key structural organisms worldwide, but the lack of reliable morphological characters and informative genetic markers hampers our ability to understand species diversification. We investigated population differentiation and species limits in Atlantic (Iberian Peninsula) and Mediterranean lineages of the octocoral genus Paramuricea previously identified as P. clavata. We used a diverse set of molecular markers (microsatellites, RNA-seq derived single-copy orthologues [SCO] and mt-mutS [mitochondria]) at 49 locations. Clear segregation of Atlantic and Mediterranean lineages was found with all markers. Species-tree estimations based on SCO strongly supported these two clades as distinct, recently diverged sister species with incomplete lineage sorting, P. cf. grayi and P. clavata, respectively. Furthermore, a second putative (or ongoing) speciation event was detected in the Atlantic between two P. cf. grayi colour morphotypes (yellow and purple) using SCO and supported by microsatellites. While segregating P. cf. grayi lineages showed considerable geographic structure, dominating circalittoral communities in southern (yellow) and western (purple) Portugal, their occurrence in sympatry at some localities suggests a degree of reproductive isolation. Overall, our results show that previous molecular and morphological studies have underestimated species diversity in Paramuricea occurring in the Iberian Peninsula, which has important implications for conservation planning. Finally, our findings validate the usefulness of phylotranscriptomics for resolving evolutionary relationships in octocorals.

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Reproductive isolation

10.22541/au.165544523.32209087/v1

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Marine Forests Forever—A Necessary Multilateral Program for a Fair Future

Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2025)

Paulo Antunes Horta Marina Nasri Sissini Alessandra Fonseca Alexander Turra Ana Cláudia Rodrigues

Marine protected area

10.1002/aqc.70037

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Microbiome dynamics in the tissue and mucus of acroporid corals differ in relation to host and environmental parameters

PeerJ (2020)

Giulia M. Marchioro Bettina Glasl Aschwin H. Engelen Ester Á. Serrão David G. Bourne

Corals are associated with diverse microbial assemblages; however, the spatial-temporal dynamics of intra-species microbial interactions are poorly understood. The coral-associated microbial community varies substantially between tissue and mucus microhabitats; however, the factors controlling the occurrence, abundance, and distribution of microbial taxa over time have rarely been explored for different coral compartments simultaneously. Here, we test (1) differentiation in microbiome diversity and composition between coral compartments (surface mucus and tissue) of two Acropora hosts ( A. tenuis and A. millepora ) common along inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as (2) the potential linkage between shifts in individual coral microbiome families and underlying host and environmental parameters. Amplicon based 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing of 136 samples collected over 14 months, revealed significant differences in bacterial richness, diversity and community structure among mucus, tissue and the surrounding seawater. Seawater samples were dominated by members of the Synechococcaceae and Pelagibacteraceae bacterial families. The mucus microbiome of Acropora spp. was dominated by members of Flavobacteriaceae, Synechococcaceae and Rhodobacteraceae and the tissue was dominated by Endozoicimonaceae. Mucus microbiome in both Acropora species was primarily correlated with seawater parameters including levels of chlorophyll a, ammonium, particulate organic carbon and the sum of nitrate and nitrite. In contrast, the correlation of the tissue microbiome to the measured environmental (i.e., seawater parameters) and host health physiological factors differed between host species, suggesting host-specific modulation of the tissue-associated microbiome to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Furthermore, the correlation between individual coral microbiome members and environmental factors provides novel insights into coral microbiome-by-environment dynamics and hence has potential implications for current reef restoration and management efforts (e.g. microbial monitoring and observatory programs).

Acropora

Holobiont

Anthozoa

10.7717/peerj.9644

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Global biodiversity patterns of marine forests of brown macroalgae

Figshare (2021)

Eliza Fragkopoulou Ester Á. Serrão Olivier De Clerck Mark J. Costello Miguel B. Araújo

S1. List of modelled species and individual number of records.S2. Predictive performance per modelled species.S3. Contribution of environmental predictors and apparent physiological thresholds per species.S4. Collinearity analyses between environmental predictors.S5. Predicted species richness per family and suitable habitat areas for fucoid and kelp per realm as defined by Spalding et al., (2007).S6. List of predicted species of kelp per ecoregion as defined by Spalding et al., (2007).S7. List of predicted species of fucoids per ecoregion as defined by Spalding et al., (2007).S8. Predictive layers per species and stacked as global estimates of potential species richness

Marine Biodiversity

10.6084/m9.figshare.14496018.v2

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