Publications

Ballesteros† E, De Caralt S, Cebrian E (2025) Back from Presumed Local Extinction: The Case of Sargassum hornschuchii C.Agardh (Fucales: Heterokontophyta) in the Spanish Mediterranean. Cryptogamie, Algologie 46(6). doi:10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a6

Carlot J, Galobart C, Gómez-Gras D, Santamaría J, Golo R, Sini M, Cebrian E, Gerovasileiou V, Ponti M, Turicchia E, Comeau S, Rilov G, Tamburello L, Pulido Mantas T, Cerrano C, Ledoux JB, Gattuso J-P, Ramirez-Calero S, Millan L, Montefalcone M, Katsanevakis S, Bensoussan N, Garrabou J, Teixidó N (2025) Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events. Nature Communications 16(1): 1571. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-55949-0

Galobart C, Sitjà C, de Caralt S, Santamaría J, Vergés A, Boada J, Cebrian E (2025) Oxygen and pH fluxes in shallow bay habitats: Evaluating the effectiveness of a macroalgal forest restoration. Journal of Phycology 61(1): 20-33. doi:10.1111/jpy.13520

Galobart C, Zarcero J, Antich A, Turon X, Cebrian E (2025) Metabarcoding identifies macroalgal composition as a driver of benthic invertebrate assemblages in restored habitats. Scientific Reports 15(1): 9817. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-93327-4

Magliozzi C, Cardoso AC, Gervasini E, Melone B, Bizzotto EC, Brundu G, Cagnacci F, Cebrian E, Adriaens T, Alves MH, Bartilotti C, Carnevali L, Duarte S, Groom Q, Queiroga RM, Meeus S, Nunes AL, Preda C, Rendón-Hernández E, Vanden Abeele S, Scalera R, Vanhove MPM, Álvaro NV (2025) Aligning EU policies to address biological invasions: assessing invasion impacts across sectors. NeoBiota 102: 295-312. doi:10.3897/neobiota.102.152015

Minguito‐Frutos M, Arthur R, Boada J, Marco‐Méndez C, Adams MP, Pagès JF, Buñuel X, Pessarrodona A, Turon X, Ballesteros E, Tamburello L, Farina S, Skouradakis G, Kletou D, Cebrian E, Santamaría J, Verdura J, Alcoverro T (2025) Grazing halos reveal differential ecosystem vulnerabilities in vegetated habitats. Ecology 106(11): e70239. doi:10.1002/ecy.70239

Arafeh-Dalmau N, Erlania, Cebrian E, Dunga LV, Horta P, Layton C, Macaya EC, Mangialajo L, Moore PJ, Mora-Soto A, Reddy MM, Smit AJ, Spector P, Nguyen VT, Verdura J, Pocklington JB (2024) Introducing the Seaweed Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Oryx 58(2): 147-148. doi:10.1017/s003060532300193x

Golo R, Cebrian E, Díaz-Tapia P, Lucic P, Hoffman R, Vergés A (2024) Phylogenetic analysis of invasive genus Lophocladia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) reveals synonymy of L. lallemandii with L. trichoclados and first record of L. kuetzingii in the NE Atlantic. European Journal of Phycology 59(1): 112-126. doi:10.1080/09670262.2023.2260443

Golo R, Santamaría J, Vergés A, Cebrian E (2024) The role of species thermal plasticity for alien species invasibility in a changing climate: A case study of Lophocladia trichoclados. Marine Environmental Research 200: 106642. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106642

Moreda U, Mazarrasa I, Cebrian E, Kaal J, Ricart AM, Serrano E, Serrano O (2024) Role of macroalgal forests within Mediterranean shallow bays in blue carbon storage. Science of The Total Environment 934: 173219. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173219

de Caralt S, Verdura J, Santamaría J, Vergés A, Cebrian E (2023) Importance of life history traits for vulnerability to climate change: implications for macroalgal restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1248629. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1248629

Fabbrizzi E, Giakoumi S, De Leo F, Tamburello L, Chiarore A, Colletti A, Coppola M, Munari M, Musco L, Rindi F, Rizzo L, Savinelli B, Franzitta G, Grech D, Cebrian E, Verdura J, Bianchelli S, Mangialajo L, Nasto I, Sota D, Orfanidis S, Papadopoulou NK, Danovaro R, Fraschetti S (2023) The challenge of setting restoration targets for macroalgal forests under climate changes. Journal of Environmental Management 326: 116834. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116834

Galobart C, Ballesteros E, Golo R, Cebrian E (2023) Addressing marine restoration success: evidence of species and functional diversity recovery in a ten-year restored macroalgal forest. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1176655. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1176655

Golo R, Vergés A, Díaz-Tapia P, Cebrian E (2023) Implications of taxonomic misidentification for future invasion predictions: Evidence from one of the most harmful invasive marine algae. Marine Pollution Bulletin 191: 114970. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114970

Latombe G, Seebens H, Lenzner B, Courchamp F, Dullinger S, Golivets M, Kühn I, Leung B, Roura-Pascual N, Cebrian E, Dawson W, Diagne C, Jeschke JM, Pérez-Granados C, Moser D, Turbelin A, Visconti P, Essl F (2023) Capacity of countries to reduce biological invasions. Sustainability Science 18(2): 771-789. doi:10.1007/s11625-022-01166-3

Rindi F, Vergés A, Zuchegna I, Bianchelli S, de Caralt S, Galobart C, Santamaría J, Martini F, Monserrat M, Orfanidis S, Sitjà C, Tsioli S, Verdura J, Mangialajo L, Fraschetti S, Danovaro R, Cebrian E (2023) Standardized protocol for reproductive phenology monitoring of fucalean algae of the genus Cystoseira s.l. with potential for restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1250642. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1250642

Smith CJ, Verdura J, Papadopoulou N, Fraschetti S, Cebrian E, Fabbrizzi E, Monserrat M, Drake M, Bianchelli S, Danovaro R, Malak DA, Ballesteros E, Benjumea Tesouro T, Boissery P, D’Ambrosio P, Galobart C, Javel F, Laurent D, Orfanidis S, Mangialajo L (2023) A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1159262. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1159262

Turon X, Zarcero J, Antich A, Wangensteen OS, Ballesteros E, Cebrian E, Marco-Méndez C, Alcoverro T (2023) Metabarcoding the eukaryotic community of a threatened, iconic Mediterranean habitat: Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1145883. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1145883

Verdura J, Rehues L, Mangialajo L, Fraschetti S, Belattmania Z, Bianchelli S, Blanfuné A, Sabour B, Chiarore A, Danovaro R, Fabbrizzi E, Giakoumi S, Iveša L, Katsanevakis S, Kytinou E, Nasto I, Nikolaou A, Orfanidis S, Rilov G, Rindi F, Sales M, Sini M, Tamburello L, Thibaut T, Tsirintanis K, Cebrian E (2023) Distribution, health and threats to Mediterranean macroalgal forests: defining the baselines for their conservation and restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1258842. doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1258842

Cebrian E, Santamaría J (2022) Hidden in plain sight. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20(3): 169-169. doi:10.1002/fee.2491

Fraschetti S, Fabbrizzi E, Tamburello L, Uyarra MC, Micheli F, Sala E, Pipitone C, Badalamenti F, Bevilacqua S, Boada J, Cebrian E, Ceccherelli G, Chiantore M, D'Anna G, Di Franco A, Farina S, Giakoumi S, Gissi E, Guala I, Guidetti P, Katsanevakis S, Manea E, Montefalcone M, Sini M, Asnaghi V, Calò A, Di Lorenzo M, Garrabou J, Musco L, Oprandi A, Rilov G, Borja A (2022) An integrated assessment of the Good Environmental Status of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. Journal of Environmental Management 305: 114370. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114370

Garrabou J, Gómez‐Gras D, Medrano A, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Schlegel R, Bensoussan N, Turicchia E, Sini M, Gerovasileiou V, Teixido N, Mirasole A, Tamburello L, Cebrian E, Rilov G, Ledoux J, Souissi JB, Khamassi F, Ghanem R, Benabdi M, Grimes S, Ocaña O, Bazairi H, Hereu B, Linares C, Kersting DK, la Rovira G, Ortega J, Casals D, Pagès‐Escolà M, Margarit N, Capdevila P, Verdura J, Ramos A, Izquierdo A, Barbera C, Rubio‐Portillo E, Anton I, López‐Sendino P, Díaz D, Vázquez‐Luis M, Duarte C, Marbà N, Aspillaga E, Espinosa F, Grech D, Guala I, Azzurro E, Farina S, Cristina Gambi M, Chimienti G, Montefalcone M, Azzola A, Mantas TP, Fraschetti S, Ceccherelli G, Kipson S, Bakran‐Petricioli T, Petricioli D, Jimenez C, Katsanevakis S, Kizilkaya IT, Kizilkaya Z, Sartoretto S, Elodie R, Ruitton S, Comeau S, Gattuso J, Harmelin J (2022) Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea. Global Change Biology 28(19): 5708-5725. doi:10.1111/gcb.16301

Santamaría J, Golo R, Verdura J, Tomas F, Ballesteros E, Alcoverro T, Arthur R, Cebrian E (2022) Learning takes time: Biotic resistance by native herbivores increases through the invasion process. Ecology Letters 25(11): 2525-2539. doi:10.1111/ele.14115

Antich A, Palacín C, Cebrian E, Golo R, Wangensteen OS, Turon X (2021) Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities? Molecular Ecology 30(13): 3175-3188. doi:10.1111/mec.15641

Bevilacqua S, Airoldi L, Ballesteros E, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Boero F, Bulleri F, Cebrian E, Cerrano C, Claudet J, Colloca F, Coppari M, Di Franco A, Fraschetti S, Garrabou J, Guarnieri G, Guerranti C, Guidetti P, Halpern BS, Katsanevakis S, Mangano MC, Micheli F, Milazzo M, Pusceddu A (2021) Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns. Advances in Marine Biology 1-51. doi:10.1016/bs.amb.2021.08.001

Cebrian E, Linares C, Garrabou J (2021) Warming may increase the vulnerability of calcareous algae to bioinvasions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 173: 113099. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113099

Cebrian E, Tamburello L, Verdura J, Guarnieri G, Medrano A, Linares C, Hereu B, Garrabou J, Cerrano C, Galobart C, Fraschetti S (2021) A Roadmap for the Restoration of Mediterranean Macroalgal Forests. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 709219. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.709219

Fraschetti S, McOwen C, Papa L, Papadopoulou N, Bilan M, Boström C, Capdevila P, Carreiro-Silva M, Carugati L, Cebrian E, Coll M, Dailianis T, Danovaro R, De Leo F, Fiorentino D, Gagnon K, Gambi C, Garrabou J, Gerovasileiou V, Hereu B, Kipson S, Kotta J, Ledoux J-B, Linares C, Martin J, Medrano A, Montero-Serra I, Morato T, Pusceddu A, Sevastou K, Smith CJ, Verdura J, Guarnieri G (2021) Where Is More Important Than How in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 626843. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.626843

Gómez-Gras D, Linares C, López-Sanz A, Amate R, Ledoux JB, Bensoussan N, Drap P, Bianchimani O, Marschal C, Torrents O, Zuberer F, Cebrian E, Teixidó N, Zabala M, Kipson S, Kersting DK, Montero-Serra I, Pagès-Escolà M, Medrano A, Frleta-Valić M, Dimarchopoulou D, López-Sendino P, Garrabou J (2021) Population collapse of habitat-forming species in the Mediterranean: a long-term study of gorgonian populations affected by recurrent marine heatwaves. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1965): 20212384. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.2384

Orfanidis S, Rindi F, Cebrian E, Fraschetti S, Nasto I, Taskin E, Bianchelli S, Papathanasiou V, Kosmidou M, Caragnano A, Tsioli S, Ratti S, Fabbrizzi E, Verdura J, Tamburello L, Beqiraj S, Kashta L, Sota D, Papadimitriou A, Mahmoudi E, Kiçaj H, Georgiadis K, Hannachi A, Danovaro R (2021) Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors on Fucalean Brown Seaweeds Across Different Spatial Scales in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 658417. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.658417

Santamaría J, Golo R, Cebrian E, García M, Vergés A (2021) Stressful Conditions Give Rise to a Novel and Cryptic Filamentous Form of Caulerpa cylindracea. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 548679. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.548679

Santamaría J, Tomas F, Ballesteros E, Cebrian E (2021) Herbivory on the Invasive Alga Caulerpa cylindracea: The Role of Omnivorous Fishes. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 702492. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.702492

Santamaría J, Tomas F, Ballesteros E, Ruiz JM, Bernardeau‐Esteller J, Terrados J, Cebrian E (2021) The role of competition and herbivory in biotic resistance against invaders: a synergistic effect. Ecology 102(9): e03440. doi:10.1002/ecy.3440

Verdura J, Santamaría J, Ballesteros E, Smale DA, Cefalì ME, Golo R, de Caralt S, Vergés A, Cebrian E (2021) Local‐scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat‐forming species during a marine heatwave. Journal of Ecology 109(4): 1758-1773. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13599

(2020) Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species. BioInvasions Records 9(2): 165-182. doi:10.3391/bir.2020.9.2.01

Bekkby T, Papadopoulou N, Fiorentino D, McOwen CJ, Rinde E, Boström C, Carreiro-Silva M, Linares C, Andersen GS, Bengil EGT, Bilan M, Cebrian E, Cerrano C, Danovaro R, Fagerli CW, Fraschetti S, Gagnon K, Gambi C, Gundersen H, Kipson S, Kotta J, Morato T, Ojaveer H, Ramirez-Llodra E, Smith CJ (2020) Habitat Features and Their Influence on the Restoration Potential of Marine Habitats in Europe. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 184. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00184

de Caralt S, Verdura J, Vergés A, Ballesteros E, Cebrian E (2020) Differential effects of pollution on adult and recruits of a canopy-forming alga: implications for population viability under low pollutant levels. Scientific Reports 10(1): 17825. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-73990-5

Fabbrizzi E, Scardi M, Ballesteros E, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Cebrian E, Ceccherelli G, De Leo F, Deidun A, Guarnieri G, Falace A, Fraissinet S, Giommi C, Mačić V, Mangialajo L, Mannino AM, Piazzi L, Ramdani M, Rilov G, Rindi L, Rizzo L, Sarà G, Souissi JB, Taskin E, Fraschetti S (2020) Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management. Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 20. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00020

Capdevila P, Hereu B, Salguero‐Gómez R, Rovira G, Medrano A, Cebrian E, Garrabou J, Kersting DK, Linares C (2019) Warming impacts on early life stages increase the vulnerability and delay the population recovery of a long‐lived habitat‐forming macroalga. Journal of Ecology 107(3): 1129-1140. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13090

Cefalì ME, Cebrian E, Chappuis E, Terradas M, Mariani S, Ballesteros E (2019) Community-dependent variability in species composition and richness on rocky shores at a regional scale. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 230: 106425. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106425

Garrabou J, Gómez-Gras D, Ledoux J-B, Linares C, Bensoussan N, López-Sendino P, Bazairi H, Espinosa F, Ramdani M, Grimes S, Benabdi M, Souissi JB, Soufi E, Khamassi F, Ghanem R, Ocaña O, Ramos-Esplà A, Izquierdo A, Anton I, Rubio-Portillo E, Barbera C, Cebrian E, Marbà N, Hendriks IE, Duarte CM, Deudero S, Díaz D, Vázquez-Luis M, Alvarez E, Hereu B, Kersting DK, Gori A, Viladrich N, Sartoretto S, Pairaud I, Ruitton S, Pergent G, Pergent-Martini C, Rouanet E, Teixidó N, Gattuso J-P, Fraschetti S, Rivetti I, Azzurro E, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Turicchia E, Bavestrello G, Cattaneo-Vietti R, Bo M, Bertolino M, Montefalcone M, Chimienti G, Grech D, Rilov G, Tuney Kizilkaya I, Kizilkaya Z, Eda Topçu N, Gerovasileiou V, Sini M, Bakran-Petricioli T, Kipson S, Harmelin JG (2019) Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 707. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00707

Gerovasileiou V, Smith CJ, Sevastou K, Papadopoulou N, Dailianis T, Bekkby T, Fiorentino D, McOwen CJ, Amaro T, Bengil EGT, Bilan M, Boström C, Carreiro-Silva M, Cebrian E, Cerrano C, Danovaro R, Fraschetti S, Gagnon K, Gambi C, Grehan A, Hereu B, Kipson S, Kotta J, Linares C, Morato T, Ojaveer H, Orav-Kotta H, Sarà A, Scrimgeour R (2019) Habitat mapping in the European Seas - is it fit for purpose in the marine restoration agenda? Marine Policy 106: 103521. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103521

Giakoumi S, Katsanevakis S, Albano PG, Azzurro E, Cardoso AC, Cebrian E, Deidun A, Edelist D, Francour P, Jimenez C, Mačić V, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Rilov G, Sghaier YR (2019) Management priorities for marine invasive species. Science of The Total Environment 688: 976-982. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.282

Gómez‐Gras D, Linares C, de Caralt S, Cebrian E, Frleta‐Valić M, Montero‐Serra I, Pagès‐Escolà M, López‐Sendino P, Garrabou J (2019) Response diversity in Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages facing climate change: Insights from a multispecific thermotolerance experiment. Ecology and Evolution 9(7): 4168-4180. doi:10.1002/ece3.5045

Verdura J, Linares C, Ballesteros E, Coma R, Uriz MJ, Bensoussan N, Cebrian E (2019) Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species. Scientific Reports 9(1): 5911. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41929-0

Cebrian E, Tomas F, López-Sendino P, Vilà M, Ballesteros E (2018) Biodiversity influences invasion success of a facultative epiphytic seaweed in a marine forest. Biological Invasions 20(10): 2839-2848. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1736-x

Cefalì ME, Ballesteros E, Riera JL, Chappuis E, Terradas M, Mariani S, Cebrian E (2018) The optimal sampling design for littoral habitats modelling: A case study from the north-western Mediterranean. PLOS ONE 13(5): e0197234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197234

Ledoux J, Frleta‐Valić M, Kipson S, Antunes A, Cebrian E, Linares C, Sánchez P, Leblois R, Garrabou J (2018) Postglacial range expansion shaped the spatial genetic structure in a marine habitat‐forming species: Implications for conservation plans in the Eastern Adriatic Sea. Journal of Biogeography 45(12): 2645-2657. doi:10.1111/jbi.13461

Verdura J, Sales M, Ballesteros E, Cefalì ME, Cebrian E (2018) Restoration of a Canopy-Forming Alga Based on Recruitment Enhancement: Methods and Long-Term Success Assessment. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1832. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01832

Wangensteen OS, Cebrian E, Palacín C, Turon X (2018) Under the canopy: Community-wide effects of invasive algae in Marine Protected Areas revealed by metabarcoding. Marine Pollution Bulletin 127: 54-66. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.033

Crisci C, Ledoux J-B, Mokhtar- Jamaï K, Bally M, Bensoussan N, Aurelle D, Cebrian E, Coma R, Féral J-P, La Rivière M, Linares C, López-Sendino P, Marschal C, Ribes M, Teixidó N, Zuberer F, Garrabou J (2017) Regional and local environmental conditions do not shape the response to warming of a marine habitat-forming species. Scientific Reports 7(1): 5069. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05220-4

Garrabou J, Sala E, Linares C, Ledoux JB, Montero-Serra I, Dominici JM, Kipson S, Teixidó N, Cebrian E, Kersting DK, Harmelin JG (2017) Re-shifting the ecological baseline for the overexploited Mediterranean red coral. Scientific Reports 7(1): 42404. doi:10.1038/srep42404

Kersting D, Cebrian E, Verdura J, Ballesteros E (2017) A new Cladocora caespitosa population with unique ecological traits. Mediterranean Marine Science 18(1): 38. doi:10.12681/mms.1955

Kersting DK, Cebrian E, Verdura J, Ballesteros E (2017) Rolling corals in the Mediterranean Sea. Coral Reefs 36(1): 245-245. doi:10.1007/s00338-016-1498-9

Thibaut T, Blanfuné A, Boudouresque CF, Personnic S, Ruitton S, Ballesteros E, Bellan-Santini D, Bianchi CN, Bussotti S, Cebrian E, Cheminée A, Culioli J-M, Derrien-Courtel S, Guidetti P, Harmelin-Vivien M, Hereu B, Morri C, Poggiale J-C, Verlaque M (2017) An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 117(1-2): 311-329. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.029

Blanquer A, Uriz MJ, Cebrian E, Galand PE (2016) Snapshot of a Bacterial Microbiome Shift during the Early Symptoms of a Massive Sponge Die-Off in the Western Mediterranean. Frontiers in Microbiology 7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00752

Casas-Güell E, Cebrian E, Garrabou J, Ledoux J-B, Linares C, Teixidó N (2016) Structure and biodiversity of coralligenous assemblages dominated by the precious red coral Corallium rubrum over broad spatial scales. Scientific Reports 6(1): 36535. doi:10.1038/srep36535

Cefalì ME, Cebrian E, Chappuis E, Pinedo S, Terradas M, Mariani S, Ballesteros E (2016) Life on the boundary: Environmental factors as drivers of habitat distribution in the littoral zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 172: 81-92. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.043

Rattray A, Andrello M, Asnaghi V, Bevilacqua S, Bulleri F, Cebrian E, Chiantore M, Claudet J, Deudero S, Evans J, Fraschetti S, Guarnieri G, Mangialajo L, Schembri P, Terlizzi A, Benedetti-Cecchi L (2016) Geographic distance, water circulation and environmental conditions shape the biodiversity of Mediterranean rocky coasts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 553: 1-11. doi:10.3354/meps11783

Arizmendi-Mejía R, Linares C, Garrabou J, Antunes A, Ballesteros E, Cebrian E, Díaz D, Ledoux J-B (2015) Combining Genetic and Demographic Data for the Conservation of a Mediterranean Marine Habitat-Forming Species. PLOS ONE 10(3): e0119585. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119585

Casado C, Kersting DK, Cebrian E, Teixidó N, Garrabou J, Linares C (2015) Rapid recovery from injuries in the temperate long-lived coral Cladocora caespitosa. Marine Biodiversity 45(1): 135-137. doi:10.1007/s12526-014-0219-2

Casas-Güell E, Teixidó N, Garrabou J, Cebrian E (2015) Structure and biodiversity of coralligenous assemblages over broad spatial and temporal scales. Marine Biology 162(4): 901-912. doi:10.1007/s00227-015-2635-7

Kersting DK, Cebrian E, Casado C, Teixidó N, Garrabou J, Linares C (2015) Experimental evidence of the synergistic effects of warming and invasive algae on a temperate reef-builder coral. Scientific Reports 5(1): 18635. doi:10.1038/srep18635

Kipson S, Linares C, Čižmek H, Cebrián E, Ballesteros E, Bakran‐Petricioli T, Garrabou J (2015) Population structure and conservation status of the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) in the Eastern Adriatic Sea. Marine Ecology 36(4): 982-993. doi:10.1111/maec.12195

Linares C, Vidal M, Canals M, Kersting DK, Amblas D, Aspillaga E, Cebrián E, Delgado-Huertas A, Díaz D, Garrabou J, Hereu B, Navarro L, Teixidó N, Ballesteros E (2015) Persistent natural acidification drives major distribution shifts in marine benthic ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282(1818): 20150587. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0587

Ling SD, Scheibling RE, Rassweiler A, Johnson CR, Shears N, Connell SD, Salomon AK, Norderhaug KM, Pérez-Matus A, Hernández JC, Clemente S, Blamey LK, Hereu B, Ballesteros E, Sala E, Garrabou J, Cebrian E, Zabala M, Fujita D, Johnson LE (2015) Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370(1659): 20130269. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0269

Friedlander AM, Obura D, Aumeeruddy R, Ballesteros E, Church J, Cebrian E, Sala E (2014) Coexistence of Low Coral Cover and High Fish Biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles. PLoS ONE 9(1): e87359. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087359

Martin CS, Giannoulaki M, De Leo F, Scardi M, Salomidi M, Knittweis L, Pace ML, Garofalo G, Gristina M, Ballesteros E, Bavestrello G, Belluscio A, Cebrian E, Gerakaris V, Pergent G, Pergent-Martini C, Schembri PJ, Terribile K, Rizzo L, Ben Souissi J, Bonacorsi M, Guarnieri G, Krzelj M, Macic V, Punzo E, Valavanis V, Fraschetti S (2014) Coralligenous and maërl habitats: predictive modelling to identify their spatial distributions across the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports 4(1): 5073. doi:10.1038/srep05073

Vergés A, Tomas F, Cebrian E, Ballesteros E, Kizilkaya Z, Dendrinos P, Karamanlidis AA, Spiegel D, Sala E (2014) Tropical rabbitfish and the deforestation of a warming temperate sea. Journal of Ecology 102(6): 1518-1527. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12324

de Caralt S, Cebrian E (2013) Impact of an invasive alga (Womersleyella setacea) on sponge assemblages: compromising the viability of future populations. Biological Invasions 15(7): 1591-1600. doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0394-7

Linares C, Cebrian E, Kipson S, Garrabou J (2013) Does thermal history influence the tolerance of temperate gorgonians to future warming? Marine Environmental Research 89: 45-52. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.04.009

Teixidó N, Casas E, Cebrián E, Linares C, Garrabou J (2013) Impacts on Coralligenous Outcrop Biodiversity of a Dramatic Coastal Storm. PLoS ONE 8(1): e53742. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053742

Cebrian E, Linares C, Marschal C, Garrabou J (2012) Exploring the effects of invasive algae on the persistence of gorgonian populations. Biological Invasions 14(12): 2647-2656. doi:10.1007/s10530-012-0261-6

Cebrian E, Rodríguez-Prieto C (2012) Marine Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea: The Role of Abiotic Factors When There Is No Biological Resistance. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31135. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031135

Giakoumi S, Cebrian E, Kokkoris GD, Ballesteros E, Sala E (2012) Relationships between fish, sea urchins and macroalgae: The structure of shallow rocky sublittoral communities in the Cyclades, Eastern Mediterranean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 109: 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.06.004

Joher S, Ballesteros E, Cebrian E, Sánchez N, Rodríguez-Prieto C (2012) Deep-water macroalgal-dominated coastal detritic assemblages on the continental shelf off Mallorca and Menorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean). botm 55(5): 485-497. doi:10.1515/bot-2012-0113

Linares C, Cebrian E, Coma R (2012) Effects of turf algae on recruitment and juvenile survival of gorgonian corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 452: 81-88. doi:10.3354/meps09586

Cebrian E, Ballesteros E, Linares C, Tomas F (2011) Do native herbivores provide resistance to Mediterranean marine bioinvasions? A seaweed example. Biological Invasions 13(6): 1397-1408. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9898-1

Cebrian E, Uriz MJ, Garrabou J, Ballesteros E (2011) Sponge Mass Mortalities in a Warming Mediterranean Sea: Are Cyanobacteria-Harboring Species Worse Off? PLoS ONE 6(6): e20211. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020211

Kipson S, Fourt M, Teixidó N, Cebrian E, Casas E, Ballesteros E, Zabala M, Garrabou J (2011) Rapid Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Method for Highly Diverse Benthic Communities: A Case Study of Mediterranean Coralligenous Outcrops. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27103. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027103

Sales M, Cebrian E, Tomas F, Ballesteros E (2011) Pollution impacts and recovery potential in three species of the genus Cystoseira (Fucales, Heterokontophyta). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92(3): 347-357. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.01.008

Tomas F, Cebrian E, Ballesteros E (2011) Differential herbivory of invasive algae by native fish in the Mediterranean Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92(1): 27-34. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.004

Cebrian E (2010) Grazing on coral reefs facilitates growth of the excavating sponge Cliona orientalis (Clionaidae, Hadromerida). Marine Ecology 31(4): 533-538. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00401.x

Cebrian E, Ballesteros E (2010) Invasion of Mediterranean benthic assemblages by red alga Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz: Depth-related temporal variability in biomass and phenology. Aquatic Botany 92(2): 81-85. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.10.007

Ballesteros E, Garrabou J, Hereu B, Zabala M, Cebrian E, Sala E (2009) Deep-water stands of Cystoseira zosteroides C. Agardh (Fucales, Ochrophyta) in the Northwestern Mediterranean: Insights into assemblage structure and population dynamics. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 82(3): 477-484. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.013

Cebrian E, Ballesteros E (2009) Temporal and spatial variability in shallow- and deep-water populations of the invasive Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the Western Mediterranean. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 83(4): 469-474. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.026

Ballesteros E, Cebrian E, Alcoverro T (2007) Mortality of shoots of Posidonia oceanica following meadow invasion by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii. botm 50(1): 8-13. doi:10.1515/bot.2007.002

Cebrian E, Uriz M (2007) Contrasting effects of heavy metals and hydrocarbons on larval settlement and juvenile survival in sponges. Aquatic Toxicology 81(2): 137-143. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.11.010

Cebrian E, Uriz M-J, Turon X (2007) Sponges as biomonitors of heavy metals in spatial and temporal surveys in northwestern Mediterranean: Multispecies comparison. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(11): 2430-2439. doi:10.1897/07-292.1

Cebrian E, Uriz MJ (2007) Do heavy metals play an active role in sponge cell behaviour in the absence of calcium? Consequences in larval settlement. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346(1-2): 60-65. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2007.02.010

Cebrian E, Uriz MJ (2007) Contrasting Effects of Heavy Metals on Sponge Cell Behavior. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 53(4): 552-558. doi:10.1007/s00244-006-0257-2

Cebrian E, Agell G, Martí R, Uriz MJ (2006) Response of the Mediterranean sponge Chondrosia reniformis Nardo to copper pollution. Environmental Pollution 141(3): 452-458. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.070

Cebrian E, Uriz M (2006) Grazing on fleshy seaweeds by sea urchins facilitates sponge Cliona viridis growth. Marine Ecology Progress Series 323: 83-89. doi:10.3354/meps323083

Uriz MJ, Cebrian E (2006) Presence of the Indo–Pacific genus Petrosaspongia Bergquist, 1995 (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Atlantic with description of a new species (P. pharmamari n. sp.). Zootaxa 1209(1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1209.1.3

Ballesteros E, Cebrian E, Garcia-Rubies A, Alcoverro T, Romero J, Font X (2005) Pseudovivipary, a new form of asexual reproduction in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Botanica Marina 48(2). doi:10.1515/bot.2005.026

Cebrián E, Ballesteros E (2004) Zonation patterns of benthic communities in an upwelling area from the western Medierranean (La Herradura, Alboran Sea). Scientia Marina 68(1): 69-84. doi:10.3989/scimar.2004.68n169

Cebrian E, Martı́ R, Uriz JM, Turon X (2003) Sublethal effects of contamination on the Mediterranean sponge Crambe crambe: metal accumulation and biological responses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46(10): 1273-1284. doi:10.1016/s0025-326x(03)00190-5

Agell G, Uriz M-J, Cebrian E, Martí R (2001) Does stress protein induction by copper modify natural toxicity in sponges? Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20(11): 2588-2593. doi:10.1002/etc.5620201126

Alcoverro T, Cerbiān E, Ballesteros E (2001) The photosynthetic capacity of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: influence of nitrogen and light. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 261(1): 107-120. doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(01)00267-2

Cebrián E, Ballesteros E, Canals M (2000) Shallow rocky bottom benthic assemblages as calcium carbonate producers in the Alboran Sea (southwestern Mediterranean). Oceanologica Acta 23(3): 311-322. doi:10.1016/s0399-1784(00)00131-6