SCI Journals

& Book chapters

* Corresponding author/ Supervised students underlined

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2023

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49. González-Delgado, S., Wangensteen, O. S., Sangil, C., Hernández, C. A., Alfonso, B., Soto, A. Z., Pérez-Portela, R., Mariani, S. & Hernández, J. C. (2023). High taxonomic diversity and miniaturization in benthic communities under persistent natural CO2 disturbances. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290 (1995), 20222417.

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2022

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48. Pérez-Portela R * & Leiva C (2022). Sex-specific transcriptomic differences in the immune cells of a key Atlantic-Mediterranean sea urchin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1166.

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2021

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47. Pérez-Portela R *, Garcia-Cisneros A, Campos-Canet M, Palacín C (2021). Genetic homogeneity, lack of larvae recruitment, and clonality in absence of females across western Mediterranean populations of the starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina. Scientific Reports, 11, 1-14. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96331-6

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2020

 

46. Pérez-Portela R *, Riesgo A, Wangensteen OS, Palacín C, Turon X (2020). Enjoying the warming Mediterranean: Transcriptomic responses to temperature changes of a thermophilous keystone species in benthic communities. Molecular Ecology, 19, 3299-3315. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15564

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45. Drury C *, Pérez-Portela R, Serrano X, Oleksiak M, Baker A (2020). Fine-scale structure among mesophotic populations of the great star coral Montastraea cavernosa revealed by SNP genotyping. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 6009-6019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6340

 

44. Martin D *, Gil J, Zanol J, Meca MA, Pérez Portela R (2020). Digging the diversity of Iberian bait worms Marphysa (Annelida, Eunicidae). PLoSONE 15: e0226749. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226749

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43. Bernard A *, Johnston M, Pérez-Portela R, Coleman F, Oleksiak M, Shivji M (2020). Genetic and Biophysical Modeling Evidence of Generational Connectivity in the Intensively Exploited, Western North Atlantic Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77, 359-370. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz201

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                                                                                                                      2019

 

42. Pérez-Portela R *, Wangensteen OS, Garcia-Cisneros A, Varelo-Jiménez C, Palacín C, Turon X (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of genetic variation in Arbacia lixula, a thermophilous sea urchin in expansion in the Mediterranean. Heredity, 122, 244-259

 

41. Riesgo A *, Taboada S, Pérez-Portela R, Melis P, Xavier J, López-Legentil S (2019). Genetic diversity, connectivity and gene flow along the distribution of the emblematic Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae). BCM Evolutionary Biology, 19, 24

 

2018

 

40. Olascoaga MJ * , Miron P, Paris C, Pérez-Brunius P, Pérez-Portela R , Smith R, Vaz A (2018). Connectivity of the Pulley Ridge reef with remote locations as inferred by satellite-tracked drifter trajectories. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123, 5742-5750

 

39. Pérez-Portela R * & Riesgo A (2018). Population genomics of early-splitting lineages of metazoans. In Marine Organisms Population Genomics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/13836_2018_13 (Book Chapter)

 

38. Pérez-Portela R *, Bumford A, Coffman B, Wedelich S, Davenport M, Fogg A, Swenarton MK, Coleman F, Johnston MA, Crawford DL, Oleksiak MF (2018). Genetic homogeneity of the invasive lionfish across the Northwestern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. Scientific Reports, 8: 5062

 

37. García-Cisneros A *, Palacín C, Ventura R, Feital B, Paiva PC, Pérez-Portela R (2018) Intraspecific genetic structure, divergence and high rates of clonality in an amphi-Atlantic starfish. Molecular Ecology, 27: 752-772

 

2017

 

36. Pérez-Portela R. * , Rius M, Villamor A (2017). Lineage splitting, secondary contacts and genetic admixture of a widely distributed marine invertebrate. Journal of Biogeography. 44: 446-460. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12917

 

35. García-Cisneros A *, Pérez-Portela R, Wangensteen O, Campos-Canet M, Palacín C (2017). Hope springs eternal in the starfish gonad: preserved potential for sexual reproduction in a single-clone population of fissiparous starfish. Hydrobiologia. 787: 291-305

 

34. Boero, F., Foglini, F., Fraschetti, S., Goriup, P., Macpherson, E., Planes, S., ... & CoCoNet Consortium (2017). CoCoNet: towards coast to coast networks of marine protected areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential. SCIRES-ITSCIentific RESearch and Information Technology, 6: 1-95.

 

2016

 

33. Garcia-Cisneros A., Palacín C, Benkhadra Y, Pérez-Portela R (2016). Low genetic diversity and demographic expansion in the red starfish Echinaster sepositus (Retzius 1816). Scientific Reports. 6: 33269. DOI: 10.1038/srep33269

 

32. Taboada S, Pérez-Portela R * (2016). Contrasted phylogeographic patterns on mitochondrial DNA of shallow and deep brittle stars across the Atlantic-Mediterranean area. Scientific Reports. 6: 32425. doi:10.1038/srep32425

 

31. Lopes E, Pérez-Portela R, Paiva PC, Ventura CR * (2016). The molecular phylogeny of the sea star Echinaster (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) provides insights for genus taxonomy. Invertebrate Biology. 135: 235–244. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12135

 

30. Wright A *, Pérez-Portela R, Griffiths CL (2016). Determining the correct identity of South African Marthasterias (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). African Journal of Marine Science. 38: 443-455

 

29. Riesgo A *, Pérez-Portela R, Pita L, Blasco, G, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S (2016). Population structure and connectivity in the Mediterranean sponge Ircinia fasciculata are affected by mass mortalities and hybridization. Heredity. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2016.41

 

28. Pérez-Portela R* , Cerro-Gálvez E, Taboada S, Campillo-Campbell C, Tidu C, Mora J, Riesgo A (2016). Lonely populations in the deep: genetic structure of the red gorgonian located at the head of the submarine canyons of the North-Western Mediterranean Sea. Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1431-2

 

27. Pineda M *, Turon X, Pérez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (2016). Stable populations in unstable habitats: temporal genetic structure in the introduced ascidian Styela plicata in North Carolina (USA) . Marine Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2829-7

 

2015

 

26. Pérez-Portela R. * , Turon X, Riesgo A (2015). Characterization of the transcriptome and gene expression of four different tissues in the ecologically relevant sea urchin Arbacia lixula using RNA-seq. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12500

 

25. Garcia-Cisneros A * , Portela R-Pérez R, Almorth BC, Degerman S, Palacín C, Nilsson Sköld H (2015). Long telomeres are associated with clonality in natural populations of the fissiparous starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina. Heredity. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2015.43

 

2014

 

24. Romano C *, Pérez-Portela R, Voight JR, Martin D (2014). Morphological and genetic diversity of the wood- boring Xylophaga (Mollusca, Bivalvia): new species and records from deep-sea Iberian canyons. PLoSONE 9 (7): e102887. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102887.

 

23. Riesgo A, Pérez-Portela R, Blasco G, Erwin P, López-Legentil S (2014). Optimization of fourteen microsatellite loci in a Mediterranean demosponge subjected to population decimation, Ircinia fasciculata. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 301-303.

 

22. Pérez-Portela R *, Noyer C & Becerro M (2014). Genetic structure and diversity of the endangered bath sponge Spongia lamella. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1002/aqc2423.

 

2013

 

21. Pérez-Portela R, Arranz V, Rius M & Turon X * (2013). Cryptic speciation or global spread? The case of a cosmopolitan marine invertebrate with limited dispersal capabilities. Scientific Reports, 3, Article nº 3197. DOI:10.1038/srep03197.

 

20. Pérez-Portela R * & Riesgo A (2013). Optimizing preservation protocols to extract high-quality RNA from different tissues of echinoderms for Next Generation Sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 5, 884-889.

 

19. Garcia-Cisneros A, Valero-Jiménez C, Palacín C and Pérez-Portela R * (2013). Characterization of thirty two microsatellite loci for three Atlanto-Mediterranean echinoderm species. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5, 749-753.

 

2012

 

18. Wangensteen OS *, Pérez-Portela R., Palacín C& Turon X (2012). Natural or naturalized? Phylogeography suggests that the abundant sea urchin, Arbacia lixula is a recent colonizer of the Mediterranean. PLoSONE, 7, e45067. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0045067.

 

17. Pérez-Portela R *, Almada V & Turon X (2012). Cryptic speciation and genetic structure of widely distributed brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) in Europe. Zoologica Scripta, 42, 151-169.

 

16. Pérez-Portela R *, Turon X & Bishop JDD (2012). Bottlenecks and loss of genetic diversity: spatio-temporal patterns of genetic structure in an ascidian recently introduced in Europe. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 451, 93-105

 

2011

 

15. Valero-Jimenez C, Pérez-Portela R & López-Legentil S * (2011). Characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the worldwide invasive ascidian Styela plicata. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4, 559-561.

 

2010

 

14.  Pérez-Portela R *, Villamor A & Almada V (2010). Phylogeography of the sea star Marthasterias glacialis (Asteroidea, Echinodermata): Deep genetic divergence between mitochondrial lineages in the Mediterranean. Marine Biology, 157, 2015- 2028.

 

13. Pérez-Portela R *, Goodwin C, Picton B & Turon X (2010). Pérez-Portela R *. Pycnoclavella stolonialis n. sp. (Tunicata: Ascidiacea), with phylogenetic and distributional remarks on the genus in Europe. Zootaxa, 2407, 51- 66.

 

12. Riesgo A *, Pérez-Portela R,  Arroyo NL  (2010). Spatial distribution of the Halacarid mites associated to the North-Atlantic kelp Laminaria ochroleuca. Journal of Natural History, 44, 651-667.

 

2009

 

11. Almada V, Pérez-Portela R, Robalo JI * & Brito A (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke and Brito 1987 a poorly known moray of the Macaronesian islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52, 252-256.

 

10. Pérez-Portela R *, Bishop J, Davis A & Turon X (2009). Phylogeny of the families Pyuridae and Styelidae (Stolidobranchiata, Ascidiacea) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 50, 560- 570.

 

2008

 

9. Pérez-Portela R * & Turon X (2008). Cryptic divergence and strong population structure in the colonial invertebrate Pycnoclavella communis (Ascidiacea) inferred from molecular data. Zoology, 11, 163-178.

 

8. Pérez-Portela R * & Turon X (2008). Phylogenetic relationship of the Clavelinidae and Pycnoclavellidae (Ascidiacea) inferred from mt DNA data. Invertebrate Biology, 127, 108-120.

 

2007

 

7. Pérez-Portela R * & Turon X (2007). Prey preferences of the polyclad flatworm Prostheceraeus roseus among Mediterranean species of the ascidian genus Pycnoclavella. Hydrobiologia, 592, 535-539.

 

6. Pérez-Portela R *, Duran S, Palacín C & Turon X (2007). Biological traits of three closely related species of Pycnoclavella (Ascidiacea) in the Western Mediterranean. Marine Biology, 152, 1031-1038.

 

5. Pérez-Portela R *, Duran S, Palacín C & Turon X (2007). The genus Pycnoclavella (ascidiacea) in the  Atlanto-Mediterranean region: a combined molecular and morphological approach. Invertebrate Systematics, 21, 187-205.

 

2006

 

4. Pérez-Portela R *, Duran S, Estoup A & Turon X (2006). Polymorphic microsatellite loci isolated from the Atlanto-Mediterranean colonial ascidian Pycnoclavella sp. (Ascidiacea, Tunicata). Molecular Ecology Resources, 6, 518-520.

 

2004

 

3. Arroyo NL *, Maldonado M, Pérez-Portela R & Benito J (2004). Distribution patterns of meiofauna associated with a sublittoral Laminaria bed in the Cantabrian Sea (North-eastern Atlantic). Marine Biology, 144, 231- 242.

 

Dissertations

 

2. Pérez-Portela R (2007). Phylogeny, population genetics and biology of the genus Pycnoclavella (Ascidiacea). University of Barcelona, PhD thesis.

 

1. Pérez-Portela R (2004). Is the morphology enough? A multidisplinary approach to the species complex Pycnoclavella sp/ Clavelina nana (Ascidiacea). University of Barcelona, MRes Thesis.