We list below 12 competitive projects and 10 papers, selected to provide an overview of the activity of the group. For a full list of papers and projects, browse the pages of the different subgroups.

Projects (12 recent and representative)

• 2012-2016. 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. European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013). Grant Agreement 287844. Coordinator: F. Boero. Local Coordinator: E. Macpherson.


• 2014-2016. Resilience of seagrass meadows to global change: an assessment based on responses at individual, population and ecosystem levels (RECCAM). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Plan Nacional I+D+i (CTM2013-48027-C3-1-R and CTM2013-48027-C3-2-R). PI: J. Romero and T. Alcoverro.
  


• 2014-2016. METABARPARK. Genetic characterization (metabarcoding) of the biodiversity and its alterations in benthic communities of the marine National Parks. Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment. Autonomous Organism of National Parks, project 1036-2013. PI: X. Turon.
  


• 2014-2016. Diversity and structure of Antarctic benthic communities (DISTANTCOM). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Plan Nacional I+D+i (CTM2013-42667). PI:  C. Àvila.
  


• 2015-2016. PHARMADEEP: New pharmaceuticals from the deep Antarctic. 7th Framework Programme. Research Infrastructures (EUROFLEETS14-010: 312762). PI: Conxita Àvila
  


• 2014-2017. Explorando la resiliencia de las playas dentro del proceso de cambio global: riesgos y oportunidades (PLAYA+). Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (CGL2013-49061-C03-1-R). PI: R. Sardà
  


• 2014-2017. CHALLENGEN: Addressing challenges in marine research with genetic tools: introduced species, biodiversity assessment, adaptation to global warming. Spanish Ministry of Economy, Plan Nacional de I+D+I (CTM2013-48163-C2-2-R and  CTM2013-48163-C2-1-R). PI: X. Turon and M. Pascual.
  


• 2017-2019. SCOOBA: Symbiotic COOperation and Boring Activity of Cliona sponges under a climate change context. Comissió Europea, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015). PI: Xavier Turon Barrera
  


• 2017-2019. Productos naturales marinos bioactivos en un planeta medioambientalmente cambiante (BLUEBIO) Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad CTM2016-78901-R. PI: C. Àvila
  


• 2018-2020. Respuestas de la vegetación marina bentónica al estrés: transiciones críticas, resiliencia y oportunidades de gestión (UMBRAL). Plan Nacional de I+D+i. Ministerio de Economía y Competividad (CTM2017-86695-C3-1-R y CTM2017-86695-C3-3-R).: PIs: Javier Romero, Marta Pérez y Teresa Alcoverro.  
  


• 2018-2020. PopCOmics: Marine biodiversity and genomics: from populations to communities. Spanish Ministry of Economy (CTM2017-88080-C2-1-R and CTM2017-88080-C2-2-R). PIs: Xavier Turon and Marta Pascual.
  


• 2019-2021.Transicions ambientals, biològiques i socials passades, presents i futurs en ecosistemes costaners. Comissió Europea, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (FOREPAST - 795315). IP: Javier Romero (Jordi Pagès beneficiari).

Papers (10 recent and representative)

• Erwin PM, Pineda MC, Webster N, Turon X, López-Legentil S. 2014. Down under the tunic: bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing archaea in coral reef ascidians. The ISME Journal 8: 575-588


• Wangensteen OS, Palacin C, Guardiola M, Turon X. 2018. DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers. Peer J 6:e4705. DOI 10.7717/peerj.4705


• Delsuc F, Philippe H, Tsagkogeorga G, Simion P, Tilak MK, Turon X, López-Legentil S, Piette J, Lemaire P, Douzery EJP. 2018. A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates. BMC Biology 16:39. 14 pp. DOI 10.1186/s12915-018-0499-2


• Airoldi L, Turon X, Perkol-Finkel S, Rius M. 2015. Corridors for aliens but not for natives; effects of marine urban sprawl at a regional scale Diversity and Distributions. 21:755-768


• Vila, M.; Costa, G.; Angulo-Preckler, C.; Sarda, R.; Avila, C. 2016. Contrasting Views on Antarctic Tourism, 'Last Chance Tourism' or 'Ambassadorship' in The Last of the Wild. Journal Of Cleaner Production. 111: 451-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.061


• Moles J, Wägele H, Ballesteros M, Pujals A, Uhl G & Àvila C. 2016. The end of the cold loneliness: 3D comparison between Doto antarctica and a new sympatric species of Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS ONE, 11(7)


• Boada, J; Arthur, R; Alonso, D; Pagès, JF; Pessarrodona, A; Oliva, S; Ceccherelli, G; Piazzi, L; Romero, J;  Alcoverro, T. 2017. Immanent conditions determine imminent collapses: nutrient regimes define the resilience of macroalgal communities. Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20162814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2814


• García Cisneros, A.; Palacín, C.; Ventura, C.R.; Feital, B.; Paiva, P.; Pérez-Portela, R. 2018. Intraspecific genetic structure, divergence and high rates of clonality in an amphi-Atlantic starfish Molecular Ecology 27(3): 752-777. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14454


• Pessarrodona, A; Boada, J; Pagès, J F; Arthur, R; Alcoverro, T. 2019. Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators vary with the ontogeny of their prey. Ecology 00(00):e02649. 10.1002/ecy.2649.


• Barbanti, A.; Martin, C.; Blumenthal, J.M.; Boyle, J.; Broderick, A.C.; Collyer, L.; Ebanks-Petrie G.; Godley, B.J.; Mustin, W.; Ordóñez, V.; Pascual, M.; Carreras, C. 2019. How many came home? Evaluating ex‐situ conservation of green turtles in the Cayman Islands. Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/mec.15017