Selected Publications (last 10 years)
Joana I. Robalo
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Selected Publications (last 10 years)
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2026
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Duarte-Coelho, P., Miranda, C., Almada, C., Teixeira, N., Avellaneda, K., Robalo, J. I., & Pereira, A. M. (2026). First record of Cylista ornata (Holdsworth, 1855) and new records of Cylista troglodytes (Price, 1847) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) on the Portuguese coast corroborated by genetic data. Check List, 22(1), 7–16. https://doi.org/10.15560/22.1.7
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Sousa, R., Ferreira, V., Costas, S., Alves, C., Anastácio, P., Chaínho, P., Costa, P. A., Duarte, S., Feio, M. J., Franco, J. N., Gonçalves, J., Ribeiro, F., Robalo, J. I., Rivaes, R., Santos, J., Silva, J., Sobral, P., & Padilha, J. (2025). Scanning the horizon: anticipating future changes in Portuguese aquatic ecosystems. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 28, 100876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100876
Pereira, A. M., Raposo, C., Sylla, M., Barbosa, C., Catry, P., Patrício, A. R., & Robalo, J. I. (2025). On the by-catch of DNA barcoding: The first record of Cubera snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus Cuvier, 1828) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 5(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/aff2.70092
Pereira, A. M., Teixeira, N., Torrão, T., Ferbus, J., Silva, M., & Robalo, J. I. (2025). Invasive potential of Phymactis papillosa: Assessing environmental tolerance and ecological impact on the Portuguese intertidal ecosystems. NeoBiota, 102, 81–91. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.102.119312
Petitguyot, M. A. C., Fariñas-Bermejo, A., Brownlow, A., Ahola, M. P., Álvarez Neches, E., Arbelo, M., Authier, M., Balsera Riesgo, R., Berrow, S., Bjørge, A., … Pierce, G. J. (2025). European stranding networks as a tool for monitoring marine mammal populations (Part I): Towards optimising the functioning of networks. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(11), fsaf194.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf194
Gardiner, C. E. C., von der Heyden, S., Matthee, C. A., Nielsen, E. E., et al. (2025). Sex-linked differentiation in commercially exploited fishes: Rethinking population structure in dynamic marine environments. Global Change Biology, 31(10), Article e70556. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70556
Azevedo, I., Reiner, F., Robalo, J. I., Avellaneda-Rodriguez, K., Sousa, R., Freitas, M., Ideia-Freitas, P., & Pereira, A. M. (2025). Low mitochondrial genetic diversity and distribution of the goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898). Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras, 17(2), 87–105. https://doi.org/10.15359/revmar.17-2-5
Pujolar, J. M., Gardiner, C. E. C., von der Heyden, S., Robalo, J. I., Castilho, R., Cunha, R., Henriques, R., & Nielsen, E. E. (2025). Resolving the population structure and demographic history of the European anchovy in the Northeast Atlantic: Tracking historical and contemporary environmental changes. Molecular Ecology, 34(14), e17829. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17829
Queiroz-Brito, M.C.G., Mendonça, F.F., Robalo, J.I., Arocha, F., Diaha, N.C., Amandé, M.J., Sow, F.N., Angueko, D., Travassos, P., Torres, R.A. Mitonuclear genetics reveals a novel perspective on the stock structure and fishery management of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Atlantic Ocean. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, e98226,
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Ramalhosa P., Monteiro J.G., Rech S., Gestoso I., Álvarez S., Gizzi F., Parretti P., Castro N., Almeida S., Jiménez J.L., Ros M., Cardoso C., Lima M.J., Caldeira R., Robalo J.I., Carlton J.T., Canning-Clode J.The role of marine debris as a vector, dispersal agent, and substrate for non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands (Northeast Atlantic). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 214, 117732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117732
Moreira, I., Gordo, L. S., Neves, A., Vieira, A. R., Silva, M. I., Assis, C., Robalo, J. I., Francisco, S. M., & Sequeira, V. (2024). Age, Growth, and Reproduction of the Axillary Seabream Pagellus acarne from the Portuguese Atlantic West Coast. Fishery Bulletin, 134 (4), 221-234 https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.123.4.2
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​2024
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Moreira, I., Gordo, L. S., Neves, A., Vieira, A. R., Silva, M. I., Assis, C., Robalo, J. I., Francisco, S. M., & Sequeira, V. (2024). Age, Growth, and Reproduction of the Axillary Seabream Pagellus acarne from the Portuguese Atlantic West Coast. Preprints.
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Ferreira, A. S., Naré, M. A., Robalo, J. I., & Baylina, N. D. Evaluating techniques for determining elasmobranch body size: A review of current methodologies. PeerJ, 12, e18646.
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Grilo, M.L., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I., Oliveira, M.The Importance of Baseline Health Surveillance Efforts in Freshwater Fish Conservation Using the Threatened Iberian Leuciscids as an Example. Journal of wildlife diseases, 60(3), pp. 561–571.
Cunha, R., Robalo, J.I., Francisco, S.M., Farias, I, Castilho, R., Figueiredo, I. Genomics goes deeper in fisheries science: the case of the blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo) in the northeast Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 270, 106891.
Doadrio, I., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I. & Perea, S. Description of three new species of the genus Cobitis L., 1758 (Actinopterygii, Cobitidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Limnetica, 43(2): 177-198
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2023
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Kalthoumi, D., Francisco, S.M., Miladi, M., Ruiz-Canales, A. , Azzouna, A. & Robalo, J.I. The First Report of Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775), Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) from Tunisia (Mediterranean Sea): Taxonomic, Morphological, and Molecular Data Compilation. Diversity, 15(4), 542.
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2022
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Cunha, R.L., Faleh, A.B., Francisco, S. Šanda, R. Vukić, J., Corona, L. Dia, M. Glavicic, I., Kassar, A. Castilho, R. & Robalo, J.I. Three mitochondial lineages and no Atlantic.Mediterranean barrier for the bogue Boops boops across its widespread distribution. Sci Rep 12, 22124.
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Moreira, I., Figueiredo, I., Farias, I., Lagarto, N., Maia, C. Robalo, J., & Moura, T. Growth and maturity of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) in the southern Portuguese continental coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(1), 315-319.
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Lima, C.S., Sousa-Santos, C. & Robalo, J.I. The Endangered Achondrostoma occidentale (Robalo, Almada, Sousa Santos, Moreira & Doadrio 2005) Freshwater Fish—A Portuguese Endemism at the Brink of Extinction, Editor(s): Dominick A. DellaSala, Michael I. Goldstein,Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, Elsevier,2022,Pages 522-531.
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Grilo ML, Amaro G, Chambel L, Marques CS, Marques TA, Gil F, Sousa-Santos C, Robalo JI, Oliveira M. Aeromonas spp. Prevalence, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance in an Ex Situ Program for Threatened Freshwater Fish-A Pilot Study with Protective Measures. Animals (Basel). 2022 Feb 11;12(4):436.
Francisco SM, Castilho R, Lima CS, Almada F, Rodrigues F, Šanda R, Vukić J, Pappalardo AM, Ferrito V, Robalo JI.Genetic hypervariability of a Northeastern Atlantic venomous rockfish. PeerJ 9:e11730
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2021
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Correia, E., Catry, P., Sinclair, F. , Santos, Y., Robalo, J.I., Lima, C.I & Granadeiro, J.P. Foraging behaviour and diet of Brown boobies Sula leucogaster from Tinhosas Islands, Gulf of Guinea. Mar Biol 168, 91.
Grilo, M.L.; Isidoro, S.; Chambel, L.; Marques, C.S.; Marques, T.A.; Sousa-Santos, C.; Robalo, J.I.; Oliveira, M. Molecular Epidemiology, Virulence Traits and Antimicrobial Resistance Signatures of Aeromonas spp. in the Critically Endangered Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum Follow Geographical and Seasonal Patterns. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 759.
Pereira, A.M. Levy, A. Vukić,J., Šanda,R., Levin,B.A., Freyhof,J., Geiger,M., Choleva,L., Francisco, S.M. & Robalo J.I. Putting European lampreys into perspective: A global-scale multilocus phylogeny with a proposal for a generic structure of the Petromyzontidae. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 (8), 1982 -1993 Short Communication.
Grilo, M.L.; Pereira, A.; Sousa-Santos, C.; Robalo, J.I.; Oliveira, M. Climatic Alterations Influence Bacterial Growth, Biofilm Production and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles in Aeromonas spp. Antibiotics 2021, 10, 1008.
Grilo ML, Chambel L, Marques TA, Sousa-Santos C, Robalo JI, Oliveira M (2021) Sympatric threatened Iberian leuciscids exhibit differences in Aeromonas diversity and skin lesions’ prevalence. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0255850.
Perea, S., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J. and Doadrio, I. Historical biogeography of the Iberian Peninsula: multilocus phylogeny and ancestral area reconstruction for the freshwater fish genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Leuciscidae). J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 59: 858-886.
Pereira. A.M., Cadeireiro, E., Ocaña, O., Vukić, J., Radek, S. Mirimin, L. & Robalo, J.I. Molecular and morphological validation of the species of the genus Actinia (Actiniaria: Actiniidae) along the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 42,
Gilbey, J., Carvalho, G., Castilho, R., Coscia, I. , Coulson, M.W., Dahle,G., Sofie Derycke, S., Francisco, S.M., Helyar, S.J., Johansen, T., Junge, C., Layton, K.K.S., Martinsohn, J., Matejusova, I., Robalo, J.I., Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, N., Silva, G., Strammer, I.,Vasemägi, A. & Volckaert, F.A.M. Life in a drop: Sampling environmental DNA for marine fishery management and ecosystem monitoring. Marine Policy,Volume124.
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2020
Grilo, M.L., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J., Oliveira, M. The potential of Aeromonas spp. from wildlife as antimicrobial resistance indicators in aquatic environments. Ecological Indicators 115, 106396.
Perea, S., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J., Doadrio, I. Multilocus phylogeny and systematics of Iberian endemic Squalius (Actinopterygii, Leuciscidae). Zoologica Scripta 49(4): 440-457.
Mameri, D., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I., Gil, F. & Faria, A.M. Swimming performance in early life stages of three threatened Iberian Leuciscidae. acta ethologica 1-7.
Francisco, S.M., Robalo, J.I. Time matters: genetic composition and evaluation of effective population size in temperate coastal fish species. PeerJ 8: e9098.
Robalo, J.I., Francisco, S.M., Henriques C.V., Lima, C.S., Pereira, A.M., Bruner, B., Dia, M., Gordo, L., Castilho, R. Against all odds: a tale on fish tropicalization with maintenance of extremely high genetic diversity. Scientific Reports 10, 12707.
Mattingsdal, M., Jorde, P.E., Knutsen, H., Jentoft, S., Stenseth, N.C., Sodeland, M., Robalo, J.I., Hansen, M.M., André, C. & Blanco Gonzalez, E. Demographic history has shaped the strongly differentiated corkwing wrasse populations in Northern Europe. Molecular Ecology 29:160–171.
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2019
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Neto, J., Vieira, D., Abecasis, D., Marques, J., Gordo, L., Robalo, J.I., Bispo, R., Araújo, M. & Almada, F. Facultative cleaning behaviour of juvenile Diplodus sargus (Sparidae) and its ecological role in marine temperate waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 629, 165-177.
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Blanco Gonzalez, E., Espeland, S.H., Jentoft, S., Hansen, M.M., Robalo, J.I., Stenseth, N.C. & Jorde, P.E. Interbreeding between local and translocated populations of a cleaner fish in an experimental mesocosm predicts risk of disrupted local adaptation. Ecology and Evolution 9 (11), 6665-6677.
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Sousa-Santos, C., Jesus, T., Fernandes, C., Robalo, J.I. & Coelho, M.M. Fish diversification at the pace of geomorphological changes: evolutionary history of western Iberian Leuciscinae (Teleostei: Leuciscidae) inferred from multilocus sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133, 263-285.
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2018
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Sousa-Santos, C., Pereira, A.M., Branco, P., Costa, G.J., Santos, J.M., Ferreira, M.T., Lima, C.S., Doadrio, I. & Robalo, J.I. Mito-nuclear sequencing is paramount to correctly identify sympatric hybridizing fishes. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 48, 123–141.
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Mattingsdal, M., Jentoft, S., Tørresen, O.K., Knutsen, H., Hansen, M.M., Robalo, J.I., Zagrodzka, Z., André, C. & Gonzalez, E.B. A continuous genome assembly of the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). Genomics 110, 399-403.
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Mameri, D., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I. & Magalhães, M.F. Growth and age structure in captive and wild stocks of the endangered western ruivaco Achondrostoma occidentale (Cyprinidae). Limnetica 37, 105-115.
Casal-Lopez, M., Perea, S., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I., Torralva, M., Oliva-Paterna, F.J. & Doadrio, I. Paleobiogeography of an Iberian endemic species, Luciobarbus sclateri (Gunther, 1868) (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56, 127-147.
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2017
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Pappalardo, A.M., Francisco, S.M., Fruciano, C.S., Lima, C., Pulvirenti, V., Tigano, C., Robalo, J.I. & Ferrito, V. Mitochondrial and nuclear intraspecific variation in the rusty blenny (Parablennius sanguinolentus, Blenniidae). Hydrobiologia 802, 141-154.
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Magliozzi, L., Almada, F., Robalo, J.I., Mollo, E., Polese, G., Gonçalves, E.J., Felline, S., Terlizzi, A., D’Aniello, B. & Higgs, D.M. Cryptic effects of biological invasions: Reduction of the aggressive behaviour of a native fish under the influence of an “invasive” biomolecule. PLOSONE 12, e0185620.
Castilho, R., Cunha, R.L., Faria, C., Velasco, E.M. & Robalo, J.I. Asymmetrical dispersal and putative isolation-by-distance of an intertidal blenniid across the Atlantic–Mediterranean divide. PeerJ 5, e3195.
Almada, F., Francisco, S.M., Lima, C.S., FitzGerald, R., Mirimin, L., Villegas-Ríos, D., Saborido-Rey, F., Afonso, P., Morato, T., Bexiga, S. & Robalo, J.I. Historical gene flow constraints in a northeastern Atlantic fish: phylogeography of the ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta across its distribution range. Royal Society Open Science 4, 160773.
Almada, F., Carpi, P., Carlos, F., Francisco, S.M., Faria, A.M., Lungu, R., Coelho, P.D., Neto, J., Gonçalves, E.J. & Robalo, J.I. Identification of adult and juvenile Atherina presbyter Cuvier, 1829 in a marine coastal area adjacent to Tagus estuary (NE Atlantic): A molecular tool for an ecological question. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 33, 168–173.
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2016
Pereira, A.M., Cadeireiro, E. & Robalo, J. I. Asexual origin of brooding in the sea anemones Actinia equina and A. schmidti: molecular evidence from the Portuguese shore. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 51, 316-320.
Mameri, D., Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I. & Magalhães, M.F. Conservation of the critically endangered Achondrostoma occidentale (Pisces: Cyprinidae): integrating habitat data in restocking programs to improve population recovery. Gaia Scientia 10, 01-09.
Almada, F., Casas, L., Francisco, S.M., Villegas Ríos, D., Saborido Rey, F., Irigoien, X. & Robalo, J.I. On the absence of genetic differentiation between morphotypes of the ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta (Labridae). Marine Biology 163.
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Sousa-Santos, C., Robalo, J.I., Pereira, A.M., Branco, P., Santos, J.M., Ferreira, M.T., Sousa, M. & Doadrio, I. Broad-scale sampling of primary freshwater fish populations reveals the role of intrinsic traits, inter-basin connectivity, drainage area and latitude on shaping contemporary patterns of genetic diversity. PeerJ 4, e1694.
Almada, F., Levy, A. & Robalo, J.I. Not so sluggish: the success of the Felimare picta complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) crossing Atlantic biogeographic barriers. PeerJ 4, e1561.
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