List of works - Enric Ballesteros

A new methodology based on littoral community cartography dominated by macroalgae for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments. Part I

scholarly article

Alien Marine Fishes Deplete Algal Biomass in the Eastern Mediterranean ⬇️

scientific article published on February 22, 2011

An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs.

scientific article

An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow

scientific article

An integrated method to evaluate and monitor the conservation state of coralligenous habitats: The INDEX-COR approach.

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

An integrative systematic approach to species diversity and distribution in the genusMesophyllum(Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe

article

Aquatic macrophytes and vegetation in the Mediterranean area of Catalonia: patterns across an altitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 26 April 2011

Benthic assemblages in two Mediterranean caves: species diversity and coverage as a function of abiotic parameters and geographic distance

article

Biodiversity influences invasion success of a facultative epiphytic seaweed in a marine forest

Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species

article

Calcareous Bio-Concretions in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Habitat Types, Environmental Factors that Influence Habitat Distributions, and Predictive Modeling

scientific article published in 2015

Cartography of littoral rocky-shore communities to assess the ecological status of water bodies through the application of CARLIT method in Algeria (South-Western Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Changes in aquatic macrophyte flora over the last century in Catalan water bodies (NE Spain)

scientific article published in November 2011

Changes in the composition and structure of Mediterranean rocky-shore communities following a gradient of nutrient enrichment: descriptive study and test of proposed methods to assess water quality regarding macroalgae

scientific article

Chemical composition of disturbed and undisturbed high-mountain lakes in the Pyrenees: A reference for acidified sites

article

Co-occurrence of a reef-building coral and canopy-forming macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 21 October 2021

Coexistence of low coral cover and high fish biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles

scientific article

Cold-Water Corals and Anthropogenic Impacts in La Fonera Submarine Canyon Head, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

scientific article

Combining genetic and demographic data for the conservation of a Mediterranean marine habitat-forming species

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Community-dependent variability in species composition and richness on rocky shores at a regional scale

scientific article published in 2019

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

scientific article published on 02 December 2015

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Contrasts in the marine ecosystem of two Macaronesian islands: A comparison between the remote Selvagens Reserve and Madeira Island

scientific article

DNA SEQUENCE DATA DEMONSTRATE THE POLYPHYLY OF THE GENUS CYSTOSEIRA AND OTHER SARGASSACEAE GENERA (PHAEOPHYCEAE)1

Decrypting stable-isotope (δ13 C and δ15 N) variability in aquatic plants

scientific article published on 10 September 2017

Deep-water macroalgal-dominated coastal detritic assemblages on the continental shelf off Mallorca and Menorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)

Deep-water stands of Cystoseira zosteroides C. Agardh (Fucales, Ochrophyta) in the Northwestern Mediterranean: Insights into assemblage structure and population dynamics

scientific article published in 2009

Deleterious interaction of light impairment and organic matter enrichment on Isoetes lacustris (Lycopodiophyta, Isoetales)

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Describing properties of littoral habitats from NW Mediterranean rocky shores through co-occurrence network analysis

scientific article published in 2021

Differential effects of pollution on adult and recruits of a canopy-forming alga: implications for population viability under low pollutant levels

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Distribution and richness of aquatic plants across Europe and Mediterranean countries: patterns, environmental driving factors and comparison with total plant richness

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Do native herbivores provide resistance to Mediterranean marine bioinvasions? A seaweed example

Effect of temporal and spatial variability on the classification of the Ecological Quality Status using the CARLIT Index

scientific article published on 27 November 2015

Environmental factors explaining the distribution and diversity of vascular aquatic macrophytes in a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean region

scientific article published in February 2014

First report of the invasive macroalga Acrothamnion preissii (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Atlantic Ocean

scientific article published on 26 January 2018

Functional biodiversity loss along natural CO gradients

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Genetic Affinities and Biogeography of Putative Levantine-Endemic Seaweed Treptacantha rayssiae (Ramon) M.Mulas, J.Neiva & Á.Israel, comb. nov. (Phaeophyceae)

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Genetic connectivity patterns in an endangered species: The dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

scientific article published in 2011

Habitat structure and zonation patterns of northwestern Mediterranean shoreline strands

scientific article published in 2017

Herbivory on the Invasive Alga Caulerpa cylindracea: The Role of Omnivorous Fishes

scientific article

Homogeneity of Photosynthetic Features in Canopy-Forming Macroalgae of The Order Fucales from Shallow and Sheltered Environments

scientific article published on 30 May 2022

Impact of the brine from a desalination plant on a shallow seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

scientific article published in May 2007

Invasion of Mediterranean benthic assemblages by red alga Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz: Depth-related temporal variability in biomass and phenology

article by Emma Cebrian & Enric Ballesteros published February 2010 in Aquatic Botany

Invasive macrophytes in a marine reserve (Columbretes Islands, NW Mediterranean): spread dynamics and interactions with the endemic scleractinian coral Cladocora caespitosa

Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

scientific article published in 2021

Kelp forests at the end of the earth: 45 years later

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Large-scale assessment of Mediterranean marine protected areas effects on fish assemblages ⬇️

scientific article

Learning takes time: Biotic resistance by native herbivores increases through the invasion process

scientific article published in 2022

Life on the boundary: Environmental factors as drivers of habitat distribution in the littoral zone

scientific article published in 2016

Location and Associated Carbon Storage of Erosional Escarpments of Seagrass Posidonia Mats

Long-term decline of the populations of Fucales (Cystoseira spp. and Sargassum spp.) in the Albères coast (France, North-western Mediterranean).

scientific article published on 18 July 2005

Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp

scientific article

Long-term shifts in the north western Mediterranean coastal seascape: The habitat-forming seaweed Codium vermilara

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

Macrobenthic assemblages, sediment characteristics and heavy metal concentrations in soft-bottom Ebre Delta bays (NW Mediterranean).

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Marine Biodiversity in Juan Fernández and Desventuradas Islands, Chile: Global Endemism Hotspots

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Marine algal flora of Santa Maria Island, Azores

scientific article

Marine algal flora of São Miguel Island, Azores

scientific article

Marine biodiversity at the end of the world: Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez islands

scientific article

Marine biodiversity from zero to a thousand meters at Clipperton Atoll (Île de La Passion), Tropical Eastern Pacific

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Marine communities of the newly created Kawésqar National Reserve, Chile: From glaciers to the Pacific Ocean

scientific article published in 2021

Marine communities on oil platforms in Gabon, West Africa: high biodiversity oases in a low biodiversity environment

scientific article

Mortality of shoots of Posidonia oceanica following meadow invasion by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii

article by Enric Ballesteros et al published 1 January 2007 in Botanica Marina

Nearshore marine biodiversity of Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: Where the ocean meets the rainforest

scientific article published in 2022

Non-native Minnows Threaten Quillwort Populations in High Mountain Shallow Lakes. ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

On the presence of a species of Batophora J. Agardh, 1854 (Chlorophyta: Dasycladales) in Formentera, Balearic Islands ⬇️

scholarly article in Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, vol. 63, 2020

Pollution impacts and recovery potential in three species of the genus Cystoseira (Fucales, Heterokontophyta)

article by Marta Sales et al published May 2011 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Population and individual variability of Isoetes lacustris L. with depth in a Pyrenean lake

scientific article published in July 1993

Population structure and conservation status of the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

scientific article published in 2014

Predictability of reef fish recruitment in a highly variable nursery habitat

scientific article

Production of Isoetes lacustris in a Pyrenean lake: seasonality and ecological factors involved in the growing period

scientific article published in April 1994

Pseudovivipary, a new form of asexual reproduction in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Rapid biodiversity assessment and monitoring method for highly diverse benthic communities: a case study of mediterranean coralligenous outcrops

scientific article

Rapid northward spread of a zooxanthellate coral enhanced by artificial structures and sea warming in the western Mediterranean ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Recovery of submersed vegetation in a high mountain oligotrophic soft-water lake over two decades after impoundment

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Regional environmental conditions determine tolerance to future warming of a marine macroalgae forests

Reinstatement of Species Rank forCystoseira bosphoricaSauvageau (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae)

scientific article published in February 2015

Relationships between fish, sea urchins and macroalgae: The structure of shallow rocky sublittoral communities in the Cyclades, Eastern Mediterranean

article

Restoration of a Canopy-Forming Alga Based on Recruitment Enhancement: Methods and Long-Term Success Assessment

article published in 2018

Rocky-shore communities as indicators of water quality: a case study in the Northwestern Mediterranean

scientific article published on 16 October 2006

Sea urchins predation facilitates coral invasion in a marine reserve ⬇️

scientific article

Seagrass Meadows Provide 3D Habitat for Reef Fish

Seasonal light and temperature responses of Caulerpa taxifolia from the northwestern Mediterranean

scientific article published in April 1996

Seasonal variation in the structure of three Mediterranean algal communities in various light conditions

scientific article published in 2005

Size, age, and habitat determine effectiveness of Palau's Marine Protected Areas.

scientific article

Spatial and temporal patterns in the coral assemblage at Clipperton Atoll: a sentinel reef in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

scientific article published on 18 July 2022

Spatial and temporal variability of deep-water algal assemblages in the Northwestern Mediterranean: The effects of an exceptional storm

article by Laura Navarro et al published November 2011 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Spatial patterns of continental shelf faunal community structure along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Species characterization of soft bottom habitats by depth and sediment particle size on the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean): unexpected species composition of the assemblages

scientific article published in 2022

Species composition and spatial variability of macroalgal assemblages on biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea

article

Species composition and structure of a photophilic algal community dominated by Halopteris scoparia (L.) Sauvageau from the North-Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1993

Sponge mass mortalities in a warming Mediterranean Sea: are cyanobacteria-harboring species worse off?

scientific article

Structure of a deep-water community of Halimeda tuna (Chlorophyceae, Caulerpales) from the North-Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1991

Temporal and spatial variability in shallow- and deep-water populations of the invasive Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the Western Mediterranean

article by Emma Cebrian & Enric Ballesteros published August 2009 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Temporal variation of several structure descriptors in animal-dominated benthic communities in two Mediterranean caves

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 84 no. 3, June 2004

The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats ⬇️

scientific article

The optimal sampling design for littoral habitats modelling: A case study from the north-western Mediterranean.

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

The pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814) (Bivalvia: Pteriidae) reaches Minorca, Balearic Islands ⬇️

scholarly article in Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, vol. 63, 2020

The real bounty: marine biodiversity in the Pitcairn Islands

scientific article

The role of competition and herbivory in biotic resistance against invaders: a synergistic effect

scientific article published on 18 June 2021

The structure and diversity of freshwater diatom assemblages from Franz Josef Land Archipelago: a northern outpost for freshwater diatoms

scientific article

The structure of Mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications

scientific article

The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2014)

The zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck, 1816), an overlooked newcomer in the Mediterranean Sea?

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Tracking a mass mortality outbreak of pen shell Pinna nobilis populations: A collaborative effort of scientists and citizens

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Tropical rabbitfish and the deforestation of a warming temperate sea

article

List of works by Enric Ballesteros

A new methodology based on littoral community cartography dominated by macroalgae for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive.

A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments. Part I

Alien Marine Fishes Deplete Algal Biomass in the Eastern Mediterranean ⬇️

An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs.

An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow

An integrated method to evaluate and monitor the conservation state of coralligenous habitats: The INDEX-COR approach.

An integrative systematic approach to species diversity and distribution in the genusMesophyllum(Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe

Aquatic macrophytes and vegetation in the Mediterranean area of Catalonia: patterns across an altitudinal gradient

Benthic assemblages in two Mediterranean caves: species diversity and coverage as a function of abiotic parameters and geographic distance

Biodiversity influences invasion success of a facultative epiphytic seaweed in a marine forest

Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species

Calcareous Bio-Concretions in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Habitat Types, Environmental Factors that Influence Habitat Distributions, and Predictive Modeling

Cartography of littoral rocky-shore communities to assess the ecological status of water bodies through the application of CARLIT method in Algeria (South-Western Mediterranean Sea)

Changes in aquatic macrophyte flora over the last century in Catalan water bodies (NE Spain)

Changes in the composition and structure of Mediterranean rocky-shore communities following a gradient of nutrient enrichment: descriptive study and test of proposed methods to assess water quality regarding macroalgae

Chemical composition of disturbed and undisturbed high-mountain lakes in the Pyrenees: A reference for acidified sites

Co-occurrence of a reef-building coral and canopy-forming macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea

Coexistence of low coral cover and high fish biomass at Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles

Cold-Water Corals and Anthropogenic Impacts in La Fonera Submarine Canyon Head, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

Combining genetic and demographic data for the conservation of a Mediterranean marine habitat-forming species

Community-dependent variability in species composition and richness on rocky shores at a regional scale

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas

Contrasts in the marine ecosystem of two Macaronesian islands: A comparison between the remote Selvagens Reserve and Madeira Island

DNA SEQUENCE DATA DEMONSTRATE THE POLYPHYLY OF THE GENUS CYSTOSEIRA AND OTHER SARGASSACEAE GENERA (PHAEOPHYCEAE)1

Decrypting stable-isotope (δ13 C and δ15 N) variability in aquatic plants

Deep-water macroalgal-dominated coastal detritic assemblages on the continental shelf off Mallorca and Menorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean)

Deep-water stands of Cystoseira zosteroides C. Agardh (Fucales, Ochrophyta) in the Northwestern Mediterranean: Insights into assemblage structure and population dynamics

Deleterious interaction of light impairment and organic matter enrichment on Isoetes lacustris (Lycopodiophyta, Isoetales)

Describing properties of littoral habitats from NW Mediterranean rocky shores through co-occurrence network analysis

Differential effects of pollution on adult and recruits of a canopy-forming alga: implications for population viability under low pollutant levels

Distribution and richness of aquatic plants across Europe and Mediterranean countries: patterns, environmental driving factors and comparison with total plant richness

Do native herbivores provide resistance to Mediterranean marine bioinvasions? A seaweed example

Effect of temporal and spatial variability on the classification of the Ecological Quality Status using the CARLIT Index

Environmental factors explaining the distribution and diversity of vascular aquatic macrophytes in a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean region

First report of the invasive macroalga Acrothamnion preissii (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Atlantic Ocean

Functional biodiversity loss along natural CO gradients

Genetic Affinities and Biogeography of Putative Levantine-Endemic Seaweed Treptacantha rayssiae (Ramon) M.Mulas, J.Neiva & Á.Israel, comb. nov. (Phaeophyceae)

Genetic connectivity patterns in an endangered species: The dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus)

Habitat structure and zonation patterns of northwestern Mediterranean shoreline strands

Herbivory on the Invasive Alga Caulerpa cylindracea: The Role of Omnivorous Fishes

Homogeneity of Photosynthetic Features in Canopy-Forming Macroalgae of The Order Fucales from Shallow and Sheltered Environments

Impact of the brine from a desalination plant on a shallow seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

Invasion of Mediterranean benthic assemblages by red alga Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz: Depth-related temporal variability in biomass and phenology

Invasive macrophytes in a marine reserve (Columbretes Islands, NW Mediterranean): spread dynamics and interactions with the endemic scleractinian coral Cladocora caespitosa

Is the local extinction of Pinna nobilis facilitating Pinna rudis recruitment?

Kelp forests at the end of the earth: 45 years later

Large-scale assessment of Mediterranean marine protected areas effects on fish assemblages ⬇️

Learning takes time: Biotic resistance by native herbivores increases through the invasion process

Life on the boundary: Environmental factors as drivers of habitat distribution in the littoral zone

Location and Associated Carbon Storage of Erosional Escarpments of Seagrass Posidonia Mats

Long-term decline of the populations of Fucales (Cystoseira spp. and Sargassum spp.) in the Albères coast (France, North-western Mediterranean).

Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp

Long-term shifts in the north western Mediterranean coastal seascape: The habitat-forming seaweed Codium vermilara

Macrobenthic assemblages, sediment characteristics and heavy metal concentrations in soft-bottom Ebre Delta bays (NW Mediterranean).

Marine Biodiversity in Juan Fernández and Desventuradas Islands, Chile: Global Endemism Hotspots

Marine algal flora of Santa Maria Island, Azores

Marine algal flora of São Miguel Island, Azores

Marine biodiversity at the end of the world: Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez islands

Marine biodiversity from zero to a thousand meters at Clipperton Atoll (Île de La Passion), Tropical Eastern Pacific

Marine communities of the newly created Kawésqar National Reserve, Chile: From glaciers to the Pacific Ocean

Marine communities on oil platforms in Gabon, West Africa: high biodiversity oases in a low biodiversity environment

Mortality of shoots of Posidonia oceanica following meadow invasion by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii

Nearshore marine biodiversity of Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: Where the ocean meets the rainforest

Non-native Minnows Threaten Quillwort Populations in High Mountain Shallow Lakes. ⬇️

On the presence of a species of Batophora J. Agardh, 1854 (Chlorophyta: Dasycladales) in Formentera, Balearic Islands ⬇️

Pollution impacts and recovery potential in three species of the genus Cystoseira (Fucales, Heterokontophyta)

Population and individual variability of Isoetes lacustris L. with depth in a Pyrenean lake

Population structure and conservation status of the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Predictability of reef fish recruitment in a highly variable nursery habitat

Production of Isoetes lacustris in a Pyrenean lake: seasonality and ecological factors involved in the growing period

Pseudovivipary, a new form of asexual reproduction in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Rapid biodiversity assessment and monitoring method for highly diverse benthic communities: a case study of mediterranean coralligenous outcrops

Rapid northward spread of a zooxanthellate coral enhanced by artificial structures and sea warming in the western Mediterranean ⬇️

Recovery of submersed vegetation in a high mountain oligotrophic soft-water lake over two decades after impoundment

Regional environmental conditions determine tolerance to future warming of a marine macroalgae forests

Regional environmental conditions determine tolerance to future warming of a marine macroalgae forests

Regional environmental conditions determine tolerance to future warming of a marine macroalgae forests

Reinstatement of Species Rank forCystoseira bosphoricaSauvageau (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae)