Scientific publications of LIFE CUBOMED project

Several scientific works and publications are derived from the research done by LIFE CUBOMED project:

PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:

  • "Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis". Zootaxa, in press.
  • "Relationships of environment variables with the distribution of juvenile cubomedusae Carybdea marsupialis in the coastal Western Mediterranean". Submitted in MEPS.
  • "Lifeguard assistance at Spanish Mediterranean beaches: jellyfish previal and proposals for improving risk management. Ocean and Coastal Management 131:45-52.

LINK:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306039160_Lifeguard_assistance_at_Spanish_Mediterranean_beaches_Jellyfish_prevail_and_proposals_for_improving_risk_management

  • "Use of an Inverse Method for Time Series to Estimate the Dynamics of and Management Strategies for the Box Jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis"

PLoS ONE 09/2015 10(9): e0137272. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137272

LINK:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137272

  • "First records of Carybdea marsupialis proliferation (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) along the eastern Tunisian coast (central Mediterranean)"

Italian Journal of Zoology 05/2015; 1-6. DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2015.1045945
LINK:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276946413_First_records_of_Carybdea_marsupialis_proliferation_%28Cnidaria_Cubozoa%29_along_the_eastern_Tunisian_coast_%28Central_Mediterranean%29

 

  • "Carybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea: The first case of a sting causing cutaneous and systemic manifestations"

Journal of Travel Medicine (Impact Factor: 1.68). 04/2014; In press. DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12153
LINK:  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261845743_Carybdea_marsupialis_%28…

  • "Validación local de la temperatura superficial del mar del sensor MODIS en aguas someras del Mediterráneo occidental"

Revista de la Asociación Española de Teledetección 06/2014; DOI: 10.4995/raet.2014.2314
LINK:   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262873624_Validacin_local_de_la_te…

  • "Salinity effects on asexual reproduction of Carybdea sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa)"

Journal of Plankton Research (Impact Factor: 2.26). 11/2013; DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt124
LINK:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259289323_Salinity_effects_on_asex…

  • "Aggregations of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidy in a hypersaline environment, the Mar Menor lagoon (NW Mediterranean)". Aquatic Invasions 2013, 8 (2), 243-248.

LINK: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_2_Marambio_etal.pdf

  • "Maintenance, feeding and growth of Carybdea marsupialis Cnidaria: Cubozoa) in the laboratory"

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Impact Factor: 2.48). 01/2013; 439:84-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.10.007
LINK:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233791981_Maintenance_feeding_and_…

  • "Detection of an unusual presence of the cubozoan Carybdea marsupialis at shallow beaches located near Denia, Spain (south-western Mediterranean)"

Marine Biodiversity Records 06/2011; 4:1-6. DOI: 10.1017/S1755267211000650
LINK:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233823469_Detection_of_an_unusual_…

  • "Blooms of the invasive ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, span de Mediterranean Sea in 2009". Hydrobiologia 2010, 645:23-37

LINK:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225622999_Blooms_of_the_invasive_ctenophore_Mnemiopsis_leidyi_span_the_Mediterranean_Sea_in_2009

PhD THESIS: 

1.      Acevedo MJ. (2016) Biology, ecology and ecophysiology of the box jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis (Cnidaria: Cubozoa). PhD thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC. Directores: Dr. Albert Calbet y Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC).

2.      Bordehore C. (2014) Studies on the ecology of Carybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa) and jellyfish sting risk management. PhD thesis. Universidad de Alicante – Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC. Directores: Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC) y Dr. Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá (UA).

3.      Canepa A. (2014) Jellyfish of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: effects of environmental factor son their spatio-temporal dynamics and economic impacts. PhD thesis. Universitat de Barcelona – Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC. Directores: Dr. Josep-Maria Gili y Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC).

4.      Alonso C. Carybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa): ecología, dinámica poblacional y propuestas de gestión en la costa del Mediterráneo español. PhD thesis. Universidad de Alicante. Directores: Dr. Cesar Bordehore (UA) y Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC). Fecha prevista de defensa 2018.

 

MASTER THESIS: 

1.      Alventosa J (2015). Calidad de las aguas costeras del municipio de Dénia. Master thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Directores: Dra. Silvia Falcó (UPV) y Dr. Cesar Bordehore (UA).

2.      Gracia L (2014). Impacto de las proliferaciones de medusas en la valoración económica ambiental de las playas de Dénia (Sud Oeste Mediterráneo), Alicante, España. Baccalaureate thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Directores: Francesc Romagosa (UAB) y Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC).

3.      Benferull G (2013). Metodología low-cost para la realización de batimetrías y modelos tridimensionales de Topografía-Conductividad y Temperatura en estudios de ecología marina. Master thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Directores: Dr. Cesar Bordehore (UA), Víctor Espinosa (UPV) y Javier Estornell (UPV).

4.      Marset M (2013). Análisis de la influencia de picaduras de medusas en las playas de Andalucía y Murcia, con propuestas de mejora. Master thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Directores: Dr. Cesar Bordehore (UA) y Dr. Vicente Estruch (UPV).

5.      Pradell M (2012). Variación mensual de la comunidad microplanctonica de la costa de Dénia (Alicante) y su posible relación con las proliferaciones masivas de la cubomedusa Carybdea marsupialis. Master thesis, Universitat de Barcelona - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC. Directora: Dra. Verónica Fuentes (ICM-CSIC). 

6.      McBride J 2012. Are we seeing a rise in jellyfish blooms? If so, why? Honors Thesis, University of Liverpool, UK. Directores: Dr. Cesar Bordehore (UA) y Dr. Jonathan Green (University of Liverpool).