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In press
Lago-Leston A, Mota C, Kautsky L, Pearson G. Functional divergence in heat shock response following rapid speciation of Fucus spp. in the Baltic Sea. Marine Biology, in press
González-Wangüemert M., Cánovas, F., Pérez-Ruzafa,A. and Marcos, C. and Alexandrino, P. Seascape and oceanographical isolation shape genetic structure in white seabream (Diplodus sargus L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecolog. in press
Villacorta C, Cánovas F, Oromí P, Juan C. (2009) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for the cavehopper Palmorchestia hypogaea (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Conservation Genetics Resources, in press
Van de Vliet MS, Diekmann OE, Serrão ETA (2009) Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus), including markers from a closely related species the Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus). Conservation Genetics Resources. In press.
Pearson GA, Hoarau G, Lago-Leston A, Coyer JA, Kube M, Henckel K, Serrão EA, Corre E, Stam WT, Olsen JL (2009). An Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Analysis of the Intertidal Brown Seaweeds Fucus serratus (L.) and F. vesiculosus (L.) (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae) in Response to Abiotic Stressors. Marine Biotechnology, in press
2010
Alberto F, Raimondi P, Reed DC, Coelho NC, Leblois R, Whitmer A, Serrão E (2010) Habitat continuity and geographic distance predict population genetic differentiation in giant kelp. Ecology, 91 (1) : 49–56
2009
Diekmann OE, Gouveia L, Serrão EA, Van de Vliet MS (2009) Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for the black striped pipefish, Syngnathus abaster. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(6): 1460-1466
Le Corguille G, Pearson GA, Valente M, Viegas C, Gschloessl B, Corre E, Bailly X, Peters A, Jubin C, Vacherie B, Cock M, Leblanc C. (2009)Chloroplast genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus: further insights on the evolution of red-algal derived plastids. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9:253 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-253.
Arnaud-Haond S, Teixeira S, Terrados J, Tri NH, Hong NP, Duarte CM, and Serrao EA (2009) Genetic diversity of mangrove Avicennia alba three decades after Agent Orange. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 390: 129–135, 2009.
Gonzaléz-Wanguemert, M,Cánovas F, Marcos C, Pérez-Ruzafa A (2009) Phosphoglucose isomerase variability of Cerastoderma glaucum as a model for testing the influence of environmental conditions and dispersal patterns through quantitative ecology approaches. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 37, 325–333.
Serrão EA, Havenhand J (2009) Fertilization strategies. Chapter 10 in: Wahl M (ed.) Marine Hard Bottom Communities. Ecological Studies 206, Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92704-4_10).
Van de Vliet MS, Diekmann OE, Serrão ETA, Beja P. (2009)Development and characterization of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Western Spadefoot toad, Pelobates cultripes. Conservation Genetics, 10:993–996.
Alberto F, Whitmer A, Coelho A, Zippay M, Varela-Alvarez E, Raimondi PT, Reed D, Serrão EA. (2009) Microsatellite markers for the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. Conservation Genetics. 10:1915-1917
Pearson GA, Lago-Leston A, Mota C. Frayed at the edges: Selective pressure and adaptive response to abiotic stressors are mismatched in low diversity edge populations. Journal of Ecology, 97, 450–462.
Araújo R, Vaselli S, Almeida M, Serrão EA, Sousa-Pinto I. Disturbance on marginal populations: effects of human trampling on Ascophyllum nodosum assemblages at its southern distribution limit. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 378: 81–92.
Cunha AH, Assis J, Serrão EA (2009) Estimation of available seagrass meadow area in Portugal for transplanting purposes. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56:1100-1104
Assis J, Tavares D, Tavares JT, Cunha AH, Alberto, FA, Serrão EA (2009) Findkelp, a GIS-based community participation project to assess Portuguese kelp conservation status. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56:1469-1473.
Borges R, Vaz J, Serrão EA, Gonçalves EJ (2009). Short-term temporal fluctuation of very-nearshore larval fish assemblages at the Arrábida Marine Park. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56(I): 376-380.
Monteiro C, Engelen AH, Serrão EA, Santos R. Habitat differences in the timing of reproduction of the invasive alga Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta, Sargassaceae) over tidal and lunar cycles. Journal of Phycology, 45: 1-7.
Van de Vliet MS, Diekmann OE, Serrão EA, Beja P. (2009) Isolation of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for a species with a large genome size: Sharp-ribbed Salamander (Pleurodeles waltl). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 425–428.
Alberto F. MsatAllele_1.0: an R package to visualize the binning of microsatellite alleles Journal of Heredity. 100(3):394–397
Massa SI, Arnaud-Haond S, Pearson GA, Serrão EA (2009)Temperature tolerance and survival of intertidal populations of the seagrass Zostera noltii (Hornemann.)in Southern Europe (Ria Formosa, Portugal) Hydrobiologia,619, 195-201.
2008
Fonseca JF, Serrão EA,Pina-Martins F,Silva P, Mira S, Quartau JA, Paulo OS, Cancela L (2008) The Evolution of Cicada songs contrasted with the relationships inferred from mithocondrial DNA (Insecta, hemiptera)Bioacustics 18: 17-34.
Van de Vliet MS, Diekmann OE, Serrão ETA, Beja P. Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Parsley frog (Pelodytes punctatus): characterization and testing for cross-species amplification. Conservation Genetics, DOI 10.1007/s10592-008-9609-.
Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Beszter G, Pearson G, Olsen JL (2008) Expressed sequence tag-derived polymorphic SSR markers for Fucus serratus and amplification in other species of Fucus. Molecular Ecology Resources doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02406.x
Schmidt PS, Serrao EA, Pearson GA, Riginos C, Rawson PD, Hibish TJ, Brawley SH, Trussell GC, Carrington E, Wethey DS, Grahame JW, Bonhomme F, Rand DM. Ecological genetics in the North Atlantic intertidal: environmental gradients, replicated clines, and adaptation at specific loci. Ecology, 89(11) Supplement, 2008, pp. S91–S107.
Ladah L, Feddersen F, Serrao EA, Pearson GA (2008) Egg release and settlement patterns of a dioecious and hermaphrodite fucoid algae during the tidal cycle. Marine Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00227-008-1054-4.
Engelen A, Espirito-Santo C, Simões T, Monteiro C, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Santos R (2008) Periodicity of propagule expulsion and settlement in the competing native and invasive brown seaweeds, Cystoseira humilis and Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta). Eur J Phycol, 2008, 1–8, iFirst
Rozenfeld AF, Arnaud-Haond S, Hernández-García E, Eguíluz VM, Serrão EA, Duarte CM (2008) Network analysis identified weak and strong links in a metapopulation system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 105: 18824–18829.
Alberto F, S. Massa, P. Manent E. Diaz-Almela, S. Arnaud-Haond, CM. Duarte, Serrão EA.(2008) Genetic differentiation and secondary contact zone in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa across the Mediterranean-Atlantic transition region. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1270-1294.
2007
Arnaud-Haond S, Duarte CM, Alberto F, Serrão EA (2007) Standardizing methods to address clonality in population studies. Molecular Ecology. 16, 5115–5139.
Hernández-García E, Herrada EA, Rozenfeld AF, Tessone CJ, Eguíluz VM, Duarte CM, Arnaud-Haond S, Serrão E. Evolutionary and Ecological Trees and Networks. Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Nonlinear Physics.
Billingham MR, Simões T, Reusch TBH, Serrão E.A (2007) Genetic substructure and intermediate optimal outcrossing distance in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina. Marine Biology. 152: 793-801
Perrin C, Daguin C, Van de Vliet M, Engel CR, Pearson GA, Serrão EA (2007) Implications of mating system for genetic diversity of sister algal species: Fucus spiralis and Fucus vesiculosus (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology. 42: 219-230
Diaz-Almela E, Arnaud-Haond S, Vliet M.S., Alvarez E, Marbà N, Duarte CM, Serrão EA. (2007)Feed-backs between genetic structure and perturbation-driven decline in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows. Conservation Genetics. 8:1377–1391
Rozenfeld AF, Arnaud-Haond S, Hernández-García E, Eguíluz VM, Matiías MM, Serrão EA, Duarte CM. (2007) Spectrum of genetic diversity and networks of clonal organisms. J R Soc Interface. 4: 1093-1102.
Arnaud-Haond S, Migliaccio M, Diaz-Almela E, Teixeira S, van de Vliet MS, Alberto F, Procaccini G, Duarte CM, Serrão EA(2007) Vicariance patterns in the Mediterranean Sea: East-West cleavage and low dispersal in the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Journal of Biogeography34, 963–976
Arnaud-Haond S, Belkhir K (2007) GenClone 1.0: a new program to analyse genetics data on clonal organisms. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 15-17
2006
Pearson GA, Serrão EA (2006). Revisiting synchronous gamete release by fucoid algae in the intertidal zone: fertilization success and beyond? Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46: 587-597 (Invited review)
Hernández-García E, Rozenfeld AF, Eguíluz VM, Arnaud-Haond S, Duarte CM (2006). Clone size distributions in networks of genetic similarity. Physica D 224:166-173
Coyer JA, Hoarau G, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Stam WT, Olsen JL (2006). Convergent adaptation to a marginal habitat by homoploid hybrids and polyploid ecads in the seaweed genus Fucus. Biology Letters. 2: 1744-9561.
Arnaud-Haond S, Teixeira S, Massa S, Billot C, Saenger P, Coupland G, Duarte CM, Serrão EA (2006). Genetic structure at range-edge: low diversity and high inbreeding in SE Asia mangrove (Avicennia marina) populations. Molecular Ecology. 15: 3515-3525
Engel CR, Daguin C, Serrão EA (2006). When is a hybrid a hybrid? (a counter-reply to Wallace et al.). Molecular Ecology 15: 3481-3482
Alexandre A, Cabaço S, Santos R, Serrão EA (2006). Timing and success of reproductive stages in the seagrass Zostera noltii. Aquatic Botany. 85: 219-223.
Varela-Alvarez E, Andreakis N, Lago-Lestón A, Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Procaccini G, Duarte CM, Marba N (2006). Genomic DNA isolation from green and brown algae (Caulerpales and Fucales) for microsatellite library construction. Journal of Phycology 42: 741-745.
Alberto F, Arnaud-Haond S, Duarte CM, Serrão EA (2006). Genetic diversity of a clonal angiosperm near its range limit: the case of Cymodocea nodosa in the Canary Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 309: 117-129
Pearson GA, Lago-Leston A, Valente M, Serrão EA (2006). Simple and rapid RNA extraction from lyophilized tissue of brown algae and seagrasses. European Journal of Phycology 41:97-104
2005
Billard E, Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Engel CR, Destombe C, Valero M. (2005). Analysis of sexual phenotype and prezygotic fertility in natural populations of Fucus spiralis, F. vesiculosus (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae) and their putative hybridsEur. J. Phycol. 40: 397-407
Billard E, Daguin C, Pearson GA, Serrão, EA, Engel C, Valero M (2005) Genetic isolation between the three closely related taxa: Fucus vesiculosus, F.spiralis and F. ceranoides. Journal of Phycology 41: 900-905
Alexandre A, Santos R, Serrão EA (2005) Effects of clam harvesting on sexual reproduction of the seagrass Zostera noltii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 298: 115-122.
Alberto F, Gouveia L, Arnaud-Haond S, Pérez-Lloréns JL, Duarte CM, Serrão EA (2005) Within-population spatial genetic structure, neighbourhood size and clonal subrange in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa. Molecular Ecology 14: 2669-2681.
Engel CR, Daguin C, Serrão EA (2005) Genetic entities and mating system in hermaphroditic Fucus spiralis and its close dioecious relative F. vesiculosus (Fucaceae, Phaeophyceae). Molecular Ecology 14: 2033-2046
Arnaud-Haond, S., Alberto F, Procaccini G, Serrão EA, Duarte CM (2005). Assessing genetic diversity in clonal organisms: low diversity or low resolution? Combining power and cost-efficiency in selecting markers. Journal of Heredity 3:434-440.
Diekmann OE, Coyer JA Ferreira J, Olsen JL, Stam WT, Pearson GA, Serrão EA (2005). Population genetics of Zostera noltii along the west Iberian coast: consequences of small population size, habitat discontinuity and nearshore currents. Marine Ecology Progress Series 290: 89-96
Tatarenkov A., Bergström L., Jönsson R, Serrão EA, Kautsky L, Johannesson K (2005) Intriguing asexual life in the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus. Molecular Ecology, 14: 647-651.
2004
Coyer JA, Diekmann OE, Serrao EA, Procaccini G. Milchakova N, Pearson G, Stam WT, Olsen L (2004) Genetic differentiation of the seagrass, Zostera noltii, throughout its biogeographic range. Marine Ecology Progress Series 281:51-62
Vermaat JE, Rollon RN, Lacap CDA, Billot C, Alberto F, Nacorda HME, Wiegman F, Terrados J (2004) Meadow fragmentation and reproductive output of the S.E. Asian seagrass Enhalus acoroides. Journal of sea research. 52:321-328.
Coyer JA, Reusch TBH, Stam WT, Serrao EA, Pearson G, Procaccini G, Olsen JL (2004) Characterization of microsatellite loci in the dwarf eelgrass, Zostera noltii (Zosteraceae) and cross reactivity with Z. japonica. Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 497-499
Olsen JL, Stam WT, Coyer JA, Reusch TBH, Billingham M, Bostrom, C. Calvert, E, Christie, H, Granger, S, La Lumiere R, Milchakova, N, Oudot-Le Secq M-P, Procaccini, G., Sanjabi, B, Serrão, E., Veldsink, J, Widdecombe S, Wyllie-Echeverria S (2004). North Atlantic phylogeography and large-scale populations differentiation of the seagrass Zostera marina L. Molecular Ecology, 13: 1923-1941.
Pearson G.A., Serrão E.A, Dring M., Schmid R. (2004). Blue and green-light signals for gamete release in the brown alga Silvetia compressa. Oecologia 138: 193-201.
2003
Alberto, F., Correia, L., Arnaud-Haond, S., Billot, C., Duarte, C. M., and Serrao, E (2003) New microsatellite markers for the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Molecular Ecology Notes 3, 253-255.
Alberto, F., Correia, L., Billot, C., Duarte, C. M., and Serrao, E (2003). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa. Molecular Ecology Notes 3, 397-399.
Alves, F. M. A., Chicharo, L. M., Serrao, E., and Abreu, A. D (2003) Grazing by Diadema antillarum (Philippi) upon algal communities on rocky substrates. Scientia Marina 67, 307-311.
Billingham M., Reusch T.B., Alberto F., Serrão E.A. (2003). Is asexual reproduction more important at geographical limits? A genetic test of the seagrass Zostera marina in the Ria Formosa, Portugal. Marine Ecology Progress Series 265: 77-83
Engel, C. R., Brawley, S. H., Edwards, K. J., and Serrao, E (2003) Isolation and cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci from the fucoid seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus, F-serratus and Ascophyllum nodosum (Heterokontophyta, Fucaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3, 180-182.
Ladah, L., Bermudez, R., Pearson, G., and Serrao, E (2003) Fertilization success and recruitment of dioecious and hermaphroditic fucoid seaweeds with contrasting distributions near their southern limit. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 262, 173-183.
Teixeira, S., Arnaud-Haond, S., Duarte, C. M., and Serrao, E (2003) Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the mangrove tree Avicennia alba. Molecular Ecology Notes 3, 544-546.
2001
Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Cancela ML (2001) Supression subtractive hybridization used to study gene expression during areal exposure and desiccation in fucoid algae. European Journal of Phycology 36: 359-366.
Gomes MC, Serrão E, Borges MF (2001) Spatial patterns of groundfish assemblages on the continental shelf of Portugal. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 58: 633-647.
Alves FMA, Chícharo LM, Serrão E, Abreu AD (2001) Algal cover and sea urchin spatial distribution and ecology at Madeira Island (NE Atlantic). Scientia Marina. 65: 383-392
2000
Pearson GA, Kautsky L, Serrão EA (2000) Recent evolution in Baltic Fucus vesiculosus: Reduced tolerance to emersion stresses compared to intertidal (North Sea) populations. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.202:67-79.
1999
Serrão EA, Alice LA, Brawley SH (1999) Evolution of the Fucaceae (Phaeophyta) inferred from nrDNA-ITS. J. Phycology. 35: 382-394.
Serrão EA, Brawley SH, Hedman J, Kautsky L, Samuelsson G (1999) Reproductive success in Fucus vesiculosus in the Baltic Sea. J. Phycology. 35: 254-269.
Brawley SH, Johnson L, Pearson GA, Speransky V, Li R, Serrão E (1999) Gamete release at low tide in fucoid algae: maladaptive or advantageous? American Zoologist. 39: 218-229.
1998
Pearson GA, Serrão EA, Brawley SH (1998). Sensing hydrodynamic conditions via carbon acquisition: control of gamete release in fucoid algae. Ecology 79: 1725-1739.
Pearson GA, Brawley SH (1998) A Model for Signal Transduction During Gamete Release in the Fucoid Alga Pelvetia compressa. Plant Physiol. 118: 305-313.
Serrão EA (1998) Methods to study algal propagules, their settlement and recruitment. In Proc. IV Latin-American Phycology Congress, vol II- Biodiversity Conservation and New Technologies. Soc. Ficol. Amer. Lat. e Caribe, São Paulo.
1996
Pearson GA, Brawley SH (1996) Reproductive ecology of Fucus distichus (L.): An intertidal algae with successful external fertilization. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 143: 211-223
Davison IR, Pearson GA (1996) Environmental stress in intertidal seaweeds. J. Phycol. 32(2): 197-211.
Serrão EA, Pearson GA, Kautsky L, Brawley SH (1996) Successful external fertilization in turbulent environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 93: 5286-90
Serrão EA, Kautsky L, Brawley SH (1996) Distributional success of the marine seaweed Fucus vesiculosus L. in the brackish Baltic Sea correlates with osmotic capabilities of gametes. Oecologia. 107:1-12.
1994 and before
Pearson GA, Davison IR (1994) Freezing stress and osmotic dehydration in Fucus distichus (Phaeophyta): Evidence for physiological similarity. J. Phycol. 30: 257-67.
Haroun RJ, Prud'homme van Reine WF, Müller DG, Serrão E, Herrera R. (1993). Deep-water macroalgae from the Canary Islands: new records and biogeographical relationships. Helgoländer Meeresunters 47 :125-143.
Pearson GA, Davison IR (1993) Freezing rate and duration determine the physiological response of intertidal fucoids to freezing. Mar Biol 115: 353-62.
Fredericq S, Serrão E, Norris J (1992) New records of marine red algae from the Azores. Arquipelago 10: 1-5.
Pearson GA, Evans LV (1990) Settlement and survival of Polysiphonia lanosa (Ceramiales) sporelings on Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus (Fucales).J Phycol 26: 597-603.