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  1. Mediterranean Gate Sanctuary for the Protection of Cetaceans

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, November 2025, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  2. Understanding the role of biological, environmental and human-impact factors on mercury concentrations in a demersal mesopredator shark

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, November 2025, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  3. Long-term trophic ecology of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna in the western mediterranean sea

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, October 2025, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  4. Pelagic productivity and abundance of competitors modulate trophic niche segregation between large predators

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2025, Royal Society Publishing

    Mr Joan Giménez

  5. Tracing Time's Footprints: Exploring Feeding Ecology and Historical Changes of Mediterranean Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Over Two Centuries

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, August 2025, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  6. Identifying Bottlenecks to Energy Circulation in the Bay of Biscay Pelagic Food Web: Key Species Under the Spotlight

    Article • Ecosystems, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  7. Environmental and human factors shape the trophic ecology of a widespread marine predator

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2025, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  8. Livelihood in anthropic landscapes: Stable isotopes as indicators of dependence of obligate avian scavengers on intensive animal farming

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2025, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  9. Risso's Dolphin Site Fidelity in the Western Mediterranean Sea: The Importance of Submarine Canyons

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, May 2025, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  10. Energyscapes pinpoint marine megafauna feeding hotspots in the Mediterranean

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Mr Joan Giménez

  11. Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

    Article • Wildlife Biology, December 2024, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  12. Insights from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses on the diet of an Antarctic nudibranch

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, December 2024, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  13. Trophic guilds and niche segregation among marine megafauna in the Bay of Biscay

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, November 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  14. Evil and allies: Opportunistic gulls as both spreaders and sentinels of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria in human‐transformed landscapes

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, October 2024, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  15. Microplastic characterization in the stomachs of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, September 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  16. Top predator status and trends: ecological implications, monitoring and mitigation strategies to promote ecosystem-based management

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, May 2024, Frontiers

    Mr Joan Giménez

  17. Trophic level, niche width, and site fidelity of Moroccan forage fish in two contrasting upwelling systems

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, May 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  18. Sources of persistent organic pollutants and their physiological effects on opportunistic urban gulls

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, March 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  19. Assessing mercury contamination in Southern Hemisphere marine ecosystems: The role of penguins as effective bioindicators

    Article • Environmental Pollution, February 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  20. Climate and human stressors on global penguin hotspots: Current assessments for future conservation

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Philip J Seddon, Mr Joan Giménez

  21. Retrospective analysis of the pelagic ecosystem of the Western Mediterranean Sea: Drivers, changes and effects

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  22. The non-consumptive economic value of wildlife: the case of three cetacean species

    Article • Scientia Marina, December 2023, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Mr Joan Giménez

  23. Unravelling the trophic ecology of poorly studied and threatened elasmobranchs inhabiting the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

    Article • Marine Biology, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  24. Assessing juvenile swordfish (Xiphias gladius) diet as an indicator of marine ecosystem changes in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, November 2023, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  25. Identification of priority cetacean areas in the north‐east Atlantic using systematic conservation planning

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, October 2023, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  26. Encounter rate and relative abundance of eight cetaceans off the central Catalan coast (Northwestern Mediterranean sea)

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, October 2023, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  27. Trophic position variability of European sardine by compound-specific stable isotope analyses

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, May 2023, Canadian Science Publishing

    Mr Joan Giménez

  28. Changes in the feeding ecology of an opportunistic predator inhabiting urban environments in response to COVID-19 lockdown

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, April 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Mr Joan Giménez

  29. Genomics reveals the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Molecular Ecology, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Fernandez, Mr Joan Giménez

  30. Trophic position of dolphins tracks recent changes in the pelagic ecosystem of the Macaronesian region (NE Atlantic)

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, October 2022, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Antonio Fernandez, Mr Joan Giménez

  31. Evidence for spatiotemporal shift in demersal fishery management priority areas in the western Mediterranean

    Article • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, October 2022, Canadian Science Publishing

    Mr Joan Giménez

  32. Trophic importance of small pelagic fish to marine predators of the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, September 2022, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  33. Using molecular and stable isotope markers to identify the main predators of Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water ecosystems

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2022, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  34. Trophic ecology of northern gannets Morus bassanus highlights the extent of isotopic niche overlap with other apex predators within the Bay of Biscay

    Article • Marine Biology, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  35. Diet of striped dolphins ( Stenella coeruleoalba ) in southern Spanish waters

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, June 2022, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  36. Small pelagic fish fitness relates to local environmental conditions and trophic variables

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, March 2022, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  37. Understanding the causes of mortality and contaminant loads of stranded cetacean species in Sardinian waters (Italy) using Bayesian Hierarchical Models

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, March 2022, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  38. A bioenergetics approach to understanding sex differences in the foraging behaviour of a sexually monomorphic species

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Mr Joan Giménez

  39. Organophosphate ester plasticizers in edible fish from the Mediterranean Sea: Marine pollution and human exposure

    Article • Environmental Pollution, January 2022, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  40. Energy content of anchovy and sardine using surrogate calorimetry methods

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, December 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  41. Trophic niche overlap between round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) and sympatric pelagic fish species in the Western Mediterranean

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2021, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  42. Inequitable protection of multidimensional biogeochemical regions in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, October 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  43. Consumption rates and interaction with fisheries of Mediterranean common dolphins in the Alboran Sea

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, June 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  44. Expanding protected areas to encompass the conservation of the endangered common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Alboran Sea

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, June 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  45. Interannual trophic behaviour of a pelagic fish predator in the western Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, June 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  46. Sexual Mismatch Between Vessel-Associated Foraging and Discard Consumption in a Marine Top Predator

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, April 2021, Frontiers

    Mr Joan Giménez

  47. The conservation of the endangered Mediterranean common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Current knowledge and research priorities

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, March 2021, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  48. Stranding patterns and feeding ecology of striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, in Western Iberia (1981–2014)

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, March 2021, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  49. Evidence for spatiotemporal shift in demersal fisheries management priority areas in the western Mediterranean

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mr Joan Giménez

  50. Energy content of anchovy and sardine using surrogate calorimetry methods

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mr Joan Giménez

  51. The Seasonal Distribution of a Highly Commercial Fish Is Related to Ontogenetic Changes in Its Feeding Strategy

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, December 2020, Frontiers

    Mr Joan Giménez

  52. A trophic latitudinal gradient revealed in anchovy and sardine from the Western Mediterranean Sea using a multi-proxy approach

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  53. Marine protected areas for demersal elasmobranchs in highly exploited Mediterranean ecosystems

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, September 2020, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  54. Operationalizing risk-based cumulative effect assessments in the marine environment

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2020, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  55. Wait your turn, North Atlantic fin whales share a common feeding ground sequentially

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, March 2020, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  56. Epizootic effect and aftermath in a pilot whale population

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, April 2019, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  57. Importance of toothfish in the diet of generalist subantarctic killer whales: implications for fisheries interactions

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, March 2019, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  58. First determination of high levels of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in dolphins from Southern European waters

    Article • Environmental Research, February 2019, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  59. Living apart together: Niche partitioning among Alboran Sea cetaceans

    Article • Ecological Indicators, December 2018, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  60. First records of the Red Sea alien mollusc Haminoea cyanomarginata (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) in the Western Mediterranean

    Article • Journal of Natural History, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Mr Joan Giménez

  61. An adaptive method for identifying marine areas of high conservation priority

    Article • Conservation Biology, July 2018, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  62. Contemporary migration of fin whales through the Strait of Gibraltar

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, February 2018, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  63. Feeding ecology of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Western Iberian waters: has the decline in sardine (Sardina pilchardus) affected dolphin diet?

    Article • Marine Biology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  64. Diet of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Cadiz: Insights from stomach content and stable isotope analyses

    Article • PLOS One, September 2017, PLOS

    Mr Joan Giménez

  65. Feeding ecology of Mediterranean common dolphins: The importance of mesopelagic fish in the diet of an endangered subpopulation

    Article • Marine Mammal Science, September 2017, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  66. Towards the identification of ecological management units: A multidisciplinary approach for the effective management of bottlenose dolphins in the southern Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, August 2017, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  67. Insecticide pyrethroids in liver of striped dolphin from the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2017, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  68. Lipid effects on isotopic values in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and their prey with implications for diet assessment

    Article • Marine Biology, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  69. Intra- and interspecific niche partitioning in striped and common dolphins inhabiting the southwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, March 2017, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  70. Relationships between otolith and fish size from Mediterranean and north-eastern Atlantic species to be used in predator-prey studies

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, August 2016, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  71. Using a multi-disciplinary approach to identify a critically endangered killer whale management unit

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  72. From the pool to the sea: Applicable isotope turnover rates and diet to skin discrimination factors for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    Article • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  73. Dynamics of killer whale, bluefin tuna and human fisheries in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Article • Biological Conservation, February 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  74. PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2016, Nature

    Mr Joan Giménez, Tilen Genov, Professor Antonio Fernandez

  75. Conservation Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  76. Conservation Status of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas, in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  77. Maternal kinship and fisheries interaction influence killer whale social structure

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  78. Halogenated Natural Products in Dolphins: Brain–Blubber Distribution and Comparison with Halogenated Flame Retardants

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Mr Joan Giménez

  79. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of classical flame retardants, related halogenated natural compounds and alternative flame retardants in three delphinids from Southern European waters

    Article • Environmental Pollution, August 2015, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  80. Human influence on gull non-breeding distribution: potential consequences of changes in fishing practices

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, May 2015, Inter-Research Science Center

    Mr Joan Giménez

  81. Mobbing-like behavior by pilot whales towards killer whales: a response to resource competition or perceived predation risk?

    Article • acta ethologica, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  82. δ15N Value Does Not Reflect Fasting in Mysticetes

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Mr Joan Giménez

  83. The uncertain status of the Mediterranean and northeastern North Atlantic fin whale subpopulations: Reply to Castelloteet al.,Rapid Commun.Mass Spectrom. 2014,28, 665-667

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, February 2014, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  84. Stomach contents of cetaceans in the Alboran Sea and Gulf of Cadiz.

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2014, Frontiers

    Mr Joan Giménez

  85. Identifying key habitat and seasonal patterns of a critically endangered population of killer whales

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Mr Joan Giménez, Dr Ruth Esteban

  86. Isotopic evidence of limited exchange between Mediterranean and eastern North Atlantic fin whales

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, July 2013, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  87. As main meal for sperm whales: Plastics debris

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, April 2013, Elsevier

    Mr Joan Giménez

  88. Discrimination of stable isotopes in fin whale tissues and application to diet assessment in cetaceans

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, June 2012, Wiley

    Mr Joan Giménez

  89. Use of blubber levels of progesterone to determine pregnancy in free-ranging live cetaceans

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Joan Giménez

  90. Biopsy wound healing in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)

    Article • Veterinary Record, January 2011, BMJ

    Mr Joan Giménez