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  1. Skeletal magnesium content in Antarctic echinoderms along a latitudinal gradient

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, November 2024, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  2. Long-term effects of ocean acidification and its interaction with warming on calcifying organisms and their associated microbiome: bryozoans as emerging sentinels of global change?

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  3. Increasing risk of invasions by organisms on marine debris in the Southeast coast of India

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, October 2023, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  4. FUN Azores: a FUNctional trait database for the meio-, macro-, and megafauna from the Azores Marine Park (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, July 2023, Frontiers

    Blanca Figuerola

  5. First evidence of legacy chlorinated POPs bioaccumulation in Antarctic sponges from the Ross sea and the South Shetland Islands

    Article • Environmental Pollution, July 2023, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  6. A pioneer morphological and genetic study of the intertidal fauna of the Gerlache Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  7. Increasing Risk of Invasions by Organisms on Marine Debris in the Southeast Coast of India

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  8. Temperature as a likely driver shaping global patterns in mineralogical composition in bryozoans: implications for marine calcifiers under global change

    Article • Ecography, November 2022, Wiley

    Blanca Figuerola

  9. Temperature as a likely driver shaping global patterns in mineralogical composition in bryozoans: Implications for marine calcifiers under Global Change

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  10. Paleozoic origins of cheilostome bryozoans and their parental care inferred by a new genome-skimmed phylogeny

    Article • Science Advances, April 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Blanca Figuerola

  11. Marine biofouling organisms on beached, buoyant and benthic plastic debris in the Catalan Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, February 2022, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  12. Shifting Perspectives in Polar Research: Global Lessons on the Barriers and Drivers for Securing Academic Careers in Natural Sciences

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, November 2021, Frontiers

    Blanca Figuerola, Mr Shridhar D. Jawak, Sergi Gonzalez

  13. Millennial‐scale change on a Caribbean reef system that experiences hypoxia

    Article • Ecography, August 2021, Wiley

    Blanca Figuerola

  14. Responses of Southern Ocean Seafloor Habitats and Communities to Global and Local Drivers of Change

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, May 2021, Frontiers

    Blanca Figuerola

  15. Millennial-scale change on a Caribbean reef system that experiences hypoxia

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  16. A Review and Meta-Analysis of Potential Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Calcifiers From the Southern Ocean

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2021, Frontiers

    Blanca Figuerola

  17. Natural chemical control of marine associated microbial communities by sessile Antarctic invertebrates

    Article • Aquatic Microbial Ecology, December 2020, Inter-Research Science Center

    Blanca Figuerola

  18. Predicting potential impacts of ocean acidification on marine calcifiers from the Southern Ocean

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  19. Chemical ecology in the Southern Ocean

    Article • October 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  20. Overcoming the Obstacles Faced by Early Career Researchers in Marine Science: Lessons From the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2020, Frontiers

    Blanca Figuerola

  21. Invasive marine species discovered on non–native kelp rafts in the warmest Antarctic island

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

    Blanca Figuerola

  22. The Phylum Bryozoa as a Promising Source of Anticancer Drugs

    Article • Marine Drugs, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Blanca Figuerola

  23. The Understudied Phylum Bryozoa as a Promising Source of Anticancer Drugs

    Article • June 2019, MDPI AG

    Blanca Figuerola

  24. Spatio-temporal variation of skeletal Mg-calcite in Antarctic marine calcifiers

    Article • PLOS One, May 2019, PLOS

    Blanca Figuerola

  25. Divergent responses to warming of two common co-occurring Mediterranean bryozoans

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  26. Young species of cupuladriid bryozoans occupied new Caribbean habitats faster than old species

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  27. Macrobenthic patterns at the shallow marine waters in the caldera of the active volcano of Deception Island, Antarctica

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, April 2018, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  28. New deep Cheilostomata (Bryozoa) species from the Southwestern Atlantic: shedding light in the dark

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2018, Magnolia Press

    Blanca Figuerola

  29. Experimental evidence of chemical defence mechanisms in Antarctic bryozoans

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, August 2017, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  30. Bryozoan diversity around the Falkland and South Georgia Islands: Overcoming Antarctic barriers

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, May 2017, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  31. Evaluating potential factors influencing branch diameter and skeletal Mg-calcite using an Antarctic cyclostome bryozoan species

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  32. Depth patterns in Antarctic bryozoan skeletal Mg-calcite: Can they provide an analogue for future environmental changes?

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

    Blanca Figuerola

  33. Anti-predatory chemical defences in Antarctic benthic fauna

    Article • Marine Biology, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  34. Distribution patterns in Antarctic and Subantarctic echinoderms

    Article • Polar Biology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  35. Antimicrobial activity of Antarctic bryozoans: An ecological perspective with potential for clinical applications

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, October 2014, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  36. Chemo–ecological interactions in Antarctic bryozoans

    Article • Polar Biology, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  37. Cheilostome bryozoan diversity from the southwest Atlantic region: Is Antarctica really isolated?

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, January 2014, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola

  38. Feeding repellence in Antarctic bryozoans

    Article • The Science of Nature, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  39. Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Jaime Ramos, Blanca Figuerola

  40. Cytotoxic Activity of Antarctic Benthic Organisms Against the Common Sea Urchin Sterechinus neumayeri

    Article • Oceanography Open Access, January 2013, OMICS Publishing Group

    Blanca Figuerola

  41. Description of a new species ofReteporella(Bryozoa: Phidoloporidae) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) and the possible functional morphology of avicularia

    Article • Acta Zoologica, December 2012, Wiley

    Blanca Figuerola

  42. Assessing the effects of sewage effluents in a Mediterranean creek: fish population features and biotic indices

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Blanca Figuerola

  43. Chemical Interactions in Antarctic Marine Benthic Ecosystems

    Article • March 2012, IntechOpen

    Blanca Figuerola

  44. Spatial patterns and diversity of bryozoan communities from the Southern Ocean: South Shetland Islands, Bouvet Island and Eastern Weddell Sea

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Blanca Figuerola

  45. Effects of digested, composted, and thermally dried sewage sludge on soil microbiota and mesofauna

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Blanca Figuerola