Villar-Torres, M.; Montero, F.; Raga, J.A.; Repullés-Albelda, A. (2023). The influence of water temperature on the life-cycle of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), a common pathogen in gilthead sea bream aquaculture. Aquaculture, 565, 739103.
Ten, S.; Konishi, K.; Raga, J.A.; Pastene, L.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2022). Epibiotic fauna of the Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, in the Southern Ocean: a reliable indicator of seasonal movements. Scientific Reports, 12, 22214.
Pérez del Olmo, A.; Raga, J.A.; Kostadinova, A. (2022). Parasite communities in a marine fish indicate ecological recovery from the impacts of the Prestige oil-spill 12–13 years after the disaster. Science of the Total Environment, 847: 157354.
Izquierdo-Serrano, M.; Revuelta, O.; Míguez-Lozano, R.; Gozalbes, P.; Ruiz-García, D.; Raga, J.A., Tomás, J. (2022). Assessment of the interactions between cetaceans and fisheries at the south of the Cetacean Migration Corridor and neighboring waters (Western Mediterranean). Frontiers in Marine Science, 1576,
DiMatteo, A.; Cañadas, A.; Roberts, J.; Sparks, L.; Panigada, S.; Boisseau, O.; Moscrop, A.; Fortuna, C.M.; Lauriano, G.; Holcer, D.; Peltier, H.; Ridoux, V.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J.; Broderick, A.C.; Godley, B.J.; Haywood, J.; March, D.; Snape, R.; Sagarminaga, R.; Hochscheid, S. (2022). Basin-wide estimates of loggerhead turtle density in the Mediterranean Sea derived from line transect surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1801.
Van Beest, G.S.; Montero, F.E.; Padrós, F.; Raga, J.A.; Born-Torrijos, A. (2022). The versatility of simplicity: structures of Cardiocephaloides longicollis used for different purposes during cercarial transmission. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icac102.
Ten, S.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2022). Epibiotic fauna on cetaceans worldwide: a systematic review of records and indicator potential. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:846558.
Pool, R.; Romero-Rubira, C.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J. (2021) Determinants of lungworm specificity in five species of cetacean in the western Mediterranean. Parasites & Vectors, 14: 1-14.
Borrell, A; Gazo, A.; Aguilar, A.; Raga, J.A.; Degollada, E.; Gozalbes, P.; García-Vernet, R. (2021). Niche differentiation amongst northwestern Mediterranean cetaceans using ratios of stable isotopes. Progress in Oceanography, 193: 102559.
Gkafas, G.G.; Jong, M.; Exadactylos, A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J.; Hoelzel, A.R. (2020) Sex-specific impact of inbreeding on pathogen load in the striped dolphin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. -Biological Sciences, 287: 20200195
Cuvertoret-Sanz, M.; López-Figueroa, C.; O’Byrne, A.; Canturri, A.; Martí-Garcia, B.; Pintado, E.; Pérez, L.; Ganges, L.; Cobos, A.; Abarca, M.L.; Raga, J.A.; Van Bressem, M.F.; Domingo, M. (2020). Causes of cetacean stranding and death in the Catalonian coast (Western Mediterranean Sea) in the period 2012-2019. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 142: 239-253 doi:10.3354/dao03550
Novillo, O.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2020). Evaluating the presence of microplastics in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) stranded in the Western Mediterranean sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160: 111557 doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111557
Villar-Torres, M.; Repullés-Albelda, A; Montero, F.E.; Raga, J.A.; Blasco Costa, I. (2019). Neither Diplectanum nor specific: A dramatic twist to the taxonomic framework of Diplectanum (Monogenea). International Journal for Parasitology, 49: 365-374
Raga, J.A.; Fernandez, M.; Balbuena, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2018). Parasites. In: B. Würsing, J.G.M. Thewissen & K.M. Kovacs (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition, Academic Press/ Elsevier Inc, San Diego, 678-686.
Palacios-Abella, J. F.; Raga, J. A.; Mele, S.; Montero, F. E. (2018). Blood fluke diseases in Pagellus spp. (Sparidae): pathology and description of a new species of Skoulekia in the blackspot seabream P. bogaraveo (Brünnich). Aquaculture, 495: 472–483.
Cañadas, A.; Cotte, C.; Crosti, R.; Fortuna, C.; Gutierrez-Xarxa, R.; Bearzi, G.; Holcer, D.; Raga, J.A.; Rendell, L.; Aissi, M.; Arcangeli, A.; B-Nagy, A.; Campana, I.; Lewis, T.; Laran, S.; Aguilar De Soto, N.; Frantzis, A.; Moulins, A.; Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G.; Pastor, X.; Pulcini, M.; Tepsich, P.; Tomás, J.; Mussi, B.; Politi, E.; Tringali, M.; Azzolin, M.; Di Natale, A.; Rosso, M.; Garcia, P.; Gazo, M.; Lauriano, G.; Panigada, S. (2018). The challenge of habitat modelling for threatened low density species using heterogeneous data: the case of Cuvier's beaked whales in the Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators, 85: 128–136.
Domènech, F.; Tomás, J.; Crespo-Picazo, J.L.; García-Parraga, D.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar F.J. (2017). To swim or not to swim: potential transmission of Balaenophilus manatorum (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in marine turtles. PLoS ONE, 12(1): e0170789. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170789
Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Gozalbes, P.; Revuelta, O.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar F.J. (2017). Living on a harsh habitat: epidemiology of the whale louse, Syncyamus aequus (Cyamidae), in striped dolphins from the western Mediterranean. Journal of Zoology, 303: 199–206, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12482
Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Lehnert, K.; Raga, J.A.; Siebert, U.; Aznar F.J. (2017). Long-distance travellers: phylogeography of a generalist parasite, Pholeter gastrophilus, from Cetaceans. PLoS ONE, 12(1): e0170184. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170184
Palacios-Abella, J.F., Rodríguez-Llanosa, J.; Villora-Montero, M.; Mele, S.; Raga, J.A., Montero, F.E. (2017) Diagnostic accuracy of the light microscope method to detect the eggs of Cardicola spp. in the gill filaments of the bluefin tuna. Veterinary Parasitology, 47: 26-32.
Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Brandão, M.; Georgieva, S.; Raga, J.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Luque, J.L.; Aznar, F.J. (2017). From mammals back to birds: host-switch of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe from pinnipeds to the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus. PLoS ONE, 12(10): e0183809.
Gkafas, G.A.; Exadactylos, A; Rogan, E.; Raga, J.A.; Reid, R.; Hoelzel, A.R. (2017). Biogeography and temporal progression during the evolution of striped dolphin population structure in European waters. Journal of Biogeography, 1-11 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13079.
Aznar, F.J.; Míguez-Lozano, R.; Ruiz, B., Bosch De Castro, A.; Raga, J.A.; Blanco, C. (2017). Long-term changes (1990-2012) in the diet of striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba from the western Mediterranean: a role for overfishing? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 568: 231–247.
Born-Torrijos, A.; Poulin, R.; Pérez-Del-Olmo, A.; Culurgioni, J.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2016). An optimized multi-host trematode life cycle: fisheries discards enhance trophic parasite transmission to scavenging birds. International Journal for Parasitology, 46: 745–753
Clusa, M.; Carreras, C.; Pascual, M.; Gaughran, S.J.; Piovano, S.; Avolio, D.; Ollano, G.; Fernández, G.; Tomás, J.; Raga, J.A., Aguilar, A; Cardona, L. (2016). Potential bycatch impact on distinct sea turtle populations is dependent on fishing ground rather than gear type in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 163:122 doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2875-1
Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2015). Life-history trade-offs in a generalist digenean from cetaceans: the role of host specificity and environmental factors. Parasites & Vectors, 8(1): 659
Carrillo, J.M.; Overstreet, R.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2015). Living on the edge: Settlement patterns by the symbiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on small cetaceans. PLoS ONE, 10 (6): e0127367.
Fraija-Fernández, N.; Olson, P.D.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.; Fernandez, M. (2015). Independent host capture of Cetaceans by Digenean parasites inferred from ribosomal DNA. International Journal for Parasitology, 45: 167–173.
Born-Torrijos, A.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A. (2015). Trematode maturation patterns in a migratory snail host: What happens during upshore residency in a Mediterranean lagoon? Parasitology Research, 115: 575-585. doi:10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7.
Revuelta, O.; León, Y.M.; Broderick, A.C..; Feliz, P.; Godley, B.J.; Balbuena, J.A.; Mason, A.; Poulton, K.; Savoré, S.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2015). Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions: clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic. Oryx, 49 (4): 677–686. Doi: 10.1017/S0030605313001488
Domènech, F.; Badillo, F.J.; Tomás, J.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F. (2015). Epibiont communities of loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta) in the western Mediterranean: influence of geographical and ecological factors. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 5(4): 851–861. doi: 10.1017/S0025315414001520.
Revuelta, O.; Hawkes, L.A.; León, Y.M.; Godley, B.J.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2015). Evaluating the importance of Marine Protected Areas for the conservation of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting in the Dominican Republic. Endangered Species Research, 27: 169–180.
Ahuir-Baraja, A.E.; Padros, F.; Palacio-Abella, J.F.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2015). Accacoelium contortum (Trematoda: Accacoeliidae) a trematode living as a monogenean: morphological and pathological implications. Parasites & Vectors, 8: 540 doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1162-1
Mateu, P.; Nardi, V.; Fraija-Fernández, N.; Mattiucci, S.; Gil De Sola, L.; Raga, J.A., Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J (2015). The role of lantern fish (Myctophidae) and cephalopods in the life-cycle of cetacean parasites from western Mediterranean waters. Deep Sea Research I, 95: 115–121.
Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2015). Life-history trade-offs in a generalist digenean from cetaceans: the role of host specificity and environmental factors. Parasites & Vectors, 8(1): 659 doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1273-8
Sánchez-García, N.; Raga, J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2014) Risk assessment for parasites in cultures of Diplodus puntazzo (Sparidae) in the Western Mediterranean: Prospects of cross infection with Sparus aurata. Veterinary Parasitology, 204 (3-4): 120-133.
Revuelta, O. León, Y.M.; Broderick, A.C.; Godley, B.J.; Feliz, P.; Balbuena, J.A.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2014) The value of endangered species in protected areas at risk: the case of the leatherback turtle in the Dominican Republic. Biodiversity and Conservation 06/2014; 23(6).
Born-Torrijos, A.; Holzer, A.; Raga, J.A.; Kostadinova, A. (2014) Same host, same lagoon, different transmission pathways: effects of exogenous factors on larval emergence in two marine digenean parasites. Parasitological Research, 113: 545-554.
Mateu, P., Raga, J.A., Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J. (2014). Intestinal helminth fauna of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the western Mediterranean: effects of host body length, age and sex. Marine Mammal Science, 30: 961-977.
Born-Torrijos, A.; Poulin, R.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A. (2014) Estimating trematode prevalence in snail hosts using a single-step duplex PCR: how badly does cercarial shedding underestimate infection rate? Parasites & Vectors, 7: 243. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-243.
Carreras C, Godley BJ, León YM, Hawkes LA, Revuelta O, Raga JA, Tomás J. (2013) Contextualising the Last Survivors: Population Structure of Marine Turtles in the Dominican Republic. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066037.
Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Aznar, F.J.; Blasco-Costa, I.; Garcia, N.A..; Víllora- Montero, M.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2013). Description, microhabitat selection and infection patterns of sealworm larvae (Pseudoterranova decipiens species complex, Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) in fishes from Patagonia, Argentina. Parasites & Vectors, 6: 1-15 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-252.
Revuelta O, León YM, Aznar FJ, Raga JA, Tomás J. (2013) Running against time: conservation of the remaining hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting population in the Dominican Republic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(4): 1133-1140.
Repullés-Albelda, A.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2013) Seasonal population dynamics of Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) parasitizing Seriola dumerili (Carangidae) in the Western Mediterranean. Veterinary Parasitology, 193(1-3): 163-171.
Quiñones, R.; Giovannini, A.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M. (2013). Intestinal helminth fauna of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, and common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, from the western Mediterranean. Journal of Parasitology, 99: 576–579.
Clusa M., Carreras C., Pascual M., Gaughran S.J., Piovano S., Giacoma C., Fernández G., Levy Y., Tomás J., Raga J.A., Maffucci F., Hochscheid S., Aguilar A., Cardona L. (2013). Fine-scale distribution of juvenile Atlantic and Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-013-2353-y
Alama-Bermejo, G.; Bron, J.E.; Raga J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2012). 3D morphology, ultrastructure and development of Ceratomyxa puntazzi stages: first insights into the mechanisms of motility and budding in the Myxozoa. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032679.
Sanchez-Garcia, N., Padros, F., Raga, J.A., Montero, F.E. (2011). Comparative study of the three attachment mechanisms of diplectanid monogeneans. Aquaculture, 318 (3-4): 290-299.
Balbuena, J.A.; Raga, J.A. (2010). Parasites. In: L. Nollet & F. Toldra (Eds.). Handbook of Seafood and Seafood Products Analysis, Chapter 31CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 579-602.
Tomas J.; Godley B.J.; Castroviejo J.; Raga J.A (2010). Bioko: Critically important nesting habitat for sea turtles of West Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19: 2699-2714.
Montero, F.E.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J.A. (2009). Development and habitat selection of a new sanguinicolid parasite of cultured greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, in the Mediterranean. Aquaculture, 288 (1-2): 132-139.
Van Bressem, M-F., Raga, J.A., Di Guardo, G., Jepson, P.D., Duignan, P., Siebert, U., Barrett, T., Santos Mco, Moreno, I.B., Siciliano, S., Aguilar, A. , Van Waerebeek, K. (2009). Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors. Diseases of Aquatic Organismsn, 86: 143-157.
Raga, J.A.; Fernandez, M.; Balbuena, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2009). Parasites. In: W.F. Perrin, H.G.M. Thewissen & B. Wursing (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 821-830.
Raga, J.A.; Banyard, A.; Domingo, M.; Van Bressem, M.F.; Fernandez, M.; Aznar, F.J.; Barrett, T. (2008). Epizootic of Dolphin Morbillivirus resurges in the Mediterranean. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14: 471-473.
Gomez de Segura, A.; Hammond, P.S.; Canadas, A.; Raga, J.A. (2007). Comparing cetacean abundance estimates derived from spatial models and design-based line transect methods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 329: 289-299.
Aznar, F.J.; Fognani, P.; Balbuena, J.A.; Pietrobelli, M.; Raga, J.A. (2006). Distribution patterns of Pholeter gastrophilus (Digenea) in the stomach of four odontocete species: the role of the host digestive physiology. Parasitology, 133: 369-380.
