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JESUS TOMAS AGUIRRE
PDI-Titular d'Universitat

Knowledge area: ZOOLOGY
Department: Zoology

Unidad de Zoología Marina, Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva Despacho 1.3.2. Edificio Conenedor 1, Parc Científic.
(9635) 44549

Biography

J. Tomás, has been participating in national and European projects on sea turtle and cetacean conservation since 1995; having worked with 6 of the 7 sea turtle species in studies on nesting beaches, feeding ecology, parasitology, migratory behaviour, genetics, anthropogenic threats, and interaction of these species with fisheries in Spain and other countries: Cyprus, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Cameroon. JT is author and co-author of more than 90 scientific publications, about 200 communications presented at conferences, several books, book chapters and informative publications, most of them on sea turtles. JT has been a member of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group since 2004 and was an elected member of the Board of Directors (2012-2015), Nomination Committee (2017-2021), and Award Committee (2022-present, chair from 2024) of the International Sea Turtle Society. He has participated in more than 30 projects and contracts for research and conservation of sea turtles and other threatened marine vertebrates, such as the project “Cambios a largo plazo en la abundancia poblacional y Ecología de la tortuga boba (Caretta caretta) en el Mediterráneo occidental” (CGL2011-30413 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Plan Nacional I+D+I 2008-2011) for the years 2012-2014, or the European projects INDICIT (2017-2019) and INDICIT II (2019-2022) on the use of sea turtles and biota as an indicator of the level of marine pollution, the MEDSEALITTER project (Interreg EU), and the LIFE-MEDTURTLES project (2019-2024). Currently JT is coordinating the teams attending the nesting events of the loggerhead sea turtle nesting in beaches of the Valencia region.

Academic training

Journal Publications

Vélez-Rubio GM, Cardona L, López-Mendilaharsu M, Martínez Souza G, Carranza A, González-Paredes D, Tomás J. (2016) Ontogenetic dietary changes of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the temperate southwestern Atlantic. Marine Biology, 163, p. 57 . ISSN: 0025-3162
Clusa M, Carreras C, Pascual M, Gaughrana SJ, Piovano S, Fernández G, Tomás J, Giacoma C, Raga JA, 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, p. 122 . ISSN: 0025-3162
Rees AF, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Barata PCR, Bjorndal KA, Bolten AB, Bourjea J, Broderick AC, Campbell LM, Cardona L, Carreras C, Casale P, Ceriani SA, Dutton PH, Eguchi T, Formia A, Fuentes MMPB, Fuller WJ, Girondot M, Godfrey MH, Hamann M, Hart KM, Hays GC, Hochscheid S, Kaska Y, Jensen MP, Mangel JC, Mortimer JA, Naro-Maciel E, Ng CKY, Nichols WJ, Phillott AD, Reina RD, Revuelta O, Schofield G, Seminoff JA, Shanker K, Tomás J, van de Merwe JP, Van Houtan KS, Vander Zanden HB, Wallace BP, Wedemeyer-Strombel KR, Work TM, Godley BJ. (2016) Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?. Endangered Species Research, 31, pp. 337 - 382 . ISSN: 1863-5407
Novillo O; Pertusa JF; Tomás J (2017) Exploring the presence of pollutants at sea: Monitoring heavy metals and pesticides in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the western Mediterranean. Science of the Total Environment, 598, pp. 1130 - 1139 . ISSN: 0048-9697
Vélez-Rubio GM; Trinchin R; Estrades A; Ferrando V; Tomás J (2017) Hypothermic Stunning in Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Uruguayan Coastal Waters: Learning for Future Events. Chelonian Conservation And Biology, 16(2), pp. 151 - 158 . ISSN: 1071-8443
Cañadas A; Aguilar de Soto N; Aissie M; Arcangelif A; Azzoling M; B-Nagyh A; Bearzii G; Campana I; Chicote C; Cotte C; Crosti R; David L; Di Natale A; Fortuna C; Frantzis A; Garcia P; Gazo M; Gutierrez-Xarxa R; Holcer D; Larant S; Lauriano G; Lewis T; Moulins A; Mussi B; Notarbartolo di Sciara G; Panigada S; Pastor X; Politi E; Pulcini M; Raga JA; Rendell L; Rosso M; Tepsich P; Tomás J; Tringali M; Roger Th. (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, pp. 128 - 136 . ISSN: 1470-160X
Vélez-Rubio GM; Teryda N; Asaroff PE; Estrades A; Rodriguez D; Tomás J. (2018) Differential impact of marine debris ingestion during ontogenetic dietary shift of green turtles in Uruguayan waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127, pp. 603 - 611 . ISSN: 0025-326X
Domènech F, Tomás J, Crespo-Picazo JL, García-Párraga D, Raga JA, Aznar FJ. (2017) To swim or not to swim: potential transmission of Balaenophilus manatorum (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in marine turtles. Plos One, 12(1):e0170789 . ISSN: 1932-6203
Vélez-Rubio GM; Cardona L; López-Mendilaharsu M; Martinez Souza G; Carranza A; Campos P; González-Paredes D; Tomás J. (2018) Pre and post-settlement movements of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 501, pp. 36 - 45 . ISSN: 0022-0981
Crespo-Picazo JL, García-Parraga D, Domènech F, Tomás J, Aznar FJ, Ortega J, Corpa JM (2017) Parasitic outbreak of the copepod Balaenophilus manatorum in neonate loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from a head-starting program. Bmc Veterinary Research, 13(1):154 . ISSN: 1746-6148
Abalo-Morla S; Marco A; Tomás J; Revuelta O; Abella E; Lorenzo T; Crespo-Picazo JL; Fernández C; Valdés F; Arroyo MC; Montero S; Vázquez C; Eymar J; Esteban JA; Pelegrí J; Belda EJ. (2018) Survival and dispersal routes of head-started post-hatchlings of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 165, p. 51 . ISSN: 0025-3162
Penadés-Suay J, Tomás J, Aznar FJ (2017) Deadly impalement of a blue shark Prionace glauca by a swordfish Xiphias gladius. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18, pp. 303 - 306 . ISSN: 1108-393X
Carreras C; Pascual M; Tomás J; Marco A; Hochsheid S; Castillo JJ; Gozalbes P; Parga ML; Piovano S; Cardona L. (2018) Sporadic nesting reveals long distance colonisation in the philopatric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Scientific Reports, 8, p. 1435 . ISSN: 2045-2322
Penadés-Suay J, Tomás J, Merchán M, Aznar FJ (2017) Intestinal helminth fauna of the shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus (Elasmobranchii: Lamnidae) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 123, pp. 45 - 54 . ISSN: 0177-5103
Casale P; Broderick AC; Camiñas JA; Cardona L; Carreras C; Demetropoulos A; Fuller WJ; Godley BJ; Hochscheid S; Kaska Y; Lazar B; Margaritoulis D; Panagopoulou A; Rees AF; Tomás J; Turkozan O. (2018) REVIEW: Mediterranean sea turtles: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research. Endangered Species Research, 36, pp. 229 - 267 . ISSN: 1863-5407
Revuelta O; Domènech F; Fraija-Fernández N; Gozalbes P; Novillo O; Penadés-Suay J; Tomás J. (2018) Interaction between bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and artisanal fisheries in the Valencia Region (Spanish Mediterranean Sea). Ocean & Coastal Management, 165(1), pp. 117 - 125 . ISSN: 0964-5691
Wildermann NE; Gredzens C; Avens L; Barrios-Garrido HA; Bell I; Blumenthal J; Bolten AB; Braun McNeill J; Casale P; Di Domenico M; Domit CA; Epperly SP; Godfrey MH; Godley BJ; González-Carman V; Hamann M; Hart KM; Ishihara T; Mansfield K; Metz TL; Miller JD; Pilcher NJ; Read MA; Sasso C; Seminoff JA; Seney EE; Southwood Williard A; Tomás J; Vélez-Rubio GM; Ware1 M; Williams JL; Wyneken J; Fuentes MMPB (2018) Informing research priorities for immature sea turtles through expert elicitation (Review). Endangered Species Research, 37, pp. 55 - 76 . ISSN: 1863-5407
Marco A; Abella E; Revuelta O; Tomás J (2018) La nidificación de tortugas marinas en España. Quercus, 388, pp. 25 - 32 . ISSN: 0212-0054
DOMÈNECH, F.; AZNAR, F.J.; RAGA, J.A.; TOMÁS, J. (2019) Two decades of monitoring in marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, from the western Mediterranean. Environmental Pollution, 244, pp. 367 - 378 . ISSN: 0269-7491
Ten S., Pascual L., Pérez-Gabaldón M.I., Tomás J., Domènech F., Aznar F.J. (2019) Epibiotic barnacles of sea turtles as indicators of habitat use and fishery interactions: An analysis of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the western Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators. ISSN: 1470-160X
Penadés-Suay J., García-Salinas P., Tomás J., Aznar F.J. (2019) Aggressive interactions between juvenile swordfishes and blue sharks in the Western Mediterranean: a widespread phenomenon?. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(2), pp. 314 - 319 . ISSN: 1108-393X
Matiddi, M.; deLucia, G. A.; Silvestri, C.; Darmon, G.; Tomás, J.; Pham, C. K.; Camedda, A.; Vandeperre, F.; Claro, F.; Kaska, Y.; Kaberi, H.; Revuelta, O.; Piermarini, R.; Daffina, R.; Pisapia, M.; Genta, D.; Sözbilen, D.; Bradai, M. N.; Rodríguez, Y.; Gambaiani, D.; Tsangaris, C.; Chaieb, O.; Moussier, J.; Loza, A. L.; Miaud, C. (2019) Data Collection on Marine Litter Ingestion in Sea Turtles and Thresholds for Good Environmental Status. Jove-Journal Of Visualized Experiments, 147, p. e59466 . ISSN: 1940-087X
Abi HN; Gnamaloba D; Mpinde F; Tomás J; Fretey J. (2019) First record of a loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, occurrence on the coast of Cameroon (Gulf of Guinea). African sea turtle newsletter, 11, pp. 17 - 21 . ISSN: 2373-1575
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, p. 111557 . ISSN: 0025-326X
Camiñas JA; Báez J; Ayllón E; Marco A; Hernández-Sastre L: López-Pérez MI; Moreno-Colera H; Macías D; Cardona L; Belda EJ; Bellido JJ; Tomás J; García-de-los-Ríos-y-de-los-Huertos A; López-Fernández A; Zaldúa-Mendizábal N; Liria A; Varo-Cruz N; González-Carballo M; Carrillo M; García-Barcelona S. (2021) Estado de conservación de las tortugas marinas en España (revisión del periodo 2013-2018). Anales de Biología, 43, pp. 175 - 198 . ISSN: 1138-3399
Kot, C. Y.; Åkesson, S.; Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Amorocho Llanos, D. F.; Antonopoulou, M.; Balazs, G. H.; Baverstock, W. R.; Blumenthal, J. M.; Broderick, A. C.; Bruno, I.; Canbolat, A. F.; Casale, P.; Cejudo, D.; Coyne, M. S.; Curtice, C.; DeLand, S.; DiMatteo, A.; Dodge, K.; Dunn, D. C.; Esteban N.; Formia, A.; Fuentes, M. M. P. B.; Fujioka, E.; Garnier, J.; Godfrey, M. H.; Godley, B. J.; González Carman, V.; Harrison A-L.; Hart, C. E.; Hawkes, L. A.; Hays, G. C.; Hill, N.; Hochscheid, S.; Kaska, Y.; Levy, Y.; Ley-Quiñónez, C. P.; Lockhart, G. G.; López-Mendilaharsu, M.; Luschi, P.; Mangel, J. C.; Margaritoulis, D.; Maxwell, S. M.; McClellan, C. M.; Metcalfe, K.; Mingozzi, A.; Moncada, F. G.; Nichols, W. J.; Parker, D. M.; Patel, S. H.; Pilcher, N. J.; Poulin, S.; Read, A. J.; Rees, A. F.; Robinson, D. P.; Robinson, N. J.; Sandoval-Lugo, A. G.; Schofield, G.; Seminoff, J. A.; Seney, E. E.; Snape, R. T. E.; Sözbilen, D.; Tomás, J.; Varo-Cruz, N.; Wallace, B. P.; Wildermann, N. E.; Witt, M. J.; Zavala-Norzagaray, A. A.; Halpin, P. N. (2022) Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization. Diversity And Distributions, 2022, 00, pp. 1 - 20 . ISSN: 1366-9516
Novillo, O.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2022) Microdebris in three Spain's Mediterranean beaches with potential loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) sporadic nesting activity. Regional Studies In Marine Science, 49, p. 102116 . ISSN: 2352-4855
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, p. 981638 . ISSN: 2296-7745
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, p. 930412 . ISSN: 2296-7745
Abalo-Morla S.; Belda E.J.; March D.; Revuelta O.; Cardona L.; Giralt S.; Crespo-Picazo J.L.; Hochscheid S.; Marco A.; Merchán M.; Sagarminaga R.; Swimmer Y.; Tomás J. (2022) Assessing the use of marine protected areas by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked from the western Mediterranean. Global Ecology And Conservation, 38, p. e02196 . ISSN: 2351-9894
Hochscheid S.; Maffucci F.; Abella E.; Bradai M.N.; Camedda A.; Carreras C.; Claro F.; de Lucia G.A.; Jribi I.; Mancusi C.; Marco A.; Marrone N.; Papetti L.; Revuelta O.; Urso S.; Tomás J. (2022) Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications. Global Ecology And Conservation, 38, p. e02194 . ISSN: 2351-9894
Abalo-Morla S.; Belda E.J.; Tomás J.; Crespo-Picazo J.L.: Marco A.; Revuelta O. (2022) Satellite-tracking dataset of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean. Data in brief, 43, p. 108432 . ISSN: 2352-3409
Robinson NJ; Mateo Sanfèlix M; Blancod GS; Clyde-Brockway C; Hillg JE; Paladino FV; Tomás J; Santidrián Tomillo P. (2022) Effect of water temperature on the duration of the internesting interval across sea turtle species. Journal of Thermal Biology, 110, p. 103342 . ISSN: 0306-4565
Girard F; Girard A; Monsinjon J; Arcangeli A; Belda E; Cardona L; Casale P; Catteau S; David L; Dell'Amico F; Gambaiani D; Girondot M; Jribi I; Lauriano G; Luschi P; March D; Mazaris AD; Miaud C; Palialexis A; Sacchi J; Sagarminaga R; Tepsich P; Tomás J; Vandeperre F; Claro F. (2022) Toward a common approach for assessing the conservation status of marine turtle species within the european marine strategy framework directive. Frontiers In Marine Science, 9, p. 790733 . ISSN: 2296-7745
Cardona L; San Martıín J; Benito L; Tomás J; Abella E; Eymar J; Aguilera M; Esteban JA; Tarragó A; Marco A. (2022) Global warming facilitates the nesting of the loggerhead turtle on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Animal Conservation. ISSN: 1367-9430
Santidrián Tomillo P; Tomás J; Marco A; Panagopoulou A; Tavecchia G. (2022) Environmental changes in the Mediterranean Sea could facilitate the western expansion of loggerhead turtles. Marine Ecology-Progress Series. ISSN: 0171-8630
Darmon, G.; Schulz, M.; Matiddi, M.; Loza, Ana Liria; Tomás, J.; Camedda, A.; Chaieb, O.; El Hili, H.A.; Bradai, M.N.; Bray, L.; Claro, F.; Dellinger, T.; Dell'Amico, F.; de Lucia, G.A.; Duncan, E.M.; Gambaiani, D.; Godley, B.J.; Kaberi, H.; Kaska, Y.; Martin, J.; Moreira, C.; Ostiategui, P.; Pham, C.K.; Piermarini, R.; Revuelta, O.; Rodríguez, Y.; Silvestri, C.; Snape, R.; Sozbilen, D.; Tsangaris, C.; Vale, M.; Vandeperre, F.; Miaud, C. (2022) Drivers of litter ingestion by sea turtles: Three decades of harmonised data from Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185(Part B), p. 114364 . ISSN: 0025-326X
Penadés-Suay J; Jarque-Rico1 A.E.; Tomás J; Aznar F.J. (2022) Determinants of diversity and composition of the tapeworm fauna of blue sharks, Prionace glauca: a geographic and host-specificity analysis. Journal of Helminthology, 96, p. e87 . ISSN: 0022-149X
Novillo, O.; Gallén, S.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2023) Microplastics in Lampanyctus crocodilus (Myctophidae), a common lanternfish species from the Ibiza Channel (western Mediterranean). Microplastics, 2, pp. 242 - 254 . ISSN: 2673-8929
Novillo, O.; Lea Sait, S.T.; Gonzalez, S.V.; Tomás, J.; Raga, J.A.; Asimakopoulos, A.G. (2023) Phthalate metabolites in loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta) from the Mediterranean Sea (East Spain region). Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 5, pp. 178 - 185 . ISSN: 2590-1826
Tomás J (2023) First record of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) clutch predation in Spain. MedTurtle Bulletin, 3, pp. 9 - 12 . ISSN: 2752-7247
Santidrián Tomillo, P.; Pujol, F.; Félix, G.; Núñez-Reyes, V.; Saba, V.; Tomás, J.; Marco, A. (2023) Colonization of new nesting areas could provide climate refuge to loggerhead turtles under climate change. Biological Conservation, 284(110146), pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 0006-3207
Abalo Morla S; Muñoz Mas R: Tomás J; Belda EJ. (2023) Factors driving dispersal and habitat use of loggerhead sea turtle post-hatchlings and its conservational implications. Marine Biology, 170(155), pp. 1 - 17 . ISSN: 0025-3162
Cardona L; Abalo-Morla S; Cani A; Feliu-Tena B; Izaguirre N; Tomás J; Belda EJ. (2024) Identifying the Foraging Grounds of New Loggerhead Turtle Nesters in the Western Mediterranean. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(1), pp. 1 - 15 . ISSN: 1052-7613
Luna Ortiz A; Marín Capuz G; Abella E; Crespo Picazo JL; Escribano F; Félix G; Giralt S; Tomás J; Pegueroles C; Pascual M; Carreras C. (2024) New colonisers drive the increase of the emerging loggerhead turtle nesting in Western Mediterranean. Scientific Reports, 14(1506), pp. 1 - 13 . ISSN: 2045-2322
Cardona L; Aznar FJ; Bas M; Tomás J. (2024) The contribution of fish to the diet of loggerhead sea turtles in the western Mediterranean revisited. Marine Biology, 171(artículo nº215), pp. 1 - 14 . ISSN: 0025-3162
Tomás J; Izquierdo M; Martínez T; Belda EJ; Pujol JA. (2024) Detectados nuevos nidos de tortuga boba en las playas de Denia. Quercus, 466, p. 50 . ISSN: 0212-0054
Botterell ZLR; Ardren J; Dove E; McArthur E; Addison DS; Adegbile OM; Agamboue PD; Agyekumhene A; Allman P; Alterman A; Anderson A; Arenholz T; Ariano-Sánchez D; Arnold Z; Báez JC; Bahar A; Barbosa C; Barrios-Garrido H; Başkale E; Berumen ML; Bézy VS; Blumenthal J; Borja Bosquirolli MR; Boyce AJ; Brammer-Robbins E; Branco M; Brooks AML; Bunbury N; Cardona L; Chadwick H; Chalkias G; Chug K; Clark J; Cole M; Coppock RL; Cuevas E; Dawson TM; Denaro M; Donadi R; Douglas C; Douglas R; Drobes E; Dubois C; Duncan EM; Elston CA; Esteban N; Fernandes G; Ferreira-Airaud MB; Finn SA; Fisayo Christie J; Formia A; Fossette-Halot S; Fuentes MMPB; Galloway TS; Godfrey MH; Goodfellow J; Guzmán-Hernández V; Hart CE; Hays GC; Hirsch SE; Hochscheid S; Holloway-Adkins KG; Horrocks JA; Inoguchi E; Inteca GE; Jean C; Kaska Y; Koumba Mabert BD; Lambot A; Levy Y; Lewis C; Ley-Quiñonez CP; Lindeque PK; Llamas I; Lopez-Martinez S; López-Navas J; Mack K; Madeira FM; Maffucci F; Majewska R; Mancini A; Mansfield KL; Marco A; Margaritoulis D; Marques da Silva I; Martins S; Maurer AS; McFarlane WJ; Mejías-Balsalobre C; Montello MA; Mortimer JA; Nelms SE; Nogués Vera J; Not C; Novillo-Sanjuan O; Oceguera Camacho K; Omessi O; Ondich B; Outerbridge M; Paranthoen N; Pate J; Pate SM; Patrício AR; Paxinos O; Pearl T; Perrault JR; Picknell AS; Piovano S; Pococa Arellano EI; Ponteen A; Prakash SS; Quiros Rosales J; Rae V; Raman ABA; Read T; Reeve-Arnold KE; Reina RD; Reinhardt S; Riberiro F; Richardson AJ; Rivas ML; Rob D; Roche Chaloner J; Rogers CE; Rojas-Cañizales D; Rosell F; Sacdanaku E; Salgado Gallegos YM; Sanchez C; Santidrián Tomillo P; Santillo D; Santos de Mora D; Sarrouf Willson M; Sassoon S; Schultz EA; Shapland F; Shaver DJ; So MWK; Soluri K; Sounguet G-P; Sözbilen D; Stapleton SP; Steen DA; Stelfox M; Stewart KM; Tanabe LK; Tello-Sahagun LA; Tomás J; Torreblanca D; Tucker AD; Turley C; Vassileva I; Vieira S; Villalba-Guerra MR; Villaseñor Castañeda G; Villaseñor Llamas R; Ware M; Weber SB; West L; Whittles C; Whittock PA; Widlansky J; Godley BJ. (2025) A global assessment of microplastic abundance and characteristics on marine turtle nesting beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 215(117768), pp. 1 - 14 . ISSN: 0025-326X
Sequeira, Ana M. M. et al. (2025) Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science, 388(6751), pp. 1086 - 1097 . ISSN: 0036-8075
Tomás, J.; Gozalbes, P.; Revuelta, O.; Cardona, L. (2025) Reviewing the growing presence of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle in the Mediterranean. MedTurtle Bulletin, 8, pp. 14 - 17 . ISSN: 2752-7247
Pujol, J.A., Belda, E.; Tomás, J. (2025) "Ana", la tortuga marina que sigue intentando anidar. Quercus, 473, pp. 12 - 18 . ISSN: 0212-0054
VanCompernolle M et al. (2025) Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology, 40(1), p. e70147 . ISSN: 0888-8892
Novillo-Sanjuan, O.; Sait, S.T.L.; Zhang, J.; Gonzalez, S.V.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J.; Asimakopoulos, A.G. (2026) PFAS exposure of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the western Mediterranean Sea and its association with oxidative stress. Environmental Pollution, 395(127769), pp. 1 - 12 . ISSN: 0269-7491
Dimitriadis C; Simantiris N; Maffucci F; Aksissou M; Benabdi M; Carlino P; Casale P; Demetropoulos S; Fuller WJ; Girondot M; Godley BJ; Hamza A; Jribi I; Kaska Y; Levy Y; Monsinjon JR; Oruc A; Panagopoulou A; Piroli V; Rees AF; Tomás J; Turkozan O; Hochscheid S; Mazaris AD (2026) Artificial night lighting in the Mediterranean: Management priorities and constraints for sea turtle conservation. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 227(119476), pp. 1 - 9 . ISSN: 0025-326X

Other publications

Vélez-Rubio GM, Tomás J. (2016). Research Techniques in the Study of Marine Turtle Strandings Advances in research techniques for the study of sea turtles. . (pp. 87 - 118) .
Cañadas A, Aissi M, Arcangeli A, Azzolin M, B-Nagy A, Bearzi G, Campano I, Chicote C, Cotte C, Crosti R, Di Natale A, Fortuna C, Frantzis A, Gannier A, Garcia P, Gazo M, Gutierrez-Xarxa R, Holcer D, Laran S, Lauriano G, Lewis T, Moulins A, Mussi B, Panigada S, Pastor X, Politi E, Pulcini M, Raga JA, Rendell L, Tomás J, Tringali M. (2016). ACCOBAMS collaborative effort to map high-use areas by Cuvier's Beaked Whales in the Mediterranean Sixth Meeting of the Parties to ACCOBAMS. ACCOBAMS-MOP6 . Volume. Inf 26 . (pp. 1 - 44) .
Darmon G.; Liria Loza A.; Claro F.; Matiddi M.; Silvestri C.; Attia El Hili H.; Bradai M.N.; Camedda A.; Chaieb O.; de Lucia G.A.; Kaberi H.; Kaska Y.; Paramio L.; Pham C.K.; Revuelta O.; Sozbilen D.; Tomás J.; Tsangaris C.; Vale M.; Vandeperre F.; Miaud C. (2018). Pilot study for the implementation of Indicator "Litter Ingested by Sea Turtles" in the areas of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Regional Sea Conventions OSPAR and Barcelona. Proyecto INDICIT (11.0661/2016/748064/SUB/ENV.C2) . (pp. 1 - 55) .
Silvestri C; Dalù M; Piermarini R; Matiddi M; Darmon G; Liria Loza A; Claro F; El Hili H. A; Bradai MN; Camedda A; de Lucia GA; Kaberi H; Kaska Y; Paramio L; Pham CK; Sozbilen D; Tomás J; Tsangaris C; Vale M; Vandeperre F; Miaud C (2018). State of the art: Indicator «micro-plastic debris ingested by marine turtle and fish. Proyecto INDICIT (11.0661/2016/748064/SUB/ENV.C2) . (pp. 1 - 45) .
Claro F; Pham CK; Liria Loza A; Bradai MN; Camedda A; Chaieb O; Darmon G; de Lucia GA; El Hili H A; Kaberi H; Kaska Y; Matiddi M; Monzón-Argüello C; Ostiategui P; Paramio L; Revuelta O; Silvestri C; Sozbilen D; Tomás J; Tsangaris C; Vale M; Vandeperre F; Miaud C (2018). State of the art: Indicator «entanglement with marine debris by biota». INDICIT (11.0661/2016/748064/SUB/ENV.C2) . (pp. 1 - 54) .
Tomás J; Camiñas JA; Báez JC; Carreras C; Cardona L. (2018). SPAIN Hochscheid, S., Kaska, Y.and Panagopoulou, A. (Eds.) (2018). Sea Turtles in theMediterraneanRegion: MTSG Annual Regional Report 2018. DraftReport of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2018 . (pp. 125 - 142) .
Tomás J; Camiñas JA; Báez JC; Carreras C; Cardona L. (2020). SPAIN Casale P., Hochscheid S., Kaska Y., Panagopoulou A. (Eds.) (2020). Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean Region: MTSG Annual Regional Report 2020. Report of the IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, 2020. . (pp. 258 - 275) .
Darmon G.; Andrea de Lucia G.; Baini M., Bradai M.N.; Bray L.; Broderick A.; Camedda A.; Chaieb O.; Coppa S.; Ducommun L.; Duncan E.; El Hili H. A.; Fossi M.C.: Fraija N.; Godley B.; Gómez M.; Jenot B.; Kaberi H.; Kaska Y.; Lagoa J.; Loza A.L.; Martin J.; Martínez-Gil Pardo de Vera M.; Massaro G.; Matiddi M.; Montero Vitores D.; Nelms S.; Novillo O.; Ostiategui P.; Panti C.; Paramio Martin M.L.; Pham C.; Piermarini R.; Revuelta O.; Rodríguez Y.; Silvestri C.; Sozbilen D.; Tomás J.; Tsangaris C.; Uribarri A.H.; Vale M.; Vandeperre F.; Vencato S.; Miaud C. (2022). Implementation of the indicator "Impacts of marine litter on sea turtles and biota" in RSC and MSFD areas. Final report of the INDICIT-II project. Directorate-Generale for the Environment, European Union . (pp. 1 - 170) .
Izquierdo-Serrano M., Revuelta O., Tomás J., Raga J.A. (2022). Interaction between delphinids and fisheries at the central-western Mediterranean FINS (Newsletter from ACCOBAMS) . Volume. 11 . (pp. 27 - 28) .
Tomás J (2023). Anidación de tortugas marinas en las costas del Mediterráneo Español y acciones de conservación de nidos en la Comunidad Valenciana La biodiversidad valenciana ante el reto del cambio global. . (pp. 323 - 337) .

Previous Tasks

Participations in Conferences

Tomás J, Abella E, Revuelta O, Carreras C, Cardona L, Eymar J, Núñez V, Esteban JA, Sánchez A, Pujol JA, Morón E, Marco A. (2016). Viability and management of nesting events at high latitudes: Implications on the reduction of the impact of climate warming on sea turtles. (Poster). 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation . Lima . PERU
Álvarez de Quevedo I, Cardona L, Tomás J, Gozálbes P, Agustí C, Raga JA, Ferrer X, Aguilar, A. (2016). Winter fishing closures are the best measure to reduce loggerhead sea turtle bycatch due to bottom trawling in the western Mediterranean. (Poster). 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation . Lima . PERU
Abalo-Morla S, Tomás J, Revuelta O, Esteban JA, Eymar J, Crespo JL, Belda EJ. (2016). Survival of reintroduced post-neonates loggerheads using satellite monitoring. (Poster). 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation . Lima . PERU
Doblado S, Esteban JA, Eymar J, Tomás J. (2016). Preliminary study on the effects of incubators on the magnetic imprinting of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings (Caretta caretta, linnaeus 1758). (Poster). 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation . Lima . PERU
Vélez-Rubio GM, Cardona L, Martinez-Souza G, Carranza A, González-Paredes D, Tomás J. (2016). Long-term patterns of habitat use by juvenile green turtle, Chelonia mydas, off Uruguay revealed by stable isotope values in carapace scute layers. (Poster). 36th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation . Lima . PERU
Abalo-Morla S, Tomás J, Marco A, Revuelta O, Abella E, Esteban JA, Vivas S, Eymar J, Arroyo MC, Crespo JL, Valdés F, Montero S, Belda EJ. (2016). First satellite monitoring of head-started post-neonates loggerheads at the Mediterranean Sea. (Communication). XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología - XVIII Congreso Español de Herpetología . Lleida . SPAIN
Marco A, Abella E, Revuelta O, Carreras C, Cardona L, Eymar J, Núñez V, Sánchez A, Pujol JA, Morón E, Tomás J. (2016). Increasing nesting events in Spanish beaches: response to global change?. (Poster). XIV Congreso Luso-Español de Herpetología - XVIII Congreso Español de Herpetología . Lleida . SPAIN
Novillo O, Pertusa J, Tomás J. (2016). Heavy metal and pesticide content in western Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). (Poster). V Simposio Internacional de Ciencias del Mar, IV encuentro de Oceanografía Física y XVIII Seminario Ibérico de Química Marina . Alicante . SPAIN
Revuelta O, Domènech F, Gozalbes P, Novillo O, Penades-Suay J, Tomás J. (2016). Resultados preliminares sobre interacción de la flota de artes menores con delfines en la Comunidad Valenciana. (Poster). IX Congreso anual de la Sociedad Española de Cetáceos (SEC) . Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . SPAIN
Vélez-Rubio GM, Trinchín R, Estrades A, Ferrando V, Tomás J (2016). Varamiento masivo de juveniles de tortuga verde (*Chelonia mydas*) en Uruguay: aprendiendo para futuros eventos. (Poster). III Jornadas Interdisciplinarias de Biodiversidad y Ecología . Rocha . URUGUAY

Projects

Conservación de las tortugas marinas en la República Dominicana: relación con el desarrollo sostenible de las comunidades locales II. II Convocatòria de projectes de cooperació al desenvolupament de la Universitat de València (). 2009. Fundació General de la Universitat de VAlencia. . PI: Juan Antonio Raga.
'Impacts of marine litter on sea turtles and biota' in RSC and MSFD areas' (INDICIT). DG ENV/MSFD Second Cycle/2016 (). 2017 - 2019. EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate C - Quality of Life, Water & Air ENV.C.2 Marine Environment & Water Industry. . PI: Claude MIAUD, Jesús Tomás por UV.
Developing Mediterranean-specific protocols to protect biodiversity from litter impact at basin and local MPAs scales (). 2016 - 2018. UE Interreg Mediterranean. . PI: Juan Antonio Raga Esteve.
Estudio sobre la conservación de cetáceos y tortugas marinas en las costas de la Comunidad Valenciana (). 2017. Conselleria de Agricultura, Medio Ambiente, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Rural. . PI: Juan Antonio Raga Esteve.
Conservación de Caretta caretta en la Comunitat Valenciana: uso de hábitat y actualización del estado de las poblaciones como contribución a la Estrategia Nacional de Conservación de la especie (). 2016. Fundación Biodiversidad. . PI: Manuel Merchán Fornelio.
Conservación de la tortuga boba (Caretta caretta) en la Comunitat Valenciana y Golfo de Cádiz (Andalucía): uso de hábitat y actualización del estado de las poblaciones como contribución a la Estrategia Nacional de Conservación de la especie (). 2017. Fundación Biodiversidad. . PI: Manuel Merchán Fornelio.
Implementation of the indicator 'Impacts of marine litter on sea turtles and biota' in RSC and MSFD areas. Indicator Impact Taxa (). 2019 - 2021. EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate C - Quality of Life, Water & Air ENV.C.2 Marine Environment & Water Industry. . PI: Claude MIAUD, Jesús Tomás por UV.
Collective actions for improving the conservation status of the eu sea turtle populations: bordering areas. LIFE MEDTURTLES (Financial instrument for the environment. LIFE.). 2019 - 2023. European Comission. . PI: Paoplo Casale, Jesús Tomás por UVEG.
Prestación de servicios para el marcaje satelital y seguimiento de hembras reproductoras de tortuga boba (Caretta caretta), ante episodios de anidación en las playas del Mediterráneo peninsular y Baleares, durante la época reproductora de 2019 (). 2019 - 2020. Fundación Biodiversidad. . PI: Jesús Tomás Aguirre.
Conservation of cetaceans and pelagic sea turtles in med: managing actions for their recovery in sustainability (CONCEPTU MARIS) (Financial instrument for the environment. LIFE.). 2022 - 2026. Unión Europea. . PI: Juan Antonio Raga Esteve.

Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

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