Publicacions del grup d'investigació

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102559
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. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0195
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
Moreno-Colom P., Ten, S., Raga, J.A., Aznar F.J. (2020). Spatial distribution and aggregation of Xenobalanus globicipitis on the flukes of striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba: An indicator of host hydrodynamics? Marine Mammal Science, 36: 897–914. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12691
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
Tsangaris, C.; Digka, N.; Valente, T.; Aguilar, A.; Borrell, A.; De Lucia, A.; Gambaiani, D.; Garcia-Garin, O.; Kaberi, H.; Martin, J.; Mauriño, E.; Miaud, C.; Palazzo, L.; Pérez Del Olmo, A.; Raga, J.A.; Sbrana, A.; Silvestri, C.; Skylaki, E.; Vighi, M.; Wongdontree, P.; Matiddi, M. (2020). Using Boops boops (Osteichthyes) to assess microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 158: 111397 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111397
García-Garín, O.; Aguilar, A.; Borrell, A.; Gozalbes, P.; Lobo, A.; Penades-Suay, J.; Raga, J.A.; Revuelta, O.; Serrano, M.; Vighi, M. (2020). Who’s better at spotting? Comparison between aerial photography and visual methods to monitor floating marine litter and marine mega-fauna. Environmental Pollution, 258: 113680 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113680
Domènech F, Aznar FJ, Raga JA, Tomás J (2019) Two decades of monitoring in marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, from the western Mediterranean. Environmental Pollution, 244: 367-378.
Ten S., Pascual L., Pérez-Gabaldón M.I., Tomás J., Domènech F., Aznar F.J. 2019 Epibiont 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 107: 105672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019105672
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). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.18102
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. Journal of Visualized Experiments (147), e59466,doi:10.3791/59466 2019
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 165:5.
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: 55-76.
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 8:1435.
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 2018 603–611.
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: 36-45.
Manonocci L, Roberts JJ, Halpin PN, Authier M, Boisseau O, Bradai MN, Cañadas A, Chicote C, David L, Di-Méglio N, Fortuna CM, Frantzis A, Gazo M, Genov T, Hammond PM, Holcer D, Kaschner, Kerem D, Lauriano G, Lewis T, Notarbartolo Di Sciara G, Panigada S, Raga JA, Scheinn A, Ridoux V, Vella A, Vella J, (2018) Cetacean surveys in the contrasted Mediterranean Sea: a gap analysis in environmental space. Scientific Reports, (3126): 1-14.
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 and Coastal Management 165 (1): 117-125.
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.
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.
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
Vélez-Rubio, G.M.,, 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: 57 doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2827-9
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.
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).
Carreras, C., Monzon-Arguello, C., López-Jurado, L.F., Calabuig, P., Bellido, J.J., Castillo, J.J., Sanchez, P., Medina, P., Tomas, J., Gozalbes, P., Fernandez, G., Marco, A., Cardona, L. (2014). Origin and dispersal routes of foreign green and Kemp’s ridley turtles in Spanish Atlantic and Mediterranean waters. Amphibia-Reptilia 35: 73-86.
Domènech F, Álvarez De Quevedo I, Merchán M, Revuelta O, Vélez-Rubio AG, Bitón S, Cardona L, Tomás J. (2014). Incidental catch of marine turtles by Spanish bottom rawlers in the western Mediterranean. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. Published online. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2463
Vélez-Rubio, GM.; Estrades, A.; Fallabrino, A.; Tomás, J. (2013) Marine turtle threats in Uruguayan waters: insights from 12 years of stranding data. Marine Biology DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2272-y.
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
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.
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
Hawkes, L.A.; Tomás, J.; Revuelta, O.; León, Y.M.; Blumenthal, J.M.; Broderick, A.C.; Fish, M.; Raga, J.A.; Witt, M.J.; Godley, B.J. (2012). Migratory patterns in hawksbill turtles described by satellite tracking. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 461: 223–232.
Revuelta, O.; León, Y.M.; Aznar, F.J.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2012). Evaluation of conservation measures forhawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Saona Island, Dominican Republic. Oryx, 46: 348-358.
Lloret, J.; Faliex, E.; Shulman, G.E.; Raga, J.A.; Sasal, P.; Muñoz, M.; Casadevall, M.; Ahuir-Baraja, A.E.; Montero, F.E.; Repullés-Albelda, A.; Cardinale, M.; Rätzh, H.J.; Vila, S.; Ferrer, D. (2012). Fish health and fisheries, implications for stock assessment and management: the Mediterranean example. Reviews in Fisheries Science, 20: 165-180
Soto, S.; Alba, A., Ganges, L.; Vidal, E.; Raga, J.A.; Alegre, F.; González, B.; Medina, P.; Zorrilla, I.; Martínez, J.; Marco, A.; Pérez, M.; Pérez, B.; Pérez De Vargas Mesas, A.; Martínez Valverde, R.; Domingo, M. (2011). Post-epizootic chronic Dolphin Morbillivirus (DVM) infection in Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 96: 187-194.
Carreras, C.; Pascual, M.; Cardona, L.; Marco, A.; Bellido, J.J.; Castillo, J.J.; Tomas, J.; Raga, J.A.; Sanfelix, M.; Ferna Ndez, G.; Aguilar, A. (2011). Living together but remaining apart: Atlantic and Mediterranean Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in shared feeding grounds. Journal of Heredity, 102: 666-677 (doi:10.1093/jhered/esr089).
Monzón-Arguello, C., Tomás, J., Naro-Maciel, E., Marco, A. (2011). Tortuga verde – Chelonia mydas. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Marco, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid. 21 pp., https://www.vertebradosibericos.org/
Bitón, P.S.; Merchán, F.M.; Tomás, J. (2011). Assessing the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in bottom trawlers in the Western Mediterranean Sea: A preliminary study. Marine Turtle Newsletter 131: 15-16.
Tomás, J.; Godley, B.J.; León, Y.M.; Revuelta, O.; Raga, J.A. (2011). Sea turtle conservation in the Dominican Republic: the importance of national parks. Testudo, 7 (3): 32-38.
Casale P, Maragaritoulis D, Aksissou M, Aureggi M, Benhardouze W, Bradai Mn, Broderick Ac, Carreras C, Demetropoulos A, Fuller Wj, Glen F, Godfrey Mh, Godley Bj, Hadjichristophorou M, Hamza A, Haxhiu I, Jony M, Jribi I, Kaska Y, Khalil M, Kusetogullari H, Lazar B, Levy Y, Mifsud C, Nada M, Oliver G, Panagopoulou A, Rees Af, Saad A, Tiwari M, Tomás J, Türkozan O, Ziza V. (2010). Overview. In: Casale, P. And Margaritoulis, D. (Eds.). Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean: Distribution, Threats and Conservation Priorities. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, p. 1-9. ISSBN: 978-2-8317-1240-6.
Hamann, M, Mh Godfrey, Ja Seminoff, K Arthur, Pcr Barata, Ka Bjorndal, Ab Bolten, Ac Broderick, Lm Campbell, C Carreras, P Casale, M Chaloupka, Skf Chan, Ms Coyne, Lb Crowder, Ce Diez, Ph Dutton, Sp Epperly, Nn Fitzsimmons, A Formia, M Girondot, Gc Hays, Ch Ijiunn, Y Kaska, R Lewison, Ja Mortimer, Wj Nichols, Rd Reina, K Shanker, Jr Spotila, J Tomás, Bp Wallace, Tm Work, J Zbinden, Bj Godley (2010). Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research 11: 245-269.
Merchán M. (Ed.), S. Bitón, J. Tomás, A. Martínez-Silvestre, M. Parga, M. Aguilar (2010). Tortugas marinas de la Comunidad Valenciana: Conservacion y manejo clínico. Monografías de la Asociación Chelonia, volumen II. Madrid, España. ISBN: 978-84-614-2454-2.
Revuelta O., Tomás J. (2010). Tortuga carey – Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766). En: Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador A., Marco A. (Eds). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid. 25 pp., http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/
Higgins, R.M.; Danilowicz, B.S.; Balbuena, J.A.; Daníelsdóttir, A.K.; Geffen, A.J.; Meijer, W.G.; Modin, J.; Montero, F.E.; Pampoulie, C.; Perdiguero-Alonso, D.; Schreiber, A.; Stefánsson, M. Ö.; Wilson, B. (2010). Multi-disciplinary fingerprints reveal the harvest location of cod Gadus morhua in the northeast Atlantic. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 404: 197- 206.
Van Bressem, M.F.; Raga, J.A. (2011). Viruses of Cetaceans. In: C. Hurst (Ed.). Studies in Viral Ecology: animal host systems, 309-332, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ.
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.
Cardona, L.; Revelles, M.; Parga, M.; Tomás, J.; Aguilar, A.; Alegre, F.; Raga, J.A., Ferrer, X. (2009). Habitat use by loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta off the coast of eastern Spain results in a high vulnerability to neritic fishing gear. Marine Biology, 156:2621–2630.
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. And Van Waerebeek, K. (2009). Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors. Diseases of Aquatic Organismsn, 86: 143–157.
Van Bressem, M.F.; Koen Van Waerebeek, K.; Aznar, F.J.; Raga, J.A.; Jepson, P.D.; Duignan, P.; Deaville, R.; Flach, L.; Viddi, F.; Baker, J.R.; Di Beneditto, A.P.; Echegaray, M.; Genov, T.; Reyes, J.; Felix, F.; Gaspar, R.; Ramos, R.; Peddemors, V.; Sanino, G.P.; Siebert, U. (2009). Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: a general health indicator for cetaceans? Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 85: 225-237.
Tomás, J.; Gazo, M.; Álvarez, C.; Gozalbes, P.; Perdiguero, D.; Raga, J.A.; Alegre, F. (2008). Is the Spanish coast within the Mediterranean nesting range for the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)? Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88: 1509-1512.
Raga, J.A.; Banyard, A.; Domingo, M.; Van Bressem, M.F.; Fernández, 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.; Raga, J.A. (2008). Influence of environmental factors on small cetacean distribution in the Spanish Mediterranean and its conservational applications. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88: 1185–1192.
Revelles M.; Camiñas, J.A.; Cardona L; Parga, M.L.; Tomás, J.; Aguilar, A.; Alegre, F.; Raga, J.A. Bertolero, A.; Oliver, G. (2008). Tagging reveals limited exchange of immature loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) between regions in the western Mediterranean. Scientia Marina, 72: 511-518.
Tomás, J.; Gozalbes, P.; Raga, J.A.; Godley, B.J. (2008). Fisheries by-catch of loggerhead sea turtles: insights from 14 years of stranding data. Endangered Species Research, 5 (2-3): 161-169.
Tomás J.; Raga, J.A. (2007). Occurrence of Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mediterranean. Journal of Marine biological Association of United Kingdom 2: Biodiversity records: 1-3.
Gomez De Segura, A.; Hammond, P.S.; Cañadas, 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.
Gomez De Segura, A.; Crespo, E.A.; Pedraza, S.N.; Hammond, P.S. Raga, J.A. (2006). Abundance of small cetaceans in the waters of the central Spanish Mediterranean. Marine Biology, 150: 149-160.
Blanco, C.; Raduan, M.A.; Raga, J.A. (2006). Diet of Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the western Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina, 70 (3): 407-411.
Gomez De Segura, A.; Tomás J.; Pedraza, S.N.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A. (2006). Abundance and distribution of the endangered loggerhead turtle in Spanish Mediterranean waters and its conservation implications. Animal Conservation, 9: 199-206.
Casale, P.; Lazar, B.; Pont, S.; Tomás, J.; Zizzo, N.; Alegre, F.; Badillo, J.; Di Summa, A.; Freggi, D.; Lackovi, G.; Raga, J.A.; Rositani, L.; Tvrtkovi, N. (2006). Sex ratios of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 324:281-285.
Aznar, F.J.; Perdiguero, D.; Pérez Del Olmo, A.; Repullés, A.; Agustí, C.; Raga, J.A. (2005). Changes in epizoite infections during cetacean die-offs: the mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, revisited. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 67: 239-247.
Valsecchi EA, Amos W, Raga JA, Podesta M., Sherwin W (2004). The effects of inbreeding on mortality during a morbillivirus outbreak in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). Animal Conservation, 7: 1-8.
Gómez de Segura A., Tomás J, Pedraza SN, Crespo EA, Raga JA (2003). Preliminary patterns of distribution and abundance of Loggerhead Sea turtles, Caretta caretta, around Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve, Spanish Mediterranean. Marine Biology, 143: 817-823.
Tomás J, Guitart R, Mateo R, Raga JA (2002). Marine debris ingestion in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, from Western Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 44: 211-216.
García-Martínez J, Raga JA, Latorre A, Moya A (2002). Mitochondrial DNA variability of striped dolphins in European waters. In: CJ Pfeiffer (ed.), Molecular and Cell Biology of Marine Mammals, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, 21-33.
Evans PGE, Raga JA (eds.) (2001). Marine Mammals Biology and Conservation, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 630 pp.
Blanco C, Salomón O, Raga JA (2001). Diet of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81: 1053-1058
Tomás J, Aznar FJ, Raga JA (2001). Feeding ecology of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758) from western Mediterranean waters. Journal of Zoology (London), 255: 525-532.
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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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04629-1
Palacios Abella, J.F.; Montero, F.E.; Merella, P.; Mele, S.; Raga, J.A.; Repullés-Albelda, A. (2021) Cardicola mediterraneus n. sp. (Trematoda, Aporocotylidae): a new species infecting the gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata L., from the Western Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology Research, 120: 1949-1963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07143-6
Ebert, M.B., Fernández, M., Valente, A.L.S., Cremer, M.J., de Castilho, P.V., da Silva, R. J. (2021). Ascocotyle longa (Digenea: Heterophyidae) infecting dolphins from the Atlantic Ocean. Parasitology Research, 120: 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06956-1
Pons-Bordas, C., Hazenberg, A., Hernandez-Gonzalez, A., Pool, R. V., Covelo, P., Sánchez-Hermosin, P., López, A, C. Saavedra, C., Fraija-Fernández, N., Fernández, M., Aznar, F. J. (2020). Recent increase of ulcerative lesions caused by Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the north-east Atlantic. Journal of Helminthology, 94: e127, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X20000115
Wee, N.Q., Cutmore, S.C., Pérez-del-Olmo, A., Cribb, T.H. (2020). First steps to restructuring the problematic genus Lasiotocus Looss, 1907 (Digenea: Monorchiidae) with the proposal of four new genera. Parasitology International, 79, 102164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102164
Pool, R.; Chandradeva, N.; Gkafas, G.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J. (2020). Transmission and predictors of burden of lungworms of the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56(1): 86-191. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-10-242
Van Bressem, M.F.; Duignan, P.; Raga, J.A.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Fraija-Fernández, M.; Plön, S. (2020). Cranial crassicaudiasis in Indian Ocean humpback dolphins and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins from South Africa is predominantly a disease of immature individuals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 139: 93–102. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03468
Villora-Montero, M.; Pérez-Del-Olmo, A.; Georgieva, S.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2020). Considerations on the taxonomy and morphology of Microcotyle spp.: Redescription of M. erythrini van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) and the description of a new species from D. dentex (L.) (Teleostei: Sparidae). Parasites & Vectors, 13: 45 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3878-9
Pool, R.; Fernández, M.; Chandradeva, N.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2020). The taxonomic status of Skrjabinalius guevarai Gallego and Selva, 1979, with the synonymy of Skrjabinalius Delyamure 1942 and Halocercus Baylis and Daubney, 1925. Systematic Parasitology, 97: 389–401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09921-9
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.
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.
Born-Torrijos, A.; Holzer, A.S.; Raga, J.A.; Van Beest, G.S.; Yoneva, A. (2017). Description of embryonic development and ultrastructure in miracidia of Cardiocephaloides longicollis (Digenea, Strigeidae) in relation to active host finding strategy in a marine environment. Journal of Morphology, 278: 1137-1148
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127367
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.
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.
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.
Fraija, N.; Aznar, F.J.; Raga, J.A.; Gibson, D.; Fernandez, M. (2014). A new brachycladiid species (Digenea) from Gervais’ beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus in north-western Atlantic waters. Acta Parasitologica, 59 (3): 510–517.
Mateu, P., Montero, F. E., Carrasson, M. (2014). Geographical variation in Metazoan parasites of the deep-sea fish Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962 (Osteichthyes: Ipnopidae) from the Western Mediterranean. Deep Sea Research I, 87: 24-29.
Pérez-Del-Olmo A., Dallarés S., Carrassón M., Kostadinova A. (2014) A new species of Bathycreadium Kabata, 1961 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Phycis blennoides (Brünnich) (Gadiformes: Phycidae) in the western Mediterranean. Systematic Parasitology, 88, 233–244.
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.
Hernandez-Orts, J.S.; Alama-Bermejo, G.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2014). A revision of the genus Neogrubea Dillon & Hargis, 1968 (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae), parasites of the gills of stromateoideis and percoideis (Teleostei: Perciformes): new morphological and molecular data from the Patagonian coast of Argentina. Systematic Parasitology 89: 59-72.
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.
Balbuena JA, Míguez Lozano R, Blasco Costa I (2013) PACo: A Novel Procrustes Application to Cophylogenetic Analysis. PLoS ONE 8(4): e61048
Alama-Bermejo, G.; Sima, R.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2013). Understanding myxozoan infection dynamics in the sea: Seasonality and transmission of Ceratomyxa puntazzi. International Journal for Parasitology, 43: 771-780.
García-Varela, M.; Pérez-Ponce De León, G., Aznar, F.J., Nadler, S.A. (2013). Phylogenetic relationship among genera of Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala), inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68: 176-184.
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
Hernandez-Orts, J.S.; Montero, F.E.; Juan-García, A.; García, N.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2013). Intestinal helminth fauna of the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, and the South American fur seal, Arctocephalus australis, from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Helminthology, 87: 336–347. doi:10.1017/S0022149X12000454
Leonardi, M.S.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2013). Lousy mums: patterns of vertical transmission of an amphibious louse. Parasitology Research, 112: 3315-3323. doi:1007/s00436-013-3511-3.Georgieva S., Soldánová M., Pérez-Del-Olmo A., Dangel D.R., Sitko J., Sures B. & Kostadinova A. (2013) Molecular prospecting for European Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) reveals cryptic diversity. International Journal for Parasitology, 43: 57–72.
Gregori, M, FJ Aznar, E Abollo, A Roura, AF Gonzalez, S Pascual (2013). Nyctiphanes couchi as intermediate host for Rhadinorhynchus sp. (Acanthocephala, Echinorhynchidae) from NW Iberian Peninsula waters. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 105: 9-20.
Georgieva S.; Soldánová M.; Pérez-del-Olmo A.; Dangel D.R.; Sitko J.; Sures B.; Kostadinova A. (2013). Molecular prospecting for European Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) reveals cryptic diversity. International Journal for Parasitology 43: 57–72.
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.
Pérez-del-Olmo A.; Kostadinova A.; Morand S. (2013). Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites. In: The Balance of Nature and Human Impact. Ed.: Klaus Rohde. Cambridge University Press. 413 pp.
Alama-Bermejo, G.; Born, 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): 1-15 e32679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032679
Repullés-Albelda, A.; Holzer, A.S.; Raga J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2012) Oncomiracidial development, survival and swimming behaviour of the monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden and Hesse, 1863). Aquaculture, 338: 47-55.
Hernandez-Orts, J.S.; Montero, F.E.; Crespo, E.A.; García, N.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2012). Ascocotyle (Ascocotyle) patagoniensis n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, off Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Parasitology, 98: 810–816.
Leonardi, M.S.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M. (2012) Scanning Electron Microscopy of Antarctophthirus microchir (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae): studying morphological adaptations to aquatic life. Micron, 43: 929-936.
Santoro, M, Jm Kinsella, G. Galiero, B Degli Ubert, Fj. Aznar (2012). Helminth community structure in birds of prey (Accpitriformes and Falconiformes) in southern Italy. Journal of Parasitology 98: 22-29.
Garcia-Varela, M, Fj Aznar, R. Perez-Rodriguez And G Pérez.Ponce De León (2012) Genetic and morphological characterization of Southwellina hispida Van Cleave 1925 (Acanthocephala:Polymorphidae) a parasite of fish-eating birds. Comparative Parasitology 79: 192-201.
Aznar, F.J.; Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Suarez, A.A.; Garcia-Varela, M.; Raga, J.A.; Cappozzo, H.L. (2012). Assessing host-parasite specificity through coprological analysis: a case study with species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from marine mammals. Journal of Helminthology, 86: 156-164.
Born-Torrijos, A.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A. (2012). Molecular and morphological identification of larval opecoelids (Digenea: Opecoelidae) parasitising prosobranch snails in a Western Mediterranean lagoon. Parasitology International, 61: 450-460.
Gregori, M., F.J. Aznar, E. Abollo, A. Roura, A.F. González, S. Pascual. (2012) Nyctiphanes couchii as intermediate host for the acanthocephalan Bolbosoma balaenae in temperate waters of the NE Atlantic. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 99: 37-47
Carreras-Aubets, M., Montero, F. E., Kostadinova, A., Carrassón, M. (2012). Parasite communities in the red mullet, Mullus barbatus L., respond to small-scale variation in the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Western Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin 64(9): 1853-1860
Míguez-Lozano R.; Pardo-Carranza T.V.; Blasco-Costa I.; Balbuena J.A. (2012) Spatial structure of helminth communities of the golden grey mullet, Liza aurata (Actinopterygii: Mugilidae), in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Parasitology 98: 904 – 912
Leonardi, M.S.; Crespo, E.A.; Vales, D.G.; Feijoo, M.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2012). Life begins when the sea lion is ashore: microhabitat use by a louse living on a diving mammal host. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 102: 444-452.
Marzoug D.; Boutiba Z.; Kostadinova A.; Pérez-del-Olmo A. (2012). Effects of fishing on parasitism in a sparid fish: Contrasts between two areas of the Western Mediterranean. Parasitology International 61: 414–420.
Hernández-Orts, J.S; Alama-Bermejo, G.; Crespo, E.A.; García, N.A.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2012) Breizacanthus aznari n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Arhythmacanthidae) from the banded cusk-eel Raneya brasiliensis (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the Patagonian coast in Argentina. Folia Parasitologica, 59: 264–271.
Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Alama-Bermejo, G.; Carrillo, J.M.; García, N.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2012). Aporocotyle mariachristinae n. sp., and A. ymakara Villalba & Fernández, 1986 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) of the pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from Patagonia, Argentina. Parasite, 19: 319-330.
Hernandez-Orts, J.S.; Timi, J.T.; Raga, J.A.; García-Varela, M.; Crespo, E.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2012). Patterns of trunk spine growth in two congeneric Acanthocephalan species: investment on attachment may differ between sexes and species. Parasitology, 139: 945-955.
Santoro, M., S. Mattiucci, J. Kinsella, F.J. Aznar, D.Giordano, F. Castagna, F. Pellegrino, G. Nascetti (2011) Helminth community structure of the Mediterranean gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) in southern Italy. Journal of Parasitology, 97: 364‐366.
Constenla M.; Carrassón M.; Moyà C.M.; Fernàndez-Chacón A.; Padrós F.; Repullés-Albelda, A.; Montero F.E. (2011) Parasitation by Bathycreadium elongatum (Digenea, Opecoelidae) in the pyloric caeca of Trachyrincus scabrus (Teleostei, Macrouridae). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 96(3): 239-247.
Hodneland; K.; García; R.; Balbuena, J.A.; Zarza, C.; Fouz, B. (2011). Real-time RT-PCR detection of betanodavirus in naturally and experimentally infected fish from Spain. Journal of Fish Diseases, 34:189 – 202
Alama-Bermejo, G.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2011). Host-parasite relationship of Ceratomyxa puntazzi n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) and sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) from the Mediterranean with first data on ceratomyxid host specificity in sparids. Veterinary Parasitology, 182: 181-192.
Pérez-del-Olmo A.; Morand S.; Raga J.A.; Kostadinova A. (2011). Abundance-variance and abundance-occupancy relationships in a marine host-parasite system: the importance of taxonomy and ecology of transmission. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 1361–1370.
Repullés-Albelda, A.; Raga J. A.; Montero, F.E. (2011) Post-larval development of the microcotylid monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden and Hesse, 1863): comparison with species of Microcotylidae and Heteraxinidae. Parasitology International, 60(4): 512-520.
Sánchez-García, N.; Padrós, F.; Raga, J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2011) Comparative study of three attachment mechanisms of three Diplectanid Monogeneans. Aquaculture, 318(3-4): 290-299.
Montero, F.E.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J.A (2009) Development and habitat selection of a new sanguinicolid disease agent of cultured greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, in the Mediterranean. Aquaculture, 288(1-2): 132-139.
Pérez-del-Olmo A.; Fernández M.; Raga J.A.; Kostadinova A.; Morand S. (2009). Not everything is everywhere: the distance-decay of similarity in a marine host-parasite system. Journal of Biogeography 36: 200–209.
Perdiguero-Alonso, D.; Montero, F.E.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J.A.; Barrett, J. (2008) Random Forests, a novel approach for discrimination of fish populations using parasites as biological tags. International Journal for Parasitology, 38(12): 1425-1434.
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Pérez-del-Olmo A.; Fernández M.; Raga J.A.; Kostadinova A. & Poulin R. (2008). Halfway up the trophic chain: development of parasite communities in the sparid fish Boops boops. Parasitology, 135: 257–268.
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Mateu, P.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2011). Host specificity of Oschmarinella rochebruni and Brachycladium atlanticum (Digenea: Brachycladiidae) in five cetacean species from western Mediterranean waters. Journal of Helminthology, 85: 12–19.
Alama-Bermejo, G.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2011). Skoulekia meningialis n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) a parasite surrounding the brain of the Mediterranean common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Teleostei: Sparidae): Description, molecular phylogeny, habitat and pathology. Parasitology International, 60: 34–44.
Blasco-Costa, I.; Balbuena, J.A.; Raga, J.A.; Kostadinova, A.; Olson, P.D. (2010). Molecules and morphology reveal cryptic variation among digeneans infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean. Parasitology 137, 287-302.
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Alama-Bermejo, G.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2009). Morphological and molecular comparison and redescription of the myxozoan parasite Unicapsula pflugfelderi Schubert et al., 1975 from two teleost hosts in the Mediterranean and a review of the genus Unicapsula spp. Journal of Fish Diseases, 32(4): 335-350.
Pérez-Del-Olmo, A.; Montero, F.E.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M.; Kostadinova, A. (2009). Follow-up trends of parasite community alteration in a marine model fish after the Prestige oil-spill: Shifting baselines? Environmental Pollution, 157: 221-228.
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Aznar, F.J.; Perdiguero, D.; Pérez Del Olmo, A.; Repullés, A.; Agustí, C.; Raga, J.A. (2005). Changes in epizoite infections during cetacean die-offs: the mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, revisited. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 67: 239-247.
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