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Emma Cebrian is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing particularly on marine and coastal ecosystems.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, they have contributed to subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics reflect a focus on marine environments and related ecological dynamics, with key thematic areas including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their work and collaboration in the marine biology research community. Selected papers include:

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species, 2020, BioInvasions Records
  • Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Local-scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat-forming species during a marine heatwave, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent coauthors in their work are:

  • Jana Verdura
  • Simonetta Fraschetti
  • Joaquim Garrabou
  • Cristina Linares
  • Jorge Santamaría

Emma Cebrian publishes regularly in several scientific venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Ecology

Best Publications

  • Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing

    S. D. Ling;R. E. Scheibling;A. Rassweiler;C. R. Johnson

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Tropical rabbitfish and the deforestation of a warming temperate sea

    Adriana Vergés;Fiona Tomas;Fiona Tomas;Emma Cebrian;Enric Ballesteros

  • Sponge Mass Mortalities in a Warming Mediterranean Sea: Are Cyanobacteria-Harboring Species Worse Off?

    Emma Cebrian;Maria Jesus Uriz;Joaquim Garrabou;Enric Ballesteros

  • Management priorities for marine invasive species.

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Stelios Katsanevakis;Paolo G. Albano;Ernesto Azzurro

  • Coralligenous and maërl habitats: predictive modelling to identify their spatial distributions across the Mediterranean Sea

    Corinne Martin;M Giannoulaki;F De Leo;M Scardi

  • Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquim Garrabou;Daniel Gómez-Gras;Jean Baptiste Ledoux;Cristina Linares

  • Monitoring marine invasive species in Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPAs) : a strategy and practical guide for managers

    Bella Galil;Dario Savini;María del Mar Otero;Patrice Francour

  • Sponges as biomonitors of heavy metals in spatial and temporal surveys in northwestern mediterranean: Multispecies comparison

    Emma Cebrian;María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon

  • Pollution impacts and recovery potential in three species of the genus Cystoseira (Fucales, Heterokontophyta)

    Marta Sales;Emma Cebrian;Fiona Tomas;Enric Ballesteros

  • Impacts on coralligenous outcrop biodiversity of a dramatic coastal storm.

    Núria Teixidó;Núria Teixidó;Edgar Casas;Emma Cebrián;Cristina Linares

  • Biodiversity loss in a Mediterranean ecosystem due to an extreme warming event unveils the role of an engineering gorgonian species

    Jana Verdura;Cristina Linares;Enric Ballesteros;Rafael Coma

  • Sublethal effects of contamination on the Mediterranean sponge Crambe crambe: metal accumulation and biological responses.

    E Cebrian;R Martı́;J.M Uriz;X Turon

  • Rapid biodiversity assessment and monitoring method for highly diverse benthic communities: a case study of mediterranean coralligenous outcrops

    Silvija Kipson;Silvija Kipson;Maïa Fourt;Núria Teixidó;Núria Teixidó;Emma Cebrian

  • Deep-water stands of Cystoseira zosteroides C. Agardh (Fucales, Ochrophyta) in the Northwestern Mediterranean: Insights into assemblage structure and population dynamics

    Enric Ballesteros;Joaquim Garrabou;Bernat Hereu;Mikel Zabala

  • Restoration of a Canopy-Forming Alga Based on Recruitment Enhancement: Methods and Long-Term Success Assessment

    Jana Verdura;Marta Sales;Enric Ballesteros;Maria Elena Cefalì

  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Dimitris Poursanidis;Razy Hoffman;Jamila Rizgalla

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Exploring the effects of invasive algae on the persistence of gorgonian populations

    Emma Cebrian;Emma Cebrian;Cristina Linares;Christian Marschal;Joaquim Garrabou

  • Relationships between fish, sea urchins and macroalgae: The structure of shallow rocky sublittoral communities in the Cyclades, Eastern Mediterranean

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Emma Cebrian;Giorgos D. Kokkoris;Enric Ballesteros

  • Persistent natural acidification drives major distribution shifts in marine benthic ecosystems

    C. Linares;M. Vidal;M. Canals;D. K. Kersting

  • Marine biomonitoring with eDNA: Can metabarcoding of water samples cut it as a tool for surveying benthic communities?

    Adrià Antich;Cruz Palacín;Emma Cebrian;Raül Golo

  • CORRIGENDUM: Coralligenous and maërl habitats: predictive modelling to identify their spatial distributions across the Mediterranean Sea

    C. S. Martin;M. Giannoulaki;F. De Leo;M. Scardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Joaquim Garrabou
Joaquim Garrabou Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Linares
Cristina Linares University of Barcelona
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
David Díaz Díaz
David Díaz Díaz University of La Laguna
María Jesús Uriz
María Jesús Uriz Spanish National Research Council
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Vasilis Gerovasileiou Ionian University
Carlo Cerrano
Carlo Cerrano Marche Polytechnic University
Telmo Morato
Telmo Morato University of the Azores

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