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Josep Maria Gili is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics involve detailed studies of coral and marine ecosystems as well as marine invertebrate physiology and ecology. This work also encompasses marine ecology and invasive species, marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, and marine toxins and detection methods.

Josep Maria Gili has contributed extensively to scientific literature with notable papers including:

  • Unravelling the ecological impacts of large-scale offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Seafloor litter sorting in different domains of Cap de Creus continental shelf and submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea) (2020) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Involving fishers in scaling up the restoration of cold-water coral gardens on the Mediterranean continental shelf (2021) published in Biological Conservation
  • A new large-scale and cost-effective restoration method for cold-water coral gardens (2020) published in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Cnidome and Morphological Features of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) Throughout the Different Life Cycle Stages (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent coauthors of Josep Maria Gili include:

  • Ainara Ballesteros (16 coauthored works)
  • Stefano Ambroso (13 coauthored works)
  • Andreu Santín (12 coauthored works)
  • Carlos Dominguez-Carrió (12 coauthored works)
  • Janire Salazar (10 coauthored works)

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in several venues, most notably:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science (7 publications)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (6 publications)
  • Preprints.org (4 publications)
  • Toxins (2 publications)
  • Marine Drugs (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Benthic suspension feeders: their paramount role in littoral marine food webs.

    Josep-Maria Gili;Rafel Coma

  • Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa

    Jean Bouillon;María Dolores Medel;Francesc Pagès;Josep María Gili

  • An Introduction to Hydrozoa

    Jean Bouillon;Cinzia Gravili;Francesc Pagès;Josep Maria Gili

  • Is global ocean sprawl a cause of jellyfish blooms

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Kylie A. Pitt;Cathy H. Lucas;Jennifer E. Purcell

  • Seasonality in coastal benthic ecosystems

    Rafel Coma;Rafel Coma;Marta Ribes;Josep-Maria Gili;Mikel Zabala

  • The ecology of marine benthic hydroids

    J.-M Gili;R. G Hughes

  • Cold-water corals in the Cap de Creus canyon, northwestern Mediterranean: spatial distribution, density and anthropogenic impact

    Covadonga Orejas;Andrea Gori;Claudio Lo Iacono;Pere Puig

  • Natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate sponge Dysidea avara (Demospongiae, Dendroceratida) throughout an annual cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J. M. Giti

  • Effects of climate change on Mediterranean marine ecosystems: the case of the Catalan Sea

    Eva María Calvo;Rafel Simó;Rafael Coma;Marta Ribes

  • Evolution and diversity of the benthic fauna of the Southern Ocean continental shelf

    Andrew Clarke;Richard B. Aronson;J. Alistair Crame;Josep Maria Gili

  • The Exploitation and Conservation of Precious Corals

    Georgios Tsounis;Sergio Rossi;Richard Grigg;Giovanni Santangelo

  • Spatial distribution patterns of the gorgonians Eunicella singularis, Paramuricea clavata, and Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Cape of Creus, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

    Andrea Gori;Sergio Rossi;Elisa Berganzo;Joan Lluís Pretus

  • Feeding and prey capture cycles in the aposymbiontic gorgonian Paramuhcea clavata

    Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili;Mikel Zabala;Tecla Riera

  • Survey of deep-dwelling red coral (Corallium rubrum) populations at Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean)

    Sergio Rossi;Georgios Tsounis;Covadonga Orejas;Tirma Padrón

  • Heterogeneous feeding in benthic suspension feeders: the natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) over a year cycle

    Marta Ribes;Rafael Coma;Josep Maria Gili

  • Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)

    Andrea Gori;Covadonga Orejas;T. Madurell;Lorenzo Bramanti

  • Effects of spatial variability and colony size on the reproductive output and gonadal development cycle of the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum L.)

    Georgios Tsounis;Sergio Rossi;Maria Aranguren;Josep-Maria Gili

  • Study and Cartography of the Benthic Communities of Medes Islands (NE Spain)

    Josep Maria Gili;Joandomènec Ros

  • Growth in a modular colonial marine invertebrate

    R. Coma;M. Ribes;M. Zabala;J.-M. Gili

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi University of Salento
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Wolf Arntz
Wolf Arntz Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Rafael Coma
Rafael Coma Spanish National Research Council
Ana Sabatés
Ana Sabatés Spanish National Research Council
Marta Ribes
Marta Ribes Spanish National Research Council
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Albert Palanques
Albert Palanques Spanish National Research Council
Jennifer E. Purcell
Jennifer E. Purcell Western Washington University
Lorenzo Bramanti
Lorenzo Bramanti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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