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Julio Aguirre is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 76 publications. Their research encompasses several subfields, notably Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological formations and processes

Julio Aguirre has published articles in several academic journals, with a frequent presence in the Spanish Journal of Palaeontology (14 publications). Other publication venues include Frontiers in Marine Science, Frontiers in Earth Science, The Science of The Total Environment, and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Recent papers co-authored or authored by Aguirre include:

  • "Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny," 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Brazil oil spill response: Protect rhodolith beds," 2020, Science
  • "Is Macaronichnus an exclusively small, horizontal and unbranched structure? Macaronichnus segregatis degiberti isubsp. nov.," 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "Epiphytes provide micro-scale refuge from ocean acidification," 2020, Marine Environmental Research

Aguirre has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: Coralline Algae: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives (2022).

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including Juan C. Braga, Nadine Schubert, Laurie C. Hofmann, João Silva, and Davide Bassi. These collaborations have contributed to multiple research outputs spanning various aspects of marine biology, paleontology, and geological studies.

Best Publications

  • Diversity of coralline red algae: origination and extinction patterns from the Early Cretaceous to the Pleistocene

    Julio Aguirre;Robert Riding;Juan C. Braga

  • History and evolution of the North-Betic Strait (Prebetic Zone, Betic Cordillera): A narrow, early Tortonian, tidal-dominated, Atlantic–Mediterranean marine passage

    José M. Martín;Juan C. Braga;Julio Aguirre;Ángel Puga-Bernabéu

  • Coralline algal assemblages in upper Neogene reef and temperate carbonates in Southern Spain

    Juan C Braga;Julio Aguirre

  • Coralline algae indicate Pleistocene evolution from deep, open platform to outer barrier reef environments in the northern Great Barrier Reef margin

    Juan C. Braga;Julio Aguirre

  • Testing models for the Messinian salinity crisis: The Messinian record in Almería, SE Spain

    Juan C. Braga;José M. Martín;Robert Riding;Julio Aguirre

  • The Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa: a proxy for past climate fluctuations?

    A. Peirano;C. Morri;C.N. Bianchi;J. Aguirre

  • Taxonomy of fossil coralline algal species: Neogene Lithophylloideae (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from southern Spain

    Juan Carlos Braga;Julio Aguirre

  • The Messinian post-evaporitic deposits of the Gafares area (Almería-Níjar basin, SE Spain). A new view of the "Lago-Mare" facies

    Julio Aguirre;Isabel M Sánchez-Almazo

  • Proximal–distal ichnofabric changes in a siliciclastic shelf, Early Pliocene, Guadalquivir Basin, southwest Spain

    J. Aguirre;J.M. de Gibert;A. Puga-Bernabéu

  • Messinian paleoenvironmental evolution in the lower Guadalquivir Basin (SW Spain) based on benthic foraminifera

    José N. Pérez-Asensio;Julio Aguirre;Gerhard Schmiedl;Jorge Civis

  • Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)

    Julio Aguirre;Francisco Perfectti;Juan C. Braga

  • Quantitative taphonomic analysis and taphofacies in lower Pliocene temperate carbonate–siliciclastic mixed platform deposits (Almerı́a-Nı́jar basin, SE Spain)

    Jesús Yesares-Garcı́a;Julio Aguirre

  • Dasycladalean Algal Biodiversity Compared with Global Variations in Temperature and Sea Level over the Past 350 Myr

    Julio Aguirre;Robert Riding

  • Coralline algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in western and central Mediterranean Messinian reefs

    Juan C. Braga;Alessandro Vescogni;Francesca R. Bosellini;Julio Aguirre

  • Vegetation, sea-level, and climate changes during the Messinian salinity crisis

    Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;José Noel Pérez-Asensio;Juan Cruz Larrasoaña;Julio Aguirre

  • Contrasting models of temperate carbonate sedimentation in a small Mediterranean embayment: the Pliocene Carboneras Basin, SE Spain

    José M. MartÍn;Juan C. Braga;Julio Aguirre;Christian Betzler

  • Coralline Algae in a Changing Mediterranean Sea: How Can We Predict Their Future, if We Do Not Know Their Present?

    Fabio Rindi;Juan C. Braga;Sophie Martin;Viviana Peña

  • Redescription of Lemoine's (1939) types of coralline algal species from Algeria

    Julio Aguirre;Juan C. Braga

  • Fossil analogues of present-day Cladocora caespitosa coral banks: Sedimentary setting, dwelling community, and taphonomy (Late Pliocene, W Mediterranean)

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  • Rhodoliths and Rhodolith Beds in the Rock Record

    Julio Aguirre;Juan C. Braga;Davide Bassi

  • Glacioeustatic control on the origin and cessation of the Messinian salinity crisis

    José N. Pérez-Asensio;Julio Aguirre;Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;Gerhard Schmiedl

  • Models of temperate carbonate deposition in Neogene basins in SE Spain: a synthesis

    Juan C. Braga;José M. Martín;Christian Betzler;Julio Aguirre

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan C. Braga
Juan C. Braga University of Granada
José M. Martín
José M. Martín University of Granada
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar University of Granada
Christian Betzler
Christian Betzler Universität Hamburg
Robert Riding
Robert Riding University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gerhard Schmiedl
Gerhard Schmiedl Universität Hamburg
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Paulo Antunes Horta
Paulo Antunes Horta Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Yasufumi Iryu
Yasufumi Iryu Tohoku University
Juan C. Larrasoaña
Juan C. Larrasoaña Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

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