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Overview

María Jesús Uriz is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular expertise in subfields such as Oceanography and Ecology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology

María Jesús Uriz has contributed scholarly articles to recognized scientific venues, with publications appearing in:

  • Progress In Oceanography

One notable recent paper is:

  • "Diversity, structure and spatial distribution of megabenthic communities in Cap de Creus continental shelf and submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean)" published in 2022 in Progress In Oceanography

The research investigates the composition and spatial arrangements of large benthic communities in Mediterranean marine environments, contributing to the understanding of marine ecosystem dynamics.

Collaborations have occurred with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Carlos Dominguez-Carrió
  • Joan Lluís Riera
  • Katleen Robert
  • Míkel Zabala
  • Susana Requena

Best Publications

  • Decline in Mesozoic reef-building sponges explained by silicon limitation

    Manuel Maldonado;M. Carmen Carmona;María J. Uriz;Antonio Cruzado

  • Siliceous spicules and skeleton frameworks in sponges: origin, diversity, ultrastructural patterns, and biological functions.

    María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon;Mikel Becerro;Gemma Agell

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

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

  • Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons

    Magdalena Guardiola;María Jesús Uriz;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac

  • How do reproductive output, larval behaviour, and recruitment contribute to adult spatial patterns in Mediterranean encrusting sponges?

    María Jesús Uriz;Manuel Maldonado;Xavier Turon;Ruth Martí

  • Biological Activity of Extracts from Some Mediterranean Macrophytes

    Enric Ballesteros;Daniel Martin;María Jesús Uriz

  • Clearance rates and aquiferous systems in two sponges with contrasting life‐history strategies

    Xavier Turon;Jordi Galera;Maria J. Uriz

  • Growth dynamics and mortality of the encrusting sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida) in contrasting habitats : correlation with population structure and investment in defence

    X. Turon;I. Tarjuelo;M. J. Uriz

  • Biogeography of sponge chemical ecology: comparisons of tropical and temperate defenses

    Mikel Becerro;Robert W. Thacker;Xavier Turon;María Jesús Uriz

  • Antimicrobial activity and surface bacterial film in marine sponges

    Mikel Becerro;Nancy I. López;Xavier Turon;María Jesús Uriz

  • Mineral skeletogenesis in sponges

    María Jesús Uriz

  • The Sponge Population of the Cabrera Archipelago (Balearic Islands): Characteristics, Distribution, and Abundance of the Most Representative Species

    María Jesús Uriz;Dolors Rosell;Daniel Martín

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

    Emma Cebrian;María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon

  • 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

  • Multiple Functions for Secondary Metabolites in Encrusting Marine Invertebrates

    Mikel Becerro;Xavier Turon;María Jesús Uriz

  • Microrefuge exploitation by subtidal encrusting sponges:patterns of settlement and post-settlement survival

    Manuel Maldonado;María Jesús Uriz

  • Seasonal patterns of toxicity in benthic invertebrates : the encrusting sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida)

    Xavier Turon;Mikel A. Becerro;María J. Uriz

  • Silica deposition in Demosponges: spiculogenesis in Crambe crambe.

    María J. Uriz;Xavier Turon;Mikel A. Becerro

  • Chemically-mediated interactions in benthic organisms: the chemical ecology of Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida)

    Mikel Becerro;María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon

  • Spatio-temporal monitoring of deep-sea communities using metabarcoding of sediment DNA and RNA

    Magdalena Guardiola;Owen S. Wangensteen;Owen S. Wangensteen;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac

  • Location of toxicity within the Mediterranean sponge Crambe crambe (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)

    M. J. Uriz;M. A. Becerro;J. M. Tur;X. Turon

  • Dispersal strategies in sponge larvae: integrating the life history of larvae and the hydrologic component.

    Simone Mariani;María Jesús Uriz;Xavier Turon;Teresa Alcoverro

  • Feeding deterrence in sponges. The role of toxicity, physical defenses, energetic contents, and life-history stage.

    M.J Uriz;X Turon;M.A Becerro;J Galera

  • Sexual propagation by sponge fragments

    Manuel Maldonado;María Jesús Uriz

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Turon
Xavier Turon Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane
Manuel Maldonado
Manuel Maldonado Spanish National Research Council
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council
Enric Ballesteros
Enric Ballesteros Spanish National Research Council
Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Owen S. Wangensteen
Owen S. Wangensteen University of Barcelona
Eric Coissac
Eric Coissac Grenoble Alpes University
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Emilio O. Casamayor
Emilio O. Casamayor Spanish National Research Council

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