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Susanna López-Legentil is a researcher affiliated with the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the United States. Their work primarily centers on environmental science, with a strong focus on marine ecology and invasive species.

The scientist's research spans multiple interconnected fields and subfields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Biotechnology

The central themes of their scholarly output involve:

  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Susanna López-Legentil has contributed to several recent papers, covering topics related to ascidians, sponges, and microbial communities within marine ecosystems. Notable publications include:

  • "Microbiome Variability across the Native and Invasive Ranges of the Ascidian Clavelina oblonga," 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Molecular detection and microbiome differentiation of two cryptic lineages of giant barrel sponges from Conch Reef, Florida Keys," 2021, Coral Reefs
  • "Diversity and abundance of native and non-native ascidians in Puerto Rican harbors and marinas," 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Prokaryotic symbiont communities in three ascidian species introduced in both Ireland and New Zealand," 2022, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Dynamics of ascidian-invaded communities over time," 2022, Biological Invasions

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes reflect the focus on biological invasions and microbial ecology, including:

  • Biological Invasions
  • MicrobiologyOpen
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Coral Reefs
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Among frequent collaborators, Susanna López-Legentil has coauthored work most often with:

  • Patrick M. Erwin
  • Brenna Hutchings
  • Marie L. Nydam
  • Lauren M. Stefaniak
  • James S. Evans

Best Publications

  • Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

    Torsten Thomas;Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Miguel Lurgi;Johannes R. Björk;Johannes R. Björk

  • The sponge microbiome project

    Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Shaun Nielsen;Amnon Amir;Antonio Gonzalez

  • A phylogenomic framework and timescale for comparative studies of tunicates

    Frédéric Delsuc;Hervé Philippe;Hervé Philippe;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Paul Simion

  • Predicting the HMA-LMA Status in Marine Sponges by Machine Learning

    Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Georg Steinert;Shaun Nielsen;Cristiane C.P. Hardoim

  • Stability of Sponge-Associated Bacteria over Large Seasonal Shifts in Temperature and Irradiance

    Patrick M. Erwin;Lucía Pita;Susanna López-Legentil;Xavier Turon

  • Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems: hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta.

    Susanna López-Legentil;Bongkeun Song;Steven E. Mcmurray;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Harbor networks as introduction gateways: contrasting distribution patterns of native and introduced ascidians

    Susanna López-Legentil;Miquel L. Legentil;Patrick M. Erwin;Xavier Turon

  • Tough Adults, Frail Babies: An Analysis of Stress Sensitivity across Early Life-History Stages of Widely Introduced Marine Invertebrates

    M. Carmen Pineda;Christopher D. McQuaid;Xavier Turon;Susanna López-Legentil

  • The whereabouts of an ancient wanderer: global phylogeography of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata.

    Mari Carmen Pineda;Susanna López-Legentil;Xavier Turon

  • The pharmaceutical value of marine biodiversity for anti-cancer drug discovery

    Patrick M. Erwin;Susanna López-Legentil;Peter W. Schuhmann

  • Effects of Sponge Bleaching on Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea: Distribution and Relative Expression of Ammonia Monooxygenase Genes Associated with the Barrel Sponge Xestospongia muta

    Susanna López-Legentil;Susanna López-Legentil;Patrick M. Erwin;Joseph R. Pawlik;Bongkeun Song

  • Genetic structure of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta using the I3-M11 partition of COI

    S. López-Legentil;J. R. Pawlik

  • Biogeography rather than association with cyanobacteria structures symbiotic microbial communities in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis

    Ilia Burgsdorf;Patrick M. Erwin;Susanna López-Legentil;Carlo Cerrano

  • Host rules: spatial stability of bacterial communities associated with marine sponges (Ircinia spp.) in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

    Lucía Pita;Xavier Turon;Susanna López-Legentil;Susanna López-Legentil;Patrick M. Erwin;Patrick M. Erwin

  • Down under the tunic: bacterial biodiversity hotspots and widespread ammonia-oxidizing archaea in coral reef ascidians

    Patrick M Erwin;Mari Carmen Pineda;Nicole Webster;Xavier Turon

  • A specific mix of generalists: bacterial symbionts in Mediterranean Ircinia spp.

    Patrick M. Erwin;Susanna López-Legentil;Raúl González-Pech;Xavier Turon

  • Genetic structure of the star sea squirt, Botryllus schlosseri, introduced in southern European harbours.

    Susanna López-Legentil;Xavier Turon;Serge Planes

  • Ascidian molecular phylogeny inferred from mtDNA data with emphasis on the Aplousobranchiata.

    Xavier Turon;Susanna López-Legentil

  • Cyanobacterial Diversity and a New Acaryochloris-Like Symbiont from Bahamian Sea-Squirts

    Susanna López-Legentil;Bongkeun Song;Manel Bosch;Joseph R. Pawlik

  • Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off

    Joseph R. Pawlik;Timothy P. Henkel;Steven E. McMurray;Susanna López-Legentil

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Turon
Xavier Turon Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane
Joseph R. Pawlik
Joseph R. Pawlik University of North Carolina Wilmington
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Hervé Philippe
Hervé Philippe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ute Hentschel
Ute Hentschel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales
Patrick Lemaire
Patrick Lemaire Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frédéric Delsuc
Frédéric Delsuc University of Montpellier
Michael W. Taylor
Michael W. Taylor University of Auckland
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego

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