Marine larval and benthic ecology
Luis Gimenez, School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University. Email: l.gimenez@bangor. ac.uk
Publications
2025
2024
Giménez L, Boersma M, Wiltshire K (2024). A multiple baseline approach for marine heatwaves. Limnol Oceanogr 69 (3), 638-651
MM Deschamps, M Boersma, L Giménez (2024) Responses of the mesozooplankton community to marine heatwaves: Challenges and solutions based on a long‐term time series. Journal of Animal Ecology 93 (10), 1524-1540
N Kandratavicius, L Giménez, CP de Ward, N Venturini, P Muniz (2024) Linking biodiversity and functional Patterns of estuarine free-living nematodes with sedimentary organic matter lability in an Atlantic coastal lagoon (Uruguay, South America). Diversity 16 (11), 688
CAMM Cordeiro, A Pardal, L Giménez, ÁM Ciotti, SR Jenkins, MT Burrows et al. (2024) Environmental factors have stronger effects than biotic processes in patterns of intertidal populations along the southeast coast of Brazil. Marine Environmental Research 200, 106646.
Giménez L, Jenkins SR (2024) The role of intraspecific trait variation in driving post‐metamorphic survival: Implications for recruitment in open populations. Ecology and Evolution 14 (8), e70065
Al-Wazzan Z, L Giménez, M Behbehani, L Le Vay (2024) Population ecology of the intertidal xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) on rocky shores in Kuwait. Journal of Crustacean Biology 44 (2), ruae019
Leiva L, L Giménez, M Boersma (2024) Evaluation of light traps for sampling lobster larvae in the German Bight, North Sea. Journal of Sea Research 199, 102497
Geißel JP , N Espinosa-Novo, L Giménez, C Ewers, A Cornelius, Harzsch S, Torres G (2024) Interactive responses to temperature and salinity in larvae of the Asian brush-clawed crab Hemigrapsus takanoi: relevance for range expansion into the Baltic Sea. Biological Invasions 26 (6), 1685-1704
Braig F, G Torres, L Giménez, JT Haug (2024) Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs. Palaeontologia Electronica 27 (1), 1-13
Close, H, G Lambert, P Robins, L Gimenez (2024) Connectivity between populations of the scallop Pecten maximus in the Irish Sea and the implications for fisheries management. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1274136
2023
Giménez L (2023).A geometric approach to understanding biological responses to environmental fluctuations from the perspective of marine organisms. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 721:17-38.
Espinosa-Novo N, Giménez L, Boersma M, Torres G. On their way to the north: larval performance of Hemigrapsus sanguineus invasive to the European coast—a comparison with the native European population of Carcinus maenas. Biol Invasions 25: 3119–3136
de Amorim F, Wiltshire K, Lemke P, Carstens K, Peters S, Rick J, Giménez L, Scharfe M (2023). Investigation of marine temperature changes across temporal and spatial Gradients: Providing a fundament for studies on the effects of warming on marine ecosystem function and biodiversity. Prog Oceanogr 216: 103080.
Stein W, Torres G, Giménez L, Espinosa-Novo N, Geißel JP, Vidal-Gadea A, Harsch S (2023). Thermal acclimation and habitat-dependent differences in temperature robustness of a crustacean motor circuit. Front. Cell. Neurosci., 17, doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2023.1263591
Tidau S, Brough FT, Giménez L, Jenkins SR, Davies TW (2023). Impacts of artificial light at night on the early life history of two ecosystem engineers. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378: 20220363
2022
Giménez L, Espinosa N, Torres G (2022). A framework to understand the role of biological time in responses to fluctuating climate drivers. Sci Rep 12:10429.
Gutow L, Gusky M, Beermann J, Giménez L, Pesch r, Bildstein T, Heinicke K, Ebbe B (2022). Spotlight on coarse sediments: Comparative characterization of a poorly investigated seafloor biotope in the German Bight (SE North Sea). Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 275: 107996.
Leiva L, Tremblay N, Torres G, Boersma M, Krone R, Giménez L (2022). European lobster larval development and fitness under a temperature gradient and ocean acidification. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 809929
Šargač Z, Giménez L, González-Ortegón E, Harzsch S, Tremblay N, Torres G (2022) Quantifying the portfolio of larval responses to salinity and temperature in a coastal-marine invertebrate: a cross population study along the European coast. Mar Biol 169:81
2021
Giménez L, Chatterjee A, Torres G (2021). A state-space approach to understand responses of organisms, populations and communities to multiple environmental drivers. Comms. Biol. 4:1142
Šargač Z, Giménez L, Harzsch S, Krieger J, Torres G (2021) Contrasting offspring responses to variation in salinity and temperature among coastal populations: a maladaptive ecological surprise? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 677:51–65
Leiva L, Scholz S, Giménez L, Boersma M, Torres G, Krone R, Tremblay N (2021). Noisy waters can influence young-of-year lobsters’ substrate choice and their antipredatory responses. Environ Pollut 291:118108
Pardal A, Cordeiro CAMM, Ciotti ÁM, Jenkins SR, Giménez L, Burrows MT, Christofoletti RA (2021). Influence of environmental variables over multiple spatial scales on the population structure of a key marine invertebrate. Mar Environ Res 170:105410
Torres G, Charmantier G, Wilcockson D, Harzsch S, Giménez L (2021). Physiological basis of multiple stressor effects in an invasive crustacean: implications for responses to warming. Ecol. Evol. 11: 7042-7056.
Torres, G., R. R. Melzer, F. Spitzner, Z. Šargač, S. Harzsch, Gimenez L (2021). Methods to study organogenesis in decapod crustacean larvae. I. larval rearing, preparation, and fixation. Helgol Mar Res 75: 3.
Torres, G., K. Anger Giménez L (2021). Effects of short-term and continuous exposure to reduced salinities on the biochemical composition of larval lobster, Homarus gammarus. Zoology 144: 125885.
Griffith K, Jenkins S, Gimenez L (2021). Larval tolerance to food limitation is stronger in an exotic barnacle than in its native competitor. Zoology 144: 125891
2020
Giménez L, Exton M, Spitzner F, Meth R, Ecker U, Jungblut S, Harzsch S, Saborowski R, Torres G (2020). Exploring larval phenology as predictor for range expansion in an invasive species. Ecography, early view.
Torres G, Thomas D, Whiteley N, Wilcockson D, Gimenez L (2020) Maternal and cohort effects modulate offspring responses to multiple stressors. Proceedings Royal Soc. B 287, 20200492.
Torres G, Gimenez L (2020) Temperature modulates compensatory responses to food limitation at metamorphosis in a marine invertebrate. Functional Ecology.
Karythis S, Cornwell T, Gimenez L, McCarthy I, Whiteley N, Jenkins S (2020). Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced stress responses and antipredator behaviour. Animal Behaviour 167:13-22
Whitton TA, Jackson SE, Hiddink JG, Scoulding B, Bowers D, Powell B, Giménez L, Davies AG. (2020). Vertical migrations of fish schools determine overlap with a mobile tidal stream marine renewable energy device. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Al-Wazzan Z, Giménez L, Behbehani M, Le Vay L (2020) Intertidal bait gleaning on rocky shores in Kuwait. Ocean & Coastal Management 188, 10511
Al-Wazzan Z, Le Vay L, Behbehani M, Giménez L (2020). Scale-dependent spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and population structure of the xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus on rocky shores in Kuwait. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 37 101325.
Hackbusch S, Wichels A, Giménez L, Döpke H, Gerdts G (2020) Potentially human pathogenic Vibrio spp. in a coastal transect: Occurrence and multiple virulence factors. Science of The Total Environment 707, 136113
Gimenez L, Robins P, Jenkins SR (2020) Role of trait combinations, habitat matrix, and network topology in metapopulation recovery from regional extinction. Limnol Oceanogr. 65:775-789.
Giménez L (2020) Phenotypic plasticity and phenotypic links in larval development. Chapter 13 in Thiel M, Anger K, Harzsch S, Chapter in Larval Biology; Volume 7 of Series: The Natural History of the Crustacea. Oxford
Gebauer P, Giménez L, Hinojosa I, Paschke K (2020) Settlement and metamorphosis in barnacles and decapods. Chapter in Larval Biology; Volume 7 of Series: The Natural History of the Crustacea.
Rotllant G, Zeng C, Giménez L (2020) Effects of environmental conditions on larvae growth and development. Chapter in Thiel M, Anger K, Harzsch S. Volume 7 of Series: The Natural History of the Crustacea. Oxford.
Giménez L, Torres G, (2020). Phenotypic plasticity. In: Neohelice granulata: a model species for the study of decapod crustaceans. (T. Luppi, E. M. Rodríguez, eds.). Cambridge Scholars
2019
Gimenez L, (2019) Incorporating the geometry of dispersal and migration to understand spatial patterns of species distribution. Ecography 42:643-657.
Spitzner F, Gimenez L, Metz R, Harzsch S, Torres G (2019) .Unmasking intraspecific variation in offspring responses to multiple environmental drivers. Marine Biology 166:112-125.
Al-Wazzan Z, Giménez L, Behbehani M, Le Vay L (2019). Trophic niche separation in sympatric rocky shore crabs. J Mar Biol Ass UK 99:1171-1180.
Torres G, Spitzner F, Harzsch S, Giménez L, 2019. Ecological Developmental Biology and global ocean change: brachyuran crustacean larvae as models. In: Fusco G. (ed) Perspectives on Evolutionary and Developmental Biology. Padova University Press.
2018
Al-Wazzan Z, Giménez L, Behbehani M, Le Vay L (2018). hHatching rhythm and larval release in Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from rocky shores in Kuwait . J Crust Biol 38 (6), 804-811
Whiteley NM, Suckling CC, Ciotti BJ, Brown J, McCarthy ID, Gimenez L, Hauton C (2018) Sensitivity to near-future CO2 conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change. Scientific Reports 8(1) 15639.
Castejon D, Rotllant G, Gimenez L, Torres G, Guerao G (2018) Influence of temperature and light regime on the larval development of the common spider crab Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 (Brachyura: Majidae). Aquaculture Research 49:3548-3558.
González-Ortegón E, Le Vay L, Walton M & Giménez L(2018) Maternal Trophic Status and Offpsring Phenotype in a Marine Invertebrate. Scientific Reports 8:9618.
Kandratavicius N, Pastor de Ward C, Venturini N, Giménez L, Rodriguez M, Muniz P (2018) Response of estuarine free-living nematode assemblages to organic enrichment: an experimental approach. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 602:117-133.
2017
Giménez L, Torres G, Pettersen AK, , Burrows MT, Estevez A, Jenkins SR (2017) Scale-dependent natural variation in larval nutritional reserves in a marine invertebrate: implications for recruitment and cross-ecosystem coupling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 570:141-165.
Pita AL, Giménez L, Kandratavicius N, Muniz P, Venturini N (2017) Benthic trophic status of aquatic transitional environments with distinct morphological and dynamic characteristics on the south-western Atlantic coast.
Marine and Freshwater Research
Reich M, Wichels A, Panzer K, Krause E, Giménez L, Gerdts G (2017).Impacts of a reduction in seawater pH mimicking ocean acidification on the structure and diversity of mycoplankton communities. Aquatic Microbioal ecology 79:221-233.
2016
Torres G, Giménez L, Pettersen AK, Bue M, Burrows MT, Jenkins SR (2016) Persistent and context-dependent effects of the larval feeding environment on post-metamorphic performance through the adult stage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 545: 147-160.
Gutow L, Eckerlebe A, Giménez L, Saborowski R (2016) Experimental Evaluation of Seaweeds as a Vector for Microplastics into Marine Food Webs. Environmental Science and Technology 50:915-923.
González-Ortegón E, J Blasco, E Nieto, M Hampel, L Le Vay, L Giménez (2016) Individual and mixture effects of selected pharmaceuticals on larval development of the estuarine shrimp Palaemon longirostris. Science of The Total Environment 540, 260-266
2015
Muniz P, Calliari D, Giménez L, Defeo O (2015) Responses of coastal ecosystems to environmental variability in emerging countries from the Americas. Estuarine Coast Shelf Science 166,1-3. Editorial of: Responses of coastal ecosystem to environmental variability in emerging countries from the Americas
Raymond Bauer; Luis Gimenez and Volker Storch (2015) Klaus Anger, recipient of the Crustacean Society Excellence in Research Award. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35, 116–119.
Kandratavicius N, P Muniz, N Venturini, L Giménez (2015) Meiobenthic communities in permanently open estuaries and open/closed coastal lagoons of Uruguay (Atlantic coast of South America). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 163,44-53.
Castejón D, Rotllant G, Giménez L, Torres G, Guerao G (2015) The effects of temperature and salinity on the survival, growth and duration of the larval development of the common spider crab Maja brachydactyla (Balss, 1922) (Brachyura: Majidae). J Shellfish Res. 34:1073-1083.
González-Ortegón E., L Gimánez, J Blasco and L Le Vay (2015) Effects of food limitation and pharmaceutical compounds on the larval development and morphology of Palaemon serratus. Science of the Total Environment 503, 171-178
D'Urban Jackson T, Torres G, Giménez L. (2015) Survival and development of larvae of two decapod crustaceans under limited access to prey across a thermal range. Journal of Plankton Research
2014
Giménez L, Venturini N, Kandratavicius N, Hutton M, Lanfranconi M, Rodríguez M, Brugnoli E, Muniz P (2014) Macrofaunal patterns and animal-sediment relationships in Uruguayan estuaries and coastal lagoons (Atlantic coast of South America). Journal of Sea Research 87, 46-55.
González-Ortegón E, Giménez L(2014) Environmentally mediated phenotypic links and performance in larvae of a marine invertebrate Marine Ecology Progress Series 502,185-195
2013
Clements K, Gimenez L, Jones D, Wilson D, Malham S (2013) Epizoic barnacles act as pathogen reservoirs on shellfish beds. J. Sellfish Res 32, 533-538.
Giménez L, Jenkins SR (2013) Combining traits and density to model recruitment of sessile organisms. PLoS ONE 8(3): e57849. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057849
González-Ortegón E, J Blasco, L Le Vay, L Giménez (2013) A multiple stressor approach to study the toxicity and sub-lethal effects of pharmaceutical compounds on the larval development of a marine invertebrate. Journal of Hazardous Materials 263: 233-238
Krause E, Wichels A, Giménez L, Gerdts G, 2013. Marine fungi may benefit from ocean acidification. Aquat Microbial Ecol. 69, 59-67.
Meerhoff E, Rodríguez-Gallego L, Giménez L, Conde D, Muniz P, 2013. Spatial patterns of macrofaunal community structure in coastal lagoons of Uruguay. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 492, 97-110
Robins, P.E., Neill, S.P., Giménez, L., Jenkins, S.R. and Malham, S.K. (2013) Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea. Limnol Oceanogr 58, 505-524
2012
Krause E, Wichels, Giménez L, Lunau M, Schilhabel M et al. (2012). Small Changes in pH Have Direct Effects on Marine Bacterial Community Composition: A Microcosm Approach. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47035. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047035
Muniz P, Hutton M, Kandratavicius A, Lafranconi M, Brignoli E, Venturini N, Giménez L (2012). Performance of biotic indices in naturally stressed estuarine environments on the Southwestern Atlantic coast (Uruguay): A multiple scale approach. Ecological Indicators 19:89-97
Robins P.E., Neill S.P., Giménez L. (2012). A numerical study of marine larval dispersal in the presence of an axial convergent front. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 100, 172-185.
Saborowski R, Schatte J, Gimenez L (2012). Catalytic properties and polymorphism of serine endopeptidases from the midgut gland of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (Decapoda, Caridea). Marine Biology 159:1107-111
2011
Giménez L (2011) Exploring mechanisms linking temperature increase and larval phenology: The importance of variance effects. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 400, 227-235.
Torres G, Giménez L, Anger K, 2011. Growth, tolerance to low salinity, and osmoregulation in decapod crustacean larvae. Aquat. Biol. 12, 249-260.
2010
Acuña-Plavan A, Passadore C, Giménez L, 2010. Fish assemblage in a temperate estuary on the Uruguayan coast: seasonal variation and environmental influence. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 58, 299-314. (id:1945)
Giménez L, 2010. Relationships between habitat conditions, larval traits and juvenile performance in a marine invertebrate. Ecology 91, 1401-1413.
Giménez L, Borthagaray A, Rodríguez M, Brazeiro A, Carranza A, 2010. Rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities across a large-scale estuarine gradient. Scientia Marina 74, 88-100.
2009
Borthagaray A, Brazeiro A, Giménez L, 2009. Connectivity and patch area in a coastal marine landscape: Disentangling their influence on local species richness and composition. Aust Ecol 34, 641-652
Giménez L, 2009. Uncertainty relationships in the estimation of settlement rates of mobile marine organisms. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 377, 103-111.
2008
Reichert K, Buchholz F, Bartsch I, Kersten T, Giménez L, 2008.Scale-dependent patterns of variability in species assemblages of the rocky intertidal at Helgoland (German Bight, North Sea). J. Mar Biol Ass UK. 88, 1319-1329. (id:1715)
Reichert K, Buchholz F, Giménez L, 2008. Community composition of the rocky intertidal at Helgoland (German Bight, North Sea). Helgol Mar Res 62, 357-366.
Torres G, Giménez L, Anger K, 2008. Cumulative effects of low salinity on larval growth and biochemical composition in an estuarine crab, Neohelice granulata. Aquatic Biology 2, 37-45. (id:1613)
2007
Torres G, Giménez L, Anger K, 2007. Effects of osmotic stress on crustacean larval growth and protein and lipid levels are related to life-histories: the genus Armases as a model. Comp Biochem Physiol B, 148, 209- 224.
Giménez L, Dick S, 2007. Settlement of shore crab Carcinus maenas on a mesotidal open habitat in the context of transport processes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 338, 159-168.
Lischka S, Giménez L, Hagen W, Ueberschär B, 2007. Seasonal changes in digestive enzyme (trypsin) activity of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Polar Biology 30, 1331-1341.
Passadore C, Giménez L, Acuña A, 2007. Composition and intra-annual variation of the macroinfauna in the estuarine zone of the Pando Stream (Uruguay). Braz J Biol 67, 631-637.
Anger K, Torres G, Giménez L, 2006. Metamorphosis of a sesarmid river crab, Armases roberti: stimulation by adult odours vs. inhibition by salinity stress. Marine Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 39, 269-278.
2006
Giménez L, 2006. Phenotypic links in complex life cycles: conclusions from studies with decapod crustaceans. Int Comp Biol 46, 615-622.
Giménez L, Dimitriadis C, Carranza A, Borthagaray A, Rodríguez M, 2006. Unravelling the complex structure of a benthic community: A multiscale-multianalytical approach to an estuarine sandflat. Estuar Coast shelf Sci 68, 462-472.
Torres G, Anger K, Giménez L, 2006. Effects of reduced salinities on metamorphosis of a freshwater-tolerant sesarmid crab, Armases roberti: Is upstream migration in the megalopa stage constrained by increasing osmotic stress? J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 338, 134-139.
2005
Giménez L, Anger K, 2005. Effects of temporary food limitation on survival and development of brachyuran crab larvae. J Plankton Res 27, 485-494.
Giménez L, Borthagaray A, Rodríguez M, Brazeiro A, Dimitriadis K, 2005. Scale-dependent patterns of macroinfaunal distribution in soft-sediment intertidal habitats along a large-scale estuarine gradient. Helgol Mar Res. 59, 224- 236.
2004
Giménez L, 2004. Marine community ecology: the importance of trait-mediated effects propagating through complex life cycles. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 283, 303-310.
Giménez L, Anger K, Torres G, 2004. Linking life history traits in successive phases of a complex life cycle: effects of larval biomass on early juvenile development in an estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata. Oikos 104, 570-580.
2003
Calliari D, Defeo O, Cervetto G, Gómez M, Giménez L, Scarabino F, Brazeiro A, Norbis W, 2003. Marine Life of Uruguay: critical update and priorities for future research. Gayana 67, 341-370.
Giménez L, 2003.Potential effects of physiological plastic responses to salinity on population networks of the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata. Helgol Mar Res 56, 265-273. (id:1484)
Giménez L, Anger K, 2003.Larval performance in an estuarine crab, Chasmagnathus granulata, is a consequence of both larval and embryonic experience. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 249, 251-264. (id:1485)
2002
Charmantier G, Giménez L, Charmantier-Daures M, Anger K, 2002. Ontogeny of osmoregulation, physiological plasticity, and export strategy in the grapsid crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Crustacea, Decapoda). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 229,185-194. (id:1491)
Giménez L, 2002. Effects of prehatching salinity and initial larval biomass on survival and duration of development in the zoea 1 of the estuarine crab, Chasmagnathus granulata, under nutritional stress. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 270, 93-110. (id:1487)
Giménez L, Torres G, 2002. Larval growth in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata: the importance of salinity experienced during embryonic development, and the initial larval biomass. Mar Biol 141, 877-885. (id:1488)
Torres G, Giménez L, Anger K, 2002. Effects of reduced salinity on the biochemical composition (lipid, protein) of zoea I decapod crustacean larvae. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 277, 43-60.
Yannicelli B, Palacios R, Giménez L, 2002. Swimming ability and burrowing time of two cirolanid isopods from different levels of exposed sandy beaches J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 273, 73-88.
2001 and earlier
Giménez L, Anger K, 2001.Relationships among salinity, egg size, embryonic development, and larval biomass in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata Dana, 1851. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 260, 241-257.
Yannicelli B, Palacios R, Giménez L, 2001.Activity rhythms of two cirolanid isopods from an exposed microtidal sandy beach in Uruguay. Mar Biol 138, 187-197.
Giménez L, Yannicelli B, 2000. Longshore patterns of distribution of macroinfauna in a Uruguayan sandy beach: an analysis at different spatial scales and their potential causes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 199, 111-125.
Giménez L, Yannicelli B, 1997. Variability of zonation patterns in temperate microtidal Uruguayan sandy beaches with different morphodynamic types. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 160, 197-207.
Riestra G, Giménez L and Scarabino V, 1992. Análisis de la comunidad macrobentónica infralitoral de fondo rocoso en la isla Gorriti e isla de Lobos. Frente Marítimo 11 Sec A, 123-127.