Papers

2020. HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., C. SANGIL & J. LORENZO-MORALES. Uncommon southwest swells trigger sea urchin disease outbreaks in Eastern Atlantic archipelagos. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6260 Download PDF
2020. HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., S. CLEMENTE, E. GARCÍA & J.S. McALISTER. Planktonic stages of the ecologically important sea urchin, Diadema africanum: larval performance under near future ocean conditions. Journal of Plankton Research. 42, 286-304. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbaa016 Download PDF
2020. MENDOZA, J.C., S. CLEMENTE & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Modeling the role of marine protected areas on the recovery of shallow rocky reef ecosystem after a catastrophic submarine volcanic eruption. Marine Environmental Research, 104877 Download PDF
2020. BYRNE., M. & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Sea urchins in a high CO2 world: Impacts of climate warming and ocean acidification across life history stages. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science 43, 281-297 Download PDF
2019. EBERT T.A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Estimating survival in echinoid populations. Zoosymposia 15 (1), 23-32 Download PDF
2019. VIOTTI, S., C. SANGIL, C.A. HERNÁNDEZ & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Effects of long-term exposure to reduced pH conditions on the shell and survival of an intertidal gastropod. Marine Environmental Research 152, 104789 Download PDF
2018. KIRWAN, J.D., M.J. BOK, J. SMOLKA, J.J. FOSTER, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & D-E. NILSSON. The sea urchin Diadema africanum uses low resolution vision to find shelter and deter enemies. Journal of Experimental Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.176271 Download PDF
2018. GONZÁLEZ-DELGADO S. & HERNÁNDEZ J.C. The importance of natural acidified systems in the study of ocean acidification: what have we learned? Advances in Marine Biology 80, 57-99. Download PDF
2018. GARCÍA, E., S. CLEMENTE & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Effects of natural current pH variability on the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus larvae development and settlement. Marine Environmental Research, 4508. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.04.012 Download PDF
2018. SANGIL, C., G.M. MARTINS, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, F. ALVES, A.I. NETO, C. RIBEIRO, K. LEÓN-CISNEROS, J. CANNING-CLODE, E. ROSAS-ALQUICIRA, J.C. MENDOZA, I. TITLEY, F. WALLENSTEIN, R.P. COUTO & M. KAUFMANN. Shallow subtidal macroalgae in the North-eastern Atlantic archipelagos (Macaronesian region): a spatial approach to community structure. European Journal of Phycology, 53(1): 83-98. doi: 10.1080/09670262.2017.1385098 Download PDF
2018. HERNÁNDEZ, C.A., C. SANGIL, A. FANAI & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Macroalgal response to a warmer ocean with higher CO2 concentration, Marine Environmental Research, 136: 99-105. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.01.010. Download PDF
2018. RODRÍGUEZ, A. S. CLEMENTE, A. BRITO & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Effects of ocean acidification on algae growth and feeding rates of juvenile sea urchins. Marine Environmental Research, in press. Download PDF
2018. GARCÍA, E., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Robustness of larvae development of intertidal sea urchin species to simulated ocean warming and acidification. Marine Environmental Research, 4507. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.04.011 Download PDF
2018. ALFONSO, B., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & M. SANSÓN. Tetraspore germination of two vulnerable marine algae, Gelidium canariense and G. arbusculum (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales). Botanica Marina, 61(2): 111-114. doi:10.1515/bot-2017-0126 Download PDF
2018. EBERT, T.A., L.M. BARR, J.L. BODKIN, D. BURCHAM, D. BUREAU, H.S.L. CARSON, N. CARUSO, J.E. CASELLE, J.T. CLAISSE, S. CLEMENTE, K. DAVIS, P.M. DETWILER, J.D. DIXON, D.O. DUGGINS, J.M. ENGLE, J.A. ESTES, S.D. GROTH, B.M. GRUPE, P. HALMAY, K.P. HEBERT, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, L.J. JURGENS, P.E. KALVASS, M.C. KENNER, B. KONAR, D.J. KUSHNER, L.C. LEE, , D.L. LEIGHTON, G. MONTAÑO‐MOCTEZUMA, J. ERIC MUNK, I. OLGUIN, J.S. PALLEIRO, D.O. PARKER, J.S. PEARSE, D.J. PONDELLA, L. ROGERS‐BENNETT, S.C. SCHROETER, A.O. SHELTON, J. SONNENHOLZNER, I.K. TANIGUCHI, G.R. VANBLARICOM, J.C. WATSON, B.P. WEITZMAN, J.P. WILLIAMS, J. YAKIMISHYN, & Z. ZHANG. Size, growth, and density data for shallow‐water sea urchins from Mexico to the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1956–2016. Ecology, 99: 761-761. doi:10.1002/ecy.2123 Download PDF
2017. HERNÁNDEZ, J.C. Influencia humana en las fluctuaciones poblacionales de erizos de mar. Revista de Biología Tropical, 65 (1,1), 23-34. doi: 10.15517/rbt.v65i1 - 1.31663. Download PDF
2017. RODRÍGUEZ, A., S. CLEMENTE, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, A. BRITO, I. GARCÍA & M. A. BECERRO. Nutritional, structural and chemical defenses of common algae species against juvenile sea urchins. Marine Biology, 164: 127. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3156-3 Download PDF
2016. HAAG, N., M. P. RUSSELL & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Effects of spine damage and microhabitat on resource allocation of the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson 1857), Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 482: 106-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.05.005. Download PDF
2016. RODRÍGUEZ, A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Efficiency of calcein tagging on juveniles of the sea urchins Diadema africanum and Paracentrotus lividus. Marine Ecology, 37: 463-469. doi:10.1111/maec.12287 Download PDF
2016. BALSALOBRE M., WANGENSTEEN O.S., PALACÍN C., CLEMENTE S., HERNÁNDEZ J.C. 2016. Efficiency of artificial collectors for quantitative assessment of sea urchin settlement rates. Scientia Marina, 80(2): 207-216. doi: 10.3989/scimar.04252.13A Download PDF
2016. SANGIL, C, S. CLEMENTE, A. BRITO, A. RODRÍGUEZ, M. BALSALOBRE, J.C. MENDOZA, D. MARTÍNEZ & J. C. HERNÁNDEZ (2016) Seaweed community response to a massive CO2 input. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 178: 48-57. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2016.05.025. Download PDF
2016. HERNÁNDEZ, C.A., C. SANGIL & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. A new CO2 vent for the study of ocean acidification in the Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 109(1): 419-426. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.040. Download PDF
2015 GARCÍA, E., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, S. CLEMENTE, M. COHEN-RENGIFO, C.A. HERNÁNDEZ & S. DUPONT. Robustness of Paracentrotus lividus larval and post-larval development to pH levels projected for the turn of the century. Marine Biology. Download PDF
2015 GARCÍA, E., S. CLEMENTE & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Ocean warming ameliorates the negative effects of ocean acidification on Paracentrotus lividus larval development and settlement. Marine Environmental Research. 110: 61-68. Download PDF
2015 GARCÍA, E., S. CLEMENTE, C. LÓPEZ, J.S. MCALISTER & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Ocean warming mitigates the effects of limited food availability on Paracentrotus lividus larval development. Marine Biology. 162:1463-1472. Download PDF
2015. LÓPEZ, C., S. CLEMENTE, C. ALMEIDA, A. BRITO, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & M. HERNÁNDEZ. A genetic approach to the origin of Millepora sp. in the eastern Atlantic. Coral Reefs, 34: 631. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1260-8 Download PDF
2015 LING, S.D., R.E. SCHEIBLING, A. RASSWEILLER, C.R. JOHNSON, N. SHEARS, S.D. CONNELL, A.K. SALOMON, K.M. NORDERHAUG, A. PÉREZ-MATUS, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, S. CLEMENTE, L.K. BLAMEY, B. HEREU, E. BALLESTEROS, E. SALA, J. GARRABOU, E. CEBRIAN, M. ZABALA, D. FUJITA & L.E. JOHNSON. Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing. Philosophical Transactions B. 370 – 20130269. Download PDF
2015 LÓPEZ, C., S. CLEMENTE, C. ALMEIDA, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, A. BRITO & M. HERNÁNDEZ. A genetic approach to the origin of Millepora sp. in the eastern Atlantic. Coral Reef. DOI 10.1007/s00338-015-1260-8. Download PDF
2015. HERNÁNDEZ, C.A., S. CLEMENTE, C. SANGIL, & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. High-resolution ocean pH dynamics in four subtropical Atlantic benthic habitats, Biogeosciences Discuss., 12: 19481-19498. doi: 10.5194/bgd-12-19481-2015. Download PDF
2014 SANGIL, C., M. SANSÓN, T. DÍAZ-VILLA, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, S. CLEMENTE & J. AFONSO-CARRILLO. Spatial variability, structure and composition of crustose algal communities in Diadema africanum barrens. Helgoland Marine Research. 68:451- 464. Download PDF
2014 CLEMENTE, S., J. LORENZO-MORALES, J. C. MENDOZA, C. LÓPEZ, C. SANGIL, F. ALVES, M. KAUFMANN & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Sea urchin Diadema africanum mass mortality in the subtropical Eastern Atlantic: role of waterborne bacteria in a warming ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 506: 1-14. Download PDF
2014 SANGIL, C., M. SANSÓN, S.CLEMENTE, J. AFONSO-CARRILLO & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Contrasting the species abundance, species density and diversity of seaweed assemblages in alternative states: Urchin density as a driver of biotic homogenization. Journal of Sea Research. 85: 92-103. Download PDF
2014 EBERT, T.A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Annual reversible plasticity of feeding structures: cyclical changes of jaw allometry in a sea urchin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 281: 20132284. Download PDF
2013 EBERT, T.A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, S. CLEMENTE, M.P. RUSELL, L. BASCH, R. BOOLOOTIAN, P. DETWILER, M. KENNER, D. LEIGHTON, A. LAWRENCE, J.M. LAWRENCE, J. PALLEIRO & J. PEARSE. North American Pacific coast sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, and Lytechinus pictus: baseline dissection data over space and time from the 1950s–2009 and from Mexico to Canada. Ecology. 94: 2019. Download PDF
2013 COHEN-RENGIFO, M., E. GARCÍA, C.A. HERNÁNDEZ, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Global warming and ocean acidification affect fertilization and early development of the sea urchin Parancentrotus lividus. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 54: 667-675. Download PDF
2013 HAAG, N., M. RUSSELL, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & N. DOLLAHON. Assessing fluorochrome-staining efficacy in the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller, 1776) Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 54: 625-631. Download PDF
2013 SANGIL C., L. MARTÍN GARCÍA, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ; L. CONCEPCIÓN, R. FERNÁNDEZ & S. CLEMENTE. Impacts of fishing and environmental factors driving changes on littoral fish assemblages in a subtropical oceanic island. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 128: 22-32. Download PDF
2013 RODRÍGUEZ, A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, S. CLEMENTE & S. COPPARD. Morphological description of the new species of Diadematid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Eastern Atlantic Islands. Zootaxa. 1:144-170. Download PDF
2012 EBERT, T.A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & M.P. RUSSELL. Ocean conditions and bottom-up modifications of gonad development in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus over space and time. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 467: 147-166. Download PDF
2012 GIRAR, D., S. CLEMENTE, A. BRITO & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. A mass mortality of subtropical intertidal populations of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: analysis of potential links with environmental conditions. Marine Ecology. 33: 377-385. Download PDF
2012 LÓPEZ, C., A. POLADURA, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, L. MARTÍN, L. CONCEPCIÓN, C. SANGIL & S. CLEMENTE. Contrasting effects of protection from harvesting in populations of two limpet species in a recently established Marine Protected Area. Scientia Marina. 76: 799-807. Download PDF
2012 SANGIL, C., S. CLEMENTE & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. No take areas an effective tool to revert urchin barrens on subtropical rocky reefs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 112: 207-215. Download PDF
2012 CLEMENTE, S., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, G. MONTAÑO-MOCTEZUMA & M. P. RUSSELL. Predators of juvenile sea urchins and the effect of habitat refuges. Marine Biology.160: 579-590. Download PDF
2011 CLEMENTE, S., A. RODRÍGUEZ, A. BRITO, A. RAMOS, O. MOTERROSO & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. On the ocurrence of the hydrocoral Millepora (Hydrozoa: Milleporidae) in the subtropical Eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): is the colonization related with climatic events? Coral Reefs. 30: 237-240. Download PDF
2011 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., S. CLEMENTE & A. BRITO. Effects of seasonality on the reproductive cycle of Diadema aff. antillarum in two contrasting habitats: implications for the establishment of a sea urchin fishery. Marine Biology. 158: 2603-2615. Download PDF
2011 EBERT, T.A., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & M. RUSSELL. Problems of the gonad index and what can be done: analysis of the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Marine Biology. 158: 47-58. Download PDF
2011 CLEMENTE, S., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & A. BRITO. Context–dependent effects of marine protected areas on predatory interactions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 437:119-133. Download PDF
2010 CLEMENTE, S., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, A. RODRÍGUEZ & A. BRITO. Identifiying keystone predators and their importance of preserving functional diversity in sublittoral rocky-bottom áreas. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 413: 55-67. Download PDF
2010 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., S. CLEMENTE, D. GIRARD, A. PÉREZ-RUZAFA & A. BRITO. Effect of temperature on settlement and postsettlement survival in a barren-forming sea urchin. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 413: 69-80. Download PDF
2010 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C. & M.P. RUSSELL. Substratum cavities affect growth-plasticity, allometry, movement, and feeding rates in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213: 520-525. Download PDF
2009 CLEMENTE, S. J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & A. BRITO. Evidence of the top-down role of predators in structuring sublittoral rocky-reef communities in a marine protected area and nearby areas of the Canary Islands. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 66: 64-71. Download PDF
2008 CLEMENTE, S. & J.C. HERNÁNDEZ. Influence of wave exposure and habitat complexity in determining spatial variation of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum populations and macroalgal cover (Canary Islands-Eastern Atlantic Ocean). International Journal of Tropical Biology. 56: 229-254. Download PDF
2008 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., S. CLEMENTE, C. SANGIL & A.BRITO. The key role of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum throughout the Canary Islands (eastern Atlantic Ocean) in controlling macroalgae assemblages: a spatio-temporal approach. Marine Environmental Research. 66: 259-270. Download PDF
2008 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., S. CLEMENTE, C.SANGIL & A.BRITO. Actual status of the sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum populations and macroalgal cover in the Marine protected Areas comparing to a Highly Fished Area (Canary Islands - Eastern Atlantic Ocean). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwaters ecosystems. 18: 1091-1108. Download PDF
2007 CLEMENTE, S., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ, K.TOLEDO & A.BRITO. Predation upon Diadema aff. antillarum in barren grounds in the Canary Islands. Scientia Marina. 71: 745-754. Download PDF
2007 CLEMENTE, S., J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & A. BRITO. An external tagging technique for the long-spined sea urchin Diadema aff. antillarum. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 87: 777-779. Download PDF
2006 TUYA F, J.C. HERNÁNDEZ & S.CLEMENTE. Is there a connection between the habitat and the spatial distribution of Holothurians in shallow rocky reefs? Hydrobiologia. 571: 191-199. Download PDF
2006 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., A. BRITO, N. GARCÍA, Mª C. GIL-RODRIGUEZ, G. HERRERA, A. CRUZ-REYES & J.M. FALCÓN. Spatial and seasonal variation of the gonad index of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the Canary Islands. Scientia Marina. 70: 689-698. Download PDF
2006 HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., A. BRITO, E. CUBERO, N. GARCÍA, D. GIRARD, G. GONZÁLEZ-LORENZO & J.M. FALCÓN. Temporal patterns of larval settlement of Diadema antillarum in Canary Islands using an experimental larval collector. Bulletin of Marine Science. 78: 271-279. Download PDF