Publications

268 scientific papers and book contributions. Some selected recent publications are:

Aznar, F.J.; Perdiguero, D.; Perez Del Olmo, A.; Repulles, A.; Agusti­, C.; Raga, J.A. (2005). Changes in epizoite infections during cetacean die-offs: the mass mortality of Mediterranean striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, revisited. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms,67: 239-247.

Aznar, F.J.; Fognani, P.; Balbuena, J.A.; Pietrobelli, M.; Raga, J.A. (2006). Distribution patterns of Pholeter gastrophilus (Digenea) in the stomach of four odontocete species: the role of the host digestive physiology. Parasitology, 133: 369-380.

Gomez de Segura, A.; Hammond, P.S.; Canadas, A.; Raga, J.A. (2007). Comparing cetacean abundance estimates derived from spatial models and design-based line transect methods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 329: 289-299.

Raga, J.A.; Banyard, A.; Domingo, M.; Van Bressem, M.F.; Fernandez, M.; Aznar, F.J.; Barrett, T. (2008). Epizootic of Dolphin Morbillivirus resurges in the Mediterranean. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14: 471-473.

Montero, F.E.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J.A. (2009). Development and habitat selection of a new sanguinicolid parasite of cultured greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, in the Mediterranean. Aquaculture, 288 (1-2): 132-139.

Van Bressem, M-F., Raga, J.A., Di Guardo, G., Jepson, P.D., Duignan, P., Siebert, U., Barrett, T., Santos Mco, Moreno, I.B., Siciliano, S., Aguilar, A. , Van Waerebeek, K. (2009). Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors. Diseases of Aquatic Organismsn, 86: 143-157.

Raga, J.A.; Fernandez, M.; Balbuena, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2009). Parasites. In: W.F. Perrin, H.G.M. Thewissen & B. Wursing (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 821-830.

Balbuena, J.A.; Raga, J.A. (2010). Parasites. In: L. Nollet & F. Toldra (Eds.). Handbook of Seafood and Seafood Products Analysis, Chapter 31CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, 579-602.

Tomas J.; Godley B.J.; Castroviejo J.; Raga J.A (2010). Bioko: Critically  important nesting habitat for sea turtles of West Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19: 2699-2714.

Sanchez-Garci­a, N., Padros, F., Raga, J.A., Montero, F.E. (2011).
Comparative study of the three attachment mechanisms of diplectanid monogeneans. Aquaculture, 318 (3-4): 290-299.

Alama-Bermejo, G.; Bron, J.E.; Raga J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2012). 3D morphology, ultrastructure and development of Ceratomyxa puntazzi stages: first insights into the mechanisms of motility and budding in the Myxozoa. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032679.

Carreras C, Godley BJ, León YM, Hawkes LA, Revuelta O, Raga JA, Tomás J. (2013) Contextualising the Last Survivors: Population Structure of Marine Turtles in the Dominican Republic. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066037.

Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Aznar, F.J.; Blasco-Costa, I.; Garcia, N.A..; Víllora- Montero, M.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2013). Description, microhabitat selection and infection patterns of sealworm larvae (Pseudoterranova decipiens species complex, Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) in fishes from Patagonia, Argentina. Parasites & Vectors, 6: 1-15 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-252.

Revuelta O, León YM, Aznar FJ, Raga JA, Tomás J. (2013) Running against time: conservation of the remaining hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting population in the Dominican Republic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93(4): 1133-1140.

Clusa M., Carreras C., Pascual M., Gaughran S.J., Piovano S., Giacoma C., Fernández G., Levy Y., Tomás J., Raga J.A., Maffucci F., Hochscheid S., Aguilar A., Cardona L. (2013). Fine-scale distribution of juvenile Atlantic and Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-013-2353-y

Leonardi, M.S.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2013). Lousy mums: patterns of vertical transmission of an amphibious louse. Parasitology Research, 112: 3315-3323. doi:1007/s00436-013-3511-3.

Repullés-Albelda, A.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2013) Seasonal population dynamics of Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) parasitizing Seriola dumerili (Carangidae) in the Western Mediterranean. Veterinary Parasitology, 193(1-3): 163-171.

Quiñones, R.; Giovannini, A.; Raga, J.A.; Fernández, M. (2013). Intestinal helminth fauna of bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, and common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, from the western Mediterranean. Journal of Parasitology, 99: 576–579.

Sánchez-García, N.; Raga, J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2014) Risk assessment for parasites in cultures of Diplodus puntazzo (Sparidae) in the Western Mediterranean: Prospects of cross infection with Sparus aurata. Veterinary Parasitology, 204 (3-4): 120-133.

Revuelta, O. León, Y.M.; Broderick, A.C.; Godley, B.J.; Feliz, P.; Balbuena, J.A.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2014) The value of endangered species in protected areas at risk: the case of the leatherback turtle in the Dominican Republic. Biodiversity and Conservation 06/2014; 23(6).

Born-Torrijos, A.; Holzer, A.; Raga, J.A.; Kostadinova, A. (2014) Same host, same lagoon, different transmission pathways: effects of exogenous factors on larval emergence in two marine digenean parasites. Parasitological Research, 113: 545-554.

Mateu, P., Raga, J.A., Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J. (2014). Intestinal helminth fauna of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the western Mediterranean: effects of host body length, age and sex. Marine Mammal Science, 30: 961-977.

Born-Torrijos, A.; Poulin, R.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A. (2014) Estimating trematode prevalence in snail hosts using a single-step duplex PCR: how badly does cercarial shedding underestimate infection rate? Parasites & Vectors, 7: 243. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-243.

Carrillo, J.M.; Overstreet, R.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2015). Living on the edge: Settlement patterns by the symbiotic barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on small cetaceans. PLoS ONE, 10 (6): e0127367. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127367

Fraija-Fernández, N.; Olson, P.D.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.; Fernandez, M. (2015). Independent host capture of Cetaceans by Digenean parasites inferred from ribosomal DNA.  International Journal for Parasitology, 45: 167–173.

Born-Torrijos, A.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A. (2015). Trematode maturation patterns in a migratory snail host: What happens during upshore residency in a Mediterranean lagoon? Parasitology Research, 115: 575-585. doi:10.1007/s00436-015-4774-7.

Revuelta, O.; León, Y.M.; Broderick, A.C..; Feliz, P.; Godley, B.J.; Balbuena, J.A.; Mason, A.; Poulton, K.; Savoré, S.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2015). Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions: clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic. Oryx, 49 (4): 677–686. Doi: 10.1017/S0030605313001488

Domènech, F.; Badillo, F.J.; Tomás, J.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F. (2015). Epibiont communities of loggerhead marine turtles (Caretta caretta) in the western Mediterranean: influence of geographical and ecological factors. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 5(4): 851–861. doi: 10.1017/S0025315414001520.

Revuelta, O.; Hawkes, L.A.; León, Y.M.; Godley, B.J.; Raga, J.A.; Tomás, J. (2015). Evaluating the importance of Marine Protected Areas for the conservation of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting in the Dominican Republic. Endangered Species Research, 27: 169–180.

Ahuir-Baraja, A.E.; Padros, F.; Palacio-Abella, J.F.; Raga, J.A.; Montero, F.E. (2015). Accacoelium contortum (Trematoda: Accacoeliidae) a trematode living as a monogenean: morphological and pathological implications. Parasites & Vectors, 8: 540  doi:10.1186/s13071-015-1162-1

Mateu, P.;  Nardi, V.; Fraija-Fernández, N.; Mattiucci, S.; Gil De Sola, L.;  Raga, J.A., Fernández, M.; Aznar, F.J (2015). The role of lantern fish (Myctophidae) and cephalopods in the life-cycle of cetacean parasites from western Mediterranean waters. Deep Sea Research I, 95: 115–121.

Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2015). Life-history trade-offs in a generalist digenean from cetaceans: the role of host specificity and environmental factors.  Parasites & Vectors, 8(1): 659  doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1273-8

Born-Torrijos, A.; Poulin, R.; Pérez-Del-Olmo, A.; Culurgioni, J.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2016). An optimized multi-host trematode life cycle: fisheries discards enhance trophic parasite transmission to scavenging birds. International Journal for Parasitology, 46: 745–753

Clusa, M.; Carreras, C.; Pascual, M.; Gaughran, S.J.; Piovano, S.; Avolio, D.; Ollano, G.; Fernández, G.; Tomás, J.; Raga, J.A., Aguilar, A; Cardona, L. (2016).  Potential bycatch impact on distinct sea turtle populations is dependent on fishing ground rather than gear type in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 163:122  doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2875-1

Domènech, F.; Tomás, J.; Crespo-Picazo, J.L.; García-Parraga, D.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar F.J.  (2017). To swim or not to swim: potential transmission of Balaenophilus manatorum (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in marine turtles. PLoS ONE, 12(1): e0170789. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170789

Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Gozalbes, P.; Revuelta, O.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar F.J. (2017). Living on a harsh habitat: epidemiology of the whale louse, Syncyamus aequus (Cyamidae), in striped dolphins from the western Mediterranean. Journal of Zoology, 303: 199–206, doi: 10.1111/jzo.12482

Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, M.; Lehnert, K.; Raga, J.A.; Siebert, U.; Aznar F.J. (2017). Long-distance travellers: phylogeography of a generalist parasite, Pholeter gastrophilus, from Cetaceans. PLoS ONE, 12(1): e0170184. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170184 

Palacios-Abella, J.F., Rodríguez-Llanosa, J.; Villora-Montero, M.; Mele, S.; Raga, J.A., Montero, F.E. (2017) Diagnostic accuracy of the light microscope method to detect the eggs of Cardicola spp. in the gill filaments of the bluefin tuna. Veterinary Parasitology, 47: 26-32.

Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Brandão, M.; Georgieva, S.; Raga, J.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Luque, J.L.; Aznar, F.J. (2017). From mammals back to birds: host-switch of the acanthocephalan Corynosoma australe from pinnipeds to the Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus. PLoS ONE, 12(10): e0183809.

Gkafas, G.A.; Exadactylos, A; Rogan, E.; Raga, J.A.; Reid, R.; Hoelzel, A.R. (2017). Biogeography and temporal progression during the evolution of striped dolphin population structure in European waters. Journal of Biogeography, 1-11 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13079.

Aznar, F.J.; Míguez-Lozano, R.; Ruiz, B., Bosch De Castro, A.; Raga, J.A.; Blanco, C. (2017). Long-term changes (1990-2012) in the diet of striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba from the western Mediterranean: a role for overfishing? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 568: 231–247.

Cañadas, A.; Cotte, C.; Crosti, R.; Fortuna, C.; Gutierrez-Xarxa, R.; Bearzi, G.; Holcer, D.; Raga, J.A.; Rendell, L.; Aissi, M.; Arcangeli, A.; B-Nagy, A.; Campana, I.; Lewis, T.; Laran, S.; Aguilar De Soto, N.; Frantzis, A.; Moulins, A.; Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G.; Pastor, X.; Pulcini, M.; Tepsich, P.; Tomás, J.; Mussi, B.; Politi, E.; Tringali, M.; Azzolin, M.; Di Natale, A.; Rosso, M.; Garcia, P.; Gazo, M.; Lauriano, G.; Panigada, S. (2018). The challenge of habitat modelling for threatened low density species using heterogeneous data: the case of Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators, 85: 128–136.

Villar-Torres M, Montero, FE, Raga JA, Repullés-Albelda A (2018) Come rain or shine: environmental effects on the infective stages of Sparicotyle chrysophrii, a key pathogen in Mediterranean aquaculture. Parasites & Vectors, 11 (558): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3139-3

Palacios-Abella JF, Raga JA, Mele S, Montero FE (2018) Blood fluke diseases in Pagellus spp. (Sparidae): description of the pathology and erection of a new species in the blackspot seabream P. bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768). Aquaculture, 495: 472–483.

Fraija-Fernández N, Ramos-Esplà AA, Raduán MA, Blanco C, Raga JA, Aznar JF, (2018) Consumption of pelagic tunicates by calves of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19/2: 383-387.

Fraija-Fernández N, Hernández A, Ahuir-Baraja AE, Raga JA, Aznar JF, (2018) Taxonomic status and epidemiology of the mesoparasitic copepod Pennella balaenoptera in cetaceans from the western Mediterranean. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 128: 249–258.

Aznar FJ, Hernández-Orts JS, Vélez-Rubio G, Fernández M, Muriel NT, Raga JA, (2018) Reproductive inequalities in the acantocephalan Corynosoma cetaceum: looking beyond “crowding” effects. Parasites & Vectors, 11 (203): 1-9.

Raga JA, Fernández M, Balbuena JA, Aznar FJ, 2018 Parasites. In: Würsing B, Thewissen HGM, Kovacs KM (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition, Academic Press/ Elsevier Inc., San Diego, USA.

Hernández-Orts, J. S.; Montero, F.E.; García, N.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Raga, J.A.; García-Varela, M.; Aznar, F.J. (2019) Transmission of Corynosoma australe (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from cephalopods and fishes to South American sea lions Otaria flavescens from Patagonia, Argentina. Parasitology Research, 118(2): 433-440. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-6177-z

Hernández-Orts, J.S.; Alama-Bermejo, G.; García, N.A.; Crespo, E.A.; Montero, F.E.; Raga, J.A.; Aznar, F.J. (2019) Acanthocephalans from marine fishes from Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Parasitology, 105 (1): 162-169.

Villar-Torres, M.; Repullés-Albelda, A; Montero, F.E.; Raga, J.A.; Blasco Costa, I. (2019) Neither Diplectanum nor specific: A dramatic twist to the taxonomic framework of Diplectanum (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae). International Journal for Parasitology, 49: 365-374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.201811.003