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Pons-Bordas C., Hazenberg A., Hernandez-Gonzalez A., Pool R.V., Covelo P., Sanchez-Hermosin P., Lopez A., Saavedra C., Fraija-Fernandez N., Fernandez M., Aznar F.J. (2020) Recent increase of ulcerative lesions caused by Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the north-east Atlantic. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, 94 . See more

Gauffier P., Borrell A., Silva M.A., Vikingsson G.A., Lopez A., Gimenez J., Colaco A., Halldorsson S.D., Vighi M., Prieto R., de Stephanis R., Aguilar A. (2020) Wait your turn, North Atlantic fin whales share a common feeding ground sequentially. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 155 . See more

Soares-Castro P., Araujo-Rodrigues H., Godoy-Vitorino F., Ferreira M., Covelo P., Lopez A., Vingada J., Eira C., Santos P.M. (2019) Microbiota fingerprints within the oral cavity of cetaceans as indicators for population biomonitoring. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9 . See more

Loshuertos A.G.D.Y., Espinosa A.A., Laguia M.S., Cano F.G., Gomariz F.M., Fernandez A.L., Zarzosa G.R. (2019) A Study of the Head during Prenatal and Perinatal Development of Two Fetuses and One Newborn Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba, Meyen 1833) Using Dissections, Sectional Anatomy, CT, and MRI: Anatomical and Functional Implications in Cetaceans and Terrestrial Mammals. ANIMALS, 9 , (12), . See more

Rey-Iglesia A., Martinez-Cedeira J., Lopez A., Fernandez R., Campos P.F. (2018) The genetic history of whaling in the Cantabrian Sea during the 13th-18th centuries: Were North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) the main target species?. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 18 393-398. See more

Lopez B.D., Lopez A., Methion S., Covelo P. (2018) Infanticide attacks and associated epimeletic behaviour in free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 98 , (5), 1159-1167. See more

Monteiro S.S., Caurant F., Lopez A., Cedeira J., Ferreira M., Vingada J.V., Eira C., Mendez-Fernandez P. (2017) Sympatric Globicephala species: feeding ecology and contamination status based on stable isotopes and trace elements. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 563 233-247. See more

Saavedra C., Pierce G.J., Gago J., Jusufovski D., Cabrero A., Cervino S., Lopez A., Martinez-Cedeira J.A., Santos M.B. (2017) Factors driving patterns and trends in strandings of small cetaceans. MARINE BIOLOGY, 164 , (8), . See more

Mendez-Fernandez P., Simon-Bouhet B., Bustamante P., Chouvelon T., Ferreira M., Lopez A., Moffat C.F., Pierce G.J., Russell M., Santos M.B., Spitz J., Vingada J.V., Webster L., Read F.L., Gonzalez A.F., Caurant F. (2017) Inter-species differences in polychlorinated biphenyls patterns from five sympatric species of odontocetes: Can PCBs be used as tracers of feeding ecology?. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 74 98-108. See more

Ferreira M., Monteiro S.S., Torres J., Oliveira I., Sequeira M., Lopez A., Vigada J., Eira C. (2016) Biological variables and health status affecting inorganic element concentrations in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Portugal (western Iberian Peninsula). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 210 293-302. See more

Monteiro S.S., Vingada J.V., Lopez A., Pierce G.J., Ferreira M., Brownlow A., Mikkelsen B., Niemeyer M., Deaville R.J., Eira C., Piertney S. (2016) Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II sequence polymorphism in long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) from the North Atlantic. MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH, 12 , (6), 595-607. See more

Covelo P., Martinez-Cedeira J.A., Llavona A., Diaz J.I., Lopez A. (2016) Strandings of Beaked Whales (Ziphiidae) in Galicia (NW Spain) between 1990 and 2013. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 96 , (4), 925-931. See more

Bento M.C., Eira C., Vingada J.V., Marcalo A.L., Ferreira M., Fernandez A.L., Tavares L.M., Duarte A.I. (2016) New insight into dolphin morbillivirus phylogeny and epidemiology in the northeast Atlantic: opportunistic study in cetaceans stranded along the Portuguese and Galician coasts. BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH, 12 . See more

Monteiro S., Ferreira M., Vingada J.V., Lopez A., Brownlow A., Mendez-Fernandez P. (2015) Application of stable isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 465 56-63. See more

Monteiro S.S., Mendez-Fernandez P., Piertney S., Moffat C.F., Ferreira M., Vingada J.V., Lopez A., Brownlow A., Jepson P., Mikkelsen B., Niemeyer M., Carvalho J.C., Pierce G.J. (2015) Long-finned pilot whale population diversity and structure in Atlantic waters assessed through biogeochemical and genetic markers. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 536 243-257. See more

Santos M.B., Monteiro S.S., Vingada J.V., Ferreira M., López A., Martínez-Cedeira J.A., Reid R.J., Brownlow A., Pierce G.J. (2014) Patterns and trends in the diet of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the northeast Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science , 30 , (1), 1-19. See more

Mendez-Fernandez P., Webster L., Chouvelon T., Bustamante P., Ferreira M., Gonzalez A.F., Lopez A., Moffat C.F., Pierce G.J., Read F.L., Russell M., Santos M.B., Spitz J., Vingada J.V., Caurant F. (2014) An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula: Part I. Persistent organic pollutants. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 484 196-205. See more

Mendez-Fernandez P., Webster L., Chouvelon T., Bustamante P., Ferreira M., Gonzalez A.F., Lopez A., Moffat C.F., Pierce G.J., Read F.L., Russell M., Santos M.B., Spitz J., Vingada J.V., Caurant F. (2014) An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula: Part II. Trace element concentrations. Science Of The Total Environment, 484 206-217. See more

Méndez-Fernandez P., Pierce G.J., Bustamante P., Chouvelon T., Ferreira M., González A., López A., Read F.L., Santos M.B., Spitz J., Vingada J., Caurant C. (2013) Ecological niche segregation among ﬁve toothed whale species off the NW Iberian Peninsula using ecological tracers as multi-approach. Marine Biology, , (160), 2825–2840. See more

Fernández R., MacLeod C.D., Pierce G.J., Covelo P., López A., Torres-Palenzuela J., Valavanis V., Santos M.B. (2013) Inter-specific and seasonal comparison of the niches occupied by small cetaceans off north-west Iberia. Continental Shelf Research, 64 88-98. See more

Luque P.L., Pierce G.J., Learmonth J.A., Ieno E., Santos B., Lopez A., Reid R.J., Rogan E., Boon J., Lockyer C.H. (2013) Are mineralization anomalies in common dolphin teeth associated with life-history events and/or the exposure to anthropogenic pollutants?. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 291 , (3), 194-204. See more

Mèndez-Fernandez P., Bustamante P., Bode A., Chouvelon T., Ferreira M., López A., Pierce G.J., Santos M.B., Spitz J., Vingada J., Caurant F. (2012) Foraging ecology of five toothed whale species in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula, inferred using carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios. Journal Of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology, 413 150-158. See more

Fernandez R., Santos M.B., Pierce G.J., Llavona A., Lopez A., Silva M.A., Ferreira M., Carrillo M., Cermeno P., Lens S., Piertney S.B. (2011) Fine-scale genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Atlantic coastal waters of the Iberian Peninsula. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 670 , (1), 111-125. See more

Fernandez R., Garcia-Tiscar S., Santos M.B., Lopez A., Martinez-Cedeira J.A., Newton J., Pierce G.J. (2011) Stable isotope analysis in two sympatric populations of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus: evidence of resource partitioning?. MARINE BIOLOGY, 158 , (5), 1043-1055. See more

Pierce, G.J., Caldas, M., Cedeira, J.A.M., Santos, M.B., Covelo, P., Martinez, G., Torres, J., Sacau, M., López, A. (2010) Trends in cetacean sightings along the Galician coast, NW Spain, 2003-2007, and inferences about cetacean habitat preferences. Ournal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom, 90 , (8), 1547–1560. See more

Murphy, S. , Pierce G.J., Law R.J., Bersuder P., Jepson P.D., Learmonth J.A., Addink M., Dabin W., Santos M.B., Deaville R., Zegers B.N., Mets A., Rogan E., Ridoux V., Reid R.J., Smeenk C., Jauniaux T., López A., Alonso Farré J.M., González A.F., Guerra A. (2010) Assessing the effect of persistent organic pollutants on reproductive activity in small cetaceans in the eastern North Atlantic. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., 42 153–173. See more

Pierce G.J., Caldas M., Cedeira J., Santos M.B., Llavona A., Covelo P., Martinez G., Torres J., Sacau M., Lopez A. (2010) Trends in cetacean sightings along the Galician coast, north-west Spain, 2003-2007, and inferences about cetacean habitat preferences. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 90 , (8), 1547-1560. See more

Hernandez-Milian G., Goetz S., Varela-Dopico C., Rodriguez-Gutierrez J., Romon-Olea J., Fuertes-Gamundi J.R., Ulloa-Alonso E., Tregenza N.J.C., Smerdon A., Otero M.G., Tato V., Wang J.J., Santos M.B., Lopez A., Lago R., Portela J.M., Pierce G.J. (2008) Results of a short study of interactions of cetaceans and longline fisheries in Atlantic waters: environmental correlates of catches and depredation events. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 612 251-268. See more

Pierce G.J., Santos M.B., Murphy S., Learmonth J.A., Zuur A.F., Rogan E., Bustamante P., Caurant F., Lahaye V., Ridoux V., Zegers B.N., Mets A., Addink M., Smeenk C., Jauniaux T., Law R.J., Dabin W., Lopez A., Farre J.M.A., Gonzalez A.F., Guerra A., Garcia-Hartmann M., Reid R.J., Moffat C.F., Lockyer C., Boon J.P. (2008) Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in female common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from western European seas: Geographical trends, causal factors and effects on reproduction and mortality. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 153 , (2), 401-415. See more

MacLeod C.D., Santos M.B., Lopez A., Pierce G.J. (2006) Relative prey size consumption in toothed whales: implications for prey selection and level of specialisation. Marine Ecology Progress Series , , (326), 295–307. See more

Lopez A., Pierce G.J., Valeiras X., Santos M.B., Guerra A. (2004) Distribution patterns of small cetaceans in Galician waters. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 84 , (1), 283-294. See more

Lopez A., Pierce G.J., Santos M.B., Gracia J., Guerra A. (2003) Fishery by-catches of marine mammals in Galician waters: results from on-board observations and an interview survey of fishermen. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 111 , (1), 25-40. See more

Lopez A., Santos M.B., Pierce G.J., Gonzalez A.F., Valeiras X., Guerra A. (2002) Trends in strandings and by-catch of marine mammals in north-west Spain during the 1990s. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 82 , (3), 513-521. See more

García de Los Ríos Y Loshuertos, Arencibia Espinosa, Soler Laguía, Gil Cano, Martínez Gomariz, López Fernández, Ramírez Zarzosa. (2019) A Study of the Head during Prenatal and Perinatal Development of Two Fetuses and One Newborn Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba, Meyen 1833) Using Dissections, Sectional Anatomy, CT, and MRI: Anatomical and Functional Implications in Cetaceans and Terrestrial Mammals. Animals (Basel). 2019 Dec 13;9(12), . See more

WOJTEK BACHARA LUIS LARIA AND ALFREDO LOPEZ (2016) First stranding record of a Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) in Asturias, Spain. Cetal Fauna. Report WB2016/2. 3pp., . See more

Lahaye, V., Bustamante, P., Law , R.J., Learmonth, J.A., Santos, M.B, Boon, J.P., Rogan E., Dabin W., Addink, M.J., López, A., Zuur, A.F., Pierce, G.J., Caurant, F. (2007) Biological and ecological factors related to trace element levels in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from European waters. Marine Environmental Research , , (64), 247–266. See more

Paula Méndez-Fernandez, LyndaWebster, Tiphaine Chouvelon, Paco Bustamante, Marisa Ferreira, Angel F. González, Alfredo López, Colin F. Moffat, Graham J. Pierce, Fiona L. Read, Marie Russell, Maria B. Santos, Jérôme Spitz, José V. Vingada, Florence Caurant An assessment of contaminant concentrations in toothed whale species of the NW Iberian Peninsula: Part II. Trace element concentrations. Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jun 15;484:206-17., . See more

Dacosta M., López A. (2018) As palabras do mar. Léxico mariño. CEMMA. (EDS.), . See more

Daciosta M., López A. . (2017) As palabras do mar: léxico mariño. CEMMA. (EDS.), Gondomar. . See more

Gómez Guinovart, Xavier, Xosé María Gómez Clemente, Verónica Taboada Lorenzo, Andrea González Pereira e Alfredo López Fernández (2015) Vocabulaire panlatin du développement durable / Vocabulario panlatino de desenvolvemento sustentable. . 978-2-550-72192-5. See more

López, A. en Bañón, R. (Ed.) (2017) Mammalia. Inventario de la biodiversidad marina de Galicia: Proyecto LEMGAL. . Santiago. Consellería Do Mar, Xunta De Galicia, Santiago De Compostela, . 13-978-84-453-5293-9. See more

Pons-Bordas C., López A., Fraija-Fernandez N. Prevalence of ulcers provoked by Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the Northwest Atlantic: a signal of a long-term increase in anisakis populations?. World Marine Mammal Conference, 9-12 December 2019 , Barcelona. See more

Inês Carvalho ., Francisco Martinho ., Mónica A. Silva ., Luis Freitas ., Marina Sequeira ., Marisa Ferreira ., Ana Marçalo ., Alfredo Lopez ., Renaud de Stephanis ., Joan Giménez ., Pauline Gauffier ., Graham J. Pierce ., Lounès Chikhi. . Survival or extinction of a resident population? The bottlenose dolphins from Sado estuary (Portugal). . World Marine Mammal Conference, 9-12 December 2019 , Barcelona. See more

Pauline Gauffier, Asunción Borrell, Monica Silva, Gisli Víkingsson, Alfredo López Fernández, Joan Giménez, Ana Colaço, Sverrir Daníel Halldórsson, Morgana Vighi, Renaud de Stephanis, Alex Aguilar. Further insight into fin whale subpopulation structure in the eastern North Atlantic. World Marine Mammal Conference, 9-12 December 2019 , Barcelona. See more

Violi B., De Jong M., Frantzis A.;., Ody D., Tardy C., de Stephanis R., Giménez J., Bittau L., Leone M., Camedda A., de Lucia G., Lucifora G., Lopez A., Covelo. P. ., Ales F., Dinis A., Tejedor M.L.;.F.e.r.n.�.�.n.d.e.z., Arregui M., Arbelo M., Silva M., Oliveira C., Würtz M., Mandich A., Hoelzel A.R. . Population dynamics and structure of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Mediterranean Sea. World Marine Mammal Conference, 9-12 December 2019 , Barcelona. See more

Díaz-Caneiro C., Covelo P. ., López A., López C., Díaz P., Díez-Baños P.:. .M.o.r.r.o.n.d.o., Panadero R. Parasites of marine mammals stranded on the Galician coast (North-western Spain). . The 8th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (SBSP) and the Annual Meeting of the European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC). , October 10-11, 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark. See more

Valeiras, J , P. Covelo, M. Ferreira, L. Ruiz, P. Cermeño, L. Laria, C. Eira and A. López. Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus, (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), from northern and western Iberian Peninsula waters (NE Atlantic). . XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), 9th to 12th September 2019, Braga. See more

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