People Detail

Positions: Professor at University of Minho, Portugal (since October 2014). FCT Investigator at CIIMAR, Portugal (September 2013 to September 2014). Professor at University of Minho, Portugal (September 2009 to August 2013). Education: November 2008 - August 2009 – Postdoctoral Fellow, CIIMAR (Portugal) and University of Cambridge (UK). 2008 – PhD, University of Porto (Portugal). 2004 – MSc, University of Porto (Portugal). 2000 – BSc, University of Algarve (Portugal).

Ecology and Conservation. Invasive species. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem engineering. Extreme climatic events. Impacts of human activities in aquatic ecosystems.

2019-2021 - «Project CP01-MARG-QUERCUS/2018» - 750.000 € (POSEUR & ICNF) (Member).
2018-2021 - «Lifeline: Modelling temporal changes in aquatic biodiversity, and understanding consequences for ecosystem functioning and services» - 230000€ (FCT) (Member).
2018-2020 - «Reviving Douro basin» - 1.843.616 € (MAVA) (Member).

2016-2019 - «FRESCHO: Multiple implications of invasive species on freshwater mussel coextinction processes» - 199 256 € (FCT) (Co-PI).
2016-2019 - «NextSea – Next generation monitoring of coastal systems in a scenario of global change» - 1 000 000 € (Norte 2020) (Member).
2017-2018 - «Integrative conservation strategies for the critically endangered freshwater mussels in Tunisia before their dramatic extinction» - 12 500 $ (Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund) (Member).
2016 - «Breeding the most endangered bivalve on Earth: Margaritifera marocana» - 25 000 $ (SOS – Save Our Species Rapid Action Grant) (Member).
2016 - «Biodiversity and conservation of critically endangered freshwater mussels in Morocco: ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information» - 12 500 $ (Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund) (Member).
2015-2016 - «Towards a conservation strategy for Malaysia’s freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Unionida): protecting a crucial guild within strained ecosystems» - 15 000 $ (Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund) (Member)
2012-2015 - « ECO-IAS: Ecosystem-level impacts of an invasive alien species» - 185 692 € (FCT) (PI).
2012-2015 - «FreshBioFun: Biodiversity and the functioning of detritus food-webs in freshwaters» - 160 000€ (FCT) (Co-PI).
2012-2015 - «CONBI: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information» - 150 000€ (FCT) (Co-PI).
2013-2014 - «PAELORIS – Characterization and protection of native bivalve species in the Barrinha de Mira, Mira, Vela and Braças coastal lagoons» - 15 000 € (Conservation Fund by Oceanário de Lisboa and National Geographic Channel) (Member).
2011 - 2014 - «Benthic Estuarine Barcode (BEstBarcode): Development and application of massively paralelized sequencing for monitoring of estuarine macrobenthic communities» - 171 462 € (FCT) (Co-PI).
2011 - 2014 - «BIOCHANGED - Impact of biodiversity evenness changes in the ecosystem functioning of estuaries» - 114 385 € (FCT) (Co-PI).
2011 - 2014 - «3M_RECITAL - Minho, Mondego and Mira estuaries observatory: Long term variation of ecological status as a response to natural and human induced changes. Implications for management and restoration » - 139 932 € (FCT) (Member).
2011 - 2013 - «Cascading effects of an invasive seaweed on estuarine food webs of the southeastern US» - 12 500 € (FLAD) (PI).
2010 - 2012 - «NISTRACKS – Processes influencing the invasive behaviour of the non indigenous species Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in estuaries – identification of genetic and environmental key factors» - 198 767 € (FCT) (Member).
2008 - 2011 – «RAMOCS -Implementation of risk assessment methodologies for oil and chemical spills in the European main environment» - 57 987 € (FCT) (Member).
2009 - 2010 - «Natura Miño-Minho – Valorización de los recursos naturales de la cuenca hidrográfica del Miño-Minho» - 1 729 692 € (PRODEP) (Member).
2009 - 2010 - «Corbicula fluminea as ecosystem engineer: functional importance» - 1500 € (The Malocological Society of London) (PI).
2003 - 2006 - «RISKA - Ecological and cost-effective tools for the risk assessment of estuarine waters» - 100 000 € (FCT) (Member).

Students’ supervision:
On-going
2017 - 2021 - Paulo Castro (PhD student, University of Minho, Portugal).
2017 - 2021 - Francisco Carvalho (PhD student, University of Minho, Portugal) (co-supervisor).
2017 - 2020 - Keiko Nakamura (PhD student, University of Valencia, Spain) (co-supervisor).
2016 - 2020 - Vanessa Modesto (PhD student, University of Minho, Portugal).
2018 – 2019 - Joana Nogueira (MSc student, University of Minho, Portugal).
2018 – 2019 - João Freitas (MSc student, University of Minho, Portugal) (co-supervisor).
Completed
Post-doctoral
2019 - Sofia Duarte (Post-doctoral student, University of Minho, Portugal) (co-supervisor).
2018 - Martina Ilarri (Post-doctoral student, University of Porto, Portugal).
2016 - Martina Ilarri (Post-doctoral fellowship, University of Porto, Portugal).
PhD
2017 - Adriana Novais (PhD in Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2012 - Martina Ilarri (PhD in Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal).
MSc
2018 - André Ferreira (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2018 - Ana Rita Dias (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2018 - Alexandra Meira (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2017 - André Santos (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2017 - Pedro Silva (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2017 - Rosana Monteiro (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2016 - Luís Amorim (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2016 - Maria Luís Miranda (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2015 - Paulo Castro (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2015 - Vera Dantas (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2014 - Hugo Ribeiro (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2014 - Rana Barbosa (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal) (co-supervisor).
2014 - Hugo Rupf (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal) (co-supervisor).
2013 - Francisco Carvalho (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2013 - Ângela Amorim (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2013 - Adriana Novais (MSc in Ecology, University of Minho, Portugal).
2013 - Ricardo Azevedo (MSc in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution, University of Porto, Portugal) (co-supervisor).

106. Hassan B., Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Sousa R., Varandas S., Rassam H. & Ghamizi M. (accepted) - Fish hosts of the freshwater mussel Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936 (Mollusca: Unionidae). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

105. McDowell W. & Sousa R. (accepted) - Mass mortality events of invasive freshwater bivalves: Our current understanding and future directions for research. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

104. Nakamura K., Elbaile E., Salinas C., Mesquita-Joanes F., Sousa R., Guerrero J., Ruiz-Zarzuela I. & Blas I. (accepted) - Captive breeding of Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) and its conservation importance. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

103. Sousa R., Teixeira A., Hassan B., Varandas S., Ghamizi M. & Lopes-Lima M. (in press) - Refuge in the sāqya: Irrigation canals as habitat for one of the world's 100 most threatened species. Biological Conservation.

102. Froufe E., Bolotov I., Aldridge D.C., Bogan A., Gan H.M., Kovitvadhi U., Kovitvadhi S., Riccardi N., Secci-Petretto G., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Zanatta D., Zieritz A, Fonseca M. & Lopes-Lima M. (in press) - Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution. Heredity.

101. Sousa R., Nogueira J.G, Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S. & Teixeira A. (2019) - Water mill canals as habitat for Margaritifera margaritifera: Stable refuge or an ecological trap? Ecological Indicators 106, 105469.

100. Gomes-dos-Santos A., Froufe E., Gonçalves D.V., Sousa R., Prié V., Ghamizi M., Benaissa H., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Lopes-Lima M. (2019) - Freshwater conservation assessments in (semi-)arid regions: testing river intermittence and buffer strategies using freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) in Morocco. Biological Conservation 236, 420-434.

99. Ilarri M., Souza A.T., Amorim L. & Sousa R. (2019) - Decay and persistence of empty bivalve shells in temperate riverine systems. Science of the Total Environment 683, 185-192.

98. Modesto V., Castro P., Lopes-Lima M., Antunes C., Ilarri M. & Sousa R. (2019) - Potential impacts of the invasive species Corbicula fluminea on the survival of glochidia. Science of the Total Environment 673, 157-164.

97. Dias E., Miranda M-L, Sousa R. & Antunes C. (2019) - Riparian vegetation subsidize sea lamprey ammocoetes in a nursery area. Aquatic Sciences 81, 44.

96. Gomes-dos-Santos A., Froufe E., Amaro R., Paz O., Breton S., Guerra D., Aldridge D., Bolotov I., Vikhrev I., Han Ming G., Gonçalves D., Bogan A., Sousa R., Stewart D., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Zanatta D. & Lopes-Lima M. (2019) - The male and female complete mitochondrial genome of the threatened freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4, 1417-1420.

95. Sousa R., Nogueira J.G., Ferreira A., Carvalho F., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S. & Teixeira A. (2019) - A tale of shells and claws: the signal crayfish as a threat to the pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Europe. Science of the Total Environment 665, 329 - 337.

94. Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Akiyama B.Y., Aksenova O., Araujo R., Barnhart C., Bespalaya Y., Bogan A., Bolotov I.N., Budha P.B., Clavijo C., Clearwater S. J., Darrigran G., Do V.T., Douda K., Froufe E., Graf D., Gumpinger C., Humphrey C.L., Johnson N.A., Klishko O., Klunzinger M.W., Kovitvadhi S., Kovitvadhi U., Lajtner J., Lennart H., Lopes-Lima M., Moorkens E.A., Nagayama S., Nagel K-O, Nakano M., Negishi J., Ondina P., Oulasvirta P., Pfeiffer P., Prié V., Riccardi N., Rudzīte M., Seddon M., Sheldon F., Sousa R., Strayer D.L., Takeuchi M., Taskinen J., Teixeira A., Tiemann J., Urbańska M., Varandas S., Vinarski M., Wicklow B.J., Zając T. & Vaughn C.C. (2019) - Research priorities for freshwater mussel conservation assessment. Biological Conservation 231, 77 - 87. (2 citations)

93. Anastácio P.M., Ribeiro F., Capinha C., Banha F., Gama M., Filipe A.F., Rebelo R. & Sousa R. (2019) - Non-native freshwater fauna in Portugal: a review. Science of the Total Environment 650, 1923 - 1934. (3 citations)

92. Meira A., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S., Teixeira A., Arenas F. & Sousa R. (2019) - Invasive crayfishes as a threat to freshwater bivalves: interspecific differences and conservation implications. Science of the Total Environment 649, 938 - 948. (1 citations)

91. Sousa R., Ferreira A., Carvalho F., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S. & Teixeira A. (2018) - Die-offs of the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera during an extreme drought. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28, 1244-1248. (4 citations)

90. Carvalho F., Pascoal C., Cássio F. & Sousa R. (2018) - Effects of intrapopulation phenotypic traits of invasive crayfish on leaf litter processing. Hydrobiologia 819, 67-75.

89. Lopes-Lima M., Bolotov I., Do V.T., Aldridge D., Fonseca M., Gan H.M, Gofarov M.Y, Kondakov A., Prié V., Sousa R., Varandas S., Vikhrev I., Teixeira A., Wu R.W., Wu X., Zieritz A., Froufe E. & Bogan A.E. (2018) - Expansion and systematics redefinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margaritiferidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127, 98-118. (2 citations)

88. Gallardo B., Bogan A.E., Harun S., Jainih L., Lopes-Lima M., Pizarro M., Rahim K.A., Sousa R., Virdis S.G.P. & Zieritz A. (2018) - Current and future effects of global change on a hotspot’s freshwater diversity. Science of the Total Environment 635, 750-760. (8 citations)

87. Ilarri M., Amorim L., Souza A.T. & Sousa R. (2018) - Physical legacy of freshwater bivalves: effects of habitat complexity on the taxonomical and functional diversity of invertebrates. Science of the Total Environment 634, 1398-1405. (2 citations)

86. Modesto V., Ilarri M., Souza A.T., Lopes-Lima M., Douda K., Clavero M. & Sousa R. (2018) - Fish and mussels: Importance of fish for freshwater mussel conservation. Fish and Fisheries 19, 244-259. (14 citations)

85. Castro P.S., Ilarri M., Modesto V., Antunes C. & Sousa R. (2018) - Palatability of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) in an invaded system. Hydrobiologia 810, 97-108. (2 citations)

84. Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Sousa R. & Pardo I. (2018) - Negative effects of Corbicula fluminea over native freshwater mussels. Hydrobiologia 810, 85-95. (13 citations)

83. Zieritz A., Bogan A.E., Froufe E., Klishko O., Kondo T., Kovitvadhi U., Kovitvadhi S., Lee J.H., Lopes-Lima M., Pfeiffer J.M., Sousa R., Do V.T., Vikhrev I. & Zanatta D.T. (2018) - Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia. Hydrobiologia 810, 29-44. (36 citations)

82. Lopes-Lima M., Burlakova L.E., Karatayev A.Y, Mehler K., Seddon M. & Sousa R. (2018) - Conservation of freshwater bivalves at the global scale: diversity, threats and research needs. Hydrobiologia 810, 1-14. (20 citations)

81. Sousa R., Teixeira A., Santos A., Benaissa H., Varandas S., Ghamizi M., Prié V., Froufe E. & Lopes-Lima M. (2018) - Oued Bouhlou: A new hope for the Moroccan pearl mussel. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28, 247-251. (3 citations)

80. Zieritz A., Bogan A.E., Rahim K.A., Sousa R., Jainih L., Harun S., Razak N.F.A., Gallardo B., McGowan S., Hassan R. & Lopes-Lima M. (2018) - Changes and drivers of freshwater mussel diversity and distribution in northern Borneo. Biological Conservation 219, 126-137. 11 citations)

79. Donrovich S.W., Douda K., Plechingerová V., Rylková K., Horký P., Slavík O., Liu H.-Z., Reichard M., Lopes-Lima M. & Sousa R. (2017) - Invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana threatens native mussel reproduction by inducing cross-resistance of host fish. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27, 1325-1333. (12 citations)

78. Froufe E., Lopes-Lima M., Riccardi N., Zaccara S., Vanetti I., Lajtner J., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Prié V., Zieritz A, Sousa R. & Bogan A.E. (2017) - Lifting the curtain on the freshwater mussel diversity from the Italian Peninsula and Croatian Adriatic coast. Biodiversity and Conservation 26, 3255–3274. (6 citations)

77. Novais A., Batista D., Cássio F., Pascoal C. & Sousa R. (2017) - Effects of invasive clam (Corbicula fluminea) die-offs on the structure and functioning of freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 62, 1908-1916. (2 citations)

76. Novais A., Pascoal C. & Sousa R. (2017) - Effects of invasive aquatic carrion on soil chemistry and terrestrial microbial communities. Biological Invasions 19, 2491-2502. (2 citations)

75. Veselý L., Hrbek V., Kozák P., Buřič M., Sousa R. & Kouba A. (2017) - Salinity tolerance of marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f. virginalis. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 418, 21. (5 citations)

74. Lopes-Lima M., Fonseca M., Aldridge D.C., Bogan A.E., Gan H.M., Ghamizi M., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Zanatta D., Zieritz A. & Froufe E. (2017) - The first Margaritiferidae male (M-type) mitogenome: Gene order as a potential character for determining higher-order phylogeny within Unionida, Bivalvia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 83, 249-252. (7 citations)

73. Lobo J., Ferreira M.S., Antunes I.C., Teixeira M.A.L., Borges L.M.S., Sousa R., Gomes P.A., Costa M.H., Cunha M.R. & Costa F.O. (2017) - Contrasting morphological and DNA barcode suggested species boundaries among shallow-water amphipod fauna from the southern European Atlantic coast. Genome 60, 147-157. (7 citations)

72. Lopes-Lima M.*, Sousa R.*, Geist J.*, Aldridge D.C., Araujo R., Bergengren J., Bespalaya Y., Bódis E., Burlakova L., Van Damme D., Douda K., Froufe E., Georgiev D., Gumpinger C., Karatayev A., Kebapci U., Killeen I., Lajtner J., Larsen B., Lauceri R., Legakis A., Lois S., Lundberg S., Moorkens E., Motte G., Nagel K.-O., Ondina P., Outeiro A., Paunovic M., Prié V., von Proschwitz T., Riccardi N., Rudzīte M., Rudzītis M., Scheder C., Seddon M., Şereflişan H., Simic V., Sokolova S., Stoeckl K., Taskinen J., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Trichkova T., Varandas S., Vicentini H., Zajac K., Zajac T. & Zogaris S. (2017) - Conservation status of freshwater mussels in Europe: state of the art and future challenges. Biological Reviews 92, 572-607 (*equal contribution as first authors). (141 citations)

71. Maceda-Veiga A., Baselga A., Sousa R., Vilà M., Doadrio I. & Sostoa A. (2017) - Fine-scale determinants of conservation value of river reaches in a hotspot of native and non-native species diversity. Science of the Total Environment 574, 455-466. (11 citations)

70. Lopes-Lima M., Froufe E., Do V.T., Ghamizi M., Mock K., Kebapci U., Klishko O., Kovitvadhi S., Kovitvadhi T., Paulo O.S., Pfeiffer J.M. III, Raley M., Riccardi N., Sereflisan H., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Wu X., Zanatta D., Zieritz A. & Bogan A. (2017) - Phylogeny of most species rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106, 174-191. (53 citations)

69. Zieritz A., Lopes-Lima M., Bogan A., Sousa R., Walton S., Rahim K.A.A., Wilson J.-J., Ng P.-Y., Froufe E. & McGowan S. (2016) - Factors driving changes in freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionida) diversity and distribution in Peninsular Malaysia. Science of the Total Environment 571, 1069-1078. (27 citations)

68. Froufe E., Gonçalves D.V., Teixeira A., Sousa R., Varandas S., Ghamizi M., Zieritz A. & Lopes-Lima M. (2016) - Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16, 597-611. (28 citations)

67. Froufe E., Ming H., Carneiro J., Varandas S., Teixeira A., Zieritz A., Sousa R. & Lopes-Lima M. (2016) - The male and female complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the endangered freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27, 3571-3572. (13 citations)

66. Novais A., Souza A., Ilarri M., Pascoal C. & Sousa R. (2016) - Effects of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) on an estuarine microbial community. Science of the Total Environment 566-567, 1168-1175. (11 citations)

65. Gomes C., Sousa R., Mendes T., Borges R., Vilares P., Vasconcelos V., Guilhermino L. & Antunes A. (2016) - Low genetic diversity and high invasion success of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidae) in Porugal. PLoS ONE 11, e0158108. (12 citations)

64. Froufe E., Prié V., Faria J., Ghamizi M., Gonçalves D., Gürlek M.E., Karaouzas I., Kebapçi Ü., Şereflişan H., Sobral C., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Zogaris S. & Lopes-Lima M. (2016) - Phylogeny, phylogeography, and evolution in the Mediterranean region: News from a freshwater mussel (Potomida, Unionida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100, 322-332. (14 citations)

63. Bódis E., Tóth B. & Sousa R. (2016) - Freshwater mollusc assemblages and habitat associations in the Danube River drainage, Hungary. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26, 319-332. (13 citations)

62. Lopes-Lima M., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Riccardi N., Aldridge D.C. & Froufe E. (2016) - Newly developed microsatellite markers for the pan-European duck mussel, Anodonta anatina: revisiting the main mitochondrial lineages. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26, 307-318. (11 citations)

61. Pilotto F., Sousa R. & Aldridge D.C. (2016) - Is the body condition of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) enhanced through attachment to native freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae)? Science of the Total Environment 553, 243-249. (7 citations)

60. Sousa R., Varandas S., Teixeira A., Ghamizi M., Froufe E. & Lopes-Lima M. (2016) - Pearl mussels (Margaritifera marocana) in Morocco: Conservation status of the rarest bivalve in African fresh waters. Science of the Total Environment 547, 405-412. (15 citations)

59. Lobo J., Teixeira M.A.L., Borges L.M.S., Ferreira M.S.G., Hollatz C., Gomes P.A., Sousa R., Ravara A., Costa M.H. & Costa F. O. (2016) - Starting a DNA barcode reference library for shallow water polychaetes from the southern European Atlantic coast. Molecular Ecology Resources 16, 298-313. (29 citations)

58. Lopes-Lima M., Hinzmann M., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Machado J., Sousa R. & Froufe E. (2016) - The strange case of tetragenous Anodonta anatina. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 325, 52-56. (1 citations)

57. Novais A., Dias E. & Sousa R. (2016) - Inter- and intraspecific variation of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes ratios in freshwater bivalves. Hydrobiologia 765, 149-158. (13 citations)

56. Carvalho F., Pascoal C., Cássio F. & Sousa R. (2016) - Direct and indirect effects of an invasive omnivore crayfish on leaf litter decomposition. Science of the Total Environment 541, 714-720. (9 citations)

55. Protasov A., Sylaieva A., Morozovska I, Lopes-Lima M. & Sousa R. (2015) - A massive freshwater mussel bed (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in a small river in Ukraine. Folia Malacologica 23, 273-277. (1 citations)

54. Novais A., Souza A., Ilarri M., Pascoal C. & Sousa R. (2015) - From water to land: how an invasive clam may function as a resource pulse to terrestrial invertebrates. Science of the Total Environment 538, 664-671. (11 citations)

53. Froufe E., Varandas S., Teixeira A, Sousa R., Filipová L., Petrusek A., Edsman L. & Lopes-Lima M. (2015) - First results on the genetic diversity of the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Europe using novel microsatellite loci. Journal of Applied Genetics 56, 375-380. (7 citations)

52. Karaouzas I., Zogaris S., Lopes-Lima M., Froufe E., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Sousa R. (2015) - First record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Greece suggests distinct European invasion events. Limnology 16, 171-177. (8 citations)

51. Crespo D., Dolbeth M., Leston S., Sousa R. & Pardal M.A. (2015) - Distribution of Corbicula fluminea in the invaded range: a geographic approach with notes on species traits variability. Biological Invasions 17, 2087-2101. (37 citations)

50. Ilarri M.I., Souza A.T., Modesto V., Guilhermino L. & Sousa R. (2015) - Differences in the macrozoobenthic fauna colonising empty bivalve shells before and after invasion by Corbicula fluminea. Marine & Freshwater Research 66, 549-558. (8 citations).

49. Novais A., Souza A., Ilarri M., Pascoal C. & Sousa R. (2015) - Facilitation in the low intertidal: effects of an invasive species on the structure of an estuarine macrozoobenthic assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 522, 157-167. (10 citations)

48. Santos R.M.B., Sanches Fernandes L.F., Varandas S.G.P., Pereira M. G., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Cortes R.M.V. & Pacheco F.A.L. (2015) - Impacts of climate change and land-use scenarios on Margaritifera margaritifera, an environmental indicator and endangered species. Science of the Total Environment 511, 477-488. (60 citations)

47. Ilarri M.I., Souza A.T. & Sousa R. (2015) - Contrasting decay rates of freshwater bivalves’ shells: aquatic versus terrestrial habitats. Limnologica 51, 8-14. (9 citations)

46. Sousa R., Amorim A., Froufe E., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Lopes-Lima M. (2015) - Conservation status of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera in Portugal. Limnologica 50, 4-10. (18 citations)

45. Bódis E., Tóth B., Borza P., Ács É., Szekeres J. & Sousa R. (2014) - Empty native and invasive bivalve shells as benthic habitat modifiers in a large river. Limnologica 49, 1-9. (21 citations)

44. Froufe E., Sobral C., Teixeira A., Sousa R., Varandas S., Aldridge D. & Lopes-Lima M. (2014) - Genetic diversity of the pan-European freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina (Bivalvia: Unionoida) based on CO1: new phylogenetic insights and implications for conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24, 561-574. (28 citations)

43. Reis P., Guilhermino L., Antunes C. & Sousa R. (2014) - Assessment of ecological quality of Minho estuary (Northwest Iberian Peninsula) based on metal concentrations in sediments and in Corbicula fluminea. Limnetica 33, 161-174. (11 citations)

42. Mota M., Sousa R., Bio A., Araújo M.J., Braga C. & Antunes C. (2014) - Seasonal changes in fish assemblages in the River Minho tidal freshwater wetlands, NW of the Iberian Peninsula. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 50, 185-198. (10 citations)

41. Bódis E., Tóth B. & Sousa R. (2014) - Impact of Dreissena fouling on the physiological condition of native and invasive bivalves: interspecific and temporal variations. Biological Invasions 16, 1373-1386. (21 citations)

40. Bódis E., Tóth B. & Sousa R. (2014) - Massive mortality of invasive bivalves as a potential resource subsidy for the adjacent terrestrial food web. Hydrobiologia 735, 253-262. (36 citations)

39. Sousa R., Novais A., Costa R. & Strayer D.L. (2014) - Invasive bivalves in fresh waters: impacts from individuals to ecosystems and possible control strategies. Hydrobiologia 735, 233-251. (132 citations)

38. Lopes-Lima M., Teixeira A., Froufe E., Lopes A., Varandas S. & Sousa R. (2014) - Biology and conservation of freshwater bivalves: past, present and future perspectives. Hydrobiologia 735, 1-13. (84 citations)

37. Ilarri M.I., Souza A.T., Antunes C., Guilhermino L. & Sousa R. (2014) - Influence of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) on estuarine epibenthic assemblages. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 143, 12-19. (31 citations)

36. Mota M., Sousa R., Araújo J., Braga C. & Antunes C. (2014) - Ecology and conservation of freshwater fish: time to act for a more effective management. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 23, 111-113. (10 citations)

35. Morais P., Rufino M., Reis J., Dias E. & Sousa R. (2014) - Assessing the morphological variability of Unio delphinus Spengler, 1783 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) using geometric morphometry. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80, 17-23. (22 citations)

34. Gutiérrez J.L., Jones C.G. & Sousa R. (2014) - Toward an integrated ecosystem perspective of invasive species impacts. Acta Oecologica 54, 131-138. (28 citations)

33. Sousa R., Amorim A., Sobral C., Froufe E., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Lopes-Lima M. (2013) - Ecological status of a Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) population at the southern edge of its distribution (River Paiva, Portugal). Environmental Management 52, 1230-1238. (13 citations)

32. Modesto V., Franco J.N., Sousa R., Patrício J., Marques J.C. & Neto J.M. (2013) - Spatial and temporal dynamics of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in relation to environmental variables in the Mondego Estuary (Portugal). Journal of Molluscan Studies 79, 302-309. (8 citations)

31. Sousa R., Freitas F., Nogueira A.J.A., Mota M. & Antunes C. (2013) - Invasive dynamics of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) at the international section of the River Minho (NW of the Iberian Peninsula). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23, 656-666. (24 citations)

30. Froufe E., Sobral C., Teixeira A., Lopes A., Sousa R., Varandas S. & Lopes-Lima M. (2013) - Development and multiplexing of microsatellite loci for the near threatened freshwater mussel Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) using 454 sequencing. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23, 619-623. (13 citations)

29. Hinzmann M., Lopes-Lima M., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Sousa R., Lopes A., Froufe E. & Machado J. (2013) - Reproductive cycle and strategy of Anodonta anatina (L., 1758): Notes on hermaphroditism. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 319A, 378-390. (22 citations)

28. Douda K., Lopes-Lima M., Hinzmann M., Machado J., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Sousa R. (2013) - Biotic homogenization as a threat to native affiliate species: fish introductions dilute freshwater mussels’s resources. Diversity and Distributions 19, 933-942. (36 citations)

27. Varandas S., Lopes-Lima M., Teixeira A., Hinzmann M., Reis J., Cortes R., Machado J. & Sousa R. (2013) - Ecology of Southern European pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): First record of two new populations on the rivers Terva and Beça (Portugal). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23, 374-389. (31 citations)

26. Simberloff D., Martin J.-L., Genovesi P., Maris V., Wardle D., Aronson J., Courchamp F., Galil B., Garcia-Berthou E., Pascal M., Pyšek P., Sousa R., Tabacchi E. & Vilà M. (2013) - Impacts of biological invasions: what’s what and the way forward. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28, 58-66. (1354 citations)

25. Sousa R., Araújo M.J. & Antunes C. (2012) - Habitat modifications by sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) during the spawning season: effects on sediments. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 28, 766-771. (16 citations)

24. Ilarri M., Freitas F., Costa-Dias S., Antunes C., Guilhermino L. & Sousa R. (2012) - Associated macrozoobenthos with the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea. Journal of Sea Research 72, 113-120. (39 citations)

23. Dolbeth M., Cusson M., Sousa R. & Pardal M.A. (2012) - Secondary production as a tool for better understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69, 1230 - 1253. (72 citations)

22. Sousa R., Varandas S., Cortes R., Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Machado J. & Guilhermino L. (2012) - Massive die-offs of freshwater bivalves as resource pulses. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 48, 105 - 112. (57 citations)

21. Sousa R., Morais P., Dias E. & Antunes C. (2011) - Biological invasions and ecosystem functioning: time to merge. Biological Invasions 13, 1055 - 1058. (53 citations)

20. Sousa R., Pilotto F. & Aldridge D.C. (2011) - Fouling of European freshwater bivalves (Unionidae) by the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Freshwater Biology 56, 867 - 876. (49 citations)

19. Bódis E., Nosek J., Oertel N., Tóth B., Hornung E. & Sousa R. (2011) - Spatial distribution of bivalves in relation to environmental conditions (middle Danube catchment, Hungary). Community Ecology 12, 210 - 219. (20 citations)

18. Sousa R., Ilarri M., Souza A.T., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2011) - Rapid decline of the greater European peaclam at the periphery of its distribution. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 47, 211 - 219. (21 citations)

17. Ilarri M., Antunes C., Guilhermino L. & Sousa R. (2011) - Massive mortality of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in a highly invaded area. Biological Invasions 13, 277 - 280. (49 citations)

16. Costa-Dias S., Freitas V., Sousa R. & Antunes C. (2010) - Factors influencing epibenthic assemblages in the Minho estuary (NW Iberian Peninsula). Marine Pollution Bulletin 61, 240 - 246. (30 citations)

15. Costa-Dias S., Sousa R. & Antunes C. (2010) - Ecological quality assessment of the lower Lima estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin 61, 234 - 239. (27 citations)

14. Sousa R., Gutiérrez J.L. & Aldridge D.C. (2009) - Non-indigenous invasive bivalves as ecosystem engineers. Biological Invasions 11, 2367 - 2385. (258 citations)

13. Sousa R., Morais P., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2008) - Factors affecting Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774; Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) distribution in the River Minho estuary: consequences for its conservation. Estuaries and Coasts 31, 1198 - 1207. (14 citations)

12. Sousa R., Dias S., Freitas V. & Antunes C. (2008) - Subtidal macrozoobenthic assemblages along the River Minho estuarine gradient (north-west Iberian Peninsula). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18, 1063 - 1077. (80 citations)

11. Sousa R., Nogueira A.J.A., Gaspar M., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2008) - Growth and extremely high production of the non-indigenous invasive species Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): possible implications for ecosystem functioning. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80, 289 - 295. (Study distinguished by the European Commission) (112 citations)

10. Sousa R., Dias S., Guilhermino L. & Antunes C. (2008) - Minho River tidal freshwater wetlands: threats to faunal biodiversity. Aquatic Biology 3, 237 - 250. (69 citations)

9. Sousa R., Nogueira A.J.A., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2008) - Growth and production of Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774) in the freshwater tidal area of the River Minho estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79, 467 - 474. (20 citations)

8. Sousa R., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2008) - Ecology of the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in aquatic ecosystems: an overview. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 44, 85 - 94. (220 citations)

7. Sousa R., Rufino M., Gaspar M., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2008) - Abiotic impacts on spatial and temporal distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the River Minho estuary, Portugal. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18, 98 - 110. (91 citations)

6. Sousa R., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2007) - Species composition and monthly variation of the Molluscan fauna in the freshwater subtidal area of the River Minho estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 75, 90 - 100. (75 citations)

5. Sousa R., Dias S. & Antunes C. (2007) - Subtidal macrobenthic structure in the lower Lima estuary, NW of Iberian Peninsula. Annales Zoologici Fennici 44, 303 - 313. (28 citations)

4. Sousa R., Freire R., Rufino M., Méndez J., Gaspar M., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2007) - Genetic and shell morphological variability of the invasive bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in two Portuguese estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74, 166 - 174. (66 citations)

3. Sousa R., Antunes C. & Guilhermino L. (2006) - Factors influencing the occurrence and distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) in the River Lima estuary. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 42, 165 - 171. (45 citations)

2. Sousa R., Dias S. & Antunes C. (2006) - Spatial subtidal macrobenthic distribution in relation to abiotic conditions in the Lima estuary, NW of Portugal. Hydrobiologia 559, 135 - 148. (73 citations)

1. Sousa R., Guilhermino L. & Antunes C. (2005) - Molluscan fauna in the freshwater tidal area of the River Minho estuary, NW of Iberian Peninsula. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology 41, 141 - 147. (104 citations)