161
12. López-Legentil S*, Turon X (2011) Pump water or produce larvae? Oscula occulusion during
the reproductive period of the sponge Svenzea zeai. Zoological Studies 50(3): 395
11. Martínez-García M*, Koblížek M, López-Legentil S, Antón J (2011) Epibiosis of oxygenic
phototrophs containing chlorophylls a, b, c, and d on the colonial ascidian Cystodytes
dellechiajei. Microbial Ecology 61(1): 13-19
10. Erwin PM*, López-Legentil S, Schuhmann PW (2010) The pharmaceutical value of the sea for
anti-cancer drug discovery. Ecological Economics 70: 445-451
9. López-Legentil S*, Erwin PM, Pawlik JR, Song B (2010) Effects of sponge bleaching on
ammonia oxidizing Archaea: Distribution and relative expression of ammonia monooxygenase
genes associated with the barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Microbial Ecology 60(3): 561-571
8. Bontemps N*, Bry D, López-Legentil S, Simon-Levert A, Long C, Banaigs B (2010)
Structures and antimicrobial activities of pyridoacridine alkaloids isolated from different
chromotypes of the ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Journal of Natural Products 73(6): 1044-
1048
7. López-Legentil S*, Erwin PM, Henkel TP, Loh T-L, Pawlik JR (2010) Phenotypic plasticity in
the sponge Callyspongia vaginalis: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 74(3): 445-
453
6. López-Legentil S*, Song B, DeTure M, Baden DG (2010) Characterization and localization of a
hybrid non ribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase gene from the toxic dinoflagellate
Karenia brevis. Marine Biotechnology 12: 32- 41
5. López-Legentil S*, Pawlik JR (2009) Genetic structure of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge
Xestospongia muta using the I3-M11 partition of COI. Coral Reefs 28:157-165
4. Pawlik JR*, Henkel TP, McMurray SE, López-Legentil S, Loh T-L, Rohde S (2008) Patterns of
sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 368: 137- 143
3. López-Legentil S*, Song B, McMurray SE, Pawlik JR (2008) Bleaching and stress in coral reef
ecosystems: Hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Molecular
Ecology 17(7): 1840-1850
2. López-Legentil S*, Turon X (2007) Lack of genetic variation in mtDNA over the amphiatlantic
distribution range of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
45(1): 405-408
1. López-Legentil S*, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2007) Secondary metabolite and
inorganic contents in Cystodytes sp. (Ascidiacea): Temporal patterns and association with
reproduction and growth. Marine Biology 151: 293- 299
Presentations since 2007 (*Presenting author; undergraduate & graduate students in bold)
57. López-Legentil S, Legentil ML, Erwin PM, Turon X* (2014) Harbor networks as introduction
patchworks: Contrasting distribution patterns of native and introduced ascidians. V International
Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, Woods Hole MA (USA)
56. Turon X*, Cañete JI, Sellanes J, López-Legentil S, Rocha RM (2014) Distribution patterns of
native and exotic ascidians in two areas of Chile with contrasting oceanographic features and
human activity record. V International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, Woods Hole MA (USA)
55. Steindler L*, Burgsdorf I, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Cerrano C, Haber M (2014)
Biogeography rather than association with cyanobacteria structures symbiotic microbial
communities in the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis. 2nd International Symposium on Sponge
Microbiology, Baltimore MD (USA)
54. Pita L*, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Riesgo A (2014) Microbial activity insights derived from
metatranscriptomics. 2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology, Baltimore MD
(USA)
