Antonio J. García-Meseguer

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Researcher
Department of Ecology and Hidrology, University of Murcia (Spain)

  • M.Sc. in Protected Areas, Natural Resources and Biodiversity, 2017. University of Murcia (Spain)
  • B.Sc. in Biology, 2014. University of Murcia (Spain)
email: aj.garciameseguer@um.es
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Research lines:
  • Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography and evolution of macroinvertebrates
  • Conservation and climate change vulnerability of macroinvertebrates
  • Tolerance to multiple stressors in aquatic and subterranean macroinvertebrates
Current Projects:
  • Digit_Artro: Towards conservation of Iberian arthropods using digital tools
  • RockPools: Macroinvertebrate Metacommunity Dynamics In Supralittoral Rock Pools
  • Observatory of the Biodiversity of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in the Framework of Climate Change in the Sierra Espuña Regional Park and Regional Park of Calblanque, Monte de las Cenizas and Peña del Águila: Monitoring and Follow-up
Recent Projects:
  • Diagnosis, Monitoring and Follow-up of the Biodiversity of Aquatic Macro-invertebrates in the Framework of Climate Change in the Regional Park of Calblanque, Monte de las Cenizas and Peña del Águila
  • Diagnosis of the Biodiversity of Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates in the framework of Climate Change in Sierra Espuña Regional Park
Career history:
  • 2024-present: Researcher in Aquatic Ecology Research Group. Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia (Spain)
  • 2023 (3 months): Visiting PhD student in Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Munich (Germany).
  • 2019-2023: Predoctoral researcher (FPI-MCIU fellowship) in Aquatic Ecology Research Group. Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia (Spain)
  • 2019. Researcher in Aquatic Ecology Research Group. Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia (Spain)
  • 2017-2019: Researcher in Mediterranean Ecosystem Research Group. Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia (Spain)
  • 2014-2017: Research collaborator in Mediterranean Ecosystem Research Group. Department of Ecology and Hydrology, University of Murcia (Spain)
Master and degree thesis:
  • García-Meseguer AJ (2017). Catálogo de la malacofauna continental de la Región de Murcia: evaluación de su estado de conservación. Master's thesis. University of Murcia (Spain)
  • García-Meseguer AJ (2014). Diversidad malacológica en la Región de Murcia: Catálogo y evaluación preliminar de su estado de conservación. Degree's thesis. University of Murcia (Spain)
Publications:
  • Plaza-Buendía J, Mirón-Gatón JM, García-Meseguer AJ, Villastrigo A, Millán A & Velasco J (2024). Flight dispersal in supratidal rockpool beetles. Insects, 15(3): 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15030140 [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Abellán P, Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, Guareschi S, Millán A & Velasco J (2024). Fine-scale niche differences allow the co-existence of congeneric aquatic beetles in supratidal rockpools. Hydrobiologia, 851: 471–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05333-0 [PDF]
  • Millán A, García-Meseguer AJ, Picazo F, Abellán P & Sánchez-Fernández D (2024). Order Coleoptera. In: Maasri A & Thorp JH (eds.). Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin. pp. 397–435. Elsevier Science Publishing, USA (ISBN: 9780128218440) https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00015-6
  • Villastrigo A, Orenes-Salazar V, García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM, Mourre B, Millán A & Velasco J (2023). Oceanic currents maintain the genetic structure of non-marine coastal taxa in the western Mediterranean Sea. npj biodivers, 2, 25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00028-0 [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Villastrigo A, Mirón-Gatón JM, Millán A, Velasco J & Muñoz I (2023). Novel microsatellite loci, cross-species validation of multiplex assays, and by-catch mitochondrial genomes on Ochthebius beetles from supratidal rockpools. Insects, 14(11): 881. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14110881 [PDF]
  • Zamora-Marín JM, Ruiz-Navarro A, Oficialdegui FJ, Anastácio PM, Miranda R, García-Murillo P, Cobo F, Ribeiro F, Gallardo B, García-Berthou E, Boix D, Medina L, Morcillo F, Oscoz J, Guillén A, Herrero-Reyes AA, Aguiar FC, Almeida D, Arias A, ..., Oliva-Paterna FJ (2023). A multi-taxa assessment of aquatic non-indigenous species introduced into Iberian freshwater and transitional waters. Neobiota, 89: 17–44. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.89.105994 [PDF]
  • Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, García-Meseguer AJ, Millán A & Velasco J (2023). Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Ecological Entomology, 48(3): 284–294. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13220 [PDF]
  • Velasco J, Mirón-Gatón JM, García-Meseguer AJ & Botella-Cruz M (2022). Life cycle differences between two coexisting species of supratidal rockpools: Ochthebius quadricollis Mulsant, 1844 and Ochthebius lejolisii Mulsant & Rey, 1861 (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 4: 131-136. [PDF]
  • Millán A, García-Meseguer AJ, Yelo N, Velasco J & Sánchez-Fernández D (2022). Macroinvertebrados Acuáticos del Parque Regional de Sierra Espuña, Murcia (Sureste de España). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 70: 79–98. [PDF]
  • Murcia J, Tórtola A, Tórtola M, García-Meseguer AJ, Quiñonero-Salgado S & López-Soriano J (2022). Presencia de una población de Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (Bivalvia: Margaritidae) en el Mar Menor (Murcia, España). Spira, 8: 43-56. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7762732 [PDF]
  • Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, García-Meseguer AJ, Millán A, Velasco J (2022). Thermal tolerance differs between co-occurring congeneric beetle species in marine supratidal rockpools. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 681: 185-196. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13916
  • Millán A, Botella-Cruz M, García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM & Velasco J (2021). El hemíptero acuático invasor Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Fieber, 1851) (Hemiptera: Corixidae) llega a la costa de Murcia (España). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 69: 241–242. [PDF]
  • Colado R, García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, Pallarés S & Sánchez-Fernández D (2021). Thermal tolerance and vulnerability to climate change in subterranean species: a case study using an Iberian endemic pseudoscorpion. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15: 181–190. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12541 [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA & Robledano F (2019). Moluscos. In: Verdiell-Cubedo D, Parrondo-Celdrán P & Murcia-Requena J (eds.). Guía sobre las reservas naturales fluviales de la cuenca del río Segura. pp: 64-70. Asociación Columbares, Murcia [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA, Robledano F & Miñano J (2017). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Moluscos Continentales de la Región de Murcia. Oficina de Impulso Socioeconómico del Medio Ambiente. Consejería de Agua, Agricultura y Medio Ambiente. Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia. 338 pp. (ISBN 9788469782316) [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Robledano F & Esteve MA (2017). Diversidad malacológica en la Región de Murcia: Catálogo y evaluación preliminar de su estado de conservación. En: Ballesteros GA, Belmonte F, Sánchez JM & & Robledano F (eds.). Biodiversidad y procesos ecológicos en el sureste ibérico. pp 212-219. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia, Murcia (ISBN 9788461772353) https://doi.org/10.6018/editum.2561 [PDF]
  • Robledano F, Zapata VM, Martínez V, García-Meseguer AJ, García FA, Zamora A & Pérez MA (2016). Indicadores de biodiversidad en campos abandonados: flora y fauna. In: Romero-Díaz A (coord.). Abandono de cultivos en la Región de Murcia. Consecuencias Ecogeomorfológicas. pp. 111-137. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia, Murcia (ISBN 9788416551378) [PDF]
  • Quiñonero S, López A & García-Meseguer AJ (2010). Nuevas localidades de Helix lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) para la península Ibérica. Spira, 3 (3-4): 193-195. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8276436 [PDF]
  • García-Meseguer AJ (2003-2024). Malacología.ES - Todo sobre los moluscos en español. URL: http://www.malacologia.es
Technical Reports:
  • Oliva-Paterna FJ et al. (2021). List of Aquatic Alien Species of the Iberian Peninsula (2020). Updated list of the aquatic alien species introduced and established in Iberian inland waters. Technical Report prepared by LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 64 pp (ISBN 9788412350012) [PDF]
  • Oliva-Paterna FJ et al. (2021). List of Potential Aquatic Alien Species of the Iberian Peninsula (2020). Updated list of the potential aquatic alien species with high risk of invasion in Iberian inland waters. Technical Report prepared by LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 58 pp (ISBN 9788412350043) [PDF]
  • In Oliva-Paterna  FJ, Guillén A,  Torralva M (coord.) (2019). Especies  Exóticas  Invasoras  de  la  cuenca del río Segura. Listas prioritarias y manual para su gestión. Proyecto LIFE+ RIPISILVANATURA. Ed. Dirección General del Medio Natural, Murcia (ISBN 9788409140152) [PDF] Monographic file of:
        - Zamora-Marín JM, Zamora-López A, García-Meseguer AJ, Millán A, Oliva-Paterna FJ. Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774. pp: 25-28
        - García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA & Robledano-Aymerich F. Gyraulus chinensis (Dunker, 1848). pp: 29-31
        - García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA & Robledano-Aymerich F. Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805). pp: 32-34
        - García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA & Robledano-Aymerich F. Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843). pp: 35-37
        - García-Meseguer AJ, Millán-Sánchez A, Vidal-Gil JM & Barahona-Hernández J. Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771). pp: 195-197
        - García-Meseguer AJ, López-Soriano J, Quiñonero S, Esteve MA & Robledano F. Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774). pp: 198-199
        - García-Meseguer AJ, López-Soriano J, Quiñonero S, Esteve MA & Robledano F. Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879). pp: 200-201
        - García-Meseguer AJ, López-Soriano J, Quiñonero S, Esteve MA & Robledano F. Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810. pp: 202-204
  • Bruno D, Zapata VM, Velasco J, Millán A, Dettori EE, García-Meseguer AJ & Robledano F (2019). Evaluación final del estado ecológico de las estaciones de monitoreo del proyecto LIFE+ RIPISILVANATURA, LIFE13 BIO/ES/1407. 62 pp [PDF]
Conferences:
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM, Millán A, Velasco J, Villastrigo A, & Muñoz I. Geographical range and spatial patterns in the population structure of aquatic beetles of supralittoral rockpools. SEFS 13 - Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (18-23 June 2023, Newcastle, England)
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, Abellán P, Millán A, & Velasco J. Evidence of environmental filtering in two coexisting beetles of supralittoral rockpools. 2nd Meeting of Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), XXI Coference of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) & 21st National Congress of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) (3-8 July 2022, Aveiro, Portugal)
  • Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, García-Meseguer AJ, Millán A, & Velasco J. Saline niche differences between two coexisting supralittoral rockpool Ochthebius species. 2nd Meeting of Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), XXI Coference of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) & 21st National Congress of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) (3-8 July 2022, Aveiro, Portugal)
  • Gutiérrez-Cánovas et al. The Iberian River Observatory (IberRios): a collaborative project to explore global change impacts on Iberian River biodiversity and ecosystem functions. 2nd Meeting of Iberian Ecological Society (SIBECOL), XXI Coference of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) & 21st National Congress of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) (3-8 July 2022, Aveiro, Portugal)
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Mirón-Gatón JM, Botella-Cruz M, Abellán P, Millán A, & Velasco J. Environmental variables influencing abundance of two congeneric water beetles species from supratidal rockpools. 14th International Conference Of The ISSRL (International Society Of Salt Lake Research) (18-22 October 2021, Murcia, Spain)
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Sánchez-Fernández D, Millán A, Esteve MA & Robledano F. Biogeography and conservation of terrestrial and aquatic molluscs in a semiarid Mediterranean region. XX Congress of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL-2020) & III Iberoamerican Congress of Limnology (CIL-2020) (26-29 October 2020, Murcia, Spain)
  • Mirón-Gatón JM, García-Meseguer AJ, Botella-Cruz M, Millán A & Velasco J. Coexistence pattern of congeneric beetle species from supralittoral rockpools is mediated by salinity tolerance. XX Congress of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL-2020) & III Iberoamerican Congress of Limnology (CIL-2020) (26-29 October 2020, Murcia, Spain)
  • Oliva-Paterna FJ et al. Reference lists of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species in the Iberian Peninsula: preliminar result of LIFE INVASAQUA. XX Congress of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL-2020) & III Iberoamerican Congress of Limnology (CIL-2020) (26-29 October 2020, Murcia, Spain)
  • Abellán P, Acosta MJ, Pallarés S, García-Meseguer AJ, Sánchez-Fernández D & Millán A. Effects of climate change on the distribution of Iberian endemic water beetles. XX Congress of Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL-2020) & III Iberoamerican Congress of Limnology (CIL-2020) (26-29 October 2020, Murcia, Spain)
  • Oliva-Paterna FJ et al. Listas prioritarias de EEI en la cuenca del río Segura: aplicación del proyecto LIFE+ RIPISILVANATURA. III Congreso Ibérico de Restauración Fluvial - RESTAURARÍOS (12-14 Junio 2019, Murcia, Spain)
  • Zapata Pérez VM, Martínez-López V, Romero Díaz MA, Belmonte Serrato F, Martínez-Hernández C, García-Meseguer AJ, Robledano F. Biodiversity responses to land abandonment over different lithologies in semiarid Mediterranean areas. XIV MEDECOS & AEET meeting. Human driven scenarios for evolutionary and ecological changes (31 January - 4 February 2017, Seville, Spain)
  • García-Meseguer AJ, Esteve MA & Robledano-Aymerich F. Diversidad malacológica en la Región de Murcia: Catálogo y evaluación preliminar de su estado de conservación. V Congreso de la naturaleza de la Región de Murcia y II del Sureste ibérico (25-28 November 2015, Murcia, Spain)