Paula Arribas Blázquez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Personal website
pauarribas@um.es
- Ph.D. Thesis: Evolutionary ecology, biogeography and conservation of water beetles in Mediterranean saline ecosystems. University of Murcia, 2013. Supervisors: Andrés Millán, Josefa Velasco, Pedro Abellán. European PhD, Excellent Cum Laude distinction. Best Ph.D. Thesis (biennium 2012-2013) for the Iberian Association of Limnology
- M.Sc. in Biodiversity: conservation and management of species and their habitats. University of Alicante-Iberoamerican Center of Biodiversity (CIBIO), 2009
- B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences. University of Murcia, 2007. (2nd National Graduation Award, Spain, 2006-07).
Personal website
pauarribas@um.es
Research interests:
- Biogeography of insects.
- Evolutionary ecology and evolution of beetles.
- Systematics and taxonomy of beetles.
- Biodiversity patterns across Europe and the Mediterranean region.
- Conservation of species and their habitats.
Main research stays:
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona (Spain), 2009. 4 weeks.
Host researcher: Ignacio Ribera
- School of Biological Sciences. University of Plymouth, Plymouth (United Kingdom). 2009. 12 weeks.
Host researcher: David T. Bilton
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona (Spain), 2010. 16 weeks.
Host researcher: Ignacio Ribera
- Department of Biological Sciences. Aarhus University, Aarhus (Denmark). 2011. 12 weeks.
Host researcher: Jens Christian Svenning
- Department of Entomology. Natural History Museum, London (United Kingdom). 2013. 8 weeks.
Host researcher: Alfried Vogler
Publications included in the Science Citation Index:
This wordle depicts the most frequently used words in my SCI publications (titles and keywords). Word size reflects frequency of use.
For an updated list please visit my personal webpage: paulaarribas.com
ANDÚJAR, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; RUZICKA, F.; CRAMPTON-PLATT, A.; TIMMERMANS M.J., A. & VOGLER, A.P. Phylogenetic community ecology of soil biodiversity using mitochondrial metagenomics. (Under review)
GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; NASELLI-FLORES, L.; BENNAS, N.; FINOCCHIARO, M.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. Evaluating the perfromance of classifications for Mediterranean streams and indicators to assess the ecological status of the newly-raised saline stream classes. (Under review)
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; MILLÁN, A. & SVENNING, J.-C. Lithology constrains water beetle distributions across western Europe - implications for the conservation of aquatic biodiversity. (Under review)
PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; BILTON, D.T.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. The comparative osmoregulatory ability of two water beetle genera whose species span the fresh-hypersaline gradient in inland waters (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae). (Under review)
ANDÚJAR, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; RUIZ, C.; SERRANO, J.; GÓMEZ-ZURITA, J. 2014. Integration of confilct into Integrative Taxonomy: Fitting hybridization in the delimitation of species in Mesocarabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Molecular Ecology, 23(17): 4344-4361. Link Ask me! * Perspective published on same issue about the paper.
ARRIBAS, P.; ANDÚJAR, C.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; MILLÁN, A. & RIBERA, I. 2014. Tempo and mode of the multiple origins of salinity tolerance in a water beetle lineage. Molecular Ecology, 23(2): 360-373. Link Ask me!
CÉSPEDES, V; PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. 2013. Water beetle tolerance to salinity and anionic composition and its relationship to habitat occupancy. Journal of Insect Physiology, 59(10): 1076-1084. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; ANDÚJAR, C.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P. & MILLÁN, A. 2013. Integrative taxonomy and conservation of cryptic beetles in the Mediterranean region (Hydrophilidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42(2): 182-200. Link Ask me!
PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; CÉSPEDES, V.; P.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. 2012. Lethal and sublethal behavioural responses of saline water beetles to acute heat and osmotic stress. Ecological Entomology, 37(6): 508-520. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; BILTON, D.T.; MILLÁN, A. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2012. Evaluating drivers of vulnerability to climate change: a guide for insect conservation strategies. Global Change Biology, 18(7): 2135-2146. Link Ask me!
ABELLÁN, P.; ARRIBAS, P. & SVENNING, J.C. 2012. Geological habitat template overrides late Quaternary climate change as a determinant of range dynamics and phylogeography in some habitat-specialist water beetles. Journal of Biogeography, 39(5): 970-983. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ANDÚJAR, C.; CALOSI, P.; MILLÁN, A.; RIBERA, I. & BILTON, D.T. 2012. Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Journal of Biogeography, 39(5): 984-994. Link Ask me!
MILLÁN, A.; VELASCO, J.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; PICAZO, F; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & ABELLÁN, P. 2011. Mediterranean saline streams in southeast Spain: What do we know? Journal of Arid Environments, 75(12): 1352-1359. Link Ask me!
CARBONELL, J. A., ABELLÁN, P., ARRIBAS, P., ELDER, J. F. & MILLÁN. A. 2011. The Genus Aphelocheirus Westwood, 1833 (Hemiptera: Aphelocheiridae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa, 2771: 1-16. Link Ask me!
SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; CALOSI, P.; ATTFIELD, A.; ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J. SPICER, J.I., MILLÁN, A. & BILTON, D.T. 2010. Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Physiological Entomology, 34: 365-373. Link Ask me!
Publications not included in the Science Citation Index:
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; BILTON, D.T.; LOBO, J.M.; MILLÁN, A. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2012. La vulnerabilidad de las especies frente al cambio climático, un reto urgente para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Ecosistemas, 21: 79-84. Link PDF
MILLÁN, A.; VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, J.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, J.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O.; BRUNO, D. & CARBONELL, J.A. 2012. Biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en la Región de Murcia: áreas prioritarias y vacíos de protección en: Espacios naturales protegidos en la Región de Murcia: estudio de casos desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar. pp:65-84. Universidad de Murcia. Murcia.
VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O.; BRUNO, D.; CARBONELL, J.A.; PALLARÉS, S.; GUARESCHI, S. & MILLÁN, A. 2011. Los ríos salinos mediterráneos: Ecosistemas olvidados. El Alfolí, 9: 9-17. Link PDF
MILLÁN, A.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O. & VELASCO, J. 2009. Biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados en los ecosistemas acuáticos salinos en la Región de Murcia en: Los paisajes ibéricos de la sal. 2. Humedales salinos de interior. pp:111-126. Asociación de Amigos de las Salinas de Interior. Guadalajara. Link PDF
ARRIBAS, P.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; PICAZO, F.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2009. Tipificación de los ríos salinos ibéricos. Ecosistemas, 18(3):1-13. Link PDF
Participation in peer-review process for:
- Journal of Biogeography
- Biological Conservation
- Diversity and Distributions
- Ecography
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Conservation Genetics
- Naturwissenschaften
- Ecosistemas
- Limnetica
- Sabuco
Member of:
- The International Biogeography Society (IBS)
- The Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), European Ecological Federation (EEF)
- The Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology (SESBE)
- The Young Researchers Association of the University of Murcia (AJIUM)
- The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK-CERU)
- Biogeography of insects.
- Evolutionary ecology and evolution of beetles.
- Systematics and taxonomy of beetles.
- Biodiversity patterns across Europe and the Mediterranean region.
- Conservation of species and their habitats.
Main research stays:
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona (Spain), 2009. 4 weeks.
Host researcher: Ignacio Ribera
- School of Biological Sciences. University of Plymouth, Plymouth (United Kingdom). 2009. 12 weeks.
Host researcher: David T. Bilton
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona (Spain), 2010. 16 weeks.
Host researcher: Ignacio Ribera
- Department of Biological Sciences. Aarhus University, Aarhus (Denmark). 2011. 12 weeks.
Host researcher: Jens Christian Svenning
- Department of Entomology. Natural History Museum, London (United Kingdom). 2013. 8 weeks.
Host researcher: Alfried Vogler
Publications included in the Science Citation Index:
This wordle depicts the most frequently used words in my SCI publications (titles and keywords). Word size reflects frequency of use.
For an updated list please visit my personal webpage: paulaarribas.com
ANDÚJAR, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; RUZICKA, F.; CRAMPTON-PLATT, A.; TIMMERMANS M.J., A. & VOGLER, A.P. Phylogenetic community ecology of soil biodiversity using mitochondrial metagenomics. (Under review)
GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; NASELLI-FLORES, L.; BENNAS, N.; FINOCCHIARO, M.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. Evaluating the perfromance of classifications for Mediterranean streams and indicators to assess the ecological status of the newly-raised saline stream classes. (Under review)
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; MILLÁN, A. & SVENNING, J.-C. Lithology constrains water beetle distributions across western Europe - implications for the conservation of aquatic biodiversity. (Under review)
PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; BILTON, D.T.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. The comparative osmoregulatory ability of two water beetle genera whose species span the fresh-hypersaline gradient in inland waters (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae). (Under review)
ANDÚJAR, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; RUIZ, C.; SERRANO, J.; GÓMEZ-ZURITA, J. 2014. Integration of confilct into Integrative Taxonomy: Fitting hybridization in the delimitation of species in Mesocarabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Molecular Ecology, 23(17): 4344-4361. Link Ask me! * Perspective published on same issue about the paper.
ARRIBAS, P.; ANDÚJAR, C.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; MILLÁN, A. & RIBERA, I. 2014. Tempo and mode of the multiple origins of salinity tolerance in a water beetle lineage. Molecular Ecology, 23(2): 360-373. Link Ask me!
CÉSPEDES, V; PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. 2013. Water beetle tolerance to salinity and anionic composition and its relationship to habitat occupancy. Journal of Insect Physiology, 59(10): 1076-1084. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; ANDÚJAR, C.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ABELLÁN, P. & MILLÁN, A. 2013. Integrative taxonomy and conservation of cryptic beetles in the Mediterranean region (Hydrophilidae). Zoologica Scripta, 42(2): 182-200. Link Ask me!
PALLARÉS, S.; ARRIBAS, P.; CÉSPEDES, V.; P.; MILLÁN, A. & VELASCO, J. 2012. Lethal and sublethal behavioural responses of saline water beetles to acute heat and osmotic stress. Ecological Entomology, 37(6): 508-520. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; BILTON, D.T.; MILLÁN, A. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2012. Evaluating drivers of vulnerability to climate change: a guide for insect conservation strategies. Global Change Biology, 18(7): 2135-2146. Link Ask me!
ABELLÁN, P.; ARRIBAS, P. & SVENNING, J.C. 2012. Geological habitat template overrides late Quaternary climate change as a determinant of range dynamics and phylogeography in some habitat-specialist water beetles. Journal of Biogeography, 39(5): 970-983. Link Ask me!
ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; ANDÚJAR, C.; CALOSI, P.; MILLÁN, A.; RIBERA, I. & BILTON, D.T. 2012. Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Journal of Biogeography, 39(5): 984-994. Link Ask me!
MILLÁN, A.; VELASCO, J.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ARRIBAS, P.; PICAZO, F; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. & ABELLÁN, P. 2011. Mediterranean saline streams in southeast Spain: What do we know? Journal of Arid Environments, 75(12): 1352-1359. Link Ask me!
CARBONELL, J. A., ABELLÁN, P., ARRIBAS, P., ELDER, J. F. & MILLÁN. A. 2011. The Genus Aphelocheirus Westwood, 1833 (Hemiptera: Aphelocheiridae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa, 2771: 1-16. Link Ask me!
SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; CALOSI, P.; ATTFIELD, A.; ARRIBAS, P.; VELASCO, J. SPICER, J.I., MILLÁN, A. & BILTON, D.T. 2010. Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Physiological Entomology, 34: 365-373. Link Ask me!
Publications not included in the Science Citation Index:
ARRIBAS, P.; ABELLÁN, P.; VELASCO, J.; BILTON, D.T.; LOBO, J.M.; MILLÁN, A. & SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D. 2012. La vulnerabilidad de las especies frente al cambio climático, un reto urgente para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Ecosistemas, 21: 79-84. Link PDF
MILLÁN, A.; VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, J.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, J.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O.; BRUNO, D. & CARBONELL, J.A. 2012. Biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en la Región de Murcia: áreas prioritarias y vacíos de protección en: Espacios naturales protegidos en la Región de Murcia: estudio de casos desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar. pp:65-84. Universidad de Murcia. Murcia.
VELASCO, J.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O.; BRUNO, D.; CARBONELL, J.A.; PALLARÉS, S.; GUARESCHI, S. & MILLÁN, A. 2011. Los ríos salinos mediterráneos: Ecosistemas olvidados. El Alfolí, 9: 9-17. Link PDF
MILLÁN, A.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; PICAZO, F.; ARRIBAS, P.; BELMAR, O. & VELASCO, J. 2009. Biodiversidad de macroinvertebrados en los ecosistemas acuáticos salinos en la Región de Murcia en: Los paisajes ibéricos de la sal. 2. Humedales salinos de interior. pp:111-126. Asociación de Amigos de las Salinas de Interior. Guadalajara. Link PDF
ARRIBAS, P.; GUTIÉRREZ-CÁNOVAS, C.; ABELLÁN, P.; SÁNCHEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, D.; PICAZO, F.; VELASCO, J. & MILLÁN, A. 2009. Tipificación de los ríos salinos ibéricos. Ecosistemas, 18(3):1-13. Link PDF
Participation in peer-review process for:
- Journal of Biogeography
- Biological Conservation
- Diversity and Distributions
- Ecography
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Conservation Genetics
- Naturwissenschaften
- Ecosistemas
- Limnetica
- Sabuco
Member of:
- The International Biogeography Society (IBS)
- The Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), European Ecological Federation (EEF)
- The Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology (SESBE)
- The Young Researchers Association of the University of Murcia (AJIUM)
- The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK-CERU)