2023

Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Beggel S., Geist J., Modesto V., Österling M., Riccardi N., Sousa R. & Urbańska M. (in press) - Freshwater mussels as sentinels for safe drinking water supply in Europe. ACS ES&T Water.

Modesto V., Ilarri M., Łabęcka A., Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Coughlan N.E, Liu X. & Sousa R. (in press) - What we know and don’t know about the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea. Hydrobiologia.

Modesto V., Ilarri M., Castro P., Carvalho F., Cavalheri T., Lopes-Lima M., Teixeira A., Ozório R., Antunes C. & Sousa R. (in press) - Interspecific differences in the physiological condition of native freshwater mussels in response to the invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea. Hydrobiologia.

Mammola S., Adamo M., Antić D., Calevo J., Cancellario T., Cardoso P., Chamberlain D., Chialva M, Durucan F., Fontaneto D., Gonçalves D.V., Martínez A., Santini L., Rubio-López I., Sousa R., Villegas-Ríos D., Verdes A. & Correia R. (2023) - Drivers of species knowledge across the Tree of Life. eLife 12:RP88251.

Lopes-Lima M., Reis J., Alvarez M.G., Anastácio P.M., Banha F., Beja P., Castro P., Gama M., Gil M.G, Gomes-dos-Santos A., Miranda F., Nogueira J.G., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S. & Froufe E. (2023) - The silent extinction of freshwater mussels in Portugal. Biological Conservation 285, 110244.

Szarmach D., Wiśniewski K., Kobak J., Kakareko T., Labecka A.M., Sousa R. & Poznańska-Kakareko M. (2023) - Differences in substratum preferences and behaviour within the invasive Corbicula species complex. Freshwater Biology 68, 1489-1502.

Aldridge D.C., Brian J.I., Ćmiel A., Lipińska A., Lopes-Lima M., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Zając K. & Zając T. (2023) - Fishing for hosts: Larval spurting by the endangered thick-shelled river mussel, Unio crassus. Ecology 104, e4026.

da Silva J., Sousa R., Gonçalves D., Miranda R., Reis J., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Lopes-Lima M., & Filipe A.F. (2023) - Streams in the Mediterranean Region are not for mussels: predicting extinctions and range contractions under future climate change. Science of the Total Environment 883, 163689.

Sousa R., Zając T., Halabowski D., Aksenova O.V., Bespalaya Y.V., Carvalho F., Castro P., Douda K., Silva J.P., Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Geist J., Gumpinger C., Labecka A.M., Lajtner J., Lewin I., Lopes-Lima M., Meira A., Nakamura K., Nogueira J.G., Ondina P., Ożgo M., Reis J., Riccardi N., Shumka S., Son M.O., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Urbańska M., Varandas S., Wengström N., Zając K., Zieritz A. & Aldridge D.C. (2023) - A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe. Conservation Biology 37, e13994.

da Silva J., Gonçalves D., Garcia-Raventós A., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S., Froufe E., Teixeira A., Hui F.K.C., Filipe A.F. & Sousa R. (2023) - Joint Species Distribution Models unveil co-occurrences between freshwater mussels and their fish hosts. Journal of Biogeography 50, 730-742.

Modesto V., Tosato L., Pilbala A., Benistati N., Fraccarollo L., Termini D., Manca D., Moramarco T., Sousa R. & Riccardi N. (2023) - Mussel behaviour as a tool to measure the impact of hydrodynamic stressors. Hydrobiologia 850, 807-820.

Bespalaya Y.V., Palatov D.M., Gofarov M.Y., Kondakov A.V., Kropotin A.V., Sousa R., Taskinen J., Inkhavilay K., Tanmuangpak K., Tumpeesuwan S., Vikhrev I.V. & Bolotov I.N. (2023) - Associations of mayfly larvae with Corbicula clams. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 138, 169-193.

Nakamura K., Sousa R. & Mesquita-Joanes F. (2023) - Collapse of native freshwater mussel populations: prospects of a long-term study. Biological Conservation 279, 109931.

Bespalaya Y.V., Sousa R., Gofarov M.Y., Kondakov A.V., Kropotin A.V., Palatov D., Vikhrev O.V. & Bolotov I.N. (2023) - An exploration of the hidden endosymbionts of Corbicula in the native range. Ecology 104, e3836.

Aldridge D.C., Bespalaya J., Bolotov I., Douda K., Geist J., Haag W., Klunzinger M., Mlambo M., Lopes-Lima M., Riccardi N., Sousa R., Strayer D., Torres S., Vaughn C., Zając T., Zieritz A. & Olard I. (2023) - Freshwater mussel conservation: a global horizon scan of emerging threats and opportunities. Global Change Biology 29, 575-589.

Nogueira J.G, Lopes-Lima M., Beja P., Filipe A.F., Froufe E., Gonçalves D.V., da Silva J.P., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S. & Hermoso V. (2023) - Identifying freshwater priority areas for cross taxa interactions. Science of the Total Environment 864, 161073.

2022

Carvalho F., Sousa R., Cássio F. & Pascoal C. (2022) - Temperature and interspecific competition alter the impacts of two invasive crayfish species on a key ecosystem process. Biological Invasions 24, 3757-3768.

Zieritz A., Sousa R., Aldridge D., Douda K., Esteves E., Ferreira-Rodriguez N., Mageroy J., Nizzoli D., Osterling M., Reis J., Riccardi N., Daill D., Gumpinger C. & Vaz A.S. (2022) - A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs. Biological Reviews 97,1967-1998.

Sousa R., Silva J.P., Douda K. & Mammola S. (2022) - The cost of wars for biodiversity: the ecocide in Ukraine. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20, 394-396.

Nakamura K., Guerrero-Campo J., Ginés E., Mesquita-Joanes F., Alcántara M. & Sousa R. (2022) - Translocation as an ultimate conservation measure for the long-term survival of a critically endangered freshwater mussel. Hydrobiologia 849, 3401-3417.

Adamo M., Sousa R., Wipf S., Correia R., Lumia A., Mucciarelli M. & Mammola S. (2022) - Dimension and impact of biases in funding for species and habitat conservation. Biological Conservation 272, 109636.

Silva J., Gonçalves D., Lopes-Lima M., Anastácio P., Banha F., Frimpong E., Gama M., Miranda R., Reis J., Filipe A.F. & Sousa R. (2022) - Predicting climatic threats to a critically endangered freshwater mussel in Europe: the need to account for fish hosts. Freshwater Biology 67, 842-856.

Carvalho F., Pascoal C., Cássio F., Teixeira A. & Sousa R. (2022) - Combined per-capita and abundance effects of an invasive species on native invertebrate diversity and a key ecosystem process. Freshwater Biology 67, 828-841. 

Benaissa H., Ghamizi M., Teixeira A., Sousa R., Rassam H., Varandas S., & Lopes-Lima M. (2022) - Preliminary data on fish hosts and their conservation importance for the critically endangered Pseudunio marocanus (Pallary, 1918). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 32, 229-238.

Ilarri M., Monteiro R.G., Ozório R. & Sousa R. (2022) - Spatial-temporal and intraspecific variations in the physiological and biochemical condition of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea. Hydrobiologia 849, 763-780.

2021

Zieritz A., Froufe E., Bolotov I., Goncalves D.V., Aldridge D., Bogan A., Ming Gan H, Gomes-dos-Santos A., Sousa R., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Zanatta D. & Lopes-Lima M. (2021) - Mitogenomic phylogeny and fossil-calibrated mutation rates for all F- and M-type mtDNA genes of the largest freshwater mussel family (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193, 1088-1107.

Nogueira J.G., Sousa R., Benaissa H., De Knijf G., Ferreira S., Ghamizi M., Gonçalves D., Lansdown R., Prié V., Riccardi N., Seddon M., Urbańska M., Vikhrev I., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Lopes-Lima M. (2021) - Alarming decline of freshwtaer trigger species in western Mediterranean Key Biodiversity Areas. Conservation Biology 35, 1367-1379.

Modesto V., Dias E., Ilarri M., Lopes-Lima M., Teixeira A., Varandas S., Castro P., Antunes C. & Sousa R. (2021) - Trophic niche overlap between native freshwater mussels (Order: Unionida) and the invasive Corbicula fluminea. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31, 2058-2071. 

Nogueira J.G, Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S., Teixeira A. & Sousa R. (2021) - Effects of an extreme drought on the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: a before/after assessment. Hydrobiologia 848, 3003-3013. 

Nakamura K., Cañete J., Vijuesca D., Guillén N., Sosa C., Mesquita-Joanes F., Sousa R., Ginés E. & Sorribas V. (2021) - Sensitivity of Pseudunio auricularius to metals and ammonia: first evaluation. Hydrobiologia 848, 2977-2992. 

Lopes-Lima M., Riccardi N., Urbanska M., Koehler F., Vinarski M., Bogan A.E. & Sousa R. (2021) - Major shortfalls impairing knowledge and conservation on freshwater molluscs. Hydrobiologia 848, 2831-2867.

Sousa R., Halabowski D., Labecka A.M., Douda K., Aksenova O., Bespalaya Y., Bolotov I., Geist J., Jones H.A., Konopleva E., Klunzinger M.W., Lasso C., Lewin I., Liu X., Lopes-Lima M., Mageroy J., Mlambo M., Nakamura K., Nakano M., Österling M., Pfeiffer J., Prié V., Paschoal L.R.P.,  Riccardi N., Santos R., Shumka S., Smith A.K., Son M.O., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Torres S., Varandas S., Vikhrev I.V., Wu X., Zieritz A., & Nogueira J. (in press) - The role of anthropogenic habitats in freshwater mussel conservation. Global Change Biology 27, 2298-2314.

Nogueira J.G, Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S. & & Sousa R. (2021) - Assessment of terrestrial protected areas for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31, 520-530.

Rassam H., Albrecht C., Sousa R., Lopes-Lima M., Benaissa H. & Ghamizi M. (2021) - Intraspecific variation in the common pea clam Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae): A geometric morphometric analysis. Malacologia 63, 183-194. 

2020

Mammola S., Riccardi N., Prié V., Correia R., Cardoso P., Lopes-Lima M. & Sousa R. (2020) - Towards a taxonomically unbiased EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287, 20202166. 

Douda K., Escobar-Calderón F., Vodáková B., Horký P., Slavík O. & Sousa R. (2020) - In situ and low-cost monitoring of particles falling from freshwater animals: from microplastics to parasites. Conservation Phisiology 8, coaa088.

Fais M., Bellissario B., Duarte S., Vieira P.E., Sousa R., Canchaya C.A & Costa F.O. (2020) - Meiofauna metabarcoding in Lima estuary (Portugal) suggests high taxon replacement within a background of network stability. Regional Studies in Marine Science 38, 101341.

Sousa R., Nogueira J.G., Miranda F. & Teixiera A. (2020) - Time travelling through local ecological knowledge regarding an endangered species. Science of the Total Environment 739, 140047.

Garcia-Raventós A., Filipa M.S. Martins F.M.S., Teixeira A., Sousa R., Froufe E., Varandas S., Lopes-Lima M., Beja P. & Filipe A.F. (2020) - Origin and history of Phoxinus (Cyprinidae) introductions in the Douro basin (Iberian Peninsula): an update inferred from genetic data. Biological Invasions 22, 2409-2419. 

Dias A.R., Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S. & Sousa R. (2020) - From the lab to the river: Determination of ecological hosts of Anodonta anatina. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30, 988-999.

Fais M., Duarte S., Vieira P.E., Sousa R., Hajibabaei M., Canchaya C.A. & Costa F.O. (2020) - Small-scale spatial variation of meiofaunal communities in Lima estuary (NW Portugal) assessed through metabarcoding. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 238, 106683.

Sousa R., Ferreira A., Carvalho F., Lopes-Lima M., Varandas S., Teixeira A., Gallardo B. (2020) - Small hydropower plants as a threat to the endangered pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. Science of the Total Environment 719, 137361.

Sousa R., Bogan A.E., Gonçalves D.V., Lajtner J., Prié V., Riccardi N., Shumka S., Teixeira A., Urbanska M., Varandas S. & Lopes-Lima M. (2020) - Microcondylaea bonellii as a new host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 421, 4.

Lopes-Lima M., Hinzmann M., Varandas S., Froufe E., Reis J., Moreira C., Araújo S., Miranda F., Gonçalves D., Beja P., Sousa R. & Teixeira A. (2020) - Setting the stage for new ecological indicator species: A holistic case study on the Iberian dolphin freshwater mussel Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793. Ecological Indicators 111, 105987.

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. (2020) - Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution. Heredity 124. 182-196.

2019

Benaissa H., Teixeira A., Lopes-Lima M., Sousa R., Varandas S., Rassam H. & Ghamizi M. (2019) - Fish hosts of the freshwater mussel Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29, 2176-2184. 

Nakamura K., Elbaile E., Salinas C., Mesquita-Joanes F., Sousa R., Guerrero J., Ruiz-Zarzuela I. & Blas I. (2019) - Captive breeding of Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793) and its conservation importance. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29, 1771-1784. 

McDowell W. & Sousa R. (2019) - Mass mortality events of invasive freshwater bivalves: Current understanding and potential directions for future research. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 331.

Sousa R., Teixeira A., Hassan B., Varandas S., Ghamizi M. & Lopes-Lima M. (2019) - Refuge in the sāqya: Irrigation canals as habitat for one of the world's 100 most threatened species. Biological Conservation 238, 108209. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

Sousa R., Nogueira J., 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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

2018

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lopes-Lima M., Bolotov I., Do V.T., Aldridge D., Fonseca M, Gan M.H., 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. (2018) - An expansion and systematics redifinition of the most threatened freshwater mussel family, the Margatiferidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127, 98-118.

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. 

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. 

2017

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.

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.

Lopes-Lima M.*, Sousa R.*, Geist J.*, Aldridge D.C., et al. (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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

2016

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.

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.

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 325A, 52-56.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Portugal. PLoS ONE 11, e0158108.

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.

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.

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.

Zieritz A., Lopes-Lima M., Bogan A., Sousa R., Walton S., Rahim K., 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.

2015

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. 

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2014

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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.

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. International Journal of Limnology 50, 185-198.

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.

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.

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.

2011

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

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.

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.

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. International Journal of Limnology 47, 211 - 219.

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.

2010

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

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.

2009

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

2008

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

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

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.

2007

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.

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.

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.

2006

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

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.

2005

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