Publications

2025

Fehlinger, L., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Lopez-de Sanche, A., Boix, D., Brucet, S. (2025) Europe’s Mountain ponds under pressure: ecology and management in times of global change. Inland water [DOI].

Rincon-Palau, K., Badosa, A., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Trochine, C., Sgarzi, S., Quintana D. X., Boix, D., Brucet, S. (2025) The size structure of zooplankton communities reflects better the trophic status of Mediterranean ponds than the taxonomic structure. Freshwater biology [DOI].

Bartrons, M., Jang, J., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Lemmens, P., Anton-Pardo, M., Beklioglu, M., Biggs, J., Boissezon, A., Boix, D., Calvo, C., Colina, M., Davidson, T.A., De Meester, L., Fahy, J.C., Greaves, H.M., Isufi, H.K., Levi, E.E., Meerhoff, M., Mehner, T., Mülayim, E.F., Oertli, B., Patmore, I.R., Sayer, C.D., Villa-Freixa, J., Brucet, S. (2025) Why ponds concentrate nutrients: the roles of internal features, land use, and climate. Hidrobiology [DOI].

Lopez-De Sancha, A., Benejam, L., Boix, D., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Davidson, T. A., De Meester, L., Fahy, J.C., Lemmens, P., Martin, B., Mehner, T., Oertli, B., Rasmussen, M., Sayer, C., Beklioglu, M., Brys, R., Brucet, S. (2025) Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds. Ecography [DOI].

2024

King, R.L., Courtney-Mustaphi, J.C., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Heiri, O., Seehausen, O., and Matthews, Blake. (2024) Past food web dynamics of Lake Victoria examined using sedimentary invertebrate remains. Freshwater Biology [DOI].

Ngoepe, N., Wienhues, G., Temoltzin-Loranca, Y., Grosjean, M., King, L., Mathews, B., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Mustaphi C.C., Kishe, A.M., Mwaiko, S., Muschick, M., Seehausen, O. (2024) A continuous 17Ka fossil record from Lake Victoria reveals key insights into the process of adaptive radiation. Nature [DOI].

2023

Chaturvedi, A., Dhandapani, V., Li, X., Marshall, M., Kissane, S., Jackson, C., Mirbahai, L., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Eastwood, N., Colbourne, J.K., Pfrender, M.E., Shaw, J., Orsini, L. (2023) The hologenome of Daphnia magna: challenges at genome, transcriptome, and epigenome levels. Nucleic Acid Research [DOI].

Hudson, H.C., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Moosamann, M., Narwini, A., Spaak, P., Seehausen, O., Matthews, B. (2023) Environmentally independent selection for hybrids between divergent freshwater stickleback linages in semi-natural ponds. Journal of Experimental Biology [DOI].

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Blicharska, M., Perrin, A. J., Davidson A.T., Oertli, B., Lago, M., Beklioglu, M., Meerhoff, M., Arim, M., Teixeira, J., Martin, B., Greaves, H., Sayer, D. C., De Meester, L., Biggs, J., Robin, Lemmens, P., J., Boix, D., Mehner, T., Bartrons, M., Brucet B. (2023) Changes and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes and Nature-based Solutions. Invited contribution to the Special Issue of Hydrobiologia [DOI].

2022

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Courtney-Mustaphi, J.C., Greenway, R., Heiri, O., Hudson, H.C., King, R.L., Lemman, D.K., Moosmann, M., Muschick, M., Ngoepe, N., Seehausen, O., Matthews, B. (2022) An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution [DOI].

2021

Moosmann, M., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., De Lisle, S., Greenway, R., Lürig, D.M., Hudson, H.C., Matthews, B. (2021) On the evolution of trophic position. Ecology letter [DOI].

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Pantel, H.J., H., Marshall, Nguyen, T.T.T., Tomero-Sanz, H., Orsini, L. (2021) Evolutionary mechanisms underpinning fitness response to multiple anthropogenic stressors in Daphnia. Invited contribution to the Special Issue of Evolutionary Applications [DOI].

2019

Toyota, K., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Dhandaphani, V., Suppa, A., Rossi, V., Colbourne, K.J., Orsini, L. (2019) Transgenerational plasticity in response to earlier spring warming in Daphnia. Scientific reports [DOI].

2018

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Marshall, H., De Meester, L., Davidson, A. T., Beckerman, P.A., and Orsini, L. (2018), Predictability of the impact of multiple stressors on the keystone species Daphnia. Scientific reports [DOI].

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Zeis, B., and Orsini, L. (2018) Haemoglobin-mediated response to hyper-thermal stress in the keystone species Daphnia magna. Invited contribution to the Special Issue of Evolutionary Applications [DOI].

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., and Orsini, L. (2018), Resurrection of dormant Daphnia: protocol and applications. JoVE [DOI].

2017

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Beasley, J., Kissane, K., and Orsini, L. (2017). Evolution of thermal tolerance in multifarious environments. Molecular Ecology [DOI].

2016

Orsini, L., Marshall, H., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Chaturvedi, A., Thomas, K.W., Pfrender, M. E., Spanier, K.I. and De Meester, L. (2016) Temporal genetic stability in natural populations of the waterflea Daphnia magna in response to strong selection pressure. Molecular Ecology [DOI].

In review

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Avci, F., Bartrons, B., Beklioglum N,m Biggm, J., Boix, D., Buck, T., Davidson, T. A., De Meester, Luc., Fahy, J. C., Greaves, H. M., Lemmens, P., Martin, L., Mehener, T., Oertli, B., Patmore, R. I., Sayer, C. D., Trochine, C., Von Plüskow, L., Wijns, R., Williams, P., Brucet, S. (2025) Biodiversity enhances pond ecosystem multifunctionality across Europe. Nature Ecology and Evolution

Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Niamh and Orsini, L. 2025 Resurrection ecology reimagined: leveraging Daphnia for evolutionary insights, environmental monitoring, and bioremediation. Book Chapter, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Rincon-Palau, K., Badosa, Bartrons, M., Beklioglu, M., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Davidson, T. A., Wijns, R., Lacerot, G., Lemmens, P., Martin, L., Meerhoff, M., Mehner, T., Brucet, S. Zooplankton size structure reflects the trophic status of ponds along a latitudinal gradient (2025). Limnology and Oceanography

Rincon-Palau, K., Badosa, A., Boissezon, Boix, D., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Davidson, T. A., Frutos-Aragon, V., Lemmens, P., Martin, L., Meerhoff, M., Mehner, T., Brucet, S. (2025) Zooplankton size structure in European ponds: Local factors override latitudinal differences. Hidrobiology

In preparation

Wigns, R., Fajgenblat, M., Lemmens, P., Cuenca-Cambronero. M., Trochine, C., Mehner, T., Brucet, S., Bartrons, M., Boix, D., Martin, L., Anton-Pardo, M. T., Greaves, H, Patmore, I., Boissezon, A., Meerhoff, M., Davidson, T. A., Beklioglu, M., Biggs, J., De Meester, L. (2025). Climate and land use as key drivers of biodiversity in European Ponds. Nature

Mehner, T., Bartrons, M., Lotian, M., Hasnain, S., Trochine, C., Meerhoff, M., Wijns, R., Von Plüskow, L.M., Cuenca-Cambronero, M., Rincon-Palau, K., Beklioglu, M., Brucet, S., Lemmens, P. (2026). Effect of land use on community assemblage of European Ponds

Shahzadi, I., Brucet, S., Cuenca-Cambronero, M. (2026). Zooplankton functional traits and its importance for pond ecosystem functions: a systematic review. Functional Ecology