PUBLICATIONS
Céspedes, V., Stoks, R., Green, A.J. et al. Biol Invasions Eco-immunology of native and invasive water bugs in response to water mite parasites: insights from phenoloxidase activity (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01988-w
Céspedes V, Valdecasas AG, Green AJ, Sánchez MI (2019) Water boatman survival and fecundity are related to ectoparasitism and salinity stress. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209828. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209828
Carmen Díaz-Paniagua, Vanessa Céspedes, Ana C. Andreu, Miguel Lozano-Terol & Claudia Keller (2019) Egg masses on the move: corixid oviposition on terrapin shells, Aquatic Insects, DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2018.1521976
Céspedes, V., Coccia, C., Carbonell, J. A., Sánchez, M. I., & Green, A. J. (2019). The life cycle of the alien boatman Trichocorixa verticalis (Hemiptera, Corixidae) in saline and hypersaline wetlands of south-west Spain. Hydrobiologia, 827(1), 309-324.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-018-3782-x
Céspedes V, Sánchez MI, Green AJ. (2017) Predator–prey interactions between native brine shrimp Artemia parthenogenetica and the alien boatman Trichocorixa verticalis: influence of salinity, predator sex, and size, abundance and parasitic status of prey. PeerJ 5:e3554 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3554
Carbonell, J.A.; Millán, A.; Green, A.J.; Céspedes, V; Coccia, C. & Velasco, J. Título: What traits underpin the establishment and spread success of the invasive water bug Trichocorixa verticalis (Fieber, 1851)?. Hydrobiologia (IF 2.21).
Céspedes, V.; Pallarés, S.; Arribas, P.; Millán, A. & Velasco J. Titulo: Water beetle tolerance to salinity and anionic composition and its relationship to habitat occupancy.
Journal of Insect Physiology (IF 2.416), Volume. 59 issue 10 October, 2013. p. 1076-1084.
Pallarés, S.; Arribas, P.; Céspedes, V.; Millán, A. & Velasco J. Título: Lethal and sublethal behavioural responses of saline water beetles to acute heat and osmotic stress. Ecological Entomology (IF 1.954), Volume.37 issue 37 December 2012. p. 508-520.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES
Congreso Internacional: Aquatic Sciences: Global and Regional Perpectives North Meets South: V. Céspedes, C. Coccia, A. Valdecasas, M. Sánchez & A. J. Green. Influence of water mites on a Hemipteran community in Spanish Wetlands: Enemies that limit the invasion of Trichocorixa verticalis?. Duración: 22-27/02/2015. Granada (España). Comunicación Oral en Inglés.
8th International Conference on Biological Invasions. NEOBITA 2015. A.J. Green, C. Coccia, J.A. Carbonell, V. Céspedes, M. Sánchez, J. Velasco & A. Millán. Title: The invasion of an American boatman Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis in Europe, consequences for native species, and the role of the salinity gradient. Duración 03- 08/11/2014. Antalya-Turkey.
European Congress: Xth European Congress of Entomology Hosted by the Royal Entomology Society: J.A. Carbonell, A. Millán, V. Céspedes, C. Coccia, A. J. Green & J. Velasco. What traits underpin the success of the invasive water bug Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Fieber,1851)?. Duration: 3-8/08/2014. York (UK). Poster.
Iberian Congress: XVII Congress of the iberian association of limnology: Céspedes V, Sánchez M & Green AJ. Title: Predator-Prey Relationships between the invasive waterboatmen Trichocorixa verticalis and the native crustacean Artemia parthenogenetica. Duration: 6-11/07/2014. Santander (Spain). Oral communication.
International Congress: “AGCM- Adapting to global change in the Mediterranean Hotspot”. Duration: 18-20/09/2013. Seville (Spain).
Iberian Congress: XVI Congress of the iberian association of limnology: Céspedes V, Pallarés S, Arribas P, Millán A & Velasco J. Title: Water beetles tolerance to salinity and anionic composition in relation to habitat occupancy. Duration: 2-6/07/2012. Guimaraes (Portugal). Poster.
Iberian Congress: XVI Congress of the iberian association of limnology: Pallarés S, Arribas P, Céspedes V, Millán A & Velasco J. Title: Tolerance and behavioural responses of saline water beetles to acute heat and osmotic stress. Duration: 2-6/07/2012. Guimaraes (Portugal). Poster
National Congress: “CONAMA”: Pallarés S, Arribas P, Céspedes V, Millán A &Velasco J. Title: Efecto del estrés térmico y salino en Coleópteros acuáticos. Duration: 22-26/11/2010. Madrid (Spain). Poster.