ROGER COLOMINAS-CIURÓ

Publications
· Michel L, Zhang J, Asimakopoulos A, Austad M, Bustamante P, Cecere JC, Cianchetti-Benedetti M, Colominas-Ciuró R, Dell’Omo G, Pascalis FD, Jaspers VLB, Quillfeldt P. 2025. Assessing perfluoroalkyl substance pollution in Central Mediterranean breeding shearwaters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. vgae011. doi: 10.1093/etojnl/vgae011.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Kowalczewska A, Jefimow M, Wojciechowski MS. 2024. Temperature and water availability induce chronic stress responses in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Experimental Biology. 15, 227(22):jeb247743. doi: 10.1242/jeb.247743.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Gray FE, Arikan K, Zahn S, Meier C, Criscuolo F, Bize P. 2024. Effects of persistent organic pollutants on telomere dynamics are sex and age-specific in a wild long-lived bird. Science of the Total Environment. 943:173785. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173785.
· Ilahiane L, Colominas-Ciuró R, Bize P, Boano G, Cucco M, Ferri M, Masoero G, Meier CM, Pavia M, Ramello G, Voelker G, Pellegrino I. 2023. Molecular investigation on infection by haemosporidians in three Western Palearctic species of swift (Apodidae) and their ectoparasitic louse-flies. Parasitology Research. 122(8):1787-1794. doi: 10.1007/s00436-023-07874-8.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Bertellotti M, D’Amico VL, Carabajal E, Benzal J, Vidal V, Motas M, Barbosa A. 2022. Sex matters? Association between foraging behaviour, diet, and physiology in Magellanic penguins. Marine Biology. 169, 21. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-04003-w.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Cianchetti-Benedetti M, Michel L, Dell'Omo G, Quillfeldt P. 2022. Foraging strategies and physiological status of a marine top predator differ during breeding stages. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 263:111094. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111094.
· Figuerola B, Valiente N, Barbosa A, Brasier MJ, Colominas-Ciuró R, Convey P, Liggett D, FernándezMartínez MA, González S, Griffiths HJ, Jawak S, Merican F, Noll D, Prudencio J, Quaglio F, Pertierra LR. 2021. Shifting perspectives in polar research: global lessons on the barriers and drivers for securing academic careers in natural sciences. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:777009. doi: 10.3389/ fevo.2021.777009.
· Menéndez-Blázquez J, Soto F, Negrete J, Colominas-Ciuró R, Marín-Sierra A, Ricca M, Barbosa A. 2021. Leukocyte counts in blood smears of Antarctic seals and penguins: a new less time‑consuming method. Polar Biology. 44, 2195-2198. doi: 10.1007/s00300-021-02950-0.
· Masello JF, Barbosa A, Kato A, Mattern T, Medeiros R, Stockdale JE, Kümmel MN, Bustamante P, Belliure J, Benzal, Colominas-Ciuró R, Menéndez-Blázquez J, Griep S, Goesmann A, Symondson WOC, Quillfeldt P. 2021. How animals distribute themselves in space: energy landscapes of Antarctic avian predators. Movement Ecology. 9:24. doi: 10.1186/s40462-021-00255-9.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Bertellotti M, D’Amico VL, Carabajal E, Benzal J, Vidal V, Motas M, Santos M, Coria N, Barbosa A. 2021. Diet, antioxidants and oxidative status in pygoscelid penguins. Marine Ecological Progress Series. 665:201-216. doi: 10.3354/meps13651.
· Wojciechowski MS, Kowalczewska A, Colominas-Ciuró R, Jefimow M. 2021. Phenotypic flexibility in heat production and heat loss in response to thermal and hydric acclimation in the zebra inch, a small arid-zone passerine. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 191, 225–239. doi: 10.1007/s00360-020-01322-0.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Masero JA, Benzal J, Bertellotti M, Barbosa A. 2019. Oxidative status and stress during highly energetic life-history stages of Chinstrap Penguins: breeding versus molting. Journal of Field Ornithology. 90(2):190-199 doi: 10.1111/jofo.12297.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Santos M, Coria N, Barbosa A. 2018. Sex-specific foraging strategies of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae): Females forage further and on more krill than males in the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology. 41:2635-2641. doi:10.1007/s00300-018-2395-1.
· Palacios MJ, Valera F, Colominas-Ciuró R, Barbosa A. 2018. Cellular and humoral immunity in two highly demanding energetic life stages: Reproduction and moulting in the Chinstrap penguin. Journal of Ornithology. 159:283-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1499-7.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Santos M, Coria N, Barbosa A. 2017. Reproductive effort affects oxidative status and stress in an Antarctic penguin species: an experimental study. PLOS ONE. 12(5):e0177124.
· Colominas-Ciuró R, Bertellotti M, Carabajal E, D’Amico VL, Barbosa A. 2017. Incubation increases oxidative imbalance compared to chick rearing in a seabird, the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus). Marine Biology. 164:99. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3139-4.
· Montero E, González LM, Chaparro A, Benzal J, Bertellotti M, Masero JA, Colominas-Ciuró R, Vidal V, Barbosa A. 2016. First record of Babesia sp. in Antarctic penguins. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 7, 498- 501. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.02.006.
· Barbosa A, Colominas-Ciuró R, Coria N, Centurión M, Sandler R, Negri A. 2015. First record of featherloss disorder in Antarctic penguins. Antarctic Science, 27, 69-70. doi: 10.1017/S0954102014000467.