Publications

This page gathers accepted, in-review, and published work from my research on marine climate change, conservation planning, climate velocity, and ocean biodiversity.

Accepted / In Press

Identifying marine climate refugia to advance climate-smart conservation.
Marina Sanz-Martin, Carolina Olguin-Jacobson, Jessica A. Bolin, Carla Quiles-Pons, Isaac Brito-Morales, Jorge Garcia Molinos, Manuel Hidalgo, Irene D. Alabia, Elena Gissi, Mikaela M. Provost, Fiorenza Micheli, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau. 2026. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. In press.
DOI

In Review

Manuscripts available upon request unless a preprint is linked.

Static tools in a dynamic ocean: why marine protection must evolve to survive climate change.
Isaac Brito-Morales, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, Yulia Egorova, Guillermo Ortuno Crespo, Lee Hannah. In review.

Multifaceted thermal exposure reveals climate refugia shortfalls in the Mediterranean marine protected areas.
Ian Omedes Bassat, Manuel Hidalgo, Carla Quiles-Pons, Jorge Garcia Molinos, Isaac Brito-Morales, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, Javier Soto-Navarro, Marina Sanz-Martin. In review.

Megafauna show pervasive yet distinct affinity to ocean fronts: the urgent need for adaptive conservation in a warming world.
Isaac Brito-Morales, Boris Dewitte, Floriane Sudre, Christoph A. Rohner, Elliott L. Hazen, Kylie L. Scales, Matthieu Le Corre, Audrey Jaeger, Sophie Laran, Olivier Bousquet, Ana M. M. Sequeira, Tammy E. Davies, Daniel C. Dunn, Ronel Nel, Lee Hannah, Vincent Rossi. Commun. Biol. In review.
Preprint DOI

Published Papers

Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas.
Buenafe KCV, Dunn DC, Metaxas A, Schoeman DS, Everett JD, Pidd A, Hanson JO, Bentley LK, Kim SW, Neubert S, Scales KL, Dabala A, Brito-Morales I, Richardson AJ. 2025. Nature Reviews Biodiversity.
DOI

To save the high seas, plan for climate change.
Hannah L, Irvine A, Brito-Morales I, Fuller S, Davies T, Tittensor D, Reville G, Shackell N, Hennicke J, Stanley R. 2024. Nature.
DOI

Climate velocity drives unexpected southward patterns of species shifts in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
Sanz-Martin M, Hidalgo M, Puerta P, Garcia Molinos J, Zamanillo M, Brito-Morales I, Gonzalez-Irusta JM, Esteban A, Punzon A, Garcia-Rodriguez E, Vivas M, Lopez-Lopez L. 2024. Ecological Indicators.
DOI

Demystifying global climate models for use in the life sciences.
Schoeman DS, Sen Gupta A, Harrison CS, Everett J, Brito-Morales I, Hannah L, Bopp L, Roehrdanz P, Richardson AJ. 2023. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
DOI

A metric-based framework for climate-smart conservation planning.
Buenafe KCV, Dunn D, Everett J, Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Hanson JO, Dabala A, Neubert S, Cannicci S, Kaschner K, Richardson AJ. 2023. Ecological Applications.
DOI

Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas.
Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Everett J, Klein CJ, Dunn D, Garcia Molinos J, Burrows MT, Buenafe KCV, Dominguez RM, Possingham HP, Richardson AJ. 2022. Nature Climate Change 12, 402-407.
DOI

Incorporating climate velocity into the design of climate-smart networks of marine protected areas.
Arafeh-Dalmau N, Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Possingham HP, Klein CJ, Richardson AJ. 2021. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
DOI

Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming.
Brito-Morales I, Schoeman DS, Garcia Molinos J, Burrows MT, Klein CJ, Arafeh-Dalmau N, Kaschner K, Garilao C, Kesner-Reyes K, Richardson AJ. 2020. Nature Climate Change 10, 576-581.
DOI

Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world.
Brito-Morales I, Garcia Molinos J, Schoeman DS, Burrows MT, Poloczanska ES, Brown CJ, Ferrier S, Harwood TD, Klein CJ, McDonald-Madden E, Moore PJ, Pandolfi JM, Watson JEM, Wenger AS, Richardson AJ. 2018. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 33, 441-457.
DOI

Highly Cited Work

Climate velocity can inform conservation in a warming world.
Brito-Morales I et al. 2018. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming.
Brito-Morales I et al. 2020. Nature Climate Change.

Datasets and Software Papers

Under construction.

Invited Reviews or Perspectives

Under construction.

In Preparation

Ocean Fronts Concentrate Fishing Pressure on Threatened Megafauna.
Lee Hannah, Sarayu Ramnath, Kylie L. Scales, Vincent Rossi, Ana Sequeira, Tammy E. Davies, Elliott Hazen, Daniel Dunn, Peter I. Miller, Sophie Laran, Valeria Falabella, Lenaya Aiden Gonzales, Isaac Brito-Morales. In preparation.