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Francesc Pagès was born in Barcelona on 6th July 1962. He started studies on gelatinous plankton as an undergraduate student of biology at the University of Barcelona, in 1989, and maintained his enthusiasm for these organisms throughout his professional career. Francesc’s first project was a careful study of the Mediterranean gelatinous fauna under the supervision of Josep-Maria Gili, and this would later become the topic of his PhD thesis. It was surprising that a person of his age could have such a clear professional interest. Those were fantastic years, when he learned the taxonomy and ecology of jellyfish and siphonophores. That period was especially hard for Francesc because he had to balance his passion and inclination for gelatinous species with the demands of his undergraduate studies.
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Selected publications of Francesc Pagès
Rossi, S., M. Youngbluth, F. Pagès, X. Garrofé & C. Jacoby, 2008. Lipid biomarkers and trophic links between seston, crustacean zooplankton and the siphonophore Nanomia cara in Georges Basin and Oceanographer Canyon (NW Atlantic). Scientia Marina 72: 403–416.
Pagès, F., J. Martín, A. Palanques, P. Puig & J.-M. Gili, 2007. High occurrence of the elasipodid holothurian Penilpidia ludwigi (von Marenzeller, 1893) in bathyal sediment traps moored in a western Mediterranean submarine canyon. Deep-Sea Research I 54: 2170–2180.
Pagès, F., J. Corbera & D. J. Lindsay, 2007. Piggybacking pycnogonids and parasitic narcomedusae on Pandea ru-bra (Anthomedusae, Pandeidae). Plankton and Benthos Research 2: 83–90.
Hosia, A. & F. Pagès, 2007. Unexpected new species of deep-water Hydroidomedusae from Korsfjorden, Norway. Marine Biology 151: 177–184.
Gili, J.-M., S. Rossi, F. Pagès, C. Orejas, P. González & W. Arntz, 2006. A new trophic link between the pelagic and benthic systems on the Antarctic Shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 322: 43–49.
Fuentes, V. & F. Pagès, 2006. Description of Jubanyella ple-mmyris gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) from a specimen stranded off Jubany Antarctic station, with a new diagnosis for the family Aeginidae. Journal of Plankton Research 28: 959–963.
Bouillon, J., C. Gravili, F. Pagès, J. Gili & F. Boero, 2006. An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 194 Paris, 591 pp.
Pagès, F., P. R. Flood & M. Youngbluth, 2006. Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: New species, new family (Jeanbouillonidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites. Scientia Marina 70: 363–379.
Bouillon, J., M. D. Medel, F. Pagès, J.-M. Gili, F. Boero & C. Gravili, 2004. Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa. Scientia Marina 68(Supp. 2): 5–438.
Masó, M., E. Garcés, F. Pagès & J. Camp, 2003. Drifting plastic debris as a potential vector for dispersing harmful algae bloom (HABs) species. Scientia Marina 67: 107–111.
Pagès, F. & P. R. Pugh, 2002. Fuseudoxid: The elusive sexual stage of the calycophoran siphonophore Crystallophyes amygdalina (Clausophyidae, Crystallophyinae). Acta Zoologica 83: 328–336.
Bouillon, J., F. Pagès & J.-M. Gili, 2001. New species of benthopelagic hydromedusae from the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 24: 839–845.
Graham, W. M., F. Pagès & W. M. Hamner, 2001. A physical context for the aggregations of gelatinous zooplankton. A review. Hydrobiologia 451: 199–212.
Pagès, F., H. E. González, M. Ramón, M. Sobarzo & J.-M. Gili, 2001. Gelatinous zooplankton assemblages associated with water masses in the Humboldt Current System, and potential predatory impact by Bassia bassensis (Si-phonophora: Calycophorae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 210: 13–24.
Pagès, F., 2000. Biological associations between barnacles and jellyfish with special emphasis on the ectoparasitism of Alepas pacifica (Lepadomorpha) on Diplulmaris malay-ensis (Scyphozoa). Journal of Natural History 34: 2045–2056.
Gili, J-M., F. Pagès, J. Bouillon, A. Palanques, P. Puig, S. Heussner, A. Calafat, M. Canals & A. Monaco, 2000. A multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of hy-dromedusan populations inhabiting Mediterranean submarine canyons. Deep-Sea Research I 47: 1513–1533.
Pagès, F. & C. Orejas, 1999. Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Magellan region. Scientia Marina 63(Suppl. 1): 51–57.
Gili, J-M., J. Bouillon, F. Pagès, A. Palanques & P. Puig, 1999. Submarine canyons as habitat of singular plankton populations: Three new deep-sea hydroidomedusae in the western Mediterranean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 313–329
Pagès, F., P. R. Pugh & V. Siegel, 1999. Discovery of an Antarctic epiplanktonic medusa in the Mediterranean. Journal of Plankton Research 12: 2431–2435.
Gili, J.-M., J. Bouillon, F. Pagès, A. Palanques, P. Puig & S. Heussner, 1997. Origin and biogeography of the deep-water Mediterranean Hydromedusae including the description of two new species collected in submarine canyons of Northwestern Mediterranean. Scientia Marina 62: 113–134.
Pagès, F. & J. Bouillon, 1997. Redescription of Paragotoea bathybia Kramp 1942 (Hydroidomedusae:Corymorphi-dae) with a new diagnosis for the genus Paragotoea. Scientia Marina 61: 487–493.
Pugh, P. R. & F. Pagès, 1997. A re-description of Lensia asymmetrica Stepanjants 1970 (Siphonophorae, Diphyi-dae). Scientia Marina 61: 153–161.
Pagès, F., 1997. The gelatinous zooplankton in the pelagic system of the Southern Ocean: A review. Annales de l Institut Océangrapique, Paris 73: 139–158.
Pagès, F. & S. B. Schnack-Schiel, 1996. Distribution patterns of the mesozooplankton, principally siphonophores and medusae, in the vicinity of the Antarctic Slope Front (eastern Weddell Sea). Journal of Marine Systems 9: 231–248.
Pagès, F., M. G. White & P. G. Rodhouse, 1996. Abundance of gelatinous carnivores in the nekton community of the Antarctic Polar Front in summer 1994. Marine Ecology Progress Series 141: 139–147.
Pagès, F., H. E. González & S. R. González, 1996. Diet of the gelatinous zooplankton in Hardangerfjord (Norway) and potential predatory impact by Aglantha digitale Trac-hymedusae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 139: 69–77.
Pugh, P.R. & F. Pagès, 1995. Is Lensia reticulata a diphyine species (Siphonophorae, Calycophora, Diphyidae)? A re-description. Scientia Marina 59: 181–192.
Pagès, F., P. R. Pugh & J.-M. Gili, 1994. Macro-and mega-planktonic cnidarians collected in the eastern part of the Weddell Gyre during summer 1979. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 74: 873–894.
Pagès, F. & F. Kurbjeweit, 1994. Vertical distribution and abundance of mesoplanktonic medusae and siphonophores in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology 14: 243–251.
Pagès, F. & J.-M. Gili, 1992. Influence of the thermocline on the vertical migration of medusae during a 48 h sampling period. South African Journal of Zoology 27: 50–59.
Pagès, F., J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, 1992. Planktonic cnidarians of the Benguela Current: Station data. Scientia Marina 56(Suppl. 1): 144.
Pagès, F., 1992. Mesoscale coupling between planktonic cni-darian distribution and water masses during a temporal transition between active upwelling and abatement in the northern Benguela ecosystem. South African Journal of Marine Science 12: 42–52.
Gili, J.-M., F. Pagès & X. Fusté, 1991. Mesoscale coupling between spatial distribution of planktonic cnidarians and hydrographic features along the Galician coast (Northwestern Iberian Peninsula). Scientia Marina 55: 419–426.
Pagès, F., J. Bouillon & J.-M. Gili, 1991. Four new species of hydromedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Namibian waters. Zoologica Scripta 20: 98–107.
Pagès, F. & J.-M. Gili, 1991. Effects of large-scale advective processes on gelatinous zooplankton populations in the northern Benguela ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 75: 205–215.
Sabatés, A., J.-M. Gili & F. Pagès, 1989. Relationship between zooplankton distribution, geographic characteristics and hydrographic patterns off the Catalan coast (western Mediterranean). Marine Biology 103: 153–159.
Pagès, F., J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, 1989. The siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea. Indo-Malayan Zoology 6: 133–144.
Gili, J.-M., A. Sabatés, F. Pagès & J. D. Ros, 1988. Small-scale distribution of a cnidarian population in the Western Mediterranean. Journal of Plankton Research 10: 385–401.
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Youngbluth, M., 2007. Marine Biology Research 3: 272–274.
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Gili, JM., Acuña, J.L., González, H.E. (2008). Obituary: Francesc Pagès (1962–2007). In: Pitt, K.A., Purcell, J.E. (eds) Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences, and Recent Advances. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 206. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9749-2_1
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