A5068664254- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Educational Technology in Learning
- Educational Innovations and Technology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Science, Technology, and Education in Latin America
- Radar Systems and Signal Processing
University of Alicante
2014-2025
University of Michigan
1999-2002
Abstract Seagrass meadows, key ecosystems supporting fisheries, carbon sequestration and coastal protection, are globally threatened. In Europe, loss recovery of seagrasses reported, but the changes in extent density at continental scale remain unclear. Here we collate assessments from 1869 to 2016 show that 1/3 European seagrass area was lost due disease, deteriorated water quality, development, with losses peaking 1970s 1980s. Since then, rates slowed down for most species fast-growing...
Desalination of seawater has been considered as a potential solution for the water shortage problem in coastal areas and number projected constructed desalination plants significantly increased recent years. The challenge industry is to produce new resources without increasing pressure on marine environment. Environmental impact SWRO mainly associated with discharge into sea brine produced. To estimate area influence several models have proposed, but validation real data needed. objective...
Seawater desalination is a potential solution for addressing water shortages.The number of plants projected and constructed in some regions has substantially increased recent decades.However, process poses undesirable environmental impacts terms energy consumption, land use, seawater intake, but particularly the most significant are related with effluent disposal discharge.Thus, challenge industry to produce new resources without increasing pressure on marine environment.The characteristics...
Echinoderms are osmoconformer organisms and expected to be very sensitive brine discharges. The objective of this study is examine the use echinoderms as early warning indicators impact discharges its application in management desalination We sampled using visual census along transect lines, for nine consecutive years three different stations, i.e. before seawater reverse osmosis plant began operating thereafter. One year after operation, disappeared from localities affected by brine. When...
We report the first occurrence of Rugulopteryx okamurae in Alicante Bay, northernmost location Iberian Mediterranean where this species was detected. Collected specimens were studied using a morphological and molecular approach. A rapid assessment survey conducted to assess its presence abundance nearest beach-cast infralittoral areas. The highest found over dead P. oceanica matte, occupying an important extension bay. detached fragments R. dispersed by local hydrodynamics, accumulating on...
Abstract Seagrasses constitute a key coastal habitat world‐wide, but are exposed to multiple perturbations. Understanding elements affecting seagrass resistance disturbances is critical for conservation. Distinct biogeographical scenarios intrinsically linked with varying ecological and evolution backgrounds shaped across millennia. We addressed whether the (change in shoot abundances) performance leaf morphology growth) of Cymodocea nodosa local stressor, light reduction, varied three...
The bivalve mollusk Pinna nobilis is critically endangered. specimens from the Mar Menor coastal lagoon constitute one of only two surviving populations in Spain. Due to eutrophic conditions and environmental collapse lagoon, number living individuals has been drastically reduced. Furthermore, these conditions, along with other factors, have made it difficult for species reproduce successfully. In this report, a new recruitment detected described first time years. It was considered their...
Abstract Fernández-Torquemada, Y., Díaz-Valdés, M., Colilla, F., Luna, B., Sánchez-Lizaso, J. L., and Ramos-Esplá, A. 2008. Descriptors from Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadows in coastal waters of Valencia, Spain, the context EU Water Framework Directive. – ICES Journal Marine Science, 65: 1492–1497. Evaluations are provided 21 descriptors along coast with a view to using these implementing European Directive (WFD). The selected known respond variety anthropogenic disturbances. Data were...
Amphipods are one of the dominant epifaunal groups in seagrass meadows. However, our understanding biogeographical patterns distribution these small crustaceans is limited. In this study, we investigated such and potential drivers twelve Cymodocea nodosa meadows within four distinctive areas across 2000 Km 13° latitude two ocean basins (Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean). We found that species abundances assemblage seagrass-associated amphipods differed among following a pattern largely...