A5020614610- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine animal studies overview
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Coastal Management and Development
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Universidade de Vigo
2018-2025
University of Leeds
2021-2023
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
2018
Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas
2010-2015
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2012-2014
Universitat de les Illes Balears
2008-2010
Western Washington University
1998
Abstract Challenge 2 of the UN Ocean Decade focuses on protecting and restoring marine ecosystems biodiversity as a fundamental requirement to achieve sustainable development. Addressing this challenge requires reliable timely information ecosystems. To this, academic, government, private groups should engage in process co-design that aims facilitate decision-making at local national level, agree common interoperable practices for collection curation biology ecosystem information....
Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC) is a dynamic ecosystem process encompassing all the flows (of individuals, genes, matter and energy) driven by changes in distribution movement of marine organisms at sea across land-sea-air interface. Continuing advances MFC understanding enhance our ability to evaluate status, trends, variability species abundance, drivers change, role functioning biosphere. Ultimately, good knowledge fundamental advance models forecasts distributions resilience,...
Increasing consensus exists on the key role of inclusive participatory approaches to be able reach global conservation goals. Meeting Convention Biological Diversity’s 30 by commitment, which advocates for at least 30% marine areas protected, including a fully protected 10%, will entail expansion and creation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) all over world. However, current MPAs potential MPA networks continue face limitations their roles due stakeholder conflicts, policy capacity. In this work...
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are essential area-based tools for marine biodiversity conservation and proposed as a nature-based solution to support climate change adaptation mitigation efforts. However, MPAs themselves not immune the impacts of change. In Mediterranean Sea, at forefront impacts, due greater temperature rise extreme events occurrence. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments can be an accessible practice MPA managers 1) Keep track risks their systems; 2) Inform prioritize...
The ocean plays a vital role in sustaining life on Earth, yet its importance is often undervalued public understanding and education. Achieving higher levels of literacy fostering awareness requires tailored, inclusive approaches that respect the unique social, cultural, administrative frameworks each region. Spain’s decentralized educational system, where autonomous communities have authority over policies, presents both challenges opportunities for cohesive Our approach to education...
Organism movement plays a crucial role in the transfer of genes, matter, and energy between habitats, both marine environments across land-sea interface. The numerous fluxes resulting from lifetime trans-generational displacements all species (from bacteria to whales), collectively referred as Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC), underpins planetary health diverse ecosystem services. However, awareness integration this connectivity research, management policy is still limited. Given surging...
The fan mussel Pinna nobilis is a rapidly growing suspension-feeding bivalve endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and usually inhabits seagrass meadows. This endangered assimilates carbon nitrogen isotopic ratios in tissues from its food sources. δ13C δ15N signatures were used demonstrate variation among three (digestive gland, gills muscle) (for digestive gland gills) between summer winter. Isotopic values order: ≈ muscle > gland. mean of signal for –20.41 ± 0.12‰, –19.78 0.07‰ –19.30 0.5‰ 2.84...
Pinna nobilis and its guests Pontonia pinnophylax Nepinnotheres pinnotheres were sampled from Posidonia oceanica meadows invaded non-invaded by the red alga Lophocladia lallemandii. Understanding interactions among native invasive species was primary aim. Therefore, effects of L. lallemandii on percentage contribution food sources P. their trophic associations investigated applying mixing models to δ13C δ15N stable isotopes. Isotopic analyses revealed that occupied a higher level than host...
Differences in survival and growth rates seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus juveniles feeding on Artemia sp. or copepods have been related to specific digestive capacities of newborn, which are capable actively forage available prey from the first day live. Other species, such as H. abdominalis hippocampus, show high success nauplii suggesting species-specific differences digestibility among seahorses. In this study, profiles enzyme activity during initial 15 days after release (DAR) were very...
Abstract Diet information of organisms was traditionally acquired by the use lethal techniques (gut content or muscle δ 13 C and 15 N isotopic ratios). An increase in number ratio studies vulnerability some species have led to increased non‐lethal methodologies for conservation purposes. In present work we compared signals scales three different fish order test fish‐scale sampling as a technique trophodynamics. A positive correlation found between Argyrosomus regius Xyrichtys novacula ,...
Abstract Seahorses are ambush predators that swallow the prey through their tubular snout. In order to better understand mouth growth and its effect on preference by juveniles of seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus , experimental assays were carried out feeding (0–30 – d after male's pouch release [dar]) a mixture rotifers, Brachionus plicatilis ; Artemia nauplii; copepods; Acartia tonsa . Mouth development in was accomplished upper lower jaws, which linearly correlated with juvenile length,...