Thesis Presentations

Day 1 (July 1st)

Morning (9:00 - 12:30 CET)

Room 1

• 09:00 - 09:30: Marta Caballero Huertas - Reproductive Analysis of warm affinity fishes in biogeographic Transition Zone (Galician waters, North-East Atlantic Ocean)
• 09:30 - 10:00: Katharina Leeb - Drivers of behaviour and movement patterns of the endangered undulate ray, Raja undulata
• 10:00 - 10:30: Hamida Mbwana - Effects of increasing temperature on swimming activity of sardine, Sardina pilchardus, from two populations

Break time

• 11:00 - 11:30: Hélène Buchholzer - Vulnerability assessment of fishery-based livelihoods to the implementation of an Offshore Wind Farm: The Case Study of a Pilot Farm in France
• 11:30 - 12:00: Anjali Gopakumar - Mercury Accumulation in fishes from North-East and North-West Barents Sea during the polar night
• 12:00 - 12:30: Savannah Myers - Planktic Foraminifers to Reconstruct the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Paleoceanography at the Time of Sapropel S6 Deposition

Room 2

• 09:00 - 09:30: Kavya Ramesh - Habitat modelling to analyse the impacts of shipping noise on the deep-diving cetaceans (Blue, Fin and Sperm whales) along the Irish Shelf Edge.
• 09:30 - 10:00: Rachel Charish - Beyond the limits of the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation: Trends in the presence and foraging behaviour of bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise at Ballyheigue Bay, Brandon Bay and the Maharees, Co. Kerry.
• 10:00 - 10:30: Blanca Ferriz - Assessing cetacean occurrence using SoundTraps in offshore areas from the West coast of Kerry, Ireland

Break time

• 11:00 - 11:30: Julieta Vigliano Relva  - Marine benthic invertebrates and ocean acidification: insights from a natural CO2 vent in Galapagos using a fatty acid biomarker approach
• 11:30 - 12:00: Ward Standaert - Modelling the distribution of a critically endangered cold-water coral, Isidella elongata, in the Mallorca channel
• 12:00 - 12:30: Diego Moreno Morán - Description and quantification of the deep-sea megabenthic communities in Ormonde seamount (NE-Atlantic) using video analysis

Afternoon (14:00 - 18:00 CET)

Room 1

• 14:00 - 14:30: Marta Dominguez - Incorporation and effects of microplastics on seahorses (Hippocampus reidi)
• 14:30 - 15:00: Cristina Claver -  Enabling environmental DNA based mesopelagic fish diversity studies
• 15:00 - 15:30: Valentin Geslin - Metal contamination in aquatic species from Africa: ecotoxicological impact of mining activities

Break time

• 16:00 - 16:30: Jéssica Luana Santana Mendonça de Oliveira - Assessment of habitats and species of conservation interest to support the MPA implementation process in the Tyrrhenian Sea with a focus on Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845).
• 16:30 - 17:00: Mario Esteban Gaitan Arce - Assessing the relationship between the abundance of microplastics in filter and active feeding invertebrates with their surrounding environment
• 17:00 - 17:30: Kah Kheng Lim - The small giant clam, Tridacna maxima exhibits minimal population genetic structure in the Red Sea and genetic differentiation from the Gulf of Aden
• 17:30 - 18:00: Sindhura Stothra Bhashyam - Investigating the occurance of microplastics in mixed demersal fisheries in Galway Bay on the West Coast of Ireland

Room 2

• 14:00 - 14:30: Teresa Uribe-echeverría - Toxicity trend of biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic leachates during microbial exposure in seawater
• 14:30 - 15:00: Clyde Blanco - Influence of seasonal changes in water temperature on the spatiotemporal distribution and vertical movement of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea and Scheldt Estuary
• 15:00 - 15:30: Stanley Ifeanyi Nmor - MODELLING MICROPHYTOBENTHOS CONTRIBUTION AND TIDAL EFFECT ON SEDIMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Break time

• 16:00 - 16:30: Cora Villar Arribi - ELECTRONIC MONITORING TRIALS ON THE BAIT BOATS AND TROLL FLEETS OPERATING IN THE BAY OF BISCAY
• 16:30 - 17:00: Osman Crespo Neto - Spatial segregation by size of billfishes bycaught by the tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
• 17:00 - 17:30: Eric Díaz Delgado - Environmental preferences of sharks bycaught by the tuna purse-seine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
• 17:30 - 18:00: Katharina Kordubel - Environmental preferences and spatiotemporal distribution of the main genera of phytoplankton present in the Bay of La Paz

 

Day 2 (July 2nd)

Morning (9:00 - 12:30 CET)

Room 1

• 09:00 - 09:30: Aroa De Pietri - Estimating the cost of predator avoidance in otariid seals
• 09:30 - 10:00: Francesco Golin - Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) and its cumbersome parasite: The impact of Bopyrus squillarum (Latreille, 1802) on the shrimp’s reproductive output and fishery.
• 10:00 - 10:30: Jordi Tarrassó Toscano - Survival rates of different age classes of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the archipelago of Madeira

Break time

• 11:00 - 11:30: Oriol Ponce Torres - The cost of first reproduction in long-lived seabirds using individual long-term mark-recapture monitoring
• 11:30 - 12:00: Manuel Thibaud Blonç - Spatio-temporal factors affecting variations in biomass and mean length of three commercially important species of crustaceans along the Algarve coast, (South Portugal)
• 12:00 - 12:30: Zorana Bjelosevic - Mixed-fisheries issues and RTI management in the Baltic Sea

Room 2

• 09:00 - 09:30: Myriam Lebon - Foraging success and efficiency in lactating female southern sea lions
• 09:30 - 10:00: Marine Courtois - Combining acoustics and accelerometry data to assess killer whale interactions with longline fisheries in south-eastern Australia
• 10:00 - 10:30: Cristian Martin - Effects of thermal stress on bioturbation-mediated sediment stability: a study on the burrowing behavior of Cerastoderma edule

Break time

• 11:00 - 11:30: Tuan Anh Bui - FINDING THE DRIVERS OF DISCARDS AND SUITABLE FISHING AREAS: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELLING APPROACH
• 11:30 - 12:00: Jordan Moss - Assessing the performance of ICES elasmobranch harvest control rules through Management Strategy Evaluation: the data-limited case of Raja clavata in the North Sea.
• 12:00 - 12:30: Sheena Conforti - Potential crypticity within two decapod (Crustacea) genera: Galathea (Fabricius, 1792) and Eualus (Thallwitz, 1891)

Afternoon (14:00 - 18:00 CET)

Room 1

• 14:00 - 14:30: Ieva Čaraitė - Factors shaping the microbiomes of deep-sea sponges
• 14:30 - 15:00: Iva Rukavina - Comparative evaluation of the antioxidant activity of natural extracts from the salt-tolerant plant Polygonum maritimum L. prepared by using conventional solvents, and natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES)
• 15:00 - 15:30: Ana Yanez Suarez - How could inorganic eutrophication affect the susceptibility of pulsating soft corals to warming?

Break time

• 16:00 - 16:30: Rupert Stacy - Retained Genetic Diversity of Hippocampus Guttulatus In The Face Of Demographic Decline In The Ria Formosa
• 16:30 - 17:00: Sam Desmet - THE COMPLEMENTARY EFFECTS OF USING BOTH eDNA METABARCODING AND UNDERWATER VIDEO FOR MARINE FISH DIVERSITY MONITORING
• 17:00 - 17:30: Emily Chen - Application of environmental DNA for monitoring and management of aquatic biological invasions: Emerging trends and advancements towards best practice
• 17:30 - 18:00: Javier Burgoa - An “-Omics” approach for the study of retinoic acid gene regulatory network in S. purpuratus

Room 2

• 14:00 - 14:30: Louis Aurélien Calas - Image analysis of settlement plates for monitoring marine benthic communities of the Kerguelen Islands, a preliminary study
• 14:30 - 15:00: Kim Ellen Ludwig - Survival, Mark Change and Capture Heterogeneity of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
• 15:00 - 15:30: Olivia O'Connor - Analyzing mortality rates of small cetaceans using the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena, as a case study

Break time

• 16:00 - 16:30: Allison Durand -  Do bioturbators modify ocean acidification effects on marine meiobenthos? An experimental study on Abra alba
• 16:30 - 17:00: Esther Cepeda - Climate change and species interaction in marine benthos: an integrated experimental study.
• 17:00 - 17:30: Peter Benham - The Application of Longline Mussel Aquaculture to Establish Subtidal Reefs: New Solutions in Coastal Defense
• 17:30 - 18:00: Nanou Goedefroo - The spatio-temporal evolution of a newly created mussel bed and its effects on benthic communities

 

Day 3 (July 3rd):

13:00 - 15:00: Graduation Ceremony 

 

Professional Practice Presentation 

Day 1 (July 1st)

Session 1 (12:30 - 14:00 CET)

• Fiona-Elaine Straßer: Drives of fish movements and behaviour patterns in coastal areas
• Ana Margarida Rolim: Marine Mammal Research & Conservation – Internship in the Aegean Islands, Greece
• Laura Evenepoel: Marine Mammal Research & Conservation – Internship in the Aegean Islands, Greece
• María Cajal Mifsut: Marine Mammal Research & Conservation – Internship in the Aegean Islands, Greece
• Hasliza Mohdnasir: Population genetic structure of marine forests
• Maddalena Tibone: Genomic analysis of marine Halophythophthoras and comparison of their genetic capacity and gene organization with terrestrial relatives
• Eugenie Heliana Taraneh Westergerling: Global patterns of genetic diversity of mangrove forests
• Enrique Sánchez-Fabrés García de la Rasilla: Marine genetic diversity hotspots
• Lucia Diaz: Analyzing eDNA from marine samples to understand animal diets and associated microbiomes
• Zenaba Khatir: Marine genetic diversity hotspots
• Samantha Kwan: Photo Identification of marine mammals
• Simon De Lange: Coastbusters - Creating underwater value from bio-based reefs for coastal management
• Claudia Garcia: Coastbusters – How to mitigate predation on bio-based reefs for coastal protection
• Remco Laurens Martijn Lameijer: Develop a podcast series for marine biology-related topics (RPP06)
• Francesco Festa Marzotto: Develop a podcast series for marine biology-related topics (RPP06)
• Julia Melina Valentine-Pursel: Develop a blog series for marine biology-related posts (broader than IMBRSea Blogspot) (RPP05)
• Mafalda Isidro: Develop a blog series for marine biology related posts (broader than IMBRSea Blogspot) (RPP05)
• Juliette Villechanoux: Parasite detection and quantification in a variety of marine species
• Marie Defraigne: Parasite detection and quantification in a variety of marine species
• Anna Katharina Stroh: Developing traceability tools for fish, crustaceans, and shellfish
• Negin Pirhadi: The ocean crew: understanding our connection with the ocean (RPP10)
• Vivian Jaeger: The ocean crew: understanding our connection with the ocean (RPP10)
• Arnaud Boulenger: The ocean crew: understanding our connection with the ocean (RPP10)
• Anastasiya Laznya: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Jan Bierwirth: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Nicholas Theux Lowen: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Leony Michèle Kristin Malthaner: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Inês Pinho: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Lise Coquilleau: Ecology and biology of cod, herring, and flatfishes in the Baltic Sea
• Alexia Pigeault: The power of social media for science communication

Session 2 (18:00 - 19:30 CET)

• Laura Dennis: Writing a strategic partnership (or H2020) project (RPP02)
• Benjamin Paul Mooney: Adapting to climate change: responses in life-history traits and oxygen respiration of harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda)
• Laura Angélica López Márquez: Satellite remote sensing - An observation tool for the Marine Deep-Sea Environment
• Maria del Socorro Toxqui Rodriguez: Fisheries management measures: the case of European seabass
• Katherine Griswold: The power of social media for science communication
• Robyn Sahota: Impact of global climatic changes on planktonic food webs
• Mary Joyce Velos: Reproductive biology of deep-sea fishes
• Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza: Study of the population of Mobula tarapacana in Azores through employing video analysis.
• Isabel De Block: Reproductive biology of deep-sea fishes
• Claudia Ascencio: Acoustic communication in fish and ecoacoustics
• Marina Puebla Aparicio: Acoustic communication in fish and ecoacoustics
• Silke De Buyser: Develop and optimize passive fisheries techniques for the Belgian part of the North Sea
• Olga Trela: Studying the effects of an offshore wind farm on demersal and pelagic fish communities
• Sofia Macarena Green: Foraging behaviour of Bass Strait marine predators
• Camille Daniëls: Ecology and biology of cod, herring and flatfishes in the Baltic Sea
• Ambre Chabert: Bioerosive pattern of the date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga and the withe piddock Pholas dactylus in the Adriatic Sea.
• Erin Bowman: Comparison between Porifera biodiversity in marine caves
• Simon von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha: Bioaccumulation of toxic chemicals in marine organisms
• Irene de Prado Ponga: Associations between hydrozoans and scleractinian of the Maldives Archipelago.
• Andre Chagas da Costa Neves: Fisheries catch assessment using logbooks and GPS trackers and effort mapping of commercial fishers in Surigao and Davao Gulf
• Marie Pedaccini: Functional traits of the fauna associated with offshore wind farms.
• Victor Leite Jardim: Diversity and functioning of macrofaunal coastal communities
• Cassandra Roch: Organization of Marine Conservation Awareness and Outreach Activity
• Marion Vial: Assessing and monitoring cumulative impacts of climate change and anthropogenic impacts on vulnerable deep-ocean ecosystems (RPP11)
• Olivia Saiz Muñoz: Assessing and monitoring cumulative impacts of climate change and anthropogenic impacts on vulnerable deep-ocean ecosystems (RPP11)
• Pierre Liboureau: Assessing and monitoring cumulative impacts of climate change and anthropogenic impacts on vulnerable deep-ocean ecosystems (RPP11)
• Wilson Oliveira Junior: Sharks: Predators or Prey? (RPP17)
• Laura Prigge: Microbial ecology and distribution of marine picoplankton
• Marieke Schultz: Microplastics and their associated microbial communities
• Kianna Gallagher: Impact of salinity change on food web interactions in marine plankton communities

Day 2 (July 2nd)

Session 3 (12:30 - 14:00 CET)

• Melany Villegas: Employment of microalgae for biotechnological applications
• Lorie Chapuis: Finalize & Create content for Kahi Kai (unique Ocean) website and social media (RPP15)
• Joan Wanjala: Finalize & Create content for Kahi Kai (unique Ocean) website and social media (RPP15)
• Line Vatne Martinsen: Finalize & Create content for Kahi Kai (unique Ocean) website and social media (RPP15)
• Nuria Fernández de Villalobos: Finalize & Create content for Kahi Kai (unique Ocean) website and social media (RPP15)
• Moritz Klaassen: Finalize & Create content for Kahi Kai (unique Ocean) website and social media (RPP15)
• Anna Barboza: Socioeconomic impacts of closed fishing season in Davao Gulf in the income and livelihood of fishers families
• Morgan Hartley: Bioavailability of Fe contained in nanoparticles of glacial origin: a case study on Kerguelen Island (Southern Ocean)
• Paola Talarico: Sharks: Predators or Prey? (RPP17)
• Svenja Stoehr: Sharks: Predators or Prey? (RPP17)
• Daila Guerra Doreste: Organization of a Sustainable Aquaculture Workshop
• Cristina Lopez Gaston: Food web network models - a coastal lagoon study-case
• Carmela De Benito: Revising the Regulation based classification system
• Wyndel Sañoza: Extracting information from archived pictures for a patch dynamics study in the Asturian rocky shore (RPP18)
• Karlis Heimrats: Extracting information from archived pictures for a patch dynamics study in the Asturian rocky shore (RPP18)
• Laura Sophie Belter: Extracting information from archived pictures for a patch dynamics study in the Asturian rocky shore (RPP18)
• Pelayo Rico: Asturias Marine Observatory
• Théo Sommeville: Consumer's attitudes towards local fisheries
• Lara Paige Brodie: Asturias Marine Observatory
• Jorge Gutiérrez Serrano: Consumer's attitudes towards local fisheries
• Lotte Janssens: Microplastics in marine organisms
• Pablo Lanza: Contributing to a non-indigenous species database (AquaNIS)
• Marta Ensesa Pumarola: Contributing to a non-indigenous species database (AquaNIS)
• Muhammad Saad Bin Zahid: Development of a sustainable process for mullet aquaculture using innovative diets
• Jané Salazar Mcloughlin: Impacts and adaptation of fisheries to shifting stocks
• Eugenio Raymond Alfonso: Data exploration and preliminary analysis of LifeWatch plankton time series and samples for Mollusc eggs and larvae occurrences
• Iga Budzynska: Zooplankton observations in the Belgian Part of the North Sea
• Bianca Melita Palmas: Attraction and interaction of harbour porpoise and tagged fish in coastal protection reefs
• Alice D'Hurlaborde: Improving Marine Regions, the GIS standard for marine biogeography
• Pol Sorigué: Biodiversity shifts in marine interstitial fauna