Thesis Presentation Schedule IMBRSea 2026

Schedule by room

Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Livestream Room 1 Livestream Room 2 Livestream Room 3

Schedule by session:

July 1st
9:00-10.30 July 1st
11:00-12:30 July 1st
13:30-15:00 July 1st
15:30-17:00 July 2nd
9:00-10:30 July 2nd
11:00-12:30

room 2 - Session 1, July 1, 09:00-10:30
Community level response on degradation and toxicity of biodegradable plastics in mesocosm facility Peeters Siemen	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Identification of potential links between ocean carbon sequestration intensity and microbial dymamics in marine snow: the role of diazotrophs García Hernández Elena	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Tracking Bleaching Impacts of Coral Reef Communities: Coral, Macroalgae, and Fish Assemblage Shifts Before and After a Bleaching Event in Honduras Paden Gianna	Evaluate	Agreed Grade

room 2 - Session 2, July 1, 11:00-12:30
Potential for a sustainable shrimp fishery: optimizing catch of Crangon crangon pots in the North Sea Milne Kylie	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
An analysis of the environmental costs associated with one of the world's leading seafood products: canned tuna Chen Xi	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Climate velocity and space–time patterns of demersal species in response to climate change across the Mediterranean Sea Constandt Louise	Evaluate	Agreed Grade

room 2 - Session 3, July 1, 13:30-15:00
Reproductive Strategies of Deep-Sea Octocorals: Histological and Spatial Insights Tregde Amanda	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
TUNAWAVE: The effect of marine heat waves and suboptimal feeding on vital rates and recruitment success of Atlantic bluefin tuna Ramsing Kailey	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Microscopy-Based Protocol Development for Studying the Morphology and Organelle Distribution in the Giant Unicellular Alga Caulerpa Naude Tawani	Evaluate	Agreed Grade

room 2 - Session 4, July 1, 15:30-17:00
Assessing biogeochemical fluxes by quantifying associated microbial genes in sediments: A metagenomic approach in the Belgian Part of the North Sea Fatima Menahil	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Environmental Drivers of Nudibranch Community Structure: The Role of Substrate, Algal Cover, Hydrodynamics and Oil Pollution. Argnani Carolina	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Assessment of faunal and floral dynamics in a pioneer mangrove afforestation project in the Guayas region Liebmann Diego	Evaluate	Agreed Grade

room 2 - Session 5, July 2, 09:00-10:30
Contrasting Carbon Footprints of purse seiners vs Canarian pole and line tuna fisheries Aviran Ella	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Impact of anchoring on the carbon stock of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows Bayley Melissa	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
The Use of Biodegradable Plastics in Marine Restoration: A Case Study on Marine Invertebrate Species of Commercial Interest in the North Atlantic Calvino Naveira Melissa Cristina	Evaluate	Agreed Grade

room 2 - Session 6, July 2, 11:00-12:30
Leaf me alone: Environmental Influences on Polyp Shape Variation in the Lettuce Coral Agaricia tenuifolia Using Geometric Morphometric Techniques Do Carmo Amaral Beatriz	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Fishery and Marine Spatial Planning Asiwa David	Evaluate	Agreed Grade
Stress-response in seagrass under multiple stressors: exploring regulatory and memory mechanisms Lazioli Martina	Evaluate	Agreed Grade