Thesis Presentation Schedule IMBRSea 2021 June per session

Session 1, July 5, 11:00-12:30

1

Assessing the applicability of novel molecular tools for the taxonomic resolution of the Mytilus spp complex in Irish waters

Maddalena Tibone

ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF MUSSEL REEFS ON COASTAL MARINE COMMUNITIES IN A DEGRADED ECOSYSTEM

Svenja Stoehr

Marine Protected Areas: Levering Barriers to Strong Protection Implementation

Marieke Schultz

2

Quantification of bivalve and decapod larvae from field plankton samples using novel molecular methods

Eugenio Raymond Alfonso

The Role of Habitat Complexity on Benthic Faunal Diversity of Subtidal Maerl Beds

Victor Leite Jardim

Assessing perceptions of effectiveness of three levels of communication in an international project on the social economy of dried fish in Asia

Alexia Pigeault

3

Examining patterns of marine finfish biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding in Arrábida Marine Park, Portugal

Mary Joyce Velos

Effects of Non-Mechanical Harvesting of Ascophyllum nodosum on Vertebrata lanosa and its Importance for Biodiversity

Mafalda Isidro

Mapping giant kelp forests with satellite imagery and artificial intelligence

Laura Angélica López Márquez

Session 2, July 5, 13:00-14:30

1

Diversity and Connectivity: Population Genetic Structure of the seagrass within the Banc d'Arguin

hasliza mohdnasir

The impact of ocean acidification in shell regulation of aquaculture marine bivalves: A comparative study.

Pol Sorigué

Analysis of disseminated neoplasia, other pathologies and DNA damage in the cockle Cerastoderma edule from the estuary of Urdaibai (NE of the Iberian Peninsula)

Zenaba Khatir

2

Understanding Spatial Behaviour of Commercial Fishing Boats Foraging Around Fishing Aggregating Devices in The Southern Philippines

Andre Chagas da Costa Neves

Combined Effect of Burrowing Crabs and Tides on Mangrove Carbon Storage

Moritz Klaassen

Investigating green sea turtle diet and digestive microbiome using DNA metabarcoding

Lucia Diaz

3

Growth variation during the freshwater stage of the partially anadromous brown trout: an investigation using scale growth analysis

Anna Katharina Stroh

A trait-based review of migratory behaviours exhibited by microphytobenthos and macrozoobenthos communities of the intertidal habitats of the Wadden Sea

Morgan Hartley

Quantification of environmental DNA from European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the Belgian part of the North Sea.

Camille Daniëls

Session 3, July 5, 17:00-18:30

1

Temporal and spatial population genetic analyses in common octopus (O. vulgaris) from the southern area of the Bay of Biscay.

Negin Pirhadi

The diving behaviour of the whale shark Rhincodon typus related to geographical and environmental conditions in the Galapagos Marine Reserve and the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Sofia Macarena Green

The effects of an offshore wind farm on the diet of plaice using stomach content and stable isotope analysis

Silke De Buyser

2

Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity and population structure of two scleractinian corals within an MPA

Laura Dennis

DETECTION OF INVASIVE FISH SPECIES WITH SOUND: DISCRIMINATING TWO VOCAL SCIAENID SPECIES IN THE TAGUS ESTUARY

Joan Wanjala

Effects of a long-chain PUFA-deficient diet on the fatty acid composition and biosynthesis in harpacticoid and calanoid copepods along a temperature gradient

Robyn Sahota

3

Authenticity of mixed seafood samples using nanopore sequencing

Maria del Socorro Toxqui Rodriguez

Determining the Enabling Conditions and Actionable Steps in Successful Alternative Livelihood Projects (ALPs) within the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) Region

Anna Barboza

The effect of four commercial feeding regimes on the occurrence of bone deformities in juvenile Seriola lalandi (Valenciennes 1833)

Marie Defraigne

Session 4, July 6, 9:00-10:30

1

Underwater noise monitoring in the semi-pristine waters off El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Marina Puebla Aparicio

Fish biomass changes across mid-Pleistocene glacial-interglacial transitions in the eastern Mediterranean

Théo Sommeville

Surface Ocean CO2 in the Northern North Sea - Temporal and Spatial Variability

Simon De Lange

2

Impacts of non-indigenous species on the complex topology of an estuarine food web - the Guadiana estuary case-study

Cristina Lopez Gaston

Seagrass dominance over seaweeds in oligotrophic coastal ecosystems

Simon von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Defining a protocol for recreational scuba diving carrying capacity within a marine protected area (MPA)

Pelayo Rico

3

Silent Amazon Project: bioaccumulation of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in aquatic macrophytes from the Amazon River

Irene de Prado Ponga

TESTING THE BIOTIC RESISTANCE OF NATIVE COMMUNITIES AGAINST NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES

Francesco festa marzotto

Reaching New Depths: Predicting bathymetric shifts of marine commercial fish species.

Jané Salazar Mcloughlin

Session 5, July 6, 13:00-14:30

1

Remote sensing the water quality indicators in Manila Bay, Philippines: Spatio-temporal trends of algal and non-algal suspended particulate matter concentrations from reconstructed MODIS satellite data

Wyndel Sañoza

Abundance and activity of the gammaproteobacterial taxa UBA10353 from the epi- to bathypelagic waters of the global ocean

Marion Vial

Enhancing the larval settlement of Lanice conhilega with an optimized screening method of artificial substrates

ALICE D''HURLABORDE

2

WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY MICROALGAE STRAINS ISOLATED FROM AN URBAN EFFLUENT: AN ALTERNATIVE TOWARDS A CIRCULAR BIO ECONOMY

Muhammad Saad Bin Zahid

Effects of warming ocean temperature on growth and metabolism of the two spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens, juveniles

Line Vatne Martinsen

Video and image analysis techniques to monitor mussel (Mytilus edulis) reefs development under different hydrodynamic conditions.

Pablo Lanza

3

Ovarian follicle counts as a potential reproductive toxicity endpoint in small cetaceans: an explorative study of the ovarian form and function in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and common dolphins (Delphinus delphis)

Bianca Melita Palmas

Heterologous expression of chromo- and fluorescent proteins in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to evaluate their impact on photosynthesis and growth rates.

Melany Villegas

Effects of a newly created mussel bed and hydrodynamic conditions on the biodiversity and functioning of macrobenthic communities

Arnaud Boulenger

Session 6, July 7, 11:00-12:30

1

Time at risk and No-take areas effectiveness in the South of Portugal

Carmela De Benito

Food security in small-scale fisheries under climate change: a vulnerability assessment in the Western Indian Ocean

Lara Paige Brodie

A COMPARISON OF AN IN-TRAWL CAMERA SYSTEM TO ACOUSTIC AND CATCH RESULTS FOR SMALL PELAGIC AND MESOPELAGIC FISH

Eugenie Heliana Taraneh Westergerling

2

Optimisation of land-based cultivation conditions and enhancement of antioxidant activity in Umbraulva sp. (Chlorophyta, Ulvaceae)

Laura Sophie Belter

Biodegradation potential of paracetamol by marine bacteria consortia

Julia Melina Valentine-Pursel

Potential toxic and biochemical impacts of microplastic exposure on Scrobicularia plana nutritional content

Paola Talarico

3

Degradation of conventional and biodegradable microplastics in the marine environment

Nuria Fernández de Villalobos

Using an integrated approach to design an effective marine protected area for seabirds

Lise Coquilleau

Session 7, July 7, 15:00-16:30

1

Go with the Flow: Morphological Variation of Pocillopora Corals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Katherine Griswold

EXAMINING THE ROLE OF NUTRIENTS ON THE NEW EXOTIC MACROALGAE HALIMEDA INCRASSATA, THE NATIVE SEAGRASS CYMODOCEA NODOSA, AND THEIR INTERACTION, IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Marta Ensesa Pumarola

Characterization of the seabird community on the south coast of Portugal from 2014-2020

Iga Budzynska

2

Effects of thermal history on intra- and transgenerational plasticity in Laminaria pallida

Pierre Liboureau

THE DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF ELASMOBRANCH IN THE STATE OF PARAÍBA, BRAZIL

Wilson Oliveira Junior

3

Determination of Phenotypic Responses to Heat Stress Experiments in Corals from the Great Barrier Reef

Erin Bowman

Dangerous microplastics in topshells and anemones along the North coast of Spain.

Lotte Janssens

Session 8, July 7, 17:00-18:30

1

Offshore MPA Assessment in South Africa

Anastasiya Laznya

Reproduction of Dephinus delphis: Developmental and seasonal changes in testicular morphology of the North Eastern Atlantic short-beaked common dolphin

Isabel De Block

Feeding ecology and presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of the Haller's round ray (Urobatis haller)

Inês Pinho

2

Carbon flux in a subarctic Norwegian fjord: the potential seasonal impact of the small copepod, Microsetella norvegica

Benjamin Paul Mooney

Residence pattern and population size assessment for the short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, in Dilek Yarimadasi, Aegean Sea.

Claudia Ascencio

Heavy metal bioaccumulation in mangrove benthic invertebrate Faunus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vivian Jaeger

3

Investigating the presence and foraging behaviour of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) at the Blasket Islands Special Area of Conservation

Ana Margarida Rolim

Impact of Marine Traffic on the behavioural budget of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Antalya, Turkey

Laura Evenepoel

Feeding ecology and microplastic contamination of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in the Gulf of California

Leony Michèle Kristin Malthaner

Session 9, July 8, 9:00-10:30

1

Considerations regarding Marine Spatial Planning and Artisanal Fisheries in the Canary Islands

Daila Guerra Doreste

Investigating methods to increase tetraspore release and vegetative growth of the red seaweed Palmaria palmata

Claudia Garcia

Living and Fossil Coccolithophores: a Tool to Understand Past and Future Climate Changes

Kianna Gallagher

2

The potential impacts of microplastic exposure in antioxidant enzymes of Scrobicularia plana

Jorge Gutiérrez Serrano

Laminaria ochroleuca: Intraspecific variation in adaptive traits to temperature and light stress

Fiona-Elaine Straßer

Influence of environmental variability in the migratory patterns of the Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Enrique Sánchez-Fabrés García de la Rasilla

3

The potential impacts of Primextra Gold TZ in molecular and biochemical pathways of Scrobicularia plana

María Cajal Mifsut

A phylogenomic and phylogeographic assessment of the kelp genus Lessonia Bory

Laura Prigge

ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL CHANGE: CORAL SYMBIODINIACEAE DIVERSITY IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY AND AT PRESENT

Cassandra Roch

Session 10, July 8, 13:00-14:30

1

Spatial ecology of the white seabream (Diplodus sargus) in a small no-take zone

Marie Pedaccini

Diversity of western pacific Back-arc Basins invertebrates reevaluated through a barcode approach – Results on decapods and polychaetes

Ambre Chabert

2

Recreational boating interferes with the behaviour of Atlantic cod

Remco Laurens Martijn Lameijer

Spying on the devil’s lair: Seasonal aggregation of the sickle fin devil ray species Mobula tarapacana at an offshore seamount in The Azores, Portugal (Mid-North Atlantic), using a novel methodology.

Jorge Manuel Moreno Mendoza

3

Using fish telemetry to compare migration and survival of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) released at different times of day into the Roskilde Fjord, Denmark.

Olga Trela

Session 1, July 3rd, 09:00-10:30

1

Fishing for Answers: Exploring Species and Spatial Variation in Contamination and Nutritional Value of Reef Fishes – A Case Study in New Caledonia

Ewan David

2

A glimpse into the unseen: Homogeneity of marine sediment bacterial communities surrounding healthy Porites spp. corals at One Tree Island Reef.

Ana Olmos Pin

Seabirds as Ecological Bridges: Flux of nutrients from sea to land by Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) along the Norwegian coast

Laís Perini

Session 2, July 3rd, 11:00-12:30

1

Biotechnological Valorization of the Invasive Macroalgae Rugulopteryx okamurae in a Biorefinery Context

Alizee JAMONT

Assessing spillover from three marine protected areas in the Western

Marissa Levinson

Surfacing behaviour of the oceanic stage juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Carreta carreta) in the Azores (in the North Atlantic)

Kateřina Vobořilová

2

Analysis and utilization of U. rigida, P. palmata, and F. vesiculosus for potential dog and cat snacks

Francisco Nomdedeu Martinez

3

Seasonal variation of sharks and large predatory fish in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

Marthje Hannah Schüler

Session 3, July 3rd, 14.00-15.30

1

Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to strengthen marine mammal monitoring.

Mari Meland

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding as a tool for fish biodiversity monitoring and resource management in Japan’s largest mangrove forest: The case of Nakama River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan

Marizka Juliano

2

Assessing Post-2020 Light Pollution in Sea Turtle Nesting Sites of Western Réunion Island: Sustainable Management Strategies

Clémentine Le Boulluec

3

Under the sea and the moon: deciphering the lunar calendar of Dictyota dichotoma

Sarah Wurzel

Session 4, July 3rd, 16.00-17.30

1

Temporal and spatial variation of hydrothermal vent fauna and adjacent environments in Menez Gwen

Agnes Synnove Illokken

2

Combating bacterial cold water disease in aquaculture: Bacteriophage infectivity across time

Kiano Gorissen

Session 5, July 4th, 09:00-10:30

1

Assessing the Distribution of Groupers (Serranidae) and Snappers (Lutjanidae) in Kayankerni Marine Sanctuary using Baited Remote Underwater Video Surveys (BRUVS)

Mehak Sangani

Revisiting & quantifying the pace of life syndrome in cetaceans: A meta-analytical approach to life history strategies

Tanushree Mundra

2

Effect of biostimulants on kelp early stages

Guillermo Monescillo Aragón

Use of Artificial Intelligence to assist Marine Spatial Planning: development of a ‘proof-of-concept’ study for New Zealand

Michelle Guevara

Micro-fragmentation as an Active Coral Restoration Method for Madracis decactis in the South-West Atlantic

Lisanne Küppers

3

LONG-TERM TROPICAL TUNA REDISTRIBUTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

Ian Omedes Bassat

Session 6, July 4th, 11:00-12:30

1

Microbiome Dynamics in Early Life Stages of Temperate Gorgonians

Rita Mealha Brissos Arcanjo Camacho

Climate change implications on the basis of marine food webs

Karina Fischer-Balla

2

THE ZWIN LAGOON, How management reverberates through the trophic levels.

Mathieu Le Gurun

Dynamics of Reef Fish Communities in Algarve's Greatest Reef: A baseline biological assessment prior to Marine Protected Area (MPA) implementation in Southern Portugal

Valentine Szrama

3

MOLECULAR TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PORPHYRA / PYROPIA SPP. ALONG THE BRITTANY COAST

Nina Lopatina

Understanding the early dietary preferences of damselfish, clownfish and pigfish larvae using fluorescent microspheres

Jonathan Simon