Existing research on coastal blue carbon focuses primarily on carbon sequestration as plant biomass, while the mechanisms that control MOD export and the processes that transform dissolved organic matter (DOM) and recalcitrantly sequester it ( MODR) are largely little known.
Change in ecosystems occurs over multiple temporal and spatial scales. Discriminating between actual changes, cycles and trends is often difficult or impossible without an adequate temporal perspective, since multiple processes interact at multiple temporal and spatial scales.
The project, with an explicitly interdisciplinary vocation, seeks, first of all, to document the role of storms as agents of change for Mediterranean coastal vegetation, both emerged and submerged (underwater meadows, marsh vegetation and dunes).
Blue Forests, such as macroalgal forests, seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangroves, are vegetated coastal habitats that cover enormous areas around the world, providing various types of ecosystem services.
This project aims to restore damaged populations by incorporating new juvenile individuals raised in laboratory conditions and establish new restoration protocols that do not spoil existing populations.
The effective assembly and integration of socio-ecological systems around marine forest habitats will allow the identification of optimal balance scenarios between the long-term conservation of coastal benthic ecosystems and the viability of small-scale fisheries for both sea urchins and of their predatory fish.
The Ocean Citizen project represents a new approach to restoration in which restoration is presented as a toolbox with ubiquitous properties and, as such, is experienced in three locations, representing different marine ecosystems and different environments.
The main objective of the EFFECTIVE research project is to develop a comprehensive scientific knowledge base and practical guidance for the conservation and restoration of marine protected areas (MPA’s) of the Mediterranean Sea.
I graduated in Biology from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and specialized in Marine Biology through the Erasmus Mundus Master’s program in Marine
Graduated in Environmental Biology (UAB) and a masters in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSEA), my interests are on benthic ecology. Specifically, I focus on global and
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