Doctoral Theses 2018

Silicon consumption by marine sponges: an empirical approach and its ecological implications
Student: María López-Acosta
PhD Advisor: Manuel Maldonado
Universitat de Barcelona

 

Floating plastic debris in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea: current status and its social perception
Student: Luis Francisco Ruiz-Orejón Sánchez-Pastor
PhD Advisor: Rafael Sardá
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

 

Patterns of genetic and morphologic diversity in Antarctic sponges
Student: Mirco Carella
PhD Advisor: Iosune Uriz
Universitat de Barcelona

 

Microbial community assembly and biogeography in the Pyrenean lacustrine district
Student: Rüdiger Ortiz Álvarez
Master Thesis Advisor: Emilio O. Casamayor
Universitat de Girona

 

Demographics and population ecology of the range-expanding zooxanthellate coral Oculina Patagonica in the Mediterranean Sea
Student: Eduard Serrano Gras
PhD Advisor: Marta Ribes i Rafel Coma
Universitat de Barcelona

 

The role of leaf litter quality and streambed hydro-morphology on in-stream leaf litter dynamics
Student: Elliot Bastias Alamo
PhD Advisor: Eugènia Martí Roca
Universitat de Barcelona