Tesis doctorals

2018

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

2017

Ecology and biodiversity of the deep-sea meiobenthos from the Blanes Canyon and its adjacent slope (NW Mediterranean)
Autor: Sara Roman Moreno
Director de tesi: Daniel Martin
Universitat de Barcelona TESEO

Effects of environmental stochasticity on life history parameters of marine top predators
Autora: Noelia Hernandez
Director de tesi: Daniel Oro
Universitat de les Illes Balears

Effects of environmental variability and perturbations on seabird’s popilation dynamics
Autora: Ana Payo Payo
Director de tesi: Daniel Oro
Universitat de Barcelona TESEO

Growth and dynamics of Hemimycale columella (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) and the relationship with its microbial symbionts
Autora: Leyre Garate Amenabarro
Directors de tesi: María Jesús Uriz i Andrea Blanquer
Universitat de Barcelona TESEO

Interacciones tróficas y distribución de los crustáceos planctónicos de los Pirineos
Autor: Danilo Buñay Chicaiza
Director de tesi: Marc Ventura
Universitat de Barcelona

Movement ecology of coastal fishes in a marine protected area: implications for management and conservation
Autor: Eneko Aspillaga Cuevas
Director de tesi: Frederic Bartumeus i Bernat Hereu
Universitat de Barcelona TESEO

2016

Estructura, distribución e historia evolutiva de las poblaciones de estrellas de mar Echinaster sepositus y Coscinasterias tenuispina
Autor: Àlex Garcia Cisneros
Directors de tesi: Creu Palacín Cabañas i Rocío Pérez Portela
Universitat de Barcelona. DIPÒSIT DIGITAL UB

In situ direct study of filtration and respiration rate of Mediterranean sponges
Autor: Maria Teresa Morganti
Directors de tesi: Rafel Coma i Marta Ribes
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TDX

Change agents: Sea urchin regulation and state shifts in Mediterranean macrophyte systems
Autor: Jordi Boada
Director de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro i Javier Romero
Universitat de Barcelona. DIPÒSIT DIGITAL UB

Biology and population ecology of uncultured archaea in natural environments analyzed by taxon-specific molecular markers
Autor: Claudia Ximena Restrepo Ortiz
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Fish as local stressors of Pyrenean high mountain lakes: Arrival process and impact on amphibians and other organisms.
Autor: Alex Miró
Director de tesi: Marc Ventura Oller.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
Best Spanish PhD Dissertation in Limnology Research (2016-2017)

2015

The influence of Mediterranean riparian zones on stream nitrogen dynamics. A catchment approach.
Autora: Anna Lupon.
Directora de tesi: Susana Bernal Berenguer.
Codirector: Francesc Sabater Comas
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
Spanish PhD Dissertation in Limnology Research (2014-2015)

Effects of human activities on N cycling in Mediterranean streams: contrasts between nitrate and ammonium dynamics.
Autor: Miquel Ribot Bermejo.
Directora de tesi: Eugènia Martí Roca
Codirector: Daniel Von Shiller Calle
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Microbial nitrification in urban streams: from single cell activity to ecosystems processes.
Autora: Stephanie Merbt.
Directors de tesi: Eugènia Martí Roca i Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences (2015-2016)

Connecting biodiversity and biogeochemical role by microbial metagenomics.
Autor: Tomas Llorens.
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Scale-dependent factors modulate sea urchin predation in macrophyte ecosystems.
Autor: Simone Farina.
Director de tesi: Javier Romero Martinengo
Codirectora: Teresa Alcoverro Pedrola
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Tracking environmental change in seagrass meadows: understanding indicator behaviour across space and time.
Autor: Guillem Roca.
Directora de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro Pedrola.
Codirector: Javier Romero Martinengo
Universitat de Barcelona. Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Seagrass ecosystems of the Nicobar and Andaman Islands with emphasis on the Dugong dugon status and distribution.
Autora: Elrika D’Souza.
Directora de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro Pedrola.
Madurai Kamaraj University. TESEO

2014

The role of primary uptake compartments on stream N cycling, insights from 15N signatures.
Autor: Marc Peipoch.
Directors de tesi: Eugènia Martí Roca i Esperança Gacia Passola.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Interactions between fish farming, wild fish populations, local fisheries and society: a case study in Catalonia, Spain.
Autora: Kathrin Bacher.
Directora de tesi: Ana Gordoa.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

The Northern Current and its interaction with the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean Sea).
Autor: Miguel Ángel Ahumada-Semproa.
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Diatom-based reconstruction of Late Glacial and Early Holocene environment in the Pyrenees.
Autor: Carlos Rivera Roldon.
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalan.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2013

Biology and phylogeography of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Echinoidea: Arbacioida).
Autor: Owen S. Wangensteen.
Codirectors de tesi: Xavier Turon Barrera i Cruz Palacín Cabañas
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Differential gene expression along the sponge life cycle.
Autora: Alicia R. Pérez-Porro.
Codirectors de tesi: María Jesús Uriz Lespe i Gonzalo Giribet de Sebastán
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Desarrollo de un modelo para el estudio de la dispersión de contaminantes provenientes de una granja de cultivo de camarón en el complejo lagunar Estero de Urías: una laguna costera urbanizada (México).
Autor: G. Cardoso.
Codirectors de tesi: Antonio Cruzado Alorda i Joan Albert Sánchez Cabeza
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Chemical and microbial ecology of the demosponge Aplysina aerophoba.
Autor: Oriol Sacristan.
Director de tesi: Mikel Becerro.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Ecology and evolution of microbial nitrifiers.
Autor: Antoni Fernández-Guerra.
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Los macroinvertebrados lacustres y el gradiente altitudinal en los Pirineos/ Lake macroinvertebrates and the altitudinal gradient in the
Pyrenees.
Autor: Guillermo de Mendoza.
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalan.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

The ecology of colonial phytoplancton.
Autora: Tatiana Caraballo.
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalan.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Landscape fragmentation and resilience in seagrass meadows
Autor: Gera, Alessandro
Directors de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro
Universitat de Barcelona. TDX

Ecology and genetics of invasive ascidians in the western Mediterranean
Autor: Ordoñez, Victor
Directors de tesi: Xavier Turon
Universitat de Barcelona. TDX

The role of herbivores as trophic connectors between marine ecosystems
Autor: Pagés, Jordi
Directors de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro
Universitat de Barcelona. TDX

Challenges in marine ecology: genomic investigations of dispersal patterns and phenotypic plasticity in Mediterranean Fishes
Autor: Schunter, Celia
Directors de tesi: Enrique Macpherson
Universitat de Barcelona. TDX

2012

Estructura genética poblacional y discontinuidades oceanográficas en crustáceos decápodos.
Autor: Victor H. García Merchán.
Codirectors de tesi: Enrique Macpherson Mayol, Marta Pascual Berniola i Pere Abelló Sala.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Ecología química en el benthos marino de la Antártida: productos naturales y defensa química en esponjas hexactinélidas, corales blandos and colonial ascidians.
Autora: Laura Núñez.
Director de tesi: Manuel Maldonado Barahona.
Universitat de Barcelona.TESEO

A global wanderer: biology, phylogeography and resilience of the introduced ascidian Styela plicata.
Autora: Maria Carmen Pineda.
Director de tesi: Xavier Turon Barrera.
Codirectora: Susana López Legentil
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award

Microbial macroecology: understanding microbial community patterns using phylogenetic and multivariate statistical tools.
Autor: Albert Barberan.
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award

Estudio de la actividad fagotrófica del fitoplancton mediante técnicas de análisis celular.
Autor: Miguel Ángel Ballén.
Director de tesi: Marisol Felip Benach.
Codirector: Jordi Catalan Aguilà
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Distribution of soft-bottom Polychaete assembalges at different scales in shallow waters of the Northern Mediterranean Spanish coast.
Autora: Letzi Serrano.
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá Borroy.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Multi-risk assessment and users¿s perception: a further step towards Ecosystem-based beach Managament.
Autor: Juan Pablo Lozoya.
Director de tesi: José Antonio Jiménez Quintana.
Codirector: Rafael Sardá Borroy
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2011

Combining trace metal bioaccumulation and stable isotopes to reveal food web structure in freshwater ecosystems.
Autor: David Xavier Soto.
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalan Aguilà.
Codirectora: Esperança Gacia Passola
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
Best PhD Thesis for the Iberian Association of Limnology (biennium 2010-2012) and Finalist of the EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences (2011-2013)

The European Fauna of Annelida Polychaeta.
Autor: Joao Gil.
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá Borroy.
Universidade de Lisboa.

Aquatic macrophyte distribution and richness patterns across and time in a Catalonia.
Autora: Eglantine Chappuis.
Directors de tesi: Esperança Gacia Passola i Enric Ballesteros Sagarra .
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Insights in the mat of Posidonia oceanica: biogeochemical sink and paleoecological record.
Autor: Oscar Serrano.
Director de tesi: Miguel Ángel Mateo Mínguez.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Trace element biogeochemistry in high mountain lake catchments: identifying anthropogenic versus natural components from the atmospheric contamination legacy in remote natural areas.
Autora: Montserrat Bacardit.
Director de tesi: Lluís Camarero Galindo.
Universitat de Girona. TESEO

2010

Hydrological and geomorphological controls on stream nutrient retention.
Autora: Alba Argerich.
Director de tesi: Francesc Sabater Comas,
Codirectora: Eugènia Martí Roca.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Sistemática e historia evolutiva de la familia Galatheidae (Crustacea: Anomura) en el Pacífico Sur.
Autora: Patricia Cabezas.
Director de tesi: Enrique Macpherson Mayol.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. TESEO

Coastal microphyroplankton and microphytobenthos. Diversity, ecology and implications in silicon biogeochemical cycle.
Autora: Arianna Bucci.
Director de tesi: Manuel Maldonado Barahona.
Codirectora: Zolia Velásquez Blanes
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Biología y ecología de asteroides mediterráneos de fondo rocoso (biology and ecology of mediterranean rocky bottoms asteroids).
Autora: Adriana Villamor.
Director de tesi: Mikel Becerro García.
Universitat de Barcelona.TESEO

Relationship between genetic, bacterial and chemical diversity of the mediterranean sponge spongia – agaricina (relación entre la diversidad genética, bacteriana y química de la esponja mediterránea sp.)
Autora: Charlotte Noyer.
Director de tesi: Mikel Becerro García
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Biology and Ecology of the weedy seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Pisces: Syngnathidae) and its implication in conservation management.
Autor: Jaime Sánchez-Cámara.
Director de tesi: Xavier Turon Barrera.
Codirector: David J. Booth
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

A 3d high resolution coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model for the western Mediterranean sea. Interannual variability of primary and export production.
Autor: Raffaele Bernardello.
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Comunidades de cianobacterias bentónicas, producción y liberación de microcistinas en el río Muga (NE Península Ibérica).
Autora: Jara Vassal’lo Saco.
Directora de tesi: Mariàngels Puig Garcia.
Universitat de Girona. TESEO

Diversity, dynamics and activity of mesophilic Archaea in stratified freshwater lakes. Implications in biogeochemical cycles.
Autor: Marc Llirós Dupré.
Director de tesi: Carlos Borrego Moré
Codirector: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat de Girona. TESEO

Cystoseira-dominated assemblages from sheltered areas in the Mediterranean Sea; diversity, distribution and effects of pollution.
Autora: Marta Sales.
Director de tesi: Enric Ballesteros Sagarra.
Universitat de Girona. TESEO

2009

Revisión de las especies del género Haplosyllis (Annelida, Polychaeta, Syllidade): Una aproximación morfológica, morfométrica, filogenética y ecológica.
Autora: Patricia Lattig.
Director de tesi: Daniel Martin Sintes.
Codirector: Guillermo San Martín Peral
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. TESEO

Spatio-temporal genetic structure and reproductive barriers in the genus Paracentrotus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea).
Autora: Isabel Calderon.
Director de tesi: Xavier Turon Barrera.
Codirector: Cruz Palacín Cabañas
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Bacterial dispersal on airborne Saharan particles. Survival and colonization in Alpine lakes of the limnological observatory of the Pyrenees.
Autora: Anna Hervàs.
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. TESEO

Genomic patterns and phenotypic plasticity in prokaryotes analyzed within an ecological framework.
Autor: Juan Antonio García López.
Director de tesi: Emilio O. Casamayor.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. TESEO

Food web bioaccumulation of halogenated compounds in high mountain lake food webs.
Autora: Mireia Bartrons.
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalan.
Codirector: Joan Grimalt Obrador.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2008

Evaluación del estado de las aguas costeras: herramientas de vigilancia basadas en los ecosistemas de Posidonia oceanica.
Autora: Begoña Martínez.
Directora de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro Pedrola.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Implications of Global Change for stream nitrogen and phosphorus retention in a Mediterranean catchment.
Autor: Daniel von Schiller.
Directora de tesi: Eugènia Martí Roca.
Codirector: Joan Lluís Riera Rey
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award

Genética evolutiva en llagostes de l’Infraordre Achelata.
Autor: Ferran Palero.
Directora de tesi: Marta Pascual Berniola.
Codirectors: Pere Abelló Sala i Enrique Macpherson Mayol
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Biology and population genetics of the invasive ascidian Microcosmus squamiger.
Autor: Marc Rius.
Director de tesi: Xavier Turon Barrera.
Codirectora: Marta Pascual Berniola.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Paper dels macroinvertebrats bentònics com bioindicadors en la xarxa de control de la qualitat ecològica de les conques internes. Influència del regim hídric sobre l’estructura de la població.
Autor: Gervasio Benito.
Director de tesi: Miquel Selgot.
Codirectora: Mariàngels Puig Garcia.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2007

Estrategias de defensa en macrófitos marinos.
Autora: Adriana Vergés.
Director de tesi: Javier Romero Martinengo.
Codirectora: Teresa Alcoverro Predola
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Estudio de los herbívoros y sus efectos en los ecosistemas de Posidonia oceanica.
Autora: Patricia Prado.
Directora de tesi: Teresa Alcoverro Pedrola.
Codirector: Javier Romero Martinengo
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Aexual reproduction in demosponges: ecological and evolutive implications.
Autora: Ana Riesgo.
Director de tesi: Manuel Maldonado Barahona.
Codirectora: Mercè Durfort Coll.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Sponge culture: learning from biology and ecology.
Autora: Sònia de Caralt Bosch.
Directora de tesi: María Jesús Uriz Lespe.
Wageningen University

Sublethal effects of metal contamination on marine sponges: responses at different biological levels.
Autora: Emma Cebrian Pujol.
Directora de tesi: María Jesús Uriz Lespe.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Molecular markers for phylogenetic and population studies of the genus Scopalina (Porifera: Demospongiae).
Autora: Andrea Blanquer.
Directora de tesi: María Jesús Uriz Lespe.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

A set of indicators as a tool for beach management.
Autor: Eduardo Ariza.
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá Borroy.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Valuation of Ecosystem Services in the Catalan Coastal Zone.
Autor: Jorge Brenner-Guillermo.
Director de tesi: José Antonio Jiménez Quintana.
Codirector: Rafael Sardá Borroy.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

2006

Nutrient dynamics and metabolism in Mediterranean streams affected by nutrient inputs from human activities.
Autor: Gora Meserburger.
Director de tesi: Francesc Sabater Comas.
Codirectora: Eugènia Martí Roca.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Phylogeny, phylogeography and population structure in litoral fishes with different dispersal capabilities.
Autor: Josep Carreras.
Directora de tesi: Marta Pascual Berniola.
Codirector: Enrique Macpherson Mayol.
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Population ecology and conservation of a long-lived species: the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata.
Autora: Cristina Linares.
Director de tesi: Rafel Coma Bau.
Codirector: Joaquim Garrabou Vancells
Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2005

The population structure and seasonal dynamics of Lepidonotus squamatus (Polychaeta, Polynoidae) in the White Sea.
Autora: Maria V. Pljuscheva.
Director de tesi: Daniel Martin Sintes.
A.N. Severzov Institute of Animal Ecology , Moscú.

Response of stream benthic communities to changes in discharge and nutrient availability.
Autor: Jesús Ortiz.
Directora de tesi: Mariàngels Puig Gracia.
Codirector: Manel Poch Espallargas.
Universitat de Girona. TESEO

Implicacions del Desarrollo de la Acuicultura en la Zona Litoral del Mediterráneo Occidental.
Autor: Carlo Tidu.
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá Borroy.
Universitat de Barcelona.TESEO

Lévy processes in animal movement and dispersal
Autor: Bartumeus, Frederic
Director de tesi: : Jordi Catalán & Ricard V. Solé
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TDX
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award and Finalist of the UB Doctor’s Cloister Award

Pigments indicators: study of lakes in the Pyrenees signal and its application in Paleolimnology
Autor: Buchaca, Teresa
Director de tesi: : Jordi Catalán
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TDX
Ramon Margalef of Ecology Award by the Institute of Catalan Studies

Crustacean zooplankton dynamics in Lake Redon: A stoichiometric, biochemical and isotopic approach
Autor: Ventura, Marc
Director de tesi: Jordi Catalán
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TDX

2004

Design of an environmental information system for use in integrated coastal zone management: application to the Costa Brava
Autor: Mora Crespo, Joan
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá
Universitat: Universitat de Girona. TDX

Reproduction patterns and early life stages ecology of the nesting fish Symphodus roissali (Risso)
Autor: Raventós, Nuria
Director de tesi: Enrique Macpherson
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

2003

Evolution of phytoplankton through river, coastal and pelagic systems in front of the Ebro River Delta, Mediterranean Sea NW
Autor: Grimaldo, N.S.
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado
Universitat: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

2002

Dynamics of Oligotrophic Pelagic Environments: NW Mediterranean Sea and Subtropical North Atlantic
Autor: Bahamon, Nixon
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado
Universitat: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TDX

Structure and chemical ecology of sponge larvae and newly recruits
Autor: Mariani, Simone
Director de tesi: María Jesús Uriz & Xavier Turon
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Spatial and temporal variation of the natural toxicity in benthic communities of Mediterranean caves
Autor: Martí Lluch, Ruth
Director de tesi: María Jesús Uriz & Xavier Turon
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award

Chemical ecology and biological cycle of Zigomycale parishi (Porifera: Demospongiae)
Autor: Vega, Cristina
Director de tesi: María Jesús Uriz & J.L. Carballo
Universitat: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. TESEO

1999

Factors affecting settlement and post- settlement processes in littoral marine fishes, focusing on Aidablennius sphinx
Autor: Zika, Ulrike
Director de tesi: Enrique Macpherson
Universitat: Swiss Federal Intitute of Technology Zurich. TESEO

1998

Structure and dynamics of Western Mediterranean soft-bottom communities along a disturbance gradient. Natural and man-induced viariability in the bay of Blanes
Autor: Pinedo, Susana
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá & Xavier Turon
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

1997

Phytoplankton in the North West Mediterranean
Autor: Velasquez, Z.
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado
Universitat: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

1996

Structure and dynamics of the benthic macrofauna in marine sediments submitted to domestic and industrial discharges: effect of the waters and residual sludge of the treatment plant of Sant Adrià del Besòs (Barcelonès)
Autor: Cardell, María José
Director de tesi: Rafael Sardá
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO

Distribution of nutrients in the western Mediterranean (Gulf of León and Catalan Sea). Influence of physical factors
Autor: Muniz Pereira da Costa, K.
Director de tesi: Antonio Cruzado
Universitat: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. TESEO

Systematics, biology and ecology of the Mediterranean excavating sponges
Autor: Rosell, Dolors
Director de tesi: María Jesús Uriz
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona. TESEO
UB Doctorate Extraordinary Award