MASTER DISSERTATION

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List of Previous Master Dissertation and SCI papers associated

MASTER DEGREE IN MARINE CONSERVATION

University of Oviedo,

Master Thesis Dissertations

(from 2015 to present).

 

 

Cohort 2015-2016

 

  1. Irene Fernández Rodríguez

TFM: Population and species assemblages of holothurians in a bathymetric gradient.

Tutor: José Luis Acuña and  Eva García Vázquez

Publication: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417001138)

 

  1. Marina Parrondo Lombardía

TFM: Species-specific markers for monitoring the invasive fish Silurus glanis in Iberian waters.

Tutor: Yaisel Borrell

Publication: Journal for Nature Conservation (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2018.02.006)

 

  1. Marta Gómez Asenjo

TFM: Barcoding approach to the biological risks encompassing marine litter in the Cantabrian coast.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez Eduardo Dopico Rodríguez and Laura Miralles López

Publication: Journal for Nature Conservation (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2018.01.005)

 

  1. Fernando Rayón Gómez

TFM: Social perception of biotic and abiotic marine pollution in the Cantabrian coast. A socioenvironmental approach.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez Eduardo Dopico Rodríguez and Laura Miralles López

Publication: Marine Pollution Bulletin (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.04.066)

 

  1. María Ballesteros Rivas

TFM: Ecology of planktonic pteropods in the Bay of Biscay.

Tutor: José Luis Acuña and Rafael González-Quirós

 

  1. María Nazarena Pérez López

TFM: Potential of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica for artificial selection experiments.

Tutor: José Luis Acuña

 

 

Cohort 2016-2017

 

  1. Carlota Barañano Carrión

TFM: Effects of clam harvesting on the resilience of a seagrass Zostera marina meadow: habitat fragmentation and genetic diversity.

Tutor: Yaisel Borrell and Emilio Fernández Suarez

Publication: Aquatic Botany (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.12.002)

 

  1. Sara Fernández Rodríguez

TFM: Biotic pollution and marine litter associated to coastal protected spaces in the Bay of Biscay.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez, Eduardo Dopico Rodríguez and Laura Miralles López

Publication: Marine Pollution Bulletin (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.034)

 

  1. Saúl Rodríguez Martínez

TFM: Macroinvertebrate communities studied from environmental DNA for a new water quality index.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Alba Ardura Gutiérrez

Publication: PLoS ONE (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201741)

 

  1. Héctor Gutiérrez Barón

TFM: Sponge biodiversity of deep bottoms in Gorringe Bank, NE Atlantic.

Tutor: José Luis Acuña and Javier Cristobo

 

  1. Aitor Ibabe Arrieta

TFM: eDNA methodology to assess biota associated to marine litter.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Jose Luis Martínez Fernández

 

 

Cohort 2017-2018

 

  1. Víctor Gómez del Campo

TFM: Patterns of size, species and tidal height selection by limpet gatherers in the Asturian Coast (Cantabrian Sea, N Spain).

Tutor: José Luis Acuña Fernández

 

  1. Celia Solís González

TFM: Diversity of bioactive actinobacteria isolated from Avilés canyon sediments.

Tutor: Gloria Blanco Blanco and Aida Sarmiento-Vizcaíno.

 

  1. Joshua García Herranz

TFM:  A preliminary assessment of fishery induced threats to Odontoceti species in the Bay of Biscay and the outlook for future conservation initiatives

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Laura Miralles López

 

  1. Alumna: Olalla Alonso López

TFM:  Community changes induced by the spreading of the invasive polychaete Ficopomatus enigmaticus along the Asturian coast.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Laura Miralles López

 

  1. Ana Prieto Panero

TFM: Evaluating the Conservational mission at Bristol aquarium to schools and general public.

Tutor: José Manuel Rico Ordás and Eduardo Dopico Rodríguez

 

 

 

Cohort 2018-2019

 

  1. Paula Masiá Lillo

TFM: Microplastics in the Cantabric coast: quantification and impact on areas with different anthropogenic influence.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Alba Ardura Gutiérrez

Publication: Marine Pollution Bulletin (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.07.065)

 

  1. Alicia García Gallego

TFM: Whaling tradition through time – Social perception towards cetaceans along the Cantabrian coast.

Tutor: Yaisel Borrell and Laura Miralles López

 

  1. Samuel López Menéndez

TFM: Genetic monitoring of exploited sea urchin populations in the central area of the Bay of Biscay using mitochondrial DNA.

Tutor: Yaisel Borrell and Laura Miralles López

 

  1. Oriane Georges

TFM: Potential implications of Dead Sea – Red Sea water conveyance for aquatic biodiversity.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez, José Luis Martínez Fernández and Sara Fernández Fernández

 

  1. Cristina Navarro Moreno

TFM: Diversity and distribution of the echinoderms (Echinodermata) in the central Cantabrian Sea (Asturias), based upon abiotic factors of the area.

Tutor: Andrés Arias Rodríguez

 

  1. David Ruiz García

TFM: Paired-laser photogrammetry as a non-invasive technique for estimating shark body size and weight.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez, Laura Miralles López and Pablo García Salinas

 

  1. Paula Izquierdo Muruáis

TFM: Characterization of marine heat waves in the Asturian coast.

Tutor: José Manuel Rico

 

  1. Lorena Labrado Martín

TFM: Influence of marine pollution on infectious diseases in marine mammals: review and data analysis.

Tutor: Alfredo F. Ojanguren

 

  1. Jorge López Mañes

TFM: Risks for environmental health in coastal zones investigated from eDNA.

Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Alba Ardura Gutiérrez

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