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It consists of 7 face-to-face courses (all the course)- 3 credits each one. The student must complete a minimum of 9 credits corresponding to the 3 compulsory courses, up to a maximum of 21 credits.
It consists of 7 face-to-face courses (all the course)- 3 credits each one. The student must complete a minimum of 9 credits corresponding to the 3 compulsory courses, up to a maximum of 21 credits.
It consists of 7 face-to-face courses (all the course)- 3 credits each one. The student must complete a minimum of 9 credits corresponding to the 3 compulsory courses, up to a maximum of 21 credits.
It consists of 7 face-to-face courses (all teh course) – 3 credits each one. The student must complete a minimum of 9 credits corresponding to the 3 compulsory courses, up to a maximum of 21 credits.
CB1
Possess and understand knowledge that provides a foundation or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
CB2
Apply acquired knowledge and problem-solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
CB3
Integrate knowledge to address the complexity of formulating judgments based on incomplete or limited information, including reflections on social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB4
Communicate conclusions, knowledge, and ultimate reasons underpinning them to both specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.
CB5
Possess learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a manner that is largely self-directed or autonomous.
CE01
Select, handle, and exploit aquaculture species of marine origin.
CE02
Access and manage the legal and economic frameworks for the utilization of marine resources.
CE03
Identify and interpret the processes that regulate the structure and function of marine communities.
CE04
Identify and interpret genetic diversity, its changes, and the processes that shape its distribution in the marine environment.
CE05
Identify the processes responsible for changes in the concentration and distribution of elements in the ocean.
CE06
Analyze the viability of marine populations.
CE07
Interpret problems arising from the use of coastal zones.
CE08
Detect and prevent the introduction, establishment, and expansion of invasive species in the marine environment.
CE09
Interpret advanced mathematical models in marine environment conservation.
CE10
Analyze spatial patterns of marine species.
CE11
Effectively manage aquaculture facilities.
CE12
Manage protected marine areas.
CE13
Evaluate marine natural resources.
CE14
Estimate genetic diversity in marine organisms.
CE15
Make projections of global change using climatic and hydrographic models.
CE16
Detect and evaluate environmental impacts in the marine environment.
CE17
Handle spatial planning tools.
CE18
Use advanced software for ecological modeling.
CE19
Characterize oceanographic conditions in coastal and open-sea areas.
CE20
Handle molecular tools for the detection of genetic variation.
CE21
Manage programs.
Course | Credits | Duration | Type | Module | Subject |
Genetic Biodiversity | 3.0 | First Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Biodiversity of Marine Trophic Webs | 3.0 | First Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Global Change | 3.0 | First Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Biological Invasions | 3.0 | Second Semester | Optional | – | – |
Marine Protected Areas | 3.0 | Second Semester | Optional | – | – |
Evolution and Biogeography of Marine Organisms | 3.0 | First Semester | Optional | – | – |
Aquaculture | 3.0 | Second Semester | Optional | – | – |
Molecular Techniques and their Applications | 3.0 | Second Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Detection and Assessment of Impacts | 3.0 | First Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Advances in Integrated Coastal Zone Management | 3.0 | Second Semester | Compulsory | – | – |
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing | 3.0 | First Semester | Optional | – | – |
Ecological Modelling | 3.0 | Second Semester | Optional | – | – |
Legal and Economic Aspects of Marine Resources | 3.0 | First Semester | Optional | – | – |
Population Biology Applied to Conservation | 3.0 | Second Semester | Optional | – | – |
Master Dissertation | 12.0 | Second Semester | Degree Final Project | – | – |
Training in Enterprises | 18.0 | Second Semester | Internships | – | – |
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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. María Ballesteros Rivas
TFM: Ecology of planktonic pteropods in the Bay of Biscay.
Tutor: José Luis Acuña and Rafael González-Quirós
6. María Nazarena Pérez López
TFM: Potential of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica for artificial selection experiments.
Tutor: José Luis Acuña
Cohort 2016-2017
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. Héctor Gutiérrez Barón
TFM: Sponge biodiversity of deep bottoms in Gorringe Bank, NE Atlantic.
Tutor: José Luis Acuña and Javier Cristobo
11. Aitor Ibabe Arrieta
TFM: eDNA methodology to assess biota associated to marine litter.
Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Jose Luis Martínez Fernández
Publication: PLoS ONE
(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228811)
Cohort 2017-2018
12. 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.
13. Celia Solís González
TFM: Diversity of bioactive actinobacteria isolated from Avilés canyon sediments.
Tutor: Gloria Blanco Blanco and Aida Sarmiento-Vizcaíno.
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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)
18. Alicia García Gallego
TFM: Whaling tradition through time – Social perception towards cetaceans along the Cantabrian coast.
Tutor: Yaisel Borrell and Laura Miralles López
Publication: Biodiversity and Conservation
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02187-7)
19. 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
Publication: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
(https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3766)
20. 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
Publication: Marine Pollution Bulletin
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112451)
21. 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
22. 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
23. Paula Izquierdo Muruáis
TFM: Characterization of marine heat waves in the Asturian coast.
Tutor: José Manuel Rico
Publication: Science of The Total Environment
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155478)
24. Lorena Labrado Martín
TFM: Influence of marine pollution on infectious diseases in marine mammals: review and data analysis.
Tutor: Alfredo F. Ojanguren
25. Jorge López Mañes
TFM: Risks for environmental health in coastal zones investigated from eDNA.
Tutor: Eva García Vázquez and Alba Ardura Gutiérrez
Cohort 2019-2020
26. Narkie Akua Agyeman
TFM: Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in sharks revealed through barcoding.
Tutor: Gonzalo Machado Schiaffino
Publication: Genes
(https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12071002)
27. Arnaud Maxime, Moeykens
TFM: The status of rocky reef and nearshore fish fauna in Asturias (NE Spain).
Tutor: José Luis Acuña Fernández
Cohort 2020-2021
28. Ana Sánchez Rodríguez
TFM: Invertebrate diversity in aquarium substrates and its influence on the exhibited species
Tutors: Susana Acle and Andrés Arias
29. Ohiane Muñoz Martínez
TFM: Influence of diets on reproduction and variability of species exhibited in aquariums
Tutors: Susana Acle and Andrés Arias
30. Jaclyn Higgins
TFM: Comparison of extraction methods in the collection of the ocle (Gelidium corneum) in the Principality of Asturias and influence on the sustainability of the resource.
Tutor: José Manuel Rico Ordás
Publication: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107956)
31. Andrea Romero Bascones
TFM: Genetic monitoring on the octopus populations (Octopus vulgaris) from the Bay of Biscay.
Tutors: Yaisel J. Borrell and María Trinidad Pérez.
Publication: Animals
(https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13172708)
32. Paula Cabanilles Benito
TFM: Emerging pollutants in preys of Merluccius merluccius. Implications for resource conservation
Tutors: Eva García Vázquez and Alba Ardura
Publication: Diversity
(https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050308)
33. Patricia Alcázar González
TFM: Epifaunal communities of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows under different anchoring pressure
Tutors: Fiona Tomas Nash and Gonzalo Machado Schiaffino
34. Diego Fernández Guerra
TFM: Genomics tools applied to the identification and conservation of economically relevant fish: Hake
Tutors: Gonzalo Machado Schiaffino
35. Lara María Sánchez Pertierra
TFM: Ecological succession in patches left by barnacle harvesters at the intertidal coast of Asturias
Tutors: José Luis Acuña
Cohort 2021-2022
36. Hugo Campillo Gancedo
TFM: Forensic DNA analysis for the study of illegal trade of eels.
Tutors: Eva Garcia Vazquez and Gonzalo Machado-schiaffino Ferrer
37. María Luisa López Muñoz
TFM: Enrichment of species at Bioparc Acuario de Gijón.
Tutors: José M. Rico and Susana Ocle
38. Laia Ribes Bort
TFM: Bycatch in sustainable fisheries: Charonia lampas in the octopus fishery on the western coast of Asturias as a case study.
Tutors: José L. Acuña and Yaisel J. Borrell
39. Guillermo Menéndez García
TFM: Looking for blue whiting: a case of fisheries multitrophic management through DNA-based techniques.
Tutors: Alba Ardura and Eva García-Vázquez
40. Daniel Andrés Gómez-Lobo Camacho
TFM: Population genetic structure of resident bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, from the Canary Islands.
Tutors: Laura Miralles and Yaisel J. Borrell
Publication: Animals
(https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060901)
41. Noelia Novo Fernández
TFM: Identification and classification of invertebrates present in aquarium substrates and their influence on the species exhibited in aquariums.
Tutors: Andrés Arias and Susana Ocle
42. Amaia Bilbao Kareaga
TFM: Microplastics in marine macrophytes in the Asturian coast.
Tutors: Alba Ardura and Eva García-Vázquez
Publication: Algal Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103080
43. Esteban Pascual Parra
TFM: Morphology and Reproductive biology of Eunice norvergica from the Cantabrian Sea deep-water coral outcrops.
Tutors: Andrés Arias
44. Marta Pilar Moriano Ortiz
TFM: Traceability implications for heavy metal risks in commercial seafood.
Tutors: Alba ardura and Eva García-Vázquez
Publication: Food Control
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2023.110193)
45. Ricardo López Alonso
TFM: Diversity of gastropods (Mollusca) from the Central Cantabria Sea and the Aviles Canyon System.
Tutors: Andrés Arias
Cohort 2022-2023
46. José Enrique Madrid Ros
TFM: DNA effects in Artemia salina as model organism under microplastics exposure.
Tutors: Susana Acle & Alba Ardura
47. Álvaro Fernández Moran
TFM: Large scale shifts in environmental predictability across the North Atlantic.
Tutors: Juan Bueno & Nicolás F. Weidberg
48. Álex Gutiérrez Torre
TFM: Arthropod diversity from the Central Cantabrian Sea and the Avilés Canyons System.
Tutors: Andrés Arias
49. Carlos Durán Ruiz
TFM: Fine-scale distribution of relict populations of the knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis in the Villaviciosa estuary.
Tutors: Fernando González & José L. Acuña
50. Adriana Vaquero Llera
TFM: Hull fouling as an introduction vector for non-native species in the Cantabrian Sea.
Tutors: Andrés Arias & Deva Menéndez
51. Adam Michael Weber
TFM: Spatial and temporal patterns of stranding of neustonic drifters in the world ocean.
Tutors: Fernando González & José L. Acuña
52. Margherita Sofia Panzuto
TFM: Population genetic structure of resident short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, in the Macaronesia.
Tutors: Laura Miralles & Yaisel J. Borrell
53. Kevin Reagan,
TFM: Do they really know the ocean? Young citizens’ perception of marine ecosystems.
Tutors: Laura Miralles
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