Table of Contents
Students
Knowledge module
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.
1st Semester
Compulsory:
- Genetic Biodiversity: 3 ECTS
- Biodiversity of marine food webs: 3 ECTS
- Global change: 3 ECTS
Elective:
- Evolution and biogeography of marine organisms: 3 ECTS
Tools module
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.
1st Semester
Compulsory:
- Impact detection and evaluation: 3 ECTS
Elective:
- Geographic information systems and remote sensing: 3 ECTS
- Legal and economic aspects of marine resources: 3 ECTS
Knowledge module
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.
2nd Semester
Elective:
- Biological invasions: 3 ECTS
- Aquaculture: 3 ECTS
- Marine Protected Areas: 3 ECTS
Tools module
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.
2nd Semester
Compulsory:
- Molecular techniques and their application: 3 ECTS
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management: 3 ECTS
Elective:
- Ecological modelling: 3 ECTS
- Population biology applied to conservation: 3 ECTS
Internhips module
Compulsory:
- Internships in companies: 18 ECTS
Master’s thesis
Compulsory:
- Master´s Thesis: 12 ECTS
COMPETENCES
Basic competences
General competences
Specific competences
TEACHING GUIDES
| 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 | – | – |
MASTER DISSERTATION
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
CALENDAR
Calendar
Master Degree in Marine Conservation 2023-2024
Master Degree in Marine Conservation 2024-2025
