MAITE LOUZAO ARSUAGA
Project beneficiary - 'Juan de la Cierva' postdoctoral researcher
My field of research is the Ecological Modelling applied to the conservation of marine top predators. I’m interested in understanding why upper trophic level predators exploit certain geographic areas and, in turn, which are the physical and biological features driving their distribution and aggregation. Once key areas are identified marine zoning strategies and ecosystem-based management approaches can be applied for their conservation. Based on different collaborative projects, I have applied these principles in different biogeographic areas such as the Mediterranean Sea, NE Atlantic Ocean and the southern Indian Ocean. At present, I’m studying the effects of global change in the pelagic community from temperate to polar environments within the CONPELHAB project.
E-mail: maite.louzao[at]gmail.com
Phone: +34 985 309 807
http://www.ieo-gijon.es/personal/Maite/IEO-Gijon_Maite.html
http://scholar.google.es/citations?user=SrrNSG4AAAAJ&hl=es
Project beneficiary - 'Juan de la Cierva' postdoctoral researcher
My field of research is the Ecological Modelling applied to the conservation of marine top predators. I’m interested in understanding why upper trophic level predators exploit certain geographic areas and, in turn, which are the physical and biological features driving their distribution and aggregation. Once key areas are identified marine zoning strategies and ecosystem-based management approaches can be applied for their conservation. Based on different collaborative projects, I have applied these principles in different biogeographic areas such as the Mediterranean Sea, NE Atlantic Ocean and the southern Indian Ocean. At present, I’m studying the effects of global change in the pelagic community from temperate to polar environments within the CONPELHAB project.
E-mail: maite.louzao[at]gmail.com
Phone: +34 985 309 807
http://www.ieo-gijon.es/personal/Maite/IEO-Gijon_Maite.html
http://scholar.google.es/citations?user=SrrNSG4AAAAJ&hl=es
BEGOÑA SANTOS VÁZQUEZ
Project manager
I work in the fields of abundance estimation, distribution and feeding ecology of marine mammals and also in fisheries of small pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic (in particular the relationships between the abundance and distribution of the main fish species and the environment). My research also includes the interactions between fisheries and marine mammals.
I am OSPAR-COBAM Spanish marine mammal expert and Spanish representative on the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Science Committee (SCICOM) and on the International Whaling Commission
(IWC) Scientific Committee.
E-mail: m.b.santos[at]vi.ieo.es
Phone: +34 985 309 800
http://www.vi.ieo.es/general/principal.aspx?web=personal.aspx
Project manager
I work in the fields of abundance estimation, distribution and feeding ecology of marine mammals and also in fisheries of small pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic (in particular the relationships between the abundance and distribution of the main fish species and the environment). My research also includes the interactions between fisheries and marine mammals.
I am OSPAR-COBAM Spanish marine mammal expert and Spanish representative on the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Science Committee (SCICOM) and on the International Whaling Commission
(IWC) Scientific Committee.
E-mail: m.b.santos[at]vi.ieo.es
Phone: +34 985 309 800
http://www.vi.ieo.es/general/principal.aspx?web=personal.aspx
RAFAEL GONZÁLEZ-QUIRÓS
Project co-manager - Permanent researcher
I investigate how the ecosystem affects the dynamics of marine fish populations, in which recruitment variability plays a central role. This includes the study of physical and biological factors at different spatial and temporal scales. More specifically, I am interested in larval feeding ecology, the dynamics and structure of the plankton food web and larval food availability, the role of physical processes as retention/advection mechanisms for larval stages and their effect on plankton production, new methodological tools to estimate larval condition (e.g. cell cycle analysis and gene expression) and how juvenile and adult life-history traits and physiology affect recruitment.
E-mail: rgq[at]gi.ieo.es
Phone: +34 985 309 800
http://www.ieo-gijon.es/personal/Rafa/IEO-Gijon_RGQ.html
Project co-manager - Permanent researcher
I investigate how the ecosystem affects the dynamics of marine fish populations, in which recruitment variability plays a central role. This includes the study of physical and biological factors at different spatial and temporal scales. More specifically, I am interested in larval feeding ecology, the dynamics and structure of the plankton food web and larval food availability, the role of physical processes as retention/advection mechanisms for larval stages and their effect on plankton production, new methodological tools to estimate larval condition (e.g. cell cycle analysis and gene expression) and how juvenile and adult life-history traits and physiology affect recruitment.
E-mail: rgq[at]gi.ieo.es
Phone: +34 985 309 800
http://www.ieo-gijon.es/personal/Rafa/IEO-Gijon_RGQ.html