Researchers from the oceano-ECIMAT strategic grouping participated in 20 scientific conferences in 2016

Researchers from the OCEANO-ECIMAT group participated in 20 national and international scientific conferences throughout 2016, with a total of 33 posters and 24 oral communications presented. Below is a list of each conference with a list of the research papers presented and the information available regarding each one.

• Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Meeting 2015, Portland Oregon (USA), 08-12 November 2015.
• X International Congress of Marine Sciences MARCUBA. Havana, Cuba, November 16-19, 2015.
• V Congress of the Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology. Murcia (Spain), 18-21 January 2016.
• Ocean Science Meeting 2016. New Orleans (USA), February 21-26, 2016.
• EGU General Assembly. Vienna (Austria), 17-22 April 2016
• 4th Genomics in Aquaculture Symposium. Athens (Greece), 20-22 April 2016.
• SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe 26th Annual Meeting. Nantes, France, 22-26 May 2016.
• IX cytogenetics seminar. Toledo (Spain) 08-10 June 2016.
• 22nd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics. Toulouse (France), 2-5 July 2016
• The 19th International Congress of UNITAS MALACOLOGICA, World Congress of Malacology 2016. Penang (Malaysia), July 18-24, 2016.
• V International Symposium on Marine Sciences. Alicante (Spain), 22-26 Jul 2016
• IV Meeting of Physical Oceanography. Alicante (Spain), 22-26 Jul 2016
• 53rd Society for Cryobiology Annual meeting CRYO2016. Ottawa (Canada), 24-27th July 2016
• ICP12. 12th International Conference on Paleoceanography. Utrecht (Netherlands), 29 August – 02 September 2016.
• XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (XIX SIEBM). Porto (Portugal), 05-09 September 2016
• XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (XIX SIEBM). Porto (Portugal), 05-09 September 2016
• LI European Marine Biology Symposium. Rhodes (Greece), 26-30 September 2016.
• XXXII Scientific meetings of the Mediterranean. Menorca (Spain), 5-7 October 2016
• Marine Technology Workshop – Martech. Barcelona (Spain), 26-28 October 2016
• ECSA 56 Coastal systems in transition: From a ‘natural’ to an anthropogenically-modified’ state. Bremen (Germany), 2016
• Campus do Mar International Science Conference. Vila Real (Portugal), November 17-18, 2016.
• The Seventh Symposium on Polar Science. Tokyo (Japan), November 29 – December 2, 2016

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Meeting 2015, Portland Oregon (USA)

• WETHEY, D.S., WOODIN, S.A., MACHO, G., VAZQUEZ, E., OLABARRIA, C., KEY, P. Forecasting mortality from thermal and salinity stress in commercial shellfish beds. Oral communication.

X International Congress of Marine Sciences MARCUBA, Havana, Cuba

• CURRA, N., RODRIGUEZ, M., MACHO, G., VÁZQUEZ, E., WOODIN, A, WETHEY, D., OLABARRIA, C. Effects of Salinity on the Mortality Rates and Behavior of Three Important Commercial Clams. poster
• HERRERA-RODRÍGUEZ, M., MACHO, G., WETHEY, D., VÁZQUEZ, E. Settlement and recruitment success of Semibalanus balanoides at its southernmost European distribution limit (Galicia, Spain) in a Climate Change context. poster
• MONTES, A., OLABARRIA, C., VÁZQUEZ, E. Invasiveness of a mussel: effects of temperature and salinity on early developmental stages. poster

V Congress of the Spanish Society of Evolutionary Biology, Murcia

• ESTÉVEZ D., CARVALHO J., FARIA R., GALINDO J., ROLÁN-ÁLVAREZ E. A protected polymorphism in natural populations of Littorina fabalis (Turton, 1982). Oral communication.
• FERNÁNDEZ-MEIRAMA M., CARVAJAL-RODRÍGUEZ A., ROLÁN-ÁLVAREZ E. Validation, through simulations, of the estimation of preference during mating in natural populations. poster

Ocean Science Meeting 2016, New Orleans (USA

• MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO B., S. AGUSTÍ, A. BODE, P. CERMEÑO, P. CHOUCIÑO, J. DA SILVA, B. FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRO*, J. GASOL, M. GILCOTO, R. GRAÑA, M. LATASA, L. LUBIÁN, E. MARAÑÓN, X.A.G. MORÁN, E. MORENO-OSTOS, V. MOREIRA*, J.L. OTERO-FERRER*, M. RUIZ, R. SCHAREK, S. VALLINA, M. VARELA, M. VILLAMAÑA. Major role of nutrient supply in the control of picophytoplankton community structure. Oral communication. Presentation.

EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria)

• DRAGO, T., SILVA,P., LOPES, A., MAGALHÃES, V., ROQUE, C., RODRIGUES, A.I., NOIVA, J., TERRINHA, P., MENA, A., FRANCÉS, G., KOPF, A., VÖLKER, D., OMIRA, R. & BAPTISTA, M.A. Searching for tsunamis evidences on the Algarve (Southern Portugal) continental shelf sedimentary record. Poster. EGU General Assembly. Abstract.
• LOPEZ, A. E., RUBIO, B., REY. D., MOHAMED, K., PLAZA-MORLOTE, M., DRUET, M , MARTINS, V. Morphosedimentary expression of the Giant Pock Mark structure known as the “Gran Burato” (Transitional Zone, Galicia continental margin). poster Volume of Abstracts
• PLAZA MORLOTE, M., REY, D., SANTOS, J.F., RIBEIRO, S., BERNABEU, A.M., MOHAMED, K., HESLOP, D., RUBIO, B., MARTINS, V. Isotopic and magnetic provenance characterization of distal IRD in the Galicia Interior Basin (NW Iberia). poster Volume of Abstracts. Abstract
• PLAZA-MORLOTE, M., REY, D., SANTOS, J.F. ,RIBEIRO,S.,BERNABEU,A.M., MOHAMED, K. , HESLOP, D., RUBIO, B., MARTINS, V. Magnetic properties contribution to the identification and provenance of marine sediments: distal IRD in the Galicia Interior Basin (NW Spain). Oral communication. Volume of Abstracts. Abstract

4th Genomics in Aquaculture Symposium, Atenas (Grecia)

• CHTIOUI, A., VILLANUEVA, B., MORÁN, P., KENT, M.P. AND SAURA, M. Linkage disequilibrium patterns in Spanish Atlantic salmon obtained from genomic data. poster
• FERNÁNDEZ, A.I., VILLANUEVA, B., MORÁN, P., FERNÁNDEZ, A., KENT, M.P. AND SAURA, M. Identification of genomic regions regulating sex determination in atlantic salmon using high density snp data. Comunicación oral.
• SAURA, M. CHTIOUI, A. FERNÁNDEZ, A.I MORÁN, P. KENT, M.P. AND VILLANUEVA, B. Exploiting genomic data of spanish atlantic salmon to identify genes involved in sex determination and to estimate effective population size. Comunicación oral.

SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe 26th Annual Meeting, Nantes (Francia)

• SÁNCHEZ-MARÍN P., FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ L., MANTILLA-ALDANA L., DIZ A.P., BEIRAS R. Is alkali labile phosphate (ALP) a suitable biomarker for endocrine disruption in marine mussels? Comunicación oral. SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) https://meetings.setac.org/frontend.php/presentation/listForPublic

IX cytogenetics seminar, Toledo (Spain)

• FERNÁNDEZ-RODRÍGUEZ J, FULLER N, GARCÍA-SOUTO D, GALINDO J, PASANTES JJ. Chromosomal polymorphism in Nucella lapillus on the Galician coast. Oral communication.
• GARCÍA-SOUTO D, FERVENZA S, PASANTES JJ. Karyotypic characterization of mytilids of the genera Perna and Brachidontes. Oral communication.

22nd International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Genomics, Toulouse (Francia)

• FERNÁNDEZ-RODRÍGUEZ J., GARCÍA-SOUTO D., FULLER N., GALINDO J., AND PASANTES JJ. Analysis of the chromosome pairing in the dog whelk Nucella lapillus. Oral communication. Abstract
• GARCÍA-SOUTO D., QARKAXHIJA V., PÉREZ-GARCÍA C., MORÁN P., PASANTES JJ. Insights into the Chamelea gallina/striatula complex evolution: A cytogenetic and population genetics approach. Comunicación oral. Abstract

The 19th International Congress of UNITAS MALACOLOGICA, World Congress of Malacology 2016, Penang (Malasia)

• ANEIROS, F., MATUD, P. MOREIRA, J. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Allometric growth of Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) and its relation with sediment characteristics in a Galician Ría (NW Iberian Peninsula). Póster.
• ANEIROS, F., RUBAL, M., BAÑÓN, R. & TRONCOSO, J. Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758): from absent to dominant in Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Oral Communication.
• MOREIRA, J., RUBAL, M., VEIGA, P. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Patterns of distribution of subtidal mollusc assemblages at the Ensenada de Baiona (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula). poster
• RUBAL, M., COSTA-GARCIA, R. BESTEIRO, C., SOUSA-PINTO, I, & VEIGA, P. Mollusc diversity associated with the non-indigenous macroalga Asparagopsis armata Harvey, along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. poster
• RUBAL, M., VEIGA, P. MOREIRA, J. TORRES, A.C., SOUSA-PINTO, I. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Intertidal gastropods and global warming along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Comunicación Oral.

V International Symposium on Marine Sciences, Alicante (Spain)

• ANGELI, J.L.F., RUBIO, B., RUBENS, C.L.F. A multiproxy approach based on sedimentary records of the last century from a tropical tidal estuary (NE, Brazil). poster Volume of Abstracts 125-126
  B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO, B. FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRO*, AGUSTÍ, A. BODE, P. CERMEÑO, P. CHOUCIÑO, J. DA SILVA, J. GASOL, M. GILCOTO, R.
• GRAÑA, M. LATASA, L. LUBIÁN, E. MARAÑÓN, X.A.G. MORÁN, E. MORENO-OSTOS, V. MOREIRA-COELLO*, J-L. OTERO-FERRER*, M. RUIZ, R. SCHAREK, S. VALLINA, M. VARELA, M. VILLAMAÑA. Control of tHe structure of marine phytoplAnkton communities by turbulence and nutrient supply dynamics (CHAOS). Oral communication. Abstract
• FERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ L.E., SÁNCHEZ-MARÍN P., MANTILLA-ALDANA L., DIZ A.P., BEIRAS R. Comparison of proteomic and spectrophotometric methods for vitellogenin measurement in Mytilus galloprovincialis. poster Abstract.
• JL OTERO-FERRER*, P. CERMEÑO, E. MARAÑÓN, B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO. The effect of nutrient supply dynamics on the competition between Synechococcus sp. and Micromonas pusilla. Oral communication. Abstract
• LÓPEZ-PÉREZ, A. E., RUBIO, B., REY, D. Application of chemometric analyzes for the classification of sedimentary facies in deep marine environments. poster Volume of Abstracts 195-196
• MOREIRA-COELLO V., B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO, E. MARAÑÓN, A. FERNÁNDEZ, P. CHOUCIÑO, E. SINTES, M.M. VARELA, A. BODE. Nitrogen fixation and diffusive fluxes in the upwelling region off NW Iberia. Oral communication. Abstract
• PLAZA-MORLOTE, REY D., M., SANTOS, J. F., RIBEIRO, S., HESLOP, D., BERNABEU A., MOHAMED K. J., RUBIO, B., MARTINS V. From the Galicia Interior Basin (NW Iberia) to the North Atlantic ice masses. poster Volume of Abstracts 252-253.
• RUBIO, B., REY D., BERNABEU A., MOHAMED K. J., VILAS, F., RODRÍGUEZ-GERMADE, I., PLAZA-MORLOTE, M., LÓPEZ-PEREZ, A., ÁLVAREZ-IGLESIAS, P., ANGELI, J.L.F., LUZEVA, F. Rapid and high-resolution physicochemical analysis of transitional and deep marine sedimentary environments with XRF core scanners poster Volume of Abstracts 272-273
• USÓ, J., GUITIÁN, J., MENA, A., FRANCES, G., PÉREZ ARLUCEA, M. & MOWER EQUIPMENT. Environmental fluctuations during the Holocene in the Gulf of Cádiz. Oral communication.
• VILLAMAÑA M., B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO, E. MARAÑÓN, P. CERMEÑO, P. CHOUCIÑO, J. C.B. DA SILVA, P.A. DÍAZ, B. FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRO, M. GILCOTO, R. GRAÑA, M. LATASA, J.M. MAGALHAES, J.L. OTERO-FERRER, B. REGUERA, R. SCHAREK. Role of internal waves on mixing, nutrient supply and phytoplankton composition during spring and neap tides in the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Oral communication. Abstract.

IV Physical Oceanography Meeting, Alicante (Spain)

• FERNÁNDEZ-CASTRO B., M. GILCOTO, M. VILLAMAÑA, A.C. NAVEIRA GARABATO, P. CHOUCIÑO, R. GRAÑA, B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO. Mixing and turbulence sources during the summer upwelling season in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). Oral communication. Abstract

53rd Society for Cryobiology Annual meeting CRYO2016, Ottawa (Canada)

• E. PAREDES, S. PEREZ, A. MARTINEZ, A. VILLANUEVA, D. COSTAS. Cryopreservation of Marine Microalgae assemblages. Oral Communication.

ICP12. 12th International Conference on Paleoceanography, Utrecht (Netherlands)

• ÁLVAREZ, J., ÁLVAREZ, C., FRANCÉS, G., DIZ, P., GRIMALT J. & CASADO, M. Sea surface dynamics in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during the last 55 Ka. poster Abstract.
• AUSIN, B., HERNÁNDEZ-ALMEIDA, I., FLORES, J.A., SIERRO, F.J., GROSJEAN, M., FRENCH, G. & ALONSO, B. Coccolithophore potential for transfer-function development: Reconstructing sea surface salinity in the Western Mediterranean. poster Abstract.

XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (XIX SIEBM), Porto (Portugal)

• ANEIROS, F. MOREIRA, J. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Temporal variation of the free-living Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) in two subtidal muddy bottoms of the Ría de Aldán (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula). poster Frontiers in Marine Science – DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00121. Abstract.
• ANEIROS, F., MOREIRA, J. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Temporal variation of the family Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) in two subtidal muddy bottoms of the Ría de Aldán (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula). Oral Communication. Frontiers in Marine Science – DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00058. Abstract
• CASTILLO, S., RAMIL, F., MOHAMED, S., RAMOS, A. Contribution to the knowledge of prosobranchs of Mauritanian deep-waters (Northwest Africa). Abstract
• DE MATOS, S. RAMIL, F. Deep water marine lobsters and lithodids (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Mauritania (NW Africa) collected by the Spanish Maurit surveys. Abstract.
• DE MATOS-PITA, S., SAMPAIO, I., CASTILLO, S., FREIWALD, A. RAMIL, F. First record of the deep sea species Thesea talismani Grasshoff, 1986 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) off Mauritania (NW Africa). Abstract
• GIL, M., RAMIL, F. Hydrozoan diversity from Western Sahara and Atlantic coast of Morocco. Abstract
• GIL, M., RAMIL, F. XIX. Hydroids from Guinean Bissau waters (north-west Africa). Abstract
• HERRERA-RODRÍGUEZ, M., MACHO, G., WETHEY, D., VÁZQUEZ, E. Climate change implications on reproductive success: temperature effect on penis development and fertilization of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. Póster. Abstract
• MARTÍNEZ, A., HERNÁNDEZ-OTERO, A., COSTOYA, N., GONZÁLEZ, M. and COSTAS, D. Growth, mortality and deformities evolution of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule L.): suspended culture vs. natural sandflat culture. Frontiers in Marine Science – doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00207. Póster. Abstract
• MOREIRA, J., RUBAL, M. VEIGA, P. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Spatio-temporal distribution of leptostracans (Crustacea: Phyllocarida) at the Ensenada de Baiona (Galicia, NW Spain). Póster. Frontiers in Marine Science – DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00120. Abstract
• RUBAL, M. VEIGA, P., MOREIRA, J., SOUSA-PINTO, I. & TRONCOSO, J.S. Changes in the historical distribution of Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Comunicación Oral. Frontiers in Marine Science – DOI: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.05.00017 Abstract

9th European Conference on Echinoderms, Sopot (Poland)

• CALERO, B., RAMIL, F., RAMOS, A. Biodiversity of echinoderms in Northwest Africa.

LI European Marine Biology Symposium, Rodas (Grecia)

• BABARRO, J., VÁZQUEZ, E., OLABARRIA, C. Plastic traits of the invasive mussel Xenostrobus securis in response to the presence of the predatory dogwhelk Nucella lapillus. Póster.
• DOMÍNGUEZ, R., OLABARRIA, A., MACHO, G., PETEIRO, L.G., WOODIN, S.A., WETHEY, D.S., VÁZQUEZ, E. Effect of decrease in salinity on the scope for growth of bivalves of commercial interest. Póster.
• HERRERA-RODRÍGUEZ, M., MACHO, G., WETHEY, D., VÁZQUEZ, E. Temperature effects on penis development and fertilization of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides in a climate change context. Póster.
• MONTES, A., OLABARRIA, C., VÁZQUEZ, E. Reproductive cycle of the invasive species Xenostrobus securis outside its native range (Galician Rias Baixas, NW Iberian Peninsula. Póster.
• PETEIRO, L.G., COSTAS, D., MARTÍNEZ, A., RODRIGUEZ, R., GONZÁLEZ, S., OLABARRIA, C., VÁZQUEZ, E. Salinity stress on Cerastoderma edule: comparing physiological responses of early-settlers and juveniles. Póster.

XXXII Trobades científiques de la Mediterrània, Menorca (España)

• B. MOURIÑO-CARBALLIDO, P. CHOUCIÑO, B. FERNÁNDEZ, M. GIL COTO, P. MONTERO, V. MOREIRA-COELLO, E. NOGUEIRA, B. REGUERA, M. RUIZ, V. PELAYO, M. VILLAMAÑA. Occurrence of thin layers of phytoplankton in the Galician Rías. Comunicación oral.

Marine Tecnology Workshop- Martech, Barcelona (España)

• REY, D. RUBIO, B., BERNABEU A., VILAS, F., MOHAMED, K., OTERO, M. INNDAGA. An environmental data acquisition innovation platform. Oral communication.

ECSA 56 Coastal systems in transition: From a ‘natural’ to an anthropogenically-modified’ state, Bremen (Alemania)

• ANGELI, J.L.F., RUBIO, B., RUBENS, C.L.F. Environmental changes reflected by sedimentary geochemistry in recent hundred years of the Caravelas estuary, Bahia, Brazil. Póster.

Campus do Mar International Science Conference, Vila Real (Portugal)

• DOMÍNGUEZ, R., OLABARRIA, A., MACHO, G., PETEIRO, L.G., WOODIN, S.A., WETHEY, D.S., VÁZQUEZ, E. Effects of low salinities on the physiological and behavioural responses of four major intertidal bivalves. Póster.
• PETEIRO, L.G., COSTAS, D., MARTÍNEZ, A., RODRIGUEZ, R., GONZÁLEZ, S., OLABARRIA, C., VÁZQUEZ, E. Salinity stress on Cerastoderma edule: comparing physiological responses of early-settlers and juveniles. Póster.
• OLABARRIA, C., GESTOSO, I., LIMA, F.P., COMEAU, L.A., GOMES, F., SEABRA, R., BABARRO, J.M.F., VÁZQUEZ, E. Effects of a heat wave on physiological and behavioural responses of two mytilids. Póster.

The Seventh Symposium on Polar Science, Tokio (Japan)

• LASTRA, M., LÓPEZ, J. TRONCOSO, J. Warming effects on biogeochemical cycling of algal wrack subsidies in Antarctic shores. Póster.
• GONZÁLEZ-BALLESTEROS, N., RODRÍGUEZ-ARGÜELLES, M.C., RODRÍGUEZ-GONZÁLEZ, J.B., LASTRA, M., LÓPEZ, J., TRONCOSO, J.Green biosynthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles obtained from the Antarctic algae Palmaria decipiens and Desmarestia menziesii. Póster.