On Thursday, November 2nd at 11:00 am we continue with the 7th edition of the Café con Sal Program. Begoña Araujo, PhD in Marine Sciences from the Faculty of Vigo, will present the most important results of her doctoral thesis with the talk entitled “Importance of sandy beaches in the recycling of organic matter“.
In the context of global change, it is essential to develop the tools needed to mitigate its potential impacts on the coast. For this reason, understanding the functioning of the coastal ecosystem—as the interface between the sea and the land—is fundamental for managing coastal resources and sustainably enjoying these areas.
In this context, Begoña Araujo, under the supervision of Mariano Lastra and Jesús López, researchers in the Coastal Ecology group at the Marine Research Center of the University of Vigo, developed her doctoral thesis. The main objective was to provide new insights into the importance of sandy beaches as major “digestive” systems of organic matter and to gather information on the key physical, environmental, and biological factors that influence their metabolism.
During the conference, the speaker will highlight the importance of the ecological role of sandy beaches, and present the most important results and conclusions on the role of macroalgae strandings in ecosystem metabolism (CO2 flux, nutrient supply, etc.), both in interstitial water and in intertidal sediments, the functional role of macrofaunal consumers and the main factors affecting the rate of degradation.
The conference will take place in the auditorium of the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the University of Vigo at 11:00 am and will be broadcast live at http://tv.uvigo.es/es/directo/1.html and later available on our websites and social networks.
https://tv.campusdomar.es/
https://tv.uvigo.es/
https://ecimat.uvigo.es/gl/ciclo-conferencias-cafe-con-sal.html
Begoña Araujo’s presentation poster
