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My research addresses questions in four main areas:
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bodega Marine Laboratory of the University of California, Davis and at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, where I study how marine macrophytes influence seawater carbonate chemistry. In particular, how seagrass meadows and macroalgal beds (including kelp forests) can serve as natural tools to help to mitigate ocean acidification effects in coastal areas. Previously, I did a PhD in seascape ecology at the Ecology Department of the University of Barcelona. I studied how the coastal landscape composition (which habitats are present in the coast) and configuration (how these habitats are spatially distributed) affect the functionality of coastal ecosystems. Specifically, I looked at how seagrass ecosystems spatial configuration and seagrass habitat fragmentation and patchiness affected main ecological processes within the habitat: 1) nutrient transfer and trophic interactions 2) blue carbon storage and burial in seagrass sediments 3) community structure effects on associated faunal assemblages During all my career I have been extensively involved in monitoring programs and benthic habitat mapping projects in marine coastal areas. |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
LINKS OF INTEREST: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences https://www.bigelow.org/ Bodega Ocean Acidification Research Group (BOAR) marinescience.ucdavis.edu/research-programs/climate-change/boar Coastal and Marine Science Institute (CMSI) and Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML) marinescience.ucdavis.edu/ Ecology Department, University of Barcelona www.ub.edu/portal/web/dp-beeca/ |
