COMMISSION A – March 4th 2008 (Leioa, UPV/EHU)
Mike Collins (Chair) (U Southampton), Philippe Lecostumer (U Bordeaux 1)
Adolfo Uriarte (AZTI)
Enrique Navarro (UPV/EHU), Xabier Irigoien(AZTI)
BEST PRESENTATION AWARD:
Nerea Goikoetxea
Eneko BACHILLER
Feeding behaviour and diet of anchovy juveniles (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) in the Bay of Biscay.
Supervisor: Xabier Irigoien (AZTI Tecnalia)
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Nerea GOIKOETXEA
Sardine and anchovy relationships with environmental parameters: a comparison study between the Bay of Biscay and the Gulf of Lions.
Supervisor: Xabier Irigoien (AZTI Tecnalia)
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Leire ORDORIKA
Occurrence of basking sharks in Southwest England: a project based on effortsightings off Gwennap Head.
Supervisor: Russell Wynn (NERC, Southampton)
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Usua OYARBIDE
Interaction between sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) and deep- water trawlers in the Northwest Atlantic.
Supervisor: Jonathan Gordon (Univ Saint Andrews)
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Ernesto VILLARIÑO
Remote sensing of cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic sea.
Supervisor: Carlos García-Soto (IEO-Santander)
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COMMISSION B – March 4th 2008 (Leioa, UPV/EHU)
Thierry Correge (Chair) (U Bordeaux 1)
Amalia Martinez de Murgia (OFG)
Emma Orive, Miren P Cajaraville, Manu Soto,Nestor Etxebarria (UPV/EHU)
BEST PRESENTATION AWARD:
Mikel Basterretxea
Mikel BASTERRETXEA
Diseases in cockles (Cerastoderma edule) and Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) from Arcachon Bay.
Supervisor: Xavier de Montaudoin.
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Maria BERASATEGUI
Production and characterization of chitosan from crayfish Shell waste (Procambarus clarkii).
Supervisor Idoia Olabarrieta (AZTI Tecnalia)
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Natalia MONTERO
Experimental study of the impact of cadmium, zinc and mercury exposure on the cockle Cerastoderma edule (bioaccumulation, metallothionein response and gene expression)
Supervisors: Magalie & Ika Paul-Pont Baudrimont (Arcachon Mar St; UB1)
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Maria MUGICA
Immunohistochemical biomarkers of DNA damage in mussels after the Prestige oil spill.
Supervisor: Beñat Zaldibar (UPV/EHU).
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Stefani NOVOA
Changes in the marine sublittoral vegetation on the western Basque Coast between 1982 and 2007: a consequence of the climate change?
Supervisor: Jose Maria Gorostiaga (UPV/EHU)
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COMMISSION C – July 12th 2008 (Aquarium OFG)
Iñaki Saiz Salinas (Chair) (UPV/EHU)
Mercedes Fernández (U Valencia)
Philippe Lecostumer (U Bordeaux 1)
 
Paula MATEU
Specificity of liver flukes in cetaceans from western Mediterranean waters.
Supervisor: F Javier Aznar (U Valencia)
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