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)
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)
Leire ORDORIKA
Occurrence of basking sharks in Southwest England: a project based on effortsightings off Gwennap Head.
Supervisor: Russell Wynn (NERC, Southampton)
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)
Ernesto VILLARIÑO
Remote sensing of cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic sea.
Supervisor: Carlos García-Soto (IEO-Santander)
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.
Maria BERASATEGUI
Production and characterization of chitosan from crayfish Shell waste (Procambarus clarkii).
Supervisor Idoia Olabarrieta (AZTI Tecnalia)
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)
Maria MUGICA
Immunohistochemical biomarkers of DNA damage in mussels after the Prestige oil spill.
Supervisor: Beñat Zaldibar (UPV/EHU).
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)
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)