COMMISSION A (06/09)
Patricia García, Eider Bilbao, Belén González, Maria Bebianno, Alberto de Diego, Urtzi Izagirre, Amaia Orbea, Nestor Etxebarria, Itsaso Lopetegui, Tifanie Briaudeau
 
Gaybrielle Ashley Smith
Assessment of the toxicity of novel partially biobased polymers in zebrafish embryos and two zooplankton species.
Supervisor: Amaia Orbea (UPV/EHU)
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Mary Carolin Kurisingal Cleetus
Understanding the transfer of different size microplastics and their fate in organisms of different marine environmental compartments
Supervisor: Nerea García-Velasco, Manu Soto (UPV/EHU)
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Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji
Investigating the interactions between microplastics and freshwater bivalves
Supervisor: J. Evan Ward (Univ. Connecticut)
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Mujeeb Balogun
Toxicity of Antifouling Paints on Three Microalgae Species: Growth, Biomarkers and Photosynthesis Efficiency
Supervisor: Esther Blanco (UPV/EHU)
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Valeriia Vakhitova
Role of women in European Union fisheries
Supervisor: Thomas HG Ezard (Univ Soton), Katia Frangoudes (Univ. Bretagne Occ.)
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COMMISSION B (06/09)
Itsaso Lopetegui, Armindo Rodrigues, Tifanie Briaudeau, Sylvie Gobert, Elorri Arevalo, Alberto de Diego, Leire Kortazar, Johan Etorneau, Antonio Cobelo, Mathieu Poulicek, Mikel Becerro, Patricia Garcia, Cecilia D’Angelo, Mikel Becerro, Xabier Lekube
PROF. MICHAEL B.COLLINS AWARD.
BEST MSc THESIS PRESENTATIONS:
Uxue Moreda
Aitziber Olano
Linking marine environmental status with the provision of ecosystem services and human benefits
Supervisor: Ángel Borja, Maria C. Uyarra (AZTI)
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Oluwakemi Beatrice Dada
Risk assessment on climate change impacts over small-scale fisheries in Galicia
Supervisor: Elena Ojea, Juan Bueno-Pardo (CIM-Univ Vigo)
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Dorcas Essel
Ocean acidification in the Bay of Biscay
Supervisor: Guillem Chust, Joana Larreta, Ernesto Villarino (AZTI)
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David Andres Moncayo Guzman
Constraining the Ocean Carbon Sink using the Norwegian Climate Prediction Model (NorCPM ) reanalysis Are Olsen, Filippa Fransner, Xabier Davila (Univ. Bergen)
Supervisor:
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María Margarita López-Velosa
Temporal dynamics of photo-physiological and morphological parameters in Posidonia oceanica seagrass transplants in the Bay of Calvi, Corsica
Supervisor: Sylvie Gobert
(Univ. Liege)
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Uxue Moreda
Carbon storage in natural and restored macroalgae forests in Mediterranean shallow water bays
Supervisor: Oscar Serrano, Inés Mazarrasa (CEAB-CSIC)
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COMMISSION C (07/09)
Izaskun Zorita, Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Maren Ortiz, Mathieu Poulicek, Eider Bilbao, Sylvie Gobert, Loreto Mardones, Aitor Laza, Arantza Iriarte, Ganix Esnaola, Jon Sáenz, Jorg Schafer, Patricia García, Johan Etorneau, Elisa Sáez de Murieta
 
Argelia Bustillo
PCR test to identify expression of ovarian 5S rRNA vs somatic 5S rRNA in teleost tissues
Supervisor: Oihane Diaz de Cerio, Ibon Cancio (UPV/EHU)
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Tosca Sala
Environmental DNA Technique for Pathogen Detection in Tropical Rock Lobster (Panulirus ornatus) Aquaculture: A Pilot Study Across All Life Stages
Supervisor: Dean Jerry (James Cook Universit, Queensland, Australia)
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Héctor Ibañez
Photosynthetic responses of native and non-native populations of the invasive red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla
Supervisor: Florian Weinberger (Geomar institute)
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Andrea Carolina Cortes Garzon
Arctic mesozooplankton dynamics over the last decade in the Fram Strait
Supervisor: Barbara Niehoff, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa (AWI)
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Amina Makori
Validation of BS methodology for geo-acoustic sediment classification in Lampaul Canyon, Bay of Biscay.
Supervisor: Marco Terzariol, Ridha Fezzani (IFREMER; Brest)
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Rizky Eko Muliawan
Hesketh Marsh: a comparative study of managed realignment and natural saltmarsh
Supervisor: Claire Evans Phillip Warwick, Amani Backer (NOC, Soton)
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COMMISSION D (07/09)
Jon Sáenz, Jorg Schafer, Jon Saenz, Ganix Esnaola, Gorka Bidegain, Cecilia D’Angelo, Mathieu Poulicek, Loreto Mardones, Pierre Lejeune, Antonio Cobelo, Iñaki Saiz-Salinas, Mikel Becerro, Beñat Zaldibar
PROF. MICHAEL B.COLLINS AWARD.
BEST MSc THESIS PRESENTATIONS:
Juan Manuel López
Muhammad Rushdi
Modelling Deep-Sea-Mining-Generated Turbidity Currents
Supervisor: Andrew Dale, Dmitry Aleynik, Esther Sumner (SAMS, Scotland)
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Juan Manuel López
Reconstruction of missing satellite turbidity data of the Southern North Sea using a neural network
Supervisor: Alexander Barth, Aida Alvera (Uni. Liege)
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Iñigo Uriarte Uruñuela
Exploring Thermal Tolerance and Plasticity of Bycaught Gorgonians in Sagres, Portugal
Supervisor: Nadine Schubert, Marcio Coelho, Aschwin Engelen, (CCMAR, Algarve)
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Marco Antonio Friedrichsen
Assessing flocculation properties of cohesive sediments using optical settling measurements
Supervisor: Hachem Kassem (NOC, Soton)
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Monserrat Fragueiro
Benthic community response to changes in sea-ice cover on the southeastern Weddell Sea shelf, Antarctica
Supervisor: Santiago Pineda-Metz, Claudio Richter (AWI)
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Sneha Sunny
Morphological change over time in the deep-sea holothurian Psychropotes longicauda
Supervisor: Jennifer Durden, Tammy Horton (NOC, Southampton)
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COMMISSION E (08/09)
Vladimir Kaberdin, Zuriñe Baña, Gorka Bidegain, Enrique Navarro, Antonio Villalba, Cecilia D’Angelo, Maite Orruño, Mathieu Poulicek, Elisa Saiz de Murieta, Javier Franco, Armindo Rodrigues
CALYPSO Prize. COUSTEAU FOUNDATION
BEST MSc THESIS in Environmental Sciences (Winner):
Paula Benders  

CALYPSO Prize. COUSTEAU FOUNDATION
BEST MSc THESIS in Environmental Sciences (Honor Mention):
Familusi Oluwatosin Adekunle

Paula Benders
The Influence of Natural Seagrass Bed Sediments and the Microbial Communities therein on Z. marina Growth and Survival for Restoration Purposes
Supervisor: Emma Ransome (Imperial College London)
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Familusi Oluwatosin Adekunle
Modelling Ostreid Herpesvirus Transmission in Mixed-Species Oyster Population
Supervisor: Gorka Bidegain (UPV/EHU), Tal Ben-Horin (North Carolina State University)
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Shahinur Akter
Effect of salinity and pH on V.harveyi adaptation
Supervisor: Vladimir Kaberdin (UPV/EHU)
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Lenda Thompson
Coastal metamobilome diversity
Supervisor: Henk Bolhuis (NIOZ)
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Pratyusha Madhnure
BARREEF Baseline Monitoring: A nature-based solution to Coastal protection and Biodiversity conservation
Supervisor: Jon C. Svendsen (Technical University, Denmark)
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