Biological interactions between fish and jellyfish in the northwester Mediterranean 

    Tilves Matheu, Uxue (Date of defense: 2019-05-16)

    Jellyfish are important components of marine ecosystems, being a key link between lower and higher trophic levels. Jellyfish blooms occur sporadically and unpredictably in coastal areas and often have important socio-economic ...

    Distribution patterns and abundance of Antarctic pristine benthic communities 

    Ambroso, Stefano (Date of defense: 2021-01-25)

    Knowledge of the abundance, distribution patterns, and population ecology of antarctic benthic biodiversity have increased considerably during the last decades. Antarctic marine benthic biodiversity has been sampled primarily ...

    Ecological and functional role of small and medium pelagic fish in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea : Rol ecológico y funcional de los peces pelágicos pequeños y medianos en el noroeste del mar Mediterráneo 

    Albo-Puigserver, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-10-18)

    Mediterranean marine ecosystems are fundamentally driven by their pelagic communities and small and medium-size pelagic fishes (SMPF) play crucial ecological roles. Although fluctuations of the populations of these organisms ...

    Numerical modeling of the underwater acoustic impact of offshore stations 

    Hospital Bravo, Raúl (Date of defense: 2021-07-05)

    The design of offshore power stations (for wind, wave or tidal energy generation) requires assessing their environmental impact. In particular, it is of the major importance to predict the impact of the generated subsea ...