Theses in progress

THESES IN PROGRESS

1.1. Physical Oceanography
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alborja Valado, María	Interacciones entre el sistema circadiano y los neurotransmisores monoaminérgicos (dopamina, serotonina) en el contexto de la regulación de la ingesta en peces teleósteos. Influencia del estrés.
Alves Vaz, Leandro	Sustainable aquaculture development in estuarine systems	2015-16
Basáñez Mercader, Ana María	Collection, validation and uses of the wave data estimated by HF radars at the Galician coast	2015-16
Canganjo Vasco, Enoque	Hidrologia e dinâmica das águas da plataforma continental angolana	2013-14
Castro Olivares, Adrián	Adaptation of the fisheries and aquaculture sector to climate change: searching for the best locations
Copete Hernández , María Fernanda	Sedimentary and Paleoceanographic Processes at Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone (North Atlantic Ocean)
Cordeiro Ferreira, Nuno	Numerical and observational processes study of NW Iberian margin circulation	2012-13
Elias Ilosvay, Xochitl Edua	Adaptation responses of marine social-ecological systems linked to hotspots of rapid biodiversity change
Fernández Baladrón, Adrián	Characterization of high spatial resolution wind fields in the Ría de Vigo and their relationship with the surface current
Garaboa Paz, Ángel Daniel	Lagrangian and inertial transport in atmospheric and chaotic flows	2013-14
Jerusalén Lleó, Ester	Servicios ecosistémicos prestados por la materia orgánica disuelta en los océanos
Justel Díez, Maider	Role of phytoplankton-bacteria interactions in the response of microbial plankton to allochthonous nutrient inputs
Lojo Amoedo, Davinia	The integration of social indicators in the process of evaluating strategies for the management of fishery resources.
Sorí Gómez, Rogert	Atmospheric moisture transport, the bridge between ocean evaporation and hydrological extremes in major tropical river basins	2014-15

1.2. Chemical Oceanography
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Broullón Durán, Daniel	The carbon cycle in the Iberian Upwelling Ecosystem	2016-17
Cameselle Vázquez, Sara	Development and implementation of a coupled hydrodynamic and biogeochemical model: Creation of a virtual oceanographic laboratory for the Galician coast.
Carretero Perona, Olga	Study of microplastics in the Galician marine environment: Quantification and Identification.
Losa Adams, Elisabeth	Isótopos de Litio como marcadores de la evolución del océano en Marte y en la Tierra primitiva	2013-14

1.3. Geological Oceanography
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Bienzobas Montávez, Natalia	Palaeoclimate variability in the tropical Indian Ocean during glacial and interglacial periods
López Olmedilla, Laura	Impact of storm waves on coastal beach-dune geomorphology at Aveiro-Cabo Mondego strech (NW Portugal)	2017-18
Rodríguez Barreiro, Iván	Cretaceous Palynostratigraphic Scale: Application to the Galician Continental Margin
Rodríguez Gómez, Estefanía	Stratigraphy, geochemical and microfacies analysis of the Cenomanian-Turonian of Figueira da Foz and Nazaré (Portugal)
Viitak, Marili	Numerical study of sediment-transport processes in Northwest Iberian Continental Shelf	2017-18

1.4. Biological Oceanography
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alcaraz Rocha, Luis Paulo	Effect of ocean acidification in phytoplankton pigments
Antolínez Fernández, Henar	Diversity and ecology of Africa pycnogonides (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda, Chelicerata)
Barber Lluch, Esther	Response patterns of autotrophic microbial plankton to inputs of matter: the role of B-group vitamins	2013-14
Blanco Vázquez, Miguel	La delimitación de la diversidad, los patrones de dispersión y el ensamblaje del plancton microbiano marino	2014-15
Broullón Mandado, Esperanza	Thin layers of phytoplankton in the Rías Baixas (NW off Iberia): occurrence, formation and relevance
Buttay, Lucie	Variabilidad a largo plazo del mesoplancton en la plataforma continental Nord Ibérica	2014-15
Carballeira Coego, Rafael	Estructura y dinámica de las comunidades de diatomeas bentónicas del complejo Fragilaria capucina de la Península Ibérica. Desarrollo de una herramienta basada en diatomeas para la biomonitorización	2012-13
Costas Selas, Cecilia	METABOLIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PYTOPLANKTON AND BACTERIA IN A PRODUCTIVE COASTAL SYSTEM
Daban Losada, Paula	Climate change mitigation measures and restoration of benthic ecosystems affected by mussel aquaculture
Díaz Alonso, Alexandra	INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TOXIC PHYTOPLANKTON AND OTHER ORGANISMS OF THE BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY OF THE RÍA DE VIGO
Escánez Pérez, Alejandro	Diversity and Ecology of Oceanic cephalopods from the Macaronesian Region	2014-15
Ferreira Albuquerque, Rui Luciano	Global-scale patterns of biodiversity and biomass of the neustonic zooplankton	2015-16
Gavalás Olea, Antonio	Detección y caracterización de pigmentos fotosintéticos en fitoplancton marino	2013-14
González García, Laura	Spatial and temporal distribution of the order Cetacea in the Azores archipelago: relationship with biotic and abiotic factors	2013-14
Hernández Ruiz, Marta	Structure, diversity and function of pico- and nanoplancton in the coastal waters in front of the Ría the Vigo in the global change context	2013-14
Joglar Quesada, Vanessa	Elucidating the role of b-vitamins in microbial plankton community structure, activity and succession in a coastal upwelling system (ENVISION)	2015-16
Justel Díez, Maider	Papel de las interacciones fitoplancton-bacterias en la respuesta del plancton microbiano a los aportes alótonos de nutrientes	2017-18
Mahfoudh Mohamed Moctar, Sidi Mohamed	Biodiversity of benthic ecosystems in the continental shelf and slope of Mauritania	2015-16
Moreira Coello, Víctor	Biological N2 fixation in the upwelling region off NW Iberia: magnitude, relevance and players	2013-14
Mota Carvalho, Denise Andreia	Lab-on-a-chip biosensor for chorophyll analysis to classify phytoplankton	2016-17
Otero Ferrer, José Luis	Control of turbulence and dynamics of nutrient supply on the structure of marine picoplankton communities	2013-14
Prieto Rodríguez-Puime, Antero	Study of coupling between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria and its influence in the marine microbial communities	2014-15
Soltanzadeh, Zahara	Linking river and estuary ecosystem dynamics: microbial and phytoplankton communities under different flow regimes	2016-17
Büring, Tobias Alexander	The ecological role and trophic relations of seasonal cohorts of the Patagonian Squid (Doryteuthis gahi) in the marine ecosystem of the Falkland Islands
Velasco Senovilla, Esther	The importance of the mixing processes in the dynamics of phytoplankton proliferations	2017-18
Villamaña Rodríguez, Marina	The role of turbulence and mixing in the control of the distribution and community structure of marine phytoplankton	2015-16

1.7. Equipments and sensors
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Mota Carvalho, Denise Andreia	Lab-on-a-chip biosensor for chorophyll analysis to classify phytoplankton	2016-17

1.8. Coastal Impact, Hydrography and Ocean Dynamics
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Coelho Vargas, Catarina Isabel	Thermohaline adjustments induced by climate and morphologic change in contrasting lagoons: Ría de Aveiro and Ría Formosa	2013-14

1.9. Impact on Biogeochemical Cycles
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Amo Seco, Mariña	Benthic oxygen exchanges in a coastal upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Iberian Peninsula) by Aquatic Eddy Covariance: Implications for ecosystem metabolism.
López Mozos, Marta	Evolution of natural and anthropogenic carbon transports in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

1.10. Impact on Biodiversity
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Fernández Rodríguez, Jonathan	Genetic analysis of the morphological and karyological polymorphisms in Galician populations of Nucella lapillus (L)	2014-15
Herrera Rodríguez, Mariana	The effects of climate change on reproduction and recruitment success of the acorn barnacle Semibalanus balanoides at its southermost European distribution limit (Galicia, Spain)	2014-15
Machado Lima Teixeira, Marcos André	Phyllodocida (Annelida, Polychaeta) of the North East Atlantic as model for the investigation of cryptic species	2017-18
Piñeiro Corbeira, Cristina	Long-term changes in seaweed communities of NW Iberia: results and tools for future studies	2013-14
Portela Carballeira, Rubén	Understanding the role of clonal traits in plant invasions	2015-16

1.12. Impact on Exploitable Resources
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Cabrero Rodríguez, Águeda H.	Influencia del clima oceánico en la variabilidad de las pesquerías: estudio de la plataforma Ibérica del Atlántico	2012-13
Román del Valle, Salvador	Understanding the interactions between the seagrass Zostera noltei Hornemann and three commercially important bivalves
Salgueiro Otero, Diego	Small-scale fisheries and the role of connectivity in Adaptation to Climate Change	2016-17

2.1. Research into resources based on knowledge of ecosystems
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Cerdeira Arias, José Daniel	Comprehensive characterization of the Rías Altas shellfish banks
de Oliveira García, Teresa María	Basic education across Europe – An approach by the sea
Díaz Conde, Mª Paz	Condicionantes de la estrategia reproductora en peces pelágicos de la plataforma atlántica de la Península Ibérica	2013-14
González Carrión, Francisco	Análisis temporal y ambiental de los efectos maternales en la productividad de Sebastes fasciatus y su efecto en el reclutamiento en Flemish Cap	2017-18
Izquierdo Tarín, Francisco Daniel	Accounting for current challenges in commercial fish stock assessment models: it is worth increasing the complexity?
Llamazares Oliveras, Diana	Production of carpet shell clams (Ruditapes decussatus, Linnaeus 1758) in hatcheries: optimization of conditioning and induction of fixation and metamorphosis
Luna Gil, Amanda	Biodiversidad y biogeografía de los cefalópodos del Noroeste de África (CCLME, Gran Ecosistema Marino de la Corriente de Canarias)	2015-16
Paz Cuña, Anxo	Fishery resources management under uncertainty: The impact of climate change
Petitguyot, Marie Anne Claire	Current and historical threats to dolphins in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean

2.2. Assessment of the ecological state of ocean systems
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
García-Alegre Garralda, Ana	Study and evaluation of the circalittoral and bathyal sedimentary habitats of the Cantabrian Sea and Galicia affected by trawling gear
López Pérez, Cristina	Community of mesopelagic fishes in the Atlantic Ocean; diversity, migration patterns and ecomorphology	2015-16

2.3. Assessment of fish and shellfish resources
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Costas Bastida, Gersom	Annual Egg Production Method for Northeast Atlantic mackerel. (Método Anual de Producción de Huevos en la caballa (Scomber scombrus L.) del Atlántico Noreste)	2014-15
Domínguez Fernández, Rula	Assessment and prevention of risks produced by extreme events on commercially important bivalves	2015-16
Domínguez Seoane, Leticia	Análisis de ciclo de vida de la explotación de los bancos marisqueros de la ría de Vigo	2013-14
Faria Oliveira, Gabriela	Population dynamic of mussel Mytillus galloprovincialis (Lamarck) in two Portuguese Marine Protected Areas and its fecundity along the coast	2013-14
Fontes Anciães Felício, Mónica I.	Palaemon serratus fisheries and population dynamics in Northern Portugal	2016-17
Malheiro, Jeremias António	Avaliação do Estado de exploração dos principais recursos haliêuticos na província do Namibe, Angola	2013-14
Mandado Alonso, Mónica	La exactitud en los métodos analíticos de dinámica de poblaciones de peces: Estudio del análisis retrospectivo aplicando técnicas de simulación	2017-18
Monteiro Rocha, Carlos Alberto	Análisis Estadístico sobre los Datos de Desembarques y Flotas de Pesquerías Cabo-verdianas para el período de 2005-2010. Papel e importancia del concepto de MÉTIERS en Gestión de Pesquerías	2013-14
Oliveira Feijó, Diana	Temporal changes in purse seine fishery: from fishing dynamics to stakeholders
Rodríguez Pena, Elba	Impact of fishing activity on the reproductive potential and effective population size of the spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla, Balss 1922)	2015-16
Sieiro Piñeiro, María del Pilar	Correlation between reproductive and biochemical parameters in common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, in Galician waters	2015-16
Valeiras Mota, Julio	Descartes pesqueros: identificación de causas, impacto y medidas de mitigación	2015-16

2.4. Assessment of geological resources
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Cartelle Álvarez, Víctor	Evaluación y contextualización de los reservorios de metano de la Ría de Arousa y el Seno de Corcubión con relación a las variaciones del nivel del mar y los cambios ambientales durante el periodo postglacial	2013-14
Corrêa Terra, Laurício	Shallow Gas in Lagoon Coastal Environments, using Geophysical Methods	2015-16

2.5. Economics, Legislation and Management of marine resources
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alvarez Ballesteros, Marta	Gobernanza policéntrica en sistemas socioecológicos complejos: la gestión en las pesquerías artesanales en Galicia	2012-13
Eguchi da Silva, Jose Roberto	Métodos de resolución extrajudicial de conflictos en el ámbito pesquero	2015-16
Gameiro Antunes, Marco António	The Maritime Public Domain in estuarine contexts – Contributions to the protection and planning of the margins	2013-14
García Lorenzo, Iria	Gestión económico-financiera del sector pesquero gallego en el marco de la gestión integral de los recursos marinos. Aplicación al caso de las aguas interiores de Galicia	2013-14
Laporta Migues, Martín Ricardo	Artisanal and recreational fisheries in the Department of Rocha, Uruguay. Implementation and analysis of monitoring programs to strengthen their management
Lemos Nobre, Ana Carolina	Avances institucionales en derechos de pesca y gestión de descartes	2015-16
Miranda Almón, Fernando	The Spahish fleet operating in non-Iberian waters: evolution, challenges and perspectives	2016-17
Silva da Cruz, Elisia	Gestión sostenible de las zonas costeras: contribución para un modelo de gestión Integrada y planificación de las zonas costeras en las islas de Cabo Verde	2013-14

2.6. Technology applied to resource management
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Vilas Arrondo, Nair	Molecular characterization of species of the genus Dipturus and the orders Rajiformes and Chimaeriformes, from Newfoundland, Flemish Cap and Gran Sol

2.7. Resource exploitation impact assessment
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Gomes Calado, Joana Filipa	Seagulls as sentinels of the effectiveness of the Common Fisheries Policy	2016-17
Sánchez Llamas, Eduardo	Landing Obligation Assessment Through Bioeconomical Modelling	2017-18

2.8. Marine ecology and cultures
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alamrousi, Ahmed Fawzi Ali	Requerimientos de cultivo, capacidad de biofiltración y calidad de la producción de distintas especies laminares de Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) para su empleo en la acuicultura multitrófica integrada	2015-16
Baptista Jerónimo, Daniel	Recycling nutrients from aquaculture effluents through the integrated use of polychaeta assisted sand filters and halophyte aquaponics	2016-17
Casais Caamaño, Eduardo	Quorum sensing in Ulva ohnoi (Ulvales, Chlorophyta): implications for its culture in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture systems	2016-17
Cortina Burgueño, Ángela	Aplicación de nuevas tecnologías de producción y conservación de la microalga marina Tisochrysis lutea para su uso en acuicultura	2015-16
Cabrera Benavent, Raquel	Análisis de la estructura reproductiva del pulpo común Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797) y el efectos de factores bióticos y abióticos sobre la viabilidad de las puestas	2017-18
Freire Custódi, Marco	Integration of halophytes production to promote coastal aquaculture eco-intensification	2016-17
Tur Estrada, Ricardo	Octopus vulgaris culture and Physiology of Stress in common octopus paralarvae under culture conditions	2015-16

2.9. Feeding and nutrition in aquaculture
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Calo Rodríguez, Jessica	Characterization of nutrient sensing mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract involved in the control of food intake in fish
Ofelio, Claudia	Ontogenetic development and digestive functions in the long snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus	2013-14
Pérez Rial, Evaristo	Caracterización genotípica de reproductores y diseño de dietas alternativas para alimentación larvaria en cherna (Polyprion americanus)	2016-17
Velasco Rubial, Cristina	Papel de los mecanismos sensores de ácidos grasos en la regulación de la ingesta de alimento en trucha arco iris como modelo de pez teleósteo: control endocrino y mecanismos intracelulares implicados	2014-15

2.10. Animal welfare
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Naderi, Fatemeh	Efecto del estrés sobre el sistema circadiano y la actividad monoaminérgica cerebral en la trucha arco iris. Mecanismos y consecuencias en la regulación de la ingesta de alimentos	2016-17

2.11. Biotechnology applied to aquaculture
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Campos Rosende, Sara	Vitrification and ultra-fast laser warming of oocytes and embryos of model marine organisms
Del Olmo Berenguer, Gonzalo	Microbial interactions in macroalgae with implications in aquaculture
Heres Gozalbes, Pablo	Mollusk cryopreservation and variability along development and species	2017-18
Lago Dopico, Alba	Cryobiology of complex marine invertebrate larvae
Miguel de Maia Alves, Celso	Sphaerococcus coronopifolius bromoterpenes: Antitumor activity and intracellular signal pathways characterization on in vitro human cellular cancer models	2013-14

2.12. Upwelling of toxic algae and marine biotoxins
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Castro Alonso, David Miguel	Desarrollo de ensayos alternativos a los fisico-químicos para la confirmación de biotoxinas marinas presentes en alimentos de origen marino	2016-17
García Portela, María	Ecophysiology of mixotrophic harmful dinoflagellates	2013-14
Moreiras Avendaño, Guillermo	Advances in the development of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of emerging marine biotoxins	2015-16
Otero Romero, Mª Sabrina	Gestión de calidad y diseño estadístico en ejercicios de aptitud para laboratorios de biotoxinas marinas	2015-16
Rocha Braga, Ana Catarina	Physiological adaptations and strategies for toxins elimination by shellfish living with harmful algal blooms	2014-15
Sixto Ruiz, Marta	Analyses of sexuality and toxicity inheritance in Alexandrium minutum

2.13. Pathology and immunology of culture organisms
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Correia Estevao, João Luis	Enteromixosis en rodaballo: análisis de expresión génica de la interacción patógeno-hospedador con RNAseq	2015-16
Dobal Amador, Vladimir	In vitro toxicological study of hydrocarbon exposure effects in Mytilus galloprovincialis: histopathological alterations and molecular mechanisms involveds	2013-14
Fontenla Iglesias, Francisco	Vacinación en peixes. Desenvolvemento de novos adxuvantes e análise da resposta inmunitaria	2014-15
Mondejar Barba, Meritxell	Reducción de copépodos ectoparásitos en peces	2015-16
Pérez Fernández, Elena	Colonización de Ulva ohnoi (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) con Phaeobacter gallaeciensis como estrategia de control de patógenos en cultivos multitróficos peces-algas en sistemas de recirculación de agua: influencia de la luz e implicación de mecanismos de cuórum	2016-17
Rodríguez de la Ballina, Nuria	Proteomic study of the immune system of the european flat oyster Ostrea edulis and its interaction with parasitos Bonamia spp.	2015-16
Rodríguez Quiroga, Juan José	Mixosporidiosis en rodaballo: desarrollo de herramientas inmunológicas para el diagnóstico de Enteromyxum scophthalmi	2015-16
Valle Cao, Alejandra	Evaluación de los mecanismos de defensa del rodaballo (Scophthalmus maximus) frente al parásito ciliado Philasterides dicentrarchi	2017-18
Vázquez Rodríguez, Diego	Nuevas estrategias de cuantificación Viral: desarrollo, optimización y validación de técnicas ex vivo e in vivo	2015-16

2.15. Genetics and genomics applied to aquaculture
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Blanco González, Sofía	Study of the mechanisms underlying double uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mtDNA and sex determination in Mytilus spp. mussels by ‘shotgun’ proteomic analysis
Burgos Vega, Rodrigo	Identificación y filogenia molecular basada en la secuencia parcial del gen COI (ADNMT) de copépodos parásitos de peces	2015-16
Fernández González, Laura	Uso de la vitelogenina como bioindicador de disrupción endocrina en mejillón marino: un enfoque proteómico	2015-16
Martínez Vázquez, Juan Manuel	Genética reproductiva y optimización del cultivo larvario en especies demersales de nueva producción en acuicultura	2014-15
Murgarella Ciuraneta, María	de novo genome sequencing and comparative genomics of galician mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)	2012-13
Panebianco Barreiro, Antonella	Study of immune system through a transcriptomic, proteomic and morphological approach in bivalve molluscs of commercial interest in Galicia
Rey Campos, Magalí	Variability and function of immune genes of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis	2015-16
Sánchez Mendoza, Manuel José	Genomic variability in marine organisms with high levels of polymorphisms	2017-18
Ventoso Osorio, Pablo	Identificación de genes implicados en la depuración del ácido domoico (toxina de tipo amnésico, ASP) en moluscos bivalvos	2016-17

2.16. New products of marine origin
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alves, Ana Luísa	Bioengineered marine collagen based membranes for cornea regeneration as strategy for biotechnological valorization of codfish skins	2016-17
Filipa Gonçalves Pinteus, Susete	Add Value to the Marine Invaders Asparagopsis armata and Sargassum muticum	2013-14
Gutiérez Arnillas, Esther	Extraction of lipases from thermophiles and halophiles using ionic liquids	2013-14
Martins Silva, Joana Rita	Neuroprotective effects of potent antioxidant molecules isolated from Bifurcaria bufurcata and Codium tomentosum in an i vitro and in vivo Parkinson Disease model	2015-16
Miguel de Maia Alves, Celso	Sphaerococcus coronopifolius bromoterpenes: Antitumor activity and intracellular signal pathways characterization on in vitro human cellular cancer models	2013-14

2.17. Traceability, quality and safety of marine foods
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Giráldez Fernández, Jorge	Aplicación de metodologías químicas y alternativas en el análisis de tetrodotoxina	2016-17
Mendes Ferreira, João Miguel	Evaluation of seaweeds protective effects against genetic damage induced by environmental radiation – towards marine resources valorization and human health promotion	2017-18

2.18. Markets, marketing networks and valorization of marine products
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Sousa Ribeirinho, Marisa Sofia	Valorization of the endogenous marine resource Salicornia ramosissima: application in food and pharmaceuticals industries	2017-18

2.19. Production, management and valorization of marine sub-products
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Milhazes Cunha, Hugo	Valoración de efluentes de piscifactoría e industria conservera mediante acuicultura multitrófica integrada (IMTA) para el pre-engorde de semilla de moluscos	2015-16

3.1. Hydrodynamic modelling of the coastal zone and transition waters
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Des Villanueva, Marisela	Caracterización y simulación hidrodinámica de la intrusión de la pluma del río en estuarios adyacentes. Aplicación al Río Miño	2015-16
López Olmedilla, Laura	Impact of storm waves on coastal beach-dune geomorphology at Aveiro-Cabo Mondego strech (NW Portugal)	2017-18
Pilczynski, Krzysztof Jan	Observación y modelización del ciclo estacional de la circulación y la hidrología en la region NW de la Peninsula Iberica	2013-14

3.2. Coastal Geology
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Juncal Rosales, Manuel Antonio	Caracterización Palinoestratigráfica del tránsito carbonífero superior (pensilvaniense) – pérmico inferior (autuniense) de la cordillera cantábrica	2014-15
López Pérez, Ángel Enrique	Evolución del registro sedimentario Pleistoceno-Holoceno de la Zona de Transición del márgen continental de Galicia: controles tectónicos, paleoclimáticos y evolución postsedimentaria	2015-16

3.3. Modelling of sediment transport in fluvial and coastal systems
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Fernández Fernández, Luz Eva	Diagénesis temprana y procedencia de sedimentos en la Plataforma Continental de Galicia: forzamientos paleoclimáticos y antropogénicos	2015-16
Rodríguez Díaz, Laura	Estudios de dispersión de partículas en las corrientes oceánicas	2013-14

3.4. Matter flow across frontiers
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Calvo Martin, Elisa	Subterranean Estuaries in the Ría de Vigo: hidden sources of solutes to coastal waters

3.5. Biodiversity and littoral zone ecology
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Ayora González, Mario	Nemátodos mariños de substratos blandos de Galicia	2013-14
Bastos Barros Silva Santos, Jorge Manuel	Abundância, uso de habitat e distribuição espacial de cetáceos em Portugal e Galiza	2013-14
Carreira Flores, Diego	Relationship between macrofauna settlement and microbiota in the near shore	2016-17
Correia Motta Freitas, Rui	Littoral ichthyofauna of Cabo Verde islands: biogeographical analysis and community structure	2012-13
da Rocha Leite, Bárbara Daniela	Monitoring coastal benthic colonization of artificial substrates with the support of DNA metabarcoding approaches	2016-17
Escánez Pérez, Alejandro	Diversidad y ecología de los cefalópodos oceánicos de la región macaronésica	2014-15
Estévez Barcia, Daniel	Causas del polimorfismo de color en poblaciones naturales de Littorina fabalis	2014-15
García Fernández, Alicia	The community of Cystosiera baccata (Fucales, Ochrophyta) in Northern Iberian Peninsula	2014-15
García Redondo, Verónica	Biodiversity and conservation of Zostera marina meadows in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula: biological and phycological approach	2013-14
González García, Laura	Distribución espacio-temporal del orden Cetacea en el archipiélago de las Azores: relación con las variables bióticas y abióticas	2013-14
Gutiérrez Muñoz, Paula	Modelling distribution and habitat use of cetacean species of continental shelf waters of the North East Atlantic
Hernández González, Alberto	Diet analysis of the main cetacean’s species in waters of the North-West Iberian Peninsula and analysis of macro and microplastics in their stomachs
Lugilde Yáñez, Juan	Development of a coralline red algae flora (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) in Galicia	2014-15
Maurício Seco, Jose Sergio	Assessment of Trace Metals in Antarctic Key Marine Organisms	2015-16
Pérez Polo, Sara	Moluscos Nudibranquios y Sacoglosos de la Comunitat Valenciana	2016-17
Pérez Costas, Elisa	Factores que afectan a la riqueza de especies de peces marinos	2014-15
Rocha Fonseca, Pedro	Spatial and temporal variability of the marine trophic web in the Atlantic Iberian waters

3.6. Pollution and environmental impacts
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Campoy López, Pedro	Possible effects of some pollutants as endocrine disruptors in sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus L.) with molecular and proteomics tools	2017-18
Carretero Perona, Olga	Estudio de microplásticos en el medio marino: cuantificación e identificación	2016-17
Carro Espada, Belén	Nucella lapillus L.: imposex tras la prohibición del tribulio de estaño (TBT) y estudios sobre la conectividad entre poblaciones	2015-16
da Silva Parra, Susana Margarida	Microplastics in aquatic ecosystem (estuarine vs freshwater) Corbicula flaminea as sentinel species	2016-17
Filipa Gonçalves Pinteus, Susete	Add Value to the Marine Invaders Asparagopsis armata and Sargassum muticum	2013-14
López Ibáñez, Sara	Environmental risk assessment of micro and nanoparticles derived from conventional and biodegradable polymers under marine conditions
Martínez Schönemann, Alexandre	Development of a teleost marine fish model to study endocrine disruption caused by chemical additives form plastic, using proteomic tools
Montes Vilanova, Agar	Determining the potential for dispersal of the invasive mussel Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819) in Galician Rias Baixas (NW Iberian Penonsula): pre- and post- settlement factors	2014-15
Pena Gil Fraga, Marta	Cyanotoxins in marine environment: fast detection methods and bioaccumulation in marine organisms
Pereira Pinto, Estefanía	Ecotoxicological evaluation of nano- and microplastics together with associated pollutants in marine trophic nets
Pereiro Rodríguez, Diego	Modeling the drift of floating marine debris in the northern Iberian waters	2014-15
Portela Carballeira, Rubén	Estudio de la importancia de los atributos asociados al crecimiento clonal de las plantas en los procesos de invasiones biológicas	2015-16

3.7. Diagnosis and response of coastal ecosystems to climate change
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Aguión Tarrío, Alba	Climate change implications for benthic resources under spatial management: the stalked barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes) fishery in Galicia	2016-17

3.8. Economic and legislative assessment of coastal ecosystems and of environmental impacts
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Rodrigues Bastos, Mª Isabel	Production or protection? Efficient management of coastal ecosystem services exposed to highrisk industrial activities	2015-16

3.9. Analysis and environmental assessment
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Costa González, Darinka	Linking Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services with Human Health: a multidisciplinary approach	2015-16
de Castro Abu Raya , Mara	Integration of chemical and biological parameters for the implementation of an environmental monitoring network in the coastal system of Cape Verde	2012-13
Román Geada, Marta	Integrated environmental assessment of anthropization processes in estuarine ecosystems: Land use changes and matter inputs	2013-14

3.10. Coastal zone planning. Comprehensive planning of coastal zones
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Bandeira R. Fernandes, Mª da Luz	Spatial patterns for the European Atlantic basin: Mapping marine patterns, typologies and dynamics	2015-16
González Ramírez, Laura	Definición de parámetros e indicadores para la clasificación de playas como herramienta de gestión costera	2015-16

3.11. Coastal economic activity: assessment and sustainability
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
de Santiago Meijide, José Alberto	Navegando en las transformaciones socioeconómicas del marisqueo gallego	2014-15

3.12. Governance of marine and coastal environment, integration of public land and marine policies and social responsibility
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
García Rodrigues, João Manuel	Understanding the critical dynamics and interactions of coastal social-ecological systems	2014-15
Diéguez Montes, Mª Paz	Gobernanza en el sector pesquero. El poder como eje de las desigualdades de género en salud: el caso de las mujeres de la pesca extractiva en Galicia	2015-16
Rodríguez García, Mª Dolores	Dificultades de la maternidad en las trabajadoras del sector pesquero: políticas públicas adyuvantes del binomio maternidad/trabajo	2015-16
Salvo Borda, Ixai	Medición de las interacciones en el desempeño de la gobernanza y de las partes interesadas en la gestión de la pesca	2015-16
Ulloa Martínez, Marcos	Conflictos socioambientales y lógicas económico-culturales entre las comunidades de pesca artesanal: hacia una nueva concepción de la gobernanza y de la cooperación	2014-15

3.13. Marine protected areas
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Alvarez Fdez, Inmaculada	Análisis de la eficacia de los planes de gestión de las áreas marinas protegidas en el arco atlántico	2012-13
Gil Molinero, Marta	Indicadores de gestión integral de la costa: revisión y propuesta de nuevos indicadores para mejorar el monitoreo y la gestión de las reservas marinas de interés pesquero gallegas	2016-17

3.14. Sustainable coastal tourism use
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Lima Martínez, Cristina	Uso turístico sostenible de un área marina protegida: el Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia	2013-14

3.15. Society and coastal heritage: History, population and conservation
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Pousa Diéguez, Rodrigo	Las villas costeras del cuadrante noratlántico galego en el contexto político del siglo XVIII	2014-15

4.1. Projects and Design of maritime works. Logistics and safety
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Botana Lagarón, Carlos	Medidas para la mitigación del cambio climático en puertos	2016-17

4.2. Governance in ports and maritime activities
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
de Isusi Rivero, Josu	La capacidad adaptativa del puerto de Vigo en los mercados pesqueros globales	2014-15

4.6. Knowledge networks and innovation in maritime activities
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Silva Muñiz, Diego	A formalisation of new development environment of manufacturing systems according to end effector paths, adaptable to changing conditions and scenarios such as the oceanic

4.8. Financial assessment and planning
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Longarela Ares, Ángeles María	Financing of innovation in energy management and energy production in maritime sector in the EU and economic impact	2014-15

4.11. Alternative energies
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Albo López, Ana Belén	Energy analysis in port areas
Arguilé Pérez, Beatriz	Analysis of the present and future offshore energy resource
Vázquez Taboada, José	Analysis and design on O&M optimization of offshore wind turbines (owts)	2015-16
Román Costas, David	Análisis dinámico del comportamiento de una plataforma flotante para la generación con corrientes marinas	2016-17

4.13. Energy efficiency
Student	Thesis
Student	Thesis Project	Defense Date
Pérez Rodríguez, Concepción	Eficiencia energética en el sector pesquero	2017-18