Keynote Speakers
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Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Plymouth
«Integrating indicators of plankton abundance and diversity to assess the state of pelagic habitats in the Northeast Atlantic»
| TIME/DATEA | TUESDAY, June 16 | |
| Plenary room | ||
| 8.00-9.00 | Registration | |
| 9.00-9.15 | Opening words: Adolfo Uriarte (GV). Biodiversity and climate change (TBC) Ixone Soroa (GV). Blue economy (TBC) Ángel Borja. AZTI | |
| 9.15-9.30 | ||
| 9.30-9.45 | Keynote: Raquel Somavilla (IEO), «Stratified Oceans: Understanding the Ocean’s Layers from Surface to Depth« | |
| 9.45-10.00 | ||
| 10.00-10.15 | ||
| 10.15-10.30 | Session 1: Geology, erosion, transport and sedimentation | Oral 1: #91 Onshore-offshore continuity of geological structures along the Basque coast: a key to understanding the evolution of the North Pyrenean frontal zone |
| 10.30-10.45 | Oral 2: #83 Investigating the hydroclimatic variability of the southwestern Bay of Biscay over the last centuries: new insights from the infra-decadal study of a marine sedimentary core of the Capbreton canyon (Eva Bénard) | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Session 2: Physical oceanography, Climate-ocean relations. Chair: Raquel Somavilla. Sponsored by POA – Pasaia Ocean Autonomy (AZTI)
| Oral 3: #75 30 years of physical connectivity patterns in the Bay of Biscay from a Lagrangian perspective (Nadine Steiger) |
| 11.00-11.15 | Coffee break | |
| 11.15-11.30 | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | Session 2: Physical oceanography, Climate-ocean relations. Chair: Raquel Somavilla. Sponsored by POA – Pasaia Ocean Autonomy (AZTI) | Oral 4: #58 Forty years (1986–2025) of physical processes controlling nutrient fluxes and primary production in the southeastern Bay of Biscay (Marina Chifflet) |
| 11.45-12.00 | Oral 5: #147 Multiplatform observations to characterize high resolution near-coastal dynamics in the Southeastern Bay of Biscay (Ainhoa Caballero) | |
| 12.00-12.15 | Oral 6: #150 The Pasaia Ocean Autonomy (POA): Strengthening operational, multidisciplinary monitoring in the SE Bay of Biscay with autonomous platforms (Anna Rubio) | |
| 12.15-12.30 | Oral 7: #140 Bay of Biscay numerical simulations dedicated to river plumes during the 21st century – the RiOMar project (Guillaume Charria) | |
| 12.30-12.45 | Oral 8: #85 Reconstructing mesoscale surface circulation in the Bay of Biscay using an advection-based neural network (Juan Manuel López Contreras) | |
| 12.45-13.00 | Oral 9: #77 Seasonal stratification, warming, and bottom-water deoxygenation in the West Gironde Mud Patch (Bay of Biscay): local signature or regional drivers? (Maria Eduarda Mezzari Csunderlick) | |
| 13.00-13.15 | Oral 10: #152 Study of the effect of metocean transport of harmful algae Ostreopsis at different spatiotemporal scales for bloom management in the SE Bay of Biscay (Ivan Manso-Narvarte) | |
| 13.15-13.30 | Oral 11: #156 From ocean predictions to actionable solutions: the science-based evolution of IBI-MFC for user-driven coastal services (Stefania Ciliberti) | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Lunch time | |
| 13.45-14.00 | ||
| 14.00-14.15 | ||
| 14.15-14.30 | ||
| 14.30-14.45 | Session 3: Biogeochemical cycles. Chair: Pierre Anschutz | Oral 12: #123 Identifying the origin of methylated mercury compounds in coastal and marginal waters of the Bay of Biscay (Adour Estuary, Cap-Breton Canyon): Implications for Hg bioaccumulation in the marine food chain (David Amouroux) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Oral 13: #131 Mesozooplankton contributions to pelagic food-webs and vertical carbon flux at a deep-ocean site in the Bay of Biscay (Belli Valencia) | |
| 15.00-15.15 | Oral 14: #24 Ostreopsis blooms promote production of volatile organic sulfur compounds: environmental and health implications (Sarah Sadorge) | |
| 15.15-15.30 | Session 4: Blue technologies. Chair: Pierre Anschutz | Oral 15: #122 MARINNONNET: Fishing in the Atlantic Marine Bioresources Innovation Ecosystem (Ibon Cancio) |
| 15.30-15.45 | Oral 16: #118 Molecular tools based on ribosomal markers to aid histology in the quantitative analysis of tuna reproductive maturity and in stock assessment (Joyanta Bir) | |
| 15.45-16.00 | Oral 17: #125 From wild populations to elite strains: selective breeding, cryopreservation, and scale-up of Saccharina latissima seedstock production in the SeaMark and Kelp-Secure projects (Zofia Nehr) | |
| 16.00-16.15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 16.15-16.30 | ||
| 16.30-16.45 | ||
| 16.45-17.00 | ||
| 17.00-17.15 | Session 5: Anthropogenic effects, quality assessment and ecosystem management. Chair: Mathilde Momperrus (TBC) | Oral 18: #18 Heavy metal accumulation in elasmobranchs from the Bay of Biscaym and its ecological and health implications (Noelia Beatriz Suárez Sánchez) |
| 17.15-17.30 | Oral 19: #80 Harnessing passive sampling to meet the challenges of increasingly stringent European water legislation (Maria Jesús Belzunce Segarra) | |
| 17.30-17.45 | Oral 20: #113 Production-time dependent ecotoxicity of oil Low Energy Water Accommodated Fractions (oil-LEWAFs): microalgae and copepod toxicity assays (Esther Blanco Rayón) | |
| 17.45-18.00 | Oral 21: #170 Cyanobacterial Bioassays to Evaluate Estuarine Health under Treated Sewage Influence in the Bay of Biscay (Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia) | |
| 18.00-18.15 | Oral 22: #145 Seasonal dynamics and species shift of Ostreopsis on the French Basque coast (2020–2025) (Elvire Antajan) | |
| 18.15-18.30 | Oral 23: #107 Rapid advancement of biofouling introduction likelihood in ports under current global change: a case study from the Bay of Biscay (Deva Menéndez-Teleña) | |
| 18.30-18.45 | Oral 24: #35 Predicting culturable Escherichia coli and enterococci concentrations from reverse transcription quantitative PCR and hydro-meteorological data for bathing water management (Maialen Sagarduy) | |
| TIME/DATEA | WEDNESDAY, June 17 | |
| Plenary room | ||
| 8.00-9.00 | ||
| 9.00-9.15 | Session 5: Anthropogenic effects, quality assessment and ecosystem management. Chair: Alberto Serrano | Oral 25: #92 Long-term (2008-2022) variability in growth, condition, bioaccumulation and health status in mussels from the Basque Coast (Miren Carnicero) |
| 9.15-9.30 | Oral 26: #89 Mapping Pressures on Coastal Fish Nurseries in the Bay of Biscay (Alicia Lamé) | |
| 9.30-9.45 | Oral 27: #146 Assessing the ecological footprint of bottom-trawling on benthic habitats of the Basque continental shelf (Natalia Montero) | |
| 9.45-10.00 | Oral 28: #136 Ecosystem-Based Maritime Spatial Planning in the Bay of Biscay: What Spain and France Got Right and What’s Missing (Ibon Galparsoro) | |
| 10.00-10.15 | Oral 29: #87 A toolbox to assess the cumulative pressures and environmental status of the seas (Angel Borja) | |
| 10.15-10.30 | Oral 30: #40 Mapping Cumulative Impact Risk and Testing Management Scenarios in the Bay of Biscay (Olga Lukyanova) | |
| 10.30-10.45 | Oral 31: #22 Lessons learnt about intertidal seagrass (Nanozostera noltei) restoration along the Basque coast (SE Bay of Biscay) (Joxe Mikel Garmendia) | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Oral 32: #117 Benefits and values from marine cultural ecosystem services: the contribution of recreational activities to mental health in the Basque coast (Sarai Pouso) | |
| 11.00-11.15 | Coffee break (posters displayed) | |
| 11.15-11.30 | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | Session 6: Fisheries and Aquaculture | Oral 33: #31 Multifrequency Acoustic Characterization of a Surface Scattering Layer and its influence on the vertical distribution of Anchovy in the Bay of Biscay (Beatriz Sobradillo Benguria) |
| 11.45-12.00 | Oral 34: #5 Long-Term Trends in Biological Metrics of Horse Mackerel Population: A 20-Year Analysis (Paula Alvarez) | |
| 12.00-12.15 | Oral 35: #6 Navigating Future Waters: The Resilience of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna under Climate Change (Maite Erauskin-Extramiana) | |
| 12.15-12.30 | Oral 36: #7 Towards trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Marine Research, Fisheries and Environmental Management (Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador) | |
| 12.30-12.45 | Oral 37: #13 Uncovering Changes in Fishing Activities in the South Bay of Biscay Fleet Using Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches (Claire Kermorvant) | |
| 12.45-13.00 | Oral 38: #23 Socio-economic assessments of Marine Recreational Fisheries in the Spanish Basque Country (Hélène Gomes) | |
| 13.00-13.15 | Oral 39: #110 Role of selenium in mercury detoxification in rainbow trout fed marine sustainable aquafeeds: insights into nanoparticle formation (Marianna Alves Cancian) | |
| 13.15-13.30 | Oral 40: #164 Integrated digital services and biophysical IBMs for fisheries and aquaculture in the Bay of Biscay (Manuel Ruiz Villarreal) | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Lunch time | |
| 13.45-14.00 | ||
| 14.00-14.15 | ||
| 14.15-14.30 | ||
| 14.30-14.45 | Session 7: Biodiversity, Structure and functioning of ecosystems. Chair: Javier Franco (TBC) | Oral 41: #54 Decadal Shifts in Phytoplankton Size Structure Across French Coastal Ecosystems (Adrien Voisin) |
| 14.45-15.00 | Oral 42: #133 Phytoplankton production, trophic cycling and vertical carbon export in oceanic waters of the Gulf of Biscay during summer oligotrophic conditions (Andrés Gutiérrez Rodríguez) | |
| 15.00-15.15 | Oral 43: #134 Twenty-Six-Year Copepod Dynamics in the Lower Zone of Two Estuaries in the SE Bay of Biscay (1998–2023) (Iratxe Rubio) | |
| 15.15-15.30 | Oral 44: #124 PHYSALIA: a project to understand the biology and ecology of the Man’o’War (José Luis Acuña-Fernández) | |
| 15.30-15.45 | Oral 45: #82 Environmental and geographic drivers of Physalia physalis strandings in Asturian coast (Gemma Capeáns-García) | |
| 15.45-16.00 | Oral 46: #55 Surface scattering layers (SSL): microbubbles trapped by jelly (Enrique Nogueira) | |
| 16.00-16.15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 16.15-16.30 | ||
| 16.30-16.45 | ||
| 16.45-17.00 | ||
| 17.00-17.15 | Session 7: Biodiversity, Structure and functioning of ecosystems. Chair: Marie-Noelle de Casamajor | Oral 47: #84 Role of macrozooplankton predatory species in shaping the mortality of European anchovy early life stages in the Bay of Biscay (Beñat Campo Mendizabal) |
| 17.15-17.30 | Oral 48: #70 Northeast Atlantic neuston dynamics reveal rapid tropicalisation in the Bay of Biscay (2014-2025) (Yago Iván-Baragaño) | |
| 17.30-17.45 | Oral 49: #37 Experimental assessment of Predation behavior and feeding preferences of introduced flatworm Postenterogonia orbicularis on wild and cultivated bivalve species in Arcachon Bay (Guillaume Bernard) | |
| 17.45-18.00 | Oral 50: #39 From estuary to open coast: Spatiotemporal dynamics of soft-bottom marine benthic alien species over 31 years in the Basque coast (SE Bay of Biscay) (Izaskun Zorita) | |
| 18.00-18.15 | Oral 51: #62 Updated Distribution of the Invasive Species Postenterogonia orbicularis, with a New Record for Europe and Particular Emphasis on Marine Traffic as its Way of Dispersal (Emma Shorter Rodríguez) | |
| 18.15-18.30 | Oral 52: #45 Lesion recovery in Eunicella verrucosa: regeneration patterns observed in aquaria (Álvaro Romo) | |
| 18.30-18.45 | Oral 53: #10 Using biophysical modelling to improve eDNA survey design and timely detections (Ane Pastor Rollan) | |
| 18.45-19.00 | ||
| 19.45-20.00 | ||
| 20.30-22.30 | Gala Dinner | |
| TIME/DATEA | THURSDAY, June 18 | |
| Plenary room | ||
| 8.00-9.00 | ||
| 9.00-9.15 | Keynote: Abigail McQuatters-Gollop (University of Plymouth), «Integrating indicators of plankton abundance and diversity to assess the state of pelagic habitats in the Northeast Atlantic» | |
| 9.15-9.30 | ||
| 9.30-9.45 | ||
| 9.45-10.00 | Session 7: Biodiversity, Structure and functioning of ecosystems. Chair: Angel Borja | Oral 54: #29 Spatial and temporal dynamics of opportunistic green algae on intertidal rocky shores: links to environmental drivers along the Basque Coast (Océane Lauga) |
| 10.00-10.15 | Oral 55: #109 Integrated Assessment of Blue Carbon Ecosystems in Basque estuaries (Mireia Valle) | |
| 10.15-10.30 | Oral 56: #100 Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Mussel Symbiome in the Basque Coast (Ander Urrutia) | |
| 10.30-10.45 | Oral 57: #25 Tropicalization signals of the marine biodiversity in the Bay of Biscay (Guillem Chust) | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Oral 58: #161 SOCAVA, studying the natural values of the Eastern Cantabria coast in the frame of BIODIV project (José Manuel González-Irusta) | |
| 11.00-11.15 | Coffee break (posters displayed) | |
| 11.15-11.30 | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | Session 7: Biodiversity, Structure and functioning of ecosystems. Chair: Abigail McQatters Gollop | Oral 59: #47 Regional variability in the trophic ecology of Illex coindetii: A multi-tissue isotopic approach across Iberian waters (Lola Jean) |
| 11.45-12.00 | Oral 60: #79 Isotopic evidence of seasonal dietary shifts in common dolphins in the Bay of Biscay (Beñat Iglesias) | |
| 12.00-12.15 | Oral 61: #56 Understanding the drivers behind trophic rewiring in marine predators (Lucía López-López) | |
| 12.15-12.30 | Oral 62: #15 Mapping the Chase: Spatial Dynamics of Megafauna and Small Pelagic Fishes in the Bay of Biscay (Maite Louzao) | |
| 12.30-12.45 | Oral 63: #69 Untangling the food web of the North East Atlantic: Structure, Connectivity, and Resilience (María Díez Muñoz) | |
| 12.45-13.00 | Oral 64: #68 Understanding the winter ecology of auks (family Alcidae, class Aves) in the Southeastern Bay of Biscay (Javier Franco) | |
| 13.00-13.15 | Oral 65: #128 A biologging-informed assessment of seabird bycatch risk in small-scale fisheries (Isabel García-Barón) | |
| 13.15-13.30 | Oral 66: #130 Understanding cetacean stranding dynamics along the Basque Coast (southeast Bay of Biscay): insights from more than thirty years of data (1993-2024) (Andrea Estarrona) | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Closing ceremony and awards (oral and poster) | |
| 13.45-14.00 | ||
Agenda
This schedule is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances or last-minute adjustments.