Research Team
Ph. D. Theses
Date: November 2020
Institution : Department of Marine Ecology (CEAB-CSIC) / University of Barcelona Biodiversity Program
Title: “The bathyal connections between the Mediterranean Sea and the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean: An assessment using deep-water sponges as a case study"
Fellow: Cèlia Sitjà Poch
Superadvisors:Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC) / Jose L. Rueda (IEO-Málaga)
Date: September 2018
Institution : Department of Marine Ecology (CEAB-CSIC)
Title: “Silicon consumption by marine sponges: an empirical approach and their ecological implications"
Fellow: María López Acosta
Superadvisors:Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: November 2012
Institution : Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona / CEAB-CSIC
Title: “Chemical ecology in the Antarctic marine benthos: natural products and chemical defense in hexactinellid sponges, soft corals and colonial ascidians"
Fellow: Laura Núñez
Superadvisors:Conxita Avila (UB) / Manuel Maldonado (CSIC)
Date: December 2010
Institution : CEAB-CSIC / Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona
Title: “Coastal microphyroplankton and microphytobenthos. Diversity, ecology and implications in silicon biogeochemical cycle”
Fellow: Arianna Bucci
Superadvisors: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC) / Zoila Velásquez (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: November 2007
Institution: CEAB-CSIC / Department of Cell Biology of the University of Barcelona
Title: “Gametogenesis, fertilization and embryo development of sublittoral marine sponges: ecological and evolutionary implications”
Fellow: Ana Riesgo
Superadvisors: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)/ Mercé Durfort (UB).
Date: June 2002
Institution: Department of Biología of the Autonomous University of Madrid / CEAB-CSIC
Title: “Sublittoral demosponges from Isla de Mouro and surrounding areas (Santander, Cantabrian Sea): Taxonomy and Ecology”
Fellow: Izaskun Preciado Ramírez
Superadvisors: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC) / Gerardo García-Castrillo (Museo Marítimo del Cantábrico).
Date: March 2002
Institution: Department of Animal Biology of the University Complutense of Madrid /CEAB-CSIC
Title: "Meiofauna associated to the Laminaria ochroleuca De al Pylaie macroalga in Mouro Island (Santander, Cantabria)."
Fellow: Nina Larissa Arroyo Huidoto
Superadvisors: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)/Dr. Jesús Benito (UCM).
Master Theses and DEA Theses
Date: February 2019
Institution: Universities of Vigo, Santiago de Compostela and Da Coruña
Title: "First approach to the sexual reproduction in the vulnerable gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides"
Fellow: Andrea Cordero de Castro
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: October 2018
Institution: University of Barcelona
Title: "An assessment of the relative contribution of sponges, radiolarians and diatoms to the biogenic silica in the marine sediments: implications for the marine silicon cycle"
Fellow: Cristina Galobart Vilamitjana
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: November 2015
Institution: University of Humbolt (Berlin, Alemania)
Title: "Cultivation in vitro of marine sponges from the Mediterranean Sea"
Fellow: David Barba Creo
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: September 2014
Institution: University of Barcelona
Title: "Longevity and growth rate of the giant gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides: a first estimation."
Fellow: Marta García-Puig
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: November 2011
Institution: University of Barcelona
Title: "Quantification of the sponge-spicule contribution to biogenic silica in sublittoral Mediterranean sediments"
Fellow: Cèlia Sitjà
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: October 2011
Institution: University of Barcelona / Polytechnic University of Catalunya
Title: "A shallow-water population of the deep-water gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides (Stiasny, 1936): density, size distribution and epibiosis effects"
Fellow: María López-Acosta
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: July 2007
Institution: Department of Ecology of the University of Barcelona
Title: "Assessment of the environmental impact generated by intensive marine aquaculture in the planktonic system of the Mediterranean sublittoral."
Fellow: Guillem Roca-Carceller
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: September 2003
Institution: Hogeschool Zeeland (The Netherlands)
Title: "Biomonitoring the environmental impact of marine aquaculture farms"
Fellow: Yolanda Echeverría
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
Date: November 2001
Institution: Universite Bordeaux -1 (Francia)
Title: Siltation as a mortality factor of larval and juvenil sponges
Fellow: Karen Giraud
Superadvisor: Manuel Maldonado (CEAB-CSIC)
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