-Morphological, metabolism and microbiome responses of marine calcifiers to projected ocean pH and warming (MedCalRes). 2022-23. Spanish National Project.
The MedCalRes project aims to combine field sampling over large geographical and bathymetrical scales covering natural environmental gradients (in pH and temperature) with laboratory studies under controlled conditions to contribute to our understanding of how marine calcifiers may cope with future climate change predicted scenarios. PI: B. Figuerola. Collaborators: Drs Núñez-Pons, Teixidó, Del Campo, Cerdà, Pelejero, Linares, Garrabou |
-Structural and microbiome responses of marine calcifiers to ocean acidification: an in situ transplant experiment in a Mediterranean CO2 vent system (2022). Severo Ochoa Research Grant for Young Talents.
PI: Dr. Figuerola. Collaborators: Drs Núñez-Pons, Teixidó, Cerdà, Garrabou. |
-Investigating the effects of global change on marine calcifiers: insights from the Mediterranean Sea (2021-2024). MSCA-COFUND programme.
This project aims to contribute to our understanding of how marine calcifiers may cope with future climate change predicted scenarios, combining in situ and lab experiments, and to evaluate the potential of their skeletons as proxies to reconstruct past pH and temperature variations and be able to make better predictions to assist in future management and conservation actions. PI: Dr. Figuerola. Collaborators: Drs Núñez-Pons, Teixidó, Del Campo, Cerdà, Pelejero, Linares, Garrabou |
-Reconstructing acclimatory responses of Mediterranean marine calcifiers to ocean acidification via an integrated structural, mineralogical, microbiological, metabolic and isotopic approach (2022-23). h2020 framework programme- AssemblePlus.
The aim of this project is to assess the effect of ocean acidification (OA) on skeletal structures and geochemistry and metabolism in Mediterranean marine calcifiers in order to better understand how they will respond to OA and to evaluate their potential as proxies for monitoring past changes in seawater pH. PI: Dr. Figuerola. Collaborators: Drs Núñez-Pons, Ballesté, Pelejero, Linares, Garrabou |
-Human pressures and natural hazards: challenges for the Antarctic marine benthos (2020-2022). Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
CHALLENGE aims to experimentally analyze and describe the human pressures and natural hazards that challenge the Antarctic marine benthos. PI: Dr Avila. Scientific responsible of the ocean acidification section: Dr Figuerola. |
-HEATMED_Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in the Anthropocene: how marine heat waves are transforming marine benthic habitats? (2019-2021). Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
The main goal of this project is to contribute to understand the large-scale and long-term consequences of Marien Heat Waves in the Mediterranean. PI: Drs Linares and Garrabou |
-Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (MEASO) (2019-20).
The project aims to harmonize that information for policy-makers. This assessment began with an international conference in April 2018 (http://www.measo2018.aq/), where it was agreed to undertake the first MEASO over 2018-2019 with the view to provide the outcomes to relevant bodies, such as the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, soon after. |
-Functional biodiversity of Antarctic bryozoans: key for the future (2015). The Company of Biologists.
Antarctic bryozoans are potentially diverse sources of pharmacologically promising substances, which suggests that a better exploration could lead to the possible use of their compounds as anti-cancer, and/or - microbial drugs. We are investigating the chemical structure of natural products from Antarctic bryozoans involved in diverse interactions between bryozoans and macro-/microorganisms and their possible pharmaceutical use. PI: Dr Figuerola. Collaborators: Drs Fontana and Avila |