Marta Moyano (Dr.)

Phone: +49(0)40 - 42838 6708
Fax: +49(0)40 - 42838 6618
University of Hamburg
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Olbersweg 24
22767 Hamburg
Germany

Research interests

My research interests focus on how ecological and physiological factors affect the growth and survival of marine fish early life stages and recruitment potential of marine fish populations. During the last years I have been analyzing how different physical processes (i.e., upwelling filaments, eddies, island-mass effect) influence the larval fish assemblage of the Canary Islands a highly dynamic environment in the NW African upwelling system. My emphasis has been on intra- and inter-annual differences in early life stages of small pelagics (sardine, anchovy). At the IHF, my research has expanded to include physiological measurements and modelling simulations. The emphasis of this work is on understanding the potential impacts of climate-driven processes on different populations of herring in the North and Baltic Seas through quantifying and modelling physiological thresholds for larval survival.

Educational Background

University education

2004 B.S. Biology. University of León (Spain).

2009 Ph.D. (Oceanography). University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

Employment

Present: Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, University of Hamburg.

2010 Technician at the Spanish Oceanographic Institute (Gijón, Spain).

2005-2009 PhD student at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

Awards and fellowships

2011 Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral research fellowship.
2010 Best Science PhD Thesis 2009 Award from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
2007 Student Travel Award from the American Fisheries Society's Early Life History Section to attend to the Larval Fish Conference in
Newfoundland (Canada).
2006 FPU PhD fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science.
2005 BFPI PhD fellowship from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Publications

peer-reviewed

Brochier, T., Mason, E., Moyano, M., Berraho, A., Colas, F., Sangrá, P., Hernández-León, S., Ettahiri, O., Lett, C. (in press) Ichthyoplankton transport from the African coast to the Canary Islands: A case study using a high-resolution hydrodynamic model. Journal of Marine Systems.

Moyano, M., Hernández-León, S. (2011) Interannual and seasonal variations on the larval fish assemblages in an oceanic island in the NE Atlantic. Marine Biology 158: 257-273.

Hernández-León, S., Franchy, G., Moyano, M., Menéndez, I., Schmoker, C., Putzeys, S. (2010) Dust deposition, zooplankton and the lunar cycle: do we know the fate of a bloom? Limnology and Oceanography 55(6) 2503-2512.

Moyano, M., Rodríguez, J.M., Hernández-León, S. (2009) Larval fish abundance and distribution during the late winter bloom in the Canary Island waters. Fisheries Oceanography 18 (1): 51-61.

Moyano, M., Hernández-León, S. (2009). Seasonal and spatial variations on the larval fish assemblages off Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Scientia Marina 73 S1:85-96

Bécognée, P., Moyano, M., Almeida, C., Rodríguez, J.M., Fraile-Nuez, E., Hernández-Guerra, A., Hernández-León, S. (2009) Mesoscale distribution of clupeoid larvae in an upwelling filament trapped by a quasipermanent cyclonic eddy off Northwest Africa. Deep Sea Research Part I 56(3): 330-343.

Rodríguez, J.M., Moyano, M., Hernández-León, S. (2009) The ichthyoplankton assemblage of the Canaries-Africa coastal transition zone: a synthesis. Progress in Oceanography 83: 314-321

other literature

Moyano, M., Rodríguez, J.M., Hernández-León S. (2009) Clupeid fish in the Canaries-African Coastal Transition Zone: transport dynamics and links to climate. ICES CM 2009/E:16

Hernández- León, S., Rodríguez, J.M., Moyano, M., Arístegui, J. (2007) The coastal transition zone in the Canary Current System. Globec International Newsletters 13(2) 38-40.

Selected Oral & Poster Presentations

Moyano, M., J.M. Rodríguez, S. Hernández-León. Clupeoid fish in the Canaries-African Coastal Transition Zone: transport dynamics and links to climate. Oral presentation. ICES Annual Science Meeting. Berlin, Germany, September 21st -25th 2009.

Moyano, M., J.M. Rodríguez, S. Hernández-León. Larval fish dynamics in the Canaries-African Coastal Transition Zone. Oral presentation. ICES Working Group in Physical-Biological Interactions Meeting. Huelva, Spain, March 31st - April 2nd 2009

Moyano, M., Hernández-León, S. Seasonal and spatial distribution of larval fish assemblages off Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands. Oral presentation. 31st Larval Fish Conference. Kiel, Germany, August 4th – 7th 2008.

Moyano, M., Rodríguez, J.M., Hernández-León, S. Ichthyoplankton transport in NW Africa upwelling filaments. Poster. Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems Symposium. Integrative and comparative approaches. Las Palmas, Spain, June 2nd – 6th 2008

Rodríguez, J.M., Moyano, M., Hernández-León, S. Fish larvae of the Canaries-Africa coastal transition zone: a review. Oral presentation. Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems Symposium. Integrative and comparative approaches. Las Palmas, Spain, June 2nd – 6th 2008

Moyano, M., Rodríguez, J.M., Hernández-León, S. Ichthyoplankton composition and distribution during the late winter bloom in the Canary Island waters. Oral presentation. 30th Larval Fish Conference. Newfoundland, Canada, 9th – 12th July 2007.

Moyano, M., Rodríguez, J.M., Hernández-León, S. Ichthyoplankton composition and distribution during the late winter bloom in the Canary Island waters. Oral presentation. GLOBEC/IMBER Spain Meeting. Valencia, Spain, March 28th – 31st 2007.