Marta Albo Puigserver (A41D-2A96-2A52)

Curriculum Vitae

I am a marine ecologist specialized in the study of life-history traits, trophic ecology and energy dynamics of commercial marine species. I have special interest in advancing in the study of the synergistic effects of fisheries and climate change on the life-history traits of exploited species and how this affects the energy transfer in marine food webs at different spatial scales, to evaluate the vulnerability of marine resources and its socio-ecological consequences. My research is developed within a multi-technique framework. I use trophic biomarkers, stomach content and DNA metabarcoding in combination with direct and indirect body condition and reproduction indices to study the variation in energy content of marine fish in relation to changes in the environment. Also, I use Dynamic Energy Budget models using oceanographic data to simulate different scenarios of environmental conditions under climate change and qualitative mathematical complex models focusing in the role of fisheries and other predators in the dynamics of small pelagic fish. During the last years I have been involved in the design of co-management fishery strategies with the participation of different stakeholders of iconic fish species of the Mediterranean Sea. Currently, I am applying ecological and socio-economic climate vulnerability assessment of fisheries to inform future adaptation and mitigation strategies. I obtained my PhD degree in Marine Sciences at Polytechnic University of Catalonia with an Excellent Cum laude with the dissertation of “Ecological and Functional role of Small Pelagic Fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea”, that I conducted in the Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC). I have published 16 articles (5 as first author and 4 as second author) with 127 cites, h-index of 7. I obtained 3 mobility grants (Raleigh, USA; Tasmania, Australia; Trieste, Italy) that gave me the opportunity to collaborate with new research fellows and increase my international collaborations. I have participated in several oceanographic research campaigns and attended 9 international congresses. In 2017-2019 I worked as a research coordinator and research assistant in European projects at the ICM-CSIC, and collaborated with two Spanish national projects. After finishing my PhD, I did a 6-month Postdoc at the ICM-CSIC and since November 2020 I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centro de Ciências do Mar in the University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal) studying the ecological and socio-economical vulnerability to climate change of the Portuguese fisheries.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Marta Albo Puigserver

Citation names

Albo-Puigserver, Marta
M. Albo-Puigserver

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A41D-2A96-2A52
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0477-5984
Google Scholar ID: y1upZFkAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id: F-5693-2016
Scopus Author Id: 55607790600

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+34) 651053844 (Personal)

Addresses

CCMAR-Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, , 8005-139, Montenegro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Albo-Puigserver (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Catalan (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2012/12/02 - 2019/10/18 Concluded	Marine Science (Doctor) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain "Ecological and functional role of small and medium pelagic fish in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/09/25 - 2012/09/20 Concluded	Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management (Master) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain "Segregation of the trophic niche between sympatric chondrichthyan species" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006/10/04 - 2011/06/20 Concluded	Environmental Science (Licence) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain Universiteit Leiden Centrum voor Milieukunde, Netherlands "Study of the beetle communities (Carabidae) on the field margins of the province of Zeeland (The Netherlands)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/11/23 - 2023/11/22	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
	Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2019/07/15 - 2020/01/14	Postdoc (Research)	Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2018/05/03 - 2018/12/18	Research Assistant (Research)	Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2017/04/24 - 2018/03/30	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2012/12/02 - 2016/12/01	Research Trainee (Research)	Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain
	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/11/23 - 2022/12/01	Clima-Pesca: Vulnerabilidade do sector das pescas às mudanças climáticas: medidas de adaptação MAR-01.03.02-FEAMP-0052 Post-doc Universidade do Algarve, Portugal	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Ongoing
2020/01/02 - 2021/12/31	Declivi dels petits Pelàgics al mar Català: rol potencial del canvi en el plàncton i la contaminació ARP059/19/00005 Researcher Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain	Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Agricultura Ramaderia Pesca i Alimentacio Ongoing
2018/01/02 - 2020/12/30	Winners, losers and shifts of Pelagic food web changes in the western Mediterranean Sea: from ecosystem consequences to future projections CTM2017-88939-R Researcher Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain	Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades Ongoing
2018/01 - 2020/12	Winners, losers and shifts of Pelagic food web changes in the western Mediterranean Sea: from ecosystem consequences to future projections CTM2017-88939-R	Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades
2018/01/01 - 2019/02/15	Evaluation of the population status and specific management alternatives for the Small Pelagic fish stocks in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea SCNR02-TENDER EASME/EMFF/2016/32 Researcher Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, Spain	European Commission Concluded
2018/01 - 2019/02	Evaluation of the population status and specific management alternatives for the Small Pelagic fish stocks in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea SCNR02-TENDER EASME/EMFF/2016/32	European Commission
2017/04/01 - 2018/04/01	Evaluación continuada de la pesquería de gamba rosada en el marco del seguimiento de la orden que regula la pesca con arte de fondo en las zonas marítimas próximas a Palamós FEMP-Gamba Researcher Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain	Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Agricultura Ramaderia Pesca i Alimentacio Concluded
2017/04/24 - 2018/03/31	Connectivity among Mediterranean fishery stakeholders and scientists resolves connectivity of fishery populations EU-Interreg-MED-1442320113 Researcher Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain Sveucilište u Zagrebu Biološki Odsjek, Croatia	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2017/04 - 2018/03	Connectivity among Mediterranean fishery stakeholders and scientists resolves connectivity of fishery populations EU-Interreg-MED-1442320113	European Regional Development Fund
2012/12/02 - 2016/12/01	Dynamics and Ecological role of small pelagic fishes in the Northwestern Mediterranean: energy transfer from planktonic organisms and top predators CTM2011-26333 PhD Student Fellow Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain	Gobierno de España Agencia Estatal de Investigación Concluded
2012/12 - 2016/12	Dynamics and Ecological role of small pelagic fishes in the Northwestern Mediterranean: energy transfer from planktonic organisms and top predators CTM2011-26333	Gobierno de España Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Outputs

Publications

Journal article

Báez, José Carlos; Pennino, Maria Grazia; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Coll, Marta; Giraldez, Ana; Bellido, José María. "Effects of environmental conditions and jellyfish blooms on small pelagic fish and fisheries from the Western Mediterranean Sea". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 264 (2022): 107699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107699.
Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107699
Ramírez, Francisco; Pennino, Maria Grazia; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Bellido, Jose M.; Coll, Marta. "SOS small pelagics: A safe operating space for small pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea". Science of The Total Environment 756 (2021): 144002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144002.
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144002
Fernández-Corredor, Elena; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Pennino, Maria Grazia; Bellido, Jose María; Coll, Marta. "Influence of environmental factors on different life stages of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) from the Mediterranean Sea: A literature review". Regional Studies in Marine Science 41 (2021): 101606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101606.
10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101606
Bachiller, E.; Giménez, J.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Pennino, M.G.; Marí-Mena, N.; Esteban, A.; Lloret-Lloret, E.; Bellido, J.M.; Coll, M.. "Trophic niche overlap between round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) and sympatric pelagic fish species in the Western Mediterranean". Ecology and Evolution 11 22 (2021): 16126-16142. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85118747322&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1002/ece3.8293
Albo-Puigserver, M.; Pennino, M.G.; Bellido, J.M.; Colmenero, A.I.; Giráldez, A.; Hidalgo, M.; Gabriel Ramírez, J.; et al. "Changes in Life History Traits of Small Pelagic Fish in the Western Mediterranean Sea". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85114351667&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3389/fmars.2021.570354
Campanini, C.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Gérez, S.; Lloret-Lloret, E.; Giménez, J.; Pennino, M.G.; Bellido, J.M.; Colmenero, A.I.; Coll, M.. "Energy content of anchovy and sardine using surrogate calorimetry methods". Marine Environmental Research 172 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85117906514&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105510
Gordó-Vilaseca, C.; Pennino, M.G.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Wolff, M.; Coll, M.. "Modelling the spatial distribution of Sardina pilchardus and Engraulis encrasicolus spawning habitat in the NW Mediterranean Sea". Marine Environmental Research 169 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107909238&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105381
Lloret-Lloret, Elena; Navarro, Joan; Giménez, Joan; López, Nieves; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Pennino, Maria Grazia; Coll, Marta. "The Seasonal Distribution of a Highly Commercial Fish Is Related to Ontogenetic Changes in Its Feeding Strategy". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.566686.
10.3389/fmars.2020.566686
Navarro, Joan; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Serra, Pau E.; Sáez-Liante, Raquel; Coll, Marta. "Trophic strategies of three predatory pelagic fish coexisting in the north-western Mediterranean Sea over different time spans". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 246 (2020): 107040. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107040.
10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107040
Bachiller, Eneko; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Giménez, Joan; Pennino, Maria Grazia; Marí-Mena, Neus; Esteban, Antonio; Lloret-Lloret, Elena; et al. "A trophic latitudinal gradient revealed in anchovy and sardine from the Western Mediterranean Sea using a multi-proxy approach". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74602-y.
10.1038/s41598-020-74602-y
Pennino, Maria Grazia; Bachiller, Eneko; Lloret-Lloret, Elena; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Esteban, Antonio; Jadaud, Angélique; Bellido, José María; Coll, Marta. "Ingestion of microplastics and occurrence of parasite association in Mediterranean anchovy and sardine". Marine Pollution Bulletin 158 (2020): 111399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111399.
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111399
Pennino, Maria Grazia; Coll, Marta; Albo-Puigserver, Marta; Fernández-Corredor, Elena; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Giráldez, Ana; González, María; Esteban, Antonio; Bellido, José M.. "Current and Future Influence of Environmental Factors on Small Pelagic Fish Distributions in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00622.
10.3389/fmars.2020.00622
Albo-Puigserver, Marta. "Year-round energy dynamics of sardine and anchovy in the north-western Mediterranean Sea". Marine Environmental Research (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105021.
10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105021
Albo-Puigserver, M.; Borme, D.; Coll, M.; Tirelli, V.; Palomera, I.; Navarro, J.. "Trophic ecology of range-expanding round sardinella and resident sympatric species in the NW Mediterranean". Marine Ecology Progress Series 620 (2019): 139-154. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067557187&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps12962
Coll, M.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Navarro, J.; Palomera, I.; Dambacher, J.M.. "Who is to blame? Plausible pressures on small pelagic fish population changes in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea". Marine Ecology Progress Series 2018 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85057417476&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps12591
Navarro, J.; Sáez-Liante, R.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Coll, M.; Palomera, I.. "Feeding strategies and ecological roles of three predatory pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 140 (2017): 9-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84996477552&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.06.009
Albo-Puigserver, M.; Muñoz, A.; Navarro, J.; Coll, M.; Pethybridge, H.; Sánchez, S.; Palomera, I.. "Ecological energetics of forage fish from the Mediterranean Sea: Seasonal dynamics and interspecific differences". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 140 (2017): 74-82. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015058590&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.03.002
Martínez-Baena, F.; Navarro, J.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Palomera, I.; Rosas-Luis, R.. "Feeding habits of the short-finned squid Illex coindetii in the western Mediterranean Sea using combined stomach content and isotopic analysis". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 96 6 (2016): 1235-1242. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84949559553&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1017/S0025315415001940
López, N.; Navarro, J.; Barría, C.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Coll, M.; Palomera, I.. "Feeding ecology of two demersal opportunistic predators coexisting in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 175 (2016): 15-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962656293&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.ecss.2016.03.007
Albo-Puigserver, M.; Navarro, J.; Coll, M.; Layman, C.A.; Palomera, I.. "Trophic structure of pelagic species in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea". Journal of Sea Research 117 (2016): 27-35. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84993947006&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.seares.2016.09.003
Albo-Puigserver, M.; Navarro, J.; Coll, M.; Aguzzi, J.; Cardona, L.; Sáez-Liante, R.. "Feeding ecology and trophic position of three sympatric demersal chondrichthyans in the northwestern Mediterranean". Marine Ecology Progress Series 524 (2015): 255-268. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926311952&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps11188
Navarro, J.; Albo-Puigserver, M.; Coll, M.; Saez, R.; Forero, M.G.; Kutcha, R.. "Isotopic discrimination of stable isotopes of nitrogen (d ¹⁵N) and carbon (d¹³C) in a host-specific holocephalan tapeworm". Journal of Helminthology 88 3 (2014): 371-375. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905709085&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1017/S0022149X13000126

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/10/21	Ecological Sensitivity and Vulnerability of the Landings in Portuguese Fisheries: species prioritization for adaptation plans	IMBER-Integrated Marine Biosphere Research
2019/09/11	Diet tracing in anchovy and sardine: a multi-proxy approach to understand trophic interactions in the NW Mediterranean pelagic ecosystem	ICES-ASC ICES (Göteborg, Sweden)
2019/06/19	Historical changes in life-history traits of small pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea	Future Oceans 2 IMBER IMBER (Brest, France)
2019/02/05	From species to community level: understanding the ecological role of small pelagic fish in the Mediterranean Sea	Primer congreso de la Sociedad Ibérica de Ecología, SIBECOL University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/12/12	Plausible pressures on small pelagic fish population changes in the NW Mediterranean Sea.	Forum on Fisheries Sciences in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea FAO (Rome, Italy)
2017/03/10	Ecological and functional role of key fish species from the pelagic community of the Mediterranean Sea	International Symposium Drivers of Dynamics of Small Pelagic Fish Resources PICES-ICES (Victoria, Canada)
2015/09/15	Ecological energetics of pelagic fish of the Mediterranean Sea: interspecific and seasonal differences	3rd CLIOTOP Symposium: Future of Oceanic Animals in a Changing Ocean Azti-Tecnalia, IMBER (Donosti, Spain)
2014/11/20	Trophic dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem of the Western Mediterranean Sea	2nd International Ocean Research Conference (IORC-UNESCO) IORC-UNESCO (Barcelona, Spain)
2014/06/27	Trophic dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem of the NW Mediterranean Sea using stable isotope analysis	V Jornadas Ibéricas de Ictiología- SIBIC Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia (Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/02/01 - 2020/06/30	Bioenergetic of small pelagic fishes: Fatmeter analysis as surrogate of Calorimetry to Estimate Energy Content of Eropean Sardine and European Anchovy Co-supervisor	Environmental Biology (Degree) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2019/01/10 - 2019/09/03	Patrons espacials i estacionals de la condició corporal i el contingut energètic dels petits pelàgics al llarg del nord-oest del mar Mediterrani Co-supervisor	Biology (Degree) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2018/01/15 - 2018/09/18	Temporal differences in the trophic strategies between three predatory pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea Co-supervisor	Master en Biodiversidad (Master) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain

Distinctions

Award

2017	Best poster award North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Canada International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark