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Dr Fernandez Muñiz, Carlota
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Thesaurus term: Marine ecology

Previous institutes (4)

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Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more

Function: Senior Researcher
Period: From 14th Jun 2021 till 28th Jun 2026

University of Vigo; Ecology and Animal Biology Department; Facultad de Ciencias do Mar; Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Costera (EcoCost), more
Rhodes University; Department of Zoology & Entomology; Coastal Research Group, more
University of Oviedo; Department of Organisms and Systems Biology (BOS), more

Projects (7)

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Acoustic ecology of pelagic fish communities: a study into the effects of construction and exploitation of wind farms, more
Advancing QUality Assessment of Spatial Patterns and Ecosystem Characteristics through Technological Advancements, more
Fisheries Innovation for sustainable Shared INTerchannEL resources, more
Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, more
MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations, more
PhD: Understanding plankton community responses to changing environmental conditions and extreme climatic events using high-throughput observation approaches, more
Post-brexit coastal pelagic fisheries, more

Datasets (18)	Top \| Projects \| Datasets
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Ashley Cahillane, et al. (2025): Social data from cultural ecosystem valuation questionnaire across European case studies September 2023 - June 2026. University College Dublin, and partners., more Debusschere, E.; Cuyx, B.; Aubach, J.; Conings, B.; Calonge, A.; Muñiz, C. 2025. MARCOBOLO - MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations. Observation during the MarcoBolo campaign of May 2025 in the Belgian part of the North Sea, more Pelfish: Debusschere, E.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Casals, D.; Conings, B.; Deneudt, K.; 2023. Duurzame economische dragers in Vlaamse kustvisserijgemeenschappen post-Brexit (PelFish), more APELAFICO: Debusschere, Elisabeth, Hubert, Jeroen, Berges, Benoit, Muñiz, Carlota, Reubens, Jan, Demuynck, Jozefien, Deneudt, Klaas, Slabbekoorn, Hans; (2023): Acoustic Ecology of Pelagic Fish Communities (APELAFICO)., more Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2026): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea., more FISHINTEL: Sheehan, E.; Couturier, L.; Hawkes, L.; Hooper, T.; Horton, T; Laurans, M.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Stamp, T.; Witt, M.; Woillez, M.; 2021. Fisheries Innovation for sustainable SHared INTerchannEL resources (FISH INTEL)., more Plankton biodiversity data from MARCO-BOLO Cruise with R/V Simon Stevin in May 2025, more phdBerra: PhD thesis Berra, G.: Composition and morpho-functional traits of zooplankton collected by "Mooring Dirigibile Italia" sediment trap: zooplankton observations from sediment traps (2010-2023) in Svalbard Islands (ZooScan), more phdEske: PhD thesis Eske, A.: Plankton responses to extreme climate events: community dynamics and genetics, more VLIZ observatory data: shipboard underway plankton biodiversity observations by flow-through imaging (Plankton Imager, Pi-10) in the Southern North Sea, more
Software/models/scripts [show]
Boone, W., Deneudt, K., & Muñiz, C. (2026). DTO-BioFlow: DUC 3 Assessing pelagic biodiversity and human impact - Changes in Plankton Communities (zenodo). Zenodo., more Boone, W., Musimwa, R., Leclercq, F., Hernandez, F., Fooks, S., Muñiz, C., & Deneudt, K. (2024). EDITO D7.3 Demonstrator for aquaculture and maritime industry (v1.0.0). Zenodo., more Mortelmans, J.; Decrop, W.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2026): Pre-trained model and learning set for classification of Southern North Sea plankton images collected by the Plankton Imager (Pi-10): Anasimyia. Marine Data Archive., more Mortelmans, J.; Decrop, W.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2026): Pre-trained model and learning set for classification of Southern North Sea plankton images collected by the Plankton Imager (Pi-10): Dasysyrphus. Marine Data Archive., more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Fernandez Bejarano, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Climate-Induced Habitat Suitability Modelling for Pelagic Fish in European Seas. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more Pre-trained model for classification of zooplankton collected by "Mooring Dirigibile Italia" sediment trap collected by the ZooScan, more
Data products [show]
Pelfish: Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024). Duurzame economische dragers in Vlaamse kustvisserijgemeenschappen post-Brexit (PelFish), more

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A1 Publications (12) [show]
Calonge, A.; Develter, R.; Muñiz, C.; Parcerisas, C.; Reubens, J.; Boone, W.; Deneudt, K.; Debusschere, E. (2026). Scalable low-cost seabed landers: The missing link for sustained, integrated, long-term observations in dynamic shallow seas. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Online first: 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70072, more Hubert, J.; Berges, B.; Parcerisas, C.; Debusschere, E.; de Bruijn, J.A.C.; Demuynck, J.M.; Muñiz, C.; Slabbekoorn, H. (2026). Echosounders for fish detection disturb harbour porpoises. Environ. Pollut. 391: 127569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127569, more Decrop, W.; Lagaisse, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Heredia, I.; Calatrava, A.; Deneudt, K. (2025). Automated image classification workflow for phytoplankton monitoring. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1699781. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1699781, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Climate-induced habitat suitability modelling for pelagic fish in European seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 12(1501751): 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1501751, more Calonge, A.; Goossens, J.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Debusschere, E. (2024). Importance of multi-sensor observations to advance species co-occurrence knowledge: A demonstration of two acoustic technologies. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 727: 49-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14496, more Hubert, J.; Demuynck, J.M.; Remmelzwaal, M.R.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Berges, B.; Slabbekoorn, H. (2024). An experimental sound exposure study at sea: no spatial deterrence of free-ranging pelagic fish. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155(2): 1151-1161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0024720, more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso Guerra, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2024). Modeling Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making towards sustainable fisheries. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1485161. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1485161, more Aguión, A.; Cruz, T.; Acuña, J.L.; Broudin, C.; Castro, J.J.; Davoult, D.; Dubert, J.; Fernandes, J.N.; Geiger, K.J.; Jacinto, D.; Mateus, D.; Muñiz, C.; Nolasco, R.; Perrier, L.; Queiroga, H.; Román, S.; Silva, T.; Thiebaut, E.; Vázquez, E.; Macho, G. (2022). A large-scale comparison of reproduction and recruitment of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes across Europe. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 169(5): 63. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04050-x, more Geiger, K.J.; Rivera, A.; Aguión, A.; Álvarez, J.; Arrontes, J.; Borrell, Y.J.; Cruz, T.; Davoult, D.; Dubert, J.; Feis, M.E.; Fernandes, J.N.; Fernández, C.; García-Flórez, L.; Jacinto, D.; Jollivet, D.; Macho, G.; Mateo, E.; Mateus, D.; Móran, P.; Muñiz, C.; Nicolle, A.; Nolasco, R.; Parrondo, M.; Queiroga, H.; Rico, J.; Sousa, A.; Román, S.; Silva, T.; Thiebaut, E.; Vázquez, E.; Acuña, J.L. (2022). Coping with poachers in European stalked barnacle fisheries: insights from a stakeholder workshop. Mar. Policy 135: 104826. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104826, more Román, S.; Weidberg, N.; Muñiz, C.; Aguión, A.; Vázquez, E.; Santiago, J.; Seoane, P.; Barreiro, B.; Outeiral, R.; Villegas-Rios, D.; Fandiño, S.; Macho, G. (2022). Mesoscale patterns in barnacle reproduction are mediated by upwelling-driven thermal variability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 685: 153-170. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13992, more Muñiz, C.; McQuaid, C.D.; Weidberg, N. (2021). Seasonality of primary productivity affects coastal species more than its magnitude. Sci. Total Environ. 757: 143740. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143740, more Höfer, J.; Muñiz, C.; Weidberg, N.; García-Flórez, L.; Acuña, J.L. (2017). High densities of stalked barnacle larvae (Pollicipes pollicipes) inside a river plume. J. Plankton Res. 39(2): 316-329. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw093, more
Thesis [show]
Fernández Muñiz, C. (2018). Large scale spatio-temporal forcing of pelagic-coastal coupling: disentangling the effects of environmental change on intertidal invertebrate recruitment. PhD Thesis. Rhodes University: South Africa. x, 179 pp., more
Abstracts (10) [show]
Calonge, A.; Navarro-Gonzalez, P.; Heynderickx, H.; Conings, B.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E. (2025). Bottom-mounted echosounders shed light on pelagic fish in the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS), in: ICES ICES WGFAST, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland 8-11 April, 2025: Book of abstracts. pp. 6-7, more Eske, A.I.; Hablützel, P.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C.; Muñiz, C. (2025). Detecting marine heatwaves in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Effects on plankton blooms and diversity, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 64, more Eske, A.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Janssen, C. (2025). Characterization of Belgian marine heatwaves and their impacts on plankton dynamics, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. EGU25-15734. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15734, more Musimwa Rutendo, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Are pelagic fisheries the future of European seas?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 104-105, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Navigating climate and policy shifts: Habitat suitability modelling for North Sea pelagic fisheries in a changing world, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. 25-21325. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21325, more Deneudt, K.; Slaughter, L.; Berre, A.; Ben Aziza, S.; Muñiz, C.; Martinovic, T.; Brönner, U.; Arnaud, A.; Harrison, J.; Hernandez, F. (2024). The DTO-Bioflow Project: Bringing biodiversity data into the European Digital Twins of the Ocean, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 384-386, more Eske, A.I.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C. (2024). Understanding the effects of changing environmental conditions and climate events on plankton communities using automated image sensors, in: Zoology 2024: Celebrating biodiversity between land and sea. Mons, Belgium, December 12 – 13, 2024: Conference Booklet. pp. 129, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E. (2024). Unravelling climate-driven habitat suitability for pelagic fish in European seas, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 98, more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Everaert, G. (2024). Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the North Sea for informed decision-making, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 41-42, more Pohl, L.; Reubens, J.; Muñiz, C.; Brevé, N. (2023). The starry smooth-hound shark meets acoustic telemetry: Visualising movements of Mustelus asterias for non-scientists to promote policy-making, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 89-90, more
Report [show]
De Block, I.; Debusschere, E.; Muñiz, C. (2023). Collection of abstracts on the seven most important pelagic fish species in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 16 pp., more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Pohl, L. (2023). Movement behaviour and seasonality of the starry smooth-hound shark (Mustelus asterias) in the North Sea. MSc Thesis. VLIZ/Ghent University: Oostende/Gent. 61 pp., more

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