Dr Luis Gimenez Noya
Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology
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Room: 402 Westbury Mount
Phone: 01248 382904
E-mail: l.gimenez@bangor.ac.uk
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I am a senior lecturer in marine biology, specialized in larval ecology of benthic invertebrates and benthic ecology. In 1991, I graduated in Biological Sciences at Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. I did my MSc (1996) and PhD (2000) also in Uruguay, in the context of the Uruguayan Postgraduate programme (PEDECIBA) and the German academic exchange programme (DAAD). My theses were developed in the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Station of Helgoland, Germany, focusing on ecological consequences of maternal effects and developmental plasticity. From 1992 to September of 2007, I had a position as Assistente Gr. 2 at Seccion Oceanología, also at Facultad de Ciencias, Uruguay. Between 2003 and 2005 I undertook postdoctoral research also at the Marine Station of Helgoland financed by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
My research interests are focused in determining causes of patterns of distribution of marine organisms with emphases on the larval ecology of marine benthic invertebrates. I work in eco-physiology (effects of environmental conditions on larval growth, development and survival), in undersanding the role of larval supply, and phenotypic plasticity (maternal, carry-over, latent and other developmental effects) in driving recruitment of benthic invertebrates. I also work in community ecology, studying causes of patterns of community structure at multiple spatial scales and in the role of larvae for metapopulation connectivity and benthic-pelagic coupling.
Research Areas:
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Linking life history traits in successive phases of a complex life cycle: effects of larval biomass on early juvenile development in an estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata.
Gimenez, L., Anger, K. & Torres, G., 1 Mar 2004, In: Oikos. 104, 3, p. 570-580Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Longshore patterns of distribution of macroinfauna in a Uruguayan sandy beach: an analysis at different spatial scales and their potential causes.
Gimenez, L. & Yannicelli, B., 26 Jun 2000, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 199, p. 111-125Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Larval growth in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata: the importance of salinity experienced during embryonic development, and the initial larval biomass.
Gimenez, L. & Torres, G., 1 Nov 2002, In: Marine Biology. 141, 5, p. 877-885Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phenotypic links in complex life cycles: conclusions from studies with decapod crustaceans.
Gimenez, L., 1 Oct 2006, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46, 5, p. 615-622Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Settlement of shore crab Carcinus maenas on a mesotidal open habitat as a function of transport mechanisms.
Gimenez, L. & Dick, S., 24 May 2007, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 338, p. 159-168Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relationships between habitat conditions, larval traits, and juvenile performance in a marine invertebrate.
Gimenez, L., 1 May 2010, In: Ecology. 91, 5, p. 1401-1413Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rocky intertidal macrobenthic communities across a large-scale estuarine gradient
Gimenez, L., Borthagaray, A. I., Rodriguez, M., Brazeiro, A. & Carranza, A., 1 Mar 2010, In: Scientia Marina. 74, 1, p. 87-100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Marine community ecology: the importance of trait-mediated effects propagating through complex life cycles.
Gimenez, L., 1 Nov 2004, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 283, p. 303-310Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unravelling the complex structure of a benthic community: A multiscale-multianalytical approach to an estuarine sandflat.
Gimenez, L., Dimitriadis, C., Carranza, A., Borthagaray, A. I. & Rodriguez, M., 1 Jul 2006, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 68, 3-4, p. 462-472Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Uncertainty relationships in the estimation of settlement rates of mobile marine organisms
Gimenez, L., 26 Feb 2009, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 377, p. 103-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review