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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Web: http://luisgimeneznoya.wixsite.com/luis-gimenez
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:
- 2015
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Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
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Experimental Evaluation of Seaweeds as a Vector for Microplastics into Marine Food Webs
Gutow, L., Eckerlebe, A., Gimenez Noya, J. & Saborowski, R., 19 Jan 2016, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 50, 2, p. 915-923Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Persistent and context-dependent effects of the larval feeding environment on post-metamorphic performance through the adult stage
Torres, G., Gimenez, L., Pettersen, A. K., Bue, M., Burrows, M. T. & Jenkins, S. R., 8 Mar 2016, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 545, p. 147-160Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Impacts of a reduction of seawater pH mimicking ocean acidification impacts on assemblage, structure and diversity of marine fungal communities
Reich, M., Wichels, A., Panzer, K., Krause, E., Gimenez Noya, J. & Gerdts, G., 2017, In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 79, 3, p. 221-233Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scale-dependent natural variation in larval nutritional reserves in a marine invertebrate: implications for recruitment and cross-ecosystem coupling
Gimenez Noya, J., Torres, G., Pettersen, A., Burrows, M. T., Estevez, A. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2017, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 570, p. 141-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
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Maternal trophic status and offspring phenotype in a marine invertebrate
Gonzalez-Ortegon, E., Le Vay, L., Walton, M. & Gimenez, J., 25 Jun 2018, In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Response of estuarine free-living nematode assemblages to organic enrichment: an experimental approach
Kandratavicius, N., de Ward, C. P., Venturini, N., Gimenez Noya, J., Rodriguez, M. & Muniz, P., 23 Aug 2018, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 602, p. 117-133Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity to near-future CO2 conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change
Whiteley, N., Suckling, C., Ciotti, B., Brown, J., McCarthy, I., Gimenez Noya, J. & Hauton, C., 23 Oct 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 15639, p. 1-13 13 p., 8:15639.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
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Incorporating the geometry of dispersal and migration to understand spatial patterns of species distributions
Gimenez, L., Apr 2019, In: Ecography. 42, 4, p. 643-657Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unmasking intraspecific variation in offspring responses to multiple environmental drivers
Spitzner, F., Gimenez Noya, J., Meth, R., Harzsch, S. & Torres, G., 1 Aug 2019, In: Marine Biology. 166, 8, 112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
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Role of trait combinations, habitat matrix and network topology in metapopulation recovery from regional extinction
Gimenez Noya, J., Robins, P. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2020, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 4, p. 775-789Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vertical migrations of fish schools determine overlap with a mobile tidal stream marine renewable energy device
Whitton, T., Jackson, S., Hiddink, J. G., Scoulding, B., Bowers, D., Powell, B., D'Urban Jackson, T., Gimenez Noya, L. & Davies, A., 1 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 4, p. 729-741 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intertidal bait gleaning on rocky shores in Kuwait
Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M. & Vay, L. L., 15 Apr 2020, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 188, p. 105111 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal and cohort effects modulate offspring responses to multiple stressors
Torres, G., Thomas, D. N., Whiteley, N., Wilcockson, D. C. & Gimenez Noya, L., 24 Jun 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1929, 20200492.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temperature modulates compensatory responses to food limitation at metamorphosis in a marine invertebrate
Torres, G. & Gimenez Noya, L., Aug 2020, In: Functional Ecology. 34, 8, p. 1564-1576Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour
Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Sept 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 167, p. 13-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring larval phenology as predictor for range expansion in an invasive species
Gimenez Noya, L., Exton, M., Spitzner, F., Meth, R., Eckert, U., Jungblut, S., Harzsch, S., Saborowski, R. & Torres, G., Oct 2020, In: Ecography. 43, 10, p. 1423-1434Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
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Larval tolerance to food limitation is stronger in an exotic barnacle than in its native competitor
Griffith, K., Jenkins, S. & Gimenez Noya, L., 5 Apr 2021, In: Zoology. 145, 125891.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physiological basis of interactive responses to temperature and salinity in coastal-marine invertebrate: implications for responses to warming
Torres, G., Chamantier, G., Wilcockson, D., Harzsch, S. & Gimenez Noya, L., Jun 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 11, p. 7042-7056 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Methods to study organogenesis in decapod crustacean larvae. I. larval rearing, preparation, and fixation
Torres, G., Melzer, R. R., Spitzner, F., Šargač, Z., Harzsch, S. & Gimenez Noya, L., 2 Jun 2021, In: Helgoland Marine Research. 75, 1, 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Influence of environmental variables over multiple spatial scales on the population structure of a key marine invertebrate.
Pardal-Souza, A., Cordeiro, C., Ciotti, A., Jenkins, S., Gimenez Noya, L., Burrows, M. T. & Christofoletti, R., 1 Aug 2021, In: Marine Environmental Research. 170, 105410.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A state-space approach to understand responses of organisms, populations and communities to multiple environmental drivers
Gimenez Noya, L., Chaterjee, A. & Torres, G., 30 Sept 2021, In: Communications Biology. 4, 1142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contrasting offspring responses to variation in salinity and temperature among populations of a coastal crab: A maladaptive ecological surprise?
Šargač, Z., Gimenez, L., Harzsch, S., Krieger, J., Fjordside, K. & Torres, G., 28 Oct 2021, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 677, p. 51-65 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temporal and spatial infection patterns of the rhizocephalan parasite Parasacculina leptodiae (Guérin-Ganivet, 1911) in the crab Leptodius exaratus along the shores of Kuwait
Al-Wazzan, Z., Waser, A. M., Glenner, H., Gimenez Noya, L. & Thieltges , D. W., Dec 2021, In: Marine Biodiversity. 51, 6, 90.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Noisy waters can influence young-of-year lobsters’ substrate choice and their antipredatory responses
Leiva, L., Scholz, S., Giménez, L., Boersma, M., Torres, G., Krone, R. & Tremblay, N., 15 Dec 2021, In: Environmental Pollution. 291, 1 p., 118108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ontogeny of osmoregulation of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus at an invaded site of Europe
Torres, G., Charmantier, G. & Gimenez Noya, L., 31 Dec 2021, In: Conservation physiology. 9, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
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Quantifying the portfolio of larval responses to salinity and temperature in a coastal-marine invertebrate: a cross population study along the European coast
Šargač, Z., Gimenez Noya, L., Gonzalez-Ortegon, E., Harzsch, S., Tremblay, N. & Torres, G., Jun 2022, In: Marine Biology. 169, 6, 18 p., 81.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A framework to understand the role of biological time in responses to fluctuating climate drivers
Gimenez Noya, L., Espinosa, N. & Torres, G., 21 Jun 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 10429.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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European Lobster Larval Development and Fitness Under a Temperature Gradient and Ocean Acidification
Leiva, L., Tremblay, N., Torres, G., Boersma, M., Krone, R. & Gimenez Noya, L., 14 Jul 2022, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 13, 809929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spotlight on coarse sediments: comparative characterization of a poorly investigated seafloor biotope in the German Bight (SE North Sea)
Gutow, L., Gusky, M., Beermann, J., Gimenez Noya, L., Pesch, R., Bildstein, T., Heinicke, K. & Ebbe, B., 30 Sept 2022, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 275, 107996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
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Similar metabolic responses of co-occurring post-settlement mussels to temperature change despite distinct geographical distributions
Nel, A., Quaid, C. D., Duna, O. O., Gimenez Noya, L. & Porri, F., Jan 2023, In: Marine Biology. 170, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of marine temperature changes across temporal and spatial Gradients: Providing a fundament for studies on the effects of warming on marine ecosystem function and biodiversity
Amorim, F. D. L. L. D., Wiltshire, K. H., Lemke, P., Carstens, K., Peters, S., Rick, J., Gimenez, L. & Scharfe, M., Aug 2023, In: Progress in Oceanography. 216, 103080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On their way to the north: larval performance of Hemigrapsus sanguineus invasive on the European coast—a comparison with the native European population of Carcinus maenas
Espinosa-Novo, N., Gimenez Noya, L., Boersma, M. & Torres, G., Oct 2023, In: Biological Invasions. 25, 10, p. 3119-3136 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermal acclimation and habitat-dependent differences in temperature robustness of a crustacean motor circuit
Stein, W., Torres, G., Gimenez Noya, L., Espinosa-Novo, N., Geissel, J.-P., Vidal-Gadea, A. & Harzsch, S., 18 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17, 1263591.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A geometric approach to understand biological responses to environmental fluctuations from the perspective of marine organisms
Gimenez Noya, L., 19 Oct 2023, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 721, p. 17-38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
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Connectivity between Populations of the Scallop Pecten maximus in the Irish Sea and the Implications for Fisheries Management
Close, H., Lambert, G., Robins, P. & Gimenez Noya, L., 3 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
A multiple baseline approach for marine heatwaves
Gimenez Noya, L., Boersma, M. & Wiltshire, K., 7 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 3, p. 638-651 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactive responses to temperature and salinity in larvae of the Asian brush-clawed crab Hemigrapsus takanoi: relevance for range expansion into the Baltic Sea, in the context of climate change
Geißel, J. P., Espinosa-Novo, N., Gimenez Noya, L., Ewers, C., Cornelius, A., Martinez-Alarcon, D., Harzsch, S. & Torres, G., 29 Feb 2024, In: Biological Invasions. 26, 6, p. 1685-1704 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs
Braig, F., Torres, G., Gimenez Noya, L. & Haug, J., 30 Apr 2024, In: Palaeontologica Electronica.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of light traps for sampling lobster larvae in the German Bight, North Sea
Leiva, L., Gimenez Noya, L. & Boersma, M., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Sea Research. 199, 102497.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of intraspecific trait variation in driving post-metamorphic survival: Implications for recruitment in open populations
Gimenez Noya, L. & Jenkins, S., Aug 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 8, e70065.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Responses of the mesozooplankton community to marine heatwaves: challenges and solutions based on a long-term time series
Deschamps, M., Boersma, M. & Gimenez Noya, L., 23 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 93, 10, p. 1524-1540 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review