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:

 

  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Rapid changes in the epifaunal community after detachment of buoyant benthic macroalgae.

    Gutow, L., Gimenez, L., Boos, K. & Saborowski, R., 1 Mar 2009, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 89, 2, p. 323-328

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Connectivity and patch area in a coastal marine landscape: Disentangling their influence on local species richness and composition.

    Borthagaray, A. I., Brazeiro, A. & Gimenez, L., 1 Sept 2009, In: Austral Ecology. 34, 6, p. 641-652

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 2010
  5. Published

    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. 87-100

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Relationships between habitat conditions, larval traits, and juvenile performance in a marine invertebrate.

    Gimenez, L., 1 May 2010, In: Ecology. 91, 5, p. 1401-1413

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 2011
  8. Published

    Exploring mechanisms linking temperature increase and larval phenology: the importance of variance effects.

    Gimenez, L., 1 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 400, 1-2, p. 227-235

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 2012
  10. Published

    A numerical study of marine larval dispersal in the presence of an axial convergent front

    Robins, P., Neill, S. & Gimenez Noya, J., 20 Mar 2012, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 100, p. 172-185

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Performance of biotic indices in naturally stressed estuarine environments on the Southwestern Atlantic coast (Uruguay): A multiple scale approach

    Muniz, P., Hutton, M., Kandraavicius, N., Lanfranconi, A., Brugnoli, E., Venturini, N. & Gimenez, L., 1 Aug 2012, In: Ecological Indicators. 19, p. 89-97

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Small Changes in pH Have Direct Effects on Marine Bacterial Community Composition: A Microcosm Approach

    Krause, E., Wichels, A., Gimenez, L., Lunau, M., Schilhabel, M. B. & Gerdts, G., 1 Oct 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 10, p. e47035

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. 2013
  14. Published

    Combining Traits and Density to Model Recruitment of Sessile Organisms

    Gimenez Noya, L. & Jenkins, S. R., 1 Mar 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 3, e57849.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea

    Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Mar 2013, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, p. 505-524

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review