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Biologist, oceanographer and educator. Research interests: Marine ecology, marine biodiversity, Ocean Literacy, mitigation of fishing impacts, marine restoration, ROV analysis of benthic ecosystems, RRI. Current research group: Ecology and Resilience of Benthic Ecosystems in a Changing Ocean. More information: https://www.icm.csic.es/en/staff/janire-salazar-villacorta-226
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September 2017 - June 2019
October 2013 - October 2014
October 2009 - June 2014
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Cold-Water Corals play a paramount role in marine benthic ecosystems, increasing their complexity and providing spawning and nursery habitats to many species. However, due to their sessile lifestyle and ramified shape they are commonly entangled in nets and even by-caught during the practice of bottom-contact fishing, which includes impacts from bo...
Artisanal fisheries, although considered less harmful, can still endanger marine ecosystems, especially in areas with long-standing tradition. In Cap de Creus, where artisanal fisheries has likely occurred for centuries, the status of benthic communities in fishing grounds was poorly understood. Through collaboration with local
fishers, the benthic...
Although Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826) is an emblematic Mediterranean species, limited information is currently available, as it has not received much attention from the marine scientific community to date. In this context, an unusually high abundance of this basket star was observed in 2018 as part of the by-catch of local artisanal fis...
The "Gorgònia Barcelona" project was born in 2021 in Barcelona, one of the cities with more inhabitants of the Mediterranean, in collaboration with the Catalan Federation of Subaquatic Activities (FECDAS) and local social associations. This project counts with the support of the City Hall of Barcelona and the community of practices of biosciences &...
El compromís de l’ICM per la igualtat es va fer singularment palès amb l’aprovació al juny del 2021 del I Pla d’Igualtat de Gènere al centre. Aquesta Guia de comunicació inclusiva i no sexista és un dels resultats de l'aplicació de les mesures previstes en l’esmentat Pla. La Guia pretèn ser un instrument que contribueixi a l’ús de termes i expressi...
Anemonia viridis is an abundant and widely distributed temperate sea anemone that can form dense congregations of individuals. Despite the potential severity of its sting, few detailed cases have been reported. We report a case of a severe toxic reaction following an A. viridis sting in a 35-year-old oceanographer. She developed severe pain, itchin...
During the 20th and 21st centuries, the growing demand for marine resources by Mediterranean countries has led to a gradual increase in fishing pressure. As a result, both coastal and continental Mediterranean waters have suffered from the impacts of trawling and, to a lesser extent, of artisanal fishing with longlines, trammel nets and other minor...
Knowing and understanding the ocean’s influence on us and our influence on the ocean is the essence of ocean literacy. It aims to train people to become “ocean-literate”, i.e. to be aware of the ocean and therefore capable of making informed and responsible decisions on marine resources and the sustainability of the ocean and, by extension, that of...
Fishing is one of the human activities with the highest impact on seabeds. During the past hundred years it has gradually expanded to deeper waters, and almost all continental shelf and slopes worldwide have now been fished to some extent. In EU managed fishing grounds between 200 and 1000 m depth, it is estimated that bottom trawling has impacted...
Despite the drive towards equality between women and men in research institutions in recent years and the progress that has been made, there is still a long road ahead. Science is still associated with the male image, and women’s work and contributions are often invisible. Like many other spheres of society, research institutions contribute to the...
Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) is an emblematic Mediterranean species yet, it has few reports and hasn't received much attention from the marine scientific community to date. In the framework of a project to assess how to mitigate the impact of artisanal fishing on benthic communities at the Site of Community...
Cold-water coral (CWC) gardens, mainly composed of gorgonians, soft corals and black corals, support a highly diversified associated mobile fauna, representing a key benthic habitat on the Mediterranean continental shelf. These communities are vulnerable to bottom-contact fishing gears, including trawling and small-scale fishing. In the frame of a...
The negative effects from recurrent industrial fishing are widespread in the Mediterranean Sea waters, being the conservation status of the benthic ecosystems especially critical in the Catalan continental margin (NW Mediterranean Sea), which is identified as a hotspot of ecological importance due to the high concentration of endangered, threatened...
Anemonia viridis is an abundant and widely-distributed temperate sea anemone that can form dense congregations of individuals. Despite the potential severity of its sting, few detailed cases have been reported. We report a case of a severe toxic reaction following an A. viridis sting in a 35-year-old oceanographer. She developed severe pain, itchin...
Cold-water gorgonians dwelling on the continental shelf are a common by-catch of bottom-contact fishing practices. Given the slow growth and limited recruitment of cold-water gorgonians, the impact of fishing activities may seriously compromise the conservation of the highly complex coral gardens communities. For this reason, the development of eff...
En el curso académico 2020-2021 y en el marco del proyecto europeo “Responsible Research in Biosciences” (ResBios)1, el ICM ha comenzado a trabajar en la creación de su red de escuelas marinas, una red que une a diferentes actores preocupados e involucrados en la educación científica marina y permite compartir buenas prácticas.
1. RESponsible res...
The poster explains the experience of the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in the European project Responsible Research in Biosciences (ResBios). The project ResBios is aimed to put Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in practice in four institutions, the ICM-CSIC is one of them and is working mainly on 3 RRI aspects: scientific educat...
Se presentan tres propuestas prácticas que permiten relacionar el cambio climático y el océano con el objetivo de mejorar la comprensión global de los procesos y cambios del planeta. Se pretende abrir nuevas oportunidades para trabajar de manera experimental conceptos oceanográficos relacionados con el cambio climático.
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Mejorar el proceso de transferencia de conocimiento entre personal científico y profesorado es un reto
pendiente para la educación científica, pero especialmente para la educación científica marina. La mejora de
la cultura oceánica es uno de los grandes retos de los próximos años para la educación formal pero también
para la sociedad general. El oc...
El presente documento recoge las principales conclusiones extraídas a partir de la encuesta del “Impacto del confinamiento”, elaborada desde el Grupo de 1 Trabajo de Igualdad del ICM, durante el periodo en que la población se encontraba en Estado de Alarma debido a la crisis sanitaria provocada por la pandemia del COVID-19, concretamente del 15 al...
El presente documento recoge las principales conclusiones extraídas a partir de la encuesta del “Impacto del confinamiento”, elaborada desde el Grupo de 1 Trabajo de Igualdad del ICM, durante el periodo en que la población se encontraba en Estado de Alarma debido a la crisis sanitaria provocada por la pandemia del COVID-19, concretamente del 15 al...
The
Life Science Community of Practice LifeSciCoP is part of ACT (act on gender eu an Horizon 2020 project that seeks to
advance gender equality at universities, research centres and research funding organisations The ACT project set up and
supports an international network of Communities of Practice ( as agents to develop gender equality actions a...
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L’any 2019 es commemoraren els 200 anys del naixement de Narcís Monturiol, enginyer i inventor,en tant que creador, del primer submarí tripulat de propulsió autònoma: l’Ictineu. Des d’ençà, els submarins tingueren i estan tenint un rol cada vegada més rellevant en la recerca científica marina. En aquest treball volem fer un reconeixement a l’...
En els darrers anys s’ha fet evident el paper primordial dels organismes marins sèssils en els processos de transferència d’energia en els ecosistemes litorals i de plataforma. Molts dels coneguts com a suspensívors bentònics empren com a font alimentària la «fracció fina» de la matèria en suspensió o microplàncton, i això podria ser important per...
The deep sea is considered the largest environment on Earth, providing multiple ecosystem services to human societies. Although its relevance has long been recognized, not enough attention and interest is generally given to it by society, and its study is almost non-existent in formal and informal education. Getting the deep sea closer to the gener...
This study examined the sexual reproductive cycle, energy storage and metabolic requirements of a Mediterranean gorgonian in a mesophotic ecosystem (~70 m depth). Paramuricea macrospina resulted to be a gonochoric internal brooding species with a 1:1 population sex ratio. Oogenesis lasted ~12–14 months, whereas spermatogenesis was significantly sho...
Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of Paramuricea macrospina colonies (N = 46) (mean ± SD).
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The study of pristine places is very important for learning about the state of the oceans before the impact of human beings. Because of the extreme environmental conditions of the Antarctic continental shelf – its distance from other continents, depth, and the weight of the continental ice – it offers us a great opportunity to better understand how...
Exploration of the ocean is still one of the greatest challenges facing humankind. In the last decades our knowledge has increased considerably, thanks mainly to technological advances such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and manned underwater vehicles, as well as new acoustic techniques that allow us to see the sea floor on a computer screen...
La exploración del océano sigue siendo uno de los grandes retos de la humanidad. En las últimas décadas se ha avanzado mucho en su conocimiento, gracias sobre todo a adelantos tecnológicos como los vehículos operados remotamente (ROV) o los submarinos tripulados, además de técnicas acústicas que permiten visualizar el relieve del fondo marino en la...
Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat forming species of continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. The study of undisturbed habitats defined as “pristine areas” is essential to create a reference frame of natural habitats without human interv...
Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat-forming species on continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. The study of undisturbed habitats defined as "pristine areas" is essential in creating a frame of reference for natural habitats free of human i...
Declines in the abundance of long-lived and habitat forming species of continental shelves have attracted particular attention given their importance to ecosystem structure and function of marine habitats. The study of undisturbed habitats defined as “pristine areas” is essential to create a reference frame of natural habitats without human interv...
