Curriculum Vitae 18/10/2011 Maite Louzao Arsuaga Place and Date of Birth: Basque Country, Gipuzkoa, Ibarra 28/05/1978. Contact address Maite Louzao Spanish Institute of Oceanography Oceanographic Centre of Xixón Camín de l Arbeyal s/n 33212 Xixón, Asturies Email: maite.louzao@gmail.com Research experience Bioindicator species in a changing environment: tracking the ecological effects of global change in pelagic ecosystems. Spanish Institute of Oceanography. July 2011-June 2014. Marine protected areas for the conservation of marine top predators. European collaborative network between the CEBC CNRS (France) and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ. 2008-2011. Development of a coastal GIS for the design of marine reserves. University of Oviedo. 2007. Conservation biology applied to the conservation of Mediterranean seabirds. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB). 2002-2006 Characterisation of the marine flora and fauna community of the Concha Bay in Donostia (Gipuzkoa). Summer 2001. Sedimentary dynamics of two coastal systems in Galicia (Spain). Department of Marine Geosciences. 1999-2001. Study of the morphometry of sharks in the harbour of Vigo (Galicia, Spain). Department of Animal Ecology, University of Vigo. 1998-2000. Research Interests Ecological modelling: Individual Based Models applied to the conservation biology. Spatial ecology and population dynamics applied to conservation biology. Oceanography applied to distribution of marine top predators. Marine zoning strategies and ecosystem-based management approach applied to the conservation of marine top predators. Feeding ecology of marine top predators. Academic Degrees Bachelors Degree Center Date Ocean Sciences University of Vigo 01/15//2002 Doctorate Center Date Ph.D. Ocean Sciences IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Mallorca, Spain University of the Balearic Islands 10/31/2006 THESIS DIRECTOR: Dr. Daniel Oro de Rivas & Dr. José Manuel Arcos Pros Dissertation Title: Conservation biology of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus: bridging the gaps between breeding colonies and marine foraging grounds. 1
Contracts, Fellowships and Grants Postdoctoral contract (Juan de la Cierva Fellowship), Spanish Institute of Oceanography. July 2011-June 2014. Postdoctoral contract (Marie Curie Individual Fellowship), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany). May 2009- Apr 2011. Postdoctoral contract (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). Mar 2008- Apr 2009. Postdoctoral contract, University of Oviedo (Spain). Feb 2007-Feb 2008. Research Fellowship to achieve a PhD, Balearic Government (Spain). Sep 2002-Aug 2006. Research Fellowship to achieve a PhD, European Union Project. Feb-Aug 2002. Grant for the research stay at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, Balearic Government. Oct- Dec 2003. Grant for the research stay at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, Balearic Government. Oct- Nov 2004. Grant for the research stay at the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington. Balearic Government. Aug-Sep 2005. Grant to assist the XXIII Jornadas Sociedad Española de Ornitología. Salamanca,Spain, Balearic Government. October 2002. Grant to assist to the 8 th International Seabird Group Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland. Balearic Government. April 2004. Grant to assist to the III International Albatross and Petrels Conferences, Montevideo, Uruguay. Balearic Government. August 2004. Grant to assist to the II International Manx Shearwater Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Balearic Government. August 2005. Delgado, I., Alcántara-Carrió,J., Alejo, I., Alonso, I., Louzao, M. 2002. Influence of Hydrodinamics and Sedimentary Characteristics of Barqueiro Ria on Arealonga Beach dinamycs. Journal of Coastal Research 36:231-239. Oro, D., Aguilar, J.S., Igual, J.M., Louzao, M. 2004. Modelling demography and extinction risk in the endangered Balearic shearwater. Biological Conservation 116: 93-102. Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., McMinn, M., Aguilar, J.S., Triay, R. Oro, D. 2006. Small pelagic fish, trawling discards and breeding performance of the critically endangered Balearic Shearwater: improving conservation diagnosis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 318:247-254. Louzao, M., Hyrenbach, D.K., Arcos, J.M., Abelló, P., Gil de Sola, L., Oro, D. 2006. Oceanographic Habitat of an Endangered Mediterranean Procellariiform: Implications for Marine Protected Areas. Ecological Applications16:1683 1695. Peer-Reviewed Publications (CSI) Tavecchia, G., Mínguez, E., De León, A., Louzao, M., Oro, D. 2008. Living close, doing differently: small-scale asynchrony in demographic parameters in two species of seabirds. Ecology 89:77 85. Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., Genovart, M., Forero, M.G., Hobson, K.A., Oro, D. 2008. Inter-population variability in egg size of an endangered Procellariiform: interplay between body size and feeding ecology? Acta Oecologica 34:186-193. Genovart, M., Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., Oro, D. 2008. Digit length may reveal unusual breeding behaviour in a seabird. Biology Letters 4:461-464. Louzao. M., Bécares, J., Rodríguez, B., Hyrenbach, K.D., Ruiz, A., Arcos, J.M. 2009. Combining vessel-based surveys and tracking data to identify key marine areas for seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 391: 183 197. Navarro, J., Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., Oro, D., Delgado, A., Arcos, J.M., Genovart, M., Hobson, K.A., Forero, M.G. 2009. Trawling discards are not always important: seasonal changes in the diet of a critically endangered seabird. Marine Biology 156: 2571-2578. Louzao, M., Anadón, N., Arrontes, J., Álvarez-Claudio, C., Fuente, D.M., Ocharan, F., Anadón, A., Acuña, J.L. 2010. Historical macrobenthic community assemblages in the Avilés Canyon, N 2
Iberian Shelf: baseline biodiversity information for a marine protected area. Journal of Marine Systems 80: 47 56. Käkelä, R., Käkelä, A., Martínez-Abraín, A.,Sarzo, B., Louzao, M. Gerique, C., Villuendas, E., Strandberg, U., Furness, R.W., Oro, D. 2010. The use of fatty acid signatures to assess bird diet: An application to a globally endangered Mediterranean seabird species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 398: 245 258. Bartumeus, F., Giuggioli, L., Louzao, M., Bretagnolle, V., Oro, D., Levin, S. 2010. Fishery discards distort seabird search patterns. Current Biology 20:215-222. Péron, C., Charbonnier Y., Louzao, M., Delord, K., Phillips, R.A., Weimerskirch, H. 2010. Annual variations in oceanographic preferences of White-chinned Petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) breeding at Kerguelen Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 416: 267 284. Louzao, M., Laneri, K., Martínez-Abraín, A., Arcos, J.M., Belda, E., Guallart, J., Sánchez, A., Giménez, M., Maestre, R., Oro, D. 2010. Trawling moratoria influences longline seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean: new insights from a small scale fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 420: 241 252. Louzao, M., Pinaud, D., Péron, C., Delord, K., Wiegand, T., Weimerskirch, H. 2011. Conserving pelagic habitats: seascape modelling of an oceanic top predator. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 121 132. Navarro, J., Coll, M., Louzao, M., Palomera, I., Delgado, A., Forero, M.F. 2011. Comparing ecosystem modelling and isotopic approach as ecological tools to investigate trophic metrics in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401: 97 104. Louzao, M., Navarro, J., Forero, M.G, Igual, J.M., Genovart, M., Hobson, K.A., Oro, D. 2011. Exploiting the closest productive area: geographical segregation of foraging grounds in a critically endangered seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 429: 291 301. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Guijarro, B., Valls, M., Oro, D. 2011. Seabird-trawling interactions: factors affecting species-specific to regional community utilisation of fisheries waste. Fisheries Oceanography 20: 263 277. Weimerskirch, H., Louzao, M., de Grissac, S., Delord, K. In press. Changes in wind pattern alter albatross distribution and life history traits. Science. Scientific publications in revision, submitted or in preparation Louzao, M., Aumond, O., Hothorn T., Wiegand, T., Weimerskirch, H. Retrospective habitat modelling: changes in oceanographic habitats of an oceanic predator over the last half century. Submitted to Ecography. Oppel, S., Meirinho, A., Ramirez, I., Gardner, B., O Connell, A., Louzao, M. Comparison of five modelling techniques to predict the spatial distribution and abundance of seabirds. Submitted to Biological Conservation. Louzao, M., Wiegand, T., Weimerskirch, H. Energetic ecology in the pelagic realm: instantaneous time-energy budgets of top predators. In preparation. Louzao, M., Delord, K., García, D., Weimerskirch, H. Protecting persistent dynamic oceanographic features: transboundary conservation efforts are needed for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater. Louzao, M., Weimerskirch, H., Wiegand, T. Free ranging oceanic predators track energetically optimal foraging paths. In preparation. Louzao, M., Weimerskirch, H., Wiegand, T. Predicting the effect of wind intensification on the movement ecology of wandering albatrosses: an individual-based modelling approach. In preparation. Louzao, M., Cotté, C., Delord, K., Péron, C., Weimerskirch, H., Nicolas, G., Martin, A., Pruvost, P., Bost, C-A. Does resource predictability influence top predator distribution? The ecological perspective of seabird-fisheries interactions. In preparation. Xavier, J.C., Louzao, M., Thorpe, S.E., Ward, P., Hill, C., Roberts, D., Croxall, J.P., Phillips, R.A. Detecting intra-annual variations in the feeding ecology of a top predator in relation to environmental change: can they adapt successfully? In preparation. Louzao, M., Oro, D. Climatic forcing affects the breeding performance of marine top predators. In preparation. 3
Louzao, M., Weildberg, N., Acuña, J.L. Seabird distribution along a costal ecosystem: spatiotemporal effects of oceanography and topography along latitudinal and longitudinal gradients. In preparation. Non-SCI Publications (book chapters, spreadings, scientific-technical documents) Oro, D., Genovart, M., Louzao, M., Igual, J.M. 2003. Estudi comparat entre les poblacions de baldritja Puffinus mauretanicus de Mallorca/Pitiüses i Menorca. IMEDEA-Conselleria Medi Ambient (Illes Balears). Technical report. Louzao, M., Oro, D. 2004. Resultados preliminares sobre la captura accidental de aves marinas en las Islas Baleares. IMEDEA-Conselleria Medi Ambient (Illes Balears). Technical report. Arcos, J.M., Louzao, M., Oro, D. 2004. Management of the Mediterranean fisheries and impact on the marine ecosystem: how to account for top predators? Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Mèdit 37:307 Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, D.K., Abelló, P., Gil de Sola, L., Oro, D. 2004. Preliminary results of the foraging habitat of the Balearic Shearwater off the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Anuari Ornitologic Balear 19:61-67. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Oro, D. 2006. Biología de la Conservació d un ocell críticament amenaçat: la baldritja Puffinus mauretanicus. A.O.B. 21:43-49. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Oro, D. 2007. La relació entre la pesca i les aus marines: el punt de vista de la baldriga balear. Plomes 2: 8-10. Genovart M., Juste J., Oro D., Bertorelle G., Louzao M., Forero M.G., Igual J.M. 2007. Identidad y Estructura Genetica de la Pardela Balear. En: Ramírez, L. & Asensio, B (eds). Proyectos de investigación en Parques Nacionales 2003-2006. Pp: 197-210. Naturaleza y Parques Nacionales. Serie Investigación en la red. O.A.P.N. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Oro D., Louzao M., Forero M.G., Arcos J.M, Genovart M., Juste J., Igual J.M. 2007. Investigaciones aplicadas a la conservación de una especie en peligro de extinción (la Pardela Balear en el Parque Nacional de Cabrera): Requerimientos ecológicos, demografia y dinámica de poblaciones. En: Ramírez, L. & Asensio, B (eds). Proyectos de investigación en Parques Nacionales 2003-2006. Pp: 211-224. Naturaleza y Parques Nacionales. Serie Investigación en la red. O.A.P.N. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Arcos, J.M., Louzao, M. & Oro, D. 2008. Fisheries Ecosystem Impacts and Management in the Mediterranean: Seabirds Point of View. Pages 587-596. In: J. Nielsen, J. Dodson, K. Friedland, T. Hamon, N. Hughes, J. Musick, and E. Verspoor (Eds). Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress: Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 49, Bethesda, Maryland. Oro, D., Louzao, M., Genovart, M. 2009. Pardela Balear Puffinus mauretanicus. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Bautista, L. M. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Laneri, K., Belda, E., Guallart, J., Sánchez, A., Giménez, M., Maestre, R., Oro, D. 2009. Evidences of the incidental capture of the Balearic shearwater at sea. In Paterson A., Bermejo A., Muñoz G., Arcos J.M. & Valeiras X (Eds). Estatus y conservación de las aves marinas en la Península Ibérica, GIAM 2009. SEO-BirdLife (in press). Genovart, M., Oro, D., Juste, J., Louzao, M., Bertorelle, G. 2009. Shearwaters from Menorca, yelkouan or mauretanicus? In Paterson A., Bermejo A., Muñoz G., Arcos J.M. & Valeiras X (Eds). Estatus y conservación de las aves marinas en la Península Ibérica, GIAM 2009. SEO- BirdLife (in press). Project participation Effects of changes in fishery discarding rates on seabird communities (DISCBIRD). 2002-2005. Project leader: Dr. R. Furness. Funded by the European Union. Mathematic models applied to the study of demography and population dynamics of endangered organisms: a population and metapopulation approach (BOS2003-01960). 2003-2005. Project leader: Dr. Daniel Oro. Funded by the Ministry of Environment. 4
Research applied to the conservation of a critically endangered species: the Balearic shearwater at the Cabrera National Park (MAM-024A/2002). 2004-2006Project leader: Dr. Daniel Oro. Funded by the Ministry of Environment. Seabirds as spatio-temporal bioindicators of pollution of the Prestige oil spill in the Galician coast (VEM2003-20052). 2004-2006. Project leader: Dr. Daniel Oro Funded by the Ministry of Environment. Towards an integration of demographic and genetic parameters in the population viability analysis (PVA) in ecology and conservation (CGL2006-04325/BOS). 2007-2009Project leader: Dr. Daniel Oro. Funded by the Ministry of Environment. Characterization and modelling of benthos and plankton communities along the Asturian coast (MEC-06-CTM2006-05588). 2006-2009. Project leader: Dr. José Luis Acuña. Funded by the Ministry of Environment. Trophic ecology of a critically endangered bird, the Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus, in Menorca. 2007. Project leader: Dr. Maite Louzao. Funded by the Institute of Studies of Menorca. Behavioural and demographic responses of Indian Ocean marine top predators to global environmental changes (REMIGE). 2005-2008. Project leader: Dr. Henri Weimerskirch. Funded by ANR Biodiversité (France). Global investigation on the distribution of Endangered Antarctic Seabirds (GLIDES). 2007-20011. Project leader: Dr. Charlie Bost. Funded by ANR Biodiversité (France). Importancia del medioa marino del Espacio Natural de Doñana par alas aves: factores que explican su distribución y abundancia y evaluación de sensibilidad a alteraciones del medio. 2011-2013. Project leader: Manuela G. Forero. Funded by Junta de Andalucía. Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment (FAME, www.fameproject.eu). 2010-2012. Project leader: LPO/BirdLife (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux). Funded by the European Union. Long-term variability of small-pelagic fishes at the North Iberian shelf ecosystem (LOTOFPEL; CTM2010-16053). 2011-2013. Project leader: Rafael González-Quirós. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Conserving pelagic habitats in changing environments: marine top predators as bioindicators (CONPELHAB; PCIG09-GA-2011-293774, Marie Curie Career Integration Grant project). 2011-2014. Project leader: Maite Louzao. Funded by the European Union. Conference and workshop contributions Alcántara-Carrió, J., Alejo, I., Delgado, I., Louzao, M., Vilas, F. 2000. Descripción del cordón dunar de la playa de Arealonga (Ría do Barqueiro, NO de España). Aportaciones a la Geomorfología de España en el inicio del Tercer Milenio. Madrid, Spain. Alcántara-Carrió, J., Alejo, I., Delgado, I., Louzao, M., Vilas, F. 2001. Ambientes y procesos eólicos en las dunas de la Ría del Barquero (A Coruña). Libro de Resúmenes de la VI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología. Pag. 72-73. Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., Oro, D. 2002. Parámetros reproductores de la Pardela Balear Puffinus mauretanicus en Mallorca. XXIII Jornadas Sociedad Española de Ornitología. Salamanca, Spain. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Oro, D. 2004. Trawlers, Balearic Shearwaters and Shags: new insights from the Balearic Islands. 8 th International Seabird Group Conference. Aberdeen, Scotland. Arcos, J.M., Oro, D., Louzao, M. 2004. Fisheries ecosystem impacts and management in the Mediterranean: seabird s point of view. 4 th World Fisheries Congress. Vancouver, Canada. Arcos, J.M., Louzao, M., Oro, D. 2004. Management of Mediterranean fisheries and impact on the marine ecosystem: how to account for top predators?. 37 th CIESM Congress. Barcelona, Spain. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, D.K., Abelló, P., Gil de Sola, L., Oro D. 2004. Oceanographic habitat of the endangered Balearic Shearwater in the western Mediterranean. III International Albatross and Petrels Conference. Montevideo, Uruguay. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, D.K., Abelló, P., Gil de Sola, L., Oro D. 2005. Hábitat Oceanográfico de la pardela balear (Puffinus mauretanicus) en el Mediterráneo occidental. III Trobada d Ornitologia de les Balears. Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., McMinn, M., Aguilar, J.A., Triay, R., Oro, D. 2005. Breeding biology of the critically endangered Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus. II International Manx Shearwater Workshop. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 5
Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, D.K., Abelló, P., Gil de Sola, L., Oro D. 2005. Áreas marinas protegidas y conservación de la pardela balear. II Jornades Ornitològiques de Menorca. Alaior, Menorca, Spain. Louzao, M., Acuña, J.L., Fernández, C., Anadón, R., Arrontes, J., Rico, J.M., Alvarez-Marqués, F., Lobón, C., González, F., Weidberg, N., Álvarez-Claudio, C., Anadón, N., Ocharán, F. 2007. The COSTAS project: an integrative approach for the design of marine protected areas along the Asturian coast. European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation, Murcia, Spain. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, K.D., Oro D. 2007. Marine protected areas for the conservation of Mediterranean Procellariiformes. European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation, Murcia, Spain. Arcos, J.M., Bécares, J., Rodríguez, B., Ruiz, A., Ramírez, I., Amorim, P., Geraldes, P., Meirinho, A., Paiva, V., Viada, C., Louzao, M., Hyrenbach, K.D. Marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs): towards the effective protection of seabirds at sea. European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation, Murcia, Spain. Louzao, M., Acuña, J.L., Fernández, C., Anadón, R., Arrontes, J., Rico, J.M., Alvarez-Marqués, F., Lobón, C., González, F. 2007. A GIS for marine resource management along the Cantabrian coast: the COSTAS project. COASTGIS07, Santander, Spain. Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Hyrenbach, K.D., Oro D. 2007. Combining seabird surveys and oceanographic features to define key areas for seabirds. 31st Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society, Barcelona, Spain. Laneri, K., Louzao, M., Martínez-Abraín, A., Arcos, J.M., Guallart, J., Belda, E., Sánchez, A., Giménez, M., Maestre, R., Oro, D. 2007. Modelling seabird bycatch in the western Mediterranean: implications for their conservation. 6 th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, Trieste, Italy. Louzao, M., Barbraud, C., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H. 2008. The seascape of the Wandering Albatross: guidelines for the design of Marine Protected Areas. IV International Albatross and Petrels Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Louzao, M., Goarant, A., Peron, C., Thiebot, J-B., Pinaud, D., Koubbi, P., Delord, K., Barbraud, C., Weimerskirch, H., Bost, C-A., Duhamel, G., Pruvost, P. Extracting oceanographic data via R: An application to habitat modelling of marine species. The R User Conference 2009, Rennes, France. Louzao, M., Barbraud, C., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H. 2009. Where and when: identifying key marine areas for the conservation of the vulnerable Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans. 2 nd European Conference on Conservation Biology, Prague, Czech Republic. Navarro, J. Coll, M., Louzao, M., Forero, M.G., Oro, D., Palomera, I. 2010. Investigating the food web in the NW Mediterranean Sea with stable isotopes and modelling results. 39th International Commission For The Scientific Exploration Of The Mediterranean Sea (CIESM), Venecia, Italy. Louzao, M., Aumond, O., Hothorn, T., Wiegand, T., Weimerskirch, H. 2010. Retrospective habitat modelling: changes in oceanographic habitats of an oceanic predator over the last half century. 1 st World Seabird Conference, Victoria, Canada. Weimerskirch, H., de Grissac, S., Louzao, M., Delord, K. 2010. Climate change effect on Wandering Albatrosses distribution and life history traits. 1 st World Seabird Conference, Victoria, Canada. Hyrenbach, K.D., Le Corre, M., Adams, J., Louzao, M., Rieser, A. 2010. Advances in the approaches to seabird conservation: Towards Ecosystem-Based Management. 1 st World Seabird Conference, Victoria, Canada. Louzao, M., Pinaud, D., Peron, C., Delord, K., Wiegand, T., Weimerskirch, H. 2010. Habitat selection at different scales: application to the high seas conservation of Wandering Albatross. Colloque National d'ecologie Scientifique, Montpellier, France. Péron, C., Delord, K., Louzao, M., Bost, C., Weimerskirch, H. 2011. Habitat models as tools to predict resource distribution and impact of future climate warming on seabirds. IV International Biologging Science Symposium, Hobart, Australia. Louzao, M., Valeiras, X., García-Barcelona, S., Fernández, R., Acero, A., Monteiro, S., Araújo, H., Méndez, P., González-Quirós, R., Santos, M.B. 2011. Identifying ecologically important marine areas in the NE Atlantic: preliminary results for the conservation of marine top predators. ICES Annual Science Conference, Gdańsk, Poland. 6
Louzao, M., Wiegand, T., Péron, C., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H. 2011. From past to future: environmental variability impacts on the distribution of oceanic predators. ICES Annual Science Conference, Gdańsk, Poland. Louzao, M. 2011. The importance of multidisciplinary approaches for conservation targets: lessons from the critically endangered Balearic shearwater. MEDMARAVIS conference, Alghero, Sardinia. Invited lectures Louzao, M. 2009. Habitat modelling applied to the conservation of marine top predators. AZTI. Pasaia, Basque Country. Invited by Xabier Irigoien. Louzao, M., Pinaud, D., Peron, C., Delord, K., Barbraud, D., Weimerskirch, H. 2009. Comparing habitat models and kernels. Workshop on using seabird satellite tracking data to identify marine Important Bird Areas. Chizé, France. Invited by BirdLife International. Louzao, M. 2010. Habitat modelling applied to the conservation of the Wandering Albatross. ECOMARG (University of La Réunion). La Réunion, France. Invited by Mathieu Lecorre. Louzao. M., Bécares, J., Rodríguez, B., Hyrenbach, K.D., Ruiz, A., Arcos, J.M. 2010. Combining vessel-based surveys and tracking data to identify key marine areas for seabirds. Workshop on the 1 st World Seabird Conference. Victoria, Canada. Invited by the BirdLife International. Louzao, M., Weimerskirch, H., Wiegand, T. 2011. From past to future: environmental variability impacts on the distribution of oceanic predators. Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung. Berlin,Germany. Invited by Stephanie Kramer-Schadt. Louzao, M., Péron, C. 2011. Generalized Linear Mixed Models in habitat modelling. Workshop in habitat modelling using satellite tracking data. BirdLife International and IMAR-CMA (University of Coimbra). Coimbra, Portugal. Invited by BirdLife International. Supervision Master student: S. de Grissac, jointly with H. Weimerskirch. Influence of the inter-annual changes of wind regimes on the foraging areas and breeding success of the Wandering Albatross. January- June 2009. Reviewing for International Journals Ardeola (2) Biological Conservation (1) Deep-Sea Research II (1) Ecography (1) Endangered Species Research (2) Hydrobiology (2) Ibis (2) Journal of Animal Ecology (1) Journal of Marine Systems (1) Marine Ecology Progress Series (3) Oikos (1) Oryx (1) Scientia Marina (1) Stays at Research Institutes Duke University Marine Laboratory (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA). Duration of 8 weeks. 2003. Issue: modelling seabirds: interactions with fisheries and distribution I. Duke University Marine Laboratory (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA). Duration of 4 weeks. 2004. Issue: modelling seabirds: interactions with fisheries and distribution II. 7
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, USA). Duration of 7 weeks. 2005. Issue: the use of predictive models as a tool for determining the distribution of a critically endangered endemic seabird Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) (Sevilla, Spain). Duration of 2 weeks. 2006. Issue: isotopic variability of the Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) during the breeding season. Fieldwork Monitoring of the breeding of cycle and manipulation of individuals of Puffinus mauretanicus, Calonectris diomedea and Larus audouinii for capture-recapture, banding, morphometric measurements, blood and feather sampling. Balearic Islands and Ebro Delta (Spain). 2002-2006. Captures marks and recaptures, Larus michaellis. Atlantic Islands National Park (Galicia, Spain). June 2003. On board R/V Coornide de Saavedra participating in the MEDITS oceanographic cruises. May 2003, 2004 and 2005. Seabird censuses, demersal organism identification and processing. On board R/V El Investigador. July 2003. Seabird censuses and small pelagic fish sampling techniques. On board commercial trawlers and longliners from the Balearic Islands. 2002-2005. Seabird association to commercial fisheries and identification of demersal and coastal organisms. On board R/V José Rioja Field experience in sampling biological variables (chlorophyll a, primary production, zooplankton biomass, taxonomy of phyo- and zooplankton) using Niskin bottles and WP2, Bongo and LHPR nets. 2008-2009. Fieldwork in French Southern Territories (Kerguelen, November 2009-January 2010). Deployment of tracking devices (GLS, GPS) on different species of marine top predators (Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris and white-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis). Analitical and statistical skills Expertise in acquisition remote sensing data (meteorological and oceanographic variables such as temperature, salinity) from web-based interfaces, and processing and managing using the Windows Image Manager software and R. Expertise in managing spatial data using Geographic Information Systems (ArcView 3.2 and ArcGIS). Expertise in statistical techniques for modelling population dynamic and ecology of species, including habitat-modelling techniques, using the SPSS, SAS and the R statistical and programming. Expertise in multivariate statistical for analysis biological community data using PRIMER and PC- ORD. PhD. courses and specialization courses Introduction to Elasmobranch fishes. Complementary course. Ocean Sciencies Faculty, University of Vigo. March 1999. ANTARCTICA, a continent for Science. Complementary course. Ocean Sciencies Faculty, University of Vigo. April 1999. Environmental quality of marine bottoms. Summer course. University of the Basque Country. July 1999. Navigation I. Complementary course. Ocean Sciencies Faculty, University of Vigo. Nov 1999-May 2000. Navigation II. Complementary course. Ocean Sciencies Faculty, University of Vigo. Nov 2000- May 2001. Geographic Information Systems. Complementary course. Ocean Sciencies Faculty, University of Vigo. Oct 2000. Bioestatistics. Summer course. University of Balearic Islands. Sep 2002. Multivariate Analysis for the Study of Biological Communities, University of Cantabria. July 2007. 8
Statistical analysis and programming in R, CEBC-CNRS (France). March 2008. Spatial Analysis in ArcGIS, CEBC-CNRS (France). May 2008. Spatio-temporal analysis: R+ SAGA + Google Earth, University of Amsterdam. August 2008. The Zonation conservation prioritization framework and software - hands on. 2 nd European Conference on Conservation Biology, Prague, Czech Republic. 2 nd Advanced Training Course on Ocean Remote Sensing (Bergen), European Spatial Agency. September 2009. State-space models in Ecology. CEBC-CNRS (France). October 2010. Other qualifications Languages: Basque (mother tongue- EGA), Spanish (mother tongue), English (correct, 5 month of research stay in USA), French (correct, 1 year working in France and 3-month course), German (basic), Catalán (level B and applying for C), Galician (correct). Scuba-diving title (FEDAS 1 star). Driving license. Leisure boat driving license (Patrón de Embarcación de Recreo, PER). 9