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Overview

Beatriz Morales-Nin is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specific emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Social Psychology as subfields of study.

Their work covers a range of marine and fisheries topics, including Marine and fisheries research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Aquatic life and conservation, and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Beatriz Morales-Nin has contributed to multiple publications in notable scientific journals, with frequent publication venues being Fisheries Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)), Scientia Marina, and Research Square (Research Square).

Notable recent papers include:

  • First Assessment of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Marine Recreational Fisheries, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A Global Review on the Biology of the Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and Its Fishery in the Mediterranean Sea: Advances in the Last Two Decades, 2020, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • Projected effects of ocean warming on an iconic pelagic fish and its fishery, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Assessing Knowledge Gaps and Management Needs to Cope With Barriers for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of Marine Recreational Fisheries: The Case of Spain, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Elasmobranchs in trammel net fishery associated to marine reserves in the Balearic Islands (NW Mediterranean), 2021, Société Française d'Ichtyologie

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sílvia Pérez-Mayol, Josep Alós, Inés Castejón-Silvo, Jorge Terrados, and André E. Punt.

Best Publications

  • Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: An ecological review

    Isabel Palomera;Maria Pilar Olivar;Jordi Salat;Ana Sabatés

  • Weight–length relationships of littoral to lower slope fishes from the western Mediterranean

    Gabriel Morey;Joan Moranta;Enric Massutí;Antoni Maria Grau

  • The recreational fishery off Majorca Island (western Mediterranean): some implications for coastal resource management

    Beatriz Morales-Nin;Joan Moranta;Cristina García;María Pilar Tugores

  • Review of the growth regulation processes of otolith daily increment formation

    Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • Spatial variation in the 15N and 13C stable isotope composition of plants, invertebrates and fishes on Mediterranean reefs: implications for the study of trophic pathways

    Simon Jennings;Olga Reñones;Beatriz Morales-Nin;N.V.C. Polunin

  • Recreational sea fishing in Europe in a global context-Participation rates, fishing effort, expenditure, and implications for monitoring and assessment

    Kieran Hyder;Marc Simon Weltersbach;Mike Armstrong;Keno Ferter

  • Feeding relationships in Mediterranean bathyal assemblages elucidated by stable nitrogen and carbon isotope data

    N.V.C. Polunin;Beatriz Morales-Nin;W.E. Pawsey;Joan Enric Cartes

  • Fish community structure and depth-related trends on the continental slope of the Balearic Islands (Algerian basin, western Mediterranean)

    Joan Moranta;Constantino Stefanescu;Enric Massutí;Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • The Prestige oil spill: a scientific response.

    Joan Albaigés;Beatriz Morales-Nin;Federico Vilas

  • Spatiotemporal variation in the population structure of the European hake in the NW Mediterranean

    Laura Recasens;Antoni Lombarte;Beatriz Morales-Nin;G. J. Torres

  • Small-scale coastal fisheries in European Seas are not what they were: Ecological, social and economic changes

    Josep Lloret;Ian G. Cowx;Henrique Cabral;Margarida Castro

  • Determination of growth in bony fishes from otolith microstructure

    Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • Age and growth of Lutjanus kasmira (Forskål) in Hawaiian waters

    B. Morales-Nin;S. Ralston

  • Assessment and Management of Data‐Poor Fisheries

    Graham M. Pilling;Panayiota Apostolaki;Pierre Failler;Christos Floros

  • Ecomorphological trends and phylogenetic inertia of otolith sagittae in Nototheniidae

    Antoni Lombarte;Miquel Palmer;Jesús Matallanas;Jesús Gómez-Zurita

  • Larval growth of anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus , in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    I. Palomera;B. Morales-Nin;J. Lleonart

  • Sagittal otolith size and shape variability to identify geographical intraspecific differences in three species of the genus Merluccius

    Gabriel J. Torres;Antoni Lombarte;Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • Aspects of the early life history of European hake from the central Adriatic

    E. Arneri;Beatriz Morales-Nin

  • Otolith growth and age estimation in the European hake

    Beatriz Morales-Nin;G. J. Torres;Antoni Lombarte;Laura Recasens

  • Influence of physical environmental factors on the composition and horizontal distribution of summer larval fish assemblages off Mallorca island (Balearic archipelago, western Mediterranean)

    F. Alemany;S. Deudero;B. Morales-Nin;J. L. López-Jurado

  • Distribution and biology of five grenadier fish (Pisces: Macrouridae) from the upper and middle slope of the northwestern Mediterranean

    Enric Massutí;Beatriz Morales-Nin;Constantí Stefanescu

  • Time series analysis of daily growth in Dicentrarchuslabrax L. otoliths

    Emilia Gutiérrez;Beatriz Morales-Nin

Frequent Co-Authors

Miquel Palmer
Miquel Palmer Spanish National Research Council
Enric Massutí
Enric Massutí Spanish National Research Council
Joan Moranta
Joan Moranta Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Antoni Lombarte
Antoni Lombarte Spanish National Research Council
Salud Deudero
Salud Deudero Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Amalia Grau
Amalia Grau Estácio (Brazil)
Isabel Palomera
Isabel Palomera Spanish National Research Council
Enrique Macpherson
Enrique Macpherson Spanish National Research Council
Ángel Guerra
Ángel Guerra Spanish National Research Council
Joan Enric Cartes
Joan Enric Cartes Spanish National Research Council

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