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Concepción Marcos

Concepción Marcos

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6108
World Ranking
5158
National Ranking
167

Overview

Concepción Marcos is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain. The main fields of study of their research include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses several topics related to marine and environmental sciences, including:

  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods

Among their recent publications is the paper titled "Reviewing the Ecosystem Services, Societal Goods, and Benefits of Marine Protected Areas" published in 2021 in Frontiers in Marine Science. This paper has been cited 77 times, reflecting its engagement within the scientific community.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • BioInvasions Records

Co-authorship patterns reveal collaborative relationships with several researchers, including:

  • Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa
  • Alfredo Fernández-Alías
  • María Pérez-Marcos
  • Antonio Sala-Mirete
  • Philippe Lenfant

The body of work contributed by Concepción Marcos fits within a broader scientific context that touches on environmental dynamics, marine biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Their research often intersects with issues related to coastal ecosystems and marine resource management.

Best Publications

  • Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons

    Alice Newton;Ana C. Brito;John D. Icely;Valérie Derolez

  • Coastal lagoons: “transitional ecosystems” between transitional and coastal waters

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Concepción Marcos;Isabel María Pérez-Ruzafa;María Pérez-Marcos

  • Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

    Jose Antonio Garcia-Charton;Angel Perez Perez-Ruzafa;Concepcion Marcos;Joachim Claudet

  • User-friendly guide for using benthic ecological indicators in coastal and marine quality assessment

    F. Salas;C. Marcos;J.M. Neto;J. Patrício

  • Spatial and temporal variations of hydrological conditions, nutrients and chlorophyll a in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Spain)

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Ana Isabel Fernández;Concepción Marcos;Javier Gilabert

  • Evidence of a planktonic food web response to changes in nutrient input dynamics in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon, Spain

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;J. Gilabert;J. M. Gutiérrez;A. I. Fernández

  • A baited underwater video technique to assess shallow water Mediterranean fish assemblages: methodological evaluation

    Ben Stobart;José A. García-Charton;Carolina Espejo;Elisabeth Rochel

  • Long-Term Dynamic in Nutrients, Chlorophyll a, and Water Quality Parameters in a Coastal Lagoon During a Process of Eutrophication for Decades, a Sudden Break and a Relatively Rapid Recovery

    Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa;Sara Campillo;José María Fernández-Palacios;Antonio García-Lacunza

  • Effects of fishing protection on the genetic structure of fish populations

    Ángel Pérez-Ruzafa;Mercedes González-Wangüemert;Philippe Lenfant;Concepción Marcos

  • Evaluating the ecological effects of Mediterranean marine protected areas: habitat, scale and the natural variability of ecosystems

    J.A. García Charton;I.D. Williams;A. Pérez Ruzafa;M. Milazzo

  • Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach

    Frederic Vandeperre;Ruth M. Higgins;Julio Sanchez-Meca;Francesc Maynou

  • Mediterranean coastal lagoons in an ecosystem and aquatic resources management context

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;C. Marcos;I.M. Pérez-Ruzafa

  • Changes in benthic fish assemblages as a consequence of coastal works in a coastal lagoon: The Mar Menor (Spain, Western Mediterranean).

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;J.A. Garcı́a-Charton;E. Barcala;C. Marcos

  • Presence of pesticides throughout trophic compartments of the food web in the Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain).

    A Pérez-Ruzafa;S Navarro;A Barba;C Marcos

  • Fisheries in coastal lagoons: An assumed but poorly researched aspect of the ecology and functioning of coastal lagoons

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Concepción Marcos

  • Hydrographic, geomorphologic and fish assemblage relationships in coastal lagoons

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Ma Carmen Mompeán;Concepción Marcos

  • Composition, structure and distribution of the ichthyoplankton in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

    A. Pérez‐Ruzafa;J. I. Quispe‐Becerra;J. A. García‐Charton;C. Marcos

  • Coastal Lagoons: Environmental Variability, Ecosystem Complexity, and Goods and Services Uniformity

    Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;Isabel M. Pérez-Ruzafa;Alice Newton;Concepción Marcos

  • Detecting changes resulting from human pressure in a naturally quick-changing and heterogeneous environment: Spatial and temporal scales of variability in coastal lagoons

    A. Pérez-Ruzafa;C. Marcos;I.M. Pérez-Ruzafa;E. Barcala

  • Ecosystem services and main environmental risks in a coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Murcia, SE Spain): The public perception

    Ana María Velasco;Angel Pérez-Ruzafa;José Miguel Martínez-Paz;Concepción Marcos

  • Are Taxonomic Distinctness measures compliant to other ecological indicators in assessing ecological status

    F. Salas;J. Patrício;C. Marcos;M.A. Pardal

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel Pérez-Ruzafa
Angel Pérez-Ruzafa University of Murcia
José Antonio García-Charton
José Antonio García-Charton University of Murcia
Georg Umgiesser
Georg Umgiesser National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Serge Planes
Serge Planes PSL University
Félix L. Figueroa
Félix L. Figueroa University of Malaga
Joana Patrício
Joana Patrício European Commission
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Joachim Claudet
Joachim Claudet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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