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Daniel Montero is affiliated with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. Their research covers multiple scientific fields with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these broad areas, their work specifically addresses subfields such as Aquatic Science, Immunology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Pollution.

The main topics explored by Daniel Montero include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Aquatic Life and Conservation, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Frequent publication venues for their research consist of Aquaculture, Aquaculture Reports, Aquaculture Nutrition, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, and Animals. These venues showcase a range of research outputs, with the largest number of publications appearing in Aquaculture.

Among recent research papers authored or coauthored by Daniel Montero are:

  • Impact of polypropylene microplastics and chemical pollutants on European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) gut microbiota and health, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • OpenABM-Covid19-An agent-based model for non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 including contact tracing, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Assessment of dietary supplementation with galactomannan oligosaccharides and phytogenics on gut microbiota of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed low fishmeal and fish oil based diet, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • OpenABM-Covid19 - an agent-based model for non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 including contact tracing, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Prebiotics and phytogenics functional additives in low fish meal and fish oil based diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Effects on stress and immune responses, 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Throughout their career, Daniel Montero has collaborated regularly with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Silvia Torrecillas, F. Acosta, Ramón Fontanillas, Marta Carvalho, and Marisol Izquierdo.

Best Publications

  • Impact of different dietary lipid sources on growth, lipid digestibility, tissue fatty acid composition and histology of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    M.J Caballero;A Obach;G Rosenlund;D Montero

  • High stocking density produces crowding stress altering some physiological and biochemical parameters in gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, juveniles

    D. Montero;M.S. Izquierdo;L. Tort;L. Robaina

  • Dietary lipid sources for seabream and seabass: growth performance, tissue composition and flesh quality

    M.S. Izquierdo;A. Obach;L. Arantzamendi;D. Montero

  • Immune stimulation and improved infection resistance in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed mannan oligosaccharides.

    S Torrecillas;A Makol;M J Caballero;D Montero

  • Alterations in fillet fatty acid profile and flesh quality in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed vegetable oils for a long term period. Recovery of fatty acid profiles by fish oil feeding

    M.S. Izquierdo;D. Montero;L. Robaina;M.J. Caballero

  • Soybean and lupin seed meals as protein sources in diets for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): nutritional and histological implications

    L. Robaina;M.S. Izquierdo;F.J. Moyano;J. Socorro

  • Vegetable lipid sources for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): effects on fish health

    D Montero;T Kalinowski;A Obach;L Robaina

  • Morphological aspects of intestinal cells from gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed diets containing different lipid sources

    M.J Caballero;M.S Izquierdo;E Kjørsvik;D Montero

  • Corn gluten and meat and bone meals as protein sources in diets for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): Nutritional and histological implications

    L. Robaina;F.J. Moyano;M.S. Izquierdo;J. Socorro

  • Improved health and growth of fish fed mannan oligosaccharides: potential mode of action.

    Silvia Torrecillas;Daniel Montero;Marisol Izquierdo

  • Effect of vitamin E and C dietary supplementation on some immune parameters of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles subjected to crowding stress

    D Montero;M Marrero;M.S Izquierdo;L Robaina

  • Growth, feed utilization and flesh quality of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed diets containing vegetable oils: A time-course study on the effect of a re-feeding period with a 100% fish oil diet

    D. Montero;L. Robaina;M.J. Caballero;R. Ginés

  • Replacement of dietary fish oil by vegetable oils affects humoral immunity and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines genes in gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata

    D. Montero;F. Mathlouthi;L. Tort;J.M. Afonso

  • Background colour influence on the stress response in cultured red porgy Pagrus pagrus

    J. Rotllant;L. Tort;D. Montero;M. Pavlidis

  • Total substitution of fish oil by vegetable oils in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) diets: effects on hepatic Mx expression and some immune parameters.

    D. Montero;V. Grasso;M.S. Izquierdo;R. Ganga

  • Low vitamin E in diet reduces stress resistance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles.

    D. Montero;L. Tort;L. Robaina;J.M. Vergara

  • Depletion of serum alternative complement pathway activity in gilthead seabream caused by α-tocopherol and n-3 HUFA dietary deficiencies

    D Montero;L Tort;Marisol Izquierdo;L Robaina

  • The effect of dietary protein and lipid from squid and fish meals on egg quality of broodstock for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

    H. Fernández-Palacios;M. Izquierdo;L. Robaina;Antonio Valencia

  • Association of a lordosis-scoliosis-kyphosis deformity in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) with family structure

    J. M. Afonso;D. Montero;L. Robaina;N. Astorga

  • Improved feed utilization, intestinal mucus production and immune parameters in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed mannan oligosaccharides (MOS)

    S. Torrecillas;A. Makol;M.J. Caballero;D. Montero

Frequent Co-Authors

Marisol Izquierdo
Marisol Izquierdo University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Lluis Tort
Lluis Tort Autonomous University of Barcelona
Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
Antonio Fernández
Antonio Fernández University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Francis Galibert
Francis Galibert University of Rennes
Chris Haley
Chris Haley University of Edinburgh
Olga Sayanova
Olga Sayanova Rothamsted Research
Hans Komen
Hans Komen Wageningen University & Research

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