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Overview

Maite Louzao is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, contributing extensively to the field with an emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

The scientist has published prominently in several journals, including:

  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Biology

Some of the main research topics covered by Maite Louzao include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequent collaborators in their work are Amaia Astarloa, Isabel García-Barón, José Manuel Arcos, Guillermo Boyra, and Camilo Saavedra.

Representative recent publications include:

  • The value of time-series data for conservation planning (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Structure and functioning of the Bay of Biscay ecosystem: A trophic modelling approach (2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
  • Top predator status and trends: ecological implications, monitoring and mitigation strategies to promote ecosystem-based management (2024, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Towards a better characterisation of deep-diving whales' distributions by using prey distribution model outputs? (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • The Role of Climate, Oceanography, and Prey in Driving Decadal Spatio-Temporal Patterns of a Highly Mobile Top Predator (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)

Best Publications

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Changes in Wind Pattern Alter Albatross Distribution and Life-History Traits

    Henri Weimerskirch;Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Sophie de Grissac;Karine Delord

  • Comparison of five modelling techniques to predict the spatial distribution and abundance of seabirds

    Steffen Oppel;Ana Meirinho;Iván Ramírez;Beth Gardner

  • Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs

    Ben Lascelles;Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di Sciara;Tundi Agardy;Annabelle Cuttelod

  • Fishery discards impact on seabird movement patterns at regional scales

    Frederic Bartumeus;Luca Giuggioli;Luca Giuggioli;Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Vincent Bretagnolle

  • OCEANOGRAPHIC HABITAT OF AN ENDANGERED MEDITERRANEAN PROCELLARIIFORM: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

    Maite Louzao;K. David Hyrenbach;José Manuel Arcos;Pere Abelló

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • Combining vessel-based surveys and tracking data to identify key marine areas for seabirds

    M. Louzao;J. Bécares;B. Rodríguez;K. D. Hyrenbach

  • Modelling demography and extinction risk in the endangered Balearic shearwater

    Daniel Oro;Juan Salvador Aguilar;José Manuel Igual;Maite Louzao

  • Seasonal changes in the diet of a critically endangered seabird and the importance of trawling discards

    Joan Navarro;Maite Louzao;José Manuel Igual;Daniel Oro

  • Seasonal variation in oceanographic habitat and behaviour of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from Kerguelen Island

    Clara Péron;Karine Delord;Richard A. Phillips;Yohan Charbonnier

  • Comparison of ecosystem modelling and isotopic approach as ecological tools to investigate food webs in the NW Mediterranean Sea

    Joan Navarro;Marta Coll;Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Isabel Palomera

  • Conserving pelagic habitats: seascape modelling of an oceanic top predator

    Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;David Pinaud;Clara Péron;Karine Delord

  • Distribution maps of cetacean and seabird populations in the North‐East Atlantic

    James J. Waggitt;Peter G. H. Evans;Joana Andrade;Alex N. Banks

  • Protecting Persistent Dynamic Oceanographic Features: Transboundary Conservation Efforts Are Needed for the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater

    Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Karine Delord;David García;Amélie Boué

  • Trawling regime influences longline seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean: new insights from a small-scale fishery

    Karina Laneri;Maite Louzao;Alejandro Martínez-Abraín;José Manuel Arcos

  • Coupling instantaneous energy-budget models and behavioural mode analysis to estimate optimal foraging strategy: an example with wandering albatrosses

    Maite Louzao;Maite Louzao;Thorsten Wiegand;Frederic Bartumeus;Henri Weimerskirch

  • LIVING CLOSE, DOING DIFFERENTLY: SMALL-SCALE ASYNCHRONY IN DEMOGRAPHY OF TWO SPECIES OF SEABIRDS

    Giacomo Tavecchia;Giacomo Tavecchia;Eduardo Minguez;Ana De León;Maite Louzao

  • Fisheries Ecosystem Impacts and Management in the Mediterranean: Seabirds Point of View

    José Manuel Arcos;Maite Louzao;Daniel Oro;Miquel Marquès

  • Historical macrobenthic community assemblages in the Avilés Canyon, N Iberian Shelf: Baseline biodiversity information for a marine protected area

    Maite Louzao;Nuria Anadón;Julio Arrontes;Consuelo Álvarez-Claudio

  • Small pelagic fish, trawling discards and breeding performance of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater: improving conservation diagnosis

    Maite Louzao;José Manuel Igual;Miguel McMinn;Juan Salvador Aguilar

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Oro
Daniel Oro Spanish National Research Council
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Karine Delord
Karine Delord Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Graham J. Pierce
Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council
Manuela G. Forero
Manuela G. Forero Spanish National Research Council
Joan Navarro
Joan Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Vincent Ridoux
Vincent Ridoux University of La Rochelle
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario

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