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Manuel Hidalgo is affiliated with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Spain. Their research spans primarily the field of Environmental Science, with a notable focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law as subfields.

Hidalgo's main topics of work cover multiple aspects of marine science, especially:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers that address diverse issues in marine ecology and management. Notable publications include:

  • Changing fish distributions challenge the effective management of European fisheries, 2020, Ecography
  • Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science, 2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Are we ready to track climate-driven shifts in marine species across international boundaries? - A global survey of scientific bottom trawl data, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Changes in Life History Traits of Small Pelagic Fish in the Western Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Transcending capitalism growth strategies for biodiversity conservation, 2021, Conservation Biology

Hidalgo frequently publishes in scientific venues that focus on marine and environmental sciences. The main publication venues include:

  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors including:

  • Lucía López-López
  • Antonio Esteban
  • Hilmar Hinz
  • Marta Coll
  • Guillem Chust

Best Publications

  • Theory, consequences and evidence of eroding population spatial structure in harvested marine fishes: a review

    Lorenzo Ciannelli;Jonathan A. D. Fisher;Mette Skern-Mauritzen;Mary E. Hunsicker

  • Synergistic effects of fishing-induced demographic changes and climate variation on fish population dynamics

    Manuel Hidalgo;Tristan Rouyer;Juan Carlos Molinero;Enric Massutí

  • Shifting dynamic forces in fish stock fluctuations triggered by age truncation

    Tristan Rouyer;Geir Ottersen;Joël M. Durant;Manuel Hidalgo

  • Changing fish distributions challenge the effective management of European fisheries

    Alan Ronan Baudron;Thomas Brunel;Marie‐Anne Blanchet;Manuel Hidalgo

  • Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science

    S. J. Pittman;K. L. Yates;P. J. Bouchet;D. Alvarez-Berastegui

  • Developing the knowledge base needed to sustainably manage mesopelagic resources

    Manuel Hidalgo;Howard I Browman

  • The influence of oceanographic scenarios on the population dynamics of demersal resources in the western Mediterranean: Hypothesis for hake and red shrimp off Balearic Islands

    Enric Massutí;Sebastià Monserrat;Pere Oliver;Joan Moranta

  • Seasonal and short spatial patterns in European hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) recruitment process at the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean): The role of environment on distribution and condition

    Manuel Hidalgo;Enric Massutí;Joan Moranta;Joan Enric Cartes

  • Are we ready to track climate‐driven shifts in marine species across international boundaries? ‐ A global survey of scientific bottom trawl data

    Aurore Maureaud;Romain Frelat;Laurène Pécuchet;Nancy Shackell

  • From traits to life‐history strategies: Deconstructing fish community composition across European seas

    Laurene Pecuchet;Martin Lindegren;Manuel Hidalgo;Marina Delgado

  • Changes in the diet and feeding of the hake Merluccius merluccius at the shelf-break of the Balearic Islands: Influence of the mesopelagic-boundary community

    Joan Enric Cartes;Manuel Hidalgo;Vanesa Papiol;Enric Massutí

  • Marine fish traits follow fast-slow continuum across oceans

    Esther Deborah Beukhof;Romain Frelat;Lauréne Pécuchet;Lauréne Pécuchet;Aurore Maureaud

  • Spatio-temporal variations in deep-sea demersal communities off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

    Joan Moranta;Antoni Quetglas;Enric Massutí;Beatriz Guijarro

  • Phytoplankton Community Structure Is Driven by Stratification in the Oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea.

    Catalina Mena;Patricia Reglero;Manuel Hidalgo;Eva Sintes

  • Atlantic bluefin tuna spawn at suboptimal temperatures for their offspring

    P. Reglero;A. Ortega;R. Balbín;F. J. Abascal

  • Transcending capitalism growth strategies for biodiversity conservation.

    Joan Moranta;Cati Torres;Ivan Murray;Manuel Hidalgo

  • Elasmobranch spatial segregation in the western Mediterranean

    Adam Gouraguine;Manuel Hidalgo;Joan Moranta;David M. Bailey

  • Changes in Life History Traits of Small Pelagic Fish in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    Marta Albo-Puigserver;Marta Albo-Puigserver;Maria Grazia Pennino;Jose María Bellido;Ana Isabel Colmenero

  • Accounting for ocean connectivity and hydroclimate in fish recruitment fluctuations within transboundary metapopulations

    Manuel Hidalgo;Vincent Rossi;Vincent Rossi;Pedro Monroy;Enrico Ser-Giacomi;Enrico Ser-Giacomi

  • Bottom-trawl impacts on Mediterranean demersal fish diversity: not so obvious or are we too late?

    MT Farriols;F Ordines;PJ Somerfield;C Pasqual

  • Synchronous combined effects of fishing and climate within a demersal community

    Antoni Quetglas;Francesc Ordines;Manuel Hidalgo;Sebastià Monserrat

  • Large-Scale Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Mediterranean Cephalopod Diversity

    Stefanie Keller;Valerio Bartolino;Manuel Hidalgo;Isabella Bitetto

  • A combination of hydrodynamical and statistical modelling reveals non-stationary climate effects on fish larvae distributions

    M. Hidalgo;Y. Gusdal;G. E. Dingsør;D. Hjermann

  • Population effects and changes in life history traits in relation to phase transitions induced by long-term fishery harvesting: European hake (Merluccius merluccius) off the Balearic Islands

    Manuel HidalgoM. Hidalgo;Enric MassutíE. Massutí;Beatriz GuijarroB. Guijarro;Joan MorantaJ. Moranta

Frequent Co-Authors

Enric Massutí
Enric Massutí Spanish National Research Council
Carmen Mijangos
Carmen Mijangos Spanish National Research Council
Joan Moranta
Joan Moranta Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Lorenzo Ciannelli
Lorenzo Ciannelli Oregon State University
Francisco Alemany
Francisco Alemany Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Howard I. Browman
Howard I. Browman Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Martin Lindegren
Martin Lindegren Technical University of Denmark
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Eva Sintes
Eva Sintes Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Sebastià Monserrat
Sebastià Monserrat University of the Balearic Islands

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