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dr. Fernandez Muñiz, Carlota
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Instituut
Vorige instituten (3)
Publicaties (28)
Projecten (6)
Datasets (18)

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), meer

Functie: Senior Onderzoeker
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University of Vigo; Ecology and Animal Biology Department; Facultad de Ciencias do Mar; Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Costera (EcoCost), meer
Rhodes University; Department of Zoology & Entomology; Coastal Research Group, meer
University of Oviedo; Department of Organisms and Systems Biology (BOS), meer

Acoustic ecology of pelagic fish communities: a study into the effects of construction and exploitation of wind farms, meer
Fisheries Innovation for sustainable Shared INTerchannEL resources, meer
Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, meer
MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations, meer
PhD: Understanding plankton community responses to changing environmental conditions and extreme climatic events using high-throughput observation approaches, meer
Post-brexit coastal pelagic fisheries, meer

Data [show]
Ashley Cahillane, et al. (2025): Social data from cultural ecosystem valuation questionnaire across European case studies September 2023 - June 2026. University College Dublin, and partners., meer Debusschere, E.; Cuyx, B.; Aubach, J.; Conings, B.; Calonge, A.; Muñiz, C. 2025. MARCOBOLO - MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations. Observation during the MarcoBolo campaign of May 2025 in the Belgian part of the North Sea, meer Pelfish: Debusschere, E.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Casals, D.; Conings, B.; Deneudt, K.; 2023. Duurzame economische dragers in Vlaamse kustvisserijgemeenschappen post-Brexit (PelFish), meer APELAFICO: Debusschere, Elisabeth, Hubert, Jeroen, Berges, Benoit, Muñiz, Carlota, Reubens, Jan, Demuynck, Jozefien, Deneudt, Klaas, Slabbekoorn, Hans; (2023): Acoustic Ecology of Pelagic Fish Communities (APELAFICO)., meer Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (2026): LifeWatch observatory data: phytoplankton observations by FlowCam imaging in the Belgian Part of the North Sea., meer FISHINTEL: Sheehan, E.; Couturier, L.; Hawkes, L.; Hooper, T.; Horton, T; Laurans, M.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Stamp, T.; Witt, M.; Woillez, M.; 2021. Fisheries Innovation for sustainable SHared INTerchannEL resources (FISH INTEL)., meer Plankton biodiversity data from MARCO-BOLO Cruise with R/V Simon Stevin in May 2025, meer phdBerra: PhD thesis Berra, G.: Composition and morpho-functional traits of zooplankton collected by "Mooring Dirigibile Italia" sediment trap: zooplankton observations from sediment traps (2010-2023) in Svalbard Islands (ZooScan), meer phdEske: PhD thesis Eske, A.: Plankton responses to extreme climate events: community dynamics and genetics, meer VLIZ observatory data: shipboard underway plankton biodiversity observations by flow-through imaging (Plankton Imager, Pi-10) in the Southern North Sea, meer
Software/models/scripts [show]
Boone, W., Deneudt, K., & Muñiz, C. (2026). DTO-BioFlow: DUC 3 Assessing pelagic biodiversity and human impact - Changes in Plankton Communities (zenodo). Zenodo., meer Boone, W., Musimwa, R., Leclercq, F., Hernandez, F., Fooks, S., Muñiz, C., & Deneudt, K. (2024). EDITO D7.3 Demonstrator for aquaculture and maritime industry (v1.0.0). Zenodo., meer Mortelmans, J.; Decrop, W.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2026): Pre-trained model and learning set for classification of Southern North Sea plankton images collected by the Plankton Imager (Pi-10): Anasimyia. Marine Data Archive., meer Mortelmans, J.; Decrop, W.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2026): Pre-trained model and learning set for classification of Southern North Sea plankton images collected by the Plankton Imager (Pi-10): Dasysyrphus. Marine Data Archive., meer Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., meer Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Fernandez Bejarano, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Climate-Induced Habitat Suitability Modelling for Pelagic Fish in European Seas. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., meer Pre-trained model for classification of zooplankton collected by "Mooring Dirigibile Italia" sediment trap collected by the ZooScan, meer
Data products [show]
Pelfish: Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024). Duurzame economische dragers in Vlaamse kustvisserijgemeenschappen post-Brexit (PelFish), meer

A1 publicaties (12) [show]
Calonge, A.; Develter, R.; Muñiz, C.; Parcerisas, C.; Reubens, J.; Boone, W.; Deneudt, K.; Debusschere, E. (2026). Scalable low-cost seabed landers: The missing link for sustained, integrated, long-term observations in dynamic shallow seas. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Online first: 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70072, meer Hubert, J.; Berges, B.; Parcerisas, C.; Debusschere, E.; de Bruijn, J.A.C.; Demuynck, J.M.; Muñiz, C.; Slabbekoorn, H. (2026). Echosounders for fish detection disturb harbour porpoises. Environ. Pollut. 391: 127569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127569, meer Decrop, W.; Lagaisse, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Heredia, I.; Calatrava, A.; Deneudt, K. (2025). Automated image classification workflow for phytoplankton monitoring. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1699781. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1699781, meer Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Climate-induced habitat suitability modelling for pelagic fish in European seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 12(1501751): 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1501751, meer Calonge, A.; Goossens, J.; Muñiz, C.; Reubens, J.; Debusschere, E. (2024). Importance of multi-sensor observations to advance species co-occurrence knowledge: A demonstration of two acoustic technologies. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 727: 49-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14496, meer Hubert, J.; Demuynck, J.M.; Remmelzwaal, M.R.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Berges, B.; Slabbekoorn, H. (2024). An experimental sound exposure study at sea: no spatial deterrence of free-ranging pelagic fish. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155(2): 1151-1161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0024720, meer Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso Guerra, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2024). Modeling Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making towards sustainable fisheries. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1485161. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1485161, meer Aguión, A.; Cruz, T.; Acuña, J.L.; Broudin, C.; Castro, J.J.; Davoult, D.; Dubert, J.; Fernandes, J.N.; Geiger, K.J.; Jacinto, D.; Mateus, D.; Muñiz, C.; Nolasco, R.; Perrier, L.; Queiroga, H.; Román, S.; Silva, T.; Thiebaut, E.; Vázquez, E.; Macho, G. (2022). A large-scale comparison of reproduction and recruitment of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes across Europe. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 169(5): 63. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04050-x, meer Geiger, K.J.; Rivera, A.; Aguión, A.; Álvarez, J.; Arrontes, J.; Borrell, Y.J.; Cruz, T.; Davoult, D.; Dubert, J.; Feis, M.E.; Fernandes, J.N.; Fernández, C.; García-Flórez, L.; Jacinto, D.; Jollivet, D.; Macho, G.; Mateo, E.; Mateus, D.; Móran, P.; Muñiz, C.; Nicolle, A.; Nolasco, R.; Parrondo, M.; Queiroga, H.; Rico, J.; Sousa, A.; Román, S.; Silva, T.; Thiebaut, E.; Vázquez, E.; Acuña, J.L. (2022). Coping with poachers in European stalked barnacle fisheries: insights from a stakeholder workshop. Mar. Policy 135: 104826. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104826, meer Román, S.; Weidberg, N.; Muñiz, C.; Aguión, A.; Vázquez, E.; Santiago, J.; Seoane, P.; Barreiro, B.; Outeiral, R.; Villegas-Rios, D.; Fandiño, S.; Macho, G. (2022). Mesoscale patterns in barnacle reproduction are mediated by upwelling-driven thermal variability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 685: 153-170. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13992, meer Muñiz, C.; McQuaid, C.D.; Weidberg, N. (2021). Seasonality of primary productivity affects coastal species more than its magnitude. Sci. Total Environ. 757: 143740. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143740, meer Höfer, J.; Muñiz, C.; Weidberg, N.; García-Flórez, L.; Acuña, J.L. (2017). High densities of stalked barnacle larvae (Pollicipes pollicipes) inside a river plume. J. Plankton Res. 39(2): 316-329. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw093, meer
Boekhoofdstukken (3) [show]
Decrop, W.; Lagaisse, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K. (2025). Design and implementation of an automated Image classification workflow for phytoplankton monitoring, in: Praet, N. et al. Particles in Europe 2025: Conference program and proceedings, 17 - 19 September 2025, Ostend, Belgium. pp. 62-70, meer Eske, A.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C.; Muñiz, C.; Deneudt, K.; Hablützel, P.I. (2025). Zooplankton and phytoplankton time series analysis for the Belgian North Sea, in: Praet, N. et al. Particles in Europe 2025: Conference program and proceedings, 17 - 19 September 2025, Ostend, Belgium. pp. 151-156, meer Mortelmans, J.; Decrop, W.; Heynderickx, H.; Cattrijsse, A.; Depaepe, M.; van Walraven, L.; Scott, J.D.; van Oevelen, D.; Deneudt, K.; Muñiz, C. (2025). From pixels to patterns: high-throughput image classification and morphometry through a new PI-10 imaging pipeline, in: Praet, N. et al. Particles in Europe 2025: Conference program and proceedings, 17 - 19 September 2025, Ostend, Belgium. pp. 54-60, meer
Thesis [show]
Fernández Muñiz, C. (2018). Large scale spatio-temporal forcing of pelagic-coastal coupling: disentangling the effects of environmental change on intertidal invertebrate recruitment. PhD Thesis. Rhodes University: South Africa. x, 179 pp., meer
Abstracts (10) [show]
Calonge, A.; Navarro-Gonzalez, P.; Heynderickx, H.; Conings, B.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E. (2025). Bottom-mounted echosounders shed light on pelagic fish in the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS), in: ICES ICES WGFAST, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland 8-11 April, 2025: Book of abstracts. pp. 6-7, meer Eske, A.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Janssen, C. (2025). Characterization of Belgian marine heatwaves and their impacts on plankton dynamics, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. EGU25-15734. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15734, meer Eske, A.I.; Hablützel, P.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C.; Muñiz, C. (2025). Detecting marine heatwaves in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Effects on plankton blooms and diversity, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 64, meer Musimwa Rutendo, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Are pelagic fisheries the future of European seas?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 104-105, meer Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Navigating climate and policy shifts: Habitat suitability modelling for North Sea pelagic fisheries in a changing world, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. 25-21325. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21325, meer Deneudt, K.; Slaughter, L.; Berre, A.; Ben Aziza, S.; Muñiz, C.; Martinovic, T.; Brönner, U.; Arnaud, A.; Harrison, J.; Hernandez, F. (2024). The DTO-Bioflow Project: Bringing biodiversity data into the European Digital Twins of the Ocean, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 384-386, meer Eske, A.I.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C. (2024). Understanding the effects of changing environmental conditions and climate events on plankton communities using automated image sensors, in: Zoology 2024: Celebrating biodiversity between land and sea. Mons, Belgium, December 12 – 13, 2024: Conference Booklet. pp. 129, meer Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E. (2024). Unravelling climate-driven habitat suitability for pelagic fish in European seas, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 98, meer Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Everaert, G. (2024). Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the North Sea for informed decision-making, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 41-42, meer Pohl, L.; Reubens, J.; Muñiz, C.; Brevé, N. (2023). The starry smooth-hound shark meets acoustic telemetry: Visualising movements of Mustelus asterias for non-scientists to promote policy-making, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 89-90, meer
Rapport [show]
De Block, I.; Debusschere, E.; Muñiz, C. (2023). Collection of abstracts on the seven most important pelagic fish species in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 16 pp., meer
Thesis begeleider [show]
Pohl, L. (2023). Movement behaviour and seasonality of the starry smooth-hound shark (Mustelus asterias) in the North Sea. MSc Thesis. VLIZ/Ghent University: Oostende/Gent. 61 pp., meer