This September we’re delighted to be hosting Orkun Soyer, Professor at the School of Life Sciences of the University of Warwick, collaborating on a project which aims to sample wild species of freshwater cyanobacteria in Mallorca (…yes, there are fresh water bodies in Mallorca!). His stay is financed through a Visiting Fellowship from the University of the Balearic Islands (kudos!). Looking forward to what will come out of this!
Month: September 2024
Predicting seasonal spawning of fish
We had fun helping our friends from MARES at IMEDEA on their quest to better understand the dynamics of fish spawning. The data available are sea surface temperature, fishery-dependent sampling and the gonadosomatic index of the captured fish. The result, published in Marine Environmental Research, is an experimentally validated model that allows one to predict the timing of spawning peak in a population of wild fish and its dependence on temperature variations. It’s cool to think that this could help improve the management of fisheries and make it more sustainable. Thanks to our friends Vincenç, Miquel, Andrés and Ignacio for involving us in the project!
Polin Lab 