Research projects:
| Project name | Main Researcher | Dates | Type of participation | Main funding institution |
| BENTHIC-PRO – Biodiversity and food networks in the seabed for sustainable production. | Iria García-Moreiras and Andreu Blanco (University of Vigo) | 1/Jan/2025 – 31/Dec/2025 | Coordinator | UVIGO-Marine Research Centre (CIM-UVIGO), Spain |
| TRANSFORMAR –Accelerating and upscaling transformational adaptation in Europe: demonstration of water-related innovation packages | Ana María Bernabeu Tello (University of Vigo) | Sept. 2024 – … | Member of the research team | Xunta de Galicia and UE – Fondo Europeo Marítimo e da Pesca (FEMP) |
| Dinoflaxelados potencialmente tóxicos na Marxe Ibérica Atlántica: análise da súa distribución e ecoloxía actuais e históricas | Iria García-Moreiras (University of Vigo) | July 2024-July 2027 | Coordinator | Xunta de Galicia (Spain) |
| CLIMARES – Long-term assessment of climate-induced regime shifts in Coastal Areas | Maria Conceição Freitas (University of Lisbon, Portugal) | 2022-2023 | External collaborator | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal |
| MACPEI – Marine carbon production, export, relocation and degradation under varying ocean redox conditions off NW Africa | Karin Zonneveld (University of Bremen, Germany) | 2021-2022 | External collaborator | Deutsche Forschungsgemeins chaft – Germany |
| HABWAVE – From benthic resting stages to HAB events: understanding the role of physical-biological coupling off NW Portugal | Ana Amorim (University of Lisbon, Portugal) | 2020-2022 | Working team | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal |
| AQUIMAR project MAR 2020– Marine knowledge supporting aquaculture | Ana Brito (University of Lisbon, Portugal) | 2020-2021 | External collaborator | Instituto Hidrográfico (Coord.), Portugal |
| ECOMER – Evaluation and contextualization of methane reservoirs in the Galician Rías in relation to sea-level oscillations and environmental changes during the Postglacial. | Soledad García-Gil. (University of Vigo, Spain) | 2014/2015 | Research team member | PLAN NACIONAL-2012 (FEDER) – Spanish Ministry, Spain |
| Modelling the incidence of Global Change on sensitive coastal ecosystems: the case study of San Simón Bay | Castor Muñoz Sobrino (University of Vigo). | 2013 | Team member. | Xunta de Galicia -Spain |
Published Articles:
| García-Moreiras, I., Amorim, A., Zonneveld, Karin, 2024. Transport and preservation of calcareous and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts off Cape Blanc (NW africa) in relation to nepheloid layers. Marine Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106577. / Índice de impacto (JCR): 3,3. Marine & Freshwater biology (Q1) |
| García-Moreiras Iria, Hatherly M, Zonneveld K, Dubert J, Nolasco R, Santos AI, Oliveira A, Moita T, Oliveira PB, Magalhães JM and Amorim A (2023) New physical and biological evidence of lateral transport affecting dinoflagellate cyst distribution in the benthic nepheloid layer along a land-sea transect off Figueira da Foz (Atlantic Iberian margin). Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1270343. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1270343 |
| García-Moreiras, Iria, Sarai Vila Costas, Soledad García-Gil, Castor Muñoz Sobrino, 2023. Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in surface sediments of the Ría de Vigo (Atlantic margin of NW Iberia) in relation to environmental gradients, 2023. Marine Micropaleontology 180, 102217, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102217 Índice de Impacto (2021): 2,1 / Paleontology (Q2) |
| Serge, M.A., Mazier, F., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M.J. (…), García-Moreiras, Iria, Gauthier, E., Gil-Romera, G., (…), Zernitskaya, V.P., 2023. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation. Land, 12, 986, https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050986. Índice de impacto: 3,9 / Environmental studies (Q2) |
| Cartelle, V., García-Moreiras, Iria, Martínez-Carreño, N., Muñoz Sobrino, C., García-Gil, S., 2022. The role of antecedent morphology and changing sediment sources in the postglacial palaeogeographical evolution of an incised valley: The sedimentary record of the Ría de Arousa (NW Iberia), Global and Planetary Change, 208, 103727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103727. Índice de impacto (JCR): 4.956 / Geosciences Multidisciplinary (Q1) |
| García-Moreiras, Iria., Anabela Oliveira, Ana I. Santos, Paulo B. Oliveira, Ana Amorim 2021. Environmental factors affecting spatial dinoflagellate cyst distribution in surface sediments off Aveiro-Figueira da Foz (Atlantic Iberian margin). Frontiers in Marine Science. Índice de impacto (JCR): 3,661 / Marine & Freshwater biology (Q1) |
| Basil A.S. Davis, Manuel Chevalier, Philipp Sommer, Vachel A Carter, Walter Finsinger, Achille, Mauri, Leanne N. Phelps, Marco Zanon, Roman Abegglen, Christine M. Åkesson, Francisca Alba-Sánchez, R. Scott Anderson, Tatiana G. Antipina, Juliana R. Atanassova, Ruth Beer, Nina I. Belyanina, Tatiana A. Blyakharchuk, Olga K. Borisova, Elissaveta Bozilova15, Galina Bukreeva, M. Jane Bunting, Eleonora Clò, Daniele Colombaroli, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Stéphanie Desprat, Federico Di Rita, Morteza Djamali, Kevin J. Edwards, Patricia L. Fall, Angelica Feurdean, William Fletcher, Assunta Florenzano, Giulia Furlanetto, Emna Gaceur, Arsenii T. Galimov, Mariusz Gałka, Iria García-Moreiras (…) 2020. The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), Version 2. Earth System Science Data, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-14 Índice de impacto (JCR): 10,951/ Geosciences Multidisciplinary (Q1) |
| García-Moreiras, Iria; Cartelle, Víctor; García-Gil, Soledad; Muñoz Sobrino, Castor, 2019. First high-resolution multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental record of the Late Glacial to Early Holocene transition in the Ría de Arousa (Atlantic margin of NW Iberia). Quaternary Science Reviews 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.016/ Índice de impacto (JCR): 4,64 / Geosciences Multidisciplinary (Q1) |
| García-Moreiras Iria, Delgado Cristina, Martínez-Carreño Natalia, García-Gil Soledad, Muñoz Sobrino Castor, 2019 Climate and vegetation changes in coastal ecosystems during the Middle Pleniglacial and the early Holocene: Two multi-proxy, high-resolution records from Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia). Global and Planetary Change 176, 100–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.015 Índice de impacto (JCR): 4,1 / Geosciences Multidisciplinary (Q1) |
| García-Moreiras, Iria, Pospelova, V., García-Gil, S., Muñoz Sobrino, C., 2018. Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) over the last two centuries: A high-resolution dinoflagellate cyst sedimentary record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 504, 201–218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.032 Índice de impacto: 2,616 / Paleontology (Q1). |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., García-Moreiras, Iria, Gómez-Orellana, L., Iriarte-Chiapusso, MJ., Heiri, O., Lotter, AF., Ramil-Rego, P., 2018. The last hornbeam forests in SW Europe: new evidence on the of Carpinus betulus in NW Iberia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 27, 551-576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-017-0654-7. Índice de impacto: 2,482 / Paleontology (Q1) |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., García-Moreiras, I., Martínez-Carreño, N., Cartelle, V., Insua, TL., Ferreiro da Costa, J., Ramil-Rego, P., Fernández Rodríguez, C., Alejo, I., García-Gil, S., 2016. Reconstruction of the environmental history of a coastal insular system using shallow marine records: the last three millennia of the Cíes Islands (Ría de Vigo, NW Iberia). Boreas 45, 729-753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bor.12178. Índice de impacto: 2,348 / Geosciences, multidisciplinary (Q2). |
| Iriarte-Chiapusso, MJ, Muñoz Sobrino, C., Gómez-Orellana, L., Hernández-Beloqui, B., García-Moreiras, I., Fernández Rodríguez, C., Heiri, O., Lotter, AF., Ramil-Rego, P., 2016. Reviewing the Lateglacial–Holocene transition in NW Iberia: A palaeoecological approach based on the comparison between dissimilar regions. Quaternary International 403, 211-236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.029 Índice de impacto (JCR): 2,199 / Geosciences, multidisciplinary (Q2) |
| García-Moreiras, I., Sánchez, JM., Muñoz Sobrino, C., 2015. Modern pollen and non-pollen palynomorph assemblages of salt marsh and subtidal environments from the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia).Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 219,157–171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.006 Índice de impacto (JCR): 2,158 / Paleontology (Q1) |
| García-Gil, S., ,Cartelle, V., de Blas, E., de Carlos, A., Díez, R., Durán, R., Ferrín, A., García-Moreiras, I., García-García, A., Iglesias, J., Martínez-Carreño, N., Muñoz Sobrino, C., Ramirez-Pérez, AM., 2015. Gas somero en el margen continental Ibérico. Boletín Geológico y Minero, 126 (2-3): 575-608. ISSN: 0366-0176 Índice de impacto (SJR): 0,185 / Q3 |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., García-Moreiras, I., Castro, Y., Martínez-Carreño, N., de Blas, E., Fernandez Rodríguez, C., Judd, A., García-Gil, S., 2014. Climate and anthropogenic factors driving the estuarine ecosystems from NW Iberia: new high resolution multiproxy analyses from San Simón Bay (Ría de Vigo). Quaternary Science Reviews 93 11- 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.021 Índice de impacto (JCR):4,57 / Geosciences, multidisciplinary (Q1) |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., Heiri, O., Hazekamp, M., van der Velden, D., Kirilova, EP., García-Moreiras, I., Lotter, AF., 2013 New data about the Lateglacial period in SW Europe: a high resolution multiproxy record from Laguna de la Roya (NW Iberia). Quaternary Science Reviews 80, 58-77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.016 Índice de impacto (JCR):4,57 / Geosciences, multidisciplinary (Q1) |
Conference communications:
| García-Moreiras et al., Dinoflagellate cysts in coastal surface sediments from NW Iberia related to environmental gradients: new supporting data for palaeoenvironmental studies (charla, online). 12th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), 4th-8th July 2022 |
| García-Moreiras et al., Spatial distribution of dinoflagellate cysts along an inshore-offshore transect off Cape Blanc (NW Africa) (charla, online). 12th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), 4th-8th July 2022 |
| García-Moreiras et al., Dinoflagellate cysts in the benthic nephloid layer along a land-sea transect off Figueira de Foz (NW Iberia) (charla, online). 12th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), 4th-8th July 2022 |
| García-Moreiras et al., Environmental factors affecting dinoflagellate cyst distribution in surface sediments along two land-sea transects in the Atlantic Portuguese margin. XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, SPECO Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (9-12 Decembro, 2020) |
| Cartelle, V., et al., Sedimentary evolution of a bedrock-conditioned incised valley since the Last Glacial Maximum: the Ría de Arousa (NW Spain), EGU General Assembly. 4th-8th May 2020 (online) https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10251 |
| García-Gil et al., Sedimentary conditioning of a rocky strait during the Holocene transgression: Ría de Ferrol (NW Spain). EGU General Assembly, 4-8 May 2020 (online) https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10493 |
| Cartelle et al., New multiproxy evidences of the postglacial marine transgression recorded in the sedimentary infill of Ría de Ferrol (NW Iberia). INQUA20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), 25-31 July 2019 |
| García-Moreiras, I., et al., Climatic and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) over the last two centuries: paleohydrological conditions from dinoflagellate cyst data (charla), VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISC-CDM) celebrado en Vigo (20-22 de Junio, 2018). |
| García-Moreiras, I., et al., New palynological data from Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) reveal strong changes in coastal ecosystems induced by anthropogenic activities from the 19th century (poster).VI International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISC-CDM) celebrado en Vigo (20-22 de Junio, 2018). |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., et al., New pollen data from shallow marine sediments in Ría de Ferro (NW Iberia) (charla). Mediterranean Palynology APLE-GPPSBI-APLF Symposium, en Barcelona (4-6 de Septiembre, 2017). |
| García-Moreiras, I., et al., Pollen data on the Lateglacial/Early Holocene transition in coastal areas from NW Iberia: the Atlantic coast vs. Mediterranean nearby areas (poster). Mediterranean Palynology APLE-GPPSBI-APLF Symposium, en Barcelona (4-6 de Septiembre, 2017). |
| García-Moreiras, I. et al., Impact of abrupt climate changes on the coastal ecosystems of the Rías Baixas (NW Iberia) during the Lateglacial/early Holocene transition (charla). Past Glogal Changes 5th Open Science Meeting (9-13 de Mayo, 2017), PAGES 2017, en Zaragoza, España. |
| García-Gil, S., et al., New seismic sequence stratigraphy in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain) (poster). 31th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, en Krakovia (22-25 de Junio, 2015) |
| Muñoz Sobrino, et al., The modern dynamics of a coastal lagoon reconstructed through multiproxy analyses on nearby shallow marine sediments (poster). 31th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, en Krakovia (22-25 de Junio, 2015) |
| García-Moreiras, I., et al., The last glacial-interglacial transition in the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia): new palynological data about coastal environments and species distribution during the MIS-3 (charla). Mediterranean Palynology International Symposium (8-10 de Septiembre, 2015), Roma, Italia. |
| Muñoz Sobrino, C., et al., The Late Glacial and the Holocene in NW Iberia: A review based on the correlation of pollen records with other multiproxy data charla). Mediterranean Palynology International Symposium (8-10 de Septiembre, 2015), Roma, Italia. |
| Iriarte-Chiapusso, et al., Vegetation Landscape in the Cantabrian región (Northern Iberian Peninsula) during the Pleistocene: current status (charla). Mediterranean Palynology International Symposium (8-10 de Septiembre, 2015), Roma, Italia. |
| Iriarte-Chiapusso et al. Lateglacial-Holocene transition in NW Iberia: a paleoecological approach (charla). XVII Congreso Mundial de Union Internacional de Ciencias Prehistoricas e Protohistoricas (UISPP) en Burgos (1-7 de Septiembre, 2014). |
| García-Moreiras, I., et al., The last glacial-interglacial transition in NW Iberia: new multi-proxy data of shallow marine sediments from the Ría de Vigo (poster). 9th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference (28-31 de Agosto, 2014), Padua, Italia. |
| García-Moreiras, I et al., Modern pollen and non-pollen palynomorph assemblages of salt marsh and subtidal environments from the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) (poster). 9th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference (28-31 de Agosto, 2014), Padua, Italia. |
| Muñoz Sobrino et al., Environmental history of a coastal insular system reconstructed from shallow marine records: the last three millennia in the Cies Islands (poster), 9th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference (28-31 de Agosto, 2014), Padua, Italia. |
| Muñoz Sobrino et al., The decline of hornbeam in SW Europe during the last glacial cycle: new data about Carpinus betulus L. in NW Iberia (charla). 9th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference (28-31 de Agosto, 2014), Padua, Italia. |
| García-Gil., S., et al., First identification of MIS 3 sediments in shallow marine environments from the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberia) (poster). 19th International sedimentological congress en Ginebra, Suíza (18-22 de Agosto, 2014). |
| García-Moreiras I. et al., Pollen analyses of modern and fossil samples obtained from different sedimentary environments in the Vilaboa salt-marsh (Ría de Vigo) (charla). 5nd International Conference, V Jornadas do Quaternario (13-14 de Diciembre, 2013), Oporto, Portugal. |
| Martínez Carreño et al., A Multi-proxy study of methane accumulations from Ría de Vigo, NW Spain (poster). 30th IAS Meeting of sedimentology en Manchester (2-5 de Septiembre, 2013). |
| García-Moreiras I. et al., Lateglacial early Holocene transition in SW Europe: a high resolution multiproxy record from Laguna de la Roya (NW Iberia) (poster); 2nd International APLE-APLF Conference, Madrid, España (17-20 de Septiembre, 2013): Contribuciones publicadas en: Testillano P.S., Pardo C., Risueño, M.C., López-Cepero, J.M. (2013): 2nd International APLE-APLF Congress, Madrid, pp.148. ISBN: 978-84-616-5218-1 |
| García-Moreiras I. et al., Pollen analyses of surface samples obtained from different sedimentary environments in the Vilaboa salt-marsh (Ría de Vigo) (poster). 2nd International APLE-APLF Conference, Madrid, España (17-20 de Septiembre, 2013): Contribuciones publicadas en: Testillano P.S., Pardo C., Risueño, M.C., López-Cepero, J.M. (2013): 2nd International APLE-APLF Congress, Madrid, pp.148. ISBN: 978-84-616-5218-1 |