Maria José Juan Jordá

PhD Candidate, Universidade da Coruña

EDUCATION

PhD Student in Marine Biology 2007-present

Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Student in a Marie Curie EST Fellowship in METAOCEANS Project (2006-2009)
Advisors: Iago Mosqueira (European Commission Joint Research Center, Italy), Nick Dulvy (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Juan Freire (Universidade da Coruña, Spain)

M.S. Marine Resource Management 2003-2006

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Minor in Earth Information Science and Technology; concentrating in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing
Master Thesis: Integration of oceanographic information off the Washington and Oregon coasts into the West Coast groundfish ecology and management. Advisors: Jack Barth, Waldo Wakefield, Elizabeth Clarke, Jim Good and Dawn Wright.

B.S. Ocean Science (Dynamical Route Specialization) 1999-2002

University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom.
Final Degree Project: Simple model calculating the trajectory of fish larvae around Grand Canary Island, Spain. Advisor: Des Barton.

PUBLICATIONS

Juan-Jordá, M.J., Mosqueira, I., Cooper, A.B. & Dulvy, N.K. (2011) Global population trajectories of tunas and their relatives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1107743108).

Collette, B.B., Carpenter, K.E., Polidoro, B.A., Juan-Jordá, M.J., Boustany, A., Die, D.J., Elfes, C., Fox, W., Graves, J., Harrison, L.R., Mcmanus, R., Minte-Vera, C.V., Nelson, R., Restrepo, V., Schratwieser, J., Sun, C.-L., Amorim, A., Peres, M.B., Canales, C., Cardenas, G., Chang, S.-K., Chiang, W.-C., Leite, N. de O., Jr., H.H., Lessa, R., Fredou, F.L., Oxenford, H.A., Serra, R., Shao, K.-T., Sumaila, R., Wang, S.-P., Watson, R. & Yáñez, E. (2011) High value and long life — Double jeopardy for tunas and billfishes. Science, 333, 291-292.

Juan-Jordá, M.J., Dulvy, N.K., Cooper, A.B., Freire, J. & Mosqueira, I. (2010) Trends in spawning stock biomass, mean age, mean size at capture and threat status in relation to exploitation status in Atlantic scombrids. ICCAT, SCRS/2010/061.

Juan-Jordá, M.J., Barth, J.A., Clarke, M.E. & Wakefield, W.W. (2009) Groundfish species associations with distinct oceanographic habitats in the Northern California Current. Fisheries Oceanography, 18, 1-19.

Juan-Jordá, M.J. (2006) Integration of Oceanographic Information Off the Washington and Oregon Coasts into the West Coast Groundfish Ecology and Management. M.S. thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

I have a special interest in the management and conservation of tuna species and their relatives the bonitos, Spanish mackerels and mackerel.

I am a PhD student at the Universidade da Coruña under the supervision of Iago Mosqueira (European Commission Joint Research Center, Italy), Nick Dulvy (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Juan Freire (Universidade da Coruña, Spain).

Lab affiliations:

Grupo de Recursos Marinos y Pesquerías, Universidade da Coruña, Spain

Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Contact Information:

mjuanjorda(at)gmail.com

Recursos Marinos y Pesquerías
Departamento de Biología Animal, Vegetal y Ecología
Universidade da Coruña
Campus A Zapateira s/n
15071, A Coruña, Spain
Lab phone: +34-981167000, ext. 2204