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Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
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We’re a public research center of the @csic focused on aquatic biology and ecology, both marine and freshwater ecosystems. We're water, we're science! 💧🔬🌱🪸
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🎉 Per fi ha arribat el dia!

Ja podeu veure el vídeo que us obre les portes al #CEAB @csic.es: què fem, com i per què!

Investigació en ecologia i biodiversitat per entendre i protegir els ecosistemes aquàtics 🌊🌍

🎥 Mira el vídeo i descobreix la nostra feina! #SomCEAB
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Vídeo institucional del CEAB-CSIC (català)
YouTube video by CEAB CSIC
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🌍 How do #aquaticecosystems work, from mountain lakes and streams to the deep sea?Discover our work here 💙✨🔗 https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🔝The exhibition “Marine Invasive Species. The Silent Threat”, which we carried out together with the @museumaritim.bsky.social , can now be enjoyed as a 3D virtual tour. ✨All the information is available here 👇
Exposició virtual "Espècies invasores marines" | CEAB
L’exposició Espècies invasores marines. L’amenaça silenciosa, que es va poder visitar al Museu Marítim de Barcelona, ara es pot gaudir en forma de visita virtual en 3D. Es troba disponible en català, castellà i anglès. La mostra ens descobreix qüestions com que són les espècies invasores, quines són les principals vies d’introducció d’aquests organismes al… Exposició virtual “Espècies invasores marines”
www.ceab.csic.es
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
ℹ️ Did you know we are organized through thematic committees (#equality, #sustainability, #ethics, #wellbeing…)? They drive bottom-up actions and values for a more inclusive, ethical and sustainable Centre🌱🔽 https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/the-ceab/organisation-and-team/ceab-committees/
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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🌊 NEREUS is out! with ocean sciences news shared by @icmcsic.bsky.social @ieo.es @ceabcsic.bsky.social @submon.bsky.social Nº 314 - 17 December 2025

💻 Read here:
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✍️ Free Subscription:
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December 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🔝Sea urchin “halos” reveal when the #ecosystem is at risk. A study led by the CEAB-CSIC proposes this indicator for the #Mediterranean sea.✍️ M. Minguito Frutos(@ifremer.bsky.social)et al. ➕Info🔗
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/els-halos-de-les-garotes-una-nova-eina-per-detectar-ecosistemes-en-risc/
December 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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❗ La xarxa de reserves marines de les #IllesBalears, amenaçada www.dbalears.cat/balears/bale...
La xarxa de reserves marines de les Illes Balears, amenaçada
. Les entitats sotasignants volen expressar la seva màxima preocupació davant els...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Científicos llevan diez años denunciando un fraude masivo 👇

¿Es atún rojo lo que me sirven en Navidad? Un estudio denuncia que en el 90% de los casos no lo es, por @danielara.bsky.social 
¿Es atún rojo lo que me sirven en Navidad? Un estudio denuncia que en el 90% de los casos no lo es
Científicos llevan diez años denunciando un fraude masivo que empieza en los mercados centrales y acaba en los restaurantes
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December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ℹ️ What #infrastructure does the CEAB-CSIC have for carrying out #research? You can take a tour of the #laboratories, the facilities with associated #services, and the unique infrastructures by visiting our website ▶️ https://www.ceab.csic.es/infraestructures-singulars/
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🌄On #InternationalMountainDay, we highlight the importance of alpine ecosystems and invite you to explore the European project #LIFERESQUEALPYR, coordinated by CEAB-CSIC 👇
Life Resque AlPyr
Conservation of aquatic habitats and species in high mountains of the Alps and Pyrenees
liferesquealpyr.eu
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Differences between adults and juveniles matter for #ecosystem stability. Study by researchers from @ox.ac.uk @ifisc.uib-csic.es & CEAB-CSIC offers a model with this often-ignored aspect 👇
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/les-diferencies-entre-adults-i-juvenils-afavoreixen-lestabilitat-dels-ecosistemes/
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
📌Tomorrow the photographic exhibition “Kike Ballesteros’ Sea” opens, dedicated to the memory of the researcher. It will be on display from 11 December to 7 January at the Claustre del Carme de Maó (Menorca, Balears) ✨
Exposició "La mar d'en Kike Ballesteros" | CEAB
Aquest 11 de desembre s’inaugura l’exposició fotogràfica «LA MAR D’EN KIKE BALLESTEROS. La bellesa a través dels ulls d’un naturalista», dedicada a la memòria del doctor Enric “Kike” Ballesteros Sagarra. L’acte d’inauguració tindrà lloc a les 19.00 h, i comptarà amb les intervencions de: Emma Cebrian, investigadora del Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB/CSIC). Antoni Maria… Exposició “La mar d’en Kike Ballesteros”
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December 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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New article out in Ecology Letters!

Developing a general math model, we show how cross-stage interactions modify the stability predicted by classic unstructured models.

📄 Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability. @ox.ac.uk @ifisc.uib-csic.es @ceabcsic.bsky.social @csic.es
Population Structure Plays a Key Role in Community Stability
Population structure is a widespread yet underappreciated feature of ecological communities. Here, we develop a general theoretical framework integrating life-stage structure into community matrix mo...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
ℹ️What #infrastructure for #research do we have? Discover the #Microplastics Laboratory and Service: Detects and identifies nano-, micro- and macroplastic particles in water and sediment samples to support environmental research🧪
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/external-services/microplastics-laboratory/
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
ℹ️What #infrastructure and #services for #research do we have? Discover the Analytical Chemistry Lab & Service: supporting studies of #ecosystems and their condition by measuring nutrients and other key elements in freshwater and marine samples🧪
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/the-ceab/facilities/
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🔝 📗 New scientific article: "Breathing storms: Enhanced #ecosystemrespiration during #storms in a heterotrophic headwater #stream". By C. Játiva, S. Bernal et al. 🔗
Breathing storms: Enhanced ecosystem respiration during storms in a heterotrophic headwater stream
Abstract. Hydrological disturbances following storm events influence the structure and functioning of headwater streams. However, understanding how these disturbances impact critical processes such as stream metabolism is challenging. We assessed the effect of storm events on the resistance and resilience of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) in a heterotrophic headwater stream. We hypothesized that stream metabolism will show low resistance to storm events because GPP and ER will be either stimulated by inputs of limited resources (small storms) or suppressed by biofilm damage (large storms). We also expected resilience to decrease with the size of the storm event. To test these hypotheses, we hydrologically characterized 53 individual storm events during 4.5 years (period October 2018–February 2023) and estimated metabolic rates prior, during, and after each event. Individual storm events had different duration (from 4 to 32 d), and exhibited contrasting changes in discharge (discharge from 0.6 to 872.4 L s−1). Due to data and model constraints, we were able to estimate metabolic rates for 35 of these events, for which GPP and ER averaged 1.7 ± 1.8 and −13.4 ± 7 g O2 m−2 d−1, respectively. The two processes showed low resistance to storm events, with magnitudes increasing in 69 % and 86 % of the cases for GPP and ER, respectively. The relationship between hydrological parameters and changes in GPP was not statistically significant, while a positive relation with the magnitude of the storm event was found for ER (R2 > 0.37). Similarly, recovery times were positively related to the size of the event only for ER (R2 > 0.46). Yet recovery times were always lower than 6 d, suggesting that the positive effect of resource inputs on stream metabolic activity was limited over time. Our findings support the idea that storm events stimulate metabolic activity in headwater streams, especially ER, and highlight how changes in hydrological regimes could impact stream functioning and its role in global biogeochemical cycles.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Tenemos buenas noticias. Tras casi 70 años de seguimiento, un estudio realizado junto al @um.es @ucciuv.bsky.social. ; @ucciuv.bsky.social y @ceabcsic.bsky.social indica que las comunidades europeas de aves costeras muestran signos de recuperación mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac... 🧵👇🏿
Un estudio a largo plazo indica que las comunidades europeas de aves costeras muestran signos de recuperación | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Se ha llevado a cabo en los mares Báltico, del Norte y Mediterráneo
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December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
💙 Researchers who had collaborated with Enric “Kike” Ballesteros came together at the CEAB-CSIC on 2 December for a heartfelt tribute. Details, 👇 📸 @octavioaburto.bsky.social  
https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/homenatge-a-enric-kike-ballesteros/
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
💙Today at the CEAB-CSIC, we pay tribute to Enric “Kike” Ballesteros, a leading biologist and ecologist who passed away a year ago. We remember his scientific, outreach, and human legacy🔗
Acte d'homenatge a Kike Ballesteros | CEAB
Aquest dimarts 2 de desembre, de 9,30 h a 17 h, es duu a terme, a la seu central del Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), un gran acte d’homenatge a l’investigador del Centre Enric “Kike” Ballesteros, que ens va deixar fa un any. L’esdeveniment inclourà el descobriment de la placa i inaguració del renovat… Acte d’homenatge a Kike Ballesteros
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December 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ℹ️ Did you know we are organized through thematic committees (#equality, #sustainability, #ethics, #wellbeing…)? They drive bottom-up actions and values for a more inclusive, ethical and sustainable Centre🌱🔽 https://www.ceab.csic.es/en/the-ceab/organisation-and-team/ceab-committees/
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣#Tossa honors Enric “Kike” Ballesteros —the eminent ecologist who sadly passed away a year ago. Many institutions have already paid tribute, and this Sunday Tossa de Mar —a place deeply connected to him— will do so as well💙 https://visittossa.com/agenda_mensual/homenatge-a-enric-kike-ballesteros/
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌍 The #SALBIA project is back in Africa for fieldwork on the Gambia River. The team (CEAB-CSIC, IDAEA-CSIC, @uam.es, GREAT Institute Gambia) examines salinisation’s impacts 🔗 https://www.ceab.csic.es/avaluen-els-impactes-de-la-salinitzacio-dun-dels-principals-rius-de-lafrica/
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
ℹ️We took part in the #CitizenScience Forum held in Oropesa, Valencian Community. CEAB-CSIC researchers talked about @mosquitoalert.bsky.social and @obsdelmar.bsky.social🔗
Oropesa del Mar acerca la ciudadanía y la ciencia en el Foro Nacional de Ciencia Ciudadana
Oropesa del Mar ha sido hoy el epicentro del debate nacional sobre ciencia ciudadana con un foro que refuerza la conexión entre la sociedad, la investigación y las políticas públicas
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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👩🏻‍🔬Every month we study the Cystoseira s.l. forests at two coastal sites: Port de la Selva and Cala Estreta.

📏We look at aspects such as density, size and fertility of the individuals.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
📘 New scientific article: "Advancing Marine Conservation: Metabarcoding and
Metaphylogeography for a Multi-Year Biomonitoring of Benthic Communities of National Parks Across Two Seas". By X. Turon, A. Antich et al. 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.70121
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM