Daniel Gómez-Gras
@danigomezgras.bsky.social
Marine Ecologist. 🤿🪸 Postdoctoral researcher at @medrecover.bsky.social (@ub.edu & @irbio-ub.bsky.social). Marine biodiversity | Global change | Marine heatwaves | Coral ecosystems
🪸 Data manager for Class Octocorallia at www.coraltraits.com
🪸 Data manager for Class Octocorallia at www.coraltraits.com
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The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
Scientific Data - The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
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Since 2016, the Coral Trait Database (www.coraltraits.org) has contributed to the advancement of coral reef science globally. However, data on #octocorals —key components of many coral ecosystems— was missing... until NOW. 🎉 The Octocoral Trait Database is here! 👇
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🚨 our August issue is now live! buff.ly/HzYBKQL
🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS
🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS
August 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨 our August issue is now live! buff.ly/HzYBKQL
🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS
🪸 it includes papers from our latest cross-journal Special Feature, "Marine Heatwaves". You can read the full list of papers in the feature, including papers from @funecology.bsky.social & @journalofecology.bsky.social, here: buff.ly/qXHEMjS
In this SF, published across the @animalecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social y.social and @funecology.bsky.social we present a collection of 13 studies that address some of the most pressing knowledge gaps in MHW ecology. 🌊🔥👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
August 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
In this SF, published across the @animalecology.bsky.social, @journalofecology.bsky.social y.social and @funecology.bsky.social we present a collection of 13 studies that address some of the most pressing knowledge gaps in MHW ecology. 🌊🔥👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Tras hablar del impacto de los incendios submarinos, hoy viajamos con @danigomezgras.bsky.social
a mares más lejanos🌊, para visitar impresionantes arrecifes tropicales y conocer la amenaza del blanqueamiento de corales, que pone en riesgo su supervivencia 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/o...
a mares más lejanos🌊, para visitar impresionantes arrecifes tropicales y conocer la amenaza del blanqueamiento de corales, que pone en riesgo su supervivencia 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/o...
Olas de calor marinas y su impacto en arrecifes: el blanqueamiento de los corales
La semana pasada, Daniel Gómez Gras (Universidad de Barcelona) nos contaba el impacto de las cada vez más frecuentes olas de calor marinas en el coralígeno Mediterráneo. Lamentablemente, este fenóm…
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July 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Tras hablar del impacto de los incendios submarinos, hoy viajamos con @danigomezgras.bsky.social
a mares más lejanos🌊, para visitar impresionantes arrecifes tropicales y conocer la amenaza del blanqueamiento de corales, que pone en riesgo su supervivencia 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/o...
a mares más lejanos🌊, para visitar impresionantes arrecifes tropicales y conocer la amenaza del blanqueamiento de corales, que pone en riesgo su supervivencia 🌡️ ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/o...
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My research stay at @biologiaub.bsky.social is over and I could not be more satisfied and grateful for these 5 months.
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My research stay at @biologiaub.bsky.social is over and I could not be more satisfied and grateful for these 5 months.
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
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¿Has oído alguna vez hablar de los #incendios submarinos?🔥🌊
Hoy, @danigomezgras.bsky.social de
@medrecover.bsky.social nos explica las consecuencias ecológicas y el impacto de este fenómeno, cada vez más intenso y frecuente, en los corales mediterráneos 🌡️
ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/i...
Hoy, @danigomezgras.bsky.social de
@medrecover.bsky.social nos explica las consecuencias ecológicas y el impacto de este fenómeno, cada vez más intenso y frecuente, en los corales mediterráneos 🌡️
ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/i...
Incendios submarinos: las olas de calor son un infierno para los corales mediterráneos
Cantaba Mecano en los años 90 que «Hawaii y Bombay son dos paraísos». Lo que no podía imaginar Ana Torroja en aquel entonces es que, en el contexto actual de crisis climática, hasta el paraíso pued…
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July 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
¿Has oído alguna vez hablar de los #incendios submarinos?🔥🌊
Hoy, @danigomezgras.bsky.social de
@medrecover.bsky.social nos explica las consecuencias ecológicas y el impacto de este fenómeno, cada vez más intenso y frecuente, en los corales mediterráneos 🌡️
ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/i...
Hoy, @danigomezgras.bsky.social de
@medrecover.bsky.social nos explica las consecuencias ecológicas y el impacto de este fenómeno, cada vez más intenso y frecuente, en los corales mediterráneos 🌡️
ecomandanga.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/i...
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Comenzamos este taller sobre el coralígeno recordando a Kike Ballesteros y su gran labor en el estudio de este ecosistema emblemático. Su trabajo siempre será una inspiración para todos.
April 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Comenzamos este taller sobre el coralígeno recordando a Kike Ballesteros y su gran labor en el estudio de este ecosistema emblemático. Su trabajo siempre será una inspiración para todos.
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🌊🔬¡Recuerda, este jueves tenemos el taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo!
📅 [24/04/2025]
⌚[10:00](CET)
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@icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social
📅 [24/04/2025]
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April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌊🔬¡Recuerda, este jueves tenemos el taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo!
📅 [24/04/2025]
⌚[10:00](CET)
📄 Consulta la agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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@icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social
📅 [24/04/2025]
⌚[10:00](CET)
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🌊¡No te pierdas el próximo taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo!
📅 24/04/2025
🕒 10h (CET)
📍 Acceso como bajo registro
📄 Agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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📅 24/04/2025
🕒 10h (CET)
📍 Acceso como bajo registro
📄 Agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🌊¡No te pierdas el próximo taller online sobre la conservación del coralígeno en el Mediterráneo!
📅 24/04/2025
🕒 10h (CET)
📍 Acceso como bajo registro
📄 Agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗 Regístrate: docs.google.com/forms/d/11Xn... @icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social
📅 24/04/2025
🕒 10h (CET)
📍 Acceso como bajo registro
📄 Agenda: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔗 Regístrate: docs.google.com/forms/d/11Xn... @icmcsic.bsky.social @ub.edu @irbio-ub.bsky.social
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🧵Can marine restoration lead to ecological recovery?
🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition?
We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition?
We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Active restoration of a long-lived octocoral drives rapid functional recovery in a temperate reef
After a decade, a community with restored red coral nears the functional structure of natural ones.
www.science.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🧵Can marine restoration lead to ecological recovery?
🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition?
We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌊Success is often assessed by short-term survival of transplants, but what about long-term changes in community (trait) composition?
We studied this for a key Mediterranean octocoral. 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change. New ms in Nat CC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society - Nature Climate Change
In 2023–2024, widespread marine heatwaves associated with record ocean temperatures impacted ocean processes, marine species, ecosystems and coastal communities, with economic consequences. Despite wa...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change. New ms in Nat CC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to be attending the thesis dissertation of @cgalobart.bsky.social!! She did a great job exploring macroalgal forest restoration techniques and their success! 🌿🪸 @medrecover.bsky.social @marineforests.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Excited to be attending the thesis dissertation of @cgalobart.bsky.social!! She did a great job exploring macroalgal forest restoration techniques and their success! 🌿🪸 @medrecover.bsky.social @marineforests.bsky.social
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Professional update: I am now a visiting PhD student within @medrecover.bsky.social research group at Universidad de Barcelona @ub.edu
Thanks to Prof. Cristina Linares, @danigomezgras.bsky.social, & @polcapdevila.bsky.social who believed in my proposal and all lab members for their warm welcome!
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Thanks to Prof. Cristina Linares, @danigomezgras.bsky.social, & @polcapdevila.bsky.social who believed in my proposal and all lab members for their warm welcome!
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February 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Professional update: I am now a visiting PhD student within @medrecover.bsky.social research group at Universidad de Barcelona @ub.edu
Thanks to Prof. Cristina Linares, @danigomezgras.bsky.social, & @polcapdevila.bsky.social who believed in my proposal and all lab members for their warm welcome!
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Thanks to Prof. Cristina Linares, @danigomezgras.bsky.social, & @polcapdevila.bsky.social who believed in my proposal and all lab members for their warm welcome!
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Our last article on Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events is out in
@NatureComms
! 🪸🌱🐚🌡️🌊 A thread 👇🧵
nature.com/articles/s41...
@NatureComms
! 🪸🌱🐚🌡️🌊 A thread 👇🧵
nature.com/articles/s41...
February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our last article on Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events is out in
@NatureComms
! 🪸🌱🐚🌡️🌊 A thread 👇🧵
nature.com/articles/s41...
@NatureComms
! 🪸🌱🐚🌡️🌊 A thread 👇🧵
nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper alert! 🚨 We provide a first characterization of upper mesophotic coral assemblages in Santo Antão, Cabo Verde (Atlantic Ocean). 👇
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbenI7ED3...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbenI7ED3...
February 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Paper alert! 🚨 We provide a first characterization of upper mesophotic coral assemblages in Santo Antão, Cabo Verde (Atlantic Ocean). 👇
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbenI7ED3...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbenI7ED3...
Exciting news! I’m thrilled to share that my MSCA Marie Curie postdoc proposal has been granted! I’ll be joining the macroscopelab.com at MARE/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!
to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!
February 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Exciting news! I’m thrilled to share that my MSCA Marie Curie postdoc proposal has been granted! I’ll be joining the macroscopelab.com at MARE/ @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!
to study the functional vulnerability of global coral fauna. Looking forward to this new chapter!
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FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social
Apply – ExaGEO DLA
www.exageo.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social
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👀¡No te pierdas el semanario del ciclo de @biodiversosurjc.bsky.social de esta semana! Por @danigomezgras.bsky.social
🪸“Corals on the edge! Integrating approaches to explore coral ecosystem’s vulnerability to global change”
🗓️31 de enero
⏰12:00
📍Salón de grados Departamental II (URJC Móstoles)
🪸“Corals on the edge! Integrating approaches to explore coral ecosystem’s vulnerability to global change”
🗓️31 de enero
⏰12:00
📍Salón de grados Departamental II (URJC Móstoles)
January 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
👀¡No te pierdas el semanario del ciclo de @biodiversosurjc.bsky.social de esta semana! Por @danigomezgras.bsky.social
🪸“Corals on the edge! Integrating approaches to explore coral ecosystem’s vulnerability to global change”
🗓️31 de enero
⏰12:00
📍Salón de grados Departamental II (URJC Móstoles)
🪸“Corals on the edge! Integrating approaches to explore coral ecosystem’s vulnerability to global change”
🗓️31 de enero
⏰12:00
📍Salón de grados Departamental II (URJC Móstoles)
Since 2016, the Coral Trait Database (www.coraltraits.org) has contributed to the advancement of coral reef science globally. However, data on #octocorals —key components of many coral ecosystems— was missing... until NOW. 🎉 The Octocoral Trait Database is here! 👇
rdcu.be/d6qpy
rdcu.be/d6qpy
The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
Scientific Data - The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
rdcu.be
January 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Since 2016, the Coral Trait Database (www.coraltraits.org) has contributed to the advancement of coral reef science globally. However, data on #octocorals —key components of many coral ecosystems— was missing... until NOW. 🎉 The Octocoral Trait Database is here! 👇
rdcu.be/d6qpy
rdcu.be/d6qpy
🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST
November 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM
🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST
Is your research centered on the impacts of #GlobalChange on #MarineBiodiversity?🌊 Join us in Pontevedra, Spain, for the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting #AEETSIBECOL2025 (www.sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org) and present your findings & ideas in session TS(2)2! More details below👇
November 18, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Is your research centered on the impacts of #GlobalChange on #MarineBiodiversity?🌊 Join us in Pontevedra, Spain, for the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET meeting #AEETSIBECOL2025 (www.sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org) and present your findings & ideas in session TS(2)2! More details below👇