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Beatriz Martínez Daranas

Country of origin: Cuba Currently in: Cuba, La Habana General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Academic Background

Degrees

1981 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms
1996 Master Biological Systems and Organisms
2008 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

My research is related to the ecology and conservation of coastal-marine ecosystems, i.e. seagrasses and coral reefs. The role of macrophytes as bioindicators of the state of the ecosystems, and the effects of stressful factors on them, including climate change.

Research Keywords: 
Ecology
seagrass
coral reefs
macroalgae
Conservation
Biodiversity

Publications resulting from Research: 


Suárez, A. M., Martínez-Daranas, B., Alfonso Sánchez, Y., Moreira-González, A. R., & Jover Capote, A. (2023). Lista actualizada de las macroalgas marinas cubanas. Acta Botanica Mexicana 130(e2196). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21829/abm130.2023.2196

Torres-Conde, E. G., van Tussenbroek, B. I., Rodríguez-Martínez, R. E., & Martínez-Daranas, B. (2023). Temporal changes in the composition of beached holopelagic Sargassum spp. along the northwestern coast of Cuba. Phycology, 3, 405–412. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/phycology3040027

Martínez-Daranas, B., Betanzos-Vega, A., Lopeztegui-Castillo, A., Capetillo-Piñar, N., Castellanos-Iglesias, S., 2021. Influence of several stressful factors on the condition of seagrasses at Sabana–Camagüey Archipelago, Cuba. Regional Studies in Marine Science 47(101939). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101939

Torres-Conde, E.G., Martínez-Daranas, B., Prieto, L., 2021. The Havana littoral, an area of distribution for Physalia physalis in the Atlantic Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science 44(101752). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101752

Castellanos-Iglesias, S., Siret-Martínez, S. L., Di Domenico, M., Martínez-Daranas, B., & Haddad, M. A. (2021). Epiphytic hydroid community as sentinels of seagrass condition and human impacts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, 112939. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112939

Sauvage, T., Wynne, M. J., Draisma, S. G. A., Ortegón-Aznar, I., Mateo-Cid, L. E., Mendoza-González, A. C., Martínez-Daranas, B., Fredericq, S. (2021). Caulerpa wysorii sp. nov., a denuded Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) resembling C. sertularioides when ‘dressed’. Phycologia. https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1862563

Suárez, A. M., Martínez-Daranas, B. (2020). Similitud de la ficoflora marina en zonas del Atlántico Occidental Tropical y Subtropical. Caldasia, 42(1), 85-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v42n1.73372

Suárez, A. M., Martínez-Daranas, B., Alfonso, Y. (2015). Macroalgas marinas de Cuba. La Habana: Editorial UH. ISBN: 987-959-7211-44-0 (Book)

Reed, J. K., González-Díaz, P., Voss, J. D., Busutil, L., Diaz, C., Pomponi, S. A., Farrington, S., Cobián-Rojas, D., David, A., Martínez-Daranas, B., Hanisak, M. D., González Mendez, J., Sturm, A. B., González Sánchez, P. M., García Hernández, M. R., Viamontes Fernández, J., Jiang, M., Laverick, J. H., & Zlatarski, V. N. (2023). Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Cuba. En: V. N. Zlatarski, J. K. Reed, S. A. Pomponi, S. Brooke, & S. Farrington (Eds.), Coral Reefs of Cuba (pp. 111-125). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36719-9_6 (Book chapter)

Suárez, A. M., & Martínez-Daranas, B. (2023). Macrophytes Associated with Cuban Coral Reefs. En: V. N. Zlatarski, J. K. Reed, S. A. Pomponi, S. Brooke, & S. Farrington (Eds.), Coral Reefs of Cuba (pp. 111-125). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36719-9_6 (Book chapter)



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Higher Education Study
Professor of Mainre Biology, Marine Botany and Scientific Methodology Researcher

Workshop and Conference Attended

2024 Naples, Italy 2024 World Seagrass Conference & 15th lnternational Seagrass Biology Workshop

Affiliations

Cuban Society of Botany
Experts Group of the Program of Science and Technology "Sustainable uses of the Cuban biodiversity"
Academy of Sciences of Cuba

Presentation given

2024
Developing the potential of Thalassia testudinum in the health sector in Cuba, following the Nagoya protocol and the biodiversity conservation
Naples, Italy
Event: 2024 World Seagrass Conference
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Feb 2017
Julian Acuña Award
Award of the Cuban Society of Botany for the contribution to the Botany in Cuba and the formation of new specialists
Apr 2016
National Award of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba in Natural and Exact General Sciences (2015)
Award for the book Macroalgas marinas de Cuba. La Habana: Editorial UH. Suárez, Martínez-Daranas & Alfonso (La Habana: Editorial UH, 2015)
Dec 2026
Prize of the Scientific Critique 2015 of the Cuban Institute of the Book, Cuba
Award for the book Macroalgas marinas de Cuba. La Habana: Editorial UH. Suárez, Martínez-Daranas & Alfonso (La Habana: Editorial UH, 2015)
Jun 2022
Award of the Havana University Principal (2021)
Award to professors and researchers due to relevant results in science and technology
Jun 2022
Special Distinction of the Ministry of Higher Education (2021)
Distinction of the Ministry of Higher Education due to merits in scientific, technological and innovative research to professors and researchers

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