Abril Reynés Cardona

Abril Reynés Cardona, holding a Bachelor of Environmental Sciences from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) and an International Master of Sciences in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea), is a dedicated marine scientist committed to unravelling the interactions between marine ecosystems and human activities. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Ghent University and the Institute of Natural Sciences as part of the METRIC project. Abril’s objective is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how both global change and local human activities impact ecosystem services integrating elements of food-web topology and ecosystem functioning.

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Reynés-Cardona, A., De Borger, E., Vanaverbeke, J., Marina, T. I., Buyse, J., & Braeckman, U. (2026). Offshore wind farm development alters food web structure and carbon flows: Insights from a 14-year data-driven study. Ecological Indicators, 190, 115432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.115432
Jammar, C., Reynés-Cardona, A., Vanaverbeke, J., Lefaible, N., Moens, T., Degraer, S., & Braeckman, U. (2025). Decadal trends in macrobenthic communities in offshore wind farms: Disentangling turbine and climate effects. Journal of Sea Research, 203, 102557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102557