Francoise Cabada-Blanco Portrait

Dr Fran Cabada-Blanco

Programme Lead (Post Graduate Taught)

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Faculty of Science and Health School of the Environment and Life Sciences Biological sciences Environmental Geography and Geosciences

Research interests

I specialise in applying multidisciplinary approaches for the conservation of marine biodiversity, working in the interface between research and practice. Early on in my academic career I focused on vairous systems as models, including coral reefs, coral's microbiota, plankton, seagrasses and rocky shores and used experimental approaches to describe ecological processes and the mechanisms that underpin them.

As I increased my time as practitioner, I became interested in socio-ecological systems and completed a Doctorate in conservation and management of marine resources. Currently my  research interest is twofold:

(1) on  techniques to assess the status of marine biodiversity more reliably, leveraging technology to improve the way and the pace high-level indicators are informed and updated.

(2) on imrpoving the systemic understanding of coastal seascapes, including their socio-economic and cultural dimenssions and how these affect, and are affected by, rates of ecological processes to test scenarios that inform the most effective implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) and climate adaptation.

 

Teaching responsibilities

Postgraduate:

  • School's Programme Lead for Postgraduate taught
  • Coordinator of the modules: Research Skilsl and Project at L7 and Fisheries Biology and Management
  • Contributor:
    • Marine Planning, Policy and Conservation 

Undergraduate

  • Contributor:
    • Marine Organisms and Ecosystems | Plankton, Macroalgae, Coral Reefs (L5)
    • Marine Ecology and Conservation | | Prioritisation frameworks for species conservation (L6)
    • Marine Ecophysiology | Physiological Responses of Macroalgae (L6)

Research outputs

2026

To release or not to release? Understanding sawfish release behavior in a global south complex fishery

Riya, S. C., Haque, A. B., D'Costa, N. G., Chowdhury, G. W., Cabada‐Blanco, F.

27 Sep 2026, In: Conservation Science and Practice, 22p., e70369

Research output: Article

The effects of car tyre additives (6PPD-quinone, DPG, and MBT) on activity behaviours of marine and freshwater amphipods

Obanya, H. E., Cabada-blanco, F., Green-Ojo, B., Couceiro, F., Ford, A. T.

1 Sep 2026, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 298, 14p., 107887

Research output: Article

Severe sawfish population decline in the northern Bay of Bengal

Haque, A. B., Riya, S. C., D'Costa, N. G., Chowdhury, G. W., Cabada-Blanco, F.

16 Jul 2026, In: Endangered Species Research. 60, 14p., esr01514

Research output: Article

2025

Toxicological assessment of tyre-derived compounds: effects of 6PPD-quinone, diphenylguanidine, and mercaptobenzothiazole on Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Obanya, H. E., Couceiro, F., Ford, A. T., Cabada-Blanco, F.

1 Sep 2025, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 286, 10p., 107457

Research output: Article

Eco-friendly structures for sustainable mangrove restoration

Mohan, M., Selvam, P. P., Ewane, E. B., Moussa, L. G., Asbridge, E. F., Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., Macreadie, P. I., Watt, M. S., Gillis, L. G., Cabada-Blanco, F., Hendy, I., Broadbent, E. N., Olsson, S. K., Marin-Diaz, B., Burt, J. A.

1 May 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 978, 11p., 179393

Research output: Article

Revealing the status of Orbicella: main reef-builder of Morrocoy National Park and Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Venezuela, Southern Caribbean

Yranzo-Duque, A., Herrera-Reveles, A. T., Villamizar, E., Cabada-Blanco, F., Pérez-Benítez, J., Boadas, H., Rodríguez Quintal, J. G., Pereira, C., Narciso, S., Bustillos, F. A.

7 Feb 2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 2, 16p., e0317728

Research output: Article

2024

Half of Atlantic reef-building corals at elevated risk of extinction due to climate change and other threats

Gutierrez, L., Polidoro, B., Obura, D., Cabada-Blanco, F., Linardich, C., Pettersson, E., Pearce-Kelly, P., Kemppinen, K., Alvarado, J. J., Alvarez-Filip, L., Banaszak, A., Casado de Amezua, P., Crabbe, J., Croquer, A., Feingold, J., Goergen, E., Goffredo, S., Hoeksema, B., Huang, D., Kennedy, E., Kersting, D., Kitahara, M., Kružić, P., Miller, M., Nunes, F., Quimbayo, J. P., Rivera-Sosa, A., Rodríguez-Martínez, R., Santodomingo, N., Sweet, M., Vermeij, M., Villamizar, E., Aeby, G., Alliji, K., Bayley, D., Couce, E., Cowburn, B., Nuñez Lendo, C. I., Porter, S., Samimi-Namin, K., Shlesinger, T., Wilson, B., Paiva, V. H. R.

15 Nov 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 11, 23p., e0309354

Research output: Article

Using local ecological knowledge to determine the status of Cantor's giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii in Kerala, India

Jain, A., Akshay, V. A., Deepak, V., Das, A., Barnes, P., Tapley, B., Cavada-Blanco, F.

1 May 2024, In: ORYX. 58, 3, p. 300-309, 10p.

Research output: Article

2023

Literature-based occurrences data of marine species in Venezuela

Peralta, A. C., Scott-Frias, J., Carmona-Suarez, C., Rodriguez, C., Perez-Benitez, J., Lopez-Ordaz, A., Marquez-Rojas, B., Lira, C., Gomez-Acevedo, S., Carballo-Barrera, Y., Rodriguez, B., Cavada-Blanco, F., Delgado, J. R., Klein, E.

3 Feb 2023, In: Biodiversity Data Journal. 11, 24p., e98213

Research output: Article

2022

Dendrogyra cylindrus: extinction risk assessment

Cavada-Blanco, F., Croquer, A., Vermeij, M., Goergen, L., Rodriguez, R.

22 Dec 2022, In: The Red List of Threatened Species

Research output: Article

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