Inmaculada Herrera Rivero

Inmaculada Herrera Rivero is a Competitive Researcher (Doctor) in Botany at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, affiliated with the GIR ECOAQUA: Biodiversity and Conservation research group and the IU of Research in Sustainable Aquaculture and Ec. Her work focuses on marine plankton communities, fisheries management, and environmental impacts on aquatic organisms.

• Affiliations: Department of Botany, IU of Sustainable Aquaculture, GIR ECOAQUA Group

Her research interests span zooplankton ecology, subtropical marine ecosystems, fisheries resource assessment, and climate effects on marine life. Recent studies include analyses of gelatinous organisms in oligotrophic waters and zooplankton communities near volcanic lava deltas in La Palma.

She has advised students on topics like anchovy otolith interpretation (2012) and zooplankton dynamics in volcanic deltas (2023/2024). Her work interfaces with sustainable aquaculture and biodiversity conservation in Canary Islands waters.