Research Assistant

Phone: 928 454 440

ico.martinez@ulpgc.es

Departamento de Biología, Edificio de Ciencias Básicas
Campus Universitario de Tafira, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain

Research interests

  • Marine Ecophysiology
  • Biochemical Oceanography
  • Marine Pollution
  • Microplastics

Ico's papers

Lagrangian tracking of long-lasting plastic tags: From lobster fisheries in the USA and Canada to Macaronesia

CIVIDANES M., AGUIAR-GONZÁLEZ B., GÓMEZ M., HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., PHAM C.K., PÉREZ L., MACHÍN F., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 198: 115908, 2024.

Life stage-specific effects of tire particle leachates on the cosmopolitan planktonic copepod Acartia tonsa

MOREIRA W., ALONSO O., PAULE A., MARTÍNEZ I., LE DU-CARREÉ J., ALMEDA R. , Environmental Pollution, 343: 123256, 2024.

Occurrnece and size distribution study of microplastics in household water from different cities in continental Spain and the Canary Islands

GÁLVEZ-BLANCA V., EDO C., GONZÁLEZ-PELITER M., ALBENTOSA M., BAYO J., BEIRAS J., FERNÁNDEZ-PIÑAS F., GAGO J., GÓMEZ M., GONZÁLEZ-CASCOÓN R., HERNÁNDEZ-BORGES J., LANDABURU-AGUIRRE J., MARTÍNEZ I., MUNIATEGUI-LORENZO S., ROMERA-CASTILLO C., ROSAL R. Water Research, 238: 120044, 2023.

Searching for hotspots of neustonic microplastics in the Canary Islands

CAMPILLO A., ALMEDA R., VIANELLO A., GÓMEZ M., MARTÍNEZ I., NAVARRO A., HERRERA A. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 192: 115057, 2023.

A nationwide monitoring of atmospheric microplastic deposition

EDO, C., FERNÁNDEZ-PIÑAS, F., LEGANES, F., GÓMEZ, M., MARTÍNEZ, I., HERRERA, A., ... & GONZÁLEZ-PLEITER, M. Science of The Total Environment, 905: 166923, 2023.

Microplastics ingestión and chemical pollutants in seabirds of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

NAVARRO A., PÉREZ-LUZARDO O., GÓMEZ M., ACOSTA-DACAL A., MARTÍNEZ I., FELIPE DE LA ROSA J., MACÍAS-MONTES A., SUÁREZ-PÉREZ A., HERRERA A. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 186: 114434, 2023.

How far has our waste gone?

HERRERA A., ASENSIO M., BONDYALE-JUEZ D., MARTÍNEZ I., RAPP J., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 174: 113168, 2022.

Bioaccumulation of additives and chemical contaminants from environmental microplastics in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

HERRERA A., ACOSTA-DACAL A., PÉREZ LUZARDO O., MARTÍNEZ I., RAPP J., REINOLD S., MONTESDEOCA-ESPONDA S., MONTERO D., GÓMEZ M. Science of The Total Environment, 822: 153396, 2022.

Ingestion of polyethylene microspheres occur only in presence of prey in the jellyfish Aurelia aurita

ROMERO-KUTZNER V., TARÍ J., HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., BONDYALE-JUEZ D., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 175: 113269, 2022.

Wind Drifting vs. Pulsating Swimming Jellyfish: Respiratory Metabolism and Composition Differences in Physalis physalis, Velella velella, Aurelia aurita, and Pelagia noctiluca

BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., PURCELL J.E., MARTÍNEZ I., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:817196, 2022.

First inventory of marine debris on Alegranza, an uninhabited island in the Northeast Atlantic

HERRERA A., RIVERA J.A., MORENO T., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178: 113604, 2022.

Medusas en Canarias: Explorando su papel en la cadena trófica

BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M., OKEANOS, ISSN: 2444-4758; 14-15:104-114, 2022.

Microplastic ingestion in jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) in the North Atlantic Ocean

RAPP J., HERRERA A., BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., GONZÁLEZ-PLEITER M., REINOLD S., ASENSIO M., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166: 112266, 2021.

Evidence of microplastic ingestion by cultured European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

REINOLD S., HERRERA A., SALIU F., HERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ C., MARTÍNEZ I., LASAGNI M., GÓMEZ M., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 168: 112450, 2021.

An annual study on plastic accumulation in surface water and sediment cores from the coastline of Tenerife (Canary Island, Spain)

REINOLD S., HERRERA A., STILE N., SALIU F., HERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ C., MARTINEZ I., ORTEGA Z., MARRERO M.D., LASAGNI M., GÓMEZ M., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173: 113072, 2021.

First evaluation of neustonic microplastics in the Macaronesian region, NE Atlantic

HERRERA A., RAYMOND E., MARTÍNEZ I., ÁLVAREZ S., CANNING-CLODE J., GESTOSO I., PHAM C.K., RÍOS N., RODRÍGUEZ Y., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153, 110999, 2020.

Protein in marine plankton: A comparison of spectrophotometric methods

MARTÍNEZ I., HERRERA A., TAMES-ESPINOSA M., BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 526, 151357, 2020.

Metabolic responses of subtropical microplankton after a simulated deep-water upwelling event suggest a possible dominance of mixotrophy under increasing CO2 levels

TAMES-ESPINOSA M., MARTÍNEZ I., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., COCA J., ALGUERÓ-MUÑIZ M., HORN H.G., LUDWIG A., TAUCHER J., BACH L., RIEBESELL U., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:307, 2020.

¿Qué sabemos de los microplásticos en Canarias?

HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M., Okeanos, 11, 38-45, 2020

Deep learning approach for automatic microplastics counting and classification

LORENZO-NAVARRO J., CASTRILLÓN-SANTANA M., SÁNCHEZ-NIELSEN E., ZARCO B., HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M., Science of Total Environment, In press, 142728, 2020.

SMACC: A System for Microplastics Automatic Counting and Classification

LORENZO-NAVARRO J., CASTRILLÓN-SANTANA M., SANTESARTI E., DE MARSICO M., MARTÍNEZ I., RAYMOND E., GÓMEZ M., HERRERA A. IEEE Xplore, 8(1), 25249-25261, 2020

Study of plastic pollution and its potential sources on Gran Canaria Island beaches (Canary Islands, Spain)

RAPP J., HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., RAYMOND E., SANTANA A., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153, 110967, 2020.

Sampling and processing microplastics from surface waters

HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., GÓMEZ M., RAPP J., RAYMOND E., ÁLVAREZ S., GESTOSO I., CANNING-CLODE J. Report prepared as part of PLASMAR Project (co-financed by ERDF as part of POMAC 2014-2020), 22pp, 2019

Microplastic ingestion by Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in the Canary Islands coast

HERRERA A., ŜTINDLOVÁ A., MARTÍNEZ I., RAPP J., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., SAMPER M.D., MONTOTO T., AGUIAR-GONZÁLEZ B., PACKARD T., GÓMEZ M.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 139, 127-135, 2019

Organic pollutants in marine plastic debris from Canary Islands beaches

CAMACHO M., HERRERA A., GÓMEZ M., ACOSTA-DACAL A., MARTÍNEZ I., HENRÍQUEZ-HERNÁNDEZ L.A., LUZARDO O.P.
Science of The Total Environment, 662, 22-31, 2019

Food supply effects on the asexual reproduction and respiratory metabolism of Aurelia aurita polyps

PURCELL E.E., BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., MARTÍNEZ I., CAPRIOLI R., TAMES-ESPINOSA M., ALMUNIA J., ALONSO E., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Hydrobiologia, 846, 135-146, 2019.

Bio-marcadores para evaluar el estado de salud de las comunidades biológicas (Índice CEA)

MARTÍNEZ I., HERRERA A., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Okeanos, 9, 16-18, 2019

Microplastics: the invisible threat

HERRERA A., MARTÍNEZ I., RAPP J., RAYMOND E., GÓMEZ M. Frontiers in Marine Science. Conference Abstract: XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), 2019. doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00159

Energetic cost derived of short-term starvation on marine crustacean Palaemon elegans

MARTÍNEZ I., HERRERA A., HERRERA I., BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., TAMES-ESPINOSA M., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M. Frontiers in Marine Science. Conference Abstract: XX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies (SIEBM XX), 2019. doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2019.08.00191

Microplastic and tar pollution on three Canary Islands beaches: An annual study

HERRERA, A., ASENSIO, M, MARTÍNEZ, I, SANTANA, A., PACKARD, T.T., M. GÓMEZ.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 129(2), 494-502, 2018

Novel methodology to isolate microplastics from vegetal-rich samples

HERRERA, A., P. GARRIDO-AMADOR, I. MARTÍNEZ, M.D. SAMPER, J. LÓPEZ_MARTÍNEZ, M. GÓMEZ, T. PACKARD. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 129(1), 61-69, 2018

NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase activity in marine plankton

TAMES-ESPINOSA M., MARTINEZ I., ROMERO-KUTZNER V., BONDYALE-JUEZ D.R., PACKARD T.T., GOMEZ M.
Marine Chemistry, 204, 86-94, 2018

Sampling and processing micro and mesoplastic samples from sandy beaches

HERRERA, A.; MARTINEZ, I.; GÓMEZ, M.; RAPP J.; ÁLVAREZ, S.;GESTOSO, I.; CANNING-CLODE,
J.
Report prepared as part of PLASMAR Project (co-financed by ERDF as part of POMAC 2014-2020).14pp, 2018

Influence of ocean acidification and Deep Water Upwelling on oligotrophic plankton communities in the subtropical North Atlantic: Insights from an In situ Mesocosm Study

TAUCHER, J., L.T., BACH, T. BOXHAMMER, A. NAUENDORF, THE GRAN CANARIA KOSMOS CONSORTIUM, E.P. ACHTEBERG, y 60 autores más
Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (85), 1-18, 2017.

Microtrofic Project

HERRERA, A., I. MARTÍNEZ, T.T. PACKARD, M. ASENSIO, M. GÓMEZ
Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems, 69-70, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-812271-6

Planktonic potential CO2 emission calculation: Preliminary results by applying an adapted enzymatic methodology to marine ecosystems

Tames-Espinosa, M., Martínez, I., Packard, T.T., & Gómez, M. (2015). Planktonic potential CO2 emission calculation: Preliminary results by applying an adapted enzymatic methodology to marine ecosystems. In: V. Díaz del Río, P. Bárcenas, L.M. Fernández-Salas, N. López-González, D. Palomino, J.L. Rueda, O. Sánchez-Guillamón, J.T. Vázquez (eds): Volumen de Comunicaciones presentadas en el VIII Simposio sobre el Margen Ibérico Atlántico. Ediciones Sia Graf, Málaga, pp.: 1-4.

Zooplankton secondary production model: A comparison based on Daphnia magna cultures

Gómez M., I. Martínez, I. Mayo, J.M. Morales, A. Santana and T.T. Packard.
ICES J. Mar.Sci., 69(3), 421-428, 2012. 

Respiration and Potencial Respiration in Brine Shrimp Artemia salina

Martinez, I., M. Gómez, T. Packard
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 390 (2), 78-83, 2010