Postdoctoral Researcher

Phone: 928 454 440

alicia.herrera@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

Coordinated lines of research

    Microplastics and their effects in the trophic webs
    Marine ecophysiology
    Culture of experimental organisms
    Enzymatic biochemistry
    Plankton ecology and marine pollution
    Systematics, biogeography and ecology of marine plants

Alicia'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.

Microplastic and mesoplastic pollution in surface waters and beaches of the Canary Islands: A review

GARCÍA-REGALADO, A., HERRERA, A., ALMEDA, R., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201: 116230, 2024.

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.

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.

Thermal stress response of Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857) from the Canary Islands archipelago

GOUVEIA A., GODEFROID M., DUBOIS P, ESPINO F., TUYA F., HAROUN R., HERRERA A., OTERO-FERRER F. , Coral Reefs, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-02415-2

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microplastics in marine biota: A review

UGWU K., HERRERA A., GÓMEZ M., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169: 112540, 2021.

Impact of polypropylene microplastics and chemical pollutants on European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) gut microbiota and health

MONTERO D., RIMOLDI S., TORRECILLAS S., RAPP J., MORONI F., HERRERA A., GÓMEZ M., FERNÁNDEZ-MONTERO A., TEROVA G., Science of The Total Environment, 805: 150402, 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.

Micro and Nano-Plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future

VIGHI M., BAYO J., FERNÁNDEZ-PIÑAS F. , GAGO J. , GÓMEZ M. , HERNÁNDEZ-BORGES J. , HERRERA A. , …. , ROSAL R. In De Voogt, P.(Ed). Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Springer, vol257, pp 163-218, 2021.

Plastic pollution on eight beaches of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): An annual study

REINOLD S., HERRERA A., HERNÁNDEZ-GONZÁLEZ C., GÓMEZ M. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110847, 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.

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.

A Comprehensive First Baseline for Marine Litter Characterization in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic)

ÁLVAREZ S.,GESTOSO I., HERRERA A., RIERA L., CANNING-CLODE J. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 231, 182, 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.

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

Calculating new production from nitrate reductase activity and light in the Peru current upwelling

GONZÁLEZ-GALISTEO S., PACKARD T.T., GÓMEZ M., HERRER A., DUGDALE R.C., WILKERSON F.P., BARBER R.T., BLASCO D., CHRISTENSEN J.P., CODISPOTI L.A.
Progress in Oceanography, 173, 78-85, 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

Automatic Counting and Classification of Microplastic Particles

LORENZO-NAVARRO, J. CASTRILLÓN-SANTANA, M., GÓMEZ, M.., HERRERA, A., MARÍN-REYES, P.
ICPRAM 2018. Science and Technology Publications. 646-652. ISBN: 978-758-276-g

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

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

Vídeos tutoriales e interactivos como complementos para la formación

BONDYALE-JUEZ, D.R., A. HERRERA, V. ROMERO-KUTZNER, M.A. VIERA-RODRIGUEZ, M. GÓMEZ
Innovación Educativa en el ámbito de las TIC y las TAC, INNOEDUCATIC 2018, 5, 299-304

Los microplásticos: amenaza de los ecosistemas marinos

HERRERA, A., A, LIRIA, P. OSTIATEGUI, M. GÓMEZ.
OKEANOS, 12-17, 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

Improvement of microplastic extraction method in organic material rich samples

GARRIDO, P., A., ŠTINDLOVÁ, A., HERRERA, M. GÓMEZ
Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems, 120-121, 2016.ISBN: 978-0-12-812271-6

Microplastic ingestion by planktivorous fishes in the Canary Current

ŠTINDLOVÁ, A. P., GARRIDO, A. HERRERA, M. GÓMEZ.
Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems, 157-158, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-812271-6

Breaking Down the Plastic Age

BAZTAN, J., M. BERGMANN, A. BOOTH, E. BROGLIO, A. CARRASCO, O. CHOUINARD, M. CLUSENER-GODT, M. CORDIER, A. COZAR, L. DEVRIESES, H. ENEVOLDSEN, R. ERNESTEIN, M. FERREIRA-DA-COSTA, MC. FOSSI, J. GAGO, F. GALGANI, J. GARRABOU, G. GERDTS, M. GÓMEZ, A. GÓMEZ-PARRA, L. GUTOW, A. HERRERA, C. HERRING, T. HUCK, A. HUVET, A. LUSHER, A. MIGUELEZ, T. PACKARD, S. PAHL, I. PAUL-PONT, D. PEETERS, J. ROBBENS, A-C. RUIZ-FERNÁNDEZ, J. RUNGE, A. SÁNCHEZ-ARCILLA, P. SOUNDANT, C. SURETTE, R.C. THOMPSON, L. VALDÉS, J.P. VANDERLINDEN, N. WALLACE.
Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems, 177-181, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-812271-6

Seasonal variability of suprabenthic crustaceans associated with Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows off Gran Canaria (eastern Atlantic)

A Herrera, JM Landeira, F Tuya, T Packard, F Espino, M Gómez
Continental Shelf Research 88, 1-10, 2014

Potential respiration estimated by electron transport system activity in deep-sea suprabenthic crustaceans off Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)

Herrera, A., M. Gómez, T.T. Packard, P. Reglero, E. Blanco and C. Barberá-Cebrián
Journal of Marine Systems, 138, 104-111, 2014.

Zooplankton biomass and electron transport system activity around the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

Herrera, A., M. Gómez, T.T. Packard and M.L. Fernández de Puelles
Journal of Marine System,131:54-62, 2013.

Rearing techniques and nutritional quality of two mysids from Gran Canaria (Spain)

Herrera, A., M. Gómez, L. Molina, F. Otero, T.T. Packard
Aquaculture Research, 42, 677-683, 2011.

Effect of starvation and feeding on respiratory metabolism in Leptomysis lingvura (GO Sars, 1866)

Herrera, A., T.T. Packard, A. Santana and M. Gómez
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 409, 154-159, 2011

Advances in Rearing Techniques and Analysis of Nutritional Quality of Two Mysids Species present in Gran Canaria

Herrera, A., M. Gómez, L. Molina, F. Otero and T.T. Packard
Fish & Shellfisf Laviculture,171-174, 2009.