Maria J Santos

Dr. Maria J Santos


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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 March 2022 in Nature Ecology & Evolution
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JCJeannine Cavender-Bares
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
FSFabian D. Schneider
Fabian D. Schneider
MSMaria J Santos
Maria J Santos
AAAmanda Armstrong
Amanda Armstrong
ACAna Carnaval
Ana Carnaval
AWAdam M. Wilson
Adam M. Wilson

1 November 2008 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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EHErin Hestir
Erin Hestir
SKShruti Khanna
Shruti Khanna
MAMargaret E. Andrew
Margaret E. Andrew
MSMaria J Santos
Maria J Santos
JVJoshua H. Viers
Joshua H. Viers
SUSusan Ustin
Susan Ustin

25 July 2022 in Nature Ecology & Evolution
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JGJosé M. Grünzweig
José M. Grünzweig
HBHans J. De Boeck
Hans J. De Boeck
Ana ReyAna Rey
Ana Rey
MSMaria J Santos
Maria J Santos
OAOri Adam
Ori Adam
DYDan Yakir
Dan Yakir

25 February 2019 in Sustainability
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WMWesley Malcorps
Wesley Malcorps
BKBjörn Kok
Björn Kok
MLMike Van‘t Land
Mike Van‘t Land
MFMaarten Fritz
Maarten Fritz
DDDavy van Doren
Davy van Doren
SDSimon Davies
Simon Davies
Aquaculture is central in meeting expanding global demands for shrimp consumption. Consequently, increasing feed use is mainly responsible for the overall environmental impact of aquaculture production. Significant amounts of fishmeal are included in shrimp diets, causing dependency on finite marine resources. Driven by economic incentives, terrestrial plant ingredients are widely viewed as sustainable alternatives. Incremental fishmeal substitution by plant ingredients in shrimp feed was modeled and effects on marine and terrestrial resources such as fish, land, freshwater, nitrogen, and phosphorus were assessed. We find that complete substitution of 20–30% fishmeal totals could lead to increasing demand for freshwater (up to 63%), land (up to 81%), and phosphorus (up to 83%), while other substitution rates lead to proportionally lower impacts. These findings suggest additional pressures on essential agricultural resources with associated socio-economic and environmental effects as a trade-off to pressures on finite marine resources. Even though the production of shrimp feed (or aquafeed in general) utilizes only a small percentage of the global crop production, the findings indicate that the sustainability of substituting fishmeal by plant ingredients should not be taken for granted, especially since aquaculture has been one of the fastest growing food sectors. Therefore, the importance of utilizing by-products and novel ingredients such as microbial biomass, algae, and insect meals in mitigating the use of marine and terrestrial resources is discussed.

7 March 2022 in Global Change Biology
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JSJoan Sturm
Joan Sturm
MSMaria J Santos
Maria J Santos
BSBernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid
ADAlexander Damm
Alexander Damm
Extreme events such as the summer drought of 2018 in Central Europe are projected to occur more frequently in the future and may cause major damages including increased tree mortality and negative impacts on forest ecosystem services. Here, we quantify the response of >1 million forest pixels of 10 × 10 m across Switzerland to the 2018 drought in terms of resistance, recovery, and resilience. We used the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) derived from Sentinel‐2 satellite data as a proxy for canopy water content and analyzed its relative change. We calculated NDWI change between the 2017 pre‐drought and 2018 drought years (indicating resistance), 2018 and the 2019 post‐drought (indicating recovery), and between 2017–2019 (indicating resilience). Analyzing the data from this large natural experiment, we found that for 4.3% of the Swiss forest the NDWI declined between 2017 and 2018, indicating areas with low resistance of the forest canopy to drought effects. While roughly 50% of this area recovered, in 2.7% of the forested area NDWI continued to decline from 2018 to 2019, suggesting prolonged negative effects or delayed damage. We found differential forest responses to drought associated with site topographic characteristics and forest stand characteristics, and to a lesser extent with climatic conditions and interactions between these drivers. Low drought resistance and high recovery were most prominent at forest edges, but also on south‐facing slopes and lower elevations. Tree functional type was the most important driver of drought resilience, with most of the damage in stands with high conifer abundance. Our results demonstrate the suitability of satellite‐based quantification of drought‐induced forest damage at high spatial resolution across large areas. Such information is important to predict how local site characteristics may impact forest vulnerability to future extreme events and help in the search for appropriate adaptation strategies.

1 July 2019 in Journal of Environmental Management
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RJRosalien E. Jezeer
Rosalien E. Jezeer
PVPita Verweij
Pita Verweij
RBRené G.A. Boot
René G.A. Boot
Martin JungingerMartin Junginger
Martin Junginger
MSMaria J Santos
Maria J Santos