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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sebastian Martin Kraft

Citation names

  • Kraft, Sebastian

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8314-284D-BD05
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0719-8040

Websites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/11/20 - 2024/11/08
Concluded
Ciências do Mar, da Terra e do Ambiente (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Multi-dimensional dynamics of an elasmobranch-assemblage in a marine park " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/03/01 - 2019/11/17
Concluded
Magíster en Ciencias Biológicas (Magister)
Universidad de Chile, Chile
"Varamiento de calderones de aleta larga en la Patagonia Chilena: Contribución a la estructura genética, social y la filogeografía de la especie" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/03/01 - 2014/10/14
Concluded
Marine biologist (Bachelor)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
"Actualización de guía para el reconocimiento de condrictios de Chile" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/05/01 - 2020/10/31 Genomics Antarctic Biodiversity
Research assistant
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/05/01 - Current Trammel net Selectivity (TramSel) ll
Research Officer
Universidade do Algarve Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2015/12/12 Solicitud de cotización para Estudio Ecosistémico de depredadores tope en el cordón montañoso del Archipiélago de Juan Fernández. Fase: determinación de patrones migratorios de dos especies de tiburones
Researcher
United Nations Office for Project Services, Denmark
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2014/03/19 - 2014/04/11 OCEARCH Expedition Chile
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Part of scientific team
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Abecasis, D; Euriat, L.; Kraft, Sebastian; Winkler, A. C.. "First insigths on the spatial ecology of the common eagle ray Myliobatis aquila". Paper presented in Sharks International Conference 2022, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Fanna, Samuele; Gandra, Miguel; Kraft, Sebastian; Martínez-Ramírez, Lucas; Vilas Fernández, Cesar; Winkler, Alexander; Abecasis, David. Corresponding author: Fanna, Samuele. "Movement patterns and connectivity of Argyrosomus regius along the Southwest coast of Portugal using network analysis". Ocean & Coastal Management (2026):
    Under revision
  2. Ohayon, Sarah; Abecasis, David; Almeida, Pedro R.; Alós, Josep; Aspillaga, Eneko; Belo, Ana Filipa; Costa, José Lino; et al. "Fully protected marine areas linked to reduced home ranges of fishes". Fish and Fisheries (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12859.
    10.1111/faf.12859
  3. S. Kraft; A. C. Winkler; D. Abecasis; J. Mourier. "Long-term co-occurrence and gregariousness in the migratory common stingray using network analysis". Marine Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04498-z.
    10.1007/s00227-024-04498-z
  4. S. Kraft; A.C. Winkler; D. Abecasis. "Seasonal movement dynamics of the commercially important thornback ray (Raja clavata) in a coastal marine protected area". Ocean & Coastal Management (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107210.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107210
  5. Sebastián Kraft; Alexander Claus Winkler; David Abecasis. "Horizontal and vertical movements of the critically endangered Rostroraja alba in a coastal marine protected area". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4204.
    10.1002/aqc.4204
  6. Lucas Martínez-Ramírez; Luis Bentes; André Dias; Karim Erzini; Miguel Gandra; Sebastian Kraft; Alexander C. Winkler; David Abecasis. "Tagging mortality in acoustic telemetry studies: Insights from a multispecies analysis". Journal of Fish Biology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15790.
    10.1111/jfb.15790
  7. Sebastián Kraft; Ítalo Fernández-Cisternas; Miguel Araya; Francisco J. Concha. "Redescription of the Chilean angel shark Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887) (Squatiniformes, Squatinidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (2024): https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2515.
    10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2515
  8. Lennox, Robert J.; Afonso, Pedro; Birnie-Gauvin, Kim; Dahlmo, Lotte S.; Nilsen, Cecilie Iden; Arlinghaus, Robert; Cooke, Steven J; et al. "Tracking aquatic animals to understand a world increasingly shaped by a changing climate and extreme weather events". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145.
    10.1139/cjfas-2023-0145
  9. S. Kraft; A.C. Winkler; D. Abecasis. "Small coastal marine protected areas offer recurring, seasonal protection to the common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)". Ocean & Coastal Management (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106891.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106891
  10. Sebastián Kraft; Francisca Rodríguez; Carlos Olavarría; Elie Poulin; María José Pérez-Álvarez. "Genetic Analysis as a Tool to Improve the Monitoring of Stranded Cetaceans in Chile". Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12050748.
    10.3390/biology12050748
  11. S. Kraft; M. Gandra; R. J. Lennox; J. Mourier; A. C. Winkler; D. Abecasis. "Residency and space use estimation methods based on passive acoustic telemetry data". Movement Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00364-z.
    10.1186/s40462-022-00364-z
  12. Sebastian Kraft. "From Settlers to Subspecies: Genetic Differentiation in Commerson’s Dolphins Between South America and the Kerguelen Islands". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.782512.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.782512
  13. Sebastian Kraft. "Phylogeography and demographic inference of the endangered sei whale, with implications for conservation". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 12 (2021): 3554-3563. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3717.
    10.1002/aqc.3717
  14. Pérez-Álvarez, MJosé; Kraft, Sebastian; Segovia, Nicolás I.; Olavarría, Carlos; Nigenda-Morales, Sergio; Urbán, Jorge; Viloria-Gómora, Lorena; et al. "Contrasting Phylogeographic Patterns Among Northern and Southern Hemisphere Fin Whale Populations With New Data From the Southern Pacific". Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.630233.
    10.3389/fmars.2021.630233
  15. Sebastián Kraft; MJosé Pérez-Álvarez; Carlos Olavarría; Elie Poulin. "Global phylogeography and genetic diversity of the long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas, with new data from the southeastern Pacific". Scientific Reports (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58532-3.
    10.1038/s41598-020-58532-3
  16. Pérez-Álvarez, MJosé; Vásquez, Rodrigo; Moraga, Rodrigo; Santos-Carvallo, Macarena; Kraft, Sebastian; Sabaj, Valeria; Capella, Juan; et al. "Home sweet home: social dynamics and genetic variation of a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin population off the Chilean coast". Animal Behaviour (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.009.
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.009
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/10/11 Seasonal movement patterns of the common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca in and out of a temperate coastal marine protected area Sharks International 2022
Save our Seas Foundation, Shark Conservation Fund (Valencia, Spain)
2022/09/15 Residence and home range of three batoid species in a Portuguese marine protected area 16th International Conference Littoral22
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Costa da Caparica, Portugal)
2022/05/16 Residency and home range estimation methods based on passive acoustic telemetry 3rd International Lake Fish Telemetry Group Workshop
European Tracking Network (ETN/eCOST) (Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic)
2021/11/16 Residence and home range of the endangered white skate (Rostroraja alba) in a marine protected area 2021 Ocean Tracking Network Symposium
Ocean Tracking Network (Online)
2019/12/11 Marked phylogeographic differentiation of sei whale based on mitochondrial DNA analyses from Northern and Southern Hemisphere populations World Marine Mammal Conference '19
European Cetacean Society, The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Barcelona, Spain)
2019/12/11 Marked phylogeographic differentiation of Sei whale based on mitochondrial DNA analyses from Northern and Southern Hemisphere populations World Marine Mammal Conference '19
European Cetacean Society, The Society for Marine Mammalogy (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/11/06 Genetic diversity and relatedness in Globicephala melas, a species of high social cohesion, in two mass strandings documented in the Chilean Patagonia XII Conference of the Latin-American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals
Latin- American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals (Lima, Peru)
2018/11/05 Genetic diversity of South East Pacific fin whales and lack of genetic differentiation between Southern Hemisphere populations XII Conference of the Latin-American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals
Latin- American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals (Lima, Peru)
2018/05/16 Genetic diversity and relatedness in Globicephala melas, a species of high social cohesion, in a mass stranding at Isla Clemente, Aysén Region XXXVIII Conference of the Chilean Society of Marine Sciences
Chilean Society of Marine Sciences (Valdivia, Chile)
2016/11/30 From settlers to subspecies: Genetic differentiation in Cephalorhynchus commersonii between South America and Kerguelen XI Conference of the Latin- American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals
Latin- American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals (Valparaíso, Chile)
2016/11/29 Home sweet home: social structure dynamic and genetic variation of a long-term resident bottlenose dolphin population off central Chile XI Conference of the Latin-American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals
Latin- American Society of Specialists in Aquatic Mammals (Valparaíso, Chile)
2016/05/26 Marcaje de tiburones pelágicos en el sistema de la Corriente de Humboldt entre Valparaíso e Islas Juan Fernández: 2015 XXXVI Conference of the Chilean Society of Marine Sciences
Chilean Society of Marine Sciences (Concepción, Chile)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/08/01 - 2024/09/09 Habitat selectivity of three sympatric batoid species (Dasyatis pastinaca, Raja clavata, Rostroraja alba) in the Arrábida Marine Park
Co-supervisor
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
2023/02/01 - 2023/07/07 Espécies com elevado valor comercial resistem às rejeições na pesca
Co-supervisor
Biologia Marinha (Other)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2017/09/24 - 2017/12/14 Analysis of worldwide historical records of strandings in two cetacean species, Balaenoptera physalus and Globicephala melas.
Co-supervisor

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/05/31 - 2025/07/02 ICES Journal of Marine Science
2025/05/07 - 2025/05/31 Marine Ecology Progress Series
2025/01/18 - 2025/01/27 Journal for Nature Conservation
2023/11/23 - 2024/02 Journal of Fish Biology (1095-8649) Wiley
2023/06/06 - 2023/07/03 Journal of Animal Ecology (1365-2656) Wiley
2022/11/08 - 2023/05/08 Endangered Species Research (1613-4796) Inter-Research Science Publisher

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022/04/19 - 2022/06/06 First insights on the spatial ecology of the Common eagle ray Myliobatis aquila Laurine Euriat
2022/04/19 - 2022/05/26 Co-supervision of internship Laurine Euriat
2019/04/10 - 2019/07/26 Co-supervision of undergraduate Research Unit Mercedes Araya
Distinctions

Award

2014 Juan Carlos Castilla Award to best B.Sc. in Marine Biology
2012 Academic Excellence Scholarship
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Chile

Other distinction

2020 “la Caixa” Doctoral INPhINIT Incoming Fellowship
Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa', Portugal
2017 Concurso de beca de magíster nacional
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Chile