Research Professor within the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) since 1984. Scientific collaborating member of CSIC in the period 1972-1984. Acting Deputy Professor of the Deprtment of Ecology, University of Barcelona, 1970-1972. Doctor of Biology, University of Barcelona, 1976. Biology Graduate, University of Barcelona, 1968, and in Medicine and Surgery in the same University in 1970.
Has been Senior Researcher in different projects, Spanish representative in diverse international projects and member of many national and international commissions and working groups. Her major field of activities is Oceanography, specialized in the ecology of marine phytoplankton. Author of over 100 publications, half of them in international journals and director of 8 doctoral theses.
- The Scientific Committee of Adena-WWW (World Wildlife Fund) Spain. 1990.
- The Steering Committee of the GEOHAB (Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms) of SCOR-IOC. 1999.
- The Editorial Committee of ASLO.
- President on the SCOR Group in Spain.
- 1976 Extraordinary Doctoral Prize, University of Barcelona
- 1989 Extraordinary Graduate Prize and National End of Career Prize
- 1989 Ribbon of the Order of Saint Alphonse X the Wise
- 1992 Tregouboff Prize of the Paris Academy of Sciences.
- 1995 Narcis Monturiol Medal of Merit in Science and Technology (Generalitat de Catalunya)
- 2004 Cross of Saint George, Generalitat de Catalunya
- Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (1990)
- Catalonian Biological Society (Vice President, 1986-1989).
- American Society for the Advancement of Science
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).
- International Society of Limnology (SIL)
- Francophone Group of Protistologists
Estrada, M., Marrasé, C., Alcaraz, M.1988. Phytoplankton response to intermittent stirring and nutrient addition in marine microcosms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 48: 225-234.
Delgado, M., Estrada, M., Camp, J., Fernández, J.F., Sanmartí, M., Lleti, C., 1990. Development of a toxic Alexandrium minutum bloom in the harbour of Sant Carles de la Ràpita (Ebro Delta, northwestern Mediterranean). Scientia Marina, 54 (1): 1-7.
Estrada, M., Marrasé, C., Latasa, M., Bardalet, E., Delgado, M., Riera, T., 1993. Variability of deep chlorophyll maximum characteristics in the Northwestern Mediterranean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 92: 289-300.
Schloss, I., Estrada, M., 1994. Phytoplankton composition in the Weddell - Scotia Confluence area during austral spring in relation to hydrography. Polar Biol. 14: 77-0.
Estrada, M., 1995. Dinoflagellate assemblages in the Iberian upweling area. En: Lassus, P., Arzul, G., Erard, E., Gentien, P., Marcaillou, C. (eds.): Harmful marine algal bloorns. Technique et Documentation. Lavoisier, Intercept Ltd. Cachan, pp: 157-162.
Estrada, M., Bardalet, E., 1998. Effects of turbulence on phytoplankton. A,D,M. Anderson, A.D. Cambells, G.M Hallegraeff (eds.). Physiological ecology of harmful algal bloorns. NATO-ASI Series, vol. G41, Springer Verlang, Berlin, pp. 601-618.
Estrada, M., Varela, R.A., Salat, J., Cruzado, A., Arias, E., 1999. Spatio-temporal variability of the winter phytoplankton distribution across the Catalan and North Balearic fronts (NW Mediterranean). J. Plankton Res., 21: 1-20.
Morán, X. A. G., Estrada, M., 2001. Short-term variability of photosynthetic parameters and particulate and dissolved primary production in the Alboran Sea (NW Mediterranean) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 212: 53-67.
Estrada, M., Bardalet, E., Vila, M., Marrasé, C., 2003. Effects of pulsed nutrient enrichment on enclosed phytoplankton: ecophysiological and successional responses. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 32: 81-71.
Estrada, M., Henriksen, P., Gasol, J.M., Casamayor, E.O., Pedrós-Alió, C., 2004. Diversity of planktonic photoautotrophic microorganisms along a salinity gradient as depicted by microscopy, flow cytometry, pigment analysis and DNA-based methods. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 49: 281-283.