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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Marine and Environmental Biogeosciences Research Group (MERS) is based at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). MERS is addressing various key environmental biological and geochemical processes regulating the marine and freshwater realms as well as interacting with climate change. Human-induced global and climate change affects society, natural resources and economy around the world and the awareness of their impact has increased considerably in the last decades. Earth’s aquatic systems, supporting life through a variety of processes, are particularly sensitive to environmental and climatic changes.
The research group main mission is aiming to solve important environmental issues such as the anthropogenic impact on the ocean, the ocean in a high CO2 world, the dynamics of oceanic geochemical cycles, the interaction of marine organisms with climate and global change including biodiversity, the land-ocean transfer of matter, and understanding the natural system through paleoceanographic studies.
Directed by:
Patrizia Ziveri
Research lines
- Research lines:
- Marine carbon and carbonate cycling from biomineralization to global implications
- Source and fate of plastic pollution in the marine environment
- Submarine groundwater discharge and land-ocean interactions
- Tracing environmental processes and historical reconstructions with radionuclides
- CO2-induced ocean changes and paleo-perspectives, and carbon and energy exchange between coastal ecosystems and the atmosphere
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Stephanie Birnstiel Falcao Amorim
- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB)
- Marine and Environmental Biogeosciences Research Group (MERS)
Person: Novel research training Catalonia, Assignment to research
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Michael Grelaud .
- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB)
- Marine and Environmental Biogeosciences Research Group (MERS)
Person: Assignment to research, Regular researcher Staff
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Towards a net-zero climate-resilient Ebre Delta
Arias Ortiz, A. (Principal Investigator), Alemany Sancho, A. (Investigator), Alorda Montiel, I. (Investigator), Alvarez Segura, N. (Investigator), Badia Moragas, A. (Investigator), Barton, S. (Investigator), Bertomeu Paga, F. (Investigator), Cabanes Vizcarro, P. (Investigator), Estruch Puig, C. (Investigator), Frias, S. (Investigator), Ibáñez Martí, J. C. (Investigator), Molero Lorenzo, J. (Investigator), Roca Marti, M. (Investigator), Rodellas Vila, V. (Investigator) & Rodriguez Puig, J. (Investigator)
29/01/24 → 28/01/26
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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DeltEFlux: Advancing Carbon Monitoring in Wetlands of the Ebro Delta
Arias Ortiz, A. (Principal Investigator), Alorda Montiel, I. (Collaborator), Ibáñez Martí, J. C. (Investigator) & Rodellas Vila, V. (Investigator)
15/12/23 → 14/12/24
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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WINDERS: El papel de la resuspensión de sedimentos inducida por viento en los procesos de eutrofización del Mar Menor
Rodellas Vila, V. (Principal Investigator), Colomer Feliu, J. (Investigator), Gilabert Cervera, J. (Investigator), Arias Ortiz, A. (Collaborator), Green Ruiz, C. R. (Collaborator), Bergeler, S.-L. (Collaborator), Mena Oliver, C. (Collaborator), Soler Membrives, A. (Investigator), Soler Ortega, M. (Investigator), Serra Putellas, T. (Investigator), Sánchez Marín, P. (Investigator), Santos-Echeandía, J. (Investigator), Bernárdez Rodríguez, P. (Investigator), Belmonte Abellán, P. J. (Collaborator), Ferez Melgarejo, G. (Collaborator), Heimbürger-Boavida, L. E. (Collaborator), Velázquez Gómez, M. (Collaborator), López Castejón, F. (Collaborator), Romera Castillo, C. (Collaborator), Montero Curiel, M. (Collaborator), García-Bravo, A. (Collaborator), Ruiz-González, C. (Collaborator), Folkard, A. (Collaborator), Rodríguez de Mesas, C. (Collaborator), Bruach Menchen, J. M. (Collaborator), Fullana Leal, J. (Collaborator), Alcaraz Oliver, N. (Collaborator), Romano Gude, D. (Collaborator), Alorda Kleinglas, A. (Collaborator), Diego Feliu, M. (Collaborator), Rodriguez Puig, J. (Collaborator), Alorda Montiel, I. (Collaborator), Morote Sánchez, B. (Collaborator), Muñoz Piñol, M. (Collaborator), Roca Marti, M. (Collaborator), Casas Papell, G. (Collaborator) & Bratkic:, A. (Collaborator)
1/12/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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A critical trade-off between nitrogen quota and growth allows Coccolithus braarudii life cycle phases to exploit varying environment
de Vries, J., Monteiro, F., Langer, G., Brownlee, C. & Wheeler, G., 8 Apr 2024, In: Biogeosciences. 21, 7, p. 1707-1727 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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An uneven distribution of strontium in the coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii revealed by nanoscale X-ray fluorescence tomography
Walker, J. M., Greene, H. J. M., Moazzam, Y., Quinn, P. D., Parker, J. E. & Langer, G., 14 Feb 2024, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 26, 6, p. 966-974 9 p., D3EM00509G.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Simple, Low-Blank Batch Purification Method for High-Precision Boron Isotope Analysis
Trudgill, M., Nuber, S., Block, H. E., Crumpton-Banks, J., Jurikova, H., Littley, E., Shankle, M., Xu, C., Steele, R. C. J. & Rae, J. W. B., Mar 2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 3, e2023GC011350.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Radiogenic and stable isotopes of sediment core GeoB3808-6
Jonkers, L. (Creator), Zahn, R. (Contributor), Thomas, A. (Contributor), Henderson, G. (Contributor), Abouchami, W. (Contributor), François, R. (Contributor), Masque, P. (Contributor), Hall, I. R. (Contributor) & Bickert, T. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 1 Jun 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.843811, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.843811
Dataset
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Thorium-234, POC and PON fluxes during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/3, January-March 2012
Puigcorbé, V. (Creator), Roca-Martí, M. (Contributor), Masqué, P. (Contributor), Rutgers v. d. Loeff, M. (Contributor), Bracher, A. (Contributor), Cheah, W. (Contributor), Klaas, C. (Contributor), Iversen, M. H. (Contributor) & van der Loeff, M. R. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848823, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848823
Dataset
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Impact Of Mooring Activities On Carbon Stocks In Seagrass Meadows [dataset]
Serrano, O. (Creator), Ruhon, R. (Creator), Lavery, P. S. (Creator), Kendrick, G. A. (Creator), Hinkey, S. (Creator), Masque, P. (Creator), Arias-Ortiz, A. (Creator), Steven, A. (Creator) & Duarte, C. M. (Creator), Edith Cowan University, 16 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.4225/75/56c561fb1d419, https://doi.org/10.4225%2F75%2F56c561fb1d419
Dataset
Student theses
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Ra isotopes and Rn as a tool for the water management resources: the Alberquillas Aquifer (Málaga-Granada)
Josep Oriol López Plana (Author)Garcia Orellana, J. (Director) & Rodellas Vila, V. (Director), 17 Feb 2011Student thesis: Final degree project (TFG)
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Caracterització hidroambiental de la Vall d'Alinyà
Alonso, A. (Author), Betriu, F. (Author) & Campos, A. (Author)Rieradevall Pons, J. (Director), Boada Juncà, M. (Director), Duch Cortinas, J. (Director), Linares Santiago, R. (Director), Hierro Gutierrez, A. (Director), Gasol Martinez, C. (Director), Oliver-Solà, J. (Director) & Maneja Zaragoza, R. (Director), 2015Student thesis: Final degree project (TFG)
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Mediterranean coastal marine biodiversity under climate change: Local knowledge
Mallo, M. (Author), Reyes Garcia, V. E. (Director), Rossi, S. (Director) & Ziveri ., P. (Director), 17 Mar 2022Student thesis: Doctoral thesis