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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.
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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WINDERS: El papel de la resuspensión de sedimentos inducida por viento en los procesos de eutrofización del Mar Menor
Rodellas Vila, V., Arias Ortiz, A., Green Ruiz, C. R., Bergeler, S., Mena Oliver, C., Soler Membrives, A., Bruach Menchen, J. M., Romano Gude, D., Diego Feliu, M., Rodriguez Puig, J., Alorda Montiel, I., Colomer Feliu, J., Gilabert Cervera, J., Soler Ortega, M., Serra Putellas, T., Sánchez Marín, P., Santos-Echeandía, J., Bernárdez Rodríguez, P., Belmonte Abellán, P. J., Ferez Melgarejo, G., Heimbürger-Boavida, L. E., Velázquez Gómez, M., López Castejón, F., Romera Castillo, C., Montero Curiel, M., García-Bravo, A., RUIZ GONZALEZ, C., Folkard, A., Rodríguez de Mesas, C., Fullana Leal, J., Alcaraz Oliver, N. & Alorda-Kleinglass, A.
1/12/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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BIODIVERSIDAD GLOBAL DE CALCIFICADORES PLANCTONICOS MARINOS
Ziveri ., P., Mortyn , P. G., Anglada Ortiz, G., Johnson , R., Mallo Costa, M., Pallacks , S., Simon Sanchez, L., Grelaud ., M., Littley ., E. F. M., DE GARIDEL-THORON, T., GRAY, W., Langer, G., PROBERT, I., Schiebel, R., Zarkogiannis, S., Adekunbi, F. O., Addante, M. & Lucas Forcadell, A. M.
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Dispersión e impactos de micro-y nanoplásticos en los océanos tropicales y templados: desde la interfaz regional tierra-océano hasta el océano abierto
Ziveri ., P., Simon Sanchez, L., Grelaud ., M., Mortyn , P. G., Garcia Orellana, J. & Birsntiel Falçao Amorim, S.
1/09/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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Agulhas leakage extension and its influences on South Atlantic surface water hydrography during the Pleistocene
Nirmal, B., Mohan, K., Tripati, A., Christensen, B. A., Mortyn, P. G., De Vleeschouwer, D., Prakasam, M. & Saravanan, K., 1 Apr 2023, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 615, 9 p., 111447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Anthropogenic acidification of surface waters drives decreased biogenic calcification in the Mediterranean Sea
Pallacks, S., Ziveri, P., Schiebel, R., Vonhof, H., Rae, J. W. B., Littley, E., Garcia-Orellana, J., Langer, G., Grelaud, M. & Martrat, B., 28 Aug 2023, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 4, 1, 10 p., 301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Bridging Shades of Blue: Co-constructing Knowledge with the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability
Cavaleri gerhardinger, L., Brodie rudolph, T., Gaill, F., Mortyn, G., Littley, E., Vincent, A., Firme herbst, D., Ziveri, P., Jeanneau, L., Laamanen, M., Cavallé, M., Marisca gietzelt, J., Glaser, M., Chambon, M., Jacquemont, J., Ahmed selim, S., Brugere, C., Brito, C., Pereira, L. M., Amezaga, S., & 4 others, 26 Aug 2023, In: Coastal Management. 51, 4, p. 244-264 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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Particulate Thorium-234 (Th-234), organic carbon (POC) and organic nitrogen (PON) concentrations using in-situ pumps (particles >53 µm) during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/3
Roca Marti, M. (Creator), Puigcorbé, V. (Contributor), Iversen, M. H. (Contributor), van der Loeff, M. R. (Contributor), Klaas, C. (Contributor), Cheah, W. (Contributor), Bracher, A. (Contributor) & Masque Barri, P. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848818, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848818
Dataset
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Strontium and neodymium isotopic records of sediment core GeoB3808-6
Jonkers, L. (Creator), Zahn, R. (Contributor), Thomas, A. (Contributor), Henderson, G. (Contributor), Abouchami, W. (Contributor), François, R. (Contributor), Masque Barri, P. (Contributor), Hall, I. R. (Contributor) & Bickert, T. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 1 Jun 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.843776, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.843776
Dataset
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POC/Th-234 and PON/Th-234 ratios, POC and PON export fluxes measured with sediment traps during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVIII/3
Roca Marti, M. (Creator), Puigcorbé, V. (Contributor), Iversen, M. H. (Contributor), van der Loeff, M. R. (Contributor), Klaas, C. (Contributor), Cheah, W. (Contributor), Bracher, A. (Contributor) & Masque Barri, P. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848821, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848821
Dataset
Student theses
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Mediterranean coastal marine biodiversity under climate change: Local knowledge
Author: Mallo, M., 17 Mar 2022Supervisor: Reyes Garcia, V. E. (Director), Rossi, S. (External person) (Director) & Ziveri ., P. (Director)
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Evaluating submarine groundwater discharge to the Mediterranean Sea by using
Author: Rodellas Vila, V., 28 Apr 2014Supervisor: Garcia Orellana, J. (Director) & Masque Barri, P. (Director)
Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Ra isotopes and Rn as a tool for the water management resources: the Alberquillas Aquifer (Málaga-Granada)
Author: Josep Oriol López Plana , 17 Feb 2011Supervisor: Garcia Orellana, J. (Director) & Rodellas Vila, V. (Director)
Student thesis: Final degree project (TFG)