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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
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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: Affiliation to research, Novel research training Catalonia
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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), Segura Barrero, R. (Collaborator), Busquets Rubies, A. (Collaborator) & Falguera Ruiz, L. (Collaborator)
29/01/24 → 28/07/26
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), Upson , M. (Collaborator) & Gutiérrez Tirado, R. M. (Collaborator)
1/12/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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A century of sediment metal contamination of Mar Menor, Europe's largest saltwater lagoon
Alorda-Montiel, I., Rodellas, V., Arias-Ortiz, A., Palanques, A., Bravo, A. G., Rodriguez-Puig, J., Alorda-Kleinglass, A., Green-Ruiz, C., Diego-Feliu, M., Masqué, P., Gilabert, J. & Garcia-Orellana, J., Nov 2025, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 220, 17 p., 118347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Web of Science)2 Downloads (Pure) -
An upper-mesopelagic-zone carbon budget for the subarctic North Pacific
Stephens, B. M., Roca-Martí, M., Maas, A. E., Amaral, V. J., Clevenger, S., Traylor, S., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Boyd, P. W., Buesseler, K. O., Carlson, C. A., Cassar, N., Estapa, M., Fassbender, A. J., Huang, Y., Lam, P. J., Marchal, O., Menden-Deuer, S., Paul, N. L., Santoro, A. E. & Siegel, D. A. & 1 others, , 10 Jul 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 13, p. 3301-3328 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure) -
Assessment of Short-Term Sediment Deposition Patterns Along the Palamós Submarine Canyon (NW Mediterranean) Using 234Th
Sierks, M., Paradis, S., Roca-Martí, M., Puigcorbé, V. & Puig, P., 16 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13, 12, 18 p., 2383.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 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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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-Martí, M. (Creator), Puigcorbé, V. (Contributor), Iversen, M. H. (Contributor), van der Loeff, M. R. (Contributor), Klaas, C. (Contributor), Cheah, W. (Contributor), Bracher, A. (Contributor) & Masqué, P. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848818, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848818
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-Martí, M. (Creator), Puigcorbé, V. (Contributor), Iversen, M. H. (Contributor), van der Loeff, M. R. (Contributor), Klaas, C. (Contributor), Cheah, W. (Contributor), Bracher, A. (Contributor) & Masqué, P. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 2015
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.848821, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848821
Dataset
Student theses
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Monitorización del acuífero de la Riera de Argentona (Barcelona, Cataluña) por medio de isótopos de Ra y 222Rn: implicaciones en el cálculo de la descarga de agua subterránea
Marc Cerdà (Author), Garcia Orellana, J. (Director), Rodellas Vila, V. (Director) & Folch Sancho, A. (Director), 9 Sept 2013Student thesis: Final degree project (TFG)
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Carbon sequestration rates in coastal Blue Carbon ecosystems: a perspective on climate change mitigation
Arias Ortiz, A. (Author), Masque Barri, P. (Director), Duarte, C. (Director) & Garcia Orellana, J. (Director), 29 Mar 2019Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Sources and distribution of artificial radionuclides in the oceans: from Fukushima to the Mediterranean Sea
Castrillejo Iridoy, M. (Author), Masque Barri, P. (Director), Garcia Orellana, J. (Director) & Casacuberta Arola, N. (Director), 22 Sept 2017Student thesis: Doctoral thesis