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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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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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BIODIVERSIDAD GLOBAL DE CALCIFICADORES PLANCTONICOS MARINOS
Ziveri ., P. (Principal Investigator), Mortyn , P. G. (Co-Investigador/a Principal), Anglada Ortiz, G. (Collaborator), DE GARIDEL-THORON, T. (Collaborator), GRAY, W. (Collaborator), Johnson , R. (Collaborator), Langer, G. (Collaborator), Mallo Costa, M. (Collaborator), PROBERT, I. (Collaborator), Pallacks , S. (Collaborator), Schiebel, R. (Collaborator), Simon Sanchez, L. (Collaborator), Zarkogiannis, S. (Collaborator), Grelaud ., M. (Investigator), Adekunbi, F. O. (Collaborator), Littley ., E. F. M. (Collaborator), Addante, M. (Collaborator), Lucas Forcadell, A. M. (Collaborator), de Witt Norris, R. (Collaborator), Guldin, J. A. (Collaborator), DeBellis, K. (Collaborator), Christensen, B. A. (Collaborator), Teiaetxe, L. (Collaborator), Peck, V. L. (Collaborator), Birnstiel Falcao Amorim, S. (Collaborator), Upson, M. (Collaborator) & Ruiz Iglesias, F. J. (Collaborator)
1/09/21 → 31/12/25
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
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
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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
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Calcifying plankton: From biomineralization to global change
Ziveri, P., Langer, G., Chaabane, S., de Vries, J., Gray, W. R., Keul, N., Hatton, I. A., Manno, C., Norris, R., Pallacks, S., Young, J. R., Schiebel, R., Zarkogiannis, S., Anglada-Ortiz, G., Bianco, S., de Garidel-Thoron, T., Grelaud, M., Lucas, A., Probert, I. & Mortyn, P. G., 23 Oct 2025, In: Science. 390, 6771, 15 p., eadq8520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Datasets
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Calcareous nannofossil assemblage data (%) from ODP Site 202-1238
Balestrieri, C. (Creator), Ziveri, P. (Contributor), Grelaud, M. (Contributor), Mortyn, P. G. (Contributor) & Agnini, C. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 15 May 2021
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.933678, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933678
Dataset
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Derived Particulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC) and Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) ratio from ODP Site 202-1238
Balestrieri, C. (Contributor), Ziveri, P. (Creator), Grelaud, M. (Contributor), Mortyn, P. G. (Contributor) & Agnini, C. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 15 May 2021
DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.933673, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933673
Dataset
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Key Biogeochemical Factors Affecting Soil Carbon Storage In Posidonia Meadows
Serrano, O. (Creator), Ricart, A. M. (Creator), Lavery, P. S. (Creator), Mateo, M. A. (Creator), Arias-Ortiz, A. (Creator), Masque, P. (Creator), Steven, A. (Creator) & Duarte, C. M. (Creator), Edith Cowan University, 3 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.4225/75/56b2fd48b92d5, https://doi.org/10.4225%2F75%2F56b2fd48b92d5
Dataset
Student theses
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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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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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Evaluating submarine groundwater discharge to the Mediterranean Sea by using
Rodellas Vila, V. (Author), Garcia Orellana, J. (Director) & Masque Barri, P. (Director), 28 Apr 2014Student thesis: Doctoral thesis