Our research addresses the central role of the marine biosphere in the cycling of elements (mainly C, N and S) in the oceans and across the ocean-atmosphere boundary in the context of global environmental change. Both benthic and pelagic ecosystems are considered as drivers and receptors of climate and biogeochemical changes, and the ecophysiological bases of their responses are addressed. The main research topics are ocean acidification and warming, paleoceanography, ecology of benthic communities, chemical communication, organic matter biogeochemistry, plastic pollution, air-sea exchanges, and biogenic aerosols and their effects on clouds. Ours is a multi-scale perspective both through time (past, present and future), space (local to global), and completeness (molecules to biosphere). Tools include chemical, isotopic and microscopic analyses, molecular biology, time series and oceanographic studies, lab manipulations, global databases, autonomous platforms, and numerical models.
Research group
Marine Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere and Climate
Group members
Senior Researcher
- Research group leader
Most relevant information
Destacats
Time Series of l’Estartit, 42.05N, 3.25E, Monthly. CO2 system parameters (pH, alkalinity), dissolved O2.
Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory, 41.7N, 2.8E. CO2 system parameters (pH, alkalinity), dissolved O2.
Cristina Romera-Castillo received the Raymond L. Lindeman Award 2020 from the Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
In 2020, Manuel Dall’Osto was the only researcher from Spain who was aboard the R/V Polarstern during the international MOSAIC expedition, the largest research project ever conducted in the Arctic
Publicacions
- 2021
Uncoupled seasonal variability of transparent exopolymer and Coomassie stainable particles in coastal Mediterranean waters: Insights into sources and driving mechanisms
- 2021
Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula
- 2021
A 1-Million-Year Record of Environmental Change in the Central Mediterranean Sea From Organic Molecular Proxies
- 2021
In situ Pumping Rate of 20 Marine Demosponges is a Function of Osculum Area
- 2021
Submarine mud volcanoes as a source of chromophoric dissolved organic matter to the deep waters of the Gulf of Cádiz
Projectes
Novel roles of dimethylated sulphur in marine microbial interactions
Period: from 2019 to 2024Funding entity:call ERC-2018-ADGRef.:H2020-ERC-ADG/0569Amount awarded:2499187.00€POLAR-CHANGE - EMISIONES DE AEROSOLES EN AMBIENTES POLARES BAJO CAMBIO
Period: from 2020 to 2023Funding entity:PN2019 - PROY I+D+I - PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+I ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD - PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TÉCNICA Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2017-2020Principal Investigator:Simó Martorell, Rafel, Marine Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere and ClimateRef.:PID2019-110288RB-I00Amount awarded:214000.00€CHARACTERIZATION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER LEACHED FROM PLASTICS INTO SEAWATER AND ITS IMPACT ON MARINE MICROBES
Period: from 2020 to 2023Funding entity:PN2019 - PROY I+D+I - PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+I ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD - PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TÉCNICA Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2017-2020Principal Investigator:Romera Castillo, Cristina, Marine Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere and ClimateRef.:PID2019-109889RJ-I00Amount awarded:150000.00€IMPACTO ANTROPOGENICO SOBRE MAR ABIERTO GENERANDO CONOCIMIENTO A PARTIR DE LA PALEOCEANOGRAFIA
Period: from 2019 to 2022Funding entity:PN2018 - PROY I+D+I - PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+I ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD - PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TÉCNICA Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2017-2020Principal Investigator:Calvo Costa, Eva María, Marine Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere and ClimateRef.:RTI2018-095083-B-I00Amount awarded:181000.00€
Contractes
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Nuevas rutas de biodegradación del plástico marino a traves de lixiviados de plástico y su interacción con los microorganismos ,
Period: from 2020 to 2022Funding company:Person in charge:Romera Castillo, Cristina, Marine Biogeochemistry, Atmosphere and ClimateAmount:24200 €