Fields of Research

Oceanography
Climate change processes
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Biological oceanography
Physical oceanography
Chemical oceanography

Research Objectives

Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Air-Sea CO₂ fluxes in the Atlantic as measured during boreal spring and autumn; Biogeosciences
An update of anthropogenic CO₂ storage rates in the western South Atlantic basin and the role of Antarctic Bottom Water; Journal of Marine Systems
Anthropogenic carbon and water masses in the Bay of Biscay; Ciencias Marinas
Anthropogenic CO₂ estimates in the Southern Ocean: storage partitioning in the different water masses; Progress in Oceanography
Atlantic Ocean CO₂ uptake reduced by weakening of the meridional overturning circulation; Nature Geoscience
Carbon data obtained during the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa CAIBOX-2009 cruise in the Atlantic Ocean (25 July - 13 August, 2009)
Carbon uptake and biogeochemical change in the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania; Biogeosciences
CO₂ air–sea disequilibrium and preformed alkalinity in the Pacific and Indian oceans calculated from subsurface layer data; Journal of Marine Systems
Evolution of upwelling systems coupled to the long-term variability in sea surface temperature and Ekman transport; Climate Research
Exchange fluxes between the Ría de Vigo and the shelf: a bidirectional flow forced by remote wind; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Hydrography and dynamics of the Ría de Ribadeo (NW Spain), a wave driven estuary; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Plankton response to weakening of the Iberian coastal upwelling; Global Change Biology
Short-time scale coupling between termohaline and meteorological forcing in the Ría de Pontevedra; Scientia Marina
Structure, transports and transformations of the water masses in the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre; Progress in Oceanography
Temporal changes in the water mass distribution and transports along the 20ºW CAIBOX section (NE Atlantic); Ciencias Marinas
The biogeochemical structure of Southern Ocean mesoscale eddies; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
The subsurface layer reference to calculate preformed alkalinity and air–sea CO₂ disequilibrium in the Atlantic Ocean; Journal of Marine Systems
Towards an operational system for oil-spill forecast over Spanish waters: initial developments and implementation test; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Trends of anthropogenic CO₂ along 20º W in the Iberian Basin; Ciencias Marinas
Using an Australian Massive Open Online Course to upskill marine science in the use of openly available marine data; Journal of Ocean Technology
Water masses distribution in the Southern Ocean: improvement of an extended OMP (eOMP) analysis; Progress in Oceanography

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision