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Andrea Butturini

Andrea Butturini

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
4743
World Ranking
8185
National Ranking
249

Overview

Andrea Butturini is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including oceanography, ecology, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and petrology, and environmental engineering. The research focuses primarily on marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, marine biology and ecology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Andrea Butturini has published regularly in several scientific venues, frequently contributing to Limnetica, Water Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Hydrobiologia, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • "High concentrations of dissolved biogenic methane associated with cyanobacterial blooms in East African lake surface water," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Dissolved organic matter in a tropical saline-alkaline lake of the East African Rift Valley," 2020, Water Research
  • "The interruption of longitudinal hydrological connectivity causes delayed responses in dissolved organic matter," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Origin, accumulation and fate of dissolved organic matter in an extreme hypersaline shallow lake," 2022, Water Research
  • "Different microbial functioning in natural versus man-made Mediterranean coastal lagoons in relation to season," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers including Stefano Fazi, Stefano Amalfitano, Stefanía Venturi, Franco Tassi, and Judit Boadella, with collaboration counts ranging from five to six joint publications with each coauthor.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen Removal by Riparian Buffers along a European Climatic Gradient: Patterns and Factors of Variation

    Sergi Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Jean-Christophe Clement;Tim Burt

  • The role of vegetation and litter in the nitrogen dynamics of riparian buffer zones in Europe

    Mariet M. Hefting;Jean-Christophe Clement;Piotr Bienkowski;David Dowrick

  • Water table fluctuations in the riparian zone: comparative results from a pan-European experiment

    T.P Burt;G Pinay;F.E Matheson;N.E Haycock

  • Effects of riparian vegetation removal on nutrient retention in a Mediterranean stream

    Francesc Sabater;Andrea Butturini;Eugènia MartÍ;Isabel Muñoz

  • Nitrogen processes in aquatic ecosystems

    P Durand;L Breuer;Penny J. Johnes;G Billen

  • River ecosystem processes: A synthesis of approaches, criteria of use and sensitivity to environmental stressors

    Daniel von Schiller;Vicenç Acuña;Ibon Aristi;Maite Arroita

  • Seasonal variations of dissolved nitrogen and DOC:DON ratios in an intermittent Mediterranean stream

    Susana Bernal;Andrea Butturini;Francesc Sabater

  • Testing a climato-topographic index for predicting wetlands distribution along an European climate gradient

    Ph. Merot;H. Squividant;P. Aurousseau;M. Hefting

  • Influences of the stream groundwater hydrology on nitrate concentration in unsaturated riparian area bounded by an intermittent Mediterranean stream

    A. Butturini;A. Butturini;S. Bernal;C. Hellin;E. Nin

  • Diversity and temporal sequences of forms of DOC and NO3-discharge responses in an intermittent stream : Predictable or random succession?

    Andrea Butturini;Marta Alvarez;Susana Bernal;Eusebi Vazquez

  • Ammonium and phosphate retention in a Mediterranean stream: hydrological versus temperature control

    Andrea Butturini;Francesc Sabater

  • Dissolved organic matter composition in a fragmented Mediterranean fluvial system under severe drought conditions

    Eusebi Vazquez;Stefano Amalfitano;Stefano Fazi;Andrea Butturini

  • Organic matter availability during pre- and post-drought periods in a Mediterranean stream

    Irene Ylla;Isis Sanpera-Calbet;Eusebi Vázquez;Anna M. Romaní

  • Variability of DOC and nitrate responses to storms in a small Mediterranean forested catchment

    Susana Bernal;Andrea Butturini;Francesc Sabater

  • The influence of riparian-hyporheic zone on the hydrological responses in an intermittent stream

    A. Butturini;S. Bernal;S. Sabater;F. Sabater

  • Microbial Availability and Size Fractionation of Dissolved Organic Carbon After Drought in an Intermittent Stream: Biogeochemical Link Across the Stream–Riparian Interface

    Anna M. Romaní;Eusebi Vázquez;Andrea Butturini

  • Nitrification in stream sediment biofilms : The role of ammonium concentration and doc quality

    Andrea Butturini;Tom J Battin;Francesc Sabater

  • Seasonal variability of dissolved organic carbon in a Mediterranean stream

    Andrea Butturini;Francesc Sabater

  • Hydrological conditions regulate dissolved organic matter quality in an intermittent headwater stream. From drought to storm analysis.

    Alba Guarch-Ribot;Andrea Butturini

  • Importance of transient storage zones for ammonium and phosphate retention in a sandy-bottom Mediterranean stream

    Andrea Butturini;Francesc Sabater

  • Sediment microbial communities rely on different dissolved organic matter sources along a Mediterranean river continuum

    A. Freixa;E. Ejarque;S. Crognale;S. Amalfitano

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesc Sabater
Francesc Sabater University of Barcelona
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
Stefano Fazi
Stefano Fazi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Franco Tassi
Franco Tassi University of Florence
David M. Harper
David M. Harper University of Leicester
Isabel Muñoz
Isabel Muñoz University of Barcelona
Tom J. Battin
Tom J. Battin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mariet M. Hefting
Mariet M. Hefting Utrecht University

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