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Asunción Borrell

Asunción Borrell

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
6301
World Ranking
7734
National Ranking
226

Overview

Asunción Borrell is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology. Their research portfolio includes 127 publications in this main field, supported by substantial work in related subfields such as Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their scholarly output addresses a range of marine and environmental topics, including Marine animal studies overview, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine and fisheries research, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Among the frequent publication venues for Borrell's work are:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Chemosphere

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Àlex Aguilar, Odei Garcia-Garin, Morgana Vighi, Gísli A. Víkingsson, and Philippe Gaubert.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Asunción Borrell include:

  • Automatic detection and quantification of floating marine macro-litter in aerial images: Introducing a novel deep learning approach connected to a web application in R, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Using Boops boops (osteichthyes) to assess microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean Sea, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Organophosphate contaminants in North Atlantic fin whales, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Floating marine macro-litter in the North Western Mediterranean Sea: Results from a combined monitoring approach, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Beached and Floating Litter Surveys by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Operational Analogies and Differences, 2022, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Abnormally high polychlorinated biphenyl levels in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) affected by the 1990–1992 Mediterranean epizootic

    Alex Aguilar;Asunción Borrell

  • PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

    Paul D. Jepson;Rob Deaville;Jonathan L. Barber;Àlex Aguilar

  • Biological factors affecting variability of persistent pollutant levels in cetaceans

    A. Aguilar;A. Borrell;T. Pastor

  • Geographical and temporal variation in levels of organochlorine contaminants in marine mammals.

    A Aguilar;A Borrell;P.J.H Reijnders

  • Integrating life-history and reproductive success data to examine potential relationships with organochlorine compounds for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida

    Randall S. Wells;Victoria Tornero;Asuncion Borrell;Alex Aguilar

  • Age trends and reproductive transfer of organochlorine compounds in long-finned pilot whales from the Faroe Islands.

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  • Patterns of Lipid Content and Stratification in the Blubber of Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus)

    Alex Aguilar;Asuncion Borrell

  • Individual-Based Model Framework to Assess Population Consequences of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in Bottlenose Dolphins

    Ailsa J. Hall;Bernie J. McConnell;Teri K. Rowles;Alex Aguilar

  • Reproductive transfer and variation of body load of organochlorine pollutants with age in fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus).

    A Aguilar;A Borrell

  • Discrimination of stable isotopes in fin whale tissues and application to diet assessment in cetaceans

    A. Borrell;N. Abad-Oliva;E. Gómez-Campos;J. Giménez

  • A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks

    Christopher S. Bird;Christopher S. Bird;Ana Veríssimo;Sarah Magozzi;Kátya G. Abrantes

  • DDT and PCB reduction in the western Mediterranean from 1987 to 2002, as shown by levels in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba).

    A. Aguilar;A. Borrell

  • Age- and sex-related changes in organochlorine compound levels in fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from the eastern North Atlantic

    Alex Aguilar;Asunción Borrell

  • Trace element accumulation and trophic relationships in aquatic organisms of the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem (Bangladesh).

    Asunción Borrell;Victoria Tornero;Dola Bhattacharjee;Alex Aguilar

  • Stable isotope profiles in whale shark (Rhincodon typus) suggest segregation and dissimilarities in the diet depending on sex and size

    Asunción Borrell;Alex Aguilar;Manel Gazo;R. P. Kumarran

  • Organochlorine compounds and stable isotopes indicate bottlenose dolphin subpopulation structure around the Iberian Peninsula

    A. Borrell;A. Aguilar;V. Tornero;M. Sequeira

  • Postglacial climate changes and rise of three ecotypes of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in western Palearctic waters

    Michaël C Fontaine;Kathleen Roland;Kathleen Roland;Isabelle Calves;Isabelle Calves;Frederic Austerlitz

  • Pollution and marine mammals

    Peter J.H. Reijnders;Alex Aguilar;Asuncion Borrell

  • Automatic detection and quantification of floating marine macro-litter in aerial images: Introducing a novel deep learning approach connected to a web application in R.

    Odei Garcia-Garin;Toni Monleón-Getino;Pere López-Brosa;Asunción Borrell

  • Organochlorine concentrations declined during 1987-2002 in western Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins, a coastal top predator.

    A. Borrell;A. Aguilar

  • Meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica are a significant source of organic matter for adjoining ecosystems

    Luis Cardona;M. Revelles;Marta Sales;Alex Aguilar

  • Global distribution of halogenated dimethyl bipyrroles in marine mammal blubber.

    S. Tittlemier;A. Borrell;J. Duffe;P. J. Duignan

  • Evaluation of toxicity and sex-related variation of PCB levels in Mediterranean striped dolphins affected by an epizootic

    A. Borrell;A. Aguilar;S. Corsolini;S. Focardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Aguilar
Alex Aguilar University of Barcelona
Luis Cardona
Luis Cardona University of Barcelona
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Timothy T. Harkins
Timothy T. Harkins Nvidia (United States)
Ana Colaço
Ana Colaço University of the Azores
Martine Bérubé
Martine Bérubé University of Groningen
Randall S. Wells
Randall S. Wells Chicago Zoological Society
Robin J. Law
Robin J. Law Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Juan Antonio Raga
Juan Antonio Raga University of Valencia

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