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Jesús García-Lafuente

Jesús García-Lafuente

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
3662
World Ranking
8095
National Ranking
183

Overview

Jesús García-Lafuente is affiliated with the University of Malaga in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a particular emphasis on oceanography and marine ecosystems.

The main fields of study explored include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, their work focuses on several subfields of study:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Key research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Jesús García-Lafuente has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Hotter and Weaker Mediterranean Outflow as a Response to Basin-Wide Alterations," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Could secondary flows have made possible the cross-strait transport and explosive invasion of Rugulopteryx okamurae algae in the Strait of Gibraltar?", 2023, PLoS ONE
  • "On the seasonality of waters below the seasonal thermocline in the Gulf of Cádiz," 2020, Continental Shelf Research
  • "Hydrodynamic connectivity and dispersal patterns of a transboundary species (Pagellus bogaraveo) in the Strait of Gibraltar and adjacent basins," 2022, Fisheries Oceanography
  • "The hyperturbid mesotidal Guadalquivir estuary during an extreme turbidity event: Identifying potential management strategies," 2023, Ocean & Coastal Management

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Irene Nadal
  • Simone Sammartino
  • R.F. Sánchez-Leal
  • I. Emma Huertas
  • Susana Flecha

Jesús García-Lafuente's publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Best Publications

  • Water mass circulation on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz

    Jesús García-Lafuente;Javier Delgado;Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva;Miguel Bruno

  • Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

    P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

  • About the seasonal variability of the Alboran Sea circulation

    M Vargas-Yáñez;F Plaza;J Garcı́a-Lafuente;T Sarhan

  • Distribution and circulation of water masses in the Gulf of Cadiz from in situ observations

    Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva;Jesús García-Lafuente;Juan Miguel Vargas;Jorge Del Río

  • Seasonal and wind-induced variability of Sea Surface Temperature patterns in the Gulf of Cádiz

    J.M. Vargas;J. Garcı́a-Lafuente;J. Delgado;F. Criado

  • Steric and mass-induced Mediterranean sea level trends from 14 years of altimetry data

    Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva;Jorge Del Río Vera;Jesús García-Lafuente

  • Physical–biological coupling in the Strait of Gibraltar

    Fidel Echevarrı́a;Jesús Garcı́a Lafuente;Miguel Bruno;Gabriel Gorsky

  • Atlantic forcing of the Mediterranean oligotrophy

    I. E. Huertas;A. F. Ríos;J. García-Lafuente;G. Navarro

  • Variability in the spatio-temporal distribution and size-structure of phytoplankton across an upwelling area in the NW-Alboran Sea, (W-Mediterranean)

    A. Reul;V. Rodríguez;F. Jiménez-Gómez;J.M. Blanco

  • Estimation of the Atlantic inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar from climatological and in situ data

    Javier Soto-Navarro;Francisco Criado-Aldeanueva;Jesús García-Lafuente;Antonio Sánchez-Román

  • Circulation of the Mediterranean Sea and its Variability

    K. Schroeder;J. Garcia-Lafuente;S.A. Josey

  • Anthropogenic and natural CO 2 exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar

    I. E. Huertas;A. F. Ríos;J. García-Lafuente;A. Makaoui

  • Hydrodynamics and the spatial distribution of plankton and TEP in the Gulf of Cádiz (SW Iberian Peninsula).

    C. M. García;L. Prieto;M. Vargas;F. Echevarría

  • The Mediterranean Overflow in the Gulf of Cadiz: A rugged journey

    Ricardo F. Sánchez-Leal;María Jesús Bellanco;Luis Miguel Fernández-Salas;Jesús García-Lafuente

  • Transport estimates at the western section of the Strait of Gibraltar: A combined experimental and numerical modeling study

    A. Sánchez-Román;Gianmaria Sannino;J. Garcia-Lafuente;A. Carillo

  • Long-term monitoring programme of the hydrological variability in the Mediterranean Sea: a first overview of the HYDROCHANGES network

    K. Schroeder;C. Millot;L. Bengara;S. Ben Ismail

  • Mediterranean Sea level and barotropic flow through the Strait of Gibraltar for the period 1958-2001 and reconstructed since 1659

    D. Gomis;M. N. Tsimplis;B. Martín-Míguez;A. W. Ratsimandresy

  • Analysis of mixing and biogeochemical effects induced by tides on the Atlantic–Mediterranean flow in the Strait of Gibraltar through a physical–biological coupled model

    D. Macías;A.P. Martin;J. García-Lafuente;C.M. García

  • The Mediterranean Sea heat and mass budgets: Estimates, uncertainties and perspectives

    G. Jordà;K. Von Schuckmann;S.A. Josey;G. Caniaux

  • Oceanographic processes and morphosedimentary products along the Iberian margins: A new multidisciplinary approach

    F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Anna Wåhlin;Miguel Bruno;Gemma Ercilla

  • Consistency of long sea‐level time series in the northern coast of Spain

    Marta Marcos;Damià Gomis;Sebastià Monserrat;Enrique Álvarez-Fanjul

Frequent Co-Authors

Fiz F. Pérez
Fiz F. Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Javier Ruiz
Javier Ruiz Complutense University of Madrid
Damià Gomis
Damià Gomis Spanish National Research Council
Josep Lluís Pelegrí
Josep Lluís Pelegrí Spanish National Research Council
Diego Macías
Diego Macías Spanish National Research Council
Katrin Schroeder
Katrin Schroeder National Research Council (CNR)
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Marta Marcos
Marta Marcos International Space Science Institute
Till J J Hanebuth
Till J J Hanebuth Coastal Carolina University
Jordi Font
Jordi Font Spanish National Research Council

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