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Josep Mas-Pla is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a particular concentration in Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Their work covers key topics such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Recent publications by Josep Mas-Pla include:

  • Groundwater antibiotic pollution and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Identification and environmental implications (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Antibiotics, antibiotic resistance and associated risk in natural springs from an agroecosystem environment (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Governance and groundwater modelling: Hints to boost the implementation of the EU Nitrate Directive. The Lombardy Plain case, N Italy (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Forecasting nitrate evolution in an alluvial aquifer under distinct environmental and climate change scenarios (Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany) (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Disclosing the effects of climate, land use, and water demand as drivers of hydrological trends in a Mediterranean river basin (2024, Limnetica)

Their research has been published frequently in the journal The Science of The Total Environment, with additional publications appearing in Hydrogeology Journal, Environmental Pollution, Limnetica, and Flexible and Printed Electronics.

Josep Mas-Pla collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Meritxell Gros, Gabriela Córdoba-Ariza, Ramón J. Batalla, Sergi Sabater, and Mira Čelić.

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Nitrate pollution of groundwater; all right…, but nothing else?

    Anna Menció;Josep Mas-Pla;Neus Otero;Oriol Regàs

  • Towards the understanding of antibiotic occurrence and transport in groundwater: Findings from the Baix Fluvià alluvial aquifer (NE Catalonia, Spain)

    M. Boy-Roura;J. Mas-Pla;M. Petrovic;M. Gros

  • Hydrochemical and isotopical evidence of ground water salinization processes on the coastal plain of Samborombón Bay, Argentina.

    Eleonora Carol;Eduardo Kruse;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Assessment by multivariate analysis of groundwater-surface water interactions in urbanized Mediterranean streams

    Anna Menció;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Monitoring groundwater nitrate attenuation in a regional system coupling hydrogeology with multi-isotopic methods: The case of Plana de Vic (Osona, Spain)

    N. Otero;N. Otero;C. Torrentó;A. Soler;A. Menció

  • Veterinary pharmaceuticals and antibiotics in manure and slurry and their fate in amended agricultural soils: Findings from an experimental field site (Baix Empordà, NE Catalonia)

    Meritxell Gros;Josep Mas-Pla;Mercè Boy-Roura;Irma Geli

  • EU Nitrates Directive, from theory to practice: Environmental effectiveness and influence of regional governance on its performance.

    Arianna Musacchio;Viviana Re;Josep Mas-Pla;Elisa Sacchi

  • Characterizing sources and natural attenuation of nitrate contamination in the Baix Ter aquifer system (NE Spain) using a multi-isotope approach

    Roger Puig;Albert Soler;David Widory;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Groundwater nitrate pollution and climate change: learnings from a water balance-based analysis of several aquifers in a western Mediterranean region (Catalonia).

    Josep Mas-Pla;Anna Menció

  • Field Tracer Tests on the Mobility of Natural Organic Matter in a Sandy Aquifer

    J. F. McCarthy;B. Gu;L. Liang;J. Mas-Pla

  • Identifying the effects of human pressure on groundwater quality to support water management strategies in coastal regions: A multi-tracer and statistical approach (Bou-Areg region, Morocco)

    V. Re;E. Sacchi;J. Mas-Pla;J. Mas-Pla;A. Menció

  • Regression model for aquifer vulnerability assessment of nitrate pollution in the Osona region (NE Spain)

    Mercè Boy-Roura;Bernard T. Nolan;Anna Menció;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Hydrogeological interactions between fault zones and alluvial aquifers in regional flow systems

    Albert Folch;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Groundwater development effects on different scale hydrogeological systems using head, hydrochemical and isotopic data and implications for water resources management: The Selva basin (NE Spain)

    A. Folch;A. Menció;R. Puig;A. Soler

  • Analysis of vulnerability factors that control nitrate occurrence in natural springs (Osona Region, NE Spain)

    Anna Menció;Mercè Boy;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Multi-isotopic study (15N, 34S, 18O, 13C) to identify processes affecting nitrate and sulfate in response to local and regional groundwater mixing in a large-scale flow system

    R. Puig;A. Folch;A. Menció;A. Soler

  • Groundwater antibiotic pollution and its relationship with dissolved organic matter: Identification and environmental implications.

    Meritxell Gros;Núria Catalán;Josep Mas-Pla;Josep Mas-Pla;Mira Čelić

  • Sorption properties and behaviour at laboratory scale of selected pharmaceuticals using batch experiments.

    Aleksandra Kiecak;Lara Sassine;Mercè Boy-Roura;Martin Elsner

  • Analysis of stream–aquifer relationships: A comparison between mass balance and Darcy’s law approaches

    Anna Menció;Marta Galán;Dani Boix;Josep Mas-Pla;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Groundwater dependence of coastal lagoons: the case of La Pletera salt marshes (NE Catalonia

    A. Menció;X. Casamitjana;J. Mas-Pla;N. Coll

  • Interaction between continental and estuarine waters in the wetlands of the northern coastal plain of Samborombón Bay, Argentina

    Eleonora Carol;Josep Mas-Pla;Eduardo Kruse

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Soler
Albert Soler University of Barcelona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
John F. McCarthy
John F. McCarthy University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Meritxell Gros
Meritxell Gros Catalan Institute for Water Research
Sebastian H. Mernild
Sebastian H. Mernild University of Southern Denmark
Harald Kunstmann
Harald Kunstmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christine Stumpp
Christine Stumpp BOKU University
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Oriol Oms
Oriol Oms Autonomous University of Barcelona

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