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Melchor González-Dávila is affiliated with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain. Their research spans primarily Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on marine and coastal ecosystems and oceanographic processes.

The main subfields of study in González-Dávila's work include oceanography, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, geology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The primary research topics covered encompass:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Geological studies and exploration
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics

González-Dávila has contributed to numerous publications, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Chemistry

Recent scientific papers demonstrate a focus on marine chemistry and environmental science topics, including:

  • "Significant Release of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients From the Shallow Submarine Volcano Tagoro (Canary Islands) Based on Seven-Year Monitoring," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Variability in iron (II) oxidation kinetics across diverse hydrothermal sites on the northern Mid Atlantic Ridge," 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Exploring the Effects of Organic Matter Characteristics on Fe(II) Oxidation Kinetics in Coastal Seawater," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Copper toxicity leads to accumulation of free amino acids and polyphenols in Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatoms," 2023, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Ocean Acidification Effect on the Iron-Gallic Acid Redox Interaction in Seawater," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with several peers, including:

  • J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano
  • David González-Santana
  • Aridane G. González
  • David Curbelo-Hernández
  • Verónica Arnone

Best Publications

  • A Time-Series View of Changing Ocean Chemistry Due to Ocean Uptake of Anthropogenic CO2 and Ocean Acidification

    Nicholas R. Bates;Yrene M. Astor;Matthew J Church;Kim Currie

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • Coupling between the open ocean and the coastal upwelling region off northwest Africa: water recirculation and offshore pumping of organic matter

    J.L. Pelegrí;J. Arístegui;L. Cana;M. González-Dávila

  • Tracking the variable North Atlantic sink for atmospheric CO2

    Andrew J. Watson;Ute Schuster;Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Nicholas R. Bates

  • Oxidation of Nanomolar Levels of Fe(II) with Oxygen in Natural Waters

    J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano;Melchor González-Dávila;Frank J. Millero

  • The effect of organic compounds in the oxidation kinetics of Fe(II)

    J.Magdalena Santana-Casiano;Melchor González-Dávila;Ma.Jesús Rodrı́guez;Frank J Millero

  • Alkalinity determination by potentiometry - intercalibration using three different methods

    Ludger Mintrop;Fiz F. Pérez;Melchor González Dávila;J. Magdalena Santana Casiano

  • The interannual variability of oceanic CO2 parameters in the northeast Atlantic subtropical gyre at the ESTOC site

    J. Magdalena Santana‐Casiano;Melchor González‐Dávila;María‐José Rueda;Octavio Llinás

  • Binding of Cu(II) to the Surface and Exudates of the Alga Dunaliella tertiolecta in Seawater.

    Melchor. Gonzalez-Davila;J. Magdalena. Santana-Casiano;Jesus. Perez-Pena;Frank J. Millero

  • The role of phytoplankton cells on the control of heavy metal concentration in seawater

    Melchor González-Dávila

  • An assessment of the Atlantic and Arctic sea–air CO2 fluxes, 1990–2009

    Ute Schuster;Galen A. McKinley;Nicholas R. Bates;Frédéric Chevallier

  • Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products

    C.L. Sabine;S. Hankin;H. Koyuk;H. Koyuk;D.C.E. Bakker

  • The water column distribution of carbonate system variables at the ESTOC site from 1995 to 2004

    M. González-Dávila;J. M. Santana-Casiano;M. J. Rueda;O. Llinás

  • Estimating the monthly pCO2 distribution in the North Atlantic using a self-organizing neural network

    M. Telszewski;A. Chazottes;U. Schuster;A. J. Watson

  • Trends in North Atlantic sea-surface fCO2 from 1990 to 2006

    Ute Schuster;Andrew J. Watson;Nicholas R. Bates;Antoine Corbière

  • Adsorption of copper on Pseudomonas aureofaciens: Protective role of surface exopolysaccharides

    A.G. González;L.S. Shirokova;L.S. Shirokova;O.S. Pokrovsky;E.E. Emnova

  • The role of Fe(II) species on the oxidation of Fe(II) in natural waters in the presence of O2 and H2O2

    J.M. Santana-Casiano;M. González-Dávila;F.J. Millero

  • Oxidation of iron (II) nanomolar with H2O2 in seawater

    Melchor González-Davila;J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano;Frank J. Millero

  • Detecting regional anthropogenic trends in ocean acidification against natural variability

    T. Friedrich;A. Timmermann;A. Abe-Ouchi;N. R. Bates

  • Biogeochemistry and hydrography in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic gyre. Results from the European time-series station ESTOC

    Susanne Neuer;Andres Cianca;Peer Helmke;Tim Freudenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Millero
Frank J. Millero University of Miami
Are Olsen
Are Olsen University of Bergen
Andrew J. Watson
Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter
Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Fiz F. Pérez
Fiz F. Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Truls Johannessen
Truls Johannessen University of Bergen
Aida F. Ríos
Aida F. Ríos Spanish National Research Council
Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Ute Schuster
Ute Schuster University of Exeter

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