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32371
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519
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13

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Núria Marbà is affiliated with the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies in Spain, specializing in environmental and earth sciences with an emphasis on marine ecosystems. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily focused on marine and coastal plant biology, coral and marine ecosystem studies, and marine biology and ecology research.

The main fields of study for Núria Marbà include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their subfields of expertise span Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers several core topics, involving marine and coastal plant biology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and ecology research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, coastal and marine management, and cephalopods and marine biology.

Núria Marbà has contributed to a variety of publication venues with notable recurring outlets including Informe Mar Balear and Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin (each with six publications), Frontiers in Marine Science (five publications), Global Change Biology (three publications), and Scientific Reports (two publications).

Frequent collaborators in their research comprise Carlos M. Duarte, Iris E. Hendriks, Marlene Wesselmann, Dorte Krause-Jensen, and Eugenia T. Apostolaki.

Recent published papers include:

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Opportunities for blue carbon strategies in China, 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Species Traits and Geomorphic Setting as Drivers of Global Soil Carbon Stocks in Seagrass Meadows, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Seagrass blue carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the Colombian Caribbean, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) invasion enhances carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • The role of coastal plant communities for climate change mitigation and adaptation

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Iñigo J. Losada;Iris E. Hendriks;Inés Mazarrasa

  • Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock

    James W. Fourqurean;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Hilary Kennedy;Núria Marbà

  • Estimating Global “Blue Carbon” Emissions from Conversion and Degradation of Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems

    Linwood Pendleton;Daniel C. Donato;Brian C. Murray;Stephen Crooks

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints

    Hilary Kennedy;Jeff Beggins;Carlos M. Duarte;James W. Fourqurean

  • Seagrass community metabolism: Assessing the carbon sink capacity of seagrass meadows

    Carlos M. Duarte;Núria Marbà;Esperança Gacia;James W. Fourqurean

  • Mediterranean warming triggers seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) shoot mortality

    Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Global analysis of seagrass restoration: the importance of large-scale planting

    Marieke M. van Katwijk;Anitra Thorhaug;Núria Marbà;Robert J. Orth

  • Rhizome elongation and seagrass clonal growth

    Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte

  • A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world’s largest seagrass carbon stocks

    Ariane Arias-Ortiz;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Paul Lavery;Paul Lavery

  • Will the Oceans Help Feed Humanity

    Carlos M. Duarte;Marianne Holmer;Yngvar Olsen;Doris Soto

  • Assessing the capacity of seagrass meadows for carbon burial: Current limitations and future strategies

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Hilary Kennedy;Núria Marbà;Iris E. Hendriks;Iris E. Hendriks

  • Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

    Carmen B de los Santos;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Teresa Alcoverro;Núria Marba

  • Mediterranean seagrass vulnerable to regional climate warming

    Gabriel Jordà;Núria Marbà;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Sequestration of macroalgal carbon: the elephant in the Blue Carbon room

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Paul Lavery;Oscar Serrano;Nu´ria Marba

  • Rapid Domestication of Marine Species

    Carlos M. Duarte;Nùria Marbá;Marianne Holmer

  • Growth and population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica on the Spanish Mediterranean coast:elucidating seagrass decline

    Nuria Marbá;Carlos M Duarte;Just Cebrián;Margarita Gallegos

  • Impact of seagrass loss and subsequent revegetation on carbon sequestration and stocks

    Núria Marbà;Ariane Arias‐Ortiz;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Reconstruction of seagrass dynamics: age determinations and associated tools for the seagrass ecologist

    CM Duarte;N. Marbá;N. Agawin;J. Cebrián

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University
Iris E. Hendriks
Iris E. Hendriks Spanish National Research Council
Marianne Holmer
Marianne Holmer University of Southern Denmark
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Just Cebrian
Just Cebrian Mississippi State University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
James W. Fourqurean
James W. Fourqurean Florida International University
Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve

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