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Oscar Serrano is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia and has a significant body of research focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work extensively covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, with an emphasis on blue carbon and its role in climate change mitigation.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Blue carbon as a natural climate solution, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management, 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • Opportunities for blue carbon strategies in China, 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Serrano's frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul S. Lavery
  • Carlos M. Duarte
  • Catherine E. Lovelock
  • Peter I. Macreadie
  • Pere Masqué

Their published work appears regularly in several scientific journals and venues, among which are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Nature Communications
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Their main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their work focuses on subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry

The key research topics highlighted in their publications include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Best Publications

  • Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock

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

  • 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

  • Blue carbon as a natural climate solution

    Peter I. Macreadie;Micheli D. P. Costa;Trisha B. Atwood;Daniel A. Friess

  • Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

    Trisha B Atwood;Trisha B Atwood;Rod M Connolly;Hannan Almahasheer;Paul E Carnell

  • Variability in the carbon storage of seagrass habitats and its implications for global estimates of blue carbon ecosystem service.

    Paul S. Lavery;Miguel-Ángel Mateo;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Mohammad Rozaimi;Mohammad Rozaimi

  • 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

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

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

  • Assessing the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from blue carbon ecosystems

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha Atwood;Trisha Atwood;Jeff Baldock;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows.

    Inés Mazarrasa;Inés Mazarrasa;Jimena Samper-Villarreal;Oscar Serrano;Paul S. Lavery

  • The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science

    Isaac R. Santos;Isaac R. Santos;David J. Burdige;Tim C. Jennerjahn;Steven Bouillon

  • Effects of sample preparation on stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in marine invertebrates: implications for food web studies using stable isotopes.

    Miguel A. Mateo;Oscar Serrano;Laura Serrano;Robert H. Michener

  • Reviews and syntheses: 210Pb-derived sediment and carbon accumulation rates in vegetated coastal ecosystems-setting the record straight

    Ariane Arias-Ortiz;Pere Masqué;Jordi Garcia-Orellana;Oscar Serrano

  • Addressing calcium carbonate cycling in blue carbon accounting

    Peter I. Macreadie;Oscar Serrano;Damien T. Maher;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets

    Vincent Saderne;Nathan R. Geraldi;Peter I. Macreadie;D. T. Maher

  • Very high-resolution seismo-acoustic imaging of seagrass meadows (Mediterranean Sea): Implications for carbon sink estimates

    Claudio Lo Iacono;Miguel Ángel Mateo;Eulàlia Gràcia;Lluis Guasch

  • Seagrass meadows as a globally significant carbonate reservoir

    Inés Mazarrasa;Núria Marbà;Catherine E. Lovelock;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

    Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Q. R. Ollivier;J.J. Kelleway;J.J. Kelleway;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • Influence of water depth on the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrasses

    Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Paul S. Lavery;Mohammad Rozaimi;Mohammad Rozaimi;Miguel Ángel Mateo;Miguel Ángel Mateo

  • Climate change and Mediterranean seagrass meadows: a synopsis for environmental managers

    G. Pergent;Hocein Bazairi;C. N. Bianchi;Charles F. Boudouresque

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Lavery
Paul S. Lavery Edith Cowan University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Trisha B. Atwood
Trisha B. Atwood Utah State University
Jeffrey J. Kelleway
Jeffrey J. Kelleway University of Wollongong
James W. Fourqurean
James W. Fourqurean Florida International University
Dorte Krause-Jensen
Dorte Krause-Jensen Aarhus University

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