Rut Pedrosa Pamies

Assistant Research Investigator

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Contact Information
Education
Ph.D., Marine Biogeochemistry, University of Barcelona, 2016
MBLAffiliation
Ecosystems Center
Research Area
Ecology
Ecosystems
Global Change
Marine Biology
Lab Website
Oceanic Flux Program (OFP)

Dr. Rut Pedrosa Pamies is an oceanographer and biogeochemist. Her major research interest is the cycling of elements in the environment, especially the biogeochemistry of carbon. A major focus of her research is on the factors that regulate the downward flux of material from the surface of the ocean into the interior and from there to the seafloor. Since 2016, she is part of the听Oceanic Flux Program听(OFP) scientific team, a deep ocean particle flux time-series offshore Bermuda, the longest running time-series of its kind.

OFP sinking particles collected at 3200 m depth containing foraminifera, pteropod shells, fecal pellets and a fibrous aggregate (Photo credit: JC Weber/OFP).
OFP sinking particles collected at 3200 m depth containing foraminifera, pteropod shells, fecal pellets and a fibrous aggregate (Photo credit: JC Weber/OFP).

She studies the role of particles in the oceanic carbon cycle using detailed geochemical characterization (bulk geochemical composition and stable isotopes, lipid biomarkers, major and trace elements, etc.). She integrates the characterization of particle fluxes with the analysis of oceanographic, climatic, and anthropogenic forcing conditions. Rut Pedrosa Pamies is听particularly interested in the roles of mesoscale spatial variability and extreme episodic events, such as tropical cyclones, on the particle flux and, in turn, how this affects marine ecosystems. She is also interested in the role of microbes in regulating carbon fluxes in the ocean.听

Additionally, Rut Pedrosa Pamies have a significant interest in issues of direct societal concern, such as plastic debris and organic pollutants in marine ecosystems.

News and Research Highlights
Rut Pedrosa Pamies works with
Emil Ruff
Emil Ruff
Associate Scientist
Ecosystems Center
Zhanfei Liu headshot
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin (Marine Science Institute)
Alexander Bochdansky headshot
Professor
Old Dominion University
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Senior Scientist
Coastal Ocean Vision
Selected Publications

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Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Parinos, C., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Calafat, A., Canals, M., Velaoras, D., Mihalopoulos, N., Kanakidou, M., Lampadariou, N. and Gogou, A., 2021.听Atmospheric and oceanographic forcing impact on particle flux and carbon sequestration in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a three-year sediment trap time-series study in the deep Ierapetra Basin,听Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 25,听.

Lloret, J.*,听Pedrosa-Pamies, R.*, Vandal, N., Rorty R., Ritchie M., McGuire, C., Chenoweth, K., Valiela, I, 2021. Salt marsh sediments act as sinks for microplastics and reveal effects of current and historical land use changes.听Environmental Advances, 4, 100060,听.*Equally contribution听

Bourrin, F., Uus玫ue, M., Artigas, M. C., S脿nchez-Vidal, A., Aubert, D., Menniti, C., Klar, J., Ambl谩s, D., Calafat, A. M., Frigola, J., Iglesias, O., Manea, E.,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R., Quesada, S., Rayo, X., Rivera, J., Rum铆n, A., Tangherlini, M. and Tubau, X., 2021. Release of particles and metals into seawater following sediment resuspension of a coastal mine tailings disposal off Portm谩n Bay, Southern Spain,听Environmental Science Pollution Research, 1鈥18,听.听

Hayes, C. T., Costa, K. M., Anderson, R. F., Calvo, E., Chase, Z., Demina, L. L., Dutay, J. C., German, C. R., Heimb眉rger-Boavida, L. E., Jaccard, S. L., Jacobel, A., Kohfeld, K. E., Kravchishina, M. D., Lippold, J., Mekik, F., Missiaen, L., Pavia, F. J., Paytan, A.,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Petrova, M. V., Rahman, S., Robinson, L. F., Roy-Barman, M., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Shiller, A., Tagliabue, A., Tessin, A. C., van Hulten, M. and Zhang, J., 2021. Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea,听Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 35(4), e2020GB006769,听.

Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Conte, M. H., Weber, J.C., Johnson, R., 2019.听Hurricane Nicole enhanced labile carbon export into the deep ocean.听Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 10484-10494.听.听

de Haan, W. P., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Canals, M.,听NUREIEV1 Shipboard Scientific Party听, 2019. Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea.听Marine Pollution Bulletin,听140, 523鈥535.听听(*NUREIEV1 Shipboard Scientific Party includes听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.).

Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Conte, M. H., Weber, J.C., Johnson, R., 2018.听Carbon cycling in the Sargasso Sea water column: insights from lipid biomarkers in suspended particles.听Progress in Oceanography, 168, 248-278,听.

Danovaro, R., Canals, M., Tangherlini, M., Dell鈥橝nno, A., Gambi, C., Lastras, G., Amblas, D., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Frigola, J., Calafat, A.M.,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Rivera, J., Rayo, X., Corinaldesi, C., 2017. A submarine volcanic eruption leads to a novel microbial habitat.听Nature Ecology & Evolution,听1, 0144,听.

Quir贸s-Collazos, L.*,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.*, Sanchez-Vidal, A., Guill茅n, J., Duran, R., Cabello, P., 2017. Distribution and sources of organic matter in size-fractionated nearshore and inner-shelf sediments of the NW Mediterranean.听Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 189, 267-280.,听.听*Equally contribution听

Pedrosa-P脿mies, R., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Canals, M., Lampadariou, N, Dimitris, V., Gogou, A., Parinos, C., Calafat, A., 2016. Enhanced carbon export to the abyssal depths driven by atmosphere dynamics.听Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (16), 8626-86-36,听.听

Pedrosa-P脿mies, R.,听Parinos, C., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Gogou, A., Calafat, A., Canals, M., Bouloubassi, I., Lampadariou, N., 2015. Composition and sources of sedimentary organic matter in the deep Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 12, 9935-9989,听.

Pedrosa-P脿mies, R., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Calafat, A., Canals, M. and Dur谩n, R., 2013. Impact of storm-induced remobilization on grain size distribution and organic carbon content in sediments from the Blanes Canyon area, NW Mediterranean Sea.听Progress Oceanography, 118, 122-136,听.

Parinos, C., Gogou, A., Bouloubassi, I.,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Velaoras, D., Krokos, G., Hatzianestis, I., Lykousis, V., 2013. Distribution and sources of natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from deep basins of the open Eastern Mediterranean Sea.听Biogeociences,听10, 6069-6089,听.

Sanchez-Vidal, A., Canals, M., Calafat, A.M., Lastras, G.,听Pedrosa-P脿mies, R., Men茅ndez, M., Romero, J., Hereu, B., Alcoverro, T., 2012.听Impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem by a severe coastal storm.听PLoS ONE听7(1): e30395,听.听