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My major interests are in the field of biological oceanography, particularly in the field of plankton dynamics and physical-biological interactions. As part of my PhD, I worked on primary production and island wake effects. I also did some research on upwelling areas and in the Southern Ocean during that time. Although still involved some open ocean research, I am presentlymore focused on studies in the coastal environment. I am interested in coastal processes and their effects on pelagic communities, including the study of nearshore Harmful Algal Blooms HABs in the Mediterranean. As part of the work in HABs we are exploring the possible links between coastal HABs and coastal groundwater discharges and therein dissolved elements. Other aspects of interest are shelf-ocean exchanges, plankton conectivity and real-time characterization of the coastal environment using optical sensors. Much of this research is directly applicable to problems of coastal zone, fisheries and marine protected areas management as well as for and other environmental issues including global change.
Interests
- Plankton ecology
- Response of pelagic communities to environmental perturbations
- Harmful algal blooms
- Scales of plankton variability in coastal areas
- Physical-biological coupling in planktonic systems
- Groundwater effects on coastal communities
Education Background
- Graduate in Marine Sciences. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).
- PhD - Marine Sciences. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).
Recent Publications
- G Basterretxea, JS Font-Muñoz, PM Salgado-Hernanz, J Arrieta, I Hernandez Carrasco. 2018. Patterns of chlorophyll interannual variability in Mediterranean biogeographical regions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 215, 7–17.
- JS Font-Muñoz, A Jordi, S Anglès, P Ferriol, E Garcés, G Basterretxea 2018. Assessing phytoplankton community composition using combined pigment and particle size distribution analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 594, 51-63.
- IA Catalán, J Alós, C Díaz-Gil, S Pérez-Mayol, G Basterretxea, 2018. Potential fishing-related effects on fish life history revealed by otolith microchemistry. Fisheries Research 199, 186-195.
- A Cuadros, G Basterretxea, L Cardona, A Cheminée, M Hidalgo, ...2018. Settlement and post-settlement survival rates of the white seabream (Diplodus sargus) in the western Mediterranean Sea Plos One, 13(1), e0190278.
- G Basterretxea, FJ Torres, E Alacid, S Anglès, J Camp, I Ferrera, ...2018. Cross-shore environmental gradients in the Western Mediterranean coast and their influence on nearshore phytoplankton communities. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5.78.
- G Basterretxea, A Jordi, MC Martínez-Soto, A Tovar-Sánchez, 2017. Episodic Biogeochemical Variability in a Low-Flow Mediterranean Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 40(5), 1247-126.
- JS Font-Muñoz, A Jordi, I Tuval, J Arrieta, S Anglès, G Basterretxea. 2017. Advection by ocean currents modifies phytoplankton size structure. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 14(130), 20170046.
- MC Martínez-Soto, A Tovar-Sánchez, D Sánchez-Quiles, V Rodellas, ... 2016. Seasonal variation and sources of dissolved trace metals in Maó Harbour, Minorca Island. Science of the Total Environment 565, 191-199.
- A Tovar-Sánchez, G Basterretxea, MB Omar, A Jordi, D Sánchez-Quiles, ...2016. Nutrients, trace metals and B-vitamin composition of the Moulouya River: A major North African river discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 176, 47-57.
- I Álvarez, IA Catalán, A Jordi, F Alemany, G Basterretxea. 2015. Interaction between spawning habitat and coastally steered circulation regulate larval fish retention in a large shallow temperate bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 167, 377-389
- MC Martinez-Soto, G Basterretxea, E Garcés, S Anglès, A Jordi, ...2015. Species-specific variation in the phosphorus nutritional sources by microphytoplankton in a Mediterranean estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science 2, 54,
- JS Font-Muñoz, A Jordi, S Anglès, G Basterretxea. 2015. Estimation of phytoplankton size structure in coastal waters using simultaneous laser diffraction and fluorescence measurements. Journal of Plankton Research 37(4), 740-751.
- A Tovar-Sánchez, G Basterretxea, V Rodellas, D Sánchez-Quiles, ...2014. Contribution of groundwater discharge to the coastal dissolved nutrients and trace metal concentrations in Majorca Island: karstic vs detrital systems. Environmental Science & Technology 48 (20), 11819-11827.
- J Alós, M Palmer, IA Catalan, A Alonso-Fernández, G Basterretxea, ...2014. Selective exploitation of spatially structured coastal fish populations by recreational anglers may lead to evolutionary downsizing of adults. Marine Ecology Progress Series 503, 219-233.
- V Rodellas, J Garcia-Orellana, A Tovar-Sánchez, G Basterretxea, ...2014. Submarine groundwater discharge as a source of nutrients and trace metals in a Mediterranean bay (Palma Beach, Balearic Islands). Marine Chemistry 160, 56-66.
- G Basterretxea, IA Catalán, A Jordi, I Álvarez, M Palmer, A Sabatés 2013. Dynamic regulation of larval fish self‐recruitment in a marine protected area. Fisheries Oceanography 22(6), 477-495.
- A Tovar-Sánchez, D Sánchez-Quiles, G Basterretxea, JL Benedé, ...2013. Sunscreen products as emerging pollutants to coastal waters. PLoS One 8(6), e65451.
- A Jordi, G Basterretxea, A Tovar-Sánchez, A Alastuey, X Querol. Copper aerosols inhibit phytoplankton growth in the Mediterranean Sea. 2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(52), 21246-21249.