Research Articles from COUPLING II

Puyal-Astals, L., Veny, M., Moffat, C., Aguiar-González, B. 2026. Seasonal circulation, transport and connectivity of the Gerlache-Bransfield Strait based on 20 Years of SADCP Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (Accepted).

Pereira-Vázquez, T., Aguiar-González, B., Rodríguez-Santana, Á., Veny, M., Marrero-Díaz, A. 2023. Western boundary current system in the Weddell Sea: interplay of  thermohaline gradients and wind stress forcing across seasonal scales. Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Physical Oceanography, 12.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1540777

Veny, M., Aguiar-González, B., Ruiz-Urbaneja, A., Pereira-Vázquez, T., Puyal-Astals, L., Marrero-Díaz, Á. 2023. Boundary currents in the Bransfield Strait: near-surface interbasin water volume and heat exchange. Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Physical Oceanography, 12.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1555552

Below, participants of COUPLING II are highlighted in bold font.

Veny, M., Aguiar-González, B., Marrero-Díaz, Á., Pereira-Vázquez, T., Rodríguez-Santana, Á. 2023. Biophysical coupling of seasonal  chlorophyll-a bloom variations and phytoplankton assemblages across the  Peninsula Front in the Bransfield Strait. Ocean Science, 20, 2, 389-415.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-389-2024

Veny, M., Aguiar-González, B., Marrero-Díaz, A., Rodríguez-Santana, A. 2022. Seasonal circulation and volume transport of the Bransfield Current. Progress in Oceanography, 204, 102795.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102795 

Wang, X., Moffat, C., Dinniman, M. S., Klinck, J. M., Sutherland, D. A., Aguiar-González, B. 2022. Variability and Dynamics of Along-Shore Exchange on the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Continental Shelf. 2022. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 127, 2.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017645

Mouriño-Carballido, B., Otero Ferrer, J. L., Fernández Castro, B.,  Marañón, E., Blazquez Maseda, M., Aguiar-González, B., Chouciño, P., Graña, R. Moreira-Coelho, V., Villamaña, M. 2021. Magnitude of nitrate turbulent diffusion in  contrasting marine environments. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 18804.

 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97731-4

Sotomayor-Garcia, A., Montserrat Sala, M., Ferrera, I.,  Estrada, M., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Emelianov, M., ... & Vaqué, D. 2020. Assessing viral abundance and community composition in four  contrasting regions of the Southern Ocean. Life, 10(7), 107.

https://doi.org/10.3390/life10070107

Sangrà, P., Stegner, A., Hernández-Arencibia, M., Marrero-Díaz, Á.,  Salinas, C., Aguiar-González, B., Henríquez-Pastene, C., Mouriño-Carballido, B.  2017. The Bransfield gravity current. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 119, 1-15.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2016.11.003

Sangrà, P., García-Muñoz, C., García, C. M., Marrero-Díaz, Á., Sobrino,  C., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Aguiar-González, B., Henríquez-Pastene, C., Rodríguez-Santana, A., Lubián, L. M., Hernández-Arencibia, M., Hernández-León, S., Vázquez, E., Estrada-Allis, S. N. 2014.  Coupling between upper ocean layer variability and size-fractionated  phytoplankton in a non-nutrient-limited environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 499, 35-46.

http://doi.org/10.3354/meps10668

Poulin, F. J., Stegner, A., Hernández-Arencibia, M., Marrero-Díaz, A.,  & Sangrà, P. 2014. Steep shelf stabilization of the coastal  Bransfield Current: Linear stability analysis. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(2), 714-732.

https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0158.1

Macías, D., Rodríguez-Santana, Á., Ramírez-Romero, E., Bruno, M.,  Pelegrí, J. L., Sangrà, P., Aguiar-González, B., García, C. M. 2013. Turbulence  as a driver for vertical plankton distribution in the subsurface upper  ocean. Scientia Marina, 77, 541-549.

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03854.03

Ortega-Retuerta, E.,  Jeffrey, W.H., Babin, M., Bélanger, S., Benner, R., Marie, D.,  Matsuoka, A., Raimbault, P., Joux, F. 2012. Carbon fluxes in the  Canadian Arctic: patterns and drivers of bacterial abundance, production  and respiration on the Beaufort Sea margin. Biogeosciences 9,  3679–3692. 

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3679-2012sch 

Sangrà, P., Gordo, C., Hernandez-Arencibia, M., Marrero-Díaz, A.,  Rodríguez-Santana, A., Stegner, A., Martínez-Marrero, A., Pelegrí, J. L., Pichon, T. 2011. The  Bransfield current system. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 58(4), 390-402.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.01.011

Ortega-Retuerta, E.,  Siegel, D.A., Nelson, N.B., Duarte, C.M., Reche, I. 2010. Observations  of chromophoric dissolved and detrital organic matter distribution  using remote sensing in the Southern Ocean: Validation, dynamics and  regulation. Journal of Marine Systems, 82, 295–303.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.06.004 

Ortega-Retuerta, E.,  Reche, I., Pulido-Villena, E., Agustí, S., Duarte, C.M. 2010.  Distribution and photoreactivity of chromophoric dissolved organic  matter in the Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean). Marine Chemistry, 118, 129–139. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2009.11.008

Yebra L.,  Hernández-León S., Almeida C., & Bécognée P. 2009. Metabolism and  biomass vertical distribution of zooplankton in the Bransfield Strait  during the austral summer of 2000. Polar Research, 28(3), 415-425. 

https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v28i3.6136

Ortega-Retuerta, Eva,  Frazer, T.K., Duarte, C.M., Ruiz-Halpern, S., Tovar-Sánchez, A.,  Arrieta, J.M., Reche, I. 2009. Biogeneration of chromophoric dissolved  organic matter by bacteria and krill in the Southern Ocean. Limnology  and Oceanography, 54, 1941– 1950. 

https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.1941