2024

• Parra, S., D. Santos, A. Luzio, E. Cabecinha, M.J. Saavedra, J. Gago, S. Varandas, S.M. Monteiro, 2024. Impacts of Microplastics, Cadmium, and Their Mixtures on Biochemical Biomarkers in the Freshwater Bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidea). Diversity , https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120750

• Gerigny, O., G. Blanco, H. de Pablo, U. Lips, N. Buhhalko, L. Chouteau, E. Georges, N. Meyers, et al., 2024. Comparative analysis of microplastics detection methods applied to marine sediments: A case study in the Bay of Marseille. Marine Pollution Bulletin , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116787

• Cloux, S., P. Pérez, H. de Pablo, V. Pérez-Muñuzuri, 2024. A regional Lagrangian model to evaluate the dispersion of floating macroplastics in the North Atlantic Ocean from land and river sources in the western coast of Spain. Marine Pollution Bulletin , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117110

• Padin, X.A., J.M.F. Babarro, P. Otero, M. Gilcoto, T. Rellán, L. Suárez, A. Velo, L.G. Peteiro, 2024. The declining availability of wild mussel seed for aquaculture in a coastal upwelling system. Frontiers in Marine Science , https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1375269

• Couñago-Fernández, M., P. Otero, M. Samartín-Ucha, A. Paradela-Carreiro, S. Muniategui-Lorenzo, N. Martínez-López de Castro, 2024. Predicted concentrations of antineoplastic drugs in the aquatic environment: The case of Ría de Vigo (NW, Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116399

• Incera, M., L. Valbuena, J. Falcón, E.L. González, M. González-Porto, L. Martín-García, P. Martín-Sosa, J. Gago, 2024. Assessment of seabed litter at Concepción Seamount (Canary island) using a remotely operated towed vehicle. Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123654

• Otero, P., E. Velasco, J. Valeiras, 2024. Surveillance of coastal biodiversity through social network monitoring. Ecological Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102515

2023

• Otero, P., A. Cabrero, F. Alonso-Pérez, G. Casas, J. Gago, E. Nogueira, 2023. Temperature and salinity vertical profiles (CTD) data in the Ría de Vigo and adjacent shelf collected in the Radiales program, 1987–2020. Data in Brief, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109626

• Sandra, M., L.I. Devriese, A.M. Booth, B. De Witte, G. Everaert, J. Gago, F. Galgani, K. Langedock, A. Lusher, T. Maes, T. Pirlet, J. Russell, C.K. Pham, 2023. A systematic review of state-of-the-art technologies for monitoring plastic seafloor litter. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joes.2023.07.004

• Edo, C., F. Fernández-Piñas, F. Leganes, M. Gómez, I. Martínez, H. Herrera, C. Hernández-Sánchez, J. González-Sálamo, J. Hernández Borges, J. López-Castellanos, J. Bayo, C. Romera-Castillo, D. Elustondo, C. Santamaría, R. Alonso, H. García-Gómez, R. Gonzalez-Cascon, V. Martínez-Hernández, J. Landaburu-Aguirre, M. Incera, J. Gago, B. Noya, R. Beiras, S. Muniategui-Lorenzo, R. Rosal, M. González-Pleiter, 2023. A nationwide monitoring of atmospheric microplastic deposition. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166923

• Otero, P., A. Cabrero, F. Alonso-Pérez, J. Gago, E. Nogueira, 2023. Temperature and salinity trends in the northern limit of the Canary Current Upwelling System. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165791

• Barry, J., A. Rindorf, J. Gago, B. Silburn, A. McGoran, J. Russell, 2023. Top 10 marine litter items on the seafloor in European seas from 2012 to 2020. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165997

• Gálvez-Blanca, V., C. Edo, M. González-Pleiter, M. Albentosa, J. Bayo, R. Beiras, F. Fernández-Piñas, J. Gago, M. Gómez, R. Gonzalez-Cascon, J. Hernández-Borges, J. Landaburu-Aguirre, I. Martínez, S. Muniategui-Lorenzo, C. Romera-Castillo, R. Rosal, 2023. Occurrence and size distribution study of microplastics in household water from different cities in continental Spain and the Canary Islands. Water Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120044

• Viñas L., B. Pérez-Fernandez, V. Besada, J. Gago, B. McHugh, S. Parra, 2023. PAHs and trace metals in marine surficial sediments from the Porcupine Bank (NE Atlantic): A contribution to establishing background concentrations. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159189

2022

• Soliño, L., L. Vidal-Liñan, P. Pérez, S. García Barcelona, F. Baldó and J. Gago, 2022. Microplastic occurrence in deep-sea fish species Alepocephalus bairdii and Coryphaenoides rupestris from the Porcupine Bank (North Atlantic). Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155150

• Laiz-Carrión, R., A. Cabrero, J.M. Quintanilla, A. Hernández, A. Uriarte, J. Gago, J.M. Rodríguez, C. Piñeiro, A. García and F. Saborido-Rey, 2022. Shifts in the seasonal trophic ecology of larvae and juveniles of European hake (Merluccius merluccius): From the Galician upwelling system (NW Spain). Fisheries Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12603

• Carretero, O., J. Gago, A.V. Filgueiras and L. Viñas, 2022. The seasonal cycle of micro and meso-plastics in surface waters in a coastal environment (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain). Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150021

• Gago J., A.M. Booth, R. Tiller, T. Maes, J. Larreta, 2022. Microplastics Pollution and Regulation. Handbook of Microplastics in the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39041-9_52

2021

• Otero, P., J. Gago and P. Quintas, 2021. Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112620

• Parra, S., S. Varandas, D. Santos, L. Félix, L. Fernandes, E. Cabecinha, J. Gago and S. Monteiro, 2021. Multi-Biomarker Responses of Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidea) to Cadmium and Microplastics Pollutants. Water, https://doi.org/10.3390/w13040394

• Santos-Echeandía, J., A. Zéler, J. Gago and C. Lacroix, 2021. The role of cigarette butts as vectors of metals in the marine environment: Could it cause bioaccumulation in oysters? Journal of Hazardous Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125816

• Sousa, M.C., M. deCastro, J. Gago, A.S. Ribeiro, M. Des, J.L. Gómez-Gesteira, J.M. Dias and M. Gomez-Gesteira, 2021. Modelling the distribution of microplastics released by wastewater treatment plants in Ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112227

• Filgueiras, A.V., J. Gago, I. García, V.M. León and L. Viñas, 2021. Plackett Burman design for microplastics quantification in marine sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111841

• Carretero, O., J. Gago and L. Viñas, 2021. From the coast to the shelf: Microplastics in Rías Baixas and Miño River shelf sediments (NW Spain). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 162, 111814, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111814

• Vighi, M., J. Bayo, F. Fernández-Piñas, J. Gago, M. Gómez, J. Hernández-Borges, A. Herrera, J. Landabaru, S. Muniategui-Lorenzo, A.R. Muñoz, A. Rico, C. Romera-Castillo, L. Viñas and R. Rosal, 2021. Micro and Nano-Plastics in the Environment: Research Priorities for the Near Future. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2021_69

• Concha-Graña, E., C. Moscoso-Pérez, V. Fernández-González, P. López-Mahía, J. Gago, V.M. León and S. Muniategui-Lorenzo, 2021. Phthalates, organotin compounds and per-polyfluoroalkyl substances in semiconfined areas of the Spanish coast: Occurrence, sources and risk assessment. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146450

2020

• González-Pleiter, M., D. Velázquez, C. Edo, O. Carretero, J. Gago, A. Baron-Sola, L.E. Hernández, I. Yousef, A. Quesada, F. Leganes, R. Rosal and F. Fernández-Pinas, 2020. Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137904

• Gago, J., S. Portela, A.V. Filgueiras, M.P. Salinas and D. Macías, 2020. Ingestion of plastic debris (macro and micro) by longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100977

• Filgueiras, A.V, I. Preciado, A. Cartón, J. Gago, 2020. Microplastic ingestion by pelagic and benthic fish and diet composition: A case study in the NW Iberian shelf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111623

• Mendoza, A., J.L. Osa, O.C. Basurko, A. Rubio, M. Santos, J. Gago, F. Galgani and C. Pena-Rodríguez, 2020. Microplastics in the Bay of Biscay: An overview. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110996

• Díez-Minguito, M., M. Bermúdez, J. Gago, O. Carretero and L. Viñas, 2020. Observations and idealized modelling of microplastic transport in estuaries: The exemplary case of an upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain). Marine Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103780

• Krüger, L., N. Casado-Coy, C. Valle, M. Ramos, P. Sánchez-Jerez, J. Gago, O. Carretero, A. Beltrán-Sanahuja and C. Sanz-Lázaro, 2020. Plastic debris accumulation in the seabed derived from coastal fish farming. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113336

• García-Alegre, A., E. Román-Marcote, J. Gago, G. González-Nuevo, M. Sacau and P.D. Muñoz, 2020. Seabed litter distribution in the high seas of the Flemish Pass area (NW Atlantic). Scientia Marina, https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04945.27A

• Rodríguez-Díaz, L., J.L. Gómez-Gesteira, X. Costoya, M. Gómez-Gesteira and J. Gago, 2020. The Bay of Biscay as a trapping zone for exogenous plastics of different sizes. Journal of Sea Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2020.101929

• García-Portela, M., B. Reguera, J. Gago, M. Le Gac, F. Rodríguez, 2020. Uptake of Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen Sources by Dinophysis acuminata and D. acuta. Microorganisms, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020187

• Gago J., A.M. Booth, R. Tiller, T. Maes, J. Larreta, 2020. Microplastics Pollution and Regulation. Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_52-1

2019

• Martins, I., F. Bessa, A.M.M. Gonçalves, J. Gago and S. Libralato, 2019. MODELPlastics workshop - Modelling Ocean Plastic Litter in a Changing Climate: Gaps and future directions. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.063

• Filgueiras, A.V., J. Gago, J.A. Campillo and V.M. León, 2019. Microplastic distribution in surface sediments along the Spanish Mediterranean continental shelf. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05341-5

• Cabrero, A., G. González-Nuevo, J. Gago and J.M. Cabanas, 2019. Study of sardine (Sardina pilchardus) regime shifts in the Iberian Atlantic shelf waters. Fisheries Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12410

• Pereiro, D., C. Souto and J. Gago, 2019. Dynamics of floating marine debris in the northern Iberian waters: A model approach. Journal of Sea Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.11.007

• Reguera, P., L. Viñas and J. Gago, 2019. Microplastics in wild mussels (Mytilus spp.) from the north coast of spain. Scientia Marina, https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04927.05A

Videos

• Coastal dynamics off northwest Iberia during a stormy winter period. Video explaing the main results of the research paper: Otero et al., 2012. Coastal dynamics off Northwest Iberia during a stormy winter period (paper)

• Diferenzas entre os polímeros dos microplásticos PE vs PET. Videproposta de investigación de Pablo Otero para Pontenciencia2024.

• Contaminación por microplásticos. Videproposta de investigación de Zoe Cardin para Pontenciencia2023.

• Estudando os mares desde as alturas con Copernicus Sentinel-2. Videproposta de investigación de Pablo Otero para Pontenciencia2023.

• O cambio climático e a subida do nivel do mar. Videproposta de investigación de Pablo Otero para Pontenciencia2022.

• Os plásticos no medio mariño. Videproposta de investigación de Gustavo Blanco para Pontenciencia2022.

• Moluscos bivalvos e as condicións de salinidade. Videproposta de investigación de Pablo Otero para Pontenciencia2021.

• O lixo nos océanos. Videproposta de investigación de Lucía Soliño para Pontenciencia2021.

• A temperatura da auga do río e do mar. Videproposta de investigación de Pablo Otero para Pontenciencia2020.

• Lixos mariños. Videproposta de investigación de Jesús Gago para Pontenciencia2020.

Podcasts

• (2024 Feb 23) "Españoles en la mar", RNE Biodiversidad de las costas españolas a partir de los hallazgos que los ciudadanos han compartido en la red social X

• (2023 Nov 16) "Españoles en la mar", RNE Al calor del mar en un bar. Hablamos de esta original iniciativa organizada por el Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo con motivo de la Semana de la Ciencia

• (2023 Oct 12) "Españoles en la mar", RNE En 34 años la ría de Vigo y la plataforma continental adyacente no han experimentado una tendencia significativa a largo plazo en su temperatura

• (2022 Abr 27) "A hombros de gigantes", RNE, Radio 5 Encuentran plásticos en peces a mil metros de profundidad

• (2021 Jul 21) "El Far", El far.cat talking about Twitter and plastic pollution

• (2021 Jul 16) "Españoles en la Mar", RNE, Radio Exterior de España talking about Twitter and plastic pollution (from minute 15 on)

Educational resources

• Artículo en The Conversation: Cómo se comportan los pelets de plástico en el medio marino https://theconversation.com/como-se-comportan-los-pelets-de-plastico-en-el-medio-marino-220892

• Propuestas para dar a conocer el problema de la basura marina. Nivel 1 http://www.cleanatlantic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdaptacionCEFAS_Level_1_Vs_FINAL_CalidadBaja.pdf

• Propuestas para dar a conocer el problema de la basura marina. Nivel 2 http://www.cleanatlantic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdaptacionCEFAS_-Level_2_Vs_FINAL_CalidadBaja.pdf