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EDUCATION

  •  BSc in Marine Sciences, University of Vigo (Spain), 1998 (with honors)
  •  PhD in Oceanography, University of Vigo, 2002 (with honors)


RESEARCH POSITIONS

  • Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA), 2003-2005
  • Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vigo (Spain), 2006-2008
  • Isidro Parga Pondal Researcher Fellow, University of Vigo (Spain), 2008-2011
  • Ramón y Cajal Researcher Fellow, University of Vigo (Spain), 2011-2014
  • Asociate Professor, University of Vigo (Spain), 2014-present


VISITING SCIENTIST 


PUBLICATIONS

Peer-review articles

35. B. Fernández-Castro, B. Mouriño-Carballido, E. Marañón, P. Chouciño, J. Gago, T. Ramírez, M. Vidal, A. Bode, D. Blasco, S.-J. Royer, M. Estrada, and R. Simó. Importance of salt fingering for new nitrogen supply in the oligotrophic oceans (Submitted).

34. Mouriño-Carballido, B., Hojas, E., Cermeño, P., Chouciño, P., Fernández-Castro, B., Latasa, M., Marañón, E., Morán, X.A Vidal, M. Control of nutrient supply on picoplankton community structure during three contrasting seasons in the NW Mediterranean Sea (Under review in Marine Ecology Progress Series).

33. Mompeán de la Rosa, C., Bode, A., Latasa, M., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Fernández, B., Irigoien, X. Global distribution of planktonic trophic structure estimated from stable nitrogen isotope spectra of plankton (Under review in Global Ecology and Biogeography).

32. M. Estrada, M. Latasa, M. Emelianov, A. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, B. Fernández-Castro, J. Isern-Fontanet, B. Mouriño-Carballido, J. Salat, M. Vidal (2014). Seasonal and short-term variability of primary production in the deep convection region of the NW Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research I, 94, 45-61.

31. B. Fernández-Castro, B. Mourinño-Carballido, V. M. Benítez-Barrios, P. Chouciñ ̃o, E. Fraile-Nuez, R. Granña, M. Piedeleu, A. Rodr ́ıguez-Santana (2014). Microstructure turbulence and diffusivity parameterization in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans during the Malaspina 2010 expedition. Deep-Sea Research I, 94, 15-30.

30. Marañón E., Cermeño P., Huete-Ortega M., López-Sandoval D., Mouriño-Carballido B., Rodríguez-Ramos T. (2014). Resource supply overrides temperature as a controlling factor of marine phytoplankton growth. PLOS one, 9 (6), e99312.

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

28. Teira E., Mouriño-Carballido B., Martínez-García S., Sobrino C., Ameneiro J., Hernández-León S., Vázquez E (2012). Controls of primary production and bacterial carbon metabolism around South Shetland Islands. Deep-Sea Research I 69, 70-81. 

27. Luo Y.-W. et al (2012) Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundances, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates. Earth System Science Data, 4, 47–73. 

26. Fernández A., Graña R., Mouriño-Carballido B., Bode A., Varela M., Domínguez F.,  Escánez J., de Armas D., Marañón E (2012). Community N2 fixation and Trichodesmium spp. abundance along longitudinal gradients in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fss142. 

25. Fernández-Castro B., Anderson L., Marañón E., Ausín B., Neuer S., González-Dávila M. Santana-Casiano M., Cianca A., Santana R., Llinás O., Rueda M.J., and Mouriño-Carballido B (2012). Regional differences in modelled net production and shallow remineralization in the North Atlantic subtropical Gyre. Biogeosciences, 9, 2831–2846. 

24. Ameneiro J., Mouriño-Carballido B., Parapar J., Vázquez E (2012). Abundance and distribution of invertebrate larvae in the Bellingshausen Sea (West Antarctica). Polar Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00300-012-1177-4. 

23. Mouriño-Carballido, B., Pahlow, M., Oschlies A. (2012) High sensitivity of ultra-oligotrophic marine ecosystems to atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L05601, doi:10.1029/2011GL050606. 

22. Huete-Ortega, M., Calvo-Díaz A., Graña R., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Marañón E. (2011) Effect of environmental forcing on the biomass, production and growth rate of size-fractionated phytoplankton in the central Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 88, 203–213. 

21. Mouriño-Carballido, B., Graña, R., Fernández, A., Bode, A., Varela, M., Domínguez, J. F., Escánez, J., de Armas, D., Marañón, E. (2011) Importance of N2 fixation versus nitrate eddy diffusion along a latitudinal transect in the Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(3), 2011, 999–1007. 

20. Moreno-Ostos, E., Fernández, A., Huete-Ortega, M., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Calvo-Díaz, A., Morán, X. A. G., Marañón, E. (2011) Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and production in the tropical Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 75, 379-389. 

19. Marañón, E., Fernández, A., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Martínez-García, S., Teira, E., Cermeño, P., Chouciño, P., Huete-Ortega, M., Fernández, E., Calvo-Díaz, A., Morán, X. A. G., Bode, A., Moreno-Ostos, E., Varela, M. M., Patey, M. D., Achterberg, E. P. (2010). Degree of oligotrophy controls the response of microbial plankton to Saharan dust. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 2339-2352. 

18. Fernández, A., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Bode, A., Varela, M., Marañón, E. (2010) Latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. and N2 fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 7, 3167–3176. 

17. Mouriño-Carballido B. & Anderson L. (2009). Net community production of oxygen derived from in vitro in situ 1-D modeling techniques in a cyclonic mesoscale eddy in the Sargasso Sea. Biogeosciences 6, 1799-1810. 

16. Mouriño-Carballido B. (2009) Eddy-driven pulses of respiration in the Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 56, 1242-1250.15. 

15. Mouriño B. & Neuer S. (2008). Regional differences in the role of eddy pumping in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre: Historical conundrums revisited. Oceanography 21, 52-61. 

14. Marañón E., Pérez V., Fernández E., Anadón R., Bode A., González N., Huskin I., Isla A., Morán A, Mouriño-Carballido B., Quevedo M., Robinson C., Serret P., Teira E., Varela M., Malcolm M., Woodward S. & Zubkov, M. (2007). Planktonic carbon budget in the euphotic layer of the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 48, 261-275. 

13. Cianca A., Helmke P., Mouriño-Carballllido B., Rueda M.J., Llinás O. & Neuer S. (2007). Decadal analysis of hydrography and in situ nutrient budgets in the western and eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre. Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (C7), C07025, 10.1029/2006JC003788. 

12. Mouriño-Carballido B. & McGillicuddy D., 2006. Mesoscale variability in the metabolic balance of the Sargasso Sea. Limnology & Oceanography, 51, 2675-2689. 

11. Teira E., Mouriño B., Marañón E., Pérez V., Pazó M.J., Serret P., Fernández P, 2005. Variability of chlorophyll and primary production in the Eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre: potential factors affecting phytoplankton activity. Deep-Sea Research I, 52: 569-588. 

10. Mouriño, B., E. Fernández, R. Pingree, B. Sinha, J. Escánez, D. de Armas, 2005. Constraining the effect of mesoscale features on the carbon budget of the photic layer in the NE subtropical Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 287: 45-52. 

9. Fernández E., Álvarez F., Anadón R., Barquero S., Bode A., García A., García-Soto C., Gil J., González N., Iriarte A., Mouriño B., Rodríguez F., Sánchez R., Teira E., Torres S., Valdés L., Varela M., Zapata M., 2004. An overview of the physical, chemical and ecological properties of a Slope Water anticyclonic Oceanic eddy (SWODDY) in the Sourthern Bay of Biscay. Journal of Marine Biological Association, UK, 84, 501-517. 

8. Mouriño, B., E. Fernández, Alves, M., 2004. Thermohaline structure, ageostrophic vertical velocity fields and phytoplankton distribution and production in the North East Atlantic subtropical front. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C04020, doi:10.1029/2003JC001990. 

7. Mouriño, B., E. Fernández, H. Etienne, F. Hernández, S. Giraud, 2003. Significance of cyclonic STORM (SubTropical Oceanic Rings of Magnitude) eddies for the carbon budget of the euphotic layer in the subtropical NE Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C12), 3383. 

6. Marañón, E., Behrenfeld, M., González, N., Mouriño, B., Zubkov, M.V. 2003. High variability of primary production in the Atlantic subtropical gyres. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 257: 1-11. 

5. Mouriño, B., E. Fernández, J. Escánez, D. de Armas, S. Giraud, B. Sinha, R. Pingree. 2002. A SubTropical Oceanic Ring of Magnitude (STORM) in the Eastern North Atlantic: physical, chemical and biological properties. Deep-Sea Research II. 49 (19): 4003-4021. 

4. Mouriño, B., E. Fernández, P. Serret, B. Sinha, D. Harbour, R.D. Pingree. 2001. Variability and sesonality of physical and biological fields at the Great Meteor Seamount (Subtropical NE Atlantic). Oceanologica Acta. 24(2). 167-185. 

3. Marañón, E., Holligan, P.M., Barciela, R., González, N., Mouriño, B., Pazó, M.J., Varela, M., 2001. Patterns of phytoplankton size structure and productivity in contrasting open-ocean enviroments. Marine Ecology  Progress Series. 216: 43-56. 

2. González, N., R. Anadón, B. Mouriño, E. Fernández, B. Sinha, J. Escánez, D. de Armas. 2001. The metabolic balance of the planktonic community in the N. Atlantic Subtropical Gyre: The role of mesoscale instabilities. Limnology and Oceanography. 46(4): 946-952. 

1. Marañón, E., Holligan, P.M., Varela, M., Mouriño, B., Bale, A.J., 2000. Basin-scale variability of phytoplankton biomass, production and growth in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I. 47: 825-857. 


Book chapters

  1. García O., Parapar J., Mouriño-Carballido B., 2011. Métodos, en La Antártida. La vida al límite. Las expediciones Bentart, Hércules de Ediciones S.A, ISBN 978-84-92715-29-9.
  2. Graña R., Chouciño P., Varela R., Mouriño-Carballido B., 2011. Medidas directas de microturbulencia en el océano. Editorial Tecnos (Grupo Anaya), ISBN:978-84-309-5208-3.
  3. Chouciño Vilela P., Fernández Graña R.; Fernández Castro B.; Piedeleu M., Rodríguez Santana A., Mouriño Carballido B., 2012. Medidas de tasas de disipación de energía cinética turbulenta. Expedición de circunnavegación Malaspina 2010: cambio global y exploración de la biodiversidad del océano global: Libro blanco de métodos y técnicas de trabajo oceanográfico. CSIC, ISBN 978-84-000-9419-5.


Recent oral presentations

  1. Fernández-Castro, B., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Blasco, D., Benítez-Barrios, V.M., Chouciño,P., Fraile-Nuez,E., Gago, J., Graña, R., Marañón, E., Piedeleu, M., Ramírez, T., Rodríguez-Santana, A. (2013). Patterns of ocean microstructure turbulence, diffusivity parameterization and nutrient fluxes during the Malaspina 2010 expedition. 6th Warnemünde Turbulence Days (WTD) 2013, Isle of Vilm, (Germany)
  2. Mouriño-Carballido, B., Pahlow, M., Oschlies A. (2012) High sensitivity of ultra-oligotrophic marine ecosystems to atmospheric nitrogen deposition. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2012 (Kyoto, Japan).
  3. Fernández-Castro B., Rodríguez-Santana A., Chouciño P., Graña R., Piedeleu M., Benítez-Barrios V., Fraile-Nuez E., Mouriño-Carballido B. (2012). Turbulence microstructure measurements and KPP validation in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the Malaspina expedition. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2012 (Kyoto, Japan).
  4. Graña R., Mouriño-Carballido B., Varela R., Fernández A., Marañón E., Cotano U, Irigoien X, Alcaraz M (2011). Utilización de medidas de microturbulencia en el estudio de procesos biológicos en el océano. I Encuentro de la oceanografía física española (Barcelona, Spain).
  5. Mouriño-Carballido B., Marañón E., Graña R., Fernández-Carrera A., Bode A., Domínguez F., Escánez J., de Armas D. (2010). Importance of N2-fixation versus nitrate eddy diffusion across the Atlantic ocean. 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting (Portland, USA).


MENTORING

Supervised students

  • Marina Villamaña Rodríguez . Undergraduate (2013/2014), on going Master
  • José Luis Otero, on going PhD
  • Víctor Moreira Coello, on going PhD
  • Tomás Leandro Anllo Ripa. Undergraduate (2012/2013)
  •  Elena Hojas Sánchez. Master (2011/2012)
  •  Bieito Fernández Castro. Master (2010/2011), on going PhD 
  •  Maribel García. Undergraduate (2010/2011)
  •  Blanca Ausín González. Undergraduate (2009/2010)
  •  Rocío Graña Fernández. Master (2007/2008)
Last updated November 2014