Mariana Ribas Ribas

Mariana Ribas Ribas

RESEARCH INTEREST

My research interest is carbon and carbonate cycling across aquatic systems including coastal ecosystems (estuaries and continental margins) and polar region with particular emphasis on the exchange of CO2 with the atmosphere and on the coupling between inorganic carbon dynamics and biological processes.

POSITIONS HELD

05/2019 - present: Senior Scientist. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment , Germany.

09/2014 – 04/2019:  Experienced Researcher. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment , Germany.

  • 08/2017 – 05/2018: Parental leave
  • 05/2018 – 09/2018: working 50 %
  • 09/2018 – 03/2019: working 75 %

2012 – 2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow. School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, United Kingdom.

2011: Researcher. Department of Chemical Oceanography, University of Cádiz, Spain.

2006-2010: PhD candidate. Department of Chemical Oceanography, University of Cádiz, Spain.

2005: MSc candidate. University of Baja California, Mexico and University of Cádiz, Spain.

2004: Erasmus fellow. University of Liège, Belgium.

2002-2005: Research assistant. Department of Chemical Oceanography, University of Cádiz, Spain.

EDUCATION

2011: Master degree in Biodiversity and ecosystems, University of Vigo, Spain.

2010: European PhD with Honours (Chemical Oceanography), University of Cádiz, Spain.

2008: MSc (Marine Science), University of Cádiz, Spain.

2006: Pedagogic Competence certificate, University of Cádiz, Spain.

2005: BSc (Marine Science), University of Cádiz, Spain.

ARTICLES

2025

  1. Adenaya, A., Adeniran, A. A., Ugwuoke, C. L., Saliu, K., Raji, M. A., Rakshit, A., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Könneke, M.: Environmental Risk Factors Contributing to the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in West Africa, Microorganisms, 13, 951, 2025.

  2. Moreno-Polo, K., Tobón-Monsalve, D., Florez-Leiva, L., Lehners, C., Wurl, O., Pacheco, W., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Distribution of surfactants in the sea surface microlayer across a tropical estuarine system in Caribbean Colombia, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 320, 109291, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109291, 2025.

2024

  1. Adenaya, A., Quintero, R. R., Brinkhoff, T., Lara-Martín, P. A., Wurl, O., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Vertical distribution and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants in southern North Sea coastal waters, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200, 116099, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116099, 2024a.

  2. Adenaya, A., Spriahailo, D., Berger, M., Noster, J., Milke, F., Schulz, C., Reinthaler, T., Poehlein, A., Wurl, O., Ribas-Ribas, M., Hamprecht, A., and Brinkhoff, T.: Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the sea surface microlayer of coastal waters in the southern North Sea, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 287, 117259, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117259, 2024b.

  3. Gassen, L., Ayim, S. M., Badewien, T. H., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: Wind speed affects rainfall-induced salinity and temperature anomalies at the sea surface microlayer at mid-latitudes, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2024a.

  4. Gassen, L., Esters, L., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: The impact of rainfall on the sea surface salinity: a mesocosm study, Scientific Reports, 14, 6353, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56915-4, 2024b.

  5. Wurl, O., Gassen, L., Badewien, T. H., Braun, A., Emig, S., Holthusen, L. A., Lehners, C., Meyerjürgens, J., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: HALOBATES: An autonomous surface vehicle for high-resolution mapping of the sea-surface microlayer and near-surface layer on essential climate variables, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0021.1, 2024.

2023

  1. Adenaya, A., Berger, M., Brinkhoff, T., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: Usage of antibiotics in aquaculture and the impact on coastal waters, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188, 114645, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114645, 2023.

  2. Gassen, L., Badewien, T., Ewald, J., Ribas‐Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: Temperature and Salinity Anomalies in the Sea Surface Microlayer of the South Pacific during Precipitation Events, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, e2023JC019638, 2023.

  3. Ossenbeck, M., Theodorakopoulos, D., Schneemann, J., Ferdinand, O., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Detecting Sea Surface Slicks using Automated Machine Learning, OCEANS 2023 - Limerick, 5-8 June 2023, 1-10,  10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244633, 

  4. Rahlff, J., Wietz, M., Giebel, H.-A., Bayfield, O., Nilsson, E., Bergström, K., Kieft, K., Anantharaman, K., Ribas-Ribas, M., Schweitzer, H. D., Wurl, O., Hoetzinger, M., Antson, A., and Holmfeldt, K.: Ecogenomics and cultivation reveal distinctive viral-bacterial communities in the surface microlayer of a Baltic Sea slick, ISME Communications, 3, 97, 10.1038/s43705-023-00307-8, 2023.

2021

  1. Adenaya, A., Haack, M., Stolle, C., Wurl, O., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Effects of natural and artificial surfactants on diffusive boundary dynamics and oxygen exchanges across the air-water interface, Oceans, 2, 752-771, 10.3390/oceans2040043, 2021.

  2. Rahlff, J., Khodami, S., Voskuhl, L., Humphreys, M. P., Stolle, C., Martínez Arbizu, P., Wurl, O., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Short-term responses to ocean acidification: effects on relative abundance of eukaryotic plankton from the tropical Timor Sea, Marine Ecology Progress Series, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13561, 2021.

  3. Ribas-Ribas, M., Zappa, C. J., and Wurl, O.: Technologies for observing the near sea surface, in: Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Documenting Ecosystems, Understanding Environmental Changes, Forecasting Hazards, edited by: Kappel, E. S., Juniper, S. K., Seeyave, S., Smith, E., and Visbeck, M., A Supplement to Oceanography, 88-89, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-32, 2021.

  4. Van Dam, B., Lopes, C., Zeller, M. A., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wang, H., and Thomas, H.: Corrigendum: Overstated Potential for Seagrass Meadows to Mitigate Coastal Ocean Acidification, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.814700, 10.3389/fmars.2021.814700, 2021a.

  5. Van Dam, B., Lopes, C., Zeller, M. A., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wang, H., and Thomas, H.: Overstated Potential for Seagrass Meadows to Mitigate Coastal Ocean Acidification, Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.3389/fmars.2021.729992, 2021b.

2020

  1. Mustaffa, N. I. H.*, Ribas-Ribas, M.*, Banko-Kubis, H. M., and Wurl, O.: Global reduction of in situ CO2 transfer velocity by natural surfactants in the sea-surface microlayer, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476, 20190763, 10.1098/rspa.2019.0763, 2020.

  2. Stolle, C.*, Ribas-Ribas, M.*, Badewien, T. H., Barnes, J., Carpenter, L. J., Chance, R., Damgaard, L. R., Quesada, A. M. D., Engel, A., Frka, S., Galgani, L., Gašparović, B., Gerriets, M., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Herrmann, H., Kallajoki, L., Pereira, R., Radach, F., Revsbech, N. P., Rickard, P., Saint, A., Salter, M., Striebel, M., Triesch, N., Uher, G., Upstill-Goddard, R. C., Pinxteren, M. v., Zäncker, B., Zieger, P., and Wurl, O.: The MILAN Campaign: Studying Diel Light Effects on the Air–Sea Interface, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, E146-E166, 10.1175/bams-d-17-0329.1, 2020.

 *Equal contribution

2019

  1. Banko-Kubis, H. M., Wurl, O., Mustaffa, N. I. H., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Gas Transfer Velocities in Norwegian Fjords and the Adjacent North Atlantic Waters, Oceanologia, 61, 10.1016/j.oceano.2019.04.002, 2019.

  2. Rahlff, J., Stolle, C., Giebel, H.-A., Ribas-Ribas, M., Damgaard, L. R., and Wurl, O.: Oxygen profiles across the sea-surface microlayer - effects of diffusion and biological activity, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 11, 10.3389/fmars.2019.00011, 2019.

  3. Ribas-Ribas, M., Battaglia, G., Humphrey, M. P., and Wurl, O.: Impact of nonzero intercept gas transfer velocity parameterizations on global and regional ocean–atmosphere CO2 fluxes, Geosciences, 9, 10.3390/geosciences9050230, 2019.

  4. Rickard, P. C., Uher, G., Upstill-Goddard, R. C., Frka, S., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Banko-Kubis, H. M., Cvitešić Kušan, A., Gašparović, B., Stolle, C., Wurl, O., and Ribas-Ribas, M.: Reconsideration of seawater surfactant activity analysis based on an inter-laboratory comparison study, Marine Chemistry, 208, 103-111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2018.11.012, 2019.

  5. Wurl, O., Landing, W. M., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Ribas‐Ribas, M., Witte, C. R., and Zappa, C. J.: The ocean's skin layer in the tropics, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 59-74, 2019.

2018

  1. Miranda, M. L., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Robinson, T. B., Stolle, C., Ribas-Ribas, M., Wurl, O., and Zielinski, O.: Influence of solar radiation on biogeochemical parameters and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) in the sea surface microlayer of the southern coastal North Sea, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6 (1): 15., http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.278, 2018.

  2. Mustaffa, N. I. H., Badewien, T. H., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: High-resolution observations on enrichment processes in the sea-surface microlayer, Scientific Reports, 8, 13122, 10.1038/s41598-018-31465-8, 2018.

  3. Rahlff, J., Ribas-Ribas, M., Brown, S. M., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Renz, J., Peck, M. A., Bird, K., Cunliffe, M., Melkonian, K., and Zappa, C. J.: Blue pigmentation of neustonic copepods benefits exploitation of a prey-rich niche at the air-sea boundary, Scientific Reports, 8, 11510, 10.1038/s41598-018-29869-7, 2018.

  4. Rérolle, V. M. C., Achterberg, E. P., Ribas-Ribas, M., Kitidis, V., Brown, I., Bakker, D. C. E., Lee, G. A., and Mowlem, M. C.: High Resolution pH Measurements Using a Lab-on-Chip Sensor in Surface Waters of Northwest European Shelf Seas, Sensors, 18, 2622, 2018.

  5. Ribas-Ribas, M., Helleis, F., Rahlff, J., and Wurl, O.: Air-Sea CO2-Exchange in a Large Annular Wind-Wave Tank and the Effects of Surfactants, Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 457, doi: 410.3389/fmars.2018.00457, 2018a.

  6. Ribas-Ribas, M., Kilcher, L. F., and Wurl, O.: Sniffle: a step forward to measure in situ CO2 fluxes with the floating chamber technique, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6 (1): 14, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.275, 2018b.

  7. Wurl, O., Bird, K., Cunliffe, M., Landing, W. M., Miller, U., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Ribas‐Ribas, M., Witte, C., and Zappa, C. J.: Warming and Inhibition of Salinization at the Ocean's Surface by Cyanobacteria, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4230-4237, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077946, 2018.

2017

  1. Mustaffa, N. I. H., Ribas-Ribas, M., and Wurl, O.: High-resolution variability of the enrichment of fluorescence dissolved organic matter in the sea surface microlayer of an upwelling region, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 5: 52, http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.242, 2017.

  2. Rahlff, J., Stolle, C., Giebel, H.-A., Brinkhoff, T., Ribas-Ribas, M., Hodapp, D., and Wurl, O.: High wind speeds prevent formation of a distinct bacterioneuston community in the sea-surface microlayer, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93, fix041, 10.1093/femsec/fix041, 2017.

  3. Ribas-Ribas, M., Cripps, G., Townend, M., Poulton, A., and Tyrrell, T.: Spatial patterns of phytoplankton composition and upper-ocean biogeochemistry do not follow carbonate chemistry gradients in north-west European Shelf seas, ICES J. Mar. Sci., 74, 965-977, 2017a.

  4. Ribas-Ribas, M., Mustaffa, N. I. H., Rahlff, J., Stolle, C., and Wurl, O.: Sea Surface Scanner (S3): A catamaran for high–resolution measurements of biogeochemical properties of the sea surface microlayer, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34, 1433-1448, 10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0017.1, 2017b.

2016

  1. Daniels, C. J., Poulton, A. J., Young, J. R., Esposito, M., Humphreys, M. P., Ribas-Ribas, M., Tynan, E., and Tyrrell, T.: Species-specific calcite production reveals Coccolithus pelagicus as the key calcifier in the Arctic Ocean, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 555, 29-47, 2016.

  2. Poulton, A. J., Daniels, C. J., Esposito, M., Humphreys, M. P., Mitchell, E., Ribas-Ribas, M., Russell, B. C., Stinchcombe, M. C., Tynan, E., and Richier, S.: Production of dissolved organic carbon by Arctic plankton communities: Responses to elevated carbon dioxide and the availability of light and nutrients, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.01.002, 2016.

  3. Tynan, E., Clarke, J. S., Humphreys, M. P., Ribas-Ribas, M., Esposito, M., Rérolle, V. M. C., Schlosser, C., Thorpe, S. E., Tyrrell, T., and Achterberg, E. P.: Physical and biogeochemical controls on the variability in surface pH and calcium carbonate saturation states in the Atlantic sectors of the Arctic and Southern Oceans, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 127, 7-27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.01.001, 2016.

2014

  1. Ribas-Ribas, M., Rérolle, V. M. C., Bakker, D. C. E., Kitidis, V., Lee, G. A., Brown, I., Achterberg, E. P., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., and Tyrrell, T.: Intercomparison of carbonate chemistry measurements on a cruise in northwestern European shelf seas, Biogeosciences, 11, 4339-4355, 10.5194/bg-11-4339-2014, 2014.

2013

  1. Ribas-Ribas, M., Anfuso, E., Gómez-Parra, A., and Forja, J. M.: Tidal and seasonal carbon and nutrient dynamics of the Guadalquivir estuary and the Bay of Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula), Biogeosciences, 10, 4481-4491, 10.5194/bg-10-4481-2013, 2013a.

  2. Ribas-Ribas, M., Sobrino, C., Debelius, B., Lubián, L. M., Ponce, R., Gómez-Parra, A., and Forja, J. M.: Picophytoplankton and carbon cycle on the northeastern shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz (SW Iberian Peninsula), Scientia Marina, 77, 49-62, 2013b.

2011

  1. Ribas-Ribas, M., Gómez-Parra, A., and Forja, J. M.: Seasonal distribution of the inorganic carbon system and net ecosystem production in the north eastern shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz (Southwest Iberian Peninsula), Continental Shelf Research, 31, 1931-1942, 10.1016/j.csr.2011.09.003, 2011a.

  2. Ribas-Ribas, M., Gómez-Parra, A., and Forja, J. M.: Spatio-temporal variability of the dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in a coastal area affected by river input: The north eastern shelf of the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula), Marine Chemistry, 126, 295-308, 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.07.003, 2011b.

  3. Ribas-Ribas, M., Gómez-Parra, A., and Forja, J. M.: Air–sea CO2 fluxes in the north-eastern shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz (southwest Iberian Peninsula), Marine Chemistry, 123, 56-66, 2011c.

  4. Ribas-Ribas, M., Hernández-Ayón, J., Camacho-Ibar, V., Cabello-Pasini, A., Mejia-Trejo, A., Durazo, R., Galindo-Bect, S., Souza, A., Forja, J., and Siqueiros-Valencia, A.: Effects of upwelling, tides and biological processes on the inorganic carbon system of a coastal lagoon in Baja California, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 95, 367-376, 2011d.

Book Section

Ribas-Ribas, M., Gómez-Parra, A. and Forja, J.M. (2011) Seasonal sea- surface CO2 fugacity in the north-eastern shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz (southwest Iberian Peninsula). In, Komori, S., McGillis, W.R. and Kurose, R. (eds.) Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces 2010. Kyoto, JP, Kyoto University Press, 394-405.

Thesis

Ribas-Ribas, M. (2011) Carbon dynamic in coastal zones. Universidad Cadiz, Physical Chemistry , Doctoral Thesis

RESEARCH STAGES

2010: IIM-CSIC, Spain.

2008: IFM-GEOMAR, Germany.

2007: Scripps Institute of Oceanography, US.

2006: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas. Ensenada, México.

2004: University of Bremen, Germany.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018-2019: Marine Chemistry, Bachelor in Environmental Sciences. University of Oldenburg.

Exercises and Seminars in Marine and Environmental Chemistry, Bachelor in Environmental Sciences. University of Oldenburg.

2017-2018: Exercises and Seminars in Marine and Environmental Chemistry, Bachelor in Environmental Sciences. University of Oldenburg.

2016-2017: Marine Chemistry, Bachelor in Environmental Sciences. University of Oldenburg.

                  Geochemistry exercises, Bachelor in Environmental Sciences. University of Oldenburg.

2009-2010: The role of the littoral ecosystems in the global warming, Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Water and coastal Management. University of Cádiz.

2008-2009: Chemistry of the carbonate system in aquatic environment, Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Water and coastal Management. University of Cádiz.

CRUISES and CAMPAING

2016: FK161010, Timor Sea and western Pacific

2015: M117, Baltic Sea

2014:   SOPRAN AEOLOTRON Wind tunnel Channel Experiment.

2013:   JR274, Southern Ocean.

2012:   JR271, Arctic Ocean.

2010:   OVIDE, North Atlantic.

2007:   CaLCOFI, California Current System.

EMIGAS 4, Gulf of Cádiz.

EMIGAS 3, Gulf of Cádiz.

2006:   EMIGAS 2, Gulf of Cádiz.

EMIGAS 1, Gulf of Cádiz.

QU-0604-19, Bahía de Todos los Santos, México.

IMECOCAL, Baja California Peninsula.

2005:   ARSA 1105, Gulf of Cádiz.

BFU2005, Baltic Sea.

2004:   CANOPY, North Sea.

2002:   ESTRECHO, Gibraltar Strait.

 

 

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