2026
Spatial nitrogen attenuation supports near-neutral air–water N₂O exchange in the Doñana marshes (SW Spain)
Huertas, I.E., de la Paz, M., Pérez, F.F., Navarro, G., Flecha, S.
Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 11(6), e70189
03 · Publications
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, open datasets and book chapters.
- SCI Articles
- 33
- Q1 JCR articles
- 25
- Quartile of 3 articles from 2026 pending
- H-index (GS)
- 18
- 16 in Scopus
- Citations (GS)
- 816
- 545 in Scopus
Data updated: October 2026. Full list available on ORCID, Google Scholar and ResearchGate.
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Bibliometric profile
Leadership metrics
- 8 first-author publications
- 8 corresponding-author publications
- 9 second-author publications
- Average IF: 4.8 (5.3 since PhD)
Impact indicators
- 3 papers in the Top 10 % most-cited in their fields
- 4 papers with more than 40 citations
- 13 papers with more than 20 citations
Full record
- ORCID
0000-0003-2826-5820
- Google Scholar
Susana Flecha
- ResearchGate
Susana-Flecha
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Peer-reviewed articles
31 results
2026
Air–water greenhouse gases exchange in surface waters of Deception Island (South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica): assessment of drivers of spatial variability
Amaya-Vías, S., Brusselman, A., Delille, B., de la Paz, M., Díez-Minguito, M., Flecha, S., Belyaev, O., Navarro, G., Tovar-Sánchez, A., Huertas, I.E.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131, e2026JG009811
2026
Methane emissions from penguin colonies reshape the natural greenhouse gas budget
Román, A., Amaya-Vías, S., Díez-Minguito, M., Tovar-Sánchez, A., Navarro, G., Flecha, S., Huertas, I.E.
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
2026
Nitrous oxide and methane concentrations and air–sea fluxes in undersampled areas of the Mediterranean basin
de la Paz, M., Flecha, S., Bouthir, F.Z., Fahkri, M., Hassoun, A.E.R., Ibello, V., Özkan, K., Pérez, F.F., Chair, A., Hendriks, I.E.
Earth System Science Data, 18, 6207–6224
2026
CARIMED: CARbon, tracers and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea — a ship-based data synthesis product: overview and quality-control procedures
Álvarez, M., García-Ibáñez, M.I., Lange, N., Kozyr, A., Velo, A., Tanhua, T., Civitarese, G., Cantoni, C., Belgacem, M., Schroeder, K., et al., Flecha, S., et al.
Earth System Science Data, 18, 4915–4941
2025
Integrated meteocean and seismic dataset for AI-based seawater CO₂ estimation at Deception Island, Antarctica
Flecha, S., Amaya-Vías, S., Medina, M., Fraile-Nuez, E., Jiménez-Morales, V., Contreras-Guijarro, G., Díez-Minguito, M., Caballero-Martínez, O.A., Navarro, G., Tovar-Sánchez, A., Huertas, I.E.
Scientific Data, 13, 38
doi:10.1038/s41597-025-06351-4First & corresponding author
2025
Long-term pH trends across depth in coastal areas of the southeastern Bay of Biscay
Villarino, E., Essel, D.A., Citores, L., Larreta, J., Lopez, A., Borja, A., Flecha, S., González, M., Cuesta, L., Orue-Echevarria, D., Esteban, X., Chust, G.
Continental Shelf Research, 293, 105532
2025
Air–water CO₂ exchange in transformed saltmarshes under different uses and management models
Amaya-Vías, S., Flecha, S., Román, A., Haro, S., Oviedo, J.L., Navarro, G., Arroyo, G.M., Huertas, I.E.
Journal of Environmental Management, 380, 125188
2025
Drivers of the spatiotemporal distribution of dissolved nitrous oxide and air–sea exchange in a coastal Mediterranean area
Flecha, S., de la Paz, M., Pérez, F.F., Marbà, N., Morell, C., Alou-Font, E., Tintoré, J., Hendriks, I.E.
Ocean Science, 21(4), 1515–1532
doi:10.5194/os-21-1515-2025First & corresponding author
2024
Synthesis Product for Ocean Time Series (SPOTS) — a ship-based biogeochemical pilot
Lange, N., Fiedler, B., Álvarez, M., Benoit-Cattin, A., Benway, H., Buttigieg, P.L., Coppola, L., Currie, K., Flecha, S., et al.
Earth System Science Data, 16(4), 1901–1931
2024
A model for community-driven development of best practices: the OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data Best Practices and User Guide
Palevsky, H.I., Clayton, S., Benway, H., Maheigan, M., et al., Flecha, S., et al.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1358591
2024
Water column oxygenation by Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in coastal areas: a modelling approach
Águeda Aramburu, P., Flecha, S., Lujan-Williams, C.A.M., Hendriks, I.E.
Science of the Total Environment, 942, 173805
2023
Spatial and temporal variation of methane emissions in the coastal Balearic Sea, Western Mediterranean
Flecha, S., Rueda, D., de la Paz, M., Pérez, F.F., Alou-Font, E., Tintoré, J., Hendriks, I.E.
Science of the Total Environment, 865, 161249
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161249First & corresponding author
2023
The time series at the Strait of Gibraltar as a baseline for long-term assessment of vulnerability of calcifiers to ocean acidification
Amaya-Vías, S., Flecha, S., Pérez, F.F., Navarro, G., García-Lafuente, J., Makaoui, A., Huertas, I.E.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1196938
2022
pH trends and seasonal cycle in the coastal Balearic Sea reconstructed through machine learning
Flecha, S., Giménez-Romero, À., Tintoré, J., Pérez, F.F., Alou-Font, E., Matías, M.A., Hendriks, I.E.
Scientific Reports, 12(1), 12956
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-17253-5First & corresponding author
2022
Mediterranean seagrasses as carbon sinks: methodological and regional differences
Hendriks, I.E., Escolano-Moltó, A., Flecha, S., Vaquer-Sunyer, R., Wesselmann, M., Marbà, N.
Biogeosciences, 19(18), 4619–4637
2021
Hotter and weaker Mediterranean outflow as a response to basin-wide alterations
García-Lafuente, J., Sammartino, S., Huertas, I.E., Flecha, S., et al.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 613444
2021
Marine macrophytes as carbon sinks: comparison between seagrasses and Halimeda incrassata in the Western Mediterranean
Marx, L., Flecha, S., Wesselmann, M., Morell, C., Hendriks, I.E.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 746379
2020
Seasonality of dissolved organic carbon exchange across the Strait of Gibraltar
Álvarez-Salgado, X.A., Otero, J., Flecha, S., Huertas, I.E.
Geophysical Research Letters, 47(18), e2020GL089601
2019
Decadal acidification in Atlantic and Mediterranean water masses exchanging at the Strait of Gibraltar
Flecha, S., Pérez, F.F., Murata, A., Makaoui, A., Huertas, I.E.
Scientific Reports, 9(1), 15533
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52084-xFirst & corresponding author
2019
Methane emissions from the salt marshes of Doñana wetlands: spatio-temporal variability and controlling factors
Huertas, I.E., de la Paz, M., Pérez, F.F., Navarro, G., Flecha, S.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 032
2018
Spatio-temporal variability and controls on methane and nitrous oxide in the Guadalquivir Estuary, SW Europe
Huertas, I.E., Flecha, S., Navarro, G., Pérez, F.F., de la Paz, M.
Aquatic Sciences, 80(3), 29
2017
Effect of hydroperiod on CO₂ fluxes at the air–water interface in the Mediterranean coastal wetlands of Doñana
Huertas, I.E., Flecha, S., Figuerola, J., Costas, E., Morris, E.P.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122(7), 1615–1631
2016
On the Mediterranean water composition
Carracedo, L.I., Pardo, P.C., Flecha, S., Pérez, F.F.
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(4), 1339–1358
2015
Trends of pH decrease in the Mediterranean Sea through high-frequency observational data: indication of ocean acidification in the basin
Flecha, S., Pérez, F.F., García-Lafuente, J., Sammartino, S., Ríos, A.F., Huertas, I.E.
Scientific Reports, 5, 16770
doi:10.1038/srep16770First & corresponding authorQ1 · Top 10 % most-cited in its field · 48 citations
2015
Air–water CO₂ fluxes in a highly heterotrophic estuary
Flecha, S., Huertas, I.E., Navarro, G., Morris, E.P., Ruiz, J.
Estuaries and Coasts, 38(6), 2295–2309
doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9923-1First & corresponding author
2015
Nitrous oxide and methane in Atlantic and Mediterranean waters in the Strait of Gibraltar: air–sea fluxes and inter-basin exchange
de la Paz, M., Huertas, I.E., Flecha, S., Ríos, A.F., Pérez, F.F.
Progress in Oceanography, 138, 18–31
2013
Contribution of Doñana wetlands to carbon sequestration
Morris, E.P., Flecha, S., Figuerola, J., Costas, E., Navarro, G., Ruiz, J., Rodriguez, P., Huertas, I.E.
PLoS One, 8(8), e71456
2012
Use of a real-time remote-monitoring network (RTRM) to characterise the Guadalquivir estuary
Navarro, G., Huertas, I.E., Costas, E., Flecha, S., Díez-Minguito, M., Caballero, I., López-Rodas, V., Prieto, L., Ruiz, J.
Sensors, 12(2), 1398–1421
doi:10.3390/s120201398Top 10 % most-cited in its field · 50 citations
2012
Anthropogenic carbon inventory in the Gulf of Cádiz
Flecha, S., Pérez, F.F., Navarro, G., Ruiz, J., Olivé, I., Rodríguez-Gálvez, S., Costas, E., Huertas, I.E.
Journal of Marine Systems, 92(1), 67–75
doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.10.010First & corresponding author
2009
Internal waves and short-scale distribution patterns of chlorophyll in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alborán Sea
Vázquez, A., Flecha, S., Bruno, M., Macías, D., Navarro, G.
Geophysical Research Letters, 36(23), L23601
doi:10.1029/2009GL040959Q1 · Top 10 % most-cited in its field · 54 citations
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Policy impact
Outputs from my research line on ocean acidification, the carbon system and dissolved greenhouse gases have been cited in landmark international and national climate assessments, contributing to the evidence base on ocean change:
IPCC 2019
Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
doi:10.1017/9781009157964CLIVAR-Spain 2025
National assessment of climate variability and change in the Spanish marine environment
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Open scientific datasets
Aligned with FAIR principles and the CSIC open-science strategy, I have contributed continuously to the curation and publication of scientific datasets in internationally recognised repositories.
Surface ocean CO₂ observations from Deception Island, Antarctica (Padin, Huertas, Amaya-Vías, Flecha et al., 2026)
SOCAT v2026
CARIMED · CARbon, tracers and ancillary data in the Mediterranean Sea
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/digitalCSIC/17785Dissolved GHGs in Deception Island, Antarctica
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/digitalCSIC/17871N₂O emissions in the coastal Balearic Sea (2018–2023)
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/17284Methane emissions in the coastal Balearic Sea (2019–2021)
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/15491Coastal pH variability reconstructed through ML in the Balearic Sea
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/14750Carbon-system parameters in the Strait of Gibraltar (2005–2021)
DIGITAL.CSIC
10.20350/DIGITALCSIC/16463GIFT database (2005–2015)
IOC-UNESCO SDG 14.3.1 Data Portal
10.25607/OBP-1116SPOTS · Synthesis Product for Ocean Time Series
ESSD
10.5194/essd-16-1901-2024
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Book chapters & technical reports
2022
Efecto de la permeabilización de la marisma del Parque Nacional de Doñana sobre la estructura biogeoquímica de sus ecosistemas acuáticos
Huertas, I.E., Flecha, S., de la Paz, M., Navarro, G., Pérez, F.F.
Proyectos de investigación en parques nacionales: 2015–2019, pp. 155–171. OA Parques Nacionales. ISBN 978-84-8014-870-2
2015
Contribución del compartimento acuático de Doñana al intercambio de CO₂ atmosférico
Huertas, I.E., Morris, E.P., Flecha, S., et al.
Proyectos de investigación en parques nacionales: 2010–2013, pp. 213–238
2009
Application of remote-sensing techniques to the study of internal waves in the Strait of Gibraltar
Vázquez, A., Navarro, G., Flecha, S., Bruno, M.
Proceedings of MARTECH09, SARTI-UPC
2012
The characterisation and quantification of carbon-cycle processes in the Gulf of Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar
Flecha, S.
SOLAS Newsletter, 14, 12–13
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Thematic areas
Greenhouse Gases
- CO₂, CH₄, N₂O dynamics across scales
- Air–sea fluxes in coastal, shelf and open-ocean settings
- Volcanic and anthropogenic forcings on CO₂ in Antarctica
- Biogeochemical cycling in wetlands, estuaries and seagrass meadows
Ocean Acidification
- Decadal pH and carbonate chemistry trends
- Vulnerability of marine calcifiers
- High-frequency observations & sensor validation
- Long-term coastal and water-mass monitoring
Regional Focus
- Mediterranean Sea — Balearic Sea, Strait of Gibraltar
- Atlantic Ocean — Gulf of Cádiz, water-mass exchange
- Antarctic — Deception Island, polar coastal systems
- Coastal wetlands — Doñana, Guadalquivir estuary
Methodological Innovation
- Deep learning (BiLSTM, feed-forward NN) for time-series reconstruction
- OCEAN–IA framework: AI for environmental impact assessment
- FAIR-aligned open tools and datasets
- Integration of oceanographic, meteorological and seismic data