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  1. Effects of regional oceanography and climate variability on larval connectivity of the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus in South American beaches

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2025, Elsevier

    Omar Defeo, Professor Alberto R Piola

  2. Observed Interannual Variations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Deep Western Boundary Current along 34.5°S

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  3. Facing oceanographic, fisheries, and governance hotspots: Scientific evidence and policy implications from the southwest South Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Marine Policy, March 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  4. Anatomy and Dynamics of the Patagonia Shelf-Break Front

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  5. A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  6. Habitat associations of post-breeding female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Península Valdés, Argentina

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, July 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  7. Large-scale connectivity of the sandy beach clam Mesodesma mactroides along the Atlantic coast of South America, and climate change implications

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, April 2022, Elsevier

    Omar Defeo, Professor Alberto R Piola

  8. Shelf Water Export at the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence Evidenced From Combined in situ and Satellite Observations

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  9. Cross-Shelf Exchange in the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf: Climatology and Extreme Events

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  10. Interannual Variability and Trends of Sea Surface Temperature Around Southern South America

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  11. Climate Change Impacts on the Patagonian Shelf Break Front

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  12. Disentangling patterns in population parameters of the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus from sandy beaches of Argentina: The role of environmental variability

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  13. Warming Trend in Antarctic Bottom Water in the Vema Channel in the South Atlantic

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  14. Brazil Current Volume Transport Variability During 2009–2015 From a Long‐Term Moored Array at 34.5°S

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, May 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  15. Multi‐Year Estimates of Daily Heat Transport by the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 34.5°S

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  16. Direct Measurements of the Malvinas Current Velocity Structure

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  17. The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Mesoscale Eddies in the First GO‐SHIP Section at 34.5°S

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, February 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  18. Volume Transport Variability on the Northern Argentine Continental Shelf From In Situ and Satellite Altimetry Data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, February 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  19. Circulation and Hydrography in the Western South Atlantic Shelf and Export to the Deep Adjacent Ocean: 30°S to 40°S

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, October 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  20. Observed Ocean Bottom Temperature Variability at Four Sites in the Northwestern Argentine Basin: Evidence of Decadal Deep/Abyssal Warming Amidst Hourly to Interannual Variability During 2009–2019

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  21. Discovery of a giant cold-water coral mound province along the northern Argentine margin and its link to the regional Contourite Depositional System and oceanographic setting

    Article • Marine Geology, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  22. Climate change impacts on the atmospheric circulation, ocean, and fisheries in the southwest South Atlantic Ocean: a review

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Omar Defeo, Professor Alberto R Piola

  23. The role of the Magellan Strait on the southwest South Atlantic shelf

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, May 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  24. Large-scale geographic patterns of pelagic copepods in the southwestern South Atlantic

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, April 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  25. Dynamical connections between large marine ecosystems of austral South America based on numerical simulations

    Article • Ocean Science, March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  26. On the Wind Contribution to the Variability of Ocean Currents Over Wide Continental Shelves: A Case Study on the Northern Argentine Continental Shelf

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  27. Dynamical Connections between Large Marine Ecosystems of Austral South America based on numerical simulations

    Article • September 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  28. Supplementary material to "Dynamical Connections between Large Marine Ecosystems of Austral South America based on numerical simulations"

    Article • September 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  29. Circumpolar frontal systems as potential feeding grounds of Southern Right whales

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  30. Evidence of ocean warming in Uruguay’s fisheries landings: the mean temperature of the catch approach

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, August 2019, Inter-Research Science Center

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  31. Linking the scientific knowledge on marine frontal systems with ecosystem services

    Article • AMBIO, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  32. Abyssal Transport Variations in the Southwest South Atlantic: First Insights From a Long‐Term Observation Array at 34.5°S

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  33. Observations of semidiurnal internal tides on the Patagonian Shelf

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  34. Malvinas Current at 40°S-41°S: First Assessment of Temperature and Salinity Temporal Variability

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, August 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  35. Fronts of the Malvinas Current System: Surface and Subsurface Expressions Revealed by Satellite Altimetry, Argo Floats, and Mercator Operational Model Outputs

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, August 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  36. Strong Mixing and Recirculation in the Northwestern Argentine Basin

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, July 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  37. Meridional Overturning Circulation Transport Variability at 34.5°S During 2009-2017: Baroclinic and Barotropic Flows and the Dueling Influence of the Boundaries

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  38. Malvinas Current Volume Transport at 41°S: A 24 Yearlong Time Series Consistent With Mooring Data From 3 Decades and Satellite Altimetry

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, January 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  39. Physical Oceanography of the SW Atlantic Shelf: A Review

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  40. Satellite Altimetry and Current-Meter Velocities in the Malvinas Current at 41°S: Comparisons and Modes of Variations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  41. <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C decreases in the upper western South Atlantic during Heinrich Stadials 3 and 2

    Article • Climate of the Past, April 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  42. Characteristics and causes of Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability at 34.5° S during 2009–2014

    Article • Ocean Science, March 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  43. Wind modulation of upwelling at the shelf-break front off Patagonia: Observational evidence

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Magdalena M Carranza, Dr Sarah T. Gille, Professor Alberto R Piola

  44. Characteristics and causes of Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability at 34.5° S during 2009–2014

    Article • October 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  45. A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin: Sedimentary, oceanographic and paleoceanographic implications

    Article • Marine Geology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  46. Glacial δ 13 C decreases in the western South Atlantic forced by millennial changes in Southern Ocean ventilation

    Article • June 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  47. IMBER – Research for marine sustainability: Synthesis and the way forward

    Article • Anthropocene, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  48. Evidence of upwelling events at the northern Patagonian shelf break

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  49. On the variability of tidal fronts on a macrotidal continental shelf, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  50. Erosional and depositional contourite features at the transition between the western Scotia Sea and southern South Atlantic Ocean: links with regional water-mass circulation since the Middle Miocene

    Article • Geo-Marine Letters, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  51. Altimeter-derived seasonal circulation on the southwest Atlantic shelf: 27°-43°S

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, May 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  52. A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  53. The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Satellite observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  54. The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Numerical simulations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  55. Hydrographic data from the GEF Patagonia cruises

    Article • Earth System Science Data, June 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  56. Hydrographic data from the GEF Patagonia cruises

    Article • February 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  57. Temporal variability of the meridional overturning circulation at 34.5°S: Results from two pilot boundary arrays in the South Atlantic

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, December 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  58. A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, September 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Fasullo, Dr Kevin Trenberth, Professor Alberto R Piola, Prof. lijing Cheng

  59. A numerical study of gyres, thermal fronts and seasonal circulation in austral semi-enclosed gulfs

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  60. A submarine canyon as a climate archive — Interaction of the Antarctic Intermediate Water with the Mar del Plata Canyon (Southwest Atlantic)

    Article • Marine Geology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  61. Morphosedimentary and hydrographic features of the northern Argentine margin: The interplay between erosive, depositional and gravitational processes and its conceptual implications

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  62. Multiple jets in the Malvinas Current

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  63. Seasonal variability and coastal upwelling near Cape Santa Marta (Brazil)

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, March 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  64. Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5° S

    Article • Ocean Science, November 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  65. Biomass of autotrophic dinoflagellates under weak vertical stratification and contrasting chlorophyll levels in subantarctic shelf waters

    Article • Journal of Plankton Research, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  66. The influence of the Brazil and Malvinas Currents on the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation

    Article • Ocean Science, November 2010, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  67. Potential source regions of biogenic aerosol number concentration apportioning at King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula

    Article • Antarctic Science, June 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  68. Brazil Current surface circulation and energetics observed from drifting buoys

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  69. Annual balance and seasonal variability of sea-air CO2fluxes in the Patagonia Sea: Their relationship with fronts and chlorophyll distribution

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  70. A numerical study of the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation: Stratified ocean response to local and offshore forcing

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  71. Environmental factors controlling the phytoplankton blooms at the Patagonia shelf-break in spring

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  72. A note on a mineralogical analysis of the sediments associated with the Plata River and Patos Lagoon outflows

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  73. PLATA: A synoptic characterization of the southwest Atlantic shelf under influence of the Plata River and Patos Lagoon outflows

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  74. Patos Lagoon outflow within the Río de la Plata plume using an airborne salinity mapper: Observing an embedded plume

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  75. Space–time variability of the Plata plume inferred from ocean color

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  76. The effects of river discharge and seasonal winds on the shelf off southeastern South America

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  77. Variability of the subtropical shelf front off eastern South America: Winter 2003 and summer 2004

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  78. Multiple thermal fronts near the Patagonian shelf break

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  79. A species approach to marine ecosystem conservation

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  80. Deep divers in shallow seas: Southern elephant seals on the Patagonian shelf

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  81. Northwestern Weddell Sea deep outflow into the Scotia Sea during the austral summers of 2000 and 2001 estimated by inverse methods

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  82. Southern elephant seal trajectories, fronts and eddies in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  83. Atlantic Climate Variability and Predictability: A CLIVAR Perspective

    Article • Journal of Climate, October 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  84. Chlorophyll-avariability off Patagonia based on SeaWiFS data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  85. Seasonal and interannual variability of calcite in the vicinity of the Patagonian shelf break (38°S–52°S)

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  86. A numerical study of the Plata River plume along the southeastern South American continental shelf

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, December 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  87. Dominant Modes of Variability in the South Atlantic: A Study with a Hierarchy of Ocean–Atmosphere Models

    Article • Journal of Climate, June 2005, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  88. On the relationship between satellite-retrieved surface temperature fronts and chlorophyllain the western South Atlantic

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  89. The influence of the Plata River discharge on the western South Atlantic shelf

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  90. Vertical stratification and air-sea CO2fluxes in the Patagonian shelf

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  91. A numerical study of the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf circulation: Barotropic response to tidal and wind forcing

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  92. A comparison of the circulation patterns over the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf driven by different wind stress climatologies

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  93. ANALYSIS OF SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY OF THE PLATA RIVER PLUME

    Article • Gayana (Concepción), January 2004, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  94. Brazil Malvinas Frontal System as seen from 9 years of advanced very high resolution radiometer data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2004, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  95. Vertical stratification at the shelf off northern Patagonia

    Article • Continental Shelf Research, June 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  96. Evidence of double diffusion in the Brazil–Malvinas Confluence

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  97. Brazil And Falklands (malvinas) Currents

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  98. Multiannual trends in fronts and distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll in the southwestern Atlantic (30–62°S)

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Alberto R Piola, Dr. Paulo Cesar Abreu

  99. CONFLUENCE 1988”1990: An intensive study of the southwestern Atlantic

    Article • Eos, January 1990, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  100. On Oceanic Heat and Freshwater Fluxes at 30°S

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, December 1986, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Alberto R Piola

  101. Pacific and Indian Ocean Upper-Layer Salinity Budget

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 1984, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Alberto R Piola