Joan Pere Casas Ruiz
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Postdoctoral fellow
514-987-3000, ext 2927
Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon des sciences biologiques, SB-2855
2080 St-Urbain
Montréal, Québec
H2X 3X8
Canada
2016 Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Girona (Catalan Institute for Water Research; ICRA), Girona, Spain
2012 M.Sc. Fundamental and Applied Ecology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2011 B.Sc. Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
My research interests focus on the role of inland waters in the continental C cycle. Particularly, I am interested in understanding the regional drivers of C fluxes in aquatic networks from the emerging perspective of landscape limnology. I am also interested in deriving a mechanistic understanding of organic matter degradation along the land to ocean continuum and the relative influence of intrinsic versus extrinsic factors.
Publications
Pastor, A., et al. (2017). Local and regional drivers of headstream metabolim: insights from the first AIL collaborative project. Limnetica, 36(1), 1–38.
Catalán N, Casas-Ruiz JP, von Schiller D, Proia L, Obrador B, Zwirnmann E, Marcé R (2016). Biodegradation kinetics of dissolved organic matter chromatographic fractions in an intermittent river. Journal of Geophysical Research ̶ Biogeosciences 122, 131-144.
Casas-Ruiz JP, Catalán N, Gómez-Gener L, von Schiller D, Obrador B, Kothawala DN, López P, Sabater S, Marcé R (2017). A tale of pipes and reactors: controls on the in-stream dynamics of dissolved organic matter in rivers. Limnology and Oceanography (in press).
Gómez-Gener L, von Schiller D, Marcé R, Arroita M, Casas-Ruiz JP, Staehr PA, Acuña V, Sabater S, Obrador B (2016). Low contribution of internal metabolism to carbon dioxide emissions along lotic and lentic environments of a Mediterranean fluvial network. Journal of Geophysical Research ̶ Biogeosciences 121, 3030-3044.
Proia L, von Schiller D, Gutierrez C, Casas-Ruiz JP, Gómez-Gener L, Marcé R, Obrador B, Acuña V, Sabater S (2016). Microbial carbon processing along a river discontinuum. Freshwater Science 35:4, 1133-1147.
Gómez-Gener L, Obrador B, Marcé R, Acuña V, Catalán N, Casas-Ruiz JP, Sabater S, Muñoz I, von Schiller, D (2016). When Water Vanishes: Magnitude and Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Dry Temporary Streams. Ecosystems , 19(4), pp.710-723.
Casas-Ruiz JP, Tittel J, von Schiller D, Catalán N, Obrador B, Gómez-Gener L, Zwirnmann E, Sabater S, Marcé R (2016). Drought-induced discontinuities in the source and degradation of dissolved organic matter in a Mediterranean river. Biogeochemistry 127:125-139.
Gómez-Gener L, Obrador B, von Schiller D, Marcé R, Casas-Ruiz JP, Proia L, Acuña V, Catalán N, Muñoz I, Koschorreck M. 2015. Hot spots for carbon emissions from Mediterranean fluvial networks during summer drought. Biogeochemistry 19:1-18.
López P, López-Tarazón JA, Casas-Ruiz JP, Pompeo M, Ordoñez J, Muñoz I (2015). Sediment size distribution and composition in a reservoir affected by severe water level fluctuations. Sci Total Environ 540, 158-167.
Abril M, Muñoz I, Casas-Ruiz JP, Gómez-Gener L, Barceló M, Oliva F and Menéndez M (2015). Effects of water flow regulation on ecosystem functioning in a Mediterranean river network assessed by wood decomposition. Sci Total Environ 517:57–65.
von Schiller, D., R. Marcé, B. Obrador, L. Gómez-Gener, J. P. Casas-Ruiz , V. Acuña, and M. Koschorreck. 2014. Carbon dioxide emissions from dry watercourses. Inland Waters 4: 377–382.