Dr. Alex Cabral

• Cabral A., Reithmaier G.M.S., Yau Y.Y.Y., Cotovicz L.C., Barreira J., Viana B., Hayden J., Bouillon S., Brandini N., Hatje V., de Rezende C.E., Fonseca A.L., Santos I.R., Large Porewater-Derived Carbon Outwelling Across Mangrove Seascapes Revealed by Radium Isotopes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, (9), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Yau Y.Y.Y., Cabral A., Reithmaier G., Cotovicz L.C., Barreira J., Abril G., Morana C., Borges A.V., Machado W., Godoy J.M., Bonaglia S., Santos I.R., Efficient oxidation attenuates porewater-derived methane fluxes in mangrove waters, Limnology and Oceanography, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Ljungberg W., Yau Y.Y.Y., Cabral A., Majtenyi-Hill C., Henriksson L., McKenzie T., Ruiz-Angulo A., Szymczycha B., Dittmar T., Ulber I., Santos I.R., Carbon Outwelling and Uptake Along a Tidal Glacier-Lagoon-Ocean Continuum, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129, (6), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Reithmaier G.M.S., Cabral A., Akhand A., Bogard M.J., Borges A.V., Bouillon S., Burdige D.J., Call M., Chen N., Chen X., Cotovicz L.C., Eagle M.J., Kristensen E., Kroeger K.D., Lu Z., Maher D.T., Perez-Llorens J.L., Ray R., Taillardat P., Tamborski J.J., Upstill-Goddard R.C., Wang F., Wang Z.A., Xiao K., Yau Y.Y.Y., Santos I.R., Carbonate chemistry and carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves and saltmarshes, Nature Communications, 14, (1), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Cabral A., Sugimoto R., Taniguchi M., Tait D., Nakajima T., Honda H., Santos I.R., Fresh and saline submarine groundwater discharge as sources of carbon and nutrients to the Japan Sea, Marine Chemistry, 249, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Santos I.R., Burdige D.J., Jennerjahn T.C., Bouillon S., Cabral A., Serrano O., Wernberg T., Filbee-Dexter K., Guimond J.A., Tamborski J.J., The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 255, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Cabral A., Yau Y.Y.Y., Reithmaier G.M.S., Cotovicz L.C., Barreira J., Brostrom G., Viana B., Fonseca A.L., Santos I.R., Tidally driven porewater exchange and diel cycles control CO2 fluxes in mangroves on local and global scales, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 374, 2024, p121 - 135, p121-135Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Cabral A., Bonetti C.H.C., Garbossa L.H.P., Pereira-Filho J., Besen K., Fonseca A.L., Water masses seasonality and meteorological patterns drive the biogeochemical processes of a subtropical and urbanized watershed-bay-shelf continuum, Science of the Total Environment, 749, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Cabral A., Bercovich M.V., Fonseca A., Implications of poor-regulated wastewater treatment systems in the water quality and nutrient fluxes of a subtropical coastal lagoon, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 29, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Cabral A., Fonseca A., Coupled effects of anthropogenic nutrient sources and meteo-oceanographic events in the trophic state of a subtropical estuarine system, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 225, 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Brauko K.M., Cabral A., Costa N.V., Hayden J., Dias C.E.P., Leite E.S., Westphal R.D., Mueller C.M., Hall-Spencer J.M., Rodrigues R.R., Rorig L.R., Pagliosa P.R., Fonseca A.L., Alarcon O.E., Horta P.A., Marine Heatwaves, Sewage and Eutrophication Combine to Trigger Deoxygenation and Biodiversity Loss: A SW Atlantic Case Study, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Fonseca A.L., Newton A., Cabral A., Local and meso-scale pressures in the eutrophication process of a coastal subtropical system: Challenges for effective management, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 250, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Henriksson L., Yau Y.Y.Y., Majtenyi-Hill C., Ljungberg W., Tomer A.S., Zhao S., Wang F., Cabral A., Asplund M., Santos I.R., Drivers of Seasonal and Diel Methane Emissions From a Seagrass Ecosystem, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129, (11), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Barros G., Fonseca A.L.D., Santos A.C.D., Fontes M.L.S., Varela A.R.D., Franco D., Nutrient distribution in a shallow subtropical lagoon, south Brazil, subjected to seasonal hypoxic and anoxic events, Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 65, (2), 2017, p116 - 127, p116-127Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Tomer, Aprajita S., McKenzie, Tristan, Majtényi-Hill, Claudia, Cabral, Alex, Yau, Yvonne Y. Y., Call, Mitchell, Chen, Xiaogang, Correa, Rogger E., Davis, Kay, Jeffrey, Luke, Sadat-Noori, Mahmood, Tait, Douglas, Webb, Jackie, Maher, Damien T., Henriksson, Linnea, Bonaglia, Stefano, Zhao, Shibin, Cardenas, M. Bayani, Santos, Isaac R., Groundwater releases CO ₂ to diverse global coastal ecosystems, Science Advances, 11, (2), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Politi, T., Yau, Y. Y., Santos, I. R., Cabral, A., Cheung, H. L. S., Majtényi"Hill, C., Ulfsbo, A., Wåhlin, A., Bonaglia, S., Global Fjords as Minor Sources of Nitrous Oxide to the Atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 52, (4), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Cabral, Alex, Dittmar, Thorsten, Call, Mitchell, Scholten, Jan, de Rezende, Carlos E., Asp, Nils, Gledhill, Martha, Seidel, Michael, Santos, Isaac R., Carbon and alkalinity outwelling across the groundwater"creek"shelf continuum off Amazonian mangroves, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 6, (6), 2021, p369-378Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Jatobá-Junior, Antoniwal A., Hatje, Vanessa, Masque, Pere, de Rezende, Carlos Eduardo, Cabral, Alex, Yau, Yvonne Y.Y., Barreira, João, Reithmaier, Gloria M.S., Santos, Isaac R., Carbon and mercury burial in mangrove soils across an anthropogenic gradient, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 318, 2025, p109226Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Cabral, Alex, Hayden, Juliana, Viana, Bárbara, de Almeida, Marcos, Passos, Tiago, Barcellos, Roberto, Bonaglia, Stefano, Hatje, Vanessa, Santos, Isaac R., A mangrove nitrous oxide sink attenuates methane climate impacts, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI

• Title

  Groundwater age distributions for the sustainable management of groundwater resources in Ireland
  Summary

  This project will quantify groundwater residence and travel times in Irish catchments to improve understanding of nitrate transport and support sustainable groundwater management. It combines multiple environmental tracers, including stable and radioactive isotopes, to trace water from recharge to discharge. A nationwide isotopic map of the water cycle will be developed, alongside a citizen science network to enhance monitoring coverage and public engagement. The findings will inform policy and help assess the impact of land use and climate change on groundwater quality.
  Funding Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency
  Date From

  2022
  Date To

  2026
• Title

  Tracing inorganic carbon in Irish groundwater
  Summary

  This project investigates the sources and transformation of dissolved inorganic carbon in Irish groundwater. It focuses on how aquifer type and agricultural practices influence carbon cycling and buffering, using carbon isotopes to trace key biogeochemical processes.
  Funding Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency
  Date From

  2022
  Date To

  2026

Oceanography, Surface water quality processes and contaminated sediment assessment, Chemical oceanography, Hydrology, Isotope geochemistry, Groundwater hydrology, Environmental biogeochemistry, Ecohydrology, Surface water hydrology, Carbon sequestration science, Groundwater quality processes and contaminated land assessment,

• Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• European Geosciences Union (EGU)

• Reviewer for a broad range of scientific journals in hydrogeology and environmental geosciences, including Water Research, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Scientific Reports, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans and Biogeosciences, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Continental Shelf Research, Estuaries and Coasts, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Marine Chemistry, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Journal of Marine Systems, Frontiers in Marine Science, and One Earth. Ongoing