Group of Aquatic Macrophyte Ecology (GAME)

The of Group of Aquatic Macrophyte Ecology (GAME) focuses its activity in the biogeochemical and paleoecological aspects of the millenary accumulation in seagrass sediments. In the 2000's, GAME reported a high efficiency in the refractory accumulation of organic carbon in some seagrass species. This would be the origins of what we currently know as Blue Carbon. The dating of this sediments to calculate fluxes to the sink, revealed that the accumulation took place in a remarkable chronological order. This opened vast new vistas for the study of environmental change during the Holocene. GAME is currently acknowledged as the pioneer in these two research lines. The group is currently funded by 1 Plan Estatal project, 1 from the National Parks scheme, and 1 Life project. The group is integrated by 3 senior researchers (two adjuncts), 3 post-docs, 3 PhD's, 2 technicians, 2 Master students, 2 Final Degree students, and several practicum students. The group amounts more than 10 000 citations.