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ZIRINO, ALBERTO

Research Associate

Degrees:

• B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
• M.S., San Diego State University
• Ph.D., University of Washington

Research Interests:

• Electroanalytical chemistry of seawater
• Trace metal speciations in seawater and metal-organism interactions
• Water Quality Models
• The seawater CO2 system

Mentoring:

• Delgadillo-Hinojosa, Francisco (Post Doc; 2005-2007)
• , (Graduate; -)

Zirino, A., R. DeMarco, I Rivera, and B. Pejcic, 2002. The influence of Diffusion Fluxes on the Detection Limit of the Jalpaite Copper Ion-Selective Electrode. Electroanalysis, 14 (7-8) 493.

Chadwick, D. B., A. Zirino, I. Rivera-Duarte, C. Katz and A.C. Blake, 2004. "Modeling the mass balance and fate of copper in San Diego Bay." Limnol. Oceanog. 49(2), 355-366. 2004

Rivera-Duarte, I. and A. Zirino, 2004. Response of the Cu(II) ISE to Cu titration in artificial and natural shore seawater and measurement of the Cu complexation capacity. Environmental Science and Technology, 38(11), p. 3139-3147

Zirino, A., 2005. “The monitoring programme in the Venice Lagoon: striving towards a comprehensive knowledge of the lagoon ecosystem.” In Flooding and Environmental Challenges of Venice and Its Lagoon: State of Knowledge; T. Spencer, and C Fletcher, eds. Cambridge University Press.

Hernández-Ayon, J. M., A. Zirino, A. G. Dickson, T. Camiro-Vargas and E. Valenzuela, 2007. "Estimating the contribution of organic bases from microalgae to the titration alkalinity in coastal seawaters." Limnol. & Oceanogr. Methods (5): 225-232. Delgadillo-Hinojosa, F., A. Zirino, O. Holm-Hansen, I. Rivera-Duarte and D. B. Chadwick, 2008. Dissolved nutrient balance and net ecosystem metabolism in a Mediterranean-climate coastal lagoon: San Diego Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76(3): 594-607.

Delgadillo-Hinojosa, F., A. Zirino, C. Nasci, 2008. "Copper Complexation Capacity in the Waters of the Venice Lagoon", Marine Environmental Research, 66(4):404-11 Neira, C. F. Delgadillo-Hinojosa, A. Zirino, G. Mendoza, L. A. Levin, M. Porrachia and D. Deheyn, 2009. Spatial distribution of copper in relation to recreational boating in a California shallow-water basin. Chemistry and Ecology, 25, 1-17. Neira, C, G. Mendoza, L. A. Levin, A. Zirino,, F.Delgadillo-Hinojosa, M. Porrachia, and D. Deheyn, 2011, Macrobenthic community response to copper in Shelter Island Yacht Basin, San Diego Bay, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin,62, 701-717. Zirino, A., Maicu, F. C. Neira, and L. Levin, 2013, Comments on and implications of a steady-state in marine ecosystems. Chemistry and Ecology, 29(1): 86-99. DOI: 10.1030/02757540.2012.69663.

Neira, C., L. A.Levin, G. Mendoza, and A. Zirino, 2013. Alteration of benthic faunal communities associated with boat mooring and sediment copper. Marine Ecology, 13, 1-20.