Publications

Palacios-Abrantes, J., Llompart, F., Cardoso, L. G., Defeo, O., Gianelli, I., Jaureguizar, A. J., Lopes, P.F.M., Perez, J.A.A, Natali I. P., Piccolo, N.I.P., Piola, A.R., Polejack, A.. Prado, L. F., & Saraceno, M. (2026). Integrated ocean governance is needed in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean to foster fisheries, conservation and resilience to climate change. Discover Oceans, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-026-00134-4  

Ferronato,C., Saraceno, M., & Guinder,V.A.(2026). On the role of western boundary currents to fertilize adjacent continental shelves at interannual scales: A case study in the Southwestern Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120186. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120186  

Carbajal, J. C., Martin, J., Latorre, M. P., Barrera, F., Kaminsky, J., Cadaillón, A. M., & Saraceno, M. (2026). Circulation and wind-driven processes in the Yaganes area. Progress in Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103618 , pdf  

Juan Cruz Bonel, Nicolás Bodnariuk, Gisela D. Charó, Christophe Letellier, Christophe Guinet, Martín Saraceno, Denisse Sciamarella; Templex for Lagrangian dynamics in the Southwestern Atlantic. Chaos 1 October 2025; 35 (10):103137. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255611 , pdf

Guinder, V. A., Tillmann, U., Rivarossa, M., Ferronato, C., Ramírez, F. J., Krock, B., Gu, H., and Saraceno, M. (2025). Extraordinary bloom of toxin-producing phytoplankton enhanced by strong retention on the offshore Patagonian shelf, Biogeosciences, 22, 3397–3428, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3397-2025 

Torres Alberto, M. L., Bodnariuk, N., Saraceno, M., & Acha, E. M. (2025). Subantarctic Front variability: a potential driver of Patagonian scallop Zygochlamys patagonica recruitment fluctuations, Marine Ecology Progress Series 762 (2025): 51-63. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14856 , pdf 

Ferronato, C., Guinder, V. A., Rivarossa, M., Saraceno, M., Ibarbalz, F., Tillmann, U., et al. (2025). Insights into protistan plankton blooms in the highly dynamic Patagonian Shelf and adjacent ocean basin in the southwestern Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130, e2024JC021412. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021412   

Gilabert, A. S., López-Abbate, C., Flombaum, P., Unrein, F., Arbilla, L. A., Garzón-Cardona, J. E., Martin, A. M., Ibarbalz, F. M., Vincent, F., Saraceno, M., Ruiz-Etcheverry, L. A., Ferronato, C., Guinder, V. A., Silva, R., Uibrig, R. A., D’Agostino, V., Loizaga, R. & Lara, R. J. (2025). Planktonic drivers of carbon transformation during different stages of the spring bloom at the Patagonian Shelf-break front, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Biogeochemistry, 168(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01192-6 

Juhl, MC., Passaro, M., Dettmering, D., Saraceno M. Evaluation of the sub-annual sea level anomalies in the continental shelf of the Southwestern Atlantic and their relation to wind variability. Ocean Dynamics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-024-01621-y 

Saraceno, M. N. Bodnariuk,L.A. Ruiz-Etcheverry, M. Berta, C.G. Simionato, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga (2024). Lagrangian characterization of the Southwestern Atlantic from a dense surface drifter deployment. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104319 pdf

Bodnariuk, N, M. Saraceno, L.A. Ruiz-Etcheverry, C. Simionato, F. Andrade-Canto, F.J. Beron-Vera and M.J. Olascoaga (2024). Multiple Lagrangian jet-core structures in the Malvinas Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020446, pdf

Martinez, M.M.; Ruiz-Etcheverry, L.A.; Saraceno, M.; Gros-Martial, A.; Campagna, J.; Picard, B.; Guinet, C. Satellite and High-Spatio-Temporal Resolution Data Collected by Southern Elephant Seals Allow an Unprecedented 3D View of the Argentine Continental Shelf. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 5604. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15235604 

Fonvieille, N., Guinet, C., Saraceno M. et al., (2023). Swimming in an ocean of curves: A functional approach to understanding elephant seal habitat use in the Argentine Basin. Progress in Oceanography, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103120, pdf  

Leyba, I. M., Solman, S. A., Saraceno, M., Martinez, J. A., & Dominguez, F. (2023). The South Atlantic Ocean as a moisture source region and its relation with precipitation in South America. Climate Dynamics, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06653-y pdf

Bodnariuk, N., Simionato, C. G., & Saraceno, M. (2022). Water exchanges between the Northern Argentinean Shelf and the open ocean on interannual timescales: Remote influences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2022JC018517. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018517   

Torres Alberto, M.L., Saraceno, M., Ivanovic, M., & Acha, E.M. (2022). Habitat of Argentine squid (Illex argentinus) paralarvae in the southwestern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14013 , pdf

Bodnariuk, N., Simionato, C. G., Saraceno, M., Osman, M., & Diaz, L. B. (2021). Interannual Variability of the Latitude of Separation of the Brazil Current: Teleconnections and Oceanic Rossby Waves Propagation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(10), e2021JC017557. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017557 

Aubone, N., Saraceno, M., Alberto, M. T., Campagna, J., Le Ster, L., Picard, B., Hindell, M., Campagna C. & Guinet, C. R. (2021). Physical changes recorded by a deep diving seal on the Patagonian slope drive large ecological changes. Journal of Marine Systems, 223, 103612, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103612 pdf 

Orúe-Echevarría D, Pelegrí JL, Alonso-González IJ, Benítez-Barrios VM, Emelianov M, García-Olivares A, Gasser i Rubinat M, De La Fuente P, Herrero C, Isern-Fontanet J, Masdeu-Navarro M, Peña-Izquierdo J, Piola AR, Ramírez-Garrido S, Rosell-Fieschi M, Salvador J, Saraceno M, Valla D, Vallès-Casanova I, Vidal M (2021) A view of the Brazil-Malvinas confluence, March 2015. Deep Sea Res Part I: Oceanogr Res Pap 103533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103533 pdf

Abdalla, S., Abdeh Kolahchi, A., Ablain, M., Adusumilli, S., Aich Bhowmick, S., Alou-Font, E., et al. (2021). Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress. Advances in Space Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022 

Paniagua, G. F., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R., Charo, M., Ferrari, R., Artana, C., & Provost, C. (2021). Malvinas Current at 44.7°S: First assessment of velocity temporal variability from in situ data. Progress in Oceanography, 102592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102592 pdf

Lago, L. S., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R., & Ruiz-Etcheverry, L. A. (2021). Volume Transport Variability on the Northern Argentine Continental Shelf from In Situ and Satellite Altimetry Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016813. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016813 

Bodnariuk, N., Simionato, C. G., & Saraceno, M. (2021). SAM-driven variability of the southwestern Atlantic shelf sea circulation. Continental Shelf Research, 212, 104313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104313 pdf

Bodnariuk, N., Simionato, C. G., Osman, M., & Saraceno, M. (2021). The Río de la Plata plume dynamics over the Southwestern Atlantic Continental Shelf and its link with the large scale atmospheric variability on interannual timescales. Continental Shelf Research, 212, 104296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104296 pdf

Torres Alberto, M. L., Bodnariuk, N., Ivanovic, M., Saraceno, M., & Acha, E. M. (2021). Dynamics of the Confluence of Malvinas and Brazil currents, and a southern Patagonian spawning ground, explain recruitment fluctuations of the main stock of Illex argentinus. Fisheries Oceanography, 30: 127– 141. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12507 pdf

Cosentino, N. J., Ruiz-Etcheverry, L. A., Bia, G. L., Simonella, L. E., Coppo, R., Torre, G., Saraceno, M., Tur, V. M. & Gaiero D. M. (2020). Does Satellite Chlorophyll-a Respond to Southernmost Patagonian Dust? A Multi-year, Event-Based Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(12), e2020JG006073. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006073

Saraceno, M.; Tonini, M.H.; Williams, G.N.; Aubone, N.; Olascoaga, M.J.; Beron-Vera, F.J.; Gonzalez, R.; Soria, M.; Saad, J.F.; Svendsen, G. (2020). On the Complementary Information Provided by Satellite Images, Lagrangian Drifters, and a Regional Numerical Model: a Case Study in the San Matias Gulf, Argentina. Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-020-00039-6

Ruiz-Etcheverry LA, Saraceno M. Sea Level Trend and Fronts in the South Atlantic Ocean. Geosciences, 2020. 10(6), 218. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060218

Beron-Vera, F. J., Bodnariuk, N., Saraceno, M., Olascoaga, M. J., and Simionato, C. (2020). Stability of the Malvinas Current. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 30(1), 13152. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129441

Martinetto, P., Alemany, D., Botto, F., Mastrangelo M, Falabella V, Acha EM, Anton G, Bianchi A, Campagna C, Cañete G, Filippo P, Iribarne O, Laterra P, Martınez P, Negri R, Piola AR, Romero SI, Santos D, Saraceno M. Ambio (2020), Linking the scientific knowledge on marine frontal systems with ecosystem services, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01222-w

Lago L.S., Saraceno  M., Martos P., Guerrero R.A., Piola A.R., Paniagua G.F., Ferrari R., Artana C.I. and Provost C. (2019), On the wind contribution to the variability of ocean currents over wide continental shelves: a case study on the northern Argentine continental shelf, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015105

Todd RE, Chavez FP, Clayton S, Cravatte S, Goes M, Graco M, Lin X, Sprintall J, Zilberman NV, Archer M, Arístegui J, Balmaseda M, Bane JM, Baringer MO, Barth JA, Beal LM, Brandt P, Calil PHR, Campos E, Centurioni LR, Chidichimo MP, Cirano M, Cronin MF, Curchitser EN, Davis RE, Dengler M, deYoung B, Dong S, Escribano R, Fassbender AJ, Fawcett SE, Feng M, Goni GJ, Gray AR, Gutiérrez D, Hebert D, Hummels R, Ito S-i, Krug M, Lacan F, Laurindo L, Lazar A, Lee CM, Lengaigne M, Levine NM, Middleton J, Montes I, Muglia M, Nagai T, Palevsky HI, Palter JB, Phillips HE, Piola A, Plueddemann AJ, Qiu B, Rodrigues RR, Roughan M, Rudnick DL, Rykaczewski RR, Saraceno M, Seim H, Sen Gupta A, Shannon L, Sloyan BM, Sutton AJ, Thompson L, van der Plas AK, Volkov D, Wilkin J, Zhang D and Zhang L (2019) Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:423. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00423

Orúe-Echevarría D., Pelegrí J.L., Alonso-González I.J., Benítez-Barrios V.M., De La Fuente P., Emelianov M., Gasser M., Herrero C., Isern-Fontanet J., Peña-Izquierdo J., Ramírez-Garrido S., Rosell-Fieschi M., Salvador J., Saraceno M., Valla D. and Vidal M. (2019). Dataset on the TIC-MOC cruise onboard the R/V Hespérides, March 2015, Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Data in brief, 22, 185-194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.12.004.

Leyba, I. M., Solman, S. A., & Saraceno, M. (2019). Trends in sea surface temperature and air–sea heat fluxes over the South Atlantic Ocean. Climate Dynamics, 1-13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04777-2.

Franco, B. C., Palma, E. D., Combes, V., Acha, E. M., & Saraceno, M. (2018). Modelling the offshore export of subantarctic shelf waters from the Patagonian shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013824

Paniagua, G. F., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R., Guerrero, R., Provost, C., Ferrari, R., L.S. Lago and C.I. Artana (2018). Malvinas Current at 40S–41S: First assessment of temperature and salinity temporal variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2017JC013666 

Artana, C., Lellouche, J., Park, Y., Garric, G. , Koenig, Z. , Sennéchael, N. , Ferrari, R., Piola, A. R., Saraceno, M. and Provost, C. (2018), Fronts of the Malvinas Current System: Surface and Subsurface Expressions Revealed by Satellite Altimetry, Argo Floats, and Mercator Operational Model Outputs. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123, 5261-5285. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013887 

Artana, C., Ferrari, R., Koenig, Z., Sennechael, N., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R., & Provost, C. (2018). Malvinas Current volume transport at 41S: A 24 yearlong time series consistent with mooring data from 3 decades and satellite altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 378–398. https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2017JC013600

Pelegrí, Josep L.; Orúe-Echevarría, Dorleta; Alonso-González, Iván J.; Benítez-Barrios, Verónica M.; De La Fuente, Patricia; Emelianov, Mikhail; Gasser, Marc; Herrero, Carmen; Isern-Fontanet, Jordi; Peña-Izquierdo, Jesús; Ramírez-Garrido, Sergio; Rosell-Fieschi, Miquel; Salvador, Joaquín; Saraceno, Martín; Valla, Daniel; Vidal, Montserrat (2018), “The TIC-MOC cruise onboard the R/V Hespérides, March 2015, Brazil-Malvinas Confluence”, Mendeley Data, v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/hk8t43z3t3.1

Ferrari, R., Artana, C., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R., & Provost, C. (2017), Satellite altimetry and current-meter velocities in the Malvinas Current at 41°S: Comparisons and modes of variations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122. https://doi.org/ 10.1002/2017JC013340

Lago, L. S., M. Saraceno, L. A. Ruiz Etcheverry, M. Passaro, F. Oreiro, E.E. D’Onofrio, R.A. González (2017), Improved Sea Surface Height from Satellite Altimetry in Coastal Zones: A Case Study in Southern Patagonia, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2694325.

Leyba, M.I., Saraceno, M., Solman, S.A. (2016), Air-sea heat fluxes associated to mesoscale eddies in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean and their dependence on different regional conditions, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3460-5.

Birol, F., Fuller, N., Lyard F., Cancet, M., Niño, F., Delebecque, C., Fleury, S., Toublanc, F., Melet, A., Saraceno, M., Léger, F., Coastal applications from nadir altimetry: example of the X-TRACK regional products (2016), Advances in Space Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2016.11.005

Artana, C., Ferrari, R., Koenig, Z., Saraceno, M., Piola, A. R. and Provost, C. (2016), Malvinas Current variability from Argo floats and satellite altimetry. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121 (7), doi:10.1002/2016JC011889

Ruiz Etcheverry, L. A., M. Saraceno, A. R. Piola, and P. T. Strub (2016), Sea level anomaly on the Patagonian continental shelf: Trends, annual patterns and geostrophic flows, J.Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi: 10.1002/2015JC011265.

Diaz, M.V., M. Do Souto, M. Peralta, M. Pájaro, M. Spinelli, M. Saraceno, C. Balestrini and F. Capitanio (2016): Eat or be eaten: factors that determine nutritional condition of Engraulis anchoita larvae from patagonic population of the species, Ecología Austral, 26 (2), 120-133, http://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/71.

Visbeck, M., Araujo, M., Boetius, A., Buch, E., Claustre, H., Dabrowski, T., Delory E., DeYoung B., Drinkwater K, Fischer A, Fritz JS, Horsburgh KJ, Karstensen J, Lampitt R, Larkin K, Le Traon PY, Lherminier P, Monteiro P, Mowlem MC, Pearlman J, Pinardi N, Pouliquen S, Saraceno M, Speich S, Waldmann C, Wallace D, Weller B, Whoriskey F (2015). Integrated and More Sustainable Atlantic Ocean Observing (AtlantOS). CLIVAR Exchanges, 67(2), 18-20.

Strub, P. T., C. James, V. Combes, R. P. Matano, A. R. Piola, E. D. Palma, M. Saraceno, R. A. Guerrero, H. Fenco, and L. A. Ruiz-Etcheverry (2015), Altimeter-derived seasonal circulation on the southwest Atlantic shelf: 27°–43°S, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, 3391–3418, doi:10.1002/2015JC010769

Etala, P., Saraceno, M., & Echevarría, P. (2015). An investigation of ensemble-based assimilation of satellite altimetry and tide gauge data in storm surge prediction. Ocean Dynamics, Volume 65 (3), 435-447, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10236-015-0808-z

Artana CI, M Saraceno and C Provost (2015), On the interaction between the Malvinas current and ocean mesoscale structures at 41ºS, extended abstract, XII Argentine Congress on Meteorology, http://cenamet.org.ar/congremet/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/T226_Artana.pdf

Ruiz Etcheverry, L.A., Saraceno, M., Piola, A.R., Valladeau, G. and Möller  O.O. (2015), A comparison of the annual cycle of sea level in coastal areas from gridded satellite altimetry and tide gauges, Continental Shelf Research, Volume 92, Pages 87–97.

Saraceno, M., Simionato, C.G. and Ruiz-Etcheverry, L.A. (2014), Sea surface height trend and variability at seasonal and interannual time scales in the Southeastern South American continental shelf between 27°S and 40°S, Continental Shelf Research, Volume 91, Pages 82-94, ISSN 0278-4343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2014.09.002

Matano, R. P., V. Combes, A. R. Piola, E. D. Piola, R. Guerrero, P. T. Strub, C. James, H. Fenco, Y. Chao, M. Saraceno (2014): The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Numerical simulations. J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2014JC010116

Guerrero, R. A., A. R. Piola, H. Fenco, R. Matano, V. Combes, Y. Chao, C. James, E. D. Palma, M. Saraceno and P. T. Strub (2014): The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Aquarius observations. J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2014JC010113

Oreiro, F., E.E. D'Onofrio,W.H. Grismeyer, M.M. Fiore and M. Saraceno (2014), Comparison of tide model outputs for the northern region of the Antarctic Peninsula using satellite altimeters and tide gauge data, Polar Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2013.12.001.

Kavanaugh, M.T., Hales, B., Saraceno, M., Spitz, Y.H., White, A.E., Letelier, R.M., (2014) Hierarchical and dynamic seascapes: a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology, Progress in Oceanography, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.013.

Piola, A. R., B. C. Franco, E. D. Palma, and M. Saraceno (2013), Multiple jets in the Malvinas Current, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20170.

Saraceno M. and C. Provost (2012), On eddy polarity distribution in the Southwestern Atlantic, Deep Sea Research I, 69(0), 62-69, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.07.005.

Hales, B., P. G. Strutton, M. Saraceno, R. Letelier, T. Takahashi, R. Feely, C. Sabine, and F. Chavez (2012), Satellite-based prediction of pCO2 in coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific, Progress In Oceanography, 103(0), 1-15, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.03.001.

Saraceno, M., E.E. D’Onofrio, M.E. Fiore, W.H. Grismeyer (2010), Tide model comparison over the Southwestern Atlantic Shelf, Continental Shelf Research, 30 (17), 1865-1875, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.014.

Saraceno, M. and L.A. Ruiz Etcheverry (2010), Improved Sea Surface Height over the Patagonian Continental Shelf, in Proceedings of the “Oceanobs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society” Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D. Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.

Saraceno M., C. Provost and U. Zajaczkovski (2009), Long-term variation in the anticyclonic ocean circulation over the Zapiola Rise as observed by satellite altimetry: evidence of possible collapses, Deep Sea Research I, 56 (7), 1077-1092, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.03.005.

Saraceno, M., P. T. Strub, and P. M. Kosro (2008), Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11013, doi:10.1029/2008JC004756.

Saraceno, M., C. Provost and M. Lebbah (2006), Biophysical Regions identification using an artificial neuronal network: a case study in the South Western Atlantic, Advances in Space Research, Advances in Space Research, Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 793-805.

Barre, N., C. Provost and M. Saraceno (2006), Spatial and temporal scales of the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence region documented by MODIS high resolution simultaneous SST and color images, Advances in Space Research, Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 770-786. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.09.026. 

Saraceno, M., C. Provost and A. R. Piola (2005), On the relationship of satellite retrieved surface temperature fronts and chlorophyll-a in the Western South Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C11016, doi:10.1029/2004JC002736. 

Saraceno, M., C. Provost, A. R. Piola, J. Bava, and A. Gagliardini (2004), Brazil Malvinas Frontal System as seen from 9 years of advanced very high resolution radiometer data, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C05027, doi:10.1029/2003JC002127.

Pasqualini, E.E., Mesaros, M., Navarro, G. and Saraceno, M., Nanocapsules: structure and formation kinetics (1997), Fullerenes: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and related Materials, vol. 4, Ruoff R. and Kadish K. eds., PV 97-14, pp. 843-854, The Electrochemical Society Proceedings Series, Pennington, NJ 843.