Charissa M. Ferrera, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor

Contact:
cmferrera@msi.upd.edu.ph

Education:
PhD Mechanical and Environmental Informatics (2016), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests:
Carbonate chemistry, ocean acidification, nutrient biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, oxygen isotopes of phosphate, science communication.

Selected Publications:

Peer-reviewed journal papers

• Clark D, Rees A, Ferrera C, Al-Moosawi L, Somerfield P, Harris C, Taylor B, Quartly G, Goult S, Tarran G, Lessin G, Nencioli F (2020) Nitrification in the Atlantic Ocean and its potential contribution to atmospheric N2O. Geophysical Research Letters, under review
• Ferrera CM, Jacinto GS, Chen CTA, Lui, HK (2018) Organic Carbon Concentrations in High and Low-Productivity Areas of the Sulu Sea, Sustainability, DOI 10.3390/su10061867 Ferrera CM, Jacinto GS, Chen CTA, San Diego-McGlone ML, Datoc MFKT, Lagumen MCT, Senal MIS (2017) Carbonate parameters in high and low productivity areas of the Sulu Sea, Philippines. Marine Chemistry, 195:2-14
• Ferrera CM, Watanabe A, Miyajima T, San Diego-McGlone ML, Morimoto N, Umezawa Y, Herrera E, Tsuchiya T, Yoshikai M, Nadaoka K (2016) Phosphorus as a driver of nitrogen limitation and sustained eutrophic conditions in Bolinao and Anda, Philippines, a mariculture-impacted tropical coastal area. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 105:237-248
• Ferrera CM, Miyajima T, Watanabe A, Umezawa Y, Morimoto N, San Diego-McGlone ML, Nadaoka K (2015) Variation in oxygen isotope ratio of dissolved orthophosphate induced by uptake process in natural coral holobionts. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-015-1378-8
• Cabrera OC, Villanoy CL, Jacinto GS, Bernardo LPC, Ferrera CM, Velasquez IB, Azanza RV (2014) Salt-plug estuarine circulation in Malampaya Sound, Palawan, Philippines. Philippine Science Letters, 7(2):428-437

Featured Publication

• Ferrera CM, Miyajima T, Watanabe A, Umezawa Y, Morimoto N, San Diego-McGlone ML, Nadaoka K, Variation in oxygen isotope ratio of dissolved orthophosphate induced by uptake process in natural coral holobionts. Newsletter of the Japanese Coral Reef Society (Highlights), No. 71, 5 November 2016, Click Here (in Japanese)

In Preparation

• Ray R, Watanabe A, Ferrera CM, Yoshikai M, Miyajima T, Orizar I, San Diego-McGlone ML, Suwa R, Nakamura T, Herrera EC, Nadaoka K. Origin, distribution, and exchange fluxes of carbon in a riverine mangrove forest in the Philippines. (paper for submission to JGR – Biogeosciences)
• Ferrera CM, Foronda JB, Gotangco RR, Lagman MC, Lagumen MC, San Diego-McGlone ML, Santiago JA, Santos MM. Guidebook on Coral Reef Associated Organisms Collected from Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) in the Philippines – A Tool for Capacity Building in Monitoring Biodiversity at Selected Reef Sites in the Philippines. Volume 1, 295 pp. (book to be published with UP MSI)
• Ferrera CM, Alabia I, Jacinto GS, Chen CTA, San Diego-McGlone ML. The Changing Carbonate Chemistry of the Sulu Sea. (paper for submission to Biogeosciences)