Laboratorio de Plancton: Artículos científicos

En este apartado iremos recopilando las publicaciones más recientes de los miembros del grupo (desde 2005 hasta la actualidad). ¡Esperamos que os resulten interesantes!

2026

Junger PC, Kavagutti CS, Deutschmann IN, Gazulla CR, Huber P, Menezes M, Paranhos R, Amado AM, Ferrera I, Rigonato J, Chaffron S, Gasol JM, Logares R, Sarmento H (2026) Ecological processes shaping marine microbial assemblages diverge between equatorial and temperate time-series. Molecular Ecology 35(2): e70241. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70241

Protopapa M, Herrera I, Hagen W, Koppelmann R, Engström-Öst J, Tsangaris C, Zervoudaki S, Yebra L (2026) Integrating zooplankton biomarkers within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) assessment. Mediterranean Marine Science. doi: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032662275-7

2025

Couret M, Sarmiento-Lezcano AN, Landeira JM, Giering SLC, Major W, Olivar MP, Hernández-León S (2025) Zooplankton and micronekton active flux around the Iberian Peninsula. Frontiers in Marine Science 12, 1652483. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1652483

Gómez-Jakobsen F, Giménez JG, Cecilia JM, Ferrera I, Yebra L, Fraile-Nuez E, Oosterbaan M, Martínez-Martínez P, Orenes-Salazar V, Sandoval-Cánovas V, Ortolano-Muñoz A, García-Muñoz R, Pérez-Tórtola P, Ruíz JM, Mercado JM (2025) Monitoring chlorophyll a concentration in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon using ocean color sensors. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 38: 101531. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101531

González JM, Robaina-Estévez S, Cabello AM, Palacio AS, Gallagher R, López-Urrutia Á, Alonso-Sáez L (2025) The photoheterotroph Dokdonia sp. MED134 modulates the expression of resource acquisition and anaplerotic carbon fixation pathways in response to temperature. Environmental Microbiology 27(3), e70071. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70071

Guo J, Aroney S, Dominguez-Huerta G, Smith D, Vik D, Owusu Ansah C, Pratama AA, Solonenko S, Tian F, Howard-Varona C, Zhong ZP, Fofana A, Smith G, Hodgkins SB, Cronin D, Woodcroft BJ, Tyson GW, Rich VI, Sullivan MB, Roux S, Bagby SC (2025) Mobile genetic elements that shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.12.637893

Oosterbaan M, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Barberá GG, Mercado JM, Ferrera I, Yebra L, Valero-Garcés B, Delgado-Huertas A, Álvarez M, Marín-Guirao L, Martínez Martínez P, Orenes-Salazar V, Galofré M, Granados A, Verdugo C, Cabello AM, Camarena-Gómez MT, Gazulla CR, Ouaissa S, Pérez-Rubín E, Salles S, Sánchez A, Valcárcel-Pérez N, García-Muñoz R, Pérez-Tórtola P, Sandoval Cánovas V, González-Vega A, Fraile-Nuez E, Ruíz JM (2025) Characterization and potential causes of a whiting event in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (Mediterranean, SE Spain). Science of The Total Environment 978: 179391. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179391

Pérez-Rubín J, Pérez-Rubín E (2025) Historical review of research on fisheries vs. climate changes and proposals for the future in a global warming context. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13020260

Peters J, Albaina A, Blanco-Bercial L, Bucklin A, Di Capua I, Dos Santos A, Falkenhaug T, Fernandez de Puelles M, Fileman E, Garić R, Holst S, Hosia A, Laakmann S, Majaneva SK, Mańko MK, Mazzocchi MG, O'Brien T, Peijnenburg K, Renz J, Rossel S, Weydmann-Zwolicka A, Winkler G, Yebra L, Cornils A (2025) Taxonomic uncertainty in North Atlantic and Mediterranean zooplankton limits species-level monitoring accuracy. ICES Journal of Marine Science 82: fsaf077. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf077

Pratama AA, Domínguez-Huerta G, Wainaina JM, Bolduc B, Tian F, Ellenbogen J, Guo J, Kuhn JH, Wrighton KC, Zayed AA, Sullivan MB (2025) RNA virus ecogenomics along a subarctic permafrost thaw gradient. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.13.637936

Protopapa M, Yebra L, Koppelmann R, Zervoudaki S (2025) Ecological application of biomarkers to mesozooplankton communities in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Vieira LR, Morgado FMR (eds) Zooplankton Challenges in a Changing World: Volume 1: A Worldwide Perspective and Research Approach (1st ed.). CRC Press, Boca Ratón. pp 107-123. doi: 10.1201/9781032662275

Rey-Velasco X, Auladell A, Deulofeu-Capo O, Lundin D, Pinhassi J, Ferrera I, Gasol JM (2025) Decoding the genetic drivers of marine bacterial blooms through comparative genomics. Microbiome 13(1), 1-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02182-y

Santos-Bruña JJ, Hernández-Hernández N, Montero MF, Gómez-Letona M, Baumann M, Taucher J, Spisla C, Thielecke A, Ludwig A, Riebesell U, Arístegui J (2025) Assessment of potential eutrophication in coastal waters of Gran Canaria: Impact on plankton community under CO2 depletion. Marine Environmental Research. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106919

Santos-Bruña JJ, Gómez I (2025) Impact of cumulus parameterizations on the simulation of the September 2019 torrential rainfall event over the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07367-0

Tovar-Salvador ML, Lara-Martín PA, Pintado Herrera M (2025) Gas Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Evaluate Pressurized Liquid Extraction of Targeted and Untargeted Contaminants from Sediments. Microchemical Journal 216, 114724. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2025.114724

2024

Albaina A, Garić R, Yebra L (2024). Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa. Journal of Plankton Research, 00, 1-15, doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae057

Batrakhanov D, Eerola T, Kraft K, Haraguchi L, Lensu L, Suikkanen S, Camarena-Gómez MT, Seppälä J, Kälviäinen H (2024) DAPLANKTON: Benchmark dataset for multi-instrument plankton recognition via fine-grained domain adaptation. arXiv:2402.05615. doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.05615

Deulofeu-Capo O. Sebastián M, Auladell A, Cardelús C, Ferrera I, Sánchez O, Gasol JM (2024) Growth rates of marine prokaryotes are extremely diverse, even among closely related taxa. ISME Communications 4, 1, ycae066 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae066

Estrada M, Latasa M, Cabello AM, de la Fuente P, Guallar C, Mozetič P, Riera-Lorente M, Vidal M, Blasco D (2024) Relationships between the deep chlorophyll maximum and hydrographic characteristics across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Scientia Marina 88: e092. doi: https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.05519.092

Ferrera I, Auladell A, Balagué V, Reñé A, Garcés E, Massana R, Gasol JM (2024) Seasonal and interannual variability of the free-living and particle-associated bacteria of a coastal microbiome. Environmental Microbiology Reports. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13299

Martínez-Moreno S, Leon-Palmero E, Pula HJ, Cabello AM, Ferrera I, Reche I (2024) Subcuticular and biofilm microbiomes in Holothuria tubulosa and their potential for denitrification. Marine Ecology Progress Series 736, 81–92. doi: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14591

Gazulla CR, Koblízek M, Mercado JM, Gasol JM, Sánchez O, Ferrera I (2024). Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria correlate with picophytoplankton across the Atlantic Ocean but show unique vertical bioenergetics. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.12682

Giménez JG, Granero A, Senent-Aparicio J, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Mercado JM, Blanco-Gómez P, Ruiz JM, Cecilia JM (2024) Assessment of oceanographic services for the monitoring of highly anthropised coastal lagoons: The Mar Menor case study. Ecological Informatics 81, 102554, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102554.

González-Vega A, Martín-Díaz JP, Vázquez JT, Gómez-Ballesteros M, Sánchez-Guillamón O, Rodríguez JAL, Arrieta, Ferrera I, Fraile-Nuez E (2024) Impacts of a newly formed lava delta on the marine environment: Lava-induced upwelling and abrupt chlorophyll depletion during the Tajogaite eruption (La Palma, 2021). Science of the Total Environment 944, doi : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173915

Herrera I, Yebra L, Santana-del-Pino A, Hernández-León S (2024) Growth rates and specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases activities in Clupea harengus larvae. Oceans 5-4: 951-964. doi: 10.3390/oceans5040054

Koblížek M, Ferrera I, Kolářová E, Duhamel S, Popendorf KJ, Gasol JM, Van Mooy BAS (2024) Growth and mortality of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 90, e00032–24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00032-24

Liu Y, Zhang Z, Jiao N, Zhu Y, Zhang R, Dominguez-Huerta G, Wang H, Feng M, Wen R, Ji M, Zheng Q, Liu P, Yao T (2024) Diversity and ecological roles of RNA viral communities in the cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.30.610425

Martínez-Moreno S, Leon-Palmero E, Pula HJ, Cabello AM, Ferrera I, Reche I (2024) Subcuticular and biofilm microbiomes in Holothuria tubulosa and their potential for denitrification. Marine Ecology Progress Series 736, 81-92. doi: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14591

Tian F, Wainaina JM, Howard-Varona C, Domínguez-Huerta G, Bolduc B, Consuelo Gazitúa M, Smith G, Gittrich MR, Zablocki O, Cronin DR, Eveillard D, Hallam SJ, Sullivan MB (2024) Prokaryotic-virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes throughout the global oceans. Microbiome 12, 159. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01876-z

Villena-Alemany C, Mujakic I, Fecskeova LK, Woodhouse J, Auladell A, Dean J, Hanusova M, Socha M, Gazulla CR, Ruscheweyh HJ, Sunagawa S, Kavagutti VS, Andrei A-S, Grossar HP, Ghai R, Koblížek M, Piwosz K. (2024) Phenology and ecological role of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwaters. Microbiome 12, 65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01786-0

Charon J, Olendraite I, Forgia M, Chong LC, Hillary LS, Roux S, Kupczok A, Debat H, Sakaguchi S, Tahzima R, Nakagawa S, Babaian A, Abroi A, Bejerman N, Ben Mansour K, Brown K, Butkovic A, Cervera A, Charriat F, Chen G, Chiba Y, De Coninck L, Demina T, Dominguez-Huerta G, Dubrulle J, Gutierrez S, Harvey E, Jayaraj Mallika FR, Karapliafis D, Lim SJ, Kasibhatla SM, Mifsud JCO, Nishimura Y, Ortiz-Baez AS, Raco M, Rivero R, Sadiq S, Saghaei S, San JE, Shaikh HM, Sieradzki ET, Sullivan MB, Sun Y, Wille M, Wolf YI, Zrelovs N, Neri U (2024) Consensus statement from the first RdRp Summit: advancing RNA virus discovery at scale across communities. Frontiers in Virology 4, 1371958. doi: 10.3389/fviro.2024.1371958

2023

Gazulla CR, Cabello AM, Sánchez P, Gasol JM, Sánchez O, Ferrera I (2023) A metagenomics and amplicon sequencing combined approach reveals the best primers to study marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. Microbial Ecology 86, 2161–2172. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02220-y

Rey-Velasco X, Deulofeu-Capo O, Sanz Sáez I, Cardelús C, Ferrera I, Gasol JM, Sánchez O. (2023) Expanding success in the isolation of abundant marine bacteria after reduction in grazing and viral pressure and increase in nutrient availability. Microbiology Spectrum 11, e00890–23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00890-23

Auladell A, Ferrera I, Montiel Fontanet L, Júnior CDS, Sebastián M, Logares R, Gasol JM. 2023. Seasonality of biogeochemically relevant microbial genes in a coastal ocean microbiome. Environmental Microbiology 25, 1465–1483. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16367

Alonso-Sáez L, Palacio AS, Cabello AM, Robaina-Estévez S, González JM, Garczarek L, López-Urrutia Á. 2023. Transcriptional Mechanisms of Thermal Acclimation in Prochlorococcus. mBio 14, e03425–22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03425-22

Ratnarajah L, Abu-Alhaija R, Atkinson A, Batten S, Bax NJ, Bernard KS, Canonico G, Cornils A, Everett JD, Grigoratou M, Ahmad Ishak NH, Johns D, Lombard F, Muxagata E, Ostle C, Pitois S, Richardson AJ, Schmidt K, Stemmann L, Swadling KM, Yang G, Yebra L (2023). Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate. Nature Communications 14, 564. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36241-5

Ouaissa S, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Yebra L, Ferrera I, Moreno-Ostos E, Belando MD, Ruiz JM, Mercado JM (2023) Phytoplankton dynamics in the Mar Menor, a Mediterranean coastal lagoon strongly impacted by eutrophication. Marine Pollution Bulletin 192: 115074, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115074

2022

Auladell A, Barberán A, Logares R, Garcés E, Gasol JM, Ferrera I (2022) Seasonal niche differentiation among closely related marine bacteria. The ISME Journal 16:178–189.

Gazulla CR, Auladell A, Ruiz‐González C, Junger PC, Royo‐Llonch M, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Sánchez O, Ferrera I (2022) Global diversity and distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the tropical and subtropical oceans. Environmental Microbiology.

Mercado JM, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Korbee N, Avilés A, Bonomi-Barufi J, Muñoz M, Reul A, Figueroa FL (2022) Analyzing environmental factors that favor the growth of the invasive brown macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae (Ochrophyta): The probable role of the nutrient excess. Marine Pollution Bulletin 174:113315.

Mercado JM, Gómez-Jakobsen F (2022) Seasonal variability in phytoplankton light absorption properties: Implications for the regional parameterization of the chlorophyll a specific absorption coefficients. Continental Shelf Research 232:104614.

Krabberød AK, Deutschmann IM, Bjorbækmo MF, Balagué V, Giner CR, Ferrera I, Garcés E, Massana R, Gasol JM, Logares R (2022) Long-term patterns of an interconnected core marine microbiota. Environmental Microbiome 17(1):1-24.

Yebra L, García-Gómez C, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Hernández de Rojas A, Blanco-Bercial L, Castro MC, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Mercado JM (2022) Assessment of short-term spatio-temporal variability in the structure of mesozooplankton communities integrating microscopy and multigene high-throughput sequencing. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 276:108038.

Yebra L, Puerto M, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Putzeys S, Gómez-Jakobsen F, García-Gómez C, Mercado JM (2022) Spatio-temporal variability of the zooplankton community in the SW Mediterranean 1992-2020: Linkages with environmental drivers, Progress in Oceanography 203:102782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102782.

Orenstein EC, Ayata SD, Maps F, Becker ÉC, Benedetti F, Biard T, de Garidel-Thoron T, Ellen JS, Ferrario F, Giering SLC, Guy-Haim T, Hoebeke L, Iversen MH, Kiørboe T, Lalonde JF, Lana A, Laviale M, Lombard F, Lorimer T, Martini S, Meyer A, Möller KO, Niehoff B, Ohman MD, Pradalier C, Romagnan JB, Schröder SM, Sonnet V, Sosik HM, Stemmann LS, Stock M, Terbiyik-Kurt T, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Vilgrain L, Wacquet G, Waite AM, Irisson JO (2022) Machine learning techniques to characterize functional traits of plankton from image data. Limnology & Oceanography 67:1647-1669.

Valcárcel-Pérez N, Ramírez-Romero E, García CM, González-Gordillo JI, Echevarría F (2022). Variability of early autumn planktonic assemblages in the strait of Gibraltar: a regionalization analysis. Mediterranean Marine Science 23(3):685-697.

Pitois S, Yebra L (2022) Contribution of marine zooplankton time series to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(3):722-726.

Granero A, Giménez JG, Bueno-Crespo A, Senent-Aparicio J, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Mercado JM, Blanco-Gómez P, Amurrio-García C, Ruíz JM (2022) Assessment of oceanographic services for the monitoring of highly anthropised coastal lagoons: The Mar Menor case study. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Gómez-Jakobsen F, Ferrera I, Yebra L, Mercado JM. 2022. Two decades of satellite surface chlorophyll-a concentration (1998–2019) in the Spanish Mediterranean marine waters (Western Mediterranean Sea): Trends, phenology and eutrophication assessment. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment

2021

Gradoville MR, Cabello AM, Wilson ST, Turk-Kubo KA, Karl DM, Zehr JP (2021) Light and depth dependency of nitrogen fixation by the non-photosynthetic, symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A. Environmental Microbiology 23:4518-4531.

Mercado, J.M., Cortés, D., Gómez-Jakobsen, F., García-Gómez, C., Ouaissa, S., Yebra, L., Ferrera, I., Valcárcel-Pérez, N., López, M., García-Muñoz, R., Ramos, A., Bernardeau-Esteller, J., Belando, M. D., Fraile-Nuez, E., Ruíz, J. M. (2021) Role of small-sized phytoplankton in triggering an ecosystem disruptive algal bloom in a Mediterranean hypersaline coastal lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 11989

Vannini J, Yebra L, Granata A, Guglielmo L, Moscatello S, G Belmonte (2021) Horizontal distribution of deep sea microplankton: A new point of view for marine biogeography. Water 13:1263.

2020

Figueroa F. L., Vega, J., Gómez-Valderrama, M., Korbee, N., Mercado, J. M., Bañares, E., Flores-Moya, A. (2020). Invasión de la especie exótica Rugulopterys okamurae en Andalucía I: Estudios preliminares de la actividad fotosintética. ALGAS 56, 35-46.

Figueroa F. L., Mercado, J. M., Moreno - Ostos, E., Sánchez Castillo, P., Franco, F., Bañares, E., Alacarón, F., Recuna, M., Noriega, J. (2020). Invasión de la especie exótica Rugulopterys okamurae en Andalucía: II. Foro Alga Invasora. ALGAS 56, 47 -53.

Yebra L; E Espejo; S Putzeys; et al. 2020. Zooplankton biomass depletion event reveals the importance of small pelagic fish top-down control in the Western Mediterranean coastal waters. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10.3389/fmars.2020.608690

García A, R Laiz-Carrion, D Cortes, J Quintanilla, A Uriarte, T Ramirez, L Yebra, JM Mercado, C Garcia-Gómez, S Sammartino, J Garcia Lafuente (2021) Evolving from fry fisheries to early life research on pelagic fish resources. In: Alboran Sea, Ecosystems and Marine Resources (J.C. Báez; J.T. Vázquez; J.A. Camiñas & M. Malouli, Eds.). Springer.

Sánchez, O., Ferrera, I., Mabrito, I., Gazulla, C. R., Sebastián, M., Auladell, A., Marín-Vindas, C., Cardelús, C., Sanz-Sáez, I., Pernice, M. C. and Marrasé, C., 2020. Seasonal impact of grazing, viral mortality, resource availability and light on the group-specific growth rates of coastal Mediterranean bacterioplankton. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp. 1-15.

Quintanilla J.M., Laiz-Carrión R., García A., Quintanilla L.F., Cortés D., Gómez-Jakobsen F., Yebra L., Salles S., Putzeys S., León P. and Mercado J.M. 2020. Early life trophodynamic influence on daily growth patterns of the Alboran Sea sardine (Sardina pilchardus) from two distinct nursery habitats (Bays of Málaga and Almería) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research 162: 105195. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105195

Ferrera I, Reñé S, Funosas D, Camp J, Massana R, Gasol JM, Garcés E. 2020. Assessment of microbialplankton diversity as an ecological indicator in the NW Mediterranean coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 160, 111691

García-Gómez C., Yebra L., Cortés D., Sánchez A., Alonso A., Valcárcel-Pérez N., Gómez-Jakobsen F., Herrera I., Johnstone C., Mercado J. M. 2020. Shifts in the protist community associated with an anticyclonic gyre in the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea), FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 96, Issue 11, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa197

Palacio AS, Cabello AM, García FC, Labban Abbar, Morán XAG, Garczarek L, Alonso-Sáez L and López-Urrutia A. (2020) Changes in population age-structure obscure the temperature-size rule in marine cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:2059. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02059.

Sotomayor-García A, Sala MM, Ferrera I, Estrada M, Vázquez-Domínguez E, Emelianoy M, Cortés P, Marrasé C, Ortega-Retuerta E, Nunes S, Castillo YM, Serrano Cuerva M, Sebastián M, Dall'Osto M, Simó R, Vaqué D. 2020. Assessing Viral Abundance and Community Composition in Four Contrasting Regions of the SouthernOcean. Life 10: 107

Cabello AM, Turk-Kubo KA, Hayashi K, Jacobs L, Kudela RM, Zehr JP. (2020) Unexpected presence of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN-A in Monterey Bay, California. Journal of Phycology. doi: 10.1111/JPY.13045-20-043.

McLaskey A, J Keister, L Yebra (2020) Individual growth rate (IGR) and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARS) activity as individual-based indicators of growth rate of North Pacific krill, Euphausia pacifica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 527:151360. 10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151360

Salles, S., Mercado, J.M. (2020) Chapter 24. Biodiversity distribution patterns of marine phytoplankton and their main threats (climate change, eutrophication and acidification). In book: Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology. Editor: Se-Kwon-Kim. Wiley

Mercado, J.M., Cortés, D., Salles, S. (2020). Chapter 10. Ecophysiology of marine algae: factors regulating growth and production in the natural environments. In book: Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology. Editor: Se-Kwon-Kim. Wiley

Ruiz‐González C, Garcia‐Chaves MC, Ferrera I, Niño‐García JP, Del Giorgio PA. 2020. Taxonomic differences shape the responses offreshwater aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterial communities to light andpredation. Molecular Ecology 29(7):1267-1283.

2019

Mercado, J.M., Cortés, D, Salles, S.,Ramírez, T., Figueroa, F.L., Segovia, M., Korbee, N., Liger, E., Medina-Sánchez, J.M., Durán, C., Carrillo, P (2019) Short term primary production in western Mediterranean Sea phytoplankton communities subjected to the combined stress of high irradiance and low nutrients during summer stratification. Continental Shelf Research, 186:48-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.07.014

Gómez-Jakobsen FJ, Mercado JM, Cortés D, Yebra L, Salles S. A first description of the summer upwelling off the Bay of Algeciras and its role in the northwestern Alboran Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2019 May 24.

Yebra L, Hernández de Rojas A, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Castro M. C, García-Gómez C, Cortés D, Mercado J. M, Laiz-Carrión R, García A, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Uriarte A, Rodríguez J. M, Quintanilla J. M (in press). Molecular identification of the diet of Sardina pilchardus larvae in the SW Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Hernández-León S, S Putzeys, C Almeida, P Bécognée, A Marrero-Diaz, J Arístegui, L Yebra (2019) Carbon export through zooplankton active flux in the Canary Current. Journal of Marine Systems 189:12-21. 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.09.002

2018

Hernánez-León S, Putzeys S. Almeida C, Bécognée P, Marreo-Díaz A, Arístegui J, Yebra L (2018). Carbon export through zooplankton active flux in the Canary Current. Journal of Marine Systems 189, 12-21

Hernández de Rojas A, Yebra L, Castro MC, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Cortés D, Mercado J, Láiz-Carrión R, García A, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Uriarte A, Rodríguez JM, Quintanilla J (submitted). Identification of preys of Sardine pilchardus larvae using species-specific multiplex-PCR. Molecular Ecology Resources

Mercado JM, León P, Salles S, Cortés D, Yebra L, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Herrera I, Alonso A, Sánchez A, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Putzeys S (2018). Time Variability Patterns of Eutrophication Indicators in the Bay of Algeciras (South Spain). Water 10(7), 938

Gómez-Jakobsen F, JM Mercado, ML Tovar, D Cortés, L Yebra, S Salles, Sánchez A, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Alonso A (2018). New algorithms for estimating chlorophyll-a in the Spanish waters of the Western Mediterranean Sea from multiplatform imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1500048

Yebra L, I Herrera, JM Mercado, D Cortés, A Alonso, F Gómez-Jakobsen, A Sánchez, S Salles, N Valcárcel-Pérez (2018) Zooplankton production and export carbon flux in the western Alboran Sea gyre (SW Mediterranean). Progress in Oceanography 167: 64 - 77

Johnstone C, Salles S, Mercado JM, Cortés D, Yebra L, Gómez-Jakobsen F, Sánchez A, Alonso A, Valcárcel-Pérez N, (2018). Abundance of virus-like particles and microbial plankton community composition in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 81: 147-138.

Ruz PM, P Hidalgo, R Escribano, JE Keister, L Yebra, B Franco-Cisterna (2018) Hypoxia effects on females and early stages of Calanus chilensis in the Humboldt Current ecosystem (23ºS). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 498: 61-71.

Lorenzo MR; Iñiguez C; Larsen A; Egge JK; Berguer SA; García-Gómez C; Segovia M. (2018) Increased CO2 and iron availability effects on carbon assimilation and calcification on the formation of Emiliania huxleyi blooms in a coastal phytoplankton community. Environmental and Experimental Botany 148: 47-58

Segovia M; Lorenzo MR; Iñiguez C; García-Gómez C. (2018) Physiological stress response associated with elevated CO2 and dissolved iron in a phytoplankton community dominated by the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Marine Ecology Progress Series 586:73-89

2017

Yebra L, S Putzeys, D Cortés, JM Mercado, F Gómez-Jakobsen, P León, S Salles, I Herrera (2017) Trophic conditions govern summer zooplankton production variability along the SE Spanish coast (SWMediterranean). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 187: 134-145.

Herrera I, J López-Cancio, L Yebra, S Hernández-León (2017) The effect of a strong warm winter on subtropical zooplankton biomass and metabolism. Journal of Marine Research 75 (5): 557-577.

Segovia M; Lorenzo MR; Maldonado MT; Larsen A; Tsagaraki TM; Lázaro FJ; Iñiguez C; García-Gómez C; Palma A; Mausz MA; Gordillo FJL; Berger SA; Ray JL; Fernández JA; Egge JK. Iron availability modulates the effects of future CO2 levels within the marine planktonic food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series 565, pp. 17 - 33.

2016

Mercado JM, F Gómez-Jakobsen, D Cortés, L Yebra, S Salles, P León, S Putzeys (2016) A method based on satellite imagery toidentify spatial units of eutrophication management. Remote Sensing of Environment 186: 123-134.

Gómez-Jakobsen F, JM Mercado, D Cortés, T Ramírez, S Salles, L Yebra (2016) A new regional algorithm for estimating chlorophyll a in the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) from MODIS-Aqua satellite imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 37: 1431-1444.

Amorim AL, P León, JM Mercado, D Cortés, F Gómez, S Putzeys, S Salles, L Yebra (2016) Controls of picophytoplanktonabundance and composition in a highly dynamic marine system, the NorthernAlboran Sea (Western Mediterranean). Journal of Sea Research 112: 13-22.

Garcia-Gomez C; Mata MT; Van Breusegem F; Segovia M. Low-steady-state metabolism induced by elevated CO2 increases resilience to UV radiation in the unicellular green-algae Dunaliella tertiolecta. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 132, pp. 163 - 174.

2015

Carrillo, P., Medina-Sánchez, J.M., Herrera, G., Durán, C., Segovia, M., Cortés, D., Salles, S., Korbee, N., Figueroa, F.L. and Mercado, J.M. (2015). Interactive effect of UVR and phosphorus on the coastal phytoplankton community of the Western Mediterranean Sea: Unravelling eco-physiological mechanisms. PloS one, 10(11), p.e0142987.

Neale PJ., C Sobrino, M Segovia, JM Mercado, P Leon, MD Cortés, P Tuite, A Picazo, S Salles, MJ Cabrerizo, O Prasil, V Montecino, A Reul, A Fuentes-Lema (2015). Effect of CO2, nutrients and light on coastal plankton. I. Abiotic conditions and biological responses. Aquatic Biology, 22: 25-41.

Segovia M; Mata MT; Lorenzo MR; García-Gómez C; Palma A; Rivera A; Figueroa FL. Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyta) Avoids Cell Death Under Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) By Triggering Alternative Photoprotective Mechanisms. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 91, pp. 1389 - 1402.

2014

Mercado JM, C Sobrino, P Neale, M Segovia, A Reul, A-L Amorim, P Carrillo, P Claquin, M Jabalera, P León, M-R Lorenzo, J-M Medina, V Montecino, C Napoleon, O Prasil, S Putzeys, S Salles, L Yebra (2014) Effects of elevated CO2, nutrient enrichment and irradiance on plankton from a coastal environment: II. Metabolic rates. Aquatic Biology 22: 43-57.

Mercado JM, I Sala, S Salles, D Cortés, T Ramírez, E Liger, L Yebra, B Bautista (2014) Shifts in phytoplankton size structure and their effects on light absorption properties and nutrient uptake rates in contrasting areas of the Alboran Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 499: 47-64.

Reul, A., Muñoz, M., Bautista, B., Neale, P.J., Sobrino, C., Mercado, J.M., Segovia, M., Salles, S., Kulk, G., León, P. and Van de Poll, W.H (2014). Effect of CO2, nutrients and light on coastal plankton. III. Trophic cascade, size structure and composition. Aquatic Biology, 22, pp.59-76.

Sobrino C; Segovia M; Neale P; Mercado J; García-Gómez C; Kulk G; Lorenzo MR; Camarena T; Van de Poll W; Spilling Kristian. Interactive effects of solar radiation, CO2 and nutrient enrichment on cell viability and organic carbon excretion of phytoplankton from coastal waters. Aquatic Biology. 22, pp. 77 - 93.

García-Gómez C; Gordillo FJL; Palma A; Lorenzo MR; Segovia M. Elevated CO2 alleviates high PAR and UV stress in the unicellular Chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 13 - 9, pp. 1347 - 1358

2013

Bouchard JN; García-Gómez C; Lorenzo MR; Segovia M. Differential effect of ultraviolet exposure (UVR) in the stress response of the Dinophycea Gymnodinium sp. and the Chlorophyta Dunaliella tertiolecta: mortality versus survival. Marine Biology. 160 - 10, pp. 2547 - 2560.

Morillo-García S, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Cózar A, Ortega MJ, Macías D, Ramírez-Romero E, García CM, Echevarría F, Bartual A. (2014). Potential polyunsaturated aldehydes in the Strait of Gibraltar under two tidal regimes. Marine Drugs.12(3):1438-59.

A. García, D. Cortés, J. Quintanilla, T. Rámirez, L. Quintanilla, J. M. Rodríguez, F. Alemany, (2013). Climate‐induced environmental conditions influencing interannual variability of Mediterranean bluefin (Thunnus thynnus) larval growth. Fisheries Oceanography 22(4), 273-287.

2012

Mercado, J.M., Cortés, D., Ramírez, T. and Gómez, F. (2012). Decadal weakening of the wind-induced upwelling reduces the impact of nutrient pollution in the Bay of Malaga (western Mediterranean Sea). Hydrobiologia, 680(1), pp.91-107.

Herrera I, L Yebra, S Hernández-León (2012) Effect of temperature and food concentration on the relationship between growth and AARS activity in Paracartia grani nauplii. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 416-417: 101-109.

Koski M, L Yebra, J Dutz, S Jónasdóttir, HH Jakobsen, C Vidouez, JC Nejstgaard, G Pohnert (2012) The effect of egg vs. seston quality on hatching success, naupliar metabolism and survival of Calanus finmarchicus in mesocosms dominated by Phaeocystis and diatoms. Marine Biology 159(3): 643-660

García-Gómez C; Parages ML; Jiménez C; Palma A; Mata MT; Segovia M. Cell survival after UV radiation stress in the unicellular chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta is mediated by DNA repair and MAPK phosphorylation.Journal of Experimental Botany. 63 - 14, pp.

2011

Laiz‐Carrión, R., Quintanilla, J.M., Mercado, J.M. and García, A. (2011). Combined study of daily growth variability and nitrogen–carbon isotopic signature analysis of schooling Sardina pilchardus larvae. Journal of fish biology, 79(4), pp.896-914.

Souza, C.S.D., Mafalda Jr, P., Sallés, S., Ramírez, T., Cortés, D., Garcia, A., Mercado, J. and Vargas-Yañez, M. (2011). Seasonal changes in the distribution and abundance of marine cladocerans of the Northwest Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean), Spain. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 54(3), pp.543-550.

Putzeys S, L Yebra, C Almeida, P Becognée, S Hernández-León (2011) Influence of the late winter bloom on migrant zooplanktonic metabolism and its implications on export fluxes. Journal of Marine Systems 88: 553-562.

Jónasdóttir S, J Dutz, M Koski, L Yebra, HH Jakobsen, C Vidouez, G Pohnert, J Nejstgaard (2011) Extensive cross disciplinary analysis of biological and chaemical control of Calanus finmarchicus reproduction and grazing response to an aldehyde forming diatom bloom in mesocosms. Marine Biology 158(9): 1943-1963.

Yebra L, E Berdalet, R Almeda, A Calbet, E Saiz, V Pérez (2011) Protein and nucleic acid metabolism as proxies for growth and fitness of Oithona davisae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) early developmental stages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 406: 87-94.

Yebra L, D Bonnet, RP Harris, P Lindeque, K Peijnenburg (2011) Barriers in the pelagic: population structuring of Calanus helgolandicus and C. euxinus in European waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 428: 135-149.

Mercado JM., T. Ramírez, D. Cortés, E. Liger (2011). Isotopic composition of particulate organic nitrogen and its relationship to nitrate assimilation in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientia Marina 74(4) : 745-753

2010

Almeda R, A Calbet, M Alcaraz, L Yebra, E Saiz (2010) Effect of temperature and food concentration on survival, development and growth rates of naupliar stages of Oithona davisae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Marine Ecology Progress Series 410: 97-109.

2009

Yebra L, RP Harris, E Head, I Yashayaev, L Harris, AG Hirst (2009) Mesoscale physical variability affects zooplankton production in the Labrador Sea. Deep Sea Research I 56(5): 703-705
Yebra L, C Almeida, P Bécognée, S Hernández-León (2009) Metabolism and biomass vertical distribution of zooplankton in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula) during summer. Polar Research 28: 415-425.
Bonnet D, RP Harris, L Yebra, F Guillhaumon, DVP Conway, AG Hirst (2009). Temperature effects on Calanus helgolandicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) life cycle. Journal of Plankton Research 31(1): 31-44.
Saiz E, J Movilla, L Yebra, C Barata, A Calbet (2009) Lethal and sublethal effects of naphthalene and 1,2-dimetilnaphthalene on naupliar and adult stages of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae. Environmental Pollution 157(4): 1219-1226.
Morris EP, Peralta G, Benavente J, Freitas R, Rodrigues AM, Quintino V, Alvarez O, Valcárcel-Pérez N, Vergara JJ, Hernández I, Pérez-Lloréns JL (2009). Caulerpa prolifera stable isotope ratios reveal anthropogenic nutrients within a tidal lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 390:117-28.
Mercado JM, Ramírez T1, Cortés D, Liger E, (2009). Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors on the inorganic carbon uptake by phytoplankton natural assemblages. Journal of Phycology. 45(1)

2008

Mercado, JM., Ramírez, T., Cortés, D., (2008). Changes in nutrient concentration induced by hydrological variability and its effect on light absorption by phytoplankton in the Alborán Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Marine Systems, 71 (1 - 2), 31 - 45.

Mercado, JM., Cortés, D., García, A., Ramírez, T., (2008). Seasonal and inter-annual changes in the planktonic communities of the northwest Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Progress in Oceanography, 74 (2 - 3), 273-293.

Calbet A, I Trepat, R Almeda, V Saló, E Saiz, J Movilla, M Alcaraz, L Yebra, R Simó (2008) Impacts of micro- and nanograzers on phytoplankton assessed by standard and size fractioned dilutions. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 50: 145-156.

Mercado JM, T. Ramírez, D. Cortés, M. Sebastián, E. Liger, B. Bautista (2008). Partitioning the effects of changes in nitrate availability and phytoplankton community structure on relative nitrate uptake. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359: 51-68.

2006

Mercado, JM., Ramírez, T., Cortés, D., Sebastián, M., Reul, A., Bautista, B. (2006). Diurnal changes in the bio-optical properties of the phytoplankton in the Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 69 (3-4), 459-470.

Yebra L, RP Harris, D Wilson, R Davidson, DJS Montagnes (2006) Epizooplankton summer production in the Irminger Sea. Journal of Marine Systems 62: 1-8.