Publications

Zamamillo, M., E. Ortega-Retuerta, C. Cisternas-Novoa, C. Marrasé, C. Pelejero, J.M. Gasol, A. Engel & R. Simó (2021) Seasonal variability of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and coomassie stainable particles (CSP) in the coastal NW Mediterranean Sea. Elementa (in press)

Auladell, A., A. Barberán, R. Logares, E. Garces, J.M. Gasol & I. Ferrera (2021) Seasonal niche differentiation among closely related marine bacteria. ISME J. (in press) Download PDF

Malits, A., J.A. Boras, V. Balagué, E. Calvo, J.M Gasol, C. Marrasé, C. Pelejero, J. Pinhassi, M.M. Sala, D. Vaqué (2021) Viral-mediated microbe mortality modulated by ocean acidification and eutrophication: Consequences for the carbon fluxes through the microbial food web. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:635821, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.635821 Download PDF 

Labarre, A., López-Escardó, D., Latorre, F. et al. (2021) Comparative genomics reveals new functional insights in uncultured MAST species. ISME J 15, 1767–1781 Download PDF

Weiler, B. A., Sà, E. L., Sieracki, M. E., Massana, R., & del Campo, J. (2020). Mediocremonas mediterraneus, a New Member within the Developea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. doi:10.1111/jeu.12825  Download PDF

Sánchez, O., I. Ferrera, I. Mabrito, C.R. Gazulla, M. Sebastián, A. Auladell, C. Marín-Vindas, C. Cardelús, I. Sanz-Sáez, M.C. Pernice, C. Marrasé, M.M. Sala & J.M. Gasol (2020) Seasonal impact of grazing, viral mortality, resource availability and light on the group-specific growth rates of coastal Mediterranean bacterioplankton. Sci. Reports 10: 19773, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76590-5 Download PDF

Ferrera, I., A. Reñé, D. Funosas, J. Camp, R. Massana, J.M. Gasol & E. Garcés (2020) Assessment of microbial plankton diversity as an ecological indicator in the NW Mediterranean coast. Mar. Poll. Bull. 160: 111691, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111691 Download PDF

Mestre, M., J. Höfer, M.M. Sala & J.M. Gasol (2020) Seasonal variation of bacterial diversity along the marine particulate matter continuum Frontiers Microb. 11: 1590, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01590 Download PDF

Sanz-Sáez, I., G. Salazar, P. Sánchez, E. Lara, M. Royo-Llonch, E.L. Sà, T. Lucena, M.J. Pujalte, D. Vaqué, C.M. Duarte, J.M. Gasol, C. Pedrós-Alió, O. Sánchez & S.G. Acinas (2020) Diversity and distribution of marine heterotrophic bacteria from a large culture collection. BMC Microbiology. 20: 207, doi: 10.1186/s12866-020-01884-7 Download PDF

Auladell, A., P. Sánchez, O. Sánchez, J.M. Gasol and I. Ferrera (2019) Long-term seasonal and interannual variability of marine aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria. ISME J. 13: 1975-1987, doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0401-4  Download PDF

Vila-Costa, M., M. Sebastián, M. Pizarro, E. Cerro-Gálvez, D. Lundin, J.M. Gasol & J. Dachs (2019) Microbial consumption of organophosphate esters in seawater under phosphorus limited conditions. Sci. Rep., 233 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36635-2 Download PDF

Giner, C.R., V. Balagué, A.K. Krabberød, I. Ferrera, A. Reñé, E. Garcés, J.M. Gasol, R. Logares & R. Massana (2019) Quantifying long-term recurrence in planktonic microbial eukaryotes. Mol. Ecol. 28: 923-935. Doi: 10.1111/mec.14929 Download PDF

Ortega-Retuerta, E., A. Muñoz-Fernández, C. Marrasé, M.M. Sala, R. Simó & J.M. Gasol (2018) Seasonal dynamics of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and their drivers in the coastal NW Mediterranean. Science of the Total Environ. 8:180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.341. Download PDF

Nunes, S., M. Latasa, J.M. Gasol & M. Estrada (2018) Seasonal and interannual variability of phytoplankton community structure in a Mediterranean coastal site. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 592: 57-75 doi: 10.3354/meps12493 Download PDF

Ferrera, I., O. Sánchez, E. Kolárová, M. Koblizek & J.M. Gasol (2017) Light enhances the growth rates of natural populations of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. ISME J. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.79 11: 2391-2393. Download PDF

Martínez-Hernandez, F., Ò. Fornas, M. Lluesma Gomez, B. Bolduc, M.J. de la Cruz Peña, J. Martínez Martínez, J. Antón, J. M. Gasol, R. Rosselli, F. Rodriguez-Valera, M. B. Sullivan, S. G. Acinas and M. Martinez-Garcia (2017) Single-virus genomics reveals hidden cosmopolitan and abundant viruses. Nat. Comm. 8:15892 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15892 8: 15892-15892. Download PDF

Sánchez, O., M. Koblizek, J.M. Gasol & I. Ferrera (2017) Effects of grazing, phosphorus and light on the growth rates of major bacterioplankton taxa in the coastal NW Mediterranean. Environ. Microbiol. Reports. 9: 300-309, doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.1253579 9: 300-309. Download PDF

Mestre, M., E. Borrull, M.M. Sala & J.M. Gasol. (2017) Patterns of bacterial diversity in the planktonic paticulate matter continuum. ISME J. 11: 999-1010, doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.166 11: 999-1010. Download PDF

Baltar, F., J. Palovaara, F. Unrein, P. Catala, K. Hornák, K. Simek, D. Vaqué, R. Massana, J.M. Gasol & J. Pinhassi (2016) Marine bacterial community structure resilience to changes in protist predation under phytoplankton bloom conditions. ISME J. 10, 568–581; doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.135 Download PDF

Sebastián, M., A. Smith, J.M. González, H. Fredricks, B. Van Mooy, M. Koblizek, J. Brandsma, G. Koster, M. Mestre, B. Mostajir, P. Pitta, A. Postle, P. Sánchez, J. M. Gasol, D. Scanlan & Y. Chen (2016) Lipid remodelling is a widespread strategy in marine heterotrophic bacteria upon phosphorus deficiency. ISME J. 10, 968–978 doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.172 Download PDF

Gasol, J.M., C. Cardelús, X.A.G. Morán, V. Balagué, I. Forn, C. Marrasé, R. Massana, C. Pedrós-Alió, M.M. Sala, R. Simó, D. Vaqué & M. Estrada (2016) Seasonal patterns in phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters and primary production in a coastal NW Mediterranean site. Sci. Mar. doi: 10.3989/scimar.04480.06E 80: 63-77. Download PDF

Ferrera, I., C.R. Giner, A. Reñé, J. Camp, R. Massana, J.M. Gasol & E. Garcés (2016) Evaluation of alternative high-throughput sequencing methodologies for the monitoring of marine picoplanktonic biodiversity based on rRNA gene amplicons Frontiers Mar. Sci. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00147 3: 147-147. Download PDF

Aparicio, F. L., Nieto-Cid, M., Borrull, E., Calvo, E., Pelejero, C., Sala, M.M., Pinhassi, J., Gasol, J.M. and C. Marrasé. (2016) Eutrophication and acidification: Do they induce changes in the dissolved organic matter in coastal systems? Science of the Total Environment 563: 179-189. Download PDF

Bunse,C., D. Lundin, C. Karlsson, N. Akram, M. Vila-Costa, J. Palovaara, L. Svensson, K. Holmfeldt, J. González, E. Calvo, C. Pelejero, C. Marrase, M. Dopson, J.M. Gasol & J. Pinhassi (2016) Response of marine bacterioplankton pH homeostasis gene expression to elevated CO2 Nature Climate Change 6: 483-487. Download PDF

Sala MM, Aparicio F, Balagué V, Boras JA, Borrull E, Cardelús C, Cros L, Gomes A, López-Sanz A, Malits A, Martínez RA, Mestre M, Movilla JM, Sarmento H, Vázquez-Domínguez E, Vaqué D, Pinhassi J, Calbet A, Calvo E, Gasol JM, Pelejero C, Marrasé C. (2016) Contrasting effects of ocean acidification on the microbial food web under different trophic conditions ICES Journal of Marine Science 73: 670-679. Download PDF

Kopf, A., M. Bicak, R. Kottman,…J.M Gasol,…A. Zingone, J.A. Gilbert, N. Davies, D. Field & F.O. Glöckner (2015) The Ocean Sampling Day Consortium GigaScience doi: 10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5 4: 27-33. Download PDF

Baltar, F, J. Palovaara, M. Vila-Costa, G. Salazar, E. Calvo, C. Pelejero, C. Marrasé, J.M. Gasol & J. Pinhassi. (2015) Response of rare, common and abundant bacterioplankton to anthropogenic perturbations in a Mediterranean coastal site. FEMS Microb. Ecol. 91.fiv058- doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiv058 Download PDF

Acinas, SG, I. Ferrera, H. Sarmento, C. Díez-Vives, I. Forn, C. Ruiz-González, F.M. Cornejo-Castillo, G. Salazar & J.M. Gasol. (2015) Validation of a new catalysed reporter-fluorescence in situ hybridization probe for accurate quantification of marine Bacteroidetes populations. Environ. Microbiol. 17: 3557- 3569. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12517 Download PDF

Ferrera, I., C.M. Borrego, G. Salazar & J.M. Gasol (2014) Marked seasonality of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the coastal NW Mediterranean Sea as revealed by cell abundance, pigment concentration and pyrosequencing of pufM gene Environ. Microbiol. 16: 2953-2965. Download PDF

Lekunberri, I., J.M. Gasol, S.G. Acinas, L. Gómez-Consarnau, B.G. Crespo, E.O. Casamayor, R. Massana, C. Pedrós-Alió & J. Pinhassi (2014) The phylogenetic and ecological context of cultured and whole-genome-sequenced marine bacteria in the coastal NW Mediterranean Sea Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 37: 216-228. Download PDF

Baña, Z., B. Ayo, C. Marrasé, J.M. Gasol & J. Iriberri (2014) Changes in bacterial metabolism as a response to DOM modification during protozoan grazing in coastal Cantabrian and Mediterranean waters. Environmental Microbiology 16: 498-511. Download PDF

Lefort, T & J.M. Gasol (2014) Short-time scale coupling of picoplankton community structure and single-cell heterotrophic activity in winter coastal NW Mediterranean Sea waters J. Plankton Res. 36: 243-258. Download PDF

Unrein,F., J. M Gasol, F. Not, I. Forn and R. Massana (2014) Mixotrophic haptophytes are key bacterial grazers in oligotrophic coastal waters ISME J. 8: 164-176. Download PDF

Díez-Vives C, J.M. Gasol and S.G. Acinas (2014) Spatial and temporal variability among Bacteroidetes populations in the NW Mediterranean Sea Systematic Applied and Microbiology 37: 68-78. Download PDF

Massana R, Vaqué D (2013) Els protists heterotrofs. Pag. 130-131. Atles Enciclopedia Catalana, Barcelona. Ecosistemes dels Paisos Catalans Download PDF

Sarmento, H, C. Romera-Castillo, M. Lindh, J. Pinhassi, M. M. Sala, J. M. Gasol, C. Marrasé, and G. T. Taylor (2013) Phytoplankton species-specific release of dissolved free amino acids and their selective consumption by bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 1123-1135. Download PDF

del Campo, J., F. Not, I. Forn, M.E. Sieracki and R. Massana (2013) Taming the smallest predators of the oceans ISME J. 7: 351-358. Download PDF

Galí, M., C. Ruiz-González, T. Lefort, J.M. Gasol, C. Cardelús, C. Romera-Castillo & R. Simó (2013) Spectral irradiance dependence of sunlight effects on plankton dimethylsulfide production Limnology and Oceanography 58: 489-504. Download PDF

Romera-Castillo, R., X.A. Álvarez-Salgado, M. Galí, J.M. Gasol & C. Marrasé (2013) Combined effect of light exposure and microbial activity on distinct dissolved organic matter pools. A seasonal field study in an oligotrophic coastal system (Blanes Bay, NW Mediterranean) Marine Chemistry 148: 44-51. Download PDF

Gasol, J.M., R. Massana, R. Simó, C. Marrasé, S. G. Acinas, C. Pedrós-Alió, C. Pelejero, M. M. Sala, E. Calvo, D. Vaqué, & F. Peters (2012) Blanes Bay (site 55) pp. 138-141 in O’Brien, T. D., Li, W. K. W., and Morán, X. A. G. (Eds). 2012. ICES Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton Status Report 2009/2010. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 313. 196 pp. Download PDF

Collos, Y., J. M. Gasol, M. Šolic, D. Soudant, & A. Zingone (2012) Phytoplankton and microbial plankton of the Mediterranean Sea Chapter 9, pp. 136-137 In: O’Brien, T. D., Li, W. K. W., and Morán, X. A. G. (Eds). 2012. ICES Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton Status Report 2009/2010. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 313. 196 pp. Download PDF

Gómez-Consarnau, L., M. Lindh, J.M. Gasol & J. Pinhassi (2012) Structuring of bacterioplankton communities by specific dissolved organic carbon compounds. Environ. Microbiol. 14: 2361-2378. Download PDF

Sarmento, H. & J.M. Gasol (2012) Use of phytoplankton-derived dissolved organic carbon by different types of bacterioplankton. Environ. Microbiol. 14: 2348-2360. Download PDF

Ruiz-González, C., M. Galí, T. Lefort, C. Cardelús, R. Simó & J. M. Gasol (2012) Annual variability in light modulation of bacterial heterotrophic activity in surface northwestern Mediterranean waters Limnol. Oceanogr. 57: 1376-1388. Download PDF

Vazquez-Dominguez, E., Vaqué, D., Gasol, JM (2012) Temperature effects on the heterotrophic bacteria, heterotrophic nanoflagellates, and microbial top predators of NW Mediterranean Aquatic Microbial Ecology 67: 107-121. Download PDF

Díez-Vives, C., J.M. Gasol & S.G. Acinas. 2012. Evaluation of marine Bacteroidetes-specific primers for microbial diversity and dynamics studies. Microb. Ecol. 64: 1047-1055

Vila-Reixach, G.; J.M. Gasol, C. Cardelús & M. Vidal (2012) Seasonal dynamics and net production of dissolved organic carbon in an oligotrophic coastal environment Marine Ecology Progress Series 456: 7-19. Download PDF

Vila-Costa, M; J.M. Gasol, S. Sharma & M.A. Moran (2012) Community analysis of high- and low-nucleic acid-containing bacteria in NW Mediterranean coastal waters using 16S rDNA pyrosequencing Environmental Microbiology 14: 1390-1402. Download PDF

Lekunberri, I., T. Lefort, C. Romera-Castillo, C. Cardelús, M. Coll-Lladó, C. Ruiz-González, C. Marrasé and J. M. Gasol (2012) Relationship between induced phytoplankton blooms and the structure and dynamics of the free-living heterotrophic bacterial community Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 448: 23-37. Download PDF

Ruiz-González, R. Simó, M. Vila-Costa, R. Sommaruga and J. M Gasol (2012) Sunlight modulates the relative importance of heterotrophic bacteria and picophytoplankton in DMSP-sulphur uptake ISME J. 6: 650-659. Download PDF

Ruiz-González, C, T. Lefort, M. Galí, M.M. Sala. R. Sommaruga, R. Simó & J.M. Gasol (2012) Seasonal patterns in the sunlight sensitivity of bacterioplankton from Mediterranean surface coastal waters FEMS Microbial Ecology 79: 661-674. Download PDF

Ruiz-González, C., T. Lefort, R. Massana, R. Simó, and J. M. Gasol (2012) Diel changes in bulk and single-cell bacterial heterotrophic activity in winter surface waters of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea Limnology and Oceanography 57: 29-42. Download PDF

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Andrés, M. Latasa, R Scharek, R Massana, G Vila, J M Gasol (2011) Growth and grazing rate dynamics of major phytoplankton groups in an oligotrophic coastal site Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences 95: 77-87. Download PDF

González, José M., Jarone Pinhassi, Beatriz Fernández-Gómez,Montserrat Coll-Lladó, Mónica González-Velázquez, Pere Puigbò, Sebastian Jaenicke, Laura Gómez-Consarnau, Antoni Fernàndez-Guerra, Alexander Goesmann, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió (2011) Genomics of the Proteorhodopsin-Containing Marine Flavobacterium Dokdonia sp. Strain MED134 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 8676-8686. Download PDF

Ferrera, I., J.M. Gasol, M. Sebastián, E. Hojerová, M Koblizek (2011) Growth rates of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria as compared to other bacterioplankton groups in coastal Mediterranean waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77: 7451-7458. Download PDF

Hojerová, E., M. Mašín, C. Brunet, I. Ferrera, J. M. Gasol, M. Koblížek (2011) Distribution and Growth of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs in the Mediterranean Sea Environmental Microbiology 13: 2717-2725. Download PDF

Christaki, U., C. Courties, R. Massana, P. Catala, P. Lebaron, J.M. Gasol & M.V. Zubkov (2011) Optimized routine flow cytometric enumeration of heterotrophic flagellates in aquatic samples using SYBR Green I Limnology and Oceanography Methods 9: 329-339. Download PDF

Saura, A., Massana, R., Boras, J.A., Forn, I., Vila-Reixach, G., Vaqué, D. (2011) Effect of virus on marine stramenopile (MAST) communities in an oligotrophic coastal marine system J Plank Res. 33: 1709-1718. Download PDF

Romero, E., Peters, F., Marrasé, C., Guadayol, O., Gasol, J.M., Weinbauer, M.G. (2011) Coastal Mediterranean plankton stimulation dynamics through a dust storm event: An experimental simulation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 93: 27-39. Download PDF

Balestra, C, L. Alonso-Sáez, Josep M Gasol & Raffaela Casotti (2011) Group-specific effects on coastal bacterioplankton of polyunsaturated aldehydes produced by diatoms Aquatic Microbial Ecology 63: 123-131. Download PDF

Pommier, Thomas , P. R. Neal, Josep M. Gasol, Montserrat Coll, Silvia G. Acinas, Carlos Pedrós-Alió (2010) Spatial patterns of bacterial richness and evenness in the NW Mediterranean Sea explored by pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA Aquatic Microbial Ecology 61: 221-233. Download PDF

Alonso-Sáez, L., J. Pinhassi, J. Pernthaler & J.M. Gasol (2010) Leucine-to-carbon empirical conversion factor experiments: does bacterial community structure have an influence? Environmental Microbiology 21: 2988-2997. Download PDF

Gasol, J.M., E.O. Casamayor & C. Pedrós-Alió (2010) Bacteris i arqueus al medi planctònic pp. 92. Història Natural dels Països Catalans. Fauna i Flora Suplement. Ed. Enciclopèdia Catalana. Download PDF

Galand, P., C. Gutiérrez-Provecho, R. Massana, J.M. Gasol AND E. O. Casamayor (2010) Inter-annual recurrence of archaeal assemblages in the coastal NW Mediterranean Sea (Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory). Limnol. Oceanogr. 55: 2117-2125. Download PDF

Sarmento, H., J.M. Montoya, E. Vázquez-Domínguez, D. Vaqué & J.M. Gasol (2010) Warming effects on marine microbial food web processes: how far can we go when it comes to predictions? Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. B: Biol. Sci. 365: 2137-2149. Download PDF

Lekunberri, I., T. Lefort, E. Romero, E. Vázquez-Domínguez, C. Romera-Castillo, C. Marrasé, F. Peters, M. Weinbauer & J.M. Gasol (2010) Effects of a dust deposition event on coastal marine microbial abundance and activity, bacterial community structure, and ecosystem function J. Plankton Res. 32: 381-396. Download PDF

Unrein, F., R. Massana & J.M. Gasol (2010) Dinobryon faculiferum (Chrysophyta) in coastal Mediterranean seawater: presence and grazing impact on bacteria J. Plankton Res. 32: 559-564. Download PDF

Sandaa, R-A, L. Gómez-Consarnau, J. Pinhassi, L. Riemann, A. Malits, M. Weinbauer, J.M. Gasol & T.F. Thingstad (2009) Viruses control of bacterial biodiversity -Linkages between viral and bacterial community structure in a nutrient enriched mesocosm experiment. Environmental Microbiology 11: 2585-2597. Download PDF

Massana, R., F. Unrein, R. Rodríguez-Martínez, I. Forn, T. Lefort, J. Pinhassi and F. Not (2009) Grazing rates and functional diversity of uncultured heterotrophic flagellates The ISME Journal 3: 588-596. Download PDF

Santegoeds O, Angel-Ripoll L, Vaqué D (2009) Escalfament Global i bacteris marins Omnis Cel.lula 22: 9-9. Download PDF

Loureiro S, Garcés E, Collos Y, Vaqué D, Camp J (2009) Effect of marine autotrophic disolved organic matter (DOM) on Alexandrium catenella in semi-continuous cultures J. Plankton Res 11: 1363-1372. Download PDF

Santegoeds, O, L. Angel-Ripoll, D. Vaqué (2009) Bacterias marinas y cambio climático Investigación y Ciencia 393: 40-41. Download PDF

Guadayol, O, Marrasé, C., Peters, F., Berdalet E, Roldán, C., Sabata, A. (2009) Responses of coastal osmotrophic planktonic communities to simulated events of turbulence and nutrient load throughout a year Journal of Plankton Research 31: 583-600. Download PDF

Tanaka, T., T.F. Thingstad, J.M. Gasol, C. Cardelús, J. Jezbera, M.M. Sala, K. Simek & F. Unrein (2009) Determining the availability of phosphate and glucose for bacteria in P-limited mesocosms of northwestern Mediterranean surface waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 56: 81-91. Download PDF

Loureiro S, Jauzein C, Garcés E, Collos Y, Camp J, Vaqué D (2009) The significance of organic nutrients to Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) nutrition J. Plankton Res 31: 399-410. Download PDF

Yan S, Fuchs BM, Lenk S, Harder J, Wulf J, Nian-Zhi J, Amann R (2009) Biogeography and phylogeny of the NOR5/OM60 clade of Gammaproteobacteria Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 32: 124-139. Download PDF

Simó, R., M. Vila-Costa, L. Alonso-Sáez, C. Cardelús, Ò. Guadayol, E. Vázquez-Domínguez & J.M. Gasol (2009) Annual series of DMSP contribution to S and C fluxes through phytoplankton and bacterioplankton in a NW Mediterranean coastal site. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 57: 43-55. Download PDF

Boras, JA, MM Sala, E Vázquez-Dominguez, MG Weinbauer, D. Vaqué (2009) Annual changes of bacterial mortality due to viruses and protists in an oligotrophic coastal environment (NW Mediterranean) Environmental Microbiology 11: 1181-1193. Download PDF

Rodríguez-Martínez, R., M. Labrenz, J. del Campo, I. Forn, K. Jürgens and R. Massana (2009) Distribution of the uncultured protist MAST-4 in the Indian Ocean, Drake Passage and Mediterranean Sea assessed by real-time quantitative PCR. Environ. Microbiol. 11: 3349-3365. Download PDF

Guadayol O, F Peters, C Marrasé, JM Gasol, C Roldán, E Berdalet, R Massana & A Sabata (2009) Episodic meteorological and nutrient load events as drivers of coastal ecosystem dynamics: a time series analysis. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 381: 139-155. Download PDF

Sánchez, O., J.M. Gasol, V. Balagué, R. Massana, J. Mas & C. Pedrós-Alió (2009) Influence of primer mismatch and microdiversity on DGGE results: A case study with SAR11. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 54: 211-216. Download PDF

Foulon, E., F. Not, F. Jalabert, T. Cariou, R. Massana and N. Simon (2008) Ecological niche partitioning in the picoplanktonic green alga Micromonas pusilla: evidence from environmental surveys using phylogenetic probes Environ. Microbiol. 10: 2433-2443. Download PDF

González JM., B Fernández-Gómez, A Fernández-Guerra, L Gómez-Consarnau, O Sánchez, M Coll-Lladó, J del Campo, L Escudero, R Rodríguez-Martínez, L Alonso-Saez, M Latasa, I Paulsen, O Nedashkovskaya, I Lekunberri, J Pinhassi, and C Pedrós-Alió (2008) Genome analysis of the proteorhodopsin-containing marine bacterium Polaribacter sp. MED152 (Flavobacteria) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105: 8724-8729. Download PDF

Vila-Costa, M., R.P. Kiene, R. Simó (2008) Seasonal variability of the dynamics of dimethylated sulfur compounds in a coastal northwest Mediterranean site. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53: 198-211. Download PDF

Alonso-Sáez L., E. Vázquez-Domínguez, C. Cardelús, J. Pinhassi, M.M. Sala, I. Lekunberri, V. Balagué, M. Vila-Costa, F. Unrein, R. Massana, R. Simó & J.M. Gasol (2008) Factors controlling the year-round variability in carbon flux through bacteria in a coastal marine system Ecosystems. 11: 397-409. Download PDF

Falcioni, T., S. Papa & J.M. Gasol (2008) Evaluating the flow cytometric Nucleic Acid Double Staining Protocol (NADS) in realistic planktonic bacterial death situations Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 1767-1779. Download PDF

Gasol, J.M. (2007) Microbial Observatories as a tool to detect and describe changes in marine (microbial) diversity and ecosystem functioning: lessons learnt from the Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory . In: G. O’Sullivan and N. McDonough (eds). Anthropogenic and climate change impacts on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function. MarinEra Report n. 5: 21-22. Download PDF

Vila-Costa, M., Pinhassi, J., Alonso, C., Pernthaler, J., Simó, R. (2007) An annual cycle of DMSP-sulfur assimilating bacterioplankton in the coastal NW Mediterranean. Environ. Microbiol. 9: 2451-2463. Download PDF

Slezak, D., Kiene, R.P., Kieber, D.J., Simó R., Toole D.A. (2007) Effects of solar radiation on the yield of DMS during consumption of DMSP. Aquat. Sci. 69: 377-393. Download PDF

Arahal, D.A., I. Lekunberri, J.M. González, J. Pascual, M.J. Pujalte, C. Pedrós-Alió & J. Pinhassi (2007) Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine genome-sequenced Gammaproteobacteria International J. Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57: 1000-1006. Download PDF

Pinhassi, J., M.J. Pujalte, M.C. Macián, I. Lekunberri, J.M. González, C. Pedrós-Alió, and D.R. Arahal (2007) Reinekea blandensis sp. nov., a marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium International J. Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57: 2370-375 57: 2370-2375. Download PDF

Allers, E., L. Gómez-Consarnau, J. Pinhassi, J. M. Gasol, K. Simek & J Pernthaler (2007) Response of Alteromonadaceae and Rhodobacteriaceae to glucose and phosphorus manipulations in marine mesocosms Environ. Microbiol. 9: 2417-2429. Download PDF

Vázquez-Domínguez, E., D. Vaqué & J.M. Gasol (2007) Ocean warming enhances respiration and carbon demand of coastal microbial plankton Global Change Biol. 13: 1327-1334. Download PDF

Alonso-Sáez, L. & J.M. Gasol (2007) Seasonal variation in the contribution of different bacterial groups to the uptake of low molecular weight-compounds in NW Mediterranean coastal waters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 3528-3535. Download PDF

Sánchez, O., Gasol, J.M., Massana, R., Mas, J., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2007) Comparison of different Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis primer sets for the study of marine bacterioplankton communities Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 5962-5967. Download PDF

Alonso-Sáez, L., Balagué, V., Sà, E. L., Sánchez, O., González, J.M., Pinhassi, J., Massana, R., Pernthaler, J., Pedrós-Alió, C., Gasol, J.M. (2007) Seasonality in bacterial diversity in north-west Mediterranean coastal waters: assessment through clone libraries, fingerprinting and FISH. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 60: 98-112. Download PDF

Garcés, E., Vila, M., Reñé, A., Alonso-Saez, L., Anglés, S., Lugliè, A., Masó, M., Gasol, J.M. (2007) Natural bacterioplankton assemblage composition during blooms of Alexandrium spp. (Dinophyceae) in NW Mediterranean coastal waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 46: 55-70. Download PDF

Gómez-Consarnau, L., González, J.M., Coll-Lladó, M., Gordon, P., Pascher, T., Neutze, R., Pedrós-Alió, C., Pinhassi, J. (2007) Light stimulates growth of proteorhodopsin-containing marine Flavobacteria. Nature 445: 210-213. Download PDF

Unrein, F., Massana, R., Alonso-Sáez, L., Gasol, J.M. (2007) Significant year-round effect of small mixotrophic flagellates on bacterioplankton in an oligotrophic coastal system. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 456-459. Download PDF

Vallina, S., Simó, R. (2007) Strong relationship between DMS and the solar radiation dose over the global surface ocean. Science 315: 506-508. Download PDF

Massana, R., Guillou, L., Terrado, R., Forn, I., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2006) Growth of uncultured heterotrophic flagellates in unamended seawater incubations. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 45: 171-180. Download PDF

Vila-Costa, M., Simó, R., Harada, H., Gasol, J.M., Slezak, D., Kiene, R.P. (2006) DMSP uptake by marine phytoplankton. Science 314: 652-654. Download PDF

Pinhassi, J., Gómez-Consarnau, L., Alonso-Sáez, L., Sala, MM., Vidal, M., Pedrós-Alió, C., Gasol, JM. (2006) Seasonal changes in bacterioplankton nutrient limitation and its effects on bacterial diversity in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 44: 241-252. Download PDF

Massana, R., Terrado, R., Forn, I., Lovejoy, C., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2006) Distribution and abundance of uncultured heterotrophic flagellates in the world oceans. Environmental Microbiology 8: 1515-1522. Download PDF

Simó, R., Vila-Costa, M. (2006) Ubiquity of algal dimethylsulfoxide in the surface ocean: Geographic and temporal distribution patterns. Marine Chemistry 100: 136-146. Download PDF

Olsen, Y., Agustí, S., Andersen, T., Duarte, C.M., Gasol, J.M., Gismervik, I., Heiskanen, A-S., Hoell, E., Kuupo, P., Lignell, R., Reinertsen, H., Sommer, U., Stibor, H., Tamminem, T., Vadstein, O., Vaqué, D, Vidal, M. (2006) A comparative study of responses in planktonic food web structure and function in contrasting European coastal waters exposed to experimental nutrient additions. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 488-503. Download PDF

Pinhassi, J., Bowman, J.P., Nedashkovskaya, O.I., Lekunberri, I., Gómez-Consarnau, L., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2006) Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis, sp. nov., a genome-sequenced novel marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. International Journal Systematic and Evolutionary 56: 1489-1493. Download PDF

Lucea, A, C.M. Duarte, S. Agustí, H. Kennedy. (2005) Nutrient dynamics and ecosystem metabolism in the Bay of Blanes (NW Mediterranean). Biogeochemistry 73: 303-323. Download PDF

Gasol, JM., L. Alonso, V. Balagué, C. Cardelús, J. Pinhassi, M.M. Sala, F. Unrein, E. Vázquez-Domínguez, M. Vila, R. Massana, R. Simó, C. Pedrós-Alió (2004) Changes in carbon and sulfur cycling associated to the unusual summer dominance by an Alteromonas macleodii-like bacterium in the coastal mediterranean bay of Blanes. Geophysical Research Abstracts 6: 6277-6278.

López, N.I. & C.M. Duarte. (2004) Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reduction potential in Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) sediments. Journal of Sea Research 51: 11-20. Download PDF

Duarte, C.M., A. Lucea & M. Søndergaard. (2004) The effect of nutrient additions on the partitioning of nutrients in an experimental coastal Mediterranean system. Download PDF

Duarte, C.M., Agustí, S., Vaqué, D. (2004) Controls on Planctonic Metabolism in the Bay of Blanes, northwestern Mediterranean Littoral. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 2162-2170. Download PDF

Massana, R., Balagué, V., Guillou, L., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2004) Picoeukaryotic diversity in an oligotrophic coastal site studied by molecular and culturing approaches. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 50: 231-243. Download PDF

Vázquez-Dominguez, E., Gasol, J.M., Vaqué, D., Estrada, M. (2004) Influence of small increases in temperature on planktonic bacterial carbon use in the Blanes Bay (Coastal NW Mediterranean). Rapport Commission internationale Mer Méditerrannée 37: 296-296. Download PDF

Vila, M., Simó, R., Kiene, R., Pinhassi, J., González, J.M., Morán, M.A., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2004) Use of microautoradiography combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization to determine Dimethylsulfoniopropionate incorporation by marine bacterioplankton taxa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 4648-4657. Download PDF

Simó, R. (2004) From cells to globe: approaching the dynamics of DMS(P) in the ocean at multiple scales. Canadian Journal Fisheries Aquatic Sciences 61: 673-684. Download PDF

Agawin, N.S.R., Duarte, C. M., Agustí, S., Vaqué, D. (2004) Effect of N:P ratios on response of Mediterranean picophytoplankton to experimental nutrient inputs. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 34: 57-67. Download PDF

Schauer, M., Balagué, V., Pedrós-Alió, C., Massana, R. (2003) Seasonal changes in the taxonomic composition of bacterioplankton in a coastal oligotrophic system. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 31: 163-174. Download PDF

Katechakis, A, Stibor, H, Sommer,U, Hansen, T (2002) Changes in the phytoplankton community and microbial food web of Blanes Bay (Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean) under prolonged grazing pressure by doliolids (Tunicata), cladocerans or copepods (Crustacea) Marine Ecology Progress Series 234: 55-69. Download PDF

Agustí, S., M C Sanchez (2002) Cell viability in natural phytoplankton communities quantified by a membrane permeability probe Limnol. Oceanogr. 47: 818-828. Download PDF

Calbet, A., S. Garrido, E. Saiz, M. Alcaraz & C.M. Duarte (2001) Annual zooplankton succession in coastal NW Mediterranean waters: the importance of the smaller size fraction J. Plankton Res 23: 319-331. Download PDF

Agawin, NSR, CM Duarte, S Agustí (2000) Response of Mediterranean Synechococcus growth and loss rates to experimental nutrient inputs Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 206: 97-106. Download PDF

Schauer, M., Massana, R., Pedrós-Alió, C. (2000) Spatial differences in bacterioplankton composition along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) assessed by molecular fingerprinting. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 33: 51-59. Download PDF

Duarte, C. M., Agustí , S., Gasol, J.M., Vaqué, D., Vazquez-Dominguez, E. (2000) Effect of nutrient supply on the biomass structure of planktonic communities: An experimental test on a Mediterranean coastal community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 206: 87-95. Download PDF

Granata, T.C., Vidondo, B., Duarte, C.M., Satta, M.P., García, M. (1999) Hydrodynamics and particle transport associated with a submarine canyon off Blanes, Spain, NW. Mediterranean Cont. Shelf. Res. 19: 1249-1263. Download PDF

Duarte, C.M., Agustí, S., Kennedy, H., Vaqué, D. (1999) The Mediterranean climate as a template for Mediterranean marine ecosystems: The example of the northeast Spanish littoral. Progress in Oceanography 44: 245-270. Download PDF

Agawin, N.S.R., C.M. Duarte y S. Agustí (1998) Growth and abundance of Synechococcus sp. in a Mediterranean Bay: Seasonality and relationship with temperature. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 170: 45-53. Download PDF

Duarte, C.M., Agustí, S., Satta, M.P., Vaqué, D. (1998) Partitioning particulate light absorption: A budget for a Mediterranean Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 43: 236-244. Download PDF

López, N.I., C.M. Duarte, F. Vallespinós, J. Romero, y T. Alcoverro (1997) The effect of nutrient additions on bacterial activity in seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) sediments. J. Exp. Mari. Biol. Ecol. 224: 155-166. Download PDF

Terrados J., C.M. Duarte, y W.J. Kenworthy (1997) Is the growth of the apical meristem of seagrasses dependent on clonal integration?. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 158: 103-110. Download PDF

Terrados, J., C.M. Duarte, y W.J. Kenworthy (1997) Experimental evidence for apical dominance in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 147: 263-268. Download PDF

Alcoverro, T., J. Romero, C.M. Duarte, y N.I. López. (1997) Spatial and temporal variations in nutrient limitation of seagrass Posidonia oceanica growth in the NW Mediterranean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 146: 155-161. Download PDF

Vaqué, D., Blough, H.A., Duarte, C.M. (1997) Dynamics of cil iate abundance, biomass and community composition in an oligotrophic coastal environment (NW Mediterranean). Aquatic Microbial Ecology 12: 71-83. Download PDF

Satta, M.P., S. Agustí, M.P. Mura & C.M. Duarte. (1996) Gross planktonic primary production in the Bay of Blanes (1992-1994). ). In: Duarte, C.M. (ed.). Seasonality in the Blanes Bay: a paradigm of the northwest Mediterranean littoral. Publ. Espec. Inst. Esp. Oceanogr. 22: 31-38. Instituto Español de Occeanografía, Madrid.

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Cebrián, J., C.M. Duarte & J. Pascual. (1996) Marine climate in the NW Mediterranean littoral. In: Duarte, C.M. (ed.). Seasonality in the Blanes Bay: a paradigm of the northwest Mediterranean littoral. Publ. Espec. Inst. Esp. Oceanogr. 22: 9-21. Instituto Español de Occeanografía, Madrid. Download PDF

Cebrián, J., C.M. Duarte, y N. Marbá (1996) Herbivore pressure on Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in contrasting Spanish Mediterranean habitats. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 204: 103-111. Download PDF

Prairie, Y.-T. & C.M. Duarte (1996) Weak density-dependence and ecosystem noise as determinants of phytoplankton temporal dynamics. Ecoscience 3: 451-460. Download PDF

Satta, M.P., S. Agustí, M.P. Mura & C.M. Duarte (1996) Microplankton respiration and net community metabolism in a bay on the N.W. Mediterranean coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 10: 165-172. Download PDF

Mura, M.P., Agusti, S., del Giorgio, P.A., Gasol. J.M., Vaqué, D., Duarte, C.M. (1996) Loss-controlled phytoplankton production in nutrient-poor littoral waters of the NW Mediterranean: in situ experimental evidence. Marine Ecology Progress Series 130: 213-219. Download PDF

Satta, M.P., Agustí, S., Mura, M.P., Vaqué, D., Duarte, C.M. (1996) Microplankton respiration and net community metabolism in a bay on the NW Mediterranean coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 10: 165-172. Download PDF

Del Giorgio, P., Gasol, J.M., Vaqué, D., Mura, P., Agustí, S., Duarte, C.M. (1996) Bacterioplankton community structure: Protists control net production and the proportion of active bacteria in a coastal marine community. Limnology and Oceanography 41: 1169-1179. Download PDF

Vaqué, D. (1996) Seasonal dynamics of planktonic microbial communities on the coast of the nortwest Mediterranean Sea. Instituto Español de Oceanografía 22: 39-46. Download PDF

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Gasol, J.M., del Giorgio, P.A., Massana, R., Duarte, C.M. (1995) Active versus inactive bacteria: size-dependence in a coastal marine plankton community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 128: 91-97. Download PDF

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