Refereed Publications in scientific journals

1. Arístegui, J., E.D. Barton, X.A. Álvarez Salgado, A.M.P. Santos, F.G. Figueiras, S. Kifani, S. Hernández-León, E. Mason, E. Machu, H. Demarcq (2009). Sub-regional ecosystem variability in the Canary Current upwelling. Progress in Oceanography, 83: 33-48.

2. Álvarez M., X.A. Álvarez–Salgado (2009). Transports of chemical tracers in the Eastern boundary current system of the North Atlantic. Ciencias Marinas 35: 123–139.

3. Roura A., A.F. González, S. Pascual, A. Guerra, A molecular approach to identify preys in cephalopod paralarvae. ICES Journal of Marine Science, en prensa.

4. Baltar, F., J. Arístegui, M.F. Montero, M. Espino, J.M. Gasol, G. Herndl. 2009. Mesoscale variability modulates seasonal changes in the trophic structure of nano- and picoplankton communities across the NW Africa-Canary Islands transition zone. Progress in Oceanography , 83:180-188

5. Alonso-González, I.J., J. Arístegui, C. Lee, A. Calafat. 2010. Regional and temporal variability of sinking organic matter in the Canary Current: a biomarker diagnosis. Biogeosciences Discussions, 6, 11089-11126, 2009

6. Baltar, F., J. Arístegui, J.M. Gasol, I. Lekunberri, G.J. Herndl. 2010. Mesoscale eddies: hotspots of prokaryotic diversity and function in the ocean. The ISME Journal (in press)

7. Nagata, T., C. Tamburini, J. Arístegui, et al. 2010. Emerging concepts on microbial processes in the bathypelagic ocean- ecology, biogeochemistry and genomics. Deep Sea Research (in press)

8. Burd, A.B., D.A. Hansell, D. K. Steinberg, T. R. Anderson, J. Arístegui, et al. 2010. Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical indicators of meso- and bathypelagic biological activity: what the @$#! is wrong with present calculations of carbon budgets? Deep Sea Research (in press)

9. Baltar, J. Arístegui, J.M. Gasol, F. E. Sintes, H. van Aken, G.J. Herndl. 2010. High dissolved extracellular enzymatic activity in the deep Central Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology (in press)

Doctoral Theses in preparation

Dynamics of horizontal and vertical exchanges in the Galician upwelling. Beatriz Barreiro González (becaria FPI, desde 01/10/2008),

Modelo de mezcla oceánica para la computación del C02 natural y antrópico. Lidia Carracedo Segade (becaria FPU, desde 16/07/2009)

Flujos de CO2 antropogénico y elementos biogeoquímicos en la región Canrias- Peninsula Ibérica. Noelia Fajar González (becaria JAE-Pre, desde 01/11/2008),

María Gregori Casamayor (becaria JAE-Pre, desde 01/09/2008),

Álvaro Roura Labiaga (becario JAE-Pre, desde 01/09/2008),

Cross shelf fluxes in the Iberian and Canaries upwelling regions. Thomas Meunier (apoyado por la Universidad Occidental de Bretaña, Francia, desde 01/11/2008)

(causó baja en el proyecto a 31/12/2009). David Villegas Ríos (becario FPU, desde 01/04/2008)

 Upwelling filaments: a generation mechanism based on potential vorticity balance, Charles Troupin (apoyado por la Universidad de Liège, Bélgica )

 Nitrogen and carbon balance in the Northeast Atlantic upwelling region: the role of diazotrophs, Mar Benavides Gorostegui (becaria ?)