Dr Emilio Marañón Professor of Ecology   Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal Universidade de Vigo 36310 Vigo, Spain Phone: +34 986 812629 E-mail:       Google Scholar profile ORCID profile

Editorial work

· Associate Editor, Biogeosciences

· Editorial Board Member, Journal of Plankton Research

· Faculty Member (Ecosystem Ecology), H1Connect

Phytoplankton ecology lab We study the ecology and biogeochemical role of phytoplankton, the unicellular photosynthetic organisms that live in the surface waters of all aquatic ecosystems. In particular we focus on phytoplankton diversity and community structure, and key metabolic processes such as primary production, nitrogen fixation, calcification, and respiration. Our approach is based on combining field observations, experiments with phytoplankton populations and  microbial plankton communities, data meta-analysis, and modelling. The ultimate goal of this research is to obtain a mechanistic understanding of the linkage between environmental variability, community structure, and biogeochemical fluxes in the ecosystem. Current topics under investigation include: · Effect of environmental fluctuations on phytoplankton community structure and metabolism · Role of temperature and resources in controlling metabolic rates · Size-scaling of phytoplankton abundance, growth and metabolism

Recent and on-going projects

· Tropical and South Atlantic: climate-based marine ecosystem prediction for sustainable management (TRIATLAS). P. I. at UVIGO: E. Marañón. Funded by European Union (H2020), 2019-2023.

· Responses of marine phytoplankton to environmental variability across levels of biological organization (POLARIS). P. I.: E. Marañón. Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 2019-2022.

· Role of temperature and resources in the control of phytoplankton metabolism and community structure (TERRIFIC). P. I.: E. Marañón

· Macroecological patterns in marine phytoplankton (PERSEO). P. I.: E. Marañón

Peer-reviewed publications

116. González-García C, Agustí S, Aiken J, Bertrand A, Bittencourt-Farias G, Bode A, Carré C, Gonçalves-Araujo R, Harbour DS, Huete-Ortega M, Melo P, Moreno-Ostos E, Rees AP, Rodríguez J, da Silva S, Zubkov M, Marañón E (2023) Basin-scale variability in phytoplankton size-abundance spectra across the Atlantic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, vol. 217, 103104 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103104

115. Shao Z et al. (2023) Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N₂ fixation. Earth System Science Data, 15, 3673-3709 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3673-2023

114. Sun X, Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Dall’Olmo G, Airs R, Barlow R, Brotas V, Kheireddine M, Lamont T, Marañón E, Morán XAG, Raitsos DE, Shen F, Tilstone G (2023) Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Phytoplankton size structure. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol 285, 113415 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425722005211

113. Fernández-González C, Tarran GA, Schuback N, Woodward EMS, Arístegui J, Marañón E (2022) Phytoplankton responses to changing temperature and nutrient availability are consistent across the tropical and subtropical Atlantic. Communications Biology, 5, Article no. 1035, https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03971-z

112. Cabrerizo MJ, Marañón E (2022) Net effect of environmental fluctuations in multiple global-change drivers across the tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205495119

111. Dinasquet J, Bigeard E, Gazeau F, Azam F, Guieu C, Marañón E, Ridame C, Van Wambeke F, Obernosterer I, Baudoux A-C (2022) Impact of dust enrichment on the the microbial food web under present and future conditions of pH and temperature. Biogeosciences, 19, 1303–1319 https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/19/1303/2022/bg-19-1303-2022.html

110. Villamaña M, Franks PJS, Fernández Castro B, Gilcoto M, Marañón E, Mouriño-Carballido B (2021). A pseudo-Lagrangian transformation to study a chlorophyll-a patch in the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017455. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017455

109. Mouriño-Carballido B, Otero-Ferrer JL, Fernández-Castro B, Marañón E, Blázquez-Maseda M, Aguiar-González B, Chouciño P, Graña R, Moreira-Coello V, Villamaña M (2021) Magnitude of nitrate turbulent diffusion in contrasting marine environments. Scientific Reports, 11, Article No 18804, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97731-4

108. Gazeau F, Van Wambeke F, Marañón E, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Alliouane S, Stolpe C, Blasco T, Leblond N, Zäncker B, Engel A, Marie B, Dinasquet J, Guieu C (2021) Impact of dust enrichment on the metabolism and carbon export of Mediterranean plankton communities under present and future conditions of pH and temperature. Biogeosciences, 18, 5423–5446 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5423-2021

107. Cabrerizo MJ, Marañón E (2021) Geographical and seasonal thermal sensitivity of grazing pressure by microzooplankton in contrasting marine ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology, http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.679863

106. Marañón E, Van Wambeke F, Uitz J, Boss ES, Dimier C, Dinasquet J, Engel A, Haëntjens N, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Taillandier V, Zäncker B (2021) Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 18, 1749–1767 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1749-2021

105. Cabrerizo MJ, Marañón E, Fernández-González C, Alonso-Núñez A, Larsson H, Aranguren-Gassis M (2021) Temperature fluctuation attenuates the effects of warming in estuarine microbial plankton communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.656282/full

104. Fernández-González C, Marañón E (2021) Effect of temperature on the unimodal size scaling of phytoplankton growth. Scientific Reports, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79616-0

103. Cabrerizo MJ, Marañón E (2021) Temperature fluctuations in a warmer environment: impacts on microbial plankton. Faculty Reviews, 10:(9)

102. Van Wambeke F, Taillandier V, Deboeufs K, Pulido-Villena E, Dinasquet J, Engel A, Marañón E, Ridame C, Guieu C (2021) Influence of atmospheric deposition on biogeochemical cycles in an oligotrophic ocean system. Biogeosciences, 18, 5699–5717, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5699-2021

101. Cabrerizo MJ, Marañón E (2020) Grazing Pressure Is Independent of Prey Size in a Generalist Herbivorous Protist: Insights from Experimental Temperature Gradients. Microbial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01578-7

100. Fernández-González C, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Pratt N, Moore CM, Bibbly TS, Marañón E (2020) Interactive effects of temperature and nutrient supply on resource allocation, photosynthetic strategy and metabolic rates of Synechococcus sp. Journal of Phycology, doi:10.1111/jpy.12983

99. Montes-Pérez J, Moreno-Ostos E, Marañón E, Blanco JM, Rodríguez V, Rodríguez J (2020) Intermediate-size cell dominance in the phytoplankton community of an eutrophic, estuarine ecosystem (Guadalhorce River, Southern Spain). Hydrobiologia, 847, 2241–2254

98. Kulk G, Platt T, Dingle J, Jackson T, Jönsson B, Bouman HE, Doblin M, Estrada M, Figueiras FG, Furuya K, González N, Huang B, Isada T, Kovac Z, Lutz VA, Marañón E, Raman M, Richardson K, Rozema PD, van de Poll WH, Segura V, Tilstone GH, Sathyendranath S. (2020) Primary production, an index of climate change in the ocean: satellite-based estimates over two decades. Remote Sensing, 12, doi:10.3390/rs12050826.

97. Sathyendranath S, Platt T, Dingle J, Jackson T, Brewin RJW, Franks P, Marañón E, Kulk G, Bouman H (2020). Reconciling models of primary production and photoacclimation. Applied Optics, 59, C100-C114.

96. Tovar-Sánchez A, Rodríguez-Romero A, Engel A, Zäncker B, Fu F, Marañón E, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Bressac M, Wagener T, Desboeuf K, Triquet S, Siour G, Guieu C (2020) Characterising the surface microlayer in the Mediterranean Sea: trace metals concentration and microbial plankton abundance. Biogeosciences, 17, 2349-2364.

95. Zaoli S, Giometto A, Marañón E, Escrig S, Meibom A, Ahluwalia A, Stocker R, Maritan A, Rinaldo A (2019) Generalized size-scaling of metabolic rates based on single-cell measurements with freshwater phytoplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1906762116 

94. Villamaña M, Cermeño P, Estrada M, Fernández-Castro B, Figueiras FG, Latasa M, Otero-Ferrer JL, Reguera B, Marañón E, Mouriño-Carballido B (2019) The role of mixing in controlling resource availability and phytoplankton community composition. Progress in Oceanography, 178, 102181.

93. Moreira-Coello V, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Fernández-Carrera A, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Bode A (2019) Quantifying the overestimation of planktonic N₂ fixation due to contamination of ¹⁵N₂ gas stocks. Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbz034 

92. Marañón E (2019) Phytoplankton size structure. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 3rd Edition (Cochran JK, Bokuniewicz HJ, Yager PL, Editors). Oxford, Academic Press. 

91. Regaudie-de-Gioux A, Huete-Ortega M, Sobrino C, López-Sandoval DC, González N, Fernández-Carrera A, Vidal M, Marañón E, Cermeño P, Latasa M, Agustí S, Duarte CM (2019) Multi-model remote sensing assessment of primary production in the subtropical gyres. Journal of Marine Systems, 16, 97-106 

90. Moreira-Coello V, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Fernández-Carrera A, Bode A, Sintes E, Zehr JP, Turk-Kubo K, Varela MM (2019) Temporal variability of diazotroph community composition in the upwelling region off NW Iberia. Scientific Reports, 9, Article no. 3737. 

89. Marañón E, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Cermeño P, Mouriño-Carballido B (2018) Nutrient limitation suppresses the temperature dependence of phytoplankton metabolic rates. The ISME Journal, doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0105-1 

88. Otero-Ferrer JL, Cermeño P, Fernández-Castro B, Gasol JM, Morán XAG, Marañón E, Moreira-Coello V, Varela M, Villamaña M, Mouriño-Carballido B (2018) Factors controlling the community structure of picoplankton in contrasting marine environments. Biogeosciences, 15, 6199-6220, doi: 10.5194/bg-2018-211 

87. Acevedo-Trejos E, Marañón E, Merico A (2018) Phytoplankton size diversity and ecosystem function relationships across oceanic regions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0621 

86. Daniels CJ et al. (2018) A global compilation of coccolithophore calcification rates. Earth System Science Data, doi: 10.5194/essd-2018-52 

85. Martinez-Vicente V, Evers-King H, Roy S, Kostadinov T, Tarran GA, Graff JR, Brewin B, Dall'Olmo G, Jackson T, Hickman A, Röttgers R, Krasemann H, Marañón E, Platt T, Sathyendranth S (2017) Intercomparison of ocean colour algorithms for picophytoplankton carbon in the ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00378

84. Moreira-Coello, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Fernández-Carrera A, Bode A, Varela MM (2017) Biological N₂ fixation in the upwelling region off NW Iberia: magnitude, relevance and players. Frontiers in Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00303

83. Ward BA, Marañón E, Sauterey B, Rault J, Claessen D (2017) The size dependence of phytoplankton growth rates: a trade-off between nutrient uptake and metabolism. The American Naturalist, 189, doi: 10.1086/689992

82. Villamaña M, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Cermeño P, Chouciño P, da Silva JCB, Díaz PA, Fernández-Castro B, Gil-Coto M, Graña R, Latasa M, Magalhaes JM, Otero-Ferrer JL, Reguera B, Scharek R (2017) Role of internal waves on mixing, nutrient supply and phytoplankton community structure during spring and neap tides in the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula). Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.10482

81. Marañón E, Balch WM, Cermeño P, González N, Sobrino C, Fernández A, Huete-Ortega M, López-Sandoval DC, Delgado M, Estrada M, Álvarez M, Fernández-Guallart E, Pelejero C (2016) Coccolithophore calcification is independent of carbonate chemistry in the tropical ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.10295

80. Cermeño P, Chouciño P, Fernández-Castro B, Figueiras FG, Marañón E, Marrasé C, Mouriño-Carballido B, Pérez-Lorenzo M, Rodríguez-Ramos T, Teixeira IG, Vallina SM (2016) Marine primary productivity is driven by a selection effect. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3,173 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00173

79. Fernández-Castro B, Pahlow M, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Oschlies A (2016) Optimality-based Trichodesmium diazotrophy in the north Atlantic subtropical gyre. Journal of Plankton Research, doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw047

78. Fernández-Castro B, Arístegui J, Anderson L, Montero MF, Hernández-León S, Marañón E, Mouriño-Carballido B (2016) Mesopelagic respiration at the ESTOC (European Station for Time-Series in the Ocean, 15.5ºW, 29.1ºN) site inferred from a tracer conservation model. Deep-Sea Research I, 115, 63-73.

77. Mouriño-Carballido B, Hojas E, Cermeño P, Chouciño P, Fernández-Castro B, Latasa M, Marañón E, Morán XAG, Vidal M (2016) Nutrient supply controls picoplankton community structure during three contrasting seasons in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 543, 1-19

76. Fernández-Castro B, Mouriño-Carballido B, Marañón E, Chouciño P, Gago J, Ramírez T, Vidal M, Bode A, Blasco D, Royer SJ, Estrada M, Simó R (2015) Importance of salt fingering for new nitrogen supply in the oligotrophic ocean. Nature Communications, 6, doi:10.1038/ncomms9002

75. Marañón E, Cermeño P, Latasa M, Tadonléké RM (2015) Resource supply alone explains the variability of marine phytoplankton size structure. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.10138

74. Pinedo-González P, West AJ, Tovar-Sánchez A, Duarte CM, Marañón E, Cermeño P, González N, Sobrino C, Huete-Ortega M, Fernández A, López-Sandoval DC, Vidal M, Blasco D, Estrada M, Sañudo-Wilhelmy S (2015) Surface distribution of dissolved trace metals in the oligotrophic ocean and their influence on phytoplankton biomass and productivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2015GB005149

73. Marañón E (2015) Cell size as a key determinant of phytoplankton metabolism and community structure. Annual Review of Marine Science, 7, 241-264. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015955

72. Rodríguez-Ramos T, Cermeño P, Marañón E (2015) Marine nano- and microphytoplankton diversity: redrawing global patterns from sampling-standardized data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 527-538. doi: 10.1111/geb.12274

71. Huete-Ortega M, Rodríguez-Ramos T, López-Sandoval DC, Cermeño P, Blanco JM, Palomino RL, Rodríguez J,  Marañón E (2014) Distinct patterns of size abundance distribution and size-scaling of metabolism in coastal and open-ocean phytoplankton communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 515, 61-71

70. Guieu C, Aumont O, Paytan A, Bopp L, Law CS, Mahowald N, Achterberg EP, Marañón E, Salihoglu B, Crise A, Wagener T, Herut B, Desboeufs K, Kanakidou M, Olgun N, Peters F, Pulido-Villena E, Tovar-Sanchez A, Völker C (2014) The significance of the episodic nature of atmospheric deposition to Low Nutrient Low Chlorophyll regions. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28, doi:10.1002/2014GB004852

69. Marañón E, Cermeño P, Huete-Ortega M, López-Sandoval DC, Mouriño-Carballido B, Rodríguez-Ramos T (2014) Resource supply overrides temperature as a controlling factor of marine phytoplankton growth. PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099312

68. Fernández A, Marañón E, Bode A (2014) Large-scale meridional and zonal variability in the nitrogen isotopic composition of plankton in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 36, 1060-1073

67. López-Sandoval DC, Rodríguez-Ramos T, Cermeño P, Sobrino C, Marañón E (2014) Photosynthesis and respiration in marine phytoplankton: Relationship with cell size, taxonomic affiliation, and growth phase. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 457, 151-159.

66. Cermeño P, Teixeira IG, Branco M, Figueiras FG, Marañón E (2014) Sampling the limits of species richness in marine phytoplankton communities. Journal of Plankton Research, 36, 1135-1139

65. de Leeuw G, Guieu C, Arneth A, Bellouin N, Bopp L, Boyd PW, van der Gon HACD, Desboeufs KV, Dulac F, Facchini MC, Gantt B, Langmann B, Mahowald NM, Marañón E, O’Dowd C, Olgun N, Pulido-Villena E, Rinaldi M, Stephanou EG, Wagener T (2014) Ocean-atmosphere interactions of particles. In: P.S. Liss and M.T. Johnson (eds.), Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles, Springer Earth System Sciences.

64. Rodríguez-Ramos T, Dornelas M, Marañón E, Cermeño P (2014) Conventional sampling methods severely underestimate phytoplankton species richness. Journal of Plankton Research, 36, 334-343.

63. Marañón E, Cermeño P, López-Sandoval DC, Rodríguez-Ramos T, Sobrino C, Huete-Ortega M, Blanco JM, Rodríguez J (2013) Unimodal size scaling of phytoplankton growth and the size dependence of nutrient uptake and use. Ecology Letters, 16, 371-379.  Recommended by  

62. Cermeño P, Rodríguez-Ramos T, Dornelas M, Figueiras FG, Marañón E, Teixeira IG, Vallina S (2013) Species richness in marine phytoplankton communities is not correlated to ecosystem productivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 488, 1-9.

61. Moore CM, Mills MM, Arrigo KR Berman-Frank I, Bopp L, Boyd PW, Galbraith ED, Geider RJ, Guieu C, Jaccard SL, Jickells TD, La Roche J, Lenton TM, Mahowald NM, Marañón E, Marinov I, Moore JK, Nakatsuka T, Oschlies A, Saito MA, Thingstad TF, Tsuda A, Ulloa O (2013) Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation. Nature Geoscience, 6, 701-710. doi:10.1038/ngeo1765.  Supplementary Information

60. López-Sandoval DC, Rodríguez-Ramos T, Cermeño P, Marañón E (2013) Organic carbon exudation in marine phytoplankton: dependence on cell size and taxon. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 477, 53-60

59. Martínez-García S, Fernández E, Calvo-Díaz A, Cermeño P, Marañón E, Morán XAG, Teira E (2013) Differential response of microbial plankton to nutrient inputs in oligotrophic versus mesotrophic waters of the North Atlantic. Marine Biology Research, 9, 358-370.

58. Cermeño P, Marañón E, Romero OE (2013) Response of marine diatom communities to Late Quaternary abrupt climate changes. Journal of Plankton Research, 35, 12-21. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbs073

57. Wang X, Murtugudde R, Hackert E, Marañón E (2013) Phytoplankton carbon and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific and Atlantic: A basin-scale comparative study. Journal of Marine Systems, 109-110, 138-148.

56. Marañón E, Cermeño P, Latasa M, Tadonléké RM (2012) Temperature, resources, and phytoplankton size structure in the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 57, 1266-1278.

55. Fernández A, Graña R, Mouriño-Carballido B, Bode A, Varela M, Domínguez-Yanes JF, Escánez J, de Armas D, Marañón E (2012) Community N₂ fixation and Trichodesmium spp. abundance along longitudinal gradients in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fss142.

54. Luo Y-W et al. (2012) Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundances, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates. Earth System Science Data, 4, 47-73.

53. Fernández-Castro B, Anderson L, Marañón E, Neuer S, Ausín B, González-Dávila M, Santana-Casiano JM, Cianca A, Santana R, Llinás O, Rueda MJ, Mouriño-Carballido B (2012) Regional differences in modelled net production and shallow remineralization in the North Atlantic subtropical Gyre. Biogeosciences, 9, 2831-2846.

52. Fraga S, Rodríguez F, Bravo I, Zapata M, Marañón E (2012) Review of the main ecological features affecting benthic dinoflagellate blooms. Cryptogamie, Algologie, 33, 171-179.

51. Huete-Ortega M, Cermeño P, Calvo-Díaz A, Marañón E (2012) Isometric size-scaling of metabolic rate and the size abundance distribution of phytoplankton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 1815-1823. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.2257.

50. Calvo-Díaz A, Díaz-Pérez L, Suárez LA, Morán XAG, Teira E, Marañón E (2011) Decrease in the autotrophic-to-heterotrophic biomass ratio of picoplankton in oligotrophic marine waters due to bottle enclosure. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, 5739–5746.

49. Huete-Ortega M, Calvo-Díaz A, Mouriño-Carballido B, Graña R, Marañón E (2011) Effect of environmental forcing on the biomass, production and growth rate of size-fractionated phytoplankton in the central Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 88, 203-130.

48. Mouriño-Carballido B, Graña R, Fernández A, Bode A, Varela M, Domínguez JF, Escánez J, de Armas D, Marañón E (2011) Importance of N₂ fixation versus nitrate eddy diffusion along a latitudinal transect in the Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 56, 999-1007.

47. Moreno-Ostos E, Fernández A, Huete-Ortega M, Mouriño-Carballido M, Calvo-Díaz A, Morán XAG, Marañón E (2011) Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and production in the tropical Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 75, 379-389.  

46. López-Sandoval DC, Fernández A, Marañón E (2011) Dissolved and particulate primary production along a longitudinal gradient in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences, 8, 815-825.

45. Marañón, E., Fernández, A., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Martínez-García, S., Teira, E., Cermeño, P., Chouciño, P., Huete-Ortega, M., Fernández, E., Calvo-Díaz, A., Morán, X. A. G., Bode, A., Moreno-Ostos, E., Varela, M. M., Patey, M. D., Achterberg, E. P. (2010). Degree of oligotrophy controls the response of microbial plankton to Saharan dust. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 2339-2352.  Recommended by  

44. Martínez-García, S., Fernández, E., Álvarez-Salgado, X. A., González, J., Lønborg, C., Marañón, E., Morán, X. A. G., Teira, E. (2010) Differential responses of phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria to organic and inorganic nutrient additions in coastal waters off the NW Iberian Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 416, 17-33.

43. Fernández, A., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Bode, A., Varela, M., Marañón, E. (2010) Latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. and N₂ fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 7, 3167–3176.

42. López-Sandoval, D. C., Marañón, E., Fernández, A., González, J., Gasol, J. M., Lekunberri, I., Varela, M., Calvo-Díaz, A., Morán, X. A. G., Álvarez-Salgado, X. A., Figueiras, F. G. (2010) Particulate and dissolved primary production by contrasting phytoplankton assemblages during mesocosm experiments in the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain). Journal of Plankton Research, 32, 1231-1240.

41. Martínez-García, S., Fernández, E., Calvo-Díaz, A., Marañón, E., Morán, X. A. G., Teira, E. (2010) Response of heterotrophic and autotrophic microbial plankton to inorganic and organic inputs along a latitudinal transect in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 7, 1701-1713.

40. Huete-Ortega, M., Marañón, E., Varela, M., Bode, A. (2010) General patterns in the size scaling of phytoplankton abundance in coastal waters during a 10-year time series. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, 1-14.

39. Marañón, E. (2009) Phytoplankton size structure. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd Edition (J.H. Steele, K.K. Turekian and S. A. Thorpe, Editors). Oxford, Academic Press.

38. Marañón, E. (2008) Inter-specific scaling of phytoplankton production and cell size in the field. Journal of Plankton Research, 30, 157-163.  Recommended by

37. Cermeño, P., Marañón, E., Harbour, D., Figueiras, F. G., Crespo, B. G., Huete, M., Varela, M., Harris, R. P. (2008) Resource levels, allometric scaling of population abundance, and marine phytoplankton diversity. Limnology and Oceanography, 53, 312-318.

36. Marañón, E., Cermeño, P., Rodríguez, J., Zubkov, M. V., Harris, R. P. (2007) Scaling of phytoplankton photosynthesis and cell size in the ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 52, 2190-2198.

35. Marañón, E., Pérez, V., Fernández, E., Anadón, R., Bode, A., González, N., Huskin, I., Isla, A., Morán, X. A. G., Mouriño, B., Quevedo, M., Robinson, C., Serret, P., Teira, E., Varela, M. M., Woodward, E. M. S., Zubkov, M. V. (2007) Planktonic carbon budget in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 48, 261-275.

34. Pérez, V., Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Morán, X. A. G., Zubkov, M. V. (2006) Vertical variability of phytoplankton biomass, production and growth in the Atlantic subtropical gyres. Deep-Sea Research I, 53, 1616–1634.

33. Cermeño, P., Marañón, E., Harris, R., Harbour D. (2006) Invariant scaling of phytoplankton abundance and cell size in contrasting marine environments. Ecology Letters, 9, 1210-1215.

32. Suggett, D. C. Moore M., Marañón, E., Omachi, C., Varela, R. A., Aiken, J., Holligan, P. M. (2006) Photosynthetic electron turnover in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 1573-1593.

31. Cermeño, P., Marañón, E., Pérez, V., Serret, P., Fernández, E., Castro, C. G. (2006) Phytoplankton size structure and primary production in a highly dynamic coastal ecosystem (Ría de Vigo, NW-Spain): seasonal and short-time scale variability. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 67, 251-266.

30. Cermeño, P., Estévez-Blanco, P., Marañón, E., Fernández, E. (2005) Maximum photosynthetic efficiency of size-fractionated phytoplankton assessed by ¹⁴C-uptake and fast repetition rate fluorometry. Limnology and Oceanography, 50, 1438-1446.

29. Marañón, E., Cermeño, P., Pérez, V. (2005) Continuity in the photosynthetic production of dissolved organic carbon from eutrophic to oligotrophic waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 299, 7-17.

28. Cermeño, P., Marañón, E., Rodríguez, J., Fernández, E. (2005) Large-sized phytoplankton sustain higher carbon-specific photosynthesis than smaller cells in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 297, 51-60.  Recommended by

27. Cermeño, P., Marañón, E., Rodríguez, J., Fernández, E. (2005) Size dependence of coastal phytoplankton photosynthesis under vertical mixing conditions. Journal of Plankton Research, 27, 473-483.

26. Pérez, V., Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Serret, P., Varela, R., Bode, A., Varela, M. M., Morán, X. A. G., Woodward, E. M. S., Kitidis, V., García-Soto, C. (2005) Latitudinal distribution of microbial plankton abundance, production and respiration in the Equatorial Atlantic in autumn 2000. Deep Sea Research I, 52, 861-880.

25. Marañón, E. (2005) Phytoplankton growth rates in the Atlantic subtropical gyres. Limnology and Oceanography, 50, 299-310.

24. Teira, E., Mouriño, B., Marañón, E., Pérez, V., Pazó, M. J., Serret, P., Fernández, E. (2005) Variability of chlorophyll and primary production in the Eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre: potential factors affecting phytoplankton activity. Deep-Sea Research I, 52, 569-588.

23. Pérez, V., Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Serret, P, and García-Soto, C. (2005) Seasonal and interannual variability of chlorophyll a and primary production in the Equatorial Atlantic: 'in situ' and remote sensing observations. Journal of Plankton Research, 27, 189-197.  

22. Marañón, E., Cermeño, P., Fernández, E., Rodríguez, J., Zabala, L. (2004) Significance and mechanisms of photosynthetic production of dissolved organic carbon in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography, 49, 1652-1666.

21. Tyrrell, T., Marañón, E., Poulton, A., Bowie, A. R., Harbour, D. S., Woodward, M. (2003) Large-scale latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 25, 405-416.

20. Suárez, I., Marañón, E. (2003) Photosynthate allocation in a temperate sea over an annual cycle: the relationship between protein synthesis and phytoplankton physiological state. Journal of Sea Research, 50, 285-299.

19. Marañón, E., Behrenfeld, M. J., González, N., Mouriño, B., Zubkov, M. V. (2003) High variability of primary production in oligotrophic waters of the Atlantic Ocean: uncoupling from phytoplankton biomass and size structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 257, 1-11.

18. Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Serret, P, Morán, X. A. G. (2003) Potential causes for the unequal contribution of picophytoplankton to total biomass and productivity in oligotrophic waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 254, 101-109.

17. González, N., Anadón, R., Marañón, E. (2002) Large-scale latitudinal distribution of planktonic net community metabolism in the Atlantic Ocean: the importance of temporal variability in oligotrophic subtropical waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233, 21-30.

16. Mino, Y., Saino, T., Suzuki, K., Marañón, E. (2002) Isotopic composition of suspended particulate nitrogen (d¹⁵N_sus) in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean from 50°N to 50°S. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(4), Article No. 1059.

15. Marañón, E., Holligan, P. M., Barciela, R., González, N., Mouriño, B., Pazó, M. J., Varela, M. (2001) Patterns of phytoplankton size–structure and productivity in contrasting open ocean environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 216, 43-56.

14. Behrenfeld, M. J., Marañón, E., Siegel, D. A. and Hooker, S. B. (2001) A photoacclimation and nutrient based model of light-saturated photosynthesis for quantifying oceanic primary production. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 228, 103-117.

13. Marañón, E., Holligan, P. M., Varela, M., Mouriño, B. and Bale, A. J. (2000) Basin-scale variability of phytoplankton biomass, production and growth in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 47, 825-857.

12. Marañón, E. and Holligan, P. M. (1999) Photosynthetic parameters of phytoplankton from 50°N to 50°S in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 176, 191-203.

11. Head, R., Crawford, D., Egge, J., Lesley, D., Kristiansen, S., Marañón, E., Pond, D., Purdie, D. y Harris, R. (1998) The hydrography and biology of a bloom of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi in the Northern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research, 39, 255-266.

10. Marañón, E. and González, N. (1997) Primary production, calcification and macromolecular synthesis in a bloom of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi in the North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 157, 61-77.

9. Marañón, E., Fernández, E., Harris, R. P. and Harbour, D. S. (1996) Effects of the diatom-Emiliania huxleyi succession on photosynthesis, calcification and carbon metabolism by size-fractionated phytoplankton. Hydrobiologia, 317, 189-199.

8. Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Harbour, D. S., Kristiansen, S. and Heimdal, B. R. (1996) Patterns of carbon and nitrogen uptake during blooms of Emiliania huxleyi in two norwegian fjords. Journal of Plankton Research, 18, 2349-2366.

7. Bode, A., Casas, B., Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Serret, P. and Varela, M. (1996) Phytoplankton biomass and production in shelf waters off NW Spain: spatial and seasonal variability in relation to upwelling. Hydrobiologia, 341, 225-234.

6. Fernández, E., Marañón, E. and Balch, W. M. (1996) Intracellular carbon partitioning in Emiliania huxleyi. Journal of Marine Systems, 9, 57-66.

5. Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Álvarez, F. and Anadón, R. (1995) Vertical particle flux in outer shelf waters of the Cantabrian Coast in summer 1993. Oceanologica Acta, 18, 379-384.

4. Marañón, E. and Fernández, E. (1995) Changes in phytoplankton ecophysiology across a coastal upwelling front. Journal of Plankton Research, 17, 1999-2008.

3. Marañón, E., Fernández, E. and Anadón, R. (1995) Patterns of macromolecular synthesis by natural phytoplankton assemblages under changing upwelling regimes: in situ observations and microcosm experiments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 188, 1-28.

2. Fernández, E., Marañón, E., Harbour, D. S. and Pingree, R. D. (1994) Phytoplankton carbon incorporation patterns and biochemical composition of particulate matter in the eastern North Atlantic subtropical region. Journal of Plankton Research, 16, 1627-1644.

1. Fernández, E., Balch, W. M., Marañón, E. and Holligan, P. M. (1994) High rates of lipid biosynthesis in cultured, mesocosm and coastal populations of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 114, 13-22.

Science outreach (videos)

· Presentation for Educo2cean on the effect of ocean warming on phytoplankton productivity. (English) 

· Presentation for Educo2cean on the effect of ocean warming on phytoplankton distribution. (English) 

· Interview for TVG on the effects of temperature and nutrients on phytoplankton metabolism. (Spanish)  

· Presentation for UVIGO-TV series ‘The University Responds’: What is phytoplankton?  (in Spanish):

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