My Publications

=My Publications=

1. Sommaruga, R. Hofer, J.S., Alonso-Sáez, L., Gasol J.M. Differential Sunlight Sensitivity of Picophytoplankton from Surface Mediterranean Coastal Waters. 2005. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 2154-2157.

2. Aristegui, J., Duarte, C.M., Gasol, J.M., Alonso-Sáez, L. Active mesopelagic prokaryotes support high respiration in the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean. 2005. Geophysical Research Letters. vol 32. doi:10.1029/2004

3. Pinhassi, J., Simó, R., González, J.M., Vila, M., Alonso-Sáez, L., Kiene, R., Moran M.A., Pedrós-Alió, C. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate turnover linked to the composition and dynamics of the bacterioplankton assemblage during a microcosm phytoplankton bloom. 2005. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 71: 7650-7660

4. Garneau, M., Vincent, W., Alonso-Sáez, L., Gratton, Y., Lovejoy C. Prokaryotic community structure and heterotrophic production in a river-influenced coastal Arctic ecosystem. 2006. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42: 27-40

5. Alonso-Sáez, L., Sommaruga, R., Lefort, T., Hofer, J.S., Gasol, J.M. Sunlight radiation sensitivity of bacterioplankton from surface Mediterranean Coastal waters. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 2006. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 72: 5806-5813.

6. Pinhassi J., Gómez-Consarnau L., Alonso-Sáez L., Sala M.M., Vidal M., Pedrós-Alió C., Gasol J.M. Seasonal changes in bacterioplankton nutrient limitation and their effects on bacterial community composition in the NW Mediterranean Sea. 2006. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 44: 241-252

7. Alonso-Sáez, L., Gasol, J.M., Arístegui J, Vilas, J.C., Vaqué D., Duarte C.M., Agustí, S. Large scale variability in surface bacterial carbon demand and growth efficiency in the subtropical North East Atlantic Ocean. 2007. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 533-546

8. Alonso-Sáez, L., Arístegui J., Pinhassi, J., Gómez-Cornasau, L., Gonzalez J.M., Vaqué, D., Agustí, S., Gasol, J.M. Bacterial assemblage structure and carbon metabolism along a productivity gradient in the North East Atlantic Ocean. 2007. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 46: 43-53.

9. Alonso-Sáez, L., Balagué V., Sa E., Sánchez O., González J.M., Pinhassi J., Massana R., Pernthlaer J., Pedrós-Alió C., Gasol, J.M. Seasonality in bacterial diversity in NW Mediterranean coastal waters: assessment through clone libraries, fingerprinting and fluorescence in situ hybridization. 2007. FEMS Microbiology and Ecology 60: 98-112

10. Unrein, F., Massana R., Alonso-Sáez L., Gasol J.M. Significant year-round impact of small mixotrophic flagellates on bacterioplankton in an oligotrophic coastal system. 2007. Limnology and Oceanography 52:456-469

11. Garcés E., Vila M, Reñe A, Alonso-Sáez L., Anglés S, Lugliè A, Masó M., Gasol J.M. Natural bacterioplankton assemblage structure during bloom events of Alexandrium species (Dinophyceae) in NW Mediterranean coastal waters. 2007. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 46: 55-70 12. Alonso-Sáez L., Gasol J.M. Seasonal variation in the incorporation of Low molecular weight-DOM between phylogenetic bacterial groups in NW Mediterranean. 2007. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 3528-3535

13. Alonso-Saez L., Vazquez-Domínguez E., Cardelus C., Pinhassi J., Sala M.M., Lekunberri I., Balagué V., Vila-Costa M., Unrein F., Massana R., Simó R., Gasol, J.M. Factors controlling the year round variability in carbon flux through bacteria in a coastal marine system. 2008. Ecosystems 11: 397-409

14. Alonso-Saez L., Sánchez O., Gasol J.M., Balagué V., Pedros-Alió C. Winter to summer changes in the composition and single-cell activity of near-surface Arctic prokaryotes. 2008. Environmental Microbiology 10: 2444-2454

15. Vila-Costa, M., Simó R., Alonso-Sáez L., Pedrós-Alió C. Number and phylogenetic affiliation of bacteria assimilating dimethylsulfoniopropionate and leucine in the ice-covered coastal Arctic Ocean. 2008. Journal of Marine Systems 74: 957-963

16. González J.M., Fernández-Gómez B., Fernández-Guerra A., Gómez-Consarnau L., Sánchez O., Coll-Lladó M., del Campo J., Escudero L., Rodríguez-Martínez R., Alonso-Sáez L., Latasa M., Paulsen I., Nedashkovskaya O., Lekunberri I., Pinhassi J., Pedros-Alió C. Genome análisis of the proteorhodopsin-containing marine bacterium Polaribacter sp. MED152 (Flavobacteria). 2008. PNAS 105: 8724-8729

17. Gasol J.M., Pinhassi J., Alonso-Sáez L., Ducklow H., Herndl G.J., Koblizek M., Labrenz M., Luo Y., Morán XAG, Reinthaler T., Simon M. Towards a better understanding of microbial carbon flux in the sea. 2008. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 53: 21-38

18. Gasol J.M., Alonso-Sáez L., Vaqué D., Baltar F., Calleja M.L., Duarte C.M., Aristegui J. Mesopelagic prokaryotic bulk and single-cell heterotrophic activity and community composition in the Canary Islands coastal transition zone. Progress in Oceanography (in press)