Ana Belén Méndez Fernández

TL;DR: This database is limited spatially, lacking large regions of the ocean especially in the Indian Ocean, but can nevertheless be used to study spatial and temporal distributions and variations of marine N2 fixation, to validate geochemical estimates and to parameterize and validate biogeochemical models.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of Saharan dust on the abundance, biomass, community structure, and metabolic activity of oceanic microbial plankton were investigated in the central Atlantic Ocean.

TL;DR: In this paper, photosynthetic production of dissolved (DOCp) and particulate organic carbon (POCp) along a longitudinal transect in the Mediterranean Sea during the summer stratification period was determined.

TL;DR: Comparing these distributions with the geographical pattern in atmospheric dust deposition points to iron supply as the main factor determining the large scale latitudinal variability of Trichodesmium spp.

TL;DR: A significant, non-spurious, linkage between the relative abundances of major bacterial groups and bacterial carbon cycling is found, suggesting that bacteria belonging to these major groups could actually share a function in planktonic ecosystems.