Rodero García, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-05-29)
(English) Light attenuation is a critical factor in aquatic ecosystems for many physical and biological processes. Water transparency plays an essential role in understanding the variations of the ...
Latorre Pérez, Francisco (Date of defense: 2023-02-03)
(English) There is a myriad of microorganisms on Earth contributing to global biogeochemical cycles. In the surface ocean, the smallest microbes (picoplankton) are responsible for an important fraction ...
Obiol Plana, Aleix (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)
(English) Marine heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are very small (2-5 µm) unpigmented protists that are dominant bacterial grazers in the ocean, where they link the transfer of carbon from bacterial cells ...