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Overview

Antonio Quesada is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications dedicated to this area. Their work draws considerable attention across several subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

Their contributions extensively cover topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Polar Research and Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Protist diversity and phylogeny, and Algal biology and biofuel production.

Antonio Quesada has contributed to numerous papers, some of which are noted for their focus on microplastic pollution and freshwater ecosystems. Selected recent papers include:

  • Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin)
  • Microbial colonizers of microplastics in an Arctic freshwater lake (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Overview of toxic cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Ibero-American freshwaters: Challenges for risk management and opportunities for removal by advanced technologies (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Ecosystem services in Antarctica: Global assessment of the current state, future challenges and managing opportunities (2021, Ecosystem Services)

Their collaborations include frequent work alongside several co-authors such as Samuel Cirés, David Velázquez, María Cristina Casero, Ana Justel, and Kevin A. Hughes.

Antonio Quesada's publications appear consistently in multiple scientific venues with repeated contributions to the following journals:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antarctic Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • High Diversity of the Viral Community from an Antarctic Lake

    Alberto López-Bueno;Javier Tamames;Javier Tamames;David Velázquez;Andrés Moya;Andrés Moya

  • The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

    Peter Convey;Peter Convey;Steven Loudon Chown;Andrew Clarke;David K A Barnes

  • Invasion of Nostocales (cyanobacteria) to Subtropical and Temperate Freshwater Lakes - Physiological, Regional, and Global Driving Forces.

    Assaf Sukenik;Ora Hadas;Aaron Kaplan;Antonio Quesada

  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • Limnological characteristics of the freshwater ecosystems of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, in maritime Antarctica

    M. Toro;A. Camacho;C. Rochera;E. Rico

  • Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake

    Miguel González-Pleiter;David Velázquez;Carlos Edo;Olga Carretero

  • Strategies of adaptation by Antarctic cyanobacteria to ultraviolet radiation

    A. Quesada;W. F. Vincent

  • Global expansion of toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria: effect on ecosystem functioning

    Assaf Sukenik;A. Quesada;N. Salmaso

  • First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area.

    Miguel González-Pleiter;Carlos Edo;David Velázquez;María Cristina Casero-Chamorro

  • Growth of Antarctic cyanobacteria under ultraviolet radiation : UVA counteracts UVB inhibition

    Antonio Quesada;Jean-Luc Mouget;Warwick F. Vincent

  • Modeling lakes and reservoirs in the climate system

    M. D. MacKay;P. J. Neale;C. D. Arp;L. N. De Senerpont Domis

  • Microstructural Characterization of Cyanobacterial Mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Asunción de los Ríos;Carmen Ascaso;Jacek Wierzchos;Eduardo Fernández-Valiente

  • Natural Photodegradation of the Cyanobacterial Toxins Microcystin and Cylindrospermopsin

    Lars Wörmer;María Huerta-Fontela;Samuel Cirés;David Carrasco

  • Cylindrospermopsin is not degraded by co-occurring natural bacterial communities during a 40-day study

    Lars Wormer;Samuel Cirés;David Carrasco;Antonio Quesada

  • Toxicity of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (Cyanobacteria) in a Spanish water reservoir

    Antonio Quesada;Enrique Moreno;David Carrasco;Thamar Paniagua

  • Community and pigment structure of Arctic cyanobacterial assemblages: the occurrence and distribution of UV-absorbing compounds

    Antonio Quesada;Antonio Quesada;Warwick F Vincent;David R.S Lean

  • Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Cyanobacteria: Implications for Antarctic Microbial Ecosystems

    Warwick F. Vincent;Antonio Quesada

  • Regional weather survey on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    Manuel Bañón;Ana Justel;David Velázquez;Antonio Quesada

  • Diversity and temporal shifts of the bacterial community associated with a toxic cyanobacterial bloom: An interplay between microcystin producers and degraders.

    María Ángeles Lezcano;David Velázquez;Antonio Quesada;Rehab El-Shehawy

  • Community structure and physiological characterization of microbial mats in Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica).

    Eduardo Fernández-Valiente;Antonio Camacho;Carlos Rochera;Eugenio Rico

Frequent Co-Authors

Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval
David Pearce
David Pearce Northumbria University
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Kevin A. Hughes
Kevin A. Hughes Natural Environment Research Council
Antonio Alcami
Antonio Alcami Spanish National Research Council
Josef Elster
Josef Elster University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Nico Salmaso
Nico Salmaso Fondazione Edmund Mach
Frithjof C. Küpper
Frithjof C. Küpper University of Aberdeen
Assaf Sukenik
Assaf Sukenik Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Clive Howard-Williams
Clive Howard-Williams National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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