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Irina Izaguirre is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science, contributing notably to ecology-related studies. Their scholarly focus spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research interests cover a range of topics centered on microbial and aquatic ecosystems. Specifically, these include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny

Irina Izaguirre's publication record includes work in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Hydrobiologia (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)
  • Environment International
  • Harmful Algae
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Irina Izaguirre demonstrate engagement with ecological and environmental dynamics of aquatic systems. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Phytoplankton in Antarctic lakes: biodiversity and main ecological features" (2020), published in Hydrobiologia
  • "Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems" (2020), published in Environment International
  • "Nutrients and not temperature are the key drivers for cyanobacterial biomass in the Americas" (2022), published in Harmful Algae
  • "Changes in planktonic and sediment bacterial communities under the highly regulated dam in the mid-part of the Three Gorges Reservoir" (2021), published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Shallow lakes under alternative states differ in the dominant greenhouse gas emission pathways" (2022), published in Limnology and Oceanography

Collaborative work is an important component of their research. Irina Izaguirre frequently coauthors with a group of colleagues, including:

  • María Romina Schiaffino
  • Sol Porcel
  • María Laura Sánchez
  • Julio Lancelotti
  • María Solange Vera

Best Publications

  • Protist taxonomic and functional diversity in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems.

    David Singer;Christophe V.W. Seppey;Guillaume Lentendu;Micah Dunthorn

  • EFFECTS OF THE HERBICIDE ROUNDUP ON FRESHWATER MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: A MESOCOSM STUDY

    G. L. Pérez;A. Torremorell;H. Mugni;P. Rodríguez

  • Phytoplankton and primary production in clear-vegetated, inorganic-turbid, and algal-turbid shallow lakes from the pampa plain (Argentina)

    Luz Allende;Guillermo Tell;Horacio Zagarese;Ana Torremorell

  • Feeding selectivity of Corbicula fluminea(Bivalvia) on natural phytoplankton

    Demetrio Boltovskoy;Demetrio Boltovskoy;Irina Izaguirre;Irina Izaguirre;Nancy Correa

  • Water level as the main driver of the alternation between a free-floating plant and a phytoplankton dominated state: a long-term study in a floodplain lake

    Inés O’Farrell;Inés O’Farrell;Irina Izaguirre;Irina Izaguirre;Griselda Chaparro;Fernando Unrein

  • Nutrients and not temperature are the key drivers for cyanobacterial biomass in the Americas.

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  • Algal Assemblages Across a Wetland, from a Shallow Lake to Relictual Oxbow Lakes (Lower Paraná River, South America)

    Irina Izaguirre;Irina Izaguirre;Inés O'Farrell;Inés O'Farrell;Fernando Unrein;Fernando Unrein;Rodrigo Sinistro;Rodrigo Sinistro

  • Comparative study of the planktonic communities of three lakes of contrasting trophic status at Hope Bay (Antarctic Peninsula)

    Irina Izaguirre;Luz Allende;M. Cristina Marinone

  • Variation in phytoplankton composition and limnological features in a water–water ecotone of the Lower Paraná Basin (Argentina)

    Irina Izaguirre;Inés O'Farrell;Guillermo Tell

  • Comparison of morpho-functional phytoplankton classifications in human-impacted shallow lakes with different stable states

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  • Typology of shallow lakes of the Salado River basin (Argentina), based on phytoplankton communities

    Irina Izaguirre;Alicia Vinocur

  • Bacterial community structure in a latitudinal gradient of lakes: the roles of spatial versus environmental factors

    M. Romina Schiaffino;M. Romina Schiaffino;Fernando Unrein;Josep M. Gasol;Ramon Massana

  • Phytoplankton communities in relation to trophic status in lakes from Hope Bay (Antarctic Peninsula)

    Irina Izaguirre;Alicia Vinocur;Gabriela Mataloni;Mónica Pose

  • Algal assemblages from shallow lakes of the Salado River Basin (Argentina)

    Irina Izaguirre;Alicia Vinocur

  • Do steady state assemblages occur in shallow lentic environments from wetlands

    Inés O’Farrell;Rodrigo Sinistro;Irina Izaguirre;Fernando Unrein

  • Phytoplankton morphological response to the underwater light conditions in a vegetated wetland

    Inés O’Farrell;Paula de Tezanos Pinto;Irina Izaguirre

  • Summer fluctuations of microbial planktonic communities in a eutrophic lake—Cierva Point, Antarctica

    Irina Izaguirre;Gabriela Mataloni;L. U. Z. Allende;Alicia Vinocur

  • Experimental study on the microbial plankton community in a South American wetland (Lower Paraná River Basin) and the effect of the light deficiency due to the floating macrophytes

    Rodrigo Sinistro;Irina Izaguirre;Vanesa Asikian

  • Temporal and spatial variations of phytoplankton from Boeckella Lake (Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula)

    I. Izaguirre;G. Mataloni;A. Vinocur;G. Tell

  • Influence of lake trophic conditions on the dominant mixotrophic algal assemblages

    Juan F. Saad;Fernando Unrein;Paula M. Tribelli;Nancy López

  • Phytoplankton ecology of the Lower Paranà River (Argentina)

    I. O'farrell;I. Izaguirre;A. Vinocur

  • Microbial eukaryote communities exhibit robust biogeographical patterns along a gradient of Patagonian and Antarctic lakes

    M. Romina Schiaffino;Enrique Lara;Leonardo D. Fernández;Leonardo D. Fernández;Vanessa Balagué

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep M. Gasol
Josep M. Gasol Spanish National Research Council
Ramon Massana
Ramon Massana Spanish National Research Council
Enrique Lara
Enrique Lara Spanish National Research Council
Demetrio Boltovskoy
Demetrio Boltovskoy National University of Cuyo
Hugo Sarmento
Hugo Sarmento Federal University of São Carlos
Luigi Naselli-Flores
Luigi Naselli-Flores University of Palermo
Stefan Geisen
Stefan Geisen Wageningen University & Research
Isabelle Domaizon
Isabelle Domaizon Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Didier Debroas
Didier Debroas University of Clermont Auvergne
Gerardo M. E. Perillo
Gerardo M. E. Perillo Universidad Nacional del Sur

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