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63
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2007
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Overview

Joan Enric Cartes is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain, contributing extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Pollution. The focus topics of their work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, and Crustacean Biology and Ecology.

Their publication record includes contributions to notable scientific journals, reflecting engagement with multiple aspects of marine and environmental sciences. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Marine Biodiversity Records
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Several coauthors regularly collaborate with Cartes, highlighting a network of research partnerships. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Alberto Serrano
  • Vanesa Papiol
  • Maite Carrassón
  • Aïna Carbonell
  • Ester Carreras-Colom

Some of the recent papers involving Cartes include:

  • "Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A closer look at anthropogenic fiber ingestion in Aristeus antennatus in the NW Mediterranean Sea: Differences among years and locations and impact on health condition" (2020) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "An affordable method for monitoring plastic fibre ingestion in Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) and implementation on wide temporal and geographical scale comparisons" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Anthropogenic pollutants in Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the NW Mediterranean Sea: Uptake assessment and potential impact on health" (2022) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Mapping habitat loss in the deep-sea using current and past presences of Isidella elongata (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)" (2022) published in ICES Journal of Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Feeding relationships in Mediterranean bathyal assemblages elucidated by stable nitrogen and carbon isotope data

    N.V.C. Polunin;Beatriz Morales-Nin;W.E. Pawsey;Joan Enric Cartes

  • Zonation of deep-sea decapod fauna in the Catalan Sea (Western Mediterranean)

    Joan Enric Cartes;Francisco Sardà

  • Trophic relationships in a Mediterranean deep-sea fish community: partition of food resources, dietary overlap and connections within the benthic boundary layer

    Maite Carrasson;Joan Enric Cartes

  • DEEP-WATER DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN : INFLUENCE OF SUBMARINE CANYONS AND SEASON

    J. E. Cartes;F. Maynou

  • Abundance and diversity of decapod crustaceans in the deep-Catalan Sea (Western Mediterranean)

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  • Community structure of bathyal decapod crustaceans off south-west Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean): seasonality and regional patterns in zonation

    Francesc Maynou;Joan Enric Cartes

  • Global variability in seawater Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca ratios in the modern ocean.

    Mario Lebrato;Dieter Garbe-Schönberg;Marius N. Müller;Sonia Blanco-Ameijeiras

  • Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions

    Mario Lebrato;Kylie Anne Pitt;Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew K. Sweetman;Daniel O. B. Jones

  • Diets of deep-water pandalid shrimps on the Western Mediterranean slope

    Joan Enric Cartes

  • Global contribution of echinoderms to the marine carbon cycle: CaCO3 budget and benthic compartments

    Mario Lebrato;Debora Iglesias-Rodríguez;Richard A. Feely;Dana Greeley

  • Dynamics of the bathyal Benthic Boundary Layer in the northwestern Mediterranean : depth and temporal variations in macrofaunal-megafaunal communities and their possible connections within deep-sea trophic webs

    Joan Enric Cartes

  • Spatial occurrence and effects of microplastic ingestion on the deep-water shrimp Aristeus antennatus.

    Ester Carreras-Colom;Maria Constenla;Anna Soler-Membrives;Joan E. Cartes

  • Influence of trophic variables on the depth-range distributions and zonation rates of deep-sea megafauna: the case of the Western Mediterranean assemblages

    Joan Enric Cartes;Maite Carrasson

  • Spatio-temporal variations in megabenthos abundance in three different habitats of the Catalan deep-sea (Western Mediterranean)

    F. Sarda;J. E. Cartes

  • Influence of depth and season on the diet of the deep-water aristeid Aristeus antennatus along the continental slope (400 to 2300 m) in the Catalan Sea (western Mediterranean)

    J. E. Cartes

  • Feeding Strategies and Partition of Food Resources in Deep-Water Decapod Crustaceans (400–2300 m)

    Joan E. Cartes

  • Estimating trends of population decline in long-lived marine species in the Mediterranean Sea based on fishers' perceptions.

    Francesc Maynou;Mario Sbrana;Paolo Sartor;Christos Maravelias

  • Habitat characteristics as determinant of the structure and spatial distribution of epibenthic and demersal communities of Le Danois Bank (Cantabrian Sea, N. Spain)

    Francisco Sánchez;Alberto Serrano;Santiago Parra;M. Ballesteros

  • Dynamics of suprabenthos-zooplankton communities around the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean): Influence of environmental variables and effects on the biological cycle of Aristeus antennatus

    Joan Enric Cartes;Teresa Madurell;Emanuela Fanelli;José Luis López-Jurado

  • Bathymetric changes in the distributions of particulate organic matter and associated fauna along a deep-sea transect down the catalan sea slope (Northwestern Mediterranean)

    J.E. Cartes;A. Grémare;F. Maynou;S. Villora-Moreno

  • The distribution of megabenthic, invertebrate epifauna in the Balearic Basin (western Mediterranean) between 400 and 2300 m: Environmental gradients influencing assemblages composition and biomass trends

    Joan Enric Cartes;Francesc Maynou;Emanuela Fanelli;Chiara Romano

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesc Maynou
Francesc Maynou Spanish National Research Council
Montserrat Solé
Montserrat Solé Spanish National Research Council
Joan Moranta
Joan Moranta Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Enric Massutí
Enric Massutí Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Sardà
Francisco Sardà Spanish National Research Council
Beatriz Morales-Nin
Beatriz Morales-Nin Spanish National Research Council
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre
Antoni Lombarte
Antoni Lombarte Spanish National Research Council
Mario Sprovieri
Mario Sprovieri National Research Council (CNR)
Andreas Oschlies
Andreas Oschlies GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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