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Ecology and Evolution
Spain
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
102
Citations
36373
World Ranking
258
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Josep M. Gasol is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple aspects of environmental science and molecular biology, with a particular focus on microbial ecology and oceanography.

The main fields of study addressed in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, the subfields they concentrate on are:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution

Their research topics cover a range of microbial and ecological studies, such as:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Disentangling the mechanisms shaping the surface ocean microbiota" (2020), published in Microbiome
  • "Deep ocean metagenomes provide insight into the metabolic architecture of bathypelagic microbial communities" (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • "Seasonal Variation of Bacterial Diversity Along the Marine Particulate Matter Continuum" (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Seasonal niche differentiation among closely related marine bacteria" (2021), published in The ISME Journal

Gasol has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Silvia G. Acinas
  • Carlos M. Duarte
  • Marta Sebastián
  • Ramón Massana
  • Ramiro Logares

Their research has appeared in various scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • ISME Communications
  • Microbiome
  • Environmental Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristin Kaschner

  • Using flow cytometry for counting natural planktonic bacteria and understanding the structure of planktonic bacterial communities

    Josep M. Gasol;Paul A. Del Giorgio

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

    Jennifer R. Brum;J. Cesar Ignacio-Espinoza;Simon Roux;Guilhem Doulcier;Guilhem Doulcier

  • The effect of temperature and algal biomass on bacterial production and specific growth rate in freshwater and marine habitats

    Paul A. White;Jacob Kalff;Joseph B. Rasmussen;Josep M. Gasol

  • Significance of size and nucleic acid content heterogeneity as measured by flow cytometry in natural planktonic bacteria.

    Josep M. Gasol;Ulla Li Zweifel;Francesc Peters;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Microbial oceanography of the dark ocean's pelagic realm

    Javier Arístegui;Josep M. Gasol;Carlos M. Duarte;Gerhard J. Herndl

  • Changes in archaeal, bacterial and eukaryal assemblages along a salinity gradient by comparison of genetic fingerprinting methods in a multipond solar saltern.

    Emilio O. Casamayor;Ramon Massana;Susana Benlloch;Lise Øvreås

  • Reconciling the temperature dependence of respiration across timescales and ecosystem types

    Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Gabriel Yvon-Durocher;Jane M. Caffrey;Alessandro Cescatti;Matteo Dossena

  • Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome

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  • Biomass distribution in marine planktonic communities

    Josep M. Gasol;Paul A. del Giorgio;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Global Trends in Marine Plankton Diversity across Kingdoms of Life.

    Federico M. Ibarbalz;Nicolas Henry;Manoela C. Brandão;Séverine Martini

  • Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter by marine phytoplankton

    Cristina Romera-Castillo;Hugo Sarmento;Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado;Josep M. Gasol

  • Net Production and Consumption of Fluorescent Colored Dissolved Organic Matter by Natural Bacterial Assemblages Growing on Marine Phytoplankton Exudates

    Cristina Romera-Castillo;Hugo Sarmento;Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado;Josep M. Gasol

  • Bacterioplankton community structure: Protists control net production and the proportion of active bacteria in a coastal marine community

    Paul A. del Giorgio;Josep M. Gasol;Dolors Vaqué;Paola Mura

  • Warming effects on marine microbial food web processes: how far can we go when it comes to predictions?

    Hugo Sarmento;José M. Montoya;Evaristo Vázquez-Domínguez;Dolors Vaqué

  • Mixotrophic haptophytes are key bacterial grazers in oligotrophic coastal waters

    Fernando Unrein;Fernando Unrein;Josep M Gasol;Fabrice Not;Fabrice Not;Irene Forn

  • The microbial food web along salinity gradients

    Carlos Pedrós‐Alió;Juan I Calderón‐Paz;Marlie H MacLean;Glòria Medina

  • A comparative study of the cytometric characteristics of high and low nucleic-acid bacterioplankton cells from different aquatic ecosystems.

    Thierry Bouvier;Paul A. Del Giorgio;Josep M. Gasol

  • Disentangling the mechanisms shaping the surface ocean microbiota

    Ramiro Logares;Ramiro Logares;Ina M. Deutschmann;Pedro C. Junger;Caterina R. Giner;Caterina R. Giner

  • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Uptake by Marine Phytoplankton

    Maria Vila-Costa;Rafel Simó;Hyakubun Harada;Josep M. Gasol

  • Active versus inactive bacteria: size-dependence in a coastal marine plankton community

    JM Gasol;PA del Giorgio;R. Massana;CM Duarte

  • Global diversity and biogeography of deep-sea pelagic prokaryotes.

    Guillem Salazar;Francisco M Cornejo-Castillo;Verónica Benítez-Barrios;Eugenio Fraile-Nuez

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ramon Massana
Ramon Massana Spanish National Research Council
Cèlia Marrasé
Cèlia Marrasé Spanish National Research Council
Dolors Vaqué
Dolors Vaqué Spanish National Research Council
Ramiro Logares
Ramiro Logares Spanish National Research Council
Silvia G. Acinas
Silvia G. Acinas Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Pedrós-Alió
Carlos Pedrós-Alió Spanish National Research Council
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Hugo Sarmento
Hugo Sarmento Federal University of São Carlos
Javier Arístegui
Javier Arístegui University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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