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D-Index
47
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9127
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5745
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153

Mikel Latasa publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mikel Latasa sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Mikel Latasa D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mikel Latasa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mikel Latasa is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Science, particularly in the subfields of Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work centers around several main topics that include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Mikel Latasa has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Nature Communications
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Mikel Latasa include:

  • "Salp blooms drive strong increases in passive carbon export in the Southern Ocean," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Three decades of continuous ocean observations in North Atlantic Spanish waters: The RADIALES time series project, context, achievements and challenges," 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Dynamics of phytoplankton groups in three contrasting situations of the open NW Mediterranean Sea revealed by pigment, microscopy, and flow cytometry analyses," 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Role of small Rhizaria and diatoms in the pelagic silica production of the Southern Ocean," 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Distribution patterns of phytoplankton groups along isoirradiance layers in oligotrophic tropical and subtropical oceans," 2023, Progress In Oceanography

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andres Gutiérrez-Rodríguez
  • Karl Safi
  • Matthew H. Pinkerton
  • Scott D. Nodder
  • Marta Estrada

Best Publications

  • Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    J. H. Martin;K. H. Coale;K. S. Johnson;K. S. Johnson;S. E. Fitzwater

  • A single species, Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae), dominates the eukaryotic picoplankton in the Western English Channel.

    Fabrice Not;Mikel Latasa;Dominique Marie;Thierry Cariou

  • Targeted metagenomics and ecology of globally important uncultured eukaryotic phytoplankton

    Marie L. Cuvelier;Andrew E. Allen;Adam Monier;John P. McCrow

  • Genome analysis of the proteorhodopsin-containing marine bacterium Polaribacter sp. MED152 (Flavobacteria)

    José M. González;Beatriz Fernández-Gómez;Antoni Fernàndez-Guerra;Laura Gómez-Consarnau

  • Thick-shelled, grazer-protected diatoms decouple ocean carbon and silicon cycles in the iron-limited Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

    Philipp Assmy;Philipp Assmy;Victor Smetacek;Victor Smetacek;Marina Montresor;Christine Klaas

  • A comparison of HPLC pigment signatures and electron microscopic observations for oligotrophic waters of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

    Robert A. Andersen;Robert R. Bidigare;Maureen D. Keller;Mikel Latasa

  • Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995

    Richard T Barber;John Marra;Robert C Bidigare;Louis A Codispoti

  • Temperature, resources, and phytoplankton size structure in the ocean

    Emilio Marañón;Pedro Cermeño;Mikel Latasa;Rémy D. Tadonléké

  • Biological response to iron fertilization in the eastern equatorial Pacific (IronEx II). III. Dynamics of phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing

    Landry;J Constantinou;M Latasa;SL Brown

  • Variability of deep chlorophyll maximum characteristics in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Marta Estrada;Cèlia Marrasé;Mikel Latasa;Elisa Berdalet

  • Improving estimations of phytoplankton class abundances using CHEMTAX

    Mikel Latasa

  • Late summer community composition and abundance of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes in Norwegian and Barents Seas

    Fabrice Not;Ramon Massana;Mikel Latasa;Dominique Marie

  • A comparison of phytoplankton populations of the Arabian Sea during the Spring Intermonsoon and Southwest Monsoon of 1995 as described by HPLC-analyzed pigments

    Mikel Latasa;Robert R. Bidigare

  • Climate Influence on Deep Sea Populations

    Pere Puig;Francisco Sardà;Albert Palanques

  • Protistan assemblages across the Indian Ocean, with a specific emphasis on the picoeukaryotes

    Fabrice Not;Mikel Latasa;Renate Scharek;Manon Viprey

  • Chlorophyll-a and pheopigments as tracers of labile organic carbon at the central equatorial Pacific seafloor

    Mark P. Stephens;David C. Kadko;Craig R. Smith;Mikel Latasa

  • Temporal variations in diatom abundance and downward vertical flux in the oligotrophic North Pacific gyre

    Renate Scharek;Mikel Latasa;David M. Karl;Robert R. Bidigare

  • Lipid biomarkers and trophic linkages between phytoplankton, zooplankton and anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) larvae in the NW Mediterranean

    Sergio Rossi;Ana Sabatés;Mikel Latasa;E. Reyes

  • On the chlorophyll a retention properties of glass-fiber GF/F filters

    Francisco P. Chavez;Kurt R. Buck;Robert R. Bidigare;David M. Karl

  • Pigment-specific growth and grazing rates of phytoplankton in the central equatorial Pacific

    Mikel Latasa;Michael R. Landry;SchlÜter Louise;Robert R. Bidigare

  • Phytoplankton across Tropical and Subtropical Regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans

    Marta Estrada;Maximino Delgado;Dolors Blasco;Mikel Latasa

Frequent Co-Authors

Renate Scharek
Renate Scharek Spanish National Research Council
Marta Estrada
Marta Estrada Spanish National Research Council
Emilio Marañón
Emilio Marañón Universidade de Vigo
Robert R. Bidigare
Robert R. Bidigare University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ramon Massana
Ramon Massana Spanish National Research Council
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán
Xosé Anxelu G. Morán Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Josep M. Gasol
Josep M. Gasol Spanish National Research Council
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Cèlia Marrasé
Cèlia Marrasé Spanish National Research Council

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