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Ecology and Evolution
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
73
Citations
21636
World Ranking
1182
National Ranking
3

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  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Susana Agustí is a researcher affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their work spans key areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing heavily on both the ecological and oceanographic aspects of these fields.

The scientist's research covers various subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry. This multidisciplinary approach supports in-depth analysis of marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial ecology, and environmental dynamics.

Recent publications by Susana Agustí include:

  • Rebuilding marine life, 2020, Nature
  • Deep ocean metagenomes provide insight into the metabolic architecture of bathypelagic microbial communities, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Seaweed farms provide refugia from ocean acidification, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Large deep-sea zooplankton biomass mirrors primary production in the global ocean, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Effect of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on the life stages of fish, 2020, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Susana Agustí's research topics emphasize various marine and ecological systems, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Carlos M. Duarte, Josep M. Gasol, Silvia G. Acinas, Takashi Gojobori, and Chunzhi Cai. These collaborations reflect a network of expertise across marine science and related disciplines.

Susana Agustí's work is published in academic venues with a strong focus on marine sciences and environmental data, including:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Mesopelagic fish biomass and trophic efficiency of the open ocean

    X.A. Irigoien;J. Klevjer;A. Rostad;U. Martinez

  • Rebuilding marine life

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agusti;Edward Barbier;Gregory L. Britten

  • Footprints of climate change in the Arctic marine ecosystem

    Paul F. Wassmann;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agustí;Mikael K. Sejr

  • Nutrient and temperature control of the contribution of picoplankton to phytoplankton biomass and production

    Nona S. R. Agawin;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agustí

  • Large mesopelagic fishes biomass and trophic efficiency in the open ocean

    Xabier Irigoien;Thor Aleksander Klevjer;Anders Røstad;U Martinez

  • The CO2 Balance of Unproductive Aquatic Ecosystems

    Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agustı́

  • 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

  • Decadal trends in Red Sea maximum surface temperature.

    Veronica Chaidez;Denis Dreano;Susana Agusti;Carlos M. Duarte

  • Growth and abundance of Synechococcus sp. in a Mediterranean Bay: seasonality and relationship with temperature

    Nona S. R. Agawin;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agustí

  • Nutrient removal from Chinese coastal waters by large-scale seaweed aquaculture

    Xi Xiao;Susana Agusti;Fang Lin;Ke Li

  • Footprints of climate change on Mediterranean Sea biota

    Núria Marbà;Gabriel Jorda;Susana Agusti;Susana Agusti;Coraline Girard

  • Ubiquitous healthy diatoms in the deep sea confirm deep carbon injection by the biological pump

    Susana Agusti;J. I. González-Gordillo;D. Vaqué;M. Estrada

  • Dissolved esterase activity as a tracer of phytoplankton lysis: Evidence of high phytoplankton lysis rates in the northwestern Mediterranean

    Susana Agustí;Maria Paola Satta;Maria Paola Mura;Esther Benavent

  • Deep ocean metagenomes provide insight into the metabolic architecture of bathypelagic microbial communities.

    Silvia G. Acinas;Pablo Sánchez;Guillem Salazar;Guillem Salazar;Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo;Francisco M. Cornejo-Castillo

  • The Oligotrophic Ocean Is Heterotrophic

    Carlos M. Duarte;Aurore Regaudie-de-Gioux;Jesús M. Arrieta;Antonio Delgado-Huertas

  • Losses of salt marsh in China: Trends, threats and management

    Jiali Gu;Min Luo;Xiujuan Zhang;George Christakos;George Christakos

  • Picophytoplankton cell death induced by UV radiation : Evidence for oceanic Atlantic communities

    Moira Llabrés;Susana Agustí

  • Unveiling the role and life strategies of viruses from the surface to the dark ocean.

    Elena Lara;Elena Lara;Dolors Vaqué;Elisabet Laia Sà;Julia A. Boras

  • Cell viability in natural phytoplankton communities quantified by a membrane permeability probe

    Susana Agustí;M. Carmen Sánchez

  • Aerosol inputs enhance new production in the subtropical northeast Atlantic

    Carlos M. Duarte;Jordi Dachs;Moira Llabrés;Patricia Alonso-Laita

  • Dissolved organic carbon support of respiration in the dark ocean.

    Javier Arı́stegui;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agustı́;Marylo Doval

  • Cell size dependent toxicity thresholds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to natural and cultured phytoplankton populations.

    Pedro Echeveste;Susana Agustí;Jordi Dachs

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Dolors Vaqué
Dolors Vaqué Spanish National Research Council
Josep M. Gasol
Josep M. Gasol Spanish National Research Council
Paul Wassmann
Paul Wassmann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jesús M. Arrieta
Jesús M. Arrieta Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Jordi Dachs
Jordi Dachs Spanish National Research Council
Marta Estrada
Marta Estrada Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Tovar-Sánchez
Antonio Tovar-Sánchez Spanish National Research Council
Núria Marbà
Núria Marbà Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies

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