Coinciding with the visit by Dr. Cindy Lee, our master students had the pleasure to enjoy the lectures by Dr. Albert Calbet. His research is related to marine plankton ecology, with emphasis on zooplankton, the study of plankton food webs in marine systems and the role of zooplankton in the control of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities, as well as trophic dynamics of plankton, secondary production and zooplankton ecophysiology. His papers on the role of microzooplankton grazing in the pelagic realm are one of the most cited in the field of biological oceanography during the last years.
Dr. Albert Calbet
Albert Calbet and Javier Arístegui
From left to right: Iván Alonso, Cindy Lee, Albert Calbet, Ted Packard, Javier Arístegui and Verónica Benítez (hidden). All of them, waiting to start grazing.
Magdalena Santana-Casiano and Albert Calbet The paper for today is an interesting work by Gutiérrez-Rodríguez et al. about dilution experiments and the suspicious coupling between phytoplankton growth and grazing rates. This method is promoting a continuous flow of papers testing its usefulness.
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