List of my publications
Stream arriving at Pfeiffer Beach (Big Sur, California)
47. Sanz-Sáez I, Bravo AG, Ferri M, Carreras JM, Sánchez O, Sebastián M, Ruiz-González C, Capo E, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Sánchez P, Acinas SG (2024) Microorganisms involved in methylmercury demethylation and mercury reduction are widely distributed and active in the bathypelagic deep ocean waters. Environmental Science & Technology 58: 13795-13807 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c00663)
46. Mena C, Deulofeu-Capo O, Forn I, Dordal-Soriano J, Mantilla-Arias YA, Samos IP, Sebastián M, Cardelús, Massana R, Romera-Castillo C, Mallenco-Fornies R, Gasol JM, Ruiz-González C (2024) High amino acid osmotrophic incorporation by marine eukaryotic phytoplankton revealed by click-chemistry. ISME Communications 4:ycae004 (doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae004)
45. Richardson CM, Davis KL, Ruiz-González C, Guimond JA, Michael HA, Paldor A, Moosdorf N, Paytan A (2024) The impacts of global change on coastal groundwater. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 5: 100-119 (doi: 10.1038/s43017-023-00500-2)
44. Marín-Vindas C, Sebastián M, Ruiz-González C, Balagué V, Vega-Corrales L, Gasol JM (2023). Shifts in bacterioplankton community structure between dry and wet seasons in a tropical estuary strongly affected by riverine discharge. Science of the Total Environment 903: 166104, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166104).
43. Puigcorbé V, Ruiz-González C (co-first), Masqué P, Gasol JM (2023). Impact of particle flux on the vertical distribution and diversity of size-fractionated prokaryotic communities in two East Antarctic polynyas. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1078469 (doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2023.1078469)
42. Ruiz-González C, Rodríguez-Pie L, Maister O, Rodellas V, Alorda-Keinglass A, Diego-Feliu M, Folch A, Garcia-Orellana J, Gasol JM (2022). High spatial heterogeneity and low connectivity of bacterial communities along a Mediterranean subterranean estuary. Molecular Ecology 31: 5745–5764 (doi: 10.1111/mec.16695).
41. Gazulla CR, Auladell A, Ruiz-González C, Junger PC, Royo-Llonch M, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Sánchez O, Ferrera I. 2022. Global diversity and distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the tropical and subtropical oceans. Environmental Microbiology 24: 2222-2238 (10.1111/1462-2920.15835)
40. Royo-Llonch M, Sánchez P, Ruiz-González C, Salazar G, Pedrós-Alió C, Sebastián M, Churcheward B, Tara Oceans Coordinators, Chaffron S, Eveillard D, Labadie K, Paoli L, Ibarbalz F, Zinger L, Karsenti E, Sunagawa S, Wincker P, Karp-Boss L, Bowler C, Acinas SG. 2021. Compendium of 530 metagenome-assembled bacterial and archaeal genomes from the polar Arctic Ocean. Nature Microbiology 6: 1561-1574 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00979-9)
39. Ruiz-González C, Rodellas V, Garcia-Orellana J. 2021. The microbial dimension of submarine groundwater discharge: current challenges and future directions. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 45: fuabo1o (https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab010)
38. Camarena-Gómez MT, Ruiz-González C, Piiparinen J, Lipsewers T, Sobrino C, Logares R, Spilling K. 2021. Bacterioplankton dynamics driven by inter-annual and spatial variation in diatom and dinoflagellate spring bloom communities in the Baltic Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 255-271
37. Reis PCJ, Ruiz-González C, Crevecoeur S, Soued C, Prairie YT. 2020. Rapid shifts in methanotrophic bacterial communities mitigate methane emissions from a tropical hydropower reservoir and its downstream river. Science of the Total Environment 22: 738-751.
36. Puigcorbé V, Ruiz-González C, Masqué P, Gasol JM. 2020. Sampling device-dependence of prokaryotic community structure on marine particles: higher diversity recovered by in situ pumps than by oceanographic bottles. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1645.
35. Ruiz-González C, Mestre M, Estrada M, Sebastián M, Agustí S, Moreno-Ostos E, Reche I, Álvarez-Salgado XA, Morán XAG, Duarte CM, Sala MM, Gasol JM. 2020. Major imprint of surface plankton on deep ocean prokaryotic structure and activity. Molecular Ecology 29: 1820–1838
34. Sala MM, Ruiz-González C, Borrull E, Azúa I, Baña Z, Ayo B, Álvarez-Salgado XA, Gasol JM, Duarte CM. 2020. Prokaryotic capability to use organic substrates across the global tropical and subtropical ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 918.
33. Ruiz-González C, García-Chaves MC, Ferrera I, Niño-García JP, del Giorgio PA. 2020. Taxonomic differences shape the responses of freshwater aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterial communities to light and predation. Molecular Ecology 29: 1267-1283
32. Logares R, Deutschmann IM, Junger PC, Giner CR, Krabberød AK, Schmidt TSB, Rubinat-Ripoll L, Mestre M, Salazar G, Ruiz-González C, Sebastián M, de Vargas C, Acinas SG, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Massana R. 2020. Disentangling the mechanisms shaping the surface ocean microbiota. Microbiome 8:55.
31. Reis P, Thottathil S, Ruiz-González C, Prairie YT. 2020. Niche separation within aerobic methanotrophic bacteria across lakes and its link to methane oxidation rates. Environmental Microbiology 22: 738–751
30. Crevecoeur S, Ruiz-González C, Prairie YT, del Giorgio PA. 2019. Large scale biogeography and environmental regulation of methanotrophic bacteria across boreal inland waters. Molecular Ecology 28:4181–4196
29. Sebastián M, Estrany M, Ruiz-González C, Forn I, Sala MM, Gasol JM, Marrasé C (2019) High growth potential of long-term starved deep ocean opportunistic heterotrophic bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 760
28. Ruiz-González C, Logares R, Sebastián M, Mestre M, Rodríguez-Martínez R, Galí M, Sala MM, Acinas SG, Duarte CM, Gasol JM. 2019. Higher contribution of globally rare bacterial taxa reflects environmental transitions across the surface ocean. Molecular Ecology 28: 1930– 1945
27. Ruiz-González C, Laforest-Lapointe I, Archambault E, del Giorgio PA, Kembel SW, Messier C, Nock CA, Beisner BE (2018) Soils associated to different tree communities do not elicit predictable responses in lake bacterial community structure and function. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94 (8): fiy115
26. Mestre M, Ruiz-González C, Logares R, Gasol JM, Sala MM. 2018. Sinking particles promote vertical connectivity in the ocean microbiome. PNAS 115 (29) E6799-E6807
25. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García JP, Berggren M, del Giorgio PA. 2017a. Contrasting dynamics and environmental controls of dispersed bacteria along a hydrologic gradient. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 8: 222-234
24. Ruiz-González, C., Niño-García, J. P., Kembel, S., del Giorgio, P.A. 2017b. Identifying the core seed bank of a complex boreal bacterial metacommunity. The ISME Journal 11: 2012-2021
23. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González, C., del Giorgio, P.A. 2017. Exploring the ecological coherence between the spatial and temporal patterns of bacterioplankton in boreal lakes Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 636
22. Rasilo T, Hutchins R, Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio. 2017. Transport and transformation of soil-derived CO2,CH4 and DOC sustain CO2 supersaturation in small boreal streams. Science of the Total Environment 579: 902-912
21. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016a Landscape-scale spatial abundance distributions discriminate core from random components of boreal lake bacterioplankton. Ecology Letters 19: 1506-1515
20. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016b. Interactions between hydrology and water chemistry shape bacterioplankton biogeography across boreal freshwater networks. The ISME Journal 10: 1755-1766
19. García-Chaves, M.C., Cottrell, M. T., Kirchman, D. L., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016. Single-cell activity of freshwater aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their contribution to biomass production. The ISME Journal 10:1579-1588
18. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García, J. P., del Giorgio, P. 2015b. Terrestrial origin of bacterial communities in complex boreal freshwater networks. Ecology Letters 18: 1198-1206
17. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García, J. P., Lapierre, J.F & del Giorgio, P. 2015c. Organic matter quality shapes the functional biogeography of freshwater bacterioplankton across boreal aquatic ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 1484-1498
16. Ruiz-González C, Salazar G, Logares R, Proia L, Gasol JM, Sabater S. 2015a. Weak coherence in abundance patterns between bacterial classes and their constituent OTUs along a regulated river. Front. in Microbiology 6:1293
15. Bier, R., Bernhardt, E., Boot, C., Graham, E., Hall, E., Lennon, J., Nemergut, D., Osborne, B., Ruiz-González C, et al. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology
14. Acinas, S.G., Ferrera, I., Sarmento, H., Díez-Vives, C., Forn, I., Ruiz-González C, et al. 2015. Validation of a new CARD-FISH probe for the accurate quantification of marine Bacteroidetes populations. Environ.Microbiol., 17: 3557-3569
13. Ruiz-González C, Simó, R., Sommaruga, R. & Gasol, J.M. 2013a. Away from darkness: a review on the effects of solar radiation on heterotrophic bacterioplankton activity. Frontiers in Microbiology 4, 131
12. Ruiz-González C, Proia, L., Ferrera, I., Gasol, J.M. & Sabater, S. 2013b. Effects of large river dam-regulation on bacterioplankton community structure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 84, 316–331
11. Galí, M., Simó, R., Vila-Costa, Ruiz-González C, Gasol, J.M. & Matrai, P. 2013a. Diel patterns of oceanic dimethylsulfide (DMS) cycling: microbial and physical drivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27, 1-17
10. Galí, M., Ruiz-González C, Lefort, T., Gasol, J.M., Cardelús, C., Romera-Castillo, C., Marrasé, C., Massana, R. & Simó, R. 2013b. Spectral irradiance dependence of sunlight effects on plankton dimethylsulfide production. Limnology & Oceanography 58 (2), 489-504
9. Galí, M., Simó, R., Pérez, G. L., Ruiz-González C, Sarmento, H., Royer, S-J., Fuentes-Lema, A., & Gasol, J.M. 2013c. Differential response of planktonic primary, bacterial, and dimethylsulfide production rates to static vs. light exposure in upper mixed-layer summer sea waters. Biogeosciences 10, 7983-7998
8. Ruiz-González C, Simó, R., Vila-Costa, M., Sommaruga, R.,& Gasol, J.M. 2012a. Sunlight modulates the relative importance of heterotrophic bacteria and picophytoplankton in DMSP-sulphur uptake. The ISME Journal, 6: 560-659
7. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Sintes, E., Herndl, G. J., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012b. Sunlight effects on the osmotrophic uptake of DMSP-sulfur and leucine by polar phytoplankton. PLoS ONE 7 (9): e45545
6. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Lefort, T., Sala, M., Sommaruga, R., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012c. Seasonal patterns in the sunlight sensitivity of bacterioplankton from Mediterranean surface coastal waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 79: 661-674
5. Ruiz-González C, Lefort, T., Massana, R., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012d. Diel changes in bulk and single-cell bacterial heterotrophic activity in winter surface waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. L&O, 57 (1): 29-42
4. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Lefort, T., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012e. Annual variability in light modulation of bacterial heterotrophic activity in surface northwestern Mediterranean waters. L&O 57 (5): 1376-1388
3. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012f. Sunlight effects on the DMSP-sulfur and leucine assimilation activities of polar heterotrophic bacterioplankton. Biogeochemistry 110: 57-74
2. Artigas, J., Pérez-Baliero, M.C., Romaní, A.M., Ruiz-González, C., Soley, S. & Sabater, S. 2012. Phosphorus use by planktonic communities in a large regulated Mediterranean river. Science of the Total Environment 426: 180-187
1. Lekunberri, I., Lefort, T., Romera-Castillo, C., Cardelús, C., Coll-Lladó, M., Ruiz-González, C., et al. 2012. Do different types of phytoplankton blooms generate changes in heterotrophic bacterial structure and dynamics? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 448: 23-37
Books and book chapters
Ruiz-González C, Sebastián M, Gasol JM. 2022. A microbial ocean with no boundaries: connecting microorganisms within and beyond the marine environment. pp. 53-55 in The ocean we want: inclusive and transformative ocean science. Pelegrí JL, Gili JM, Martínez de Albéniz MV (Eds.) Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona (Download link)
Ruiz-González C. 2020. Microbial metacommunities: Dispersal and connectivity as key drivers of the diversity and function of aquatic microorganisms. Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Eds). Research monography as part of the Award Pius Font i Quer de Ciències de la Vida 2020 of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Download link)
Gasol JM, Casamayor EO, Massana R, Ruiz-González C, Simó R & Vaqué D. 2012. Invisibles con efectos muy visibles: microorganismos en las aguas y sus efectos biogeoquímicos. pp. 57-71 in E.O. Casamayor & J.M. Gasol (eds). Microbios en Acción: Biodiversidad invisible con efectos muy visibles. Ed. Los Libros de La Catarata/CSIC
46. Mena C, Deulofeu-Capo O, Forn I, Dordal-Soriano J, Mantilla-Arias YA, Samos IP, Sebastián M, Cardelús, Massana R, Romera-Castillo C, Mallenco-Fornies R, Gasol JM, Ruiz-González C (2024) High amino acid osmotrophic incorporation by marine eukaryotic phytoplankton revealed by click-chemistry. ISME Communications 4:ycae004 (doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae004)
45. Richardson CM, Davis KL, Ruiz-González C, Guimond JA, Michael HA, Paldor A, Moosdorf N, Paytan A (2024) The impacts of global change on coastal groundwater. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 5: 100-119 (doi: 10.1038/s43017-023-00500-2)
44. Marín-Vindas C, Sebastián M, Ruiz-González C, Balagué V, Vega-Corrales L, Gasol JM (2023). Shifts in bacterioplankton community structure between dry and wet seasons in a tropical estuary strongly affected by riverine discharge. Science of the Total Environment 903: 166104, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166104).
43. Puigcorbé V, Ruiz-González C (co-first), Masqué P, Gasol JM (2023). Impact of particle flux on the vertical distribution and diversity of size-fractionated prokaryotic communities in two East Antarctic polynyas. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1078469 (doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2023.1078469)
42. Ruiz-González C, Rodríguez-Pie L, Maister O, Rodellas V, Alorda-Keinglass A, Diego-Feliu M, Folch A, Garcia-Orellana J, Gasol JM (2022). High spatial heterogeneity and low connectivity of bacterial communities along a Mediterranean subterranean estuary. Molecular Ecology 31: 5745–5764 (doi: 10.1111/mec.16695).
41. Gazulla CR, Auladell A, Ruiz-González C, Junger PC, Royo-Llonch M, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Sánchez O, Ferrera I. 2022. Global diversity and distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the tropical and subtropical oceans. Environmental Microbiology 24: 2222-2238 (10.1111/1462-2920.15835)
40. Royo-Llonch M, Sánchez P, Ruiz-González C, Salazar G, Pedrós-Alió C, Sebastián M, Churcheward B, Tara Oceans Coordinators, Chaffron S, Eveillard D, Labadie K, Paoli L, Ibarbalz F, Zinger L, Karsenti E, Sunagawa S, Wincker P, Karp-Boss L, Bowler C, Acinas SG. 2021. Compendium of 530 metagenome-assembled bacterial and archaeal genomes from the polar Arctic Ocean. Nature Microbiology 6: 1561-1574 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00979-9)
39. Ruiz-González C, Rodellas V, Garcia-Orellana J. 2021. The microbial dimension of submarine groundwater discharge: current challenges and future directions. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 45: fuabo1o (https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab010)
38. Camarena-Gómez MT, Ruiz-González C, Piiparinen J, Lipsewers T, Sobrino C, Logares R, Spilling K. 2021. Bacterioplankton dynamics driven by inter-annual and spatial variation in diatom and dinoflagellate spring bloom communities in the Baltic Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 255-271
37. Reis PCJ, Ruiz-González C, Crevecoeur S, Soued C, Prairie YT. 2020. Rapid shifts in methanotrophic bacterial communities mitigate methane emissions from a tropical hydropower reservoir and its downstream river. Science of the Total Environment 22: 738-751.
36. Puigcorbé V, Ruiz-González C, Masqué P, Gasol JM. 2020. Sampling device-dependence of prokaryotic community structure on marine particles: higher diversity recovered by in situ pumps than by oceanographic bottles. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1645.
35. Ruiz-González C, Mestre M, Estrada M, Sebastián M, Agustí S, Moreno-Ostos E, Reche I, Álvarez-Salgado XA, Morán XAG, Duarte CM, Sala MM, Gasol JM. 2020. Major imprint of surface plankton on deep ocean prokaryotic structure and activity. Molecular Ecology 29: 1820–1838
34. Sala MM, Ruiz-González C, Borrull E, Azúa I, Baña Z, Ayo B, Álvarez-Salgado XA, Gasol JM, Duarte CM. 2020. Prokaryotic capability to use organic substrates across the global tropical and subtropical ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 918.
33. Ruiz-González C, García-Chaves MC, Ferrera I, Niño-García JP, del Giorgio PA. 2020. Taxonomic differences shape the responses of freshwater aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterial communities to light and predation. Molecular Ecology 29: 1267-1283
32. Logares R, Deutschmann IM, Junger PC, Giner CR, Krabberød AK, Schmidt TSB, Rubinat-Ripoll L, Mestre M, Salazar G, Ruiz-González C, Sebastián M, de Vargas C, Acinas SG, Duarte CM, Gasol JM, Massana R. 2020. Disentangling the mechanisms shaping the surface ocean microbiota. Microbiome 8:55.
31. Reis P, Thottathil S, Ruiz-González C, Prairie YT. 2020. Niche separation within aerobic methanotrophic bacteria across lakes and its link to methane oxidation rates. Environmental Microbiology 22: 738–751
30. Crevecoeur S, Ruiz-González C, Prairie YT, del Giorgio PA. 2019. Large scale biogeography and environmental regulation of methanotrophic bacteria across boreal inland waters. Molecular Ecology 28:4181–4196
29. Sebastián M, Estrany M, Ruiz-González C, Forn I, Sala MM, Gasol JM, Marrasé C (2019) High growth potential of long-term starved deep ocean opportunistic heterotrophic bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 760
28. Ruiz-González C, Logares R, Sebastián M, Mestre M, Rodríguez-Martínez R, Galí M, Sala MM, Acinas SG, Duarte CM, Gasol JM. 2019. Higher contribution of globally rare bacterial taxa reflects environmental transitions across the surface ocean. Molecular Ecology 28: 1930– 1945
27. Ruiz-González C, Laforest-Lapointe I, Archambault E, del Giorgio PA, Kembel SW, Messier C, Nock CA, Beisner BE (2018) Soils associated to different tree communities do not elicit predictable responses in lake bacterial community structure and function. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94 (8): fiy115
26. Mestre M, Ruiz-González C, Logares R, Gasol JM, Sala MM. 2018. Sinking particles promote vertical connectivity in the ocean microbiome. PNAS 115 (29) E6799-E6807
25. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García JP, Berggren M, del Giorgio PA. 2017a. Contrasting dynamics and environmental controls of dispersed bacteria along a hydrologic gradient. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology 8: 222-234
24. Ruiz-González, C., Niño-García, J. P., Kembel, S., del Giorgio, P.A. 2017b. Identifying the core seed bank of a complex boreal bacterial metacommunity. The ISME Journal 11: 2012-2021
23. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González, C., del Giorgio, P.A. 2017. Exploring the ecological coherence between the spatial and temporal patterns of bacterioplankton in boreal lakes Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 636
22. Rasilo T, Hutchins R, Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio. 2017. Transport and transformation of soil-derived CO2,CH4 and DOC sustain CO2 supersaturation in small boreal streams. Science of the Total Environment 579: 902-912
21. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016a Landscape-scale spatial abundance distributions discriminate core from random components of boreal lake bacterioplankton. Ecology Letters 19: 1506-1515
20. Niño-García, J.P., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016b. Interactions between hydrology and water chemistry shape bacterioplankton biogeography across boreal freshwater networks. The ISME Journal 10: 1755-1766
19. García-Chaves, M.C., Cottrell, M. T., Kirchman, D. L., Ruiz-González C, & del Giorgio, P. 2016. Single-cell activity of freshwater aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their contribution to biomass production. The ISME Journal 10:1579-1588
18. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García, J. P., del Giorgio, P. 2015b. Terrestrial origin of bacterial communities in complex boreal freshwater networks. Ecology Letters 18: 1198-1206
17. Ruiz-González C, Niño-García, J. P., Lapierre, J.F & del Giorgio, P. 2015c. Organic matter quality shapes the functional biogeography of freshwater bacterioplankton across boreal aquatic ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24: 1484-1498
16. Ruiz-González C, Salazar G, Logares R, Proia L, Gasol JM, Sabater S. 2015a. Weak coherence in abundance patterns between bacterial classes and their constituent OTUs along a regulated river. Front. in Microbiology 6:1293
15. Bier, R., Bernhardt, E., Boot, C., Graham, E., Hall, E., Lennon, J., Nemergut, D., Osborne, B., Ruiz-González C, et al. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology
14. Acinas, S.G., Ferrera, I., Sarmento, H., Díez-Vives, C., Forn, I., Ruiz-González C, et al. 2015. Validation of a new CARD-FISH probe for the accurate quantification of marine Bacteroidetes populations. Environ.Microbiol., 17: 3557-3569
13. Ruiz-González C, Simó, R., Sommaruga, R. & Gasol, J.M. 2013a. Away from darkness: a review on the effects of solar radiation on heterotrophic bacterioplankton activity. Frontiers in Microbiology 4, 131
12. Ruiz-González C, Proia, L., Ferrera, I., Gasol, J.M. & Sabater, S. 2013b. Effects of large river dam-regulation on bacterioplankton community structure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 84, 316–331
11. Galí, M., Simó, R., Vila-Costa, Ruiz-González C, Gasol, J.M. & Matrai, P. 2013a. Diel patterns of oceanic dimethylsulfide (DMS) cycling: microbial and physical drivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27, 1-17
10. Galí, M., Ruiz-González C, Lefort, T., Gasol, J.M., Cardelús, C., Romera-Castillo, C., Marrasé, C., Massana, R. & Simó, R. 2013b. Spectral irradiance dependence of sunlight effects on plankton dimethylsulfide production. Limnology & Oceanography 58 (2), 489-504
9. Galí, M., Simó, R., Pérez, G. L., Ruiz-González C, Sarmento, H., Royer, S-J., Fuentes-Lema, A., & Gasol, J.M. 2013c. Differential response of planktonic primary, bacterial, and dimethylsulfide production rates to static vs. light exposure in upper mixed-layer summer sea waters. Biogeosciences 10, 7983-7998
8. Ruiz-González C, Simó, R., Vila-Costa, M., Sommaruga, R.,& Gasol, J.M. 2012a. Sunlight modulates the relative importance of heterotrophic bacteria and picophytoplankton in DMSP-sulphur uptake. The ISME Journal, 6: 560-659
7. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Sintes, E., Herndl, G. J., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012b. Sunlight effects on the osmotrophic uptake of DMSP-sulfur and leucine by polar phytoplankton. PLoS ONE 7 (9): e45545
6. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Lefort, T., Sala, M., Sommaruga, R., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012c. Seasonal patterns in the sunlight sensitivity of bacterioplankton from Mediterranean surface coastal waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 79: 661-674
5. Ruiz-González C, Lefort, T., Massana, R., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012d. Diel changes in bulk and single-cell bacterial heterotrophic activity in winter surface waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. L&O, 57 (1): 29-42
4. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Lefort, T., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012e. Annual variability in light modulation of bacterial heterotrophic activity in surface northwestern Mediterranean waters. L&O 57 (5): 1376-1388
3. Ruiz-González C, Galí, M., Simó, R. & Gasol, J. M. 2012f. Sunlight effects on the DMSP-sulfur and leucine assimilation activities of polar heterotrophic bacterioplankton. Biogeochemistry 110: 57-74
2. Artigas, J., Pérez-Baliero, M.C., Romaní, A.M., Ruiz-González, C., Soley, S. & Sabater, S. 2012. Phosphorus use by planktonic communities in a large regulated Mediterranean river. Science of the Total Environment 426: 180-187
1. Lekunberri, I., Lefort, T., Romera-Castillo, C., Cardelús, C., Coll-Lladó, M., Ruiz-González, C., et al. 2012. Do different types of phytoplankton blooms generate changes in heterotrophic bacterial structure and dynamics? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 448: 23-37
Books and book chapters
Ruiz-González C, Sebastián M, Gasol JM. 2022. A microbial ocean with no boundaries: connecting microorganisms within and beyond the marine environment. pp. 53-55 in The ocean we want: inclusive and transformative ocean science. Pelegrí JL, Gili JM, Martínez de Albéniz MV (Eds.) Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona (Download link)
Ruiz-González C. 2020. Microbial metacommunities: Dispersal and connectivity as key drivers of the diversity and function of aquatic microorganisms. Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Eds). Research monography as part of the Award Pius Font i Quer de Ciències de la Vida 2020 of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Download link)
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