Publications
- Gurí R., I. Arranz, M. Ordeix, C. García-Comas. Automatic image processing to determine the community size structure of riverine macroinvertebrates. Jove doi: https://doi.org/10.3791/64320
- García-Comas, C., P. Cermeño, A. Pohl, S. Williams, M.J. Benton, G. Le Gland, R. D. Müller, A. Ridgwell, S. M. Vallina. 2022. Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and the rise of biodiversity hotspots. Nature 607, 507-511, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04932-6
- Arranz, I., S. Brucet, M. Bartrons, C. García-Comas,et al. Individual body mass and length dataset for over 12,000 fish from Iberian streams. 2022. Data in Brief, 42, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108248
- Arranz, I., S. Brucet, M. Bartrons, C. García-Comas, Ll. Benejam. Fish size spectra are affected by nutrient concentration and relative abundance of non-native species across streams of the NE Iberian Peninsula. 2021. Science of The Total Environment 795, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148792
- Ho, P.-C., E. Wong, F.-S. Lin, A. R. Sastri, C. García-Comas, N. Okuda, F.-K. Shiah, G.-C. Gong, R. S.W. Yam and C.-h. Hsieh. 2020. Prey stoichiometry, primary production, and plankton community influence production of marine zooplankton. Progress in Oceanography 186 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bBZdI7ECnoWV
- Caley T., T. Extier, J. A. Collins, E. Schefuß, L. Dupont, B. Malaizé, L. Rossignol, A. Souron, E. L. McClymont, F. J. Jimenez-Espejo,C. García-Comas, F. Eynaud, P. Martinez, D. M. Roche, S. J. Jorry, K. Charlier, M. Wary, Pi.-Y. Gourves, I. Billy & J. Giraudeau. 2018. A two-million-year-long hydroclimatic context for hominin evolution in southeastern Africa. Nature, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0309-6
- García-Comas C., Y.-C. Lee, C.-Y, Chang, G.-C. Gong and C.-H. Hsieh. 2016. Comparison of copepod species-based and individual-size-based community structuring. Journal of Plankton Research, doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbw039. Link
- García-Comas C., A. R. Sastri, L. Ye, C.-Y, Chang,F.-S. Lin, M.-S. Su, G.-C. Gong and C.-H. Hsieh. 2016. Prey size diversity hinders biomass trophic transfer and predator size diversity promotes it in planktonic communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283, 10152129. Link
- García-Comas C., C.-Y, Chang, L. Ye, A. R. Sastri, Y.-C. Lee, G.-C. Gong and C.-H. Hsieh. 2014. Mesozooplankton size structure in response to environmental conditions in the East China Sea: How much does size spectra theory fit empirical data of a dynamic coastal area?. Progress in Oceanography, 121, 141-157. Link
- Ye, L., C.-Y. Chang, C. García-Comas, G.-C. Gong and C.-H. Hsieh. 2013. Increasing zooplankton size diversity enhances the strength of top-down control on phytoplankton through diet niche partitioning. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12067. Link
- Vandromme, P., L. Stemmann, C. García-Comas, L. Berline, X. Sun and G. Gorsky. 2012. Assessing biases in computing size spectra of automatically classified zooplankton from imaging systems: A case study with the ZooScan integrated system. Methods in Oceanography, 1-2: 3-21. Link
- Berline L., I. Siokou-Frangou, I. Marasović, O. Vidjak, M.L. Fernández de Puelles, M.G. Mazzocchi, G. Assimakopoulou, S. Zervoudaki, S. Fonda Umani, A.Conversi, C. García-Comas, F. Ibanez, S. Gasparini, L. Stemmann and G. Gorsky. 2012. Intercomparison of six Mediterranean time series. Progress in Oceanography, 97-100, 76-91. Link
- Mazzocchi, M., L. Dubroca, C. García-Comas, I. Di Capua and M. Ribera d’Alcalà. 2012. Stability and resilience in coastal copepod assemblages: the case of the Mediterranean LTER-MC. Progress in Oceanography, 97-100, 135-151. Link
- García-Comas, C., L. Stemmann, F.Ibanez, L. Berline, M.G. Mazzocchi, S. Gasparini, M. Picheral and G.Gorsky. 2011. Zooplankton long-term changes in the NW Mediterranean Sea: Decadal periodicity forced by large-scale atmospheric changes. Journal of Marine Systems, 87 ( 3-4): 216-226. Link
- Gorsky, G., M.D. Ohman, M. Picheral,S. Gasparini,L. Stemmann,J.-B. Romagnan, A. Cawood,S. Pesant,C. García-Comas and F. Prejger. 2010. Digital zooplankton image analysis using the ZooScan integrated system. Journal of Plankton Research, 32 (3): 285-303. Link
* papers provided upon request
Non peer-reviewed publications
- P. Cermeño and C. García-Comas. La biodiversidad de la Tierra es hoy más rica que nunca, pero vamos camino de destruirla. 2022. The Conversation
- Cermeño, P., C. García-Comas, C. R. Giner, R. Logares, C. Marrasé, R. Massana, C. Pedrós-Alió, M.M.Sala, R.Simó, J.Tamames, S. Vallina. 2022. The power of unicellular primary producers. Contribution 3.4 to the book The ocean we want: inclusive and transformative open science. CSIC.
- García-Comas, C., C.-h. Hsieh, S. Chiba, H. Sugisaki, T. Hashioka and S. L. Smith. 2020. Contrasting species functional trait structuring of subarctic versus subtropical copepod communities. Preprint available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.31.928705v1
- García-Comas, C. 2017. Review and future perspectives of observational zooplankton functional trait studies. Kaiyo monthly 49 (8).
- García-Comas, C. 2014. Women in oceanography: a decade later. Oceanography, 27 (4): 112. Link
- García-Comas, C. and M. Picheral. 2013. Short manual to scan and process samples using the ZooSCAN Link
- García-Comas, C. and M. Picheral. 2013. Zooprocess/Plankton Identifier protocol for computer assisted zooplankton sorting Link
- García-Comas, C. 2010. ZooScan short user manual. Link
- García-Comas, C. 2006. Impact of climate and anthropogenic forcing on diversity, size spectrum and abundance of functional groups of Mediterranean zooplankton. Eur-oceans Newsletter, 5.
Conferences
Oral:
- INDITEK: A model to understand the emergence of marine biodiversity hotspots in the last 500 million years (EGU23, 23-28 Abril 2023, Vienna, Austria) (C. García-Comas and Pedro Cermeño). *Invited*
- The shape of biodiversity through deep time: fossils vs. mechanistic models (EGU23, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna, Austria) (Benton et al.).
- Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and the rise of biodiversity hotspots.The Palaentological Association Annual Meeting 2022 (18 July 2022, Cork, Ireland). (M. Benton, P. Cermeño, C. García-Comas et al.).
- Modelling the last half billion years of marine animal diversification. Institute Seminar at ICM (21 Jan. 2022, Barcelona, Spain) (C. García-Comas et al.)
- Testing the Effect of Species-level Functional Traits on Structuring Subarctic versus Subtropical communities (1st Iberian Ecological Society Meeting, SIBECOL, 6 Feb. 2019; Barcelona, Spain)
- Exploring the Relationship of Zooplankton Size Structure and Meso-scale Physical Structure in the North Pacific (Ocean Science Meeting; 15 Feb. 2018; Portland, USA)
- Exploring the Role of Functional Traits on Community Structure and Functioning in Natural Plankton Communities (Institute Seminar; 17 Jan. 2018; ZMT-University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany) *Invited seminar*
- Exploring the Role of Body Size on Community Structure and Functioning in Natural Aquatic Communities (Group Seminar; 15 Jan. 2018; ICBM, Wilhelmshaven , Germany) *Invited seminar*
- Trait-based Ecology: Exploring the Role of Body Size on Community Structure and Functioning in Natural Aquatic Communities; (Seminar; 12 Jan. 2018; University of Vic, Vic, Spain) *Invited seminar*
- Species-level functional traits affect differently species-ranking in subarctic and subtropical communities of copepods; (ASLO 2017; 26 Feb. -3 March, Honolulu, USA)
- Using observational data to explore the role of functional traits on plankton community structuring and functioning (Marine Ecosystem Modelling Symposium; 17-18 Nov. 2016; Tokyo University AORI, Chiba, Japan) *Invited seminar*
- Expanding our Knowledge on Copepod Community Structure in Subarctic and Subtropical Communities as Revealed by the Species Functional Traits (JpGU 2016; 22-26 May, Chiba, Japan)
- Functional vs. Species Diversity in Subarctic & Subtropical Copepod Communities of North Pacific (JOS 2016; 14-18 March, Tokyo, Japan)
- Contrasting Relationships between Functional and Species Diversity in Subarctic and Subtropical Copepod Communities across the western North Pacific (OSM 2016; 21-26 Feb., New Orleans, USA)
- Dynamic relationship of functional diversity with species diversity in copepod communities across the Oyashio-Kuroshio oceanic front, western subarctic north Pacific (ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting 2015; 22-27 Feb., Granada, Spain)
- Latitudinal gradient of copepod diversity in the northwest Pacific and the dynamic relationship of functional diversity with species diversity (4th Taiwan Japan Ecology workshop; 15-17 Nov. 2014, Hualien, Taiwan) *Invited*
- The Dao of plankton diversity: Can we understand the seen in terms of the un-seen? (co-speaker: S. Lan Smith) (Advances in the plankton ecosystem model and the evaluation of biodiversity, 21-22 Oct. 2014, Tokyo, Japan)
- Mesozooplankton size structure in response to environmental conditions in the East China Sea (APN Mini-workshop; 2-3 Feb. 2014, JAMSTEC)
- Plankton size structure as indicator of community organization: Testing theoretical assumptions with empirical measures of a very dynamic coastal environment (ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting 2012; 8-13 July 2012, Otsu, Japan)
- Copepod size spectra analysis of two multi-decadal time series in the Mediterranean Western Basin
- Climate changes and copepod size spectra: Analysis of Point B 30-year time series
- ZooScan applications: Data validation, time series analyses, usefulness for multi-net sampling
- Climate change and copepod size spectra: Comparison of two coastal long-term series in the western Mediterranean Sea
- Long-term copepod variability in the coastal Ligurian and Thyrrenian seas (Mediterranean)
Poster:
- Addressing the non-linear temporal dynamics of microbial communities and their relationship with biomass production (ASLO23, 4-9 June, 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) (C. García-Comas et al.)
- Testing the role of species-level functional traits on copepod community assembly (3rd workshop on trait based approaches to ocean life; 20-23 August 2017, Bergen, Norway)
- Species-level functional traits structure subarctic communities but not subtropical communities of copepods (5th Japan-Taiwan Ecology Workshop; 12-14 November 2016, Kyoto, Japan) *best poster awarded*
- Expanding our Knowledge on Copepod Community Structure in Subarctic and Subtropical Communities as Revealed by the Species Functional Traits (ICES/PICES 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium; 9-13 May 2016, Bergen, Norway)
- Prey size diversity hinders biomass trophic transfer and predator size diversity promotes it in planktonic communities (ICES/PICES 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium; 9-13 May 2016, Bergen, Norway)
- Exploring the variability and role of functional diversity on copepod communities of the western subarctic North Pacific (PICES Annual Meeting; 16-26 October 2014, Yeosu, Korea)
- Exploring the variability and role of functional diversity on copepod communities of the western subarctic North Pacific (IMBER 'Future Oceans' Conference; 23-27 June 2014, Bergen, Norway)
- Predator and prey size diversity effect on biomass transfer efficiency in planktonic ecosystems (OSM 2014; 23-27 Feb. 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Impact of climate and anthropogenic forcing on diversity, size spectrum and abundance of functional groups of Mediterranean zooplankton (Eur-oceans kick-off meeting; March2006, Barcelona, Spain)
Co-author at conferences:
- 1 oral at ASLO23 (4-9 June, 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
- 1 poster at ASLO23 (4-9 June, 2023, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
- 1 poster at 2nd SIBECOL meeting / XXI AIL 2022 (Aveiro, Portugal, 2022)
- 1 poster at EEI 2022 - VI Congreso Nacional sobre Especies Exóticas Invasoras y I Congreso Ibérico sobre EEI (Universidad de Navarra, Spain, 2022)
- 1 oral at SIBECOL (Barcelona, Spain, 2019)
- 1 oral at SFECOLOGIE 2018 (Rennes, France, 2018)
- 1 oral at OSM 2018 (Portland, USA, 2018)
- 1 oral at 4th Taiwan Japan Ecology workshop (Hualien, Taiwan, 2014)
- 1 oral at Advances in the plankton ecosystem model and the evaluation of biodiversity (Tokyo, Japan, 2014)
- 1 oral and 1 poster at OSM 2014 (Honolulu, Hawaii, 2014)
- 1 poster at 2012 Oceans Science Meeting (Salt Lake City, USA, 2012)
- 1 oral presentation at SESAME Final Scientific Conference (Athens, Greece, 2011)
- 2 oral presentations at 5th International Zooplankton Production Symposium (Pucón, Chile, 2011)
- 2 oral presentations + 2 posters at ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting (Nice, France, 2009)
- 1 oral presentation + 1 poster at International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean (Gijón, Spain, 2008)
- 1 poster at 38th CIESM Congress (Istambul, Turkey, 2007)