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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB), more Direct contact at institute: E-mail:

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Marine Biological Laboratory; The Josephine Bay Paul Center in Camparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, more Function: Assistant Research Scientist

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Luria C, Amaral-Zettler L, Ducklow H, Repeta D, Rhyne A, Rich J (2018): Western Antarctic Peninsula Bacteria (Mesocosm exp.). v1.4. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=western_peninsula_microbes&v=1.4, more Luria C, Ducklow H, Amaral-Zettler L (2019): Marine bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbial communities on the continental shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula. v1.1. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=marine_bacterial_archaeal_eukaryotic_microbial_communities_western_antarctic_peninsula&v=1.1, more Vick-Majors T, Priscu J, Amaral-Zettler L (2019): Microbiome (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota) of lake Fryxell and lake Bonney (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica). v1.2. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=microbiome_mc_murdo_dry_valley_lakes_antarctica&v=1.2, more
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MicrOBIS: Microbial Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

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A1 Publications (41) [show]
Manral, D.; Gómez-Navarro, L.; Denes, M.C.; Iovino, D.; Fogli, P.G.; Masina, S.; Hernández-Carrasco, I.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Vichi, M.; van Sebille, E. (2025). Separation timescales of vertically migrating zooplankton and other (a)biotic materials in the Benguela system. JGR: Oceans 130(4): e2024JC021701. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024jc021701, more Sow, S.L.S.; van de Poll, W.H.; Eveleth, R.; Rich, J.; Ducklow, H.W.; Rozema, P.D.; Luria, C.; Bolhuis, H.; Meredith, M.P.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Engelmann, J.C. (2025). Spatial and temporal variation of Antarctic microbial interactions: a study around the west Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Microbiome 20(1): 21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00663-z, more Theirlynck, T.; Staat, L.; Servania, D.; Engelen, A.H.; van Tussenbroek, B.I.; Muyzer, G.; Visser, P.M.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2025). Nutrient‐driven growth and microbiome shifts in the brown alga Sargassum fluitansIII. J. Phycol. 64(4): 933-950. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.70045, more Zhao, S.; Kvale, K.; Zhu, L.; Zettler, E.R.; Egger, M.; Mincer, T.J. ; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Lebreton, L.; Niemann, H.; Nakajima, R.; Thiel, M.; Bos, R.P.; Galgani, L.; Stubbins, A. (2025). The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean. Nature (Lond.) 641(8061): 51-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08818-1, more de Vogel, F.A.; Goudriaan, M.; Zettler, E.R.; Niemann, H.; Eich, A.; Weber, M.; Lott, C.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2024). Biodegradable plastics in Mediterranean coastal environments feature contrasting microbial succession. Sci. Total Environ. 928: 172288. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172288, more Martin, C.; Richter, N.; Lloren, R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Dubois, N. (2024). Machine learning reveals that sodium concentration and temperature influence alkenone occurrence in Swiss and worldwide freshwater lakes. Front. Earth Sci. 12: 1409389. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1409389, more Mendonça, I.R.W.; Theirlynck, T.; Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Oliveira, M.C. (2024). Microbiome changes in a stranding simulation of the holopelagic macroalgae Sargassum natans and Sargassum fluitans. Ocean and Coastal Research 72: e24037. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824072.23111, more Bos, R.P.; Kaul, D.; Zettler, E.R.; Hoffman, J.M.; Dupont, C.L.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Mincer, T.J. (2023). Plastics select for distinct early colonizing microbial populations with reproducible traits across environmental gradients. Environ. Microbiol. 25(12): 2761-2775. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16391, more Chaouni, B.; Idrissi Azami, A.; Raoui, S.; Amzazi, S.; Nejjari, C.; Bakkali, F.; Zaid, E.H.; Hamamouch, N.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Ghazal, H. (2023). Spatio-temporal patterns of Synechococcus oligotypes in Moroccan lagoonal environments. NPG Scientific Reports 13(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27263-y, more Manral, D.; Iovino, D.; Jaillon, O.; Masina, S.; Sarmento, H.; Iudicone, D.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; van Sebille, E. (2023). Computing marine plankton connectivity under thermal constraints. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1066050. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1066050, more Mincer, T.J. ; Bos, R.P.; Zettler, E.R.; Zhao, S.; Abdala Asbun, A.; Orsi, W.D.; Guzzetta, V.S.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2023). Sargasso Sea Vibrio bacteria: Underexplored potential pathovars in a perturbed habitat. Wat. Res. 242: 120033. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120033, more Mitrovic, D.; Hopmans, E.C.; Bale, N.J.; Richter, N.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Baxter, A.J.; Peterse, F; Miguel Raposeiro, P.; Gonçalves, V.; Cristina Costa, A.; Schouten, S. (2023). Isoprenoidal GDGTs and GDDs associated with anoxic lacustrine environments. Org. Geochem. 178: 104582. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104582, more Richter, N.; Hopmans, E.C.; Mitrovic, D.; Miguel Raposeiro, P.; Gonçalves, V.; Costa, A.C.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Villanueva, L.; Rush, D. (2023). Distributions of bacteriohopanepolyols in lakes and coastal lagoons of the Azores Archipelago. Biogeosciences 20(11): 2065-2098. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2065-2023, more Theirlynck, T.; Mendonça, I.R.W.; Engelen, A.H.; Bolhuis, H.; Collado-Vides, L.; van Tussenbroek, B.I.; García-Sánchez, M.; Zettler, E.R.; Muyzer, G.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2023). Diversity of the holopelagic Sargassum microbiome from the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to coastal stranding locations. Harmful Algae 122: 102369. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102369, more Chaouni, B.; Idrissi Azami, A.; Essayeh, S.; Arrafiqui, E. H.; Bailal, A.; Raoui, S.; Amzazi, S.; Twaddle, A.; El Hamouti, C.; Boukhatem, N.; Timinouni, M.; El Otmani, F.; Chahboune, R.; Barrijal, S.; El Homani, A.; Nejjari, C.; Zaid, E. H.; Hamamouch, N.; Bakkali, F.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Ghazal, H. (2022). Moroccan lagoon microbiomes. Water 14(11): 1715. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14111715, more Cipolloni, O.-A.; Gigault, J.; Dassié, É.P.; Baudrimont, M.; Gourves, P.-Y.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Pascal, P.-Y. (2022). Metals and metalloids concentrations in three genotypes of pelagic Sargassum from the Atlantic Ocean Basin-scale. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 178: 113564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113564, more Fischer, R.; Lobelle, D.; Kooi, M.; Koelmans, A.; Onink, V.; Laufkötter, C.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Yool, A.; van Sebille, E. (2022). Modelling submerged biofouled microplastics and their vertical trajectories. Biogeosciences 19(8): 2211-2234. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2211-2022, more Polhill, L.; de Bruijn, R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Praetorius, A.; van Wezel, A. (2022). Daphnia magna's favorite snack: Biofouled plastics. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 41(8): 1977-1981. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5393, more Richter, N.; Russell, J.M.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; DeGroff, W.; Raposeiro, P.M.V.M.; Gonçalves, V.; de Boer, E.J.; Pla-Rabes, S.; Hernandez, A.; Benavente, M.; Ritter, C.; Sáez, A.; Bao, R.; Trigo, R.M.; Prego, R.; Giralt, S. (2022). Long-term hydroclimate variability in the sub-tropical North Atlantic and anthropogenic impacts on lake ecosystems: A case study from Flores Island, the Azores. Quat. Sci. Rev. 285: 107525. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107525, more Zhao, S.; Zettler, E.R.; Bos, R.P.; Lin, P.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Mincer, T.J. (2022). Large quantities of small microplastics permeate the surface ocean to abyssal depths in the South Atlantic Gyre. Glob. Chang. Biol. 28(9): 2991-3006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16089, more Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2021). Latitudinal Diversity Gradients (LDGs) and macroalgal microbiomes: A chimera of biotic and abiotic effects? J. Phycol. 57(6): 1679-1680. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13208, more Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Zettler, E.R.; Mincer, T.J. ; Klaassen, M.A.; Gallager, S.M. (2021). Biofouling impacts on polyethylene density and sinking in coastal waters: A macro/micro tipping point? Wat. Res. 201: 117289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117289, more Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Ballerini, T.; Zettler, E.R.; Abdala Asbun, A.; Adame, A.; Casotti, R.; Dumontet, B.; Donnarumma, V.; Engelmann, J.C.; Frère, L.; Mansui, J.; Philippon, M.; Pietrelli, L.; Sighicelli, M. (2021). Diversity and predicted inter- and intra-domain interactions in the Mediterranean Plastisphere. Environ. Pollut. 286: 117439. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117439, more de Vogel, F.A.; Schlundt, C.; Stote, R.E.; Ratto, J.A.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2021). Comparative genomics of marine bacteria from a historically defined plastic biodegradation consortium with the capacity to biodegrade polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microorganisms 9: 186. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010186, more Pieper, C.; Magalhães Loureiro, C.; Law, K.L.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Quintino, V.; Rodrigues, A.M.; Ventura, M.A.; Martins, A. (2021). Marine litter footprint in the Azores Islands: A climatological perspective. Sci. Total Environ. 761: 143310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143310, more Raposeiro, P.M.; Hernández, A.; Pla-Rabes, S.; Gonçalves, V.; Bao, R.; Sáez, A.; Shanahan, T.; Benavente, M.; de Boer, E.J.; Richter, N.; Gordon, V.; Marques, H.; Sousa, P.M.; Souto, M.; Matias, M.G.; Aguiar, N.; Pereira, C.; Ritter, C.; Rubio, M.J.; Salcedo, M.; Vázquez-Loureiro, D.; Margalef, O.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Costa, A.C.; Huang, Y.; van Leeuwen, J.F. N.; Masqué, P.; Prego, R.; Ruiz-Fernández, A.C.; Sanchez-Cabeza, J.-A.; Trigo, R.; Giralt, S. (2021). Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118(41): e2108236118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108236118, more van Sebille, E.; Zettler, E.; Wienders, N.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Elipot, S.; Lumpkin, R. (2021). Dispersion of surface drifters in the Tropical Atlantic. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 607426. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.607426, more Zhao, S.; Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Mincer, T.J. (2021). Microbial carrying capacity and carbon biomass of plastic marine debris. ISME J. 15: 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00756-2, more Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Zettler, E.R.; Mincer, T. (2020). Ecology of the plastisphere. Nat. Rev., Microbiol. 18: 139-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0308-0, more Grettenberger, C.L.; Mccauley Rench, R.L.; Gruen, D.S.; Mills, D.B.; Carney, C.; Brainard, J.; Hamasaki, H.; Ramirez, R.; Watanabe, Y.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Ohmoto, H.; Macalady, J.L. (2020). Microbial population structure in a stratified, acidic pit lake in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Geomicrobiol. J. 37(7): 623-634. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2020.1751748, more Liao, S.; Yao, Y.; Wang, L.; Wang, K.J.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Longo, W.M.; Huang, Y. (2020). C₄₁ methyl and C₄₂ ethyl alkenones are biomarkers for Group II Isochrysidales. Org. Geochem. 147: 104081. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104081, more Schlundt, C.; Mark Welch, J.L.; Knochel, A.M.; Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2020). Spatial structure in the “Plastisphere”: Molecular resources for imaging microscopic communities on plastic marine debris. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 20(3): 620-634. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13119, more Theroux, S.; Huang, Y.; Toney, J.L.; Andersen, R.; Nyren, P.; Bohn, R.; Salacup, J.; Murphy, L.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2020). Successional blooms of alkenone‐producing haptophytes in Lake George, North Dakota: Implications for continental paleoclimate reconstructions. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(2): 413-425. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11311, more Kaiser, J.; Wang, K.J.; Rott, D.; Li, G.; Zheng, Y.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Arz, H.W.; Huang, Y. (2019). Changes in long chain alkenone distributions and Isochrysidales groups along the Baltic Sea salinity gradient. Org. Geochem. 127: 92-103. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.11.012, more Pieper, C.; Amaral-Zettler, L.; Law, K.L.; Loureiro, C.M.; Martins, A. (2019). Application of Matrix Scoring Techniques to evaluate marine debris sources in the remote islands of the Azores Archipelago. Environ. Pollut. 249: 666-675. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.084, more Richter, N.; Longo, W.M.; George, S.; Shipunova, A.; Huang, Y.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2019). Phylogenetic diversity in freshwater‐dwelling Isochrysidales haptophytes with implications for alkenone production. Geobiol. 17(3): 272-280. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12330, more Wang, K.J.; O'Donnell; Longo, W.M.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Li, G.; Yao; Huang, Y. (2019). Group I alkenones and Isochrysidales in the world’s largest maar lakes and their potential paleoclimate applications. Org. Geochem. 138: 103924. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.103924, more Amaral-Zettler, L.; Schmidt, V.; Smith, K. (2018). Microbial community and potential pathogen shifts along an ornamental fish supply chain. Microorganisms 6(3): 91. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030091, more De Tender, C.; Schlundt, C.; Devriese, L.; Mincer, T.J.; Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2017). A review of microscopy and comparative molecular-based methods to characterize “Plastisphere” communities. Anal. Methods 9(14): 2132-2143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ay00260b, more Luria, C.M.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Ducklow, H.W.; Repeta, D.J.; Rhyne, A.L.; Rich, J.J. (2017). Seasonal Shifts in Bacterial Community Responses to Phytoplankton-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Front. Microbiol. 8: 2117. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02117, more Schmidt, V.; Gomez-Chiarri, M.; Roy, C.; Smith, K.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2017). Subtle Microbiome Manipulation Using Probiotics Reduces Antibiotic-Associated Mortality in Fish. mSystems 2(6): e00133-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00133-17, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Beijer, N.R.M.; Dehaut, A.; Carlier, M.P.; Wolter, H.; Versteegen, R.M.; Pennings, J.L.A.; de la Fonteyne, L.; Niemann, H.; Janssen, H.M.; Timmermans, B.G.; Mennes, W.; Cassee, F.R.; Mengelers, M.J.B.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Duflos, G.; Staal, Y.C.M. (2022). Relationship between particle properties and immunotoxicological effects of environmentally-sourced microplastics. Frontiers in water 4: 866732. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.866732, more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2022). Colonization of plastic marine debris: The known, the unknown, and the unknowable, in: Andrady, A.L. (Ed.) Plastics and the Ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. pp. 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119768432.ch10, more Corbett, L.N.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2022). Nanoplastics and the marine environment: The unseen majority?, in: Andrady, A.L. (Ed.) Plastics and the Ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. pp. 389-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119768432.ch14, more Pieper, C.; Martins, A.; Zettler, E.R.; Loureiro, C.M.; Onink, V.; Heikkilä, A.; Epinoux, A.; Edson, E.; Donnarumma, V.; de Vogel, F.A.; Law, K.L.; Amaral-Zettler, L. (2020). INTO THE MED: Searching for microplastics from space to deep-sea, in: Cocca, M. et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Springer Water, : pp. 129-138. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_21, more
Other publication [show]
Zettler, E.R.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A. (2020). The (Un)Natural History of the “Plastisphere,” A New Marine Ecosystem, in: Streit-Bianchi, M. et al. Mare Plasticum - The Plastic Sea. pp. 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38945-1_4, more

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