The MMAR Lab
Marine Microbial Adaptive Responses
Publications
Preprints
- Leles, S.G.*, Breithaupt, L., Krinos, A., Alexander, H., Moeller, H.V., Flanjak, L., Laufkotter, C., Litchman, E., Aranguren-Gassis, M., Levine, N.M.* (2025) New niches for larger phytoplankton in a warmer, more resource limited ocean. bioRxiv
2025
- Levine, N.M., Alexander, H., Bertrand, E.M., Coles, V.J., Dutkiewicz, S., Leles, S.G., Zakem, E. (2025) Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, 53:595-624
2024
- Moeller, H.V., Archibald, K.M., Leles, S.G., Pfab, F. (2024) Predicting optimal mixotrophic metabolic strategies in the global ocean. Science Advances, 10: eadr0664
- Millette, C.N., Leles, S.G., Johnson, M. D., Maloney, A. E., Brownlee, E. F., Cohen, N. R., Duhamel, S., Poulton, N., Princiotta, S. D., Stamieszkin, K., Wilken, S., Moeller, H. V. (2024) Recommendations for advancing mixoplankton research through empirical-model integration. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1392673.
2023
- Leles, S.G.* & Levine, N.M.* (2023) Mechanistic constraints on the trade-off between photosynthesis and respiration in response to warming. Science Advances, 9: eadh8043.
- Millette, N. C.*, Gast, R. J., Luo, J. Y., Moeller, H. V., Stamieszkin, K., Andersen, K. H., Brownlee, E. F., Cohen, N. R., Duhamel, S., Dutkiewicz, S., Glibert, P. M., Johnson, M. D., Leles, S.G. Maloney, A. E., McManus, G. B., Poulton, N., Princiotta, S. D., Sanders, R. W. & Wilken, S. (2023) Mixoplankton and mixotrophy: future research priorities. Journal of Plankton Research, 45, 576-596.
- Mitra, A.*, Caron, D., Faure, E., Flynn, K.J., Leles, S.G., Hansen, P.J., McManus, G.B., Not, F., Gomes, H.R., Santoferrara, L.F., Stoecker, D.K., Tillmann, U. (2023) The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo-phago-trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 70: e12972.
- Mitra, A. & Leles, S.G. (2023) A Revised Interpretation of Marine Primary Productivity in the Indian Ocean: The Role of Mixoplankton. In Dynamics of Planktonic Primary Productivity in the Indian Ocean. Springer International Publishing, 101-128.
2021
- Walworth, N.G., Hinners, J., Argyle, P.A., Leles, S.G., Doblin, M. A. & Levine, N.M.* (2021) The evolution of trait correlations constrains phenotypic adaptation to high CO2 in a eukaryotic alga. Proceedings of The Royal Society B, 288: 20210940.
- Leles, S.G.*, Bruggeman, J., Polimene, L., Blackford, J., Flynn, K.J. & Mitra, A. (2021) Differences in physiology explain succession of mixoplankton functional types and affect carbon fluxes in temperate seas. Progress in Oceanography, 190: 102481.
- Levine, N.M.* & Leles, S.G. (2021) Marine plankton metabolisms revealed. Nature Microbiology, 6, 147-148.
- Valentin, J.L., Leles, S.G.*, Tenembaum, D.R. & Figueiredo, G.M. (2021) Frequent upwelling intrusions and rainfall events drive shifts in plankton community in a highly eutrophic estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 257: 107387.
2019
- Leles, S.G., Mitra, A.*, Flynn, K.J., Tillmann, U., Stoecker, D.K., Jeong, H.J., Burkholder, J., Hansen, P.J., Caron, D.A., Glibert, P.M., Hallegraef, G., Raven, J., Sanders, R.W. & Zubkov, M. (2019) Sampling bias misrepresents the biogeographic significance of constitutive mixotrophs across global oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 1–11.
2018
- Leles, S.G.*, Polimene, L., Bruggeman, J., Blackford, J., Ciavatta, S., Mitra, A. & Flynn, K.J. (2018) Modelling mixotrophic functional diversity and implications for ecosystem function. Journal of Plankton Research, 40: 627–642.
2017
- Leles, S.G., Mitra, A.*, Flynn, K.J., Stoecker, D.K., Hansen, P.J., Calbet, A., McManus, G.B., Sanders, R.W., Caron, D.A., Not, F., Hallegraeff, G.M., Pitta, P., Raven, J.A., Johnson, M.D., Glibert, P.M. & Våge, S. (2017) Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of The Royal Society B, 284, 20170664
- Leles, S.G.*, Moser, G.A.O., Valentin, J.L. & Figueiredo, G.M. (2017) A Lagrangian study of plankton trophodynamics over a diel cycle in a eutrophic estuary under upwelling influence. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1–12.
- Moser, G.A.O.*, Piedras, F.R., Oaquim, A.B.J., Souza, D.S., Leles, S.G., de Lima, D.T., Ramos, A.B.A., Farias, C. de O. & Fernandes, A.M. (2017) Tidal effects on phytoplankton assemblages in a near-pristine estuary: a trait-based approach for the case of a shallow tropical ecosystem in Brazil. Marine Ecology, 38, e12450.
2016
- Leles, S.G.*, Valentin, J.L. & Figueiredo, G.M. (2016) Evaluation of the complexity and performance of marine planktonic trophic models. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 88, 1–24.
2014
- Leles, S.G.*, Souza, C.A. De, Faria, C.D.O., Ramos, A.B., Fernandes, A.M. & Moser, G.A. de O. (2014) Short-term phytoplankton dynamics in response to tidal stirring in a tropical estuary (Southeartern Brazil). Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 62, 341–349.