Dr. Susana Agustí

Professor Susana Agustí is a Professorial Fellow at The UWA Oceans Institute and School of Plant Biology, and a Research Professor with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA) in Mallorca, Spain.

Professor Agustí's key research themes include global change, biological oceanography, phytoplankton ecology, pelagic metabolism, polar ecosystems, optical properties and UV radiation, growth, and cell death and losses. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, co-authored eight books, and has been cited more than 2310 times.

-Does the 'priming effect' caused by the DWH Oil-spill result in increased microbial and zooplankton consumption of labile and refractory dissolved organic carbon? Phase II (Year One Block Grant, NGI)