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  1. Ecotoxicological insights into biodegradable and compostable plastic bags in freshwater systems: hidden environmental risks of a green alternative

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  2. Sellaphora temporalis sp. nov., Sellaphora catalonica sp. nov., and Nitzschia curvirecta sp. nov.: Three new diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from disconnected pools in the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Fottea, October 2025, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  3. River bioassessment using diatoms: a classificatory analysis approach

    Article • European Journal of Phycology, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  4. Diatom diversity in a mountain lake in southern European Alps (Italy)

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2025, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  5. Navicula congqiancuoensis sp. nov. — a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from Sichuan Province, China

    Article • PhytoKeys, June 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  6. Effects of Water Pollution on Diatom Communities of Roșia Montană Mining Area, Romania

    Article • Sustainability, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  7. A checklist of diatoms with four endemic records and phytogeographical distribution from water habitats of Iran

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2025, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  8. The Ecology of Benthic Diatom Assemblages in Saline Wetlands of the Ebro Basin, NE Spain

    Article • Microbial Ecology, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  9. Composición y estructura comunitaria de diatomeas epilíticas en la cuenca Vitor-Quilca-Chili, Arequipa, Perú

    Article • Darwiniana nueva serie, February 2025, Instituto de Botanica Darwinion (IBODA)

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  10. Cymbella ectorii sp. nov. (Cymbellales, Gomphonemataceae) from a Miño River (NW, Spain)

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2025, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  11. Improving photosynthetic biogas purification via process aeration and nanoparticle supplementation

    Article • Bioresource Technology, February 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  12. Geographic distance shapes morphological and molecular disparities in a common diatom species as revealed by geometric morphometry and metabarcoding

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  13. ECOLOGÍA TRÓFICA DE <i>Potamotrygon magdalenae</i> (Potamotrygonidae) EN EL EMBALSE DEL GUÁJARO (RÍO MAGDALENA), COLOMBIA

    Article • Acta Biológica Colombiana, September 2024, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  14. Assessing nitrous oxide emissions from algal-bacterial photobioreactors devoted to biogas upgrading and digestate treatment

    Article • Chemosphere, August 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  15. The Perizonium Ultrastructure, Divided Apical Pore Fields, Various Pore Occlusions and Visible Intermissio of Cymbella (Bacillariophyceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species

    Article • Plants, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  16. The generation of a clotted peloidal micrite fabric by endolithic cyanobacteria in recent thrombolites from Cuatro Cienegas, northern Mexico

    Article • Sedimentology, July 2024, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  17. Surface protection of recycled concrete from different biogenic silica bio-deposition techniques: A sustainable approach

    Article • Journal of Building Engineering, May 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  18. What do diatom indices indicate? Modeling the specific pollution sensitivity index

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  19. Development of biogenic silica biocoatings to improve the performance of recycled aggregate concrete

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, April 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  20. Development of a new Diatom-Based Index (BDIAR) for biomonitoring Mediterranean streams using data from Algerian Rivers

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  21. A new diatom (Bacillariophyta) species – Sellaphora lucectoriana sp. nov. – from a glacial lake in Kaçkar Mountain (Eastern Blacksea Region), Rize, Republic of Türkiye

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, December 2023, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  22. Improving the performance of recycled concrete by biodeposition of biogenic silica as a surface coating

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, December 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  23. Stream diatom community assembly processes in islands and continents: A global perspective

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, November 2023, Wiley

    Professor Jianjun Wang, Prof. Saul Blanco

  24. Environmental drivers of genetic variability in common diatom genera: Implications for shallow lake biomonitoring

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  25. European river typologies fail to capture diatom, fish, and macrophyte community composition

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  26. Description of Gomphonella saldanensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from hydromagnesite stromatolites in Salda Lake, Turkey

    Article • Diatom Research, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  27. Innovative approach for the protection of recycled concrete by biogenic silica biodeposition

    Article • Construction and Building Materials, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  28. River Diatoms Reflect Better Past than Current Environmental Conditions

    Article • Water, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  29. Biodeposition of Diatoms in Recycled Aggregates

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  30. Effect of salinity on valves morphology in freshwater diatoms

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  31. Stream diatom biodiversity in islands and continents—A global perspective on effects of area, isolation and environment

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, October 2022, Wiley

    Professor Jianjun Wang, Prof. Saul Blanco

  32. A new Trophic Diatom Index for Tropical Reservoirs (TDIR)

    Article • Hydrobiologia, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  33. Determinant factors of diatom assemblage’s distribution along the Coastal Central Constantine (Northeastern Algeria)

    Article • Aquatic Ecology, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  34. Anaerobic digestion of food waste coupled with biogas upgrading in an outdoors algal-bacterial photobioreactor at pilot scale

    Article • Fuel, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  35. Current Concentrations of Zn, Cu, and As in Piggery Wastewater Compromise Nutrient Removals in Microalgae–Bacteria Photobioreactors Due to Altered Microbial Communities

    Article • Biology, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  36. Photosynthetic upgrading of biogas from anaerobic digestion of mixed sludge in an outdoors algal-bacterial photobioreactor at pilot scale

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, August 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  37. A new species of an unexplored diatom genus: Gomphosphenia minima sp. nov. (Cymbellales, Rhoicospheniaceae)

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2022, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  38. Three new Achnanthidium (Bacillariophyceae) species from Lake Salda (Anatolia, Turkey), a deep soda lake

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, June 2022, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  39. Using geometric morphometrics to disentangle Didymosphenia hullii and D. geminata (Bacillariophyceae) from Connecticut, USA, and two congeneric relatives

    Article • European Journal of Phycology, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  40. Multi-exposure microscopic image fusion-based detail enhancement algorithm

    Article • Ultramicroscopy, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  41. Diffeomorphic transforms for data augmentation of highly variable shape and texture objects

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, June 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  42. Photosynthetic treatment of piggery wastewater in sequential purple phototrophic bacteria and microalgae-bacteria photobioreactors

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, June 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  43. Rimoportula Distribution, Heterovalvy and Heteropolarity in Hyalosira (Bacillariophyta: Rhabdonematales), with Revision of H. hesperia and Two New Species

    Article • Protist, June 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  44. Three new species of Delicatophycus M.J. Wynne (Bacillariophyta) from China, all possessing apical pore fields

    Article • Fottea, April 2022, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  45. Contribution to the Diversity of World Bacillariaceae: Two New Nitzschia Taxa

    Article • Inland Water Biology, January 2022, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  46. Cymbopleura amicula stat nov. et. nom. nov. (Bacillariophyceae)—a rare diatom species from a karst river in Croatia

    Article • Phytotaxa, January 2022, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  47. A Polyphasic Characterisation of Tetradesmus almeriensis sp. nov. (Chlorophyta: Scenedesmaceae)

    Article • Processes, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  48. Integration of algae-based sewage treatment with anaerobic digestion of the bacterial-algal biomass and biogas upgrading

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  49. The ecology of diatoms inhabiting cryoconite holes in Antisana Glacier, Ecuador

    Article • Journal of Glaciology, October 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  50. DNA metabarcoding and morphological methods show complementary patterns in the metacommunity organization of lentic epiphytic diatoms

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  51. Encyonema chebalingense sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae) from Guangdong Province, China

    Article • Phytotaxa, June 2021, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  52. <strong><em>Eunotia</em> Ehrenberg (Eunotiaceae, Bacillariophyta) in a subtropical floodplain: a new species and taxonomic contributions</strong>

    Article • Phytotaxa, May 2021, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  53. Epiphytic Diatom-Based Biomonitoring in Mediterranean Ponds: Traditional Microscopy versus Metabarcoding Approaches

    Article • Water, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  54. Assessment of the performance of an anoxic-aerobic microalgal-bacterial system treating digestate

    Article • Chemosphere, May 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  55. Nonsubsampled contourlet transform based tone‐mapping operator to optimize the dynamic range of diatom shells

    Article • Microscopy Research and Technique, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  56. An account of epiphytic diatoms in mediterranean wetlands: comparing morphological and molecular assessments

    Article • ARPHA Conference Abstracts, March 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  57. <strong>Description of two new <em>Cymbella</em> (Bacillariophyta) species from Sakarbaşı spring, Turkey</strong>

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2021, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  58. <strong><em>Pinnularia qinghainensis</em>: a new diatom species (Bacillariophyta) found in the brackish Lake Qinghai, China</strong>

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2021, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  59. DNA metabarcoding and morphological methods show complementary patterns in the metacommunity organization of lentic epiphytic diatoms

    Article • ARPHA Conference Abstracts, February 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  60. Innovative operational strategies in photosynthetic biogas upgrading in an outdoors pilot scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor

    Article • Chemosphere, February 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  61. Berkeleya Transfretana sp. Nov., a New Marine Diatom from Ceuta (North Africa)

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  62. Is a rare diatom relevant for Brazilian reservoirs?

    Article • Limnetica, January 2021, Asociacion Iberica de Limnologia

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  63. <p><strong><em>Gomphonema alavariense</em></strong><strong> sp. nov. (Cymbellales, Gomphonemataceae) from an urban pond</strong></p>

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2020, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  64. A new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) species from a thermal spring in Azores archipelago (São Miguel island, Atlantic Ocean)

    Article • Botanical Sciences, October 2020, Botanical Scicences, Sociedad Botanica de Mexico, AC

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  65. A Low-Cost Automated Digital Microscopy Platform for Automatic Identification of Diatoms

    Article • Applied Sciences, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  66. <p><strong><em>Nupela eremica </em></strong><strong>sp<em>. </em>nov<em>. </em>(Bacillariophyta, Naviculaceae) from a páramo lake in the Colombian Andes</strong></p>

    Article • Phytotaxa, August 2020, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  67. The cosmetic application of cyanobacterial secondary metabolites

    Article • Algal Research, August 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  68. <p><strong><em>Kurtkrammeria tiancaiensis</em></strong><strong> sp. nov. a new cymbelloid species (Bacillariophyceae) from Lijiang Laojunshan National Park in Yunnan Province, China</strong></p>

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  69. <p><strong>Thomas Radcliffe</strong><em> </em><strong>Comber (1837–1902), his contribution to the diatoms recorded in the <em>Catalogue of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853–1861</em...

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  70. Seminavis aegyptiaca sp. nov., a new amphoroid diatom species from estuary epilithon of the River-Nile Damietta Branch, Egypt

    Article • Fottea, April 2020, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  71. Identifying environmental drivers of benthic diatom diversity: the case of Mediterranean mountain ponds

    Article • PeerJ, March 2020, PeerJ

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  72. Large-scale geographical and environmental drivers of shallow lake diatom metacommunities across Europe

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  73. Three New Species of Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère (Bacillariophyta) from China, with Reference to the Fine Structure of Their Valvocopula

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, December 2019, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  74. Contribution to the inventory of Iberian diatoms: <em>Encyonema nevadense</em> S.Blanco & al. sp. nov. (<em>Cymbellales, Gomphonemataceae</em>)

    Article • Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, November 2019, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  75. Surirella wulingensis sp. nov. and fine structure of S. tientsinensis Skvortzov (Bacillariophyceae) from China

    Article • Fottea, October 2019, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  76. Studies on type material from Kützing’s diatom collection II: Synedra acus Kützing, Synedra arcus Kützing, their morphology, types and nomenclature

    Article • Diatom Research, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  77. Cocconeis carinata sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) and re-examination of Cocconeis orbicularis Frenguelli & H.A.Orlando and Cocconeis reticulata var. deceptionis Frenguelli & H.A.Orlando

    Article • Diatom Research, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  78. First record of Synedropsis roundii (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariaceae) in the Mediterranean region

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, August 2019, National Documentation Centre

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  79. Una nueva especie del género <i>Hantzschia</i> (Bacillariaceae) en Almería, España

    Article • Caldasia, July 2019, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  80. Distribution of nitzschioid diatoms in Kütahya waters

    Article • Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, June 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr Cüneyt SOLAK, Prof. Saul Blanco

  81. Are dead stems suitable substrata for diatom-based monitoring in Mediterranean shallow ponds?

    Article • Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie, April 2019, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  82. On some common and new cavum-bearing Planothidium (Bacillariophyta) species from freshwater

    Article • Fottea, April 2019, Palacky University Olomouc

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  83. Formation mechanisms for the largest sandstone sinkhole in Ohio

    Article • Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, March 2019, National Speleological Society

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  84. Taxonomía y morfología de Craticula gadorensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Stauroneidaceae)

    Article • Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, March 2019, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  85. Delicata chongqingensis sp. nov., a new cymbelloid diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from Daning River, Chongqing, China

    Article • Phytotaxa, February 2019, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  86. In silico identification and evolutionary analysis of candidate genes involved in the biosynthesis methylproline genes in cyanobacteria strains of Iran

    Article • Phytochemistry Letters, February 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  87. Morphology and ecology of Fragilaria misarelensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new diatom species from southwest of Europe

    Article • Phycologia, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Helena Novais, Prof. Saul Blanco

  88. Deep Learning Versus Classic Methods for Multi-taxon Diatom Segmentation

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  89. Metal-induced abnormalities in diatom girdle bands

    Article • December 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  90. Seasonal variation of biogas upgrading coupled with digestate treatment in an outdoors pilot scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor

    Article • Bioresource Technology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  91. New records and rare taxa for the freshwater algae of Turkey from the Tatar Dam Reservoir (Elazığ)

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, July 2018, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-ULAKBIM) - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  92. Lights and pitfalls of convolutional neural networks for diatom identification

    Article • May 2018, SPIE

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  93. Spatial patterns of diatom diversity and community structure in ancient Lake Ohrid

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  94. Ultrastructure of Delicata sinensis Krammer et Metzeltin and D. williamsii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from China

    Article • Fottea, March 2018, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  95. Active Learning in a Discrete Mathematics Class

    Article • February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  96. Oblique illumination in microscopy: A quantitative evaluation

    Article • Micron, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  97. Ciliates as bioindicators of CO2 in soil

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  98. Two new species of Luticola (Bacillariophyta) from the Wuling Mountains Area, China

    Article • Nova Hedwigia Beihefte, January 2018, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  99. Low-cost oblique illumination: an image quality assessment

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2018, SPIE

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  100. Chemical and Molecular Evidences for the Poisoning of a Duck by Anatoxin-a, Nodularin and Cryptophycin at the Coast of Lake Shoormast (Mazandaran Province, Iran)

    Article • International Journal on Algae, January 2018, Begell House

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  101. Evaluation of the dynamics of microalgae population structure and process performance during piggery wastewater treatment in algal-bacterial photobioreactors

    Article • Bioresource Technology, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  102. Distance decay as a descriptor of the diatom compositional variation in tropical reservoirs

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  103. Disentangling diatom species complexes: does morphometry suffice?

    Article • PeerJ, December 2017, PeerJ

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  104. Morphology of two Mastogloia species (Bacillariophyta) from Lac de Guiers (Senegal) and comparison with the type material of M. braunii

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, December 2017, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  105. Comparative evaluation of piggery wastewater treatment in algal-bacterial photobioreactors under indoor and outdoor conditions

    Article • Bioresource Technology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  106. Type analysis of Achnanthidium minutissimum and A. catenatum and description of A. tropicocatenatum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a common species in Brazilian reservoirs

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, November 2017, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  107. Automated Diatom Classification (Part A): Handcrafted Feature Approaches

    Article • Applied Sciences, July 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  108. Exploring the effects of acid mine drainage on diatom teratology using geometric morphometry

    Article • Ecotoxicology, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  109. Changes in the soil diatom community induced by experimental CO 2 leakage

    Article • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, June 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  110. Automated Diatom Classification (Part B): A Deep Learning Approach

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Gabriel Cristobal, Prof. Saul Blanco

  111. A new tool for the assessment of severe anthropogenic eutrophication in small shallow water bodies

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  112. Photodegradation and sorption govern tetracycline removal during wastewater treatment in algal ponds

    Article • Bioresource Technology, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  113. Simultaneous biogas upgrading and centrate treatment in an outdoors pilot scale high rate algal pond

    Article • Bioresource Technology, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  114. Enhanced carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal from domestic wastewater in a novel anoxic-aerobic photobioreactor coupled with biogas upgrading

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  115. A New Psammothidium Species (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from Cimera Lake (Gredos Mountain Range), Central Spain

    Article • Cryptogamie Algologie, February 2017, BioOne

    Dr Sergi Pla-Rabes, Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  116. On the misuse of lectotypification in diatom taxonomy

    Article • Phycologia, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  117. Fragilaria rinoi sp. nov. (Fragilariales, Fragilariophyceae) from periphytic river samples in Central Portugal

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, December 2016, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  118. Bioremediation and biomass harvesting of anaerobic digested cheese whey in microalgal-based systems for lipid production

    Article • Ecological Engineering, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  119. Achnanthidium sinense sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from the Wuling Mountains Area, China

    Article • Phytotaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  120. Saccharification of microalgae biomass obtained from wastewater treatment by enzymatic hydrolysis. Effect of alkaline-peroxide pretreatment

    Article • Bioresource Technology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  121. Correction to Phytotaxa 266: Replacement names for botanical taxa involving algal genera

    Article • Phytotaxa, July 2016, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  122. Photosynthetic biogas upgrading to bio-methane: Boosting nutrient recovery via biomass productivity control

    Article • Algal Research, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  123. Replacement names for botanical taxa involving algal genera

    Article • Phytotaxa, June 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  124. Modelling Primary Producers in Some Shallow Spanish Lakes

    Article • Wetlands, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  125. Recovery of the algae and macroinvertebrate benthic community after Didymosphenia geminata mass growths in Spanish rivers

    Article • Biological Invasions, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  126. Quality assurance of diatom counts in Europe: towards harmonized datasets

    Article • Hydrobiologia, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  127. Feasibility study of biogas upgrading coupled with nutrient removal from anaerobic effluents using microalgae-based processes

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  128. Minimization of biomethane oxygen concentration during biogas upgrading in algal–bacterial photobioreactors

    Article • Algal Research, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  129. Two new Nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) from China, possessing a canal-raphe-conopeum system

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2015, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  130. Examination and comparison of Fragilaria candidagilae sp. nov. with type material of Fragilaria recapitellata, F. capucina, F. perminuta, F. intermedia and F. neointermedia (Fragilariales, Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Phytotaxa, October 2015, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  131. Evaluation of wastewater treatment in a novel anoxic–aerobic algal–bacterial photobioreactor with biomass recycling through carbon and nitrogen mass balances

    Article • Bioresource Technology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  132. (25) Request for a binding decision on whether Geisleria Nitschke (Ascomycota: Strigulaceae) and Geissleria Lange-Bert. & Metzeltin (Bacillariophyceae: Naviculaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused

    Article • Taxon, June 2015, International Association for Plant Taxonomy

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  133. DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF DIATOMS IN NORTHWEST OF ALGERIA: CASE OF EL-HAMMAM STREAM AND ESTUARY OF CHELIFF RIVER

    Article • Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, April 2015, Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  134. Corrections to the nomenclature of genus Diatoma (Bacillariophyta: Fragilariaceae)

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2015, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  135. Influence of Biogas Flow Rate on Biomass Composition During the Optimization of Biogas Upgrading in Microalgal-Bacterial Processes

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  136. Environmental factors controlling lake diatom communities: a meta-analysis of published data

    Article • November 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  137. Protease cell wall degradation of Chlorella vulgaris: Effect on methane production

    Article • Bioresource Technology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  138. Enclosed tubular and open algal–bacterial biofilm photobioreactors for carbon and nutrient removal from domestic wastewater

    Article • Ecological Engineering, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro A. García-Encina, Prof. Saul Blanco

  139. <em>Nitzschia imae</em> sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Nitzschiaceae) from Iceland, with a redescription of <em>Hannaea arcus</em> var. <em>linearis</em>

    Article • Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, December 2013, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  140. Planothidium galaicum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae), a new diatom species from Galician coast, Spain

    Article • Phytotaxa, December 2013, Magnolia Press

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  141. Bandwidth of the product of paths of the same length

    Article • Discrete Applied Mathematics, December 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  142. Epilithic diatoms of springs and spring-fed streams in Majorca Island (Spain) with the description of a new diatom species Cymbopleura margalefii sp. nov.

    Article • Fottea, September 2013, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  143. Epiphytic Diatoms along Environmental Gradients in Western European Shallow Lakes

    Article • CLEAN - Soil Air Water, August 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  144. The diatom flora in temporary ponds of Doñana National Park (southwest Spain): five new taxa

    Article • Nordic Journal of Botany, July 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  145. Shortest path poset of Bruhat intervals

    Article • Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  146. New diatom taxa from high-altitude Andean saline lakes

    Article • Diatom Research, October 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  147. Ecological assessment of Portuguese reservoirs based on littoral epilithic diatoms

    Article • Hydrobiologia, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  148. Impacts of climate warming on the long-term dynamics of key fish species in 24 European lakes

    Article • Hydrobiologia, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Daniel Gerdeaux, Prof. Saul Blanco

  149. Identification versus counting protocols as sources of uncertainty in diatom-based ecological status assessments

    Article • Hydrobiologia, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  150. Contribution to the diatom flora of Cambodia: Five new recent freshwater taxa

    Article • Journal of Systematics and Evolution, May 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  151. Are diatom diversity indices reliable monitoring metrics?

    Article • Hydrobiologia, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  152. The Duero Diatom Index (DDI) for river water quality assessment in NW Spain: design and validation

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  153. Consistency in Diatom Response to Metal-Contaminated Environments

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Berta Bonet, Prof. Saul Blanco

  154. Neodetonia nom. nov., a replacement name for Detonia Frenguelli (Bacillariophyceae)

    Article • Phycologia, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  155. Effect of operational conditions on the degradation of organic matter and development of microalgae–bacteria consortia when treating swine slurry

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  156. Analysis of the type of Fragilaria construens var. subsalina (Bacillariophyceae) and description of two morphologically related taxa from Europe and the United States

    Article • Phycologia, January 2011, International Phycological Society

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  157. Mechanisms for Parasites Removal in a Waste Stabilisation Pond

    Article • Microbial Ecology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  158. Spatiotemporal changes in diatom ecological profiles: implications for biomonitoring

    Article • Limnology, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  159. Influence of flue gas sparging on the performance of high rate algae ponds treating agro-industrial wastewaters

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro A. García-Encina, Prof. Saul Blanco

  160. A comparative evaluation of microalgae for the degradation of piggery wastewater under photosynthetic oxygenation

    Article • Bioresource Technology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro A. García-Encina, Prof. Saul Blanco

  161. Microcostatus schoemanii sp. nov., M. cholnokyi sp. nov. and M. angloensis sp. nov. three new terrestrial diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) from South Africa

    Article • Phycological Research, June 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  162. GOMPHONEMA VIDALIISP. NOV. A NEW DIATOM FROM MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS

    Article • Diatom Research, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  163. Are biotic indices sensitive to river toxicants? A comparison of metrics based on diatoms and macro-invertebrates

    Article • Chemosphere, March 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  164. Epiphytic diatoms and water quality in shallow lakes: the neutral substrate hypothesis revisited

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2010, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  165. EOLIMNA BECARESIISP. NOV., A NEW DIATOM TAXON FROM A SPANISH SHALLOW LAKE

    Article • Diatom Research, November 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  166. Long-term operation of high rate algal ponds for the bioremediation of piggery wastewaters at high loading rates

    Article • Bioresource Technology, October 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pedro A. García-Encina, Prof. Saul Blanco

  167. Morphological examination and biogeography of the Gomphonema rosenstockianum and G. tergestinum species complex (Bacillariophyceae).

    Article • Fottea, September 2009, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  168. Taxonomy, morphology and distribution of the Sellaphora stroemii complex (Bacillariophyceae).

    Article • Fottea, September 2009, Palacky University Olomouc

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  169. NITZSCHIA ALICAE SP. NOV. AND N. PURIFORMIS SP. NOV., NEW DIATOMS FROM EUROPEAN RIVERS AND COMPARISON WITH THE TYPE MATERIAL OF N. SUBLINEARIS AND N. PURA1

    Article • Journal of Phycology, June 2009, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  170. PERINOTIA DIAMANTINASP. NOV., A NEW DIATOM SPECIES FROM THE CHAPADA DIAMANTINA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

    Article • Diatom Research, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Carlos E. Wetzel, Prof. Saul Blanco

  171. Distribution, ecology and nuisance effects of the freshwater invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt: a literature review

    Article • Nova Hedwigia, May 2009, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  172. THE UNMASKING OF A SUB-ANTARCTIC ENDEMIC:PSAMMOTHIDIUM ABUNDANS(MANGUIN) BUKHTIYAROVA ET ROUND IN EUROPEAN RIVERS

    Article • Diatom Research, May 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  173. Didymosphenia geminata (Bacillariophyta, Gomphonemataceae), una amenaza para nuestros ríos

    Article • Cuadernos de Biodiversidad, January 2008, Publicaciones Universidad de Alicante

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  174. Efficiency of top-down control depends on nutrient concentration in a Mediterranean shallow lake: A mesocosm study

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2008, CSIRO Publishing

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  175. A test on different aspects of diatom processing techniques

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  176. Comparison of biotic indices for water quality diagnosis in the Duero Basin (Spain)

    Article • River Systems, November 2007, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  177. Response of epiphytic algae to nutrient loading and fish density in a shallow lake: a mesocosm experiment

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  178. Ecology of benthic diatoms from Lake Macro Prespa (Macedonia)

    Article • Algological Studies, July 2007, Schweizerbart

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  179. Experimental Study on the Diet of Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) under Different Ecological Conditions in a Shallow Lake

    Article • International Review of Hydrobiology, June 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Saul Blanco

  180. Fish communities and food web interactions in some shallow Mediterranean lakes

    Article • Hydrobiologia, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Saul Blanco