New Publications: July 2026 | Marine Biological Laboratory

Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In July 2026, 8 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold.

Demir, C., Gomez-Velez, J. D., Guimond, J., McClelland, J. W., Charette, M. A., & Cardenas, M. B. (2026). Time-Varying Hydroclimatic and Oceanic Controls on Arctic Submarine Groundwater Discharge Inferred Using Explainable AI. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(15), e2026GL123641. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL123641

Forbrich, I., & Sturtevant, C. (2026). Drought-driven salinity intrusion drives fast decline and slow recovery of methane fluxes in a brackish tidal wetland. Environmental Research Letters, 21(14). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae867d

Pelletier, J. F., Field, C. M., Coughlin, M., Ryazanova, L., Sonnett, M., Wühr, M., & Mitchison, T. J. (2026). Glycogen-dependent demixing of frog egg cytoplasm at increased crowding. Biophysical Journal, S0006349526004959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2026.07.014

Schwieger, S., Dietrich, J., Bjorkman, M. P., Sarneel, J. M., Li, B., White, J., Althuizen, I. H. J., Biasi, C., Bjork, R. G., Bohner, H., Bremset Hansen, B., Carbognani, M., Chiari, G., Christiansen, C. T., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, H., D’Imperio, L., Dorrepaal, E., Elberling, B., Faubert, P., Fetcher, N., Forte, T. G. W, Gaudard, J., Gavazov, K., Guan, Z.-H., Gudmundsson, J., Haugum, S. V., He, J.-S., Hicks Pries, C., Hovenden, M., Lang, S. I., Jespersen, G., Jonsdottir, I. S., Jung, J. Y., Khitun, O., Kortegaard Danielsen, B., Lamprecht, R., Le Moullec, M., Lee, H., Marushchak, M. E., Michelsen, A., Munir, T., Myrsky, E., Newsham, K. K., Nyberg, M., Oberbauer, S. F., Olivas, P., Olofsson, J., Oskarsson, H., Parker, T. C., Petit Bon, M., Petraglia, A., Pedersen, E. P., Raundrup, K., Ravn, N. R., Rinnan, R., Rodenhizer, H., Ryde, I., Salazar, A., Schmidt, N. M., Schuur, T., Sjogersten, S., Skov Nielsen, C. S., Stark, S., Strack, M., Tang, J., Toet, S., Tolvanen, A., Vaisanen, M., Van Logtestijn, R., Vandvik, V., Voigt, C., Walz, J., Welker, J. M., Yang, Y., Ylanne, H., & Maes, S. L. (2026). TundraFlux: A database of ecosystem respiration with biotic and abiotic metadata from Arctic and alpine tundra warming experiments. Earth System Science Data, 18(7), 4965–4982. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4965-2026

Bullock, E. J., Mason, R., Schaal, I. V., Bristol, E. M., Cardenas, M. B., McClelland, J. W., & Charette, M. A. (2026). Inorganic and Methylmercury Inputs to Arctic Coastal Waters from Submarine Groundwater Discharge. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05701

Flamholz, Z. N., Mulay, S. A., Leshyk, V., Caporaso, J. G., Eisen, J. A., Kelly, L., Lloyd, K. G., Osburn, M. R., Podar, M., Roux, S., Regberg, S. A. B., Ruff, S. E., Tierney, B., Tighe, S., Trembath-Reichert, E., Venkateswaran, K., Woyke, T., Locken, K. M., Sapers, H. M., & Whiteson, K. (2026). Exploring life’s hidden majority: Microbial dark matter symposium highlights. mSphere, 0(0), e00587-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00587-25

Magozzi, S., Trueman, C. N., Cobain, M. R. D., MacKenzie, K. M., John Glew, K. St., Canseco, J. A., Díaz-Delgado, E., Fanelli, E., Rumolo, P., Cartes, J. E., Espinasse, B., Agnetta, D., Albo-Puigserver, M., Alomar, C., Alvisi, F., Badalamenti, F., Bănaru, D., Berto, D., Bonanno, A., Bonaviri, C., Bongiorni, L., Buyukates, Y., Calafat Frau, A. M., Camatti, E., Cantoni, C., Cardona, L., Carlier, A., Castellano, M., Chaikalis, S., Chiggiato, J., Cibic, T., Conan, P., Conese, I., Coppari, M., Costalago, D., Cresson, P., D’Ambra, I., Dahnke, K., Darnaude, A. M., Deudero, S., Ezgeta-Balic, D., Giani, M., Gogou, A., Gregori, G., Guy-Haim, T., Harmelin-Vivien, M., Jennings, S., Karageorgis, A. P., Koppelmann, R., Lampadariou, N., Langone, L., Lienart, C., Mazzocchi, M. G., Mazzola, A., Meador, T. B., Merquiol, L., Metzke, M., Miserocchi, S., Mobius, J., Mostajir, B., Mousseau, L., Navarro, J., Ogrinc, N., Pansera, M., Pantoja-Gutierrez, S., Papiol, V., Parinos, C., Pasqual, C., Pavlidou, A., Pedrosa-Pamies, R., Pinnegar, J., Polunin, N. V. C., Protopapa, M., Repeta, D. J., Sabatino, N., Sachs, J. P., Sanchez-Vidal, A., Sara, G., Savoye, N., Schroeder, A., Skyalki, E., Sigman, D. M., Signa, G., Sisma-Ventura, G., Stavrakaki, I., Struck, U., Tesan-Onrubia, J. A., Tesi, T., Uzundumlu, S., Valls, M., Vizzini, S., Zervoudaki, S., Zgozi, S. W., Zoppini, A., Zorica, B., & Willis, T. J. (2026). Spatial models cannot compensate for sampling designs unstructured relative to isotopic variation: Implications for baseline isoscape development in the Mediterranean Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 103794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103794

Lewis, P. A., Horowitz, Z., Shribak, M., & Echeverri, K. (2026). A shining starlet: Nematostella vectensis as a model for developmental, regenerative, and comparative biology. Developmental Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.70173

Are you an MBL scientist with a paper that came out this month, which was not included on this list? We apologize for the oversight. Please email comm@mbl.edu.