Publications

2026

  • Nocera A.C., Stemmann L., Babin M., Biard T., Coustenoble J., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Courchet L., Drago L., Elineau A., Guidi L., Hauss H., Jalabert L., Karp-Boss L., Kiko R., Laget M., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Merland C., Motreuil S., Panaïotis T., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Irisson J.-O., 2025. A global consistent database of plankton and detritus from in situ imaging by the Underwater Vision Profiler 5. Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. (in review) https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-522
  • Ceballos Romero E., Buesseler K., Fields E., Kiko R., Estapa M., Karp-Boss L., Clevenger S., Drago L., Siegel D., 2025. On the assessment of sinking particle fluxes from in situ particle size distributions. EarthArXiv (in review). https://doi.org/10.31223/X5899D
  • Sato M., Erickson Z.K., Drago L., Maas A.E., McMonagle H., Steinberg D.K., 2025. Temporal dynamics of mesopelagic fishes within a mesoscale eddy: a Lagrangian perspective. Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

2025

  • Soviadan D., Beck M., Habib J., Baudena A., Drago L., Accardo A., Laxenaire R., Speich S., Brandt P., Kiko R., Stemmann L., 2025. Marine snow morphology drives sinking and attenuation in the ocean interior. Biogeosciences, 22, 3485–3501. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-3485-2025
  • Drago L., Cailliau C., Pouline P., Beker B., Jalabert L., Romagnan J.-B., Ayata S.-D., 2025. Long-term plankton and environmental monitoring dataset from the marine protected area of the Iroise Marine Natural Park (2010–2023) in the Iroise Sea, North Atlantic. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, in press. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-207

2024

  • Siegel D., Estapa M., Burd A., Fields F., Johnson L., Romanelli E., Passow U., Drago L., Siegel D., Estapa M., Burd A., Fields F., Johnson L., Romanelli E., Passow U., Dynamics of Aggregates and Sinking Carbon Fluxes in a Turbulent Ocean, PNAS (submitted) https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7020/
  • Soviadan D., Dugenne M., Drago L., Biard T., Trudnowska E., Lombard F., Romagnan J.-B., Jamet J.-L., Kiko R., Gorsky G., Stemmann L. (2024). Combining in situ and ex situ plankton image data to reconstruct zooplankton (>1 mm) volume and mass distribution in the global ocean, Journal of Plankton Research, fbae046, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae046
  • Thepault A., Rodrigues A., Drago L., Gremillet D., “Food chain without giants: Historical trophic modelling indicates 70% increase in little auk populations after bowhead whaling in the Atlantic Arctic”, Proc. R. Soc. B.29120241183 (2024) https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1183
  • Dugenne, M., Corrales-Ugalde, M., Luo, J., Kiko, R., O’Brien, T., Irisson, J.-O., Lombard, F., Stemmann, L., Stock, C., Anderson, C. R., Babin, M., Bhairy, N., Bonnet, S., Carlotti, F., Cornils, A., Crockford, E. T., Daniel, P., Desnos, C., Drago L., Elineau, A., Fischer, A., Grandrémy, N., Grondin, P.-L., Guidi, L., Guieu, C., Hauss, H., Hayashi, K., Huggett, J. A., Jalabert, L., Karp-Boss, L., Kenitz, K. M., Kudela, R. M., Lescot, M., Marec, C., McDonnell, A., Mériguet, Z., Niehoff, B., Noyon, M., Panaïotis, T., Peacock, E., Picheral, M., Riquier, E., Roesler, C., Romagnan, J.-B., Sosik, H. M., Spencer, G., Taucher, J., Tilliette, C., and Vilain, M.: First release of the Pelagic Size Structure database: Global datasets of marine size spectra obtained from plankton imaging devices, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/2971/2024/
  • Laget M., Drago L., Panaïotis, T., Kiko R., Stemmann L., Rogge A., Llopis-Monferrer N., Leynaert A., Irisson J.O., Biard T., Global census of the significance of giant mesopelagic protists to the marine carbon and silicon cycles. Nat Commun 15, 3341 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47651-4

2022

  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., (2022), Global Distribution of Zooplankton Biomass Estimated by In Situ Imaging and Machine Learning, Front. Mar. Sci, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.894372

Conference talks and seminars

2026

  • Drago L., Ayata S.D., 2025. Bringing Ocean Science to Kindergarten Children: A Co-constructed Plankton Education Project. Poster presentation at Ocean Science Meeting, Glasgow, February 2026.
  • Drago L., Caillau C., Pouline P., Ayata S.D., 2025. Spatio-temporal patterns in zooplankton functional traits: long-term imaging insights from the Iroise Marine Natural Park (NE Atlantic). Poster presentation at Ocean Science Meeting, Glasgow, February 2026.
  • Ayata S.D., Drago L., Caillau C., Pouline P., 2025. Predicting plankton diversity from Copernicus model outputs using machine learning: integrating long-term monitoring data with operational oceanography. Poster presentation at Ocean Science Meeting, Glasgow, February 2026.

2025

  • Drago L., Cailliau C., Pouline P., Beker B., Jalabert L., Romagnan J.-B., Ayata S.-D., “Spatial distribution of zooplankton diversity”, March 2025, NECCTON General Assembly, OGS, Trieste, Italy
  • Drago L., Cailliau C., Pouline P., Beker B., Jalabert L., Romagnan J.-B., Ayata S.-D., “Monitoring plankton diversity and dynamics in the Parc Naturel Marin d’Iroise (PNMI)”, March 2025, NECCTON General Assembly, OGS, Trieste, Italy

2024

  • Drago L., Ayata S.-D., “Spatial distribution of zooplankton diversity”, March 2024, NECCTON General Assembly, U Liège, Liege, Belgium
  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., “Global distribution of zooplankton biomass estimated by in situ imaging and machine learning”, April 2024, SAMA conference, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
  • Drago L., Ayata S-D, “Spatial distribution of zooplankton diversity”, July 2024, NECCTON Early Career Oceanography Professionals meeting, online

2023

  • Drago L., Drago L.,Busseler K., Karp-Boss L., McDonnell A., Schröder S.-M., Siegel D., Stemmann L., Kiko R., North Atlantic biological pump dynamics in an eddy revealed via in situ imaging”, ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting 2023 (Palma de Majorque, Spain), session Biological Pump Dynamics and Trophic Transfer in Pelagic Ecosystems of the Atlantic,

2022

  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., (2022), “Global distribution of zooplankton biomass estimated by in situ imaging and machine learning”, Octobre 2022, TRIATLAS H2020 General Assembly, online
  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., (2022), “Global distribution of zooplankton biomass estimated by in situ imaging and machine learning”, Septembre 2022, Séminaire du LOV, online

2021

  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., (2022), “Image-based analysis of the Global Distribution of Zooplankton Biomass Through a Habitat Modeling Approach”, Septembre 2021, TRIATLAS General assembly, poster, online
  • Drago L., Panaïotis T., Irisson J.-O., Babin M., Biard T., Carlotti F., Coppola L., Guidi L., Hauss H., Karp-Boss L., Lombard F., McDonnell A., Picheral M., Rogge A., Waite A., Stemmann L., Kiko R., (2022), “Global distribution of macroplankton biomass estimated by in situ imaging”, July 2021, ASLO 2021 Meeting, online

Internship reports and PhD Thesis

  • PhD Thesis: Image-based global analysisof the biological carbon pump, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Sorbonne Université, Supervised by Pr. Lars Stemmann and Pr. Rainer Kiko, https://theses.hal.science/THESES-SU/tel-04483392v1
  • Master 2 internship: Global distribution of macroplankton biomass estimated by in situ imaging, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Sorbonne Université, Supervised by Dr Jean-Olivier Irisson, Pr. Lars Stemmann and Dr. Thelma Panaïotis.
  • Master 1 internship: Numerical simulations of larval dispersal of Paramuricea clavata, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques (LECOB), Sorbonne Université, Supervised by Dr. Katell Guizien.