Natàlia Corcoll Cornet
Om Natàlia Corcoll Cornet
Research Area
The high degree of chemical pollution in aquatic ecosystems and the decrease in biodiversity and community functions have raised the urgent need for ecotoxicological studies using natural communities, such as periphyton and biofilms. My research group focuses on assessing the presence and effects of chemicals (pharmaceuticals, pesticides, metals), microplastics, and wastewater microorganisms on algal and microbial biodiversity changes, tolerance development, primary production, general carbon metabolism, and contaminant transformation in a situation of global change. We usually combine field and lab-based approaches with classical methods (eg. in vivo toxicity testing, chl fluorescence techniques, pigment analysis, PICT approach, 14C and H-incorporation, enzymatic activities, degradation bioassays, HPLC-MS, flow cytometry) and DNA- and RNA-based methods (eg. qPCR, metabarcoding, genomics, and transcriptomics). The final goal of our research is to protect our environment from chemical pollution to ensure healthy aquatic environments that benefit both the aquatic biodiversity and society in general.
My research group "Algal and Microbial Ecotoxicology (AME)" is part of the Aquatic Ecotoxicology research area.
Projects and networks involved (last 5-yrs)
- Pharm-ERA - Improving monitoring and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogens from terrestrial to aquatic environments. European Commission HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01
- HERBEVOL - Exploring the links between HERBicides pollution and algal microEVOLution: implications for ecosystem service. Swedish Research Council Formas
- NICE - Novel instruments for effect-based assessment of chemical pollution in coastal ecosystems. Swedish Research Council Formas
- Plastics in Biofilms Consortium
- The international network dedicated to Microbial Ecotoxicology
Teaching and supervising
Currently, the portion of my time that is dedicated to teaching is around 30-40%. I am involved in bachelor and master courses focused on ecology, ecotoxicology, and environmental impact assessment. I am the course leader of ES1220, Ecology, and Evolution for Environmental Scientists, ES2615 Fundamentals in Ecotoxoxicology, and ES2616, Advanced Environmental Methods, and highly involved in BIO430, Ecotoxicology at the community level. Supervisor of PhD, master, and bachelor students
Publications / Media
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Phenotypic and transcriptomic acclimation of the green microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata to high environmental levels of the herbicide
diflufenican
Daniela Gómez-Martínez, Johanna Bengtson, Anders K. Nilsson, Adrian K Clarke, R. Henrik Nilsson, Erik Kristiansson, Natàlia Corcoll
Science of the Total Environment - 2023 -
How, not if, is the question mycologists should be asking about DNA-based
typification.
R. Henrik Nilsson, Martin Ryberg, Christian Wurzbacher, Leho Tedersoo, Sten Anslan, Sergei Põlme, Viacheslav Spirin, Vladimir Mikryukov, Sten Svantesson, Martin Hartmann, Charlotte Lennartsdotter, Pauline Belford, Maryia Khomich, Alice Retter, Natàlia Corcoll, Daniela Gómez Martinez, Tobias Jansson, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Duong Vu, Marisol Sanchez-Garcia, Erik Kristiansson, Kessy Abarenkov
MycoKeys - 2023 -
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future
trends
H. Guasch, S. Bernal, D. Bruno, Bethanie Carney Almroth, J. Cochero, Natàlia Corcoll, D. Cornejo, E. Gacia, A. Kroll, I. Lavoie, J. L. J. Ledesma, A. Lupon, H. Margenat, S. Morin, E. Navarro, M. Ribot, T. Riis, M. Schmitt-Jansen, A. Tlili, E. Marti
Freshwater Science - 2022 -
The curse of the uncultured
fungus
Kessy Abarenkov, Erik Kristiansson, Martin Ryberg, Sandra Nogal-Prata, Daniela Gómez-Martínez, Katrin Stüer-Patowsky, Tobias Jansson, Sergei Palme, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Natàlia Corcoll, Ruud Scharn, Marisol Sánchez-García, Maryia Khomich, Christian Wurzbacher, R. Henrik Nilsson
MycoKeys - 2022 -
Addendum to Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, Juliane Hollender, Nicolas Creusot, Bettina Wagner, Renata Behra
Environmental Science and Technology - 2021 -
Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in
marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar
concentrations
Karl Martin Eriksson, Kemal Sanli, R. Henrik Nilsson, Alexander Eiler, Natàlia Corcoll, Carl-Henrik Johansson, Thomas Backhaus, Hans Blanck, Erik Kristiansson
Ecotoxicology - 2020 -
Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological
Impacts
A. Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Åsa Arrhenius, Thomas Backhaus, J. Hollender, N. Creusot, B. Wagner, R. Behra
Environmental Science & Technology - 2020 -
Copper affects composition and functioning of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant
concentrations
Natàlia Corcoll, Yang Jianghua, Thomas Backhaus, Xiaowei Zhang, K. Martin Eriksson
Frontiers in Microbiology - 2019 -
Modelling vs. experimental testing of chemical toxicity of environmental mixtures of pesticides on freshwater
algae
Anton Sandblom, Thomas Backhaus, Natàlia Corcoll
SETAC Helsinki - SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26 - 30 May 2019, Helsinki, Finland - 2019 -
Phenotypic and genotypic adaptations in a riverine green alga (Chlorophyceae, Selenastraceae) as a response to long-term exposure to chemical
stress
Max Karlsson, Oskar Johansson, R. Henrik Nilsson, Thomas Backhaus, Adrian K Clarke, Natàlia Corcoll
SETAC Helsinki - SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26 - 30 May 2019, Helsinki, Finland - 2019 -
Metabarcoding and metagenomics in periphyton biofilms for
ecotoxicology
Natàlia Corcoll
5th Biofilm Workshop " Omic approaches in biofilm research: advances in ecology and ecotoxicology", 11 -13 September 2018, Sweden - 2018 -
Linking pesticide pollution with periphyton quality in agricultural streams: a fatty-acids
approach
Natàlia Corcoll, Andreas Håkansson, Anders K. Nilsson, Karin S L Johansson, Helena Spångfors, Maria Kahlert, Jenny Kreuger, Thomas Backhaus
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting 13−17 May 2018 | Rome, Italy. Abstract Book. - 2018 -
Fluvial biofilms exposed to desiccation and pharmaceutical pollution: New insights using
metabolomics
Albert Serra-Compte, Natàlia Corcoll, Belinda Huerta, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sergi Sabater, Damià Barceló, Diana Álvarez-Muñoz
Science of the Total Environment - 2018 -
Comparison of four DNA extraction methods for
comprehensive assessment of 16S rRNA bacterial
diversity in marine biofilms using
high-throughput sequencing
Natàlia Corcoll, Tobias Österlund, Lucas Sinclair, Alexander Eiler, Erik Kristiansson, Thomas Backhaus, Karl Martin Eriksson
FEMS Microbiology Letters - 2017 -
The Use of Biofilms to Assess the Effects of Chemicals on Freshwater
Ecosystems
Helena Guasch, Joan Artigas, Berta Bonet, Chloé Bonnineau, Oriol Canals, Natàlia Corcoll, Arnaud Foulquier, Julio López-Doval, Sandra Kim-Tiam, Soizic Morin, Enrique Navarro, Stephane Pesce, Lorenzo Proia, Humbert Salvadó, Alexandra Serra
Aquatic Biofilms: Ecology, Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment .Edited by: Anna M. Romaní, Helena Guasch and M. Dolors Balaguer - 2016 -
Multiple-stressor effects on river biofilms under different hydrological
conditions
L Ponsati, Natàlia Corcoll, M Petrovic, Y Picó, A Ginebreda, E Tornés,, H Guasch, D Barceló, S Sabater
Freshwater Biology - 2016 -
Ecophysiology of River
Algae
S Sabater, J Artigas, Natàlia Corcoll, L Proia, X Timoner, E Tornés
River Algae. O. Necchi Jr. (ed.) - 2016 -
Increasing extent of periods of no flow in intermittent waterways promotes
heterotrophy
V. Acuña, M. Casellas, Natàlia Corcoll, X. Timoner, S. Sabater
Freshwater Biology - 2015 -
Effects of flow intermittency and pharmaceutical exposure on the structure and metabolism of stream
biofilms
Natàlia Corcoll, Maria Casellas, Belinda Huerta, Helena Guasch, Vicenç Acuña, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Albert Serra-Compte, Damià Barceló, Sergi Sabater
Science of the Total Environment - 2015 -
Cumulative Stressors Trigger Increased Vulnerability of Diatom Communities to Additional
Disturbances
Soizic Morin, Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Helena Guasch, Marius Bottin, Michel Coste
Microbial Ecology - 2015 -
Risk assessment of chemical pollution in Mediterranean rivers based on classical periphyton bioindicators and new
biomarkers
Natàlia Corcoll, Maja Kuzmanovic, Lídia Ponsatí, Elisabet Tornés, Berta Bonet, Thomas Backhaus, Mira Petrovic, Antoni Ginebreda, Damià Barceló, Helena Guasch, Sergi Sabater
Poster presentation at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain - 2015 -
Comparison of different DNA extraction methods for marine periphyton and its implications for
ecotoxico-metagenomics
Natàlia Corcoll, Karl Martin Eriksson, Moritz Buck, Thomas Backhaus
Poster Presentation at the SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain - 2015 -
Diatom responses to zinc contamination along a Mediterranean
river
Soizic Morin, Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Ahmed Tlili, Helena Guasch
Plant Ecology and Evolution - 2014 -
Pollution-induced community tolerance to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in fluvial biofilm communities affected by WWTP
effluents
Natàlia Corcoll, Vicenç Acuña, Damià Barceló, Maria Casellas, Helena Guasch, Belinda Huerta, Mira Petrovic, Lidia Ponsatí, Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sergi Sabater
Chemosphere - 2014 -
Seasonal changes in antioxidant enzyme activities of freshwater biofilms in a metal polluted Mediterranean
stream
Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Vicenç Acuňa, Laura Sigg, Renata Behra, Helena Guasch
Science of the Total Environment - 2013 -
Antioxidant enzyme activities as biomarkers of Zn pollution in fluvial
biofilms
Berta Bonet, Natàlia Corcoll, Helena Guasch
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - 2012 -
The effect of metals on photosynthesis processes and diatom metrics of biofilm from a metal-contaminated river: A translocation
experiment
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Soizic Morin, Ahmed Tlili, Manel Leira, Helena Guasch
Ecological Indicators - 2012 -
Light History Influences the Response of Fluvial Biofilms to Zn
Exposure
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Manel Leira, Bernard Montuelle, Ahmed Tlili, Helena Guasch
Journal of Phycology - 2012 -
In situ spatio-temporal changes in pollution-induced community tolerance to zinc in autotrophic and heterotrophic biofilm
communities
Ahmed Tlili, Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Soizic Morin, Bernard Montuelle, Annette Bérard, Helena Guasch
Ecotoxicology - 2011 -
Chl-a fluorescence parameters as biomarkers of metal toxicity in fluvial biofilms: An experimental
study
Natàlia Corcoll, Berta Bonet, Manel Leira, Helena Guasch
Hydrobiologia - 2011 -
Copper accumulation and toxicity in fluvial periphyton: The influence of exposure
history
A. Serra, Natàlia Corcoll, H. Guasch
Chemosphere - 2009