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Alex J. Poulton is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, where their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. They have contributed significantly to studies within oceanography and related environmental fields.

Their research work covers several subfields, notably:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

Within these domains, Poulton has focused on key topics including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Poulton's recent publications include:

  • "A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three", 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • "Algal plankton turn to hunting to survive and recover from end-Cretaceous impact darkness", 2020, Science Advances
  • "Control of a phytoplankton bloom by wind-driven vertical mixing and light availability", 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Haplo-diplontic life cycle expands coccolithophore niche", 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Wind speed and mesoscale features drive net autotrophy in the South Atlantic Ocean", 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Fanny Monteiro
  • Sarah L. C. Giering
  • Margaux Noyon
  • Filipa Carvalho
  • C. Mark Moore

Poulton's research appears regularly in key publication venues such as:

  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Biogeosciences
  • Scientific Data
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Large-scale distribution of Atlantic nitrogen fixation controlled by iron availability

    C. Mark Moore;C. Mark Moore;Matthew M. Mills;Eric P. Achterberg;Richard J. Geider

  • Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

    Y. W. Luo;S. C. Doney;L. A. Anderson;Mar Benavides

  • Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization

    Raymond T. Pollard;Ian Salter;Richard J. Sanders;Mike I. Lucas

  • Why marine phytoplankton calcify

    Fanny M Monteiro;Lennart T. Bach;Colin Brownlee;Paul Bown

  • A global diatom database – abundance, biovolume and biomass in the world ocean

    K. Leblanc;J. Arístegui;L. Armand;P. Assmy

  • The relative contribution of fast and slow sinking particles to ocean carbon export

    J. S. Riley;R. Sanders;C. Marsay;F. A. C. Le Moigne

  • Phytoplankton pigments and functional types in the Atlantic Ocean: A decadal assessment, 1995–2005

    Jim Aiken;Yaswant Pradhan;Ray Barlow;Sam Lavender

  • The Biological carbon pump in the North Atlantic

    Richard J. Sanders;Stephanie A. Henson;Marja Koski;Christina L. De la Rocha

  • Relating coccolithophore calcification rates to phytoplankton community dynamics: Regional differences and implications for carbon export

    Alex J. Poulton;Tim R. Adey;William M. Balch;Patrick M. Holligan

  • Large-scale latitudinal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the Atlantic Ocean

    Toby Tyrrell;Emilio Marañón;Alex J. Poulton;Andrew R. Bowie;Andrew R. Bowie

  • Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets

    E. L. Cavan;F. A. C. Le Moigne;F. A. C. Le Moigne;A. J. Poulton;G. A. Tarling

  • The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) Programme: A contextual view 1995–2005

    C Robinson;AJ Poulton;PM Holligan;AR Baker

  • Major contribution of diatom resting spores to vertical flux in the sub-polar North Atlantic

    T. A. Rynearson;K. Richardson;Richard S. Lampitt;M. E. Sieracki

  • Phytoplankton carbon fixation chlorophyll-biomass and diagnostic pigments in the Atlantic Ocean

    Alex J. Poulton;Patrick M. Holligan;Anna Hickman;Young-Nam Kim

  • Coccolithophore ecology in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean: New perspectives from the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) programme

    Alex J. Poulton;Patrick M. Holligan;Anastasia Charalampopoulou;Tim R. Adey

  • Estimating carbon, silica and diatom export from a naturally fertilised phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean using PELAGRA: a novel drifting sediment trap

    Ian Salter;Richard S. Lampitt;Richard J. Sanders;Alex J. Poulton

  • The 2008 Emiliania huxleyi bloom along the Patagonian Shelf: Ecology, biogeochemistry, and cellular calcification

    Alex J. Poulton;Stuart C. Painter;Jeremy R. Young;Nicholas R. Bates

  • Iron–light interactions during the CROZet natural iron bloom and EXport experiment (CROZEX) I: Phytoplankton growth and photophysiology

    C. Mark Moore;C. Mark Moore;Sophie Seeyave;Anna E. Hickman;John T. Allen

  • Phytoplankton community composition around the Crozet Plateau, with emphasis on diatoms and Phaeocystis

    Alex J. Poulton;C. Mark Moore;Sophie Seeyave;Mike I. Lucas;Mike I. Lucas

  • Species-specific growth response of coccolithophores to Palaeocene–Eocene environmental change

    Samantha J. Gibbs;Alex J. Poulton;Paul R. Bown;Chris J. Daniels

  • Co-limitation of diatoms by iron and silicic acid in the equatorial Pacific

    Mark A. Brzezinski;Stephen B. Baines;William M. Balch;Charlotte P. Beucher

  • Assessing the flux of different volatile sulfur gases from the ocean to the atmosphere

    AJ Kettle;TS Rhee;M von Hobe;AJ Poulton

  • A global diatom database ¿ abundance, biovolume and biomass in the world ocean.

    K. Leblanc;J. Arístegui;L. Armand;P. Assmy

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Balch
William M. Balch Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Toby Tyrrell
Toby Tyrrell University of Southampton
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Mike Lucas
Mike Lucas University of Cape Town
Jeremy R. Young
Jeremy R. Young University College London
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Hubert Loisel
Hubert Loisel University of Lille
Robert Arnone
Robert Arnone University of Southern Mississippi
Shubha Sathyendranath
Shubha Sathyendranath Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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