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Alfonso Mucci

Alfonso Mucci

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Earth Science

D-Index
73
Citations
21642
World Ranking
786
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Alfonso Mucci is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses.

Alfonso Mucci has published research in numerous venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Nature Communications
  • Earth system science data

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Gwénaëlle Chaillou
  • Anne de Vernal
  • Mathilde Jutras
  • Yves Gélinas
  • Carolina O. Dufour

Recent publications featuring Alfonso Mucci include:

  • "Temporal Changes in the Causes of the Observed Oxygen Decline in the St. Lawrence Estuary" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Global fjords as transitory reservoirs of labile organic carbon modulated by organo-mineral interactions" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "Large-scale control of the retroflection of the Labrador Current" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Temporal and spatial evolution of bottom-water hypoxia in the St. Lawrence estuarine system" (2023, Biogeosciences)
  • "The MALINA oceanographic expedition: how do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean?" (2021, Earth system science data)

Alfonso Mucci's contributions to science have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008, under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • A review of the biochemistry of heavy metal biosorption by brown algae

    Thomas A Davis;Bohumil Volesky;Alfonso Mucci

  • Preservation of organic matter in sediments promoted by iron

    Karine Lalonde;Alfonso Mucci;Alexandre Ouellet;Yves Gélinas

  • The solubility of calcite and aragonite in seawater at various salinities, temperatures, and one atmosphere total pressure

    Alfonso Mucci

  • The incorporation of Mg2+ and Sr2+ into calcite overgrowths: influences of growth rate and solution composition

    Alfonso Mucci;John W Morse

  • Oxygen isotope fractionation between synthetic aragonite and water: Influence of temperature and Mg2+ concentration

    Sang-Tae Kim;James R. O’Neil;Claude Hillaire-Marcel;Alfonso Mucci

  • Partitioning of rare earth elements (REEs) between calcite and seawater solutions at 25°C and 1 atm, and high dissolved REE concentrations

    Shaojun Zhong;Alfonso Mucci

  • Acid base reactions, phosphate and arsenate complexation, and their competitive adsorption at the surface of goethite in 0.7 M NaCl solution

    Yan Gao;Alfonso Mucci

  • Phosphoric acid fractionation factors for calcite and aragonite between 25 and 75 °C: Revisited

    Sang-Tae Kim;Alfonso Mucci;Bruce E. Taylor

  • Influence of temperature on the composition of magnesian calcite overgrowths precipitated from seawater

    Alfonso Mucci

  • A seventy‐two‐year record of diminishing deep‐water oxygen in the St. Lawrence estuary: The northwest Atlantic connection

    Denis Gilbert;Bjorn Sundby;Charles Gobeil;Alfonso Mucci

  • Abundant Porewater Mn(III) Is a Major Component of the Sedimentary Redox System

    Andrew S. Madison;Bradley M. Tebo;Alfonso Mucci;Bjørn Sundby;Bjørn Sundby

  • Calcite and aragonite precipitation from seawater solutions of various salinities: Precipitation rates and overgrowth compositions

    Shaojun Zhong;Alfonso Mucci

  • Causes and Emission of Luminescence in Calcite and Dolomite

    Hans G. Machel;Roger A. Mason;Anthony N. Mariano;Alfonso Mucci

  • Burial efficiency of phosphorus and the geochemistry of iron in continental margin sediments

    Pierre Anschutz;Shaojun Zhong;Bjørn Sundby;Alfonso Mucci

  • Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue

    Sean A. Crowe;CarriAyne Jones;Sergei Katsev;Cédric Magen

  • Trace metal remobilization following the resuspension of estuarine sediments: Saguenay Fjord, Canada

    Isabelle Saulnier;Alfonso Mucci

  • The methane cycle in ferruginous Lake Matano.

    S. A. Crowe;S. Katsev;S. Katsev;K. Leslie;A. Sturm

  • Behaviour of anthropogenic mercury in coastal marine sediments

    Christian Gagnon;Émilien Pelletier;Alfonso Mucci

  • The solubility of calcite and aragonite in seawater of 35%. salinity at 25°C and atmospheric pressure

    John W. Morse;Alfonso Mucci;Frank J. Millero

  • Growth kinetics and composition of magnesian calcite overgrowths precipitated from seawater: Quantitative influence of orthophosphate ions

    Alfonso Mucci

  • The phosphorus cycle in coastal marine sediments

    Bjøorn Sundby;Charles Gobeil;Norman Silverberg;Alfonso Mucci

Frequent Co-Authors

Bjørn Sundby
Bjørn Sundby McGill University
Lisa A. Miller
Lisa A. Miller Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Helmuth Thomas
Helmuth Thomas Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
Tim Papakyriakou
Tim Papakyriakou University of Manitoba
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
Bernard P. Boudreau
Bernard P. Boudreau Dalhousie University
Marc Lucotte
Marc Lucotte University of Quebec at Montreal
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Yves Gratton
Yves Gratton Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

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