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François Carlotti

François Carlotti

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
6828
World Ranking
5826
National Ranking
265

Overview

François Carlotti is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in earth and planetary sciences. The scholar's expertise spans several subfields, including oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and pollution.

The main topics of Carlotti's work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Marine biology and ecology research

The scientist has contributed research articles to several frequent publication venues, most notably:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Marine Biology
  • Ecosphere
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers include:

  • "Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean" (2022) published in Ecosphere
  • "Temporal variation in prey selection by adult European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) in the NW Mediterranean Sea" (2021) published in Progress In Oceanography
  • "Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in plankton of the Mediterranean Sea" (2023) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Investigation of dynamic change in microplastics vertical distribution patterns: The seasonal effect on vertical distribution" (2023) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Contamination of planktonic food webs in the Mediterranean Sea: Setting the frame for the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE oceanographic cruise (spring 2019)" (2023) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Carlotti include:

  • Loïc Guilloux
  • Daniela Bănaru
  • Javier Angel Tesán-Onrubia
  • Marc Tedetti
  • Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

The breadth of François Carlotti's research encompasses studies on mercury contamination and its effects in marine food webs, investigations into microplastic distribution patterns, and assessments of biodiversity responses to climate change in the Mediterranean region. Their work often integrates multi-disciplinary approaches within environmental science to address complex marine ecosystem dynamics and pollutant impacts.

Best Publications

  • Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

    F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

  • End-To-End Models for the Analysis of Marine Ecosystems: Challenges, Issues, and Next Steps

    Kenneth A. Rose;J.Icarus Allen;Yuri Artioli;Manuel Barange

  • An overview of Calanus helgolandicus ecology in European waters

    Delphine Bonnet;Anthony Richardson;Roger Harris;Andrew Hirst

  • Temperature impact on reproduction and development of congener copepod populations

    Claudia Halsband-Lenk;Hans-Jürgen Hirche;François Carlotti

  • Microzooplankton diversity: relationships of tintinnid ciliates with resources, competitors and predators from the Atlantic Coast of Morocco to the Eastern Mediterranean

    J.R Dolan;Hervé Claustre;F Carlotti;S Plounevez

  • Coupling of an individual-based population dynamic model of Calanus finmarchicus to a circulation model for the Georges Bank region

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  • The relative importance of phytoplankton aggregates and zooplankton fecal pellets to carbon export: insights from free-drifting sediment trap deployments in naturally iron-fertilised waters near the Kerguelen Plateau

    E. C. Laurenceau-Cornec;E. C. Laurenceau-Cornec;T. W. Trull;T. W. Trull;D. M. Davies;S. G. Bray

  • A model of optimal life history and diel vertical migration in Calanus finmarchicus

    Øyvind Fiksen;François Carlotti

  • Modeling zooplankton dynamics

    Francois Carlotti;J. Giske;Félix Werner

  • A Lagrangian ensemble model of Calanus finmarchicus coupled with a 1D ecosystem model

    François Carlotti;Karl‐Ulrich Wolf

  • The feeding ecology of the copepod Centropages typicus (Kröyer)

    Albert Calbet;François Carlotti;Raymond Gaudy

  • Feeding, growth and reproduction in the genus Calanus

    R.P. Harris;X. Irigoien;R.N. Head;C. Rey

  • Population dynamics model of Euterpina acutifrons (Copepoda. Harpacticoida) coupling individual growth and larval development

    Francois Carlotti;A. Sciandra

  • Zooplankton distribution related to the hydrodynamic features in the Algerian Basin (western Mediterranean Sea) in summer 1997

    Virginie Riandey;Gisèle Champalbert;François Carlotti;Isabelle Taupier-Letage

  • Energetic cost of gonad development in Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus

    Catherine Rey-Rassat;Xabier Irigoien;Roger Harris;François Carlotti

  • Colloquium on diatom-copepod interactions

    G. A. Paffenhöfer;A. Ianora;A. Miralto;J. T. Turner

  • Influence of algal diet on growth and ingestion of Calanus helgolandicus nauplii

    C. Rey;R. Harris;X. Irigoien;R. Head

  • Model of copepod growth and development: moulting and mortality in relation to physiological processes during an individual moult cycle

    F Carlotti;P. Nival

  • Life-history strategies of calanoid congeners under two different climate regimes: a comparison

    Claudia Halsband-Lenk;François Carlotti;Wulf Greve

Frequent Co-Authors

Mireille Harmelin-Vivien
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien Aix-Marseille University
Marc Pagano
Marc Pagano Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Christophe Poggiale
Jean-Christophe Poggiale Aix-Marseille University
Stéphane Blain
Stéphane Blain Université Paris Cité
Roger P. Harris
Roger P. Harris Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Albert Calbet
Albert Calbet Spanish National Research Council
Bernard Quéguiner
Bernard Quéguiner Aix-Marseille University
Lars Stemmann
Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Hans-Jürgen Hirche
Hans-Jürgen Hirche Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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