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Frans Jorissen

Frans Jorissen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
74
Citations
19784
World Ranking
1122
National Ranking
41

Earth Science

D-Index
74
Citations
19685
World Ranking
757
National Ranking
39

Overview

Frans Jorissen is affiliated with the University of Angers in France and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in Jorissen's research encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Jorissen has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "A 1600 year-long sedimentary record of tsunamis and hurricanes in the Lesser Antilles (Scrub Island, Anguilla)" (2020), published in Sedimentary Geology
  • "Foraminiferal Distribution in Two Estuarine Intertidal Mudflats of the French Atlantic Coast: Testing the Marine Influence Index" (2022), published in Water
  • "The Marine Influence Index (MII): A Tool to Assess Estuarine Intertidal Mudflat Environments for the Purpose of Foraminiferal Biomonitoring" (2022), published in Water
  • "Foraminiferal community response to seasonal anoxia in Lake Grevelingen (the Netherlands)" (2020), published in Biogeosciences
  • "500 million years of foraminiferal calcification" (2023), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jorissen include:

  • Marie Fouet
  • Magali Schweizer
  • David Singer
  • Aurélia Mouret
  • Julien Richirt

Jorissen regularly publishes in a number of academic journals, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Water
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Marine Micropaleontology
  • Sedimentary Geology
  • Biogeosciences

In addition to journal articles, Jorissen has contributed to academic books, including a guide published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique entitled Foraminifères estuariens de la façade atlantique française: Guide de détermination (2023).

Best Publications

  • A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats

    Frans J. Jorissen;Henko C. de Stigter;Joen G.V. Widmark

  • Effects of natural and human-induced hypoxia on coastal benthos

    L.A. Levin;W. Ekau;Andrew J. Gooday;F. Jorissen

  • Magnitudes of sea-level lowstands of the past 500,000 years

    E.J. Rohling;M. Fenton;F.J. Jorissen;P. Bertrand

  • Live benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Bay of Biscay: faunal density, composition, and microhabitats

    C Fontanier;F.J Jorissen;L Licari;A Alexandre

  • Chapter Seven Paleoceanographical Proxies Based on Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblage Characteristics

    Frans J. Jorissen;Christophe Fontanier;Ellen Thomas

  • The depth dependency of planktonic/benthic foraminiferal ratios: Constraints and applications

    G.J van der Zwaan;F.J Jorissen;H.C de Stigter

  • The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring) initiative—Towards a standardised protocol for soft-bottom benthic foraminiferal monitoring studies

    Joachim Schönfeld;Elisabeth Alve;Emmanuelle Geslin;Frans Jorissen

  • Benthic foraminifera from the Adriatic Sea : principles of phenotypic variation

    F.J. Jorissen

  • The distribution of benthic foraminifera in the Adriatic Sea

    Frans J. Jorissen

  • Paleoceanographical proxies based on deep-sea benthic foraminiferal assemblage characteristics

    Frans J. Jorissen;Christophe Fontanier;Ellen Thomas

  • Vertical distribution of benthic foraminifera in the northern Adriatic Sea: The relation with the organic flux

    F.J. Jorissen;D.M. Barmawidjaja;S. Puskaric;G.J. van der Zwaan

  • Benthic foraminiferal microhabitats below the sediment-water interface

    Frans J. Jorissen

  • Microhabitat selection by benthic Foraminifera in the northern Adriatic Sea

    D. M. Barmawidjaja;F. J. Jorissen;S. Puskaric;G. J. van der Zwaan

  • Organic flux control on bathymetric zonation of Mediterranean benthic foraminifera

    S. De Rijk;F.J. Jorissen;E.J. Rohling;S.R. Troelstra

  • Widespread occurrence of nitrate storage and denitrification among Foraminifera and Gromiida.

    Elisa Piña-Ochoa;Signe Høgslund;Emmanuelle Geslin;Tomas Cedhagen

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of benthic foraminiferal faunas at 550 m depth in the Bay of Biscay

    C Fontanier;F.J Jorissen;G Chaillou;C David

  • African monsoon variability during the previous interglacial maximum

    E.-J. Rohling;T.-R. Cane;Steve Cooke;M. Sprovieri

  • Live benthic foraminiferal faunas off Cape Blanc, NW-Africa: Community structure and microhabitats

    F.J. Jorissen;I. Wittling;J.P. Peypouquet;C. Rabouille

  • Bathymetric distribution and microhabitat partitioning of live (Rose Bengal stained) benthic Foraminifera along a shelf to bathyal transect in the southern Adriatic Sea

    H. C. de Stigter;F. J. Jorissen;G. J. van der Zwaan

  • Biofacial patterns in river-induced shelf anoxia

    G. J. Van Der Zwaan;F. J. Jorissen

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Fontanier
Christophe Fontanier University of Angers
Eelco J. Rohling
Eelco J. Rohling Utrecht University
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
Emmanuelle Geslin
Emmanuelle Geslin University of Angers
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Pierre Anschutz
Pierre Anschutz University of Bordeaux
Willem-Jan Zachariasse
Willem-Jan Zachariasse Utrecht University
Frederik J Hilgen
Frederik J Hilgen Utrecht University
Alessandra Asioli
Alessandra Asioli University of Padua
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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