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Géraldine Sarthou is affiliated with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on oceanographic and geochemical studies.

Their scientific work focuses on several subfields, including:

  • Oceanography
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

Key topics addressed by Sarthou's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Géraldine Sarthou are:

  • "A call for refining the role of humic-like substances in the oceanic iron cycle," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Pervasive sources of isotopically light zinc in the North Atlantic Ocean," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Natural iron fertilization by shallow hydrothermal sources fuels diazotroph blooms in the ocean," 2023, Science
  • "Variability in iron (II) oxidation kinetics across diverse hydrothermal sites on the northern Mid Atlantic Ridge," 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Dissolved iron in the North Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea along the GEOVIDE section (GEOTRACES section GA01)," 2020, Biogeosciences

Sarthou has frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field, including:

  • Hélène Planquette
  • David González-Santana
  • Hannah Whitby
  • Eva Bucciarelli
  • Cécile Guieu

The scientist's work has appeared notably in the following publication venues:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Growth physiology and fate of diatoms in the ocean: a review

    Géraldine Sarthou;Klaas R. Timmermans;Stéphane Blain;Paul Tréguer

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Hydrothermal contribution to the oceanic dissolved iron inventory

    Alessandro Tagliabue;Laurent Bopp;Jean-Claude Dutay;Andrew R. Bowie

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Developing standards for dissolved iron in seawater

    Kenneth S. Johnson;Edward Boyle;Kenneth Bruland;Kenneth Coale

  • Atmospheric iron deposition and sea-surface dissolved iron concentrations in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    Géraldine Sarthou;Alex R. Baker;Stéphane Blain;Eric P. Achterberg

  • Distribution of dissolved iron during the natural iron-fertilization experiment KEOPS (Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean)

    Stéphane Blain;Géraldine Sarthou;Patrick Laan

  • Titan: A new facility for ultraclean sampling of trace elements and isotopes in the deep oceans in the international Geotraces program

    H. J. W. De Baar;K.R. Timmermans;Patrick Laan;H.H. De Porto

  • The fate of biogenic iron during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural fertilisation: Impact of copepod grazing

    Géraldine Sarthou;Dorothée Vincent;Urania Christaki;Ingrid Obernosterer;Ingrid Obernosterer

  • Deep dissolved iron profiles in the eastern North Atlantic in relation to water masses

    A. Laës;S. Blain;P. Laan;Eric P. Achterberg

  • Grazing-induced Changes in Cell Wall Silicification in a Marine Diatom

    Philippe Pondaven;Morgane Gallinari;Sophie Chollet;Eva Bucciarelli

  • Revisiting the distribution of oceanic N2 fixation and estimating diazotrophic contribution to marine production

    Weiyi Tang;Seaver Wang;Debany Fonseca-Batista;Frank Dehairs

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

  • Physical speciation of iron in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean along a transect from the subtropical domain to the Weddell Sea Gyre

    Fanny Chever;Fanny Chever;Eva Bucciarelli;Eva Bucciarelli;Géraldine Sarthou;Géraldine Sarthou;Sabrina Speich

  • Discovery of new hydrothermal vent sites in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

    G. P. Klinkhammer;C. Chin;R.A. Keller;A. Dählmann

  • Availability of iron and major nutrients for phytoplankton in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

    Stèphane Blain;Cècile Guieu;Hervè Claustre;Karine Leblanc

  • Iron biogeochemistry across marine systems – progress from the past decade

    Eike Breitbarth;Eike Breitbarth;Eric P. Achterberg;M. V. Ardelan;A. R. Baker

  • Iron budgets for three distinct biogeochemical sites around the Kerguelen Archipelago (Southern Ocean) during the natural fertilisation study, KEOPS-2

    Andrew R. Bowie;Andrew R. Bowie;Andrew R. Bowie;P. Van Der Merwe;F. Quéroué;F. Quéroué;F. Quéroué;T. Trull;T. Trull

  • Seasonal variations of iron concentrations in the Ligurian Sea and iron budget in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    G Sarthou;C Jeandel

  • Regional trends in the fractional solubility of Fe and other metals from North Atlantic aerosols (GEOTRACES cruises GA01 and GA03) following a two-stage leach

    Rachel U. Shelley;Rachel U. Shelley;William M. Landing;Simon J. Ussher;Helene Planquette

  • Impact of high Saharan dust inputs on dissolved iron concentrations in the Mediterranean Sea

    Cécile Guieu;Yann Bozec;Stéphane Blain;Céline Ridame

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Stéphane Blain
Stéphane Blain Université Paris Cité
Eric P. Achterberg
Eric P. Achterberg GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Frank Dehairs
Frank Dehairs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Klaas R. Timmermans
Klaas R. Timmermans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Cécile Guieu
Cécile Guieu Université Paris Cité
Catherine Jeandel
Catherine Jeandel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jingfeng Wu
Jingfeng Wu University of Miami
Delphine Lannuzel
Delphine Lannuzel University of Tasmania

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