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Overview

Julia Uitz is a researcher affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France, with a body of work focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Uitz has contributed to the scientific community through recent papers such as:

  • "Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades" (2020) published in Remote Sensing
  • "Deep maxima of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and bacterial production in the Mediterranean Sea" (2021) published in Biogeosciences
  • "Surface ocean microbiota determine cloud precursors" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Reconstructing Global Chlorophyll-a Variations Using a Non-linear Statistical Approach" (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Influence of the phytoplankton community composition on the in situ fluorescence signal: Implication for an improved estimation of the chlorophyll-a concentration from BioGeoChemical-Argo profiling floats" (2022) published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors with whom Uitz has collaborated include:

  • Karine Sellegri
  • Catherine Schmechtig
  • Hervé Claustre
  • Emilio Marañón
  • Céline Dimier

The primary venues where Uitz has published are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Remote Sensing
  • Biogeosciences
  • Geophysical Research Letters

The researcher's work reflects an integration of oceanographic data and atmospheric science, with a focus on understanding marine ecosystems and their interactions with the atmosphere. The publications indicate an emphasis on satellite-based and in situ measurements as tools for evaluating climate-related changes in ocean primary production and microbial processes.

Best Publications

  • Vertical distribution of phytoplankton communities in open ocean: An assessment based on surface chlorophyll

    Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre;André Morel;Stanford B. Hooker

  • Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

    Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P Harrison;Sandy P Harrison;I Colin Prentice;I Colin Prentice;Erik Theodoor Buitenhuis

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Phytoplankton class‐specific primary production in the world's oceans: Seasonal and interannual variability from satellite observations

    Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre;Bernard Gentili;Dariusz Stramski

  • Spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Subtropical South Pacific Ocean: comparison between in situ and predicted data

    J. Ras;Hervé Claustre;J. Uitz;J. Uitz

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

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

  • Extreme diversity in noncalcifying haptophytes explains a major pigment paradox in open oceans.

    Hui Liu;Ian Probert;Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre

  • Recommendations for obtaining unbiased chlorophyll estimates from in situ chlorophyll fluorometers: A global analysis of WET Labs ECO sensors

    Collin Roesler;Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre;Emmanuel Boss

  • Understanding the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton biomass and the deep chlorophyll maximum in oligotrophic environments: A Bio-Argo float investigation

    Alexandre Mignot;Alexandre Mignot;Alexandre Mignot;Hervé Claustre;Hervé Claustre;Julia Uitz;Julia Uitz;Antoine Poteau;Antoine Poteau

  • An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe

    V. S. Saba;V. S. Saba;M. A. M. Friedrichs;D. Antoine;R. A. Armstrong

  • Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

    Vincent S. Saba;Vincent S. Saba;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;David Antoine

  • A Consumer's Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean

    Colleen B. Mouw;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Séverine Alvain;Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher

  • Obtaining Phytoplankton Diversity from Ocean Color: A Scientific Roadmap for Future Development.

    Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Heather A. Bouman;Robert J. W. Brewin;Annick Bricaud;Annick Bricaud

  • The microbial carbon pump concept: Potential biogeochemical significance in the globally changing ocean

    Louis Legendre;Louis Legendre;Richard B. Rivkin;Markus G. Weinbauer;Markus G. Weinbauer;Lionel Guidi;Lionel Guidi

  • A new look at ocean carbon remineralization for estimating deepwater sequestration

    Lionel Guidi;Lionel Guidi;Louis Legendre;Gabriel Reygondeau;Gabriel Reygondeau;Julia Uitz

  • An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Samantha J. Lavender;Dionysios E. Raitsos

  • Correction of pathlength amplification in the filter-pad technique for measurements of particulate absorption coefficient in the visible spectral region

    Dariusz Stramski;Rick A Reynolds;Sławomir Kaczmarek;Julia Uitz

  • Primary production, an index of climate change in the Ocean: satellite-based estimates over two decades

    Gemma Kulk;Trevor Platt;James Dingle;Thomas Jackson

  • Phytoplankton functional types from Space.

    Shubha. Sathyendranath;Jim Aiken;S. Alvain;R. Barlow

  • A phytoplankton class-specific primary production model applied to the Kerguelen Islands region (Southern Ocean)

    Julia Uitz;Hervé Claustre;F. Brian Griffiths;F. Brian Griffiths;Joséphine Ras

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio Université Paris Cité
Bernard Gentili
Bernard Gentili Sorbonne University
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Josephine Ras
Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Robert J. W. Brewin
Robert J. W. Brewin University of Exeter
Takafumi Hirata
Takafumi Hirata University of Tokyo
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Michael J. Behrenfeld
Michael J. Behrenfeld Oregon State University

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