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Karine Leblanc is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, with a particular focus on Oceanography, Ecology, and Molecular Biology. Additional areas include Biomaterials and Pharmacology.

The core topics in Karine Leblanc's work involve:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Leblanc has published multiple papers across various prominent scientific journals. Key recent publications include:

  • "Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom" (2020), published in Earth system science data
  • "Sinking Trichodesmium fixes nitrogen in the dark ocean" (2022), published in The ISME Journal
  • "The structure of diatom communities constrains biogeochemical properties in surface waters of the Southern Ocean (Kerguelen Plateau)" (2020), published in Journal of Marine Systems
  • "The Green Edge cruise: investigating the marginal ice zone processes during late spring and early summer to understand the fate of the Arctic phytoplankton bloom" (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • "A New Method for the Detection of Siliceous Microfossils on Sediment Microscope Slides Using Convolutional Neural Networks" (2024), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Frequent co-authors in Leblanc's work include Augustin Lafond, Legras Justine, Bernard Quéguiner, Jean-François Gallard, and Pascal Retailleau, each having collaborated on multiple occasions.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several noteworthy venues, such as:

  • Earth system science data
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The ISME Journal
  • Journal of Marine Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump

    Paul Tréguer;Chris Bowler;Brivaela Moriceau;Stephanie Dutkiewicz

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

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

  • FeCycle: Attempting an iron biogeochemical budget from a mesoscale SF6 tracer experiment in unperturbed low iron waters

    P W Boyd;Cliff S Law;D A Hutchins;E R Abraham

  • Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic spring bloom. I. The phytoplankton community and biogeochemical response

    Yuanyuan Feng;Clinton E. Hare;Karine Leblanc;Julie M. Rose

  • A global diatom database – abundance, biovolume and biomass in the world ocean

    K. Leblanc;J. Arístegui;L. Armand;P. Assmy

  • Consequences of increased temperature and CO2 for phytoplankton community structure in the Bering Sea

    Clinton E. Hare;Karine Leblanc;Giacomo R. DiTullio;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Nanoplanktonic diatoms are globally overlooked but play a role in spring blooms and carbon export.

    Karine Leblanc;Bernard Quéguiner;Frédéric Diaz;Véronique Cornet

  • Is desert dust making oligotrophic waters greener

    Hervé Claustre;A. Morel;S.B. Hooker;M. Babin

  • MAREDAT: towards a world atlas of MARine Ecosystem DATa

    E. Buitenhuis;M. Vogt;R. Moriarty;N. Bednaršek

  • Zinc availability and alkaline phosphatase activity in Emiliania huxleyi: Implications for Zn-P co-limitation in the ocean

    Yeala Shaked;Yan Xu;Karine Leblanc;François M. M. Morel

  • Ecological niches of open ocean phytoplankton taxa

    Philipp Georg Brun;Meike Vogt;Mark Payne;Nicolas Gruber

  • Particulate iron dynamics during FeCycle in subantarctic waters southeast of New Zealand

    Russell D. Frew;David A. Hutchins;Scott D. Nodder;Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy

  • Fe and Zn effects on the Si cycle and diatom community structure in two contrasting high and low-silicate HNLC areas

    Karine Leblanc;Clinton Hare;P. W. Boyd;Kenneth Bruland

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

    Stèphane Blain;Cècile Guieu;Hervè Claustre;Karine Leblanc

  • Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic spring bloom. II. Microzooplankton abundance and grazing

    Julie M. Rose;Yuanyuan Feng;Christopher J. Gobler;Robert Gutierrez

  • New applications of a biogenic silica deposition fluorophore in the study of oceanic diatoms

    Karine Leblanc;David A. Hutchins

  • The biological and biogeochemical consequences of phosphate scavenging onto phytoplankton cell surfaces

    Fei-Xue Fu;Yaohong Zhang;Karine Leblanc;Sergio A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy

  • Composition of diatom communities and their contribution to plankton biomass in the naturally iron-fertilized region of Kerguelen in the Southern Ocean.

    Marine Lasbleiz;Karine Leblanc;Leanne K. Armand;Urania Christaki

  • Deep silicon maxima in the stratified oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea

    Y. Crombet;Karine Leblanc;Bernard Queguiner;T. Moutin

  • Characterization of the bio-optical anomaly and diurnal variability of particulate matter, as seen from scattering and backscattering coefficients, in ultra-oligotrophic eddies of the Mediterranean Sea

    H. Loisel;V. Vantrepotte;K. Norkvist;Xavier Meriaux

  • CO2 and vitamin B12 interactions determine bioactive trace metal requirements of a subarctic Pacific diatom.

    Andrew L King;Sergio A Sañudo-Wilhelmy;Karine Leblanc;David A Hutchins

  • Pigments, elemental composition (C, N, P, and Si), and stoichiometry of particulate matter in the naturally iron fertilized region of Kerguelen in the Southern Ocean

    M. Lasbleiz;K. Leblanc;S. Blain;S. Blain;J. Ras;J. Ras

  • Silicon cycle in the NW Mediterranean Sea: seasonal study of a coastal oligotrophic site

    Karine Leblanc;Bernard Quéguiner;Nicole Garcia;Peggy Rimmelin

  • A global diatom database ¿ abundance, biovolume and biomass in the world ocean.

    K. Leblanc;J. Arístegui;L. Armand;P. Assmy

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Quéguiner
Bernard Quéguiner Aix-Marseille University
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Leanne K. Armand
Leanne K. Armand Macquarie University
Damien Cardinal
Damien Cardinal Sorbonne University
Josephine Ras
Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité
Stéphane Blain
Stéphane Blain Université Paris Cité
Thierry Moutin
Thierry Moutin Aix-Marseille University
Marc Elskens
Marc Elskens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Mireille Pujo-Pay
Mireille Pujo-Pay Sorbonne University

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