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Lionel Guidi is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology and Oceanography as key subfields. The scientist's work extensively covers Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying marine and environmental systems.

Their main research topics include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, and Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology.

Frequent publication venues for Lionel Guidi include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with six publications, Frontiers in Marine Science with three, Science Advances with three, Scientific Reports with three, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with three publications. This reflects a strong presence in both preprint platforms and peer-reviewed journals focusing on marine and biological sciences.

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Guidi are:

  • Chris Bowler
  • Fabien Lombard
  • Colomban de Vargas
  • Patrick Wincker
  • Shinichi Sunagawa

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Lionel Guidi are:

  • Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology (2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome (2022, Science)
  • Deep Chlorophyll Maxima in the Global Ocean: Occurrences, Drivers and Characteristics (2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages abundant in the sunlit ocean (2022, Cell Genomics)
  • Sinking Organic Particles in the Ocean-Flux Estimates From in situ Optical Devices (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)

These publications address various aspects of marine biology, including ecosystem biology, viral diversity, ocean biogeochemistry, and the functional ecology of plankton. The range of journals highlights contributions to both specialized research fields and broader scientific audiences.

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Karoline Faust;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

    Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

  • Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump

    Paul Tréguer;Chris Bowler;Brivaela Moriceau;Stephanie Dutkiewicz

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

    Jennifer R. Brum;J. Cesar Ignacio-Espinoza;Simon Roux;Guilhem Doulcier;Guilhem Doulcier

  • Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology.

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Silvia G Acinas;Peer Bork;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler

  • Global Trends in Marine Plankton Diversity across Kingdoms of Life.

    Federico M. Ibarbalz;Nicolas Henry;Manoela C. Brandão;Séverine Martini

  • Gene Expression Changes and Community Turnover Differentially Shape the Global Ocean Metatranscriptome

    Guillem Salazar;Lucas Paoli;Adriana Alberti;Jaime Huerta-Cepas

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

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

  • A global ocean atlas of eukaryotic genes

    Quentin Carradec;Eric Pelletier;Corinne Da Silva;Adriana Alberti

  • The Underwater Vision Profiler 5: An advanced instrument for high spatial resolution studies of particle size spectra and zooplankton

    Marc Picheral;Lionel Guidi;Lars Stemmann;David M. Karl

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

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

  • Effects of phytoplankton community on production, size, and export of large aggregates: A world-ocean analysis

    Lionel Guidi;Lars Stemmann;Lars Stemmann;George A. Jackson;George A. Jackson;Frédéric Ibanez

  • The evolution of diatoms and their biogeochemical functions.

    Anne-Sophie Benoiston;Federico M. Ibarbalz;Lucie Bittner;Lionel Guidi;Lionel Guidi

  • In situ imaging reveals the biomass of giant protists in the global ocean

    Tristan Biard;Lars Stemmann;Marc Picheral;Nicolas Mayot

  • Environmental characteristics of Agulhas rings affect interocean plankton transport

    Emilie Villar;Gregory K. Farrant;Gregory K. Farrant;Michael Follows;Laurence Garczarek;Laurence Garczarek

  • Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages abundant in the sunlit ocean

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  • 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

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • A global ocean atlas of eukaryotic genes

    Quentin Carradec;Eric Pelletier;Corinne Da Silva;Adriana Alberti

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Picheral
Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité
Lars Stemmann
Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University
Fabrice Not
Fabrice Not Roscoff Marine Station
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Hiroyuki Ogata
Hiroyuki Ogata Kyoto University
Daniele Iudicone
Daniele Iudicone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn

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