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Marc Picheral is affiliated with the Université Paris Cité in France. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography and Ecology. The scientist's work encompasses Marine and coastal ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Recent publications by Marc Picheral include:

  • Global distribution patterns of marine nitrogen-fixers by imaging and molecular methods, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Underwater Vision Profiler 6: an imaging sensor of particle size spectra and plankton, for autonomous and cabled platforms, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • Genomic evidence for global ocean plankton biogeography shaped by large-scale current systems, 2022, eLife
  • Global Distribution of Zooplankton Biomass Estimated by In Situ Imaging and Machine Learning, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Macroscale patterns of oceanic zooplankton composition and size structure, 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Marc Picheral include:

  • Fabien Lombard
  • Lionel Guidi
  • Colomban de Vargas
  • Jean-Olivier Irisson
  • Gabriel Gorsky

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, notably:

  • Earth system science data
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Scientific Reports

Picheral's subfields of expertise include:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pollution

The main topics covered in their research address:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

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

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • 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

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

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

  • Digital zooplankton image analysis using the ZooScan integrated system

    Gaby Gorsky;Gaby Gorsky;Mark D. Ohman;Marc Picheral;Marc Picheral;Stéphane Gasparini;Stéphane Gasparini

  • Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data.

    Stéphane Pesant;Fabrice Not;Marc Picheral;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

  • 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

  • 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

  • Enumeration, measurement, and identification of net zooplankton samples using the ZOOSCAN digital imaging system

    Philippe Grosjean;Marc Picheral;Caroline Warembourg;Gabriel Gorsky

  • 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

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • Relationship between particle size distribution and flux in the mesopelagic zone

    Lionel Guidi;Lionel Guidi;Lionel Guidi;George A. Jackson;Lars Stemmann;Lars Stemmann;Juan Carlos Miquel

  • Open science resources for the discovery and analysis of Tara Oceans data

    Stéphane Pesant;Fabrice Not;Marc Picheral;Stefanie Kandels-Lewis

  • A global ocean atlas of eukaryotic genes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University
Lars Stemmann
Lars Stemmann Sorbonne University
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen
Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Josephine Ras
Josephine Ras Université Paris Cité
Annick Bricaud
Annick Bricaud Sorbonne University
Laurent Coppola
Laurent Coppola Sorbonne University
Nicolas Metzl
Nicolas Metzl Sorbonne University

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