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Marina Lévy is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses on Oceanography, with notable contributions also made in Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Marina Lévy has published extensively across a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "Vertical eddy iron fluxes support primary production in the open Southern Ocean," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The Oceans' Biological Carbon Pumps: Framework for a Research Observational Community Approach," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Fast local warming is the main driver of recent deoxygenation in the northern Arabian Sea," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Oceanic primary production decline halved in eddy-resolving simulations of global warming," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Sub-Seasonal Forcing Drives Year-To-Year Variations of Southern Ocean Primary Productivity," 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Marina Lévy collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • Zouhair Lachkar
  • Olivier Aumont
  • Damien Couespel
  • Inès Mangolte
  • M. G. Keerthi

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed books published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. These books include:

  • Our shared ocean: science in the global south for a sustainable world, 2025
  • L'océan en commun: sciences au sud pour un monde durable, 2025

Best Publications

  • Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump

    Paul Tréguer;Chris Bowler;Brivaela Moriceau;Stephanie Dutkiewicz

  • Multi-faceted particle pumps drive carbon sequestration in the ocean

    Philip W. Boyd;Hervé Claustre;Marina Levy;David A. Siegel

  • Bringing physics to life at the submesoscale

    Marina Lévy;Raffaele Ferrari;Peter J. S. Franks;Adrian P. Martin

  • Impact of sub-mesoscale physics on production and subduction of phytoplankton in an oligotrophic regime

    Marina Levy;Patrice Klein;Anne-Marie Treguier

  • The role of submesoscale currents in structuring marine ecosystems

    Marina Lévy;Peter J. S. Franks;K. Shafer Smith;K. Shafer Smith

  • A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean

    Mathew Koll Roxy;Aditi Modi;Raghu Murtugudde;Vinu Valsala

  • Fluid dynamical niches of phytoplankton types

    Francesco d’Ovidio;Silvia De Monte;Séverine Alvain;Yves Dandonneau

  • Surface-water iron supplies in the Southern Ocean sustained by deep winter mixing

    Alessandro Tagliabue;Alessandro Tagliabue;Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Jean-Baptiste Sallée;Andrew R. Bowie;Marina Lévy;Marina Lévy

  • Basin-wide seasonal evolution of the Indian Ocean's phytoplankton blooms

    M. Lévy;D. Shankar;J.-M. André;S. S. C. Shenoi

  • Stirring of the northeast Atlantic spring bloom: A Lagrangian analysis based on multisatellite data

    Yoav Lehahn;Yoav Lehahn;Francesco d'Ovidio;Marina Lévy;Eyal Heifetz

  • Modifications of gyre circulation by sub-mesoscale physics

    Marina Lévy;Patrice Klein;Anne-Marie Tréguier;Doroteaciro Iovino

  • Large-scale impacts of submesoscale dynamics on phytoplankton: Local and remote effects

    Marina Lévy;Doroteaciro Iovino;Laure Resplandy;Patrice Klein

  • Choice of an Advection Scheme for Biogeochemical Models

    Marina Lévy;Audrey Estublier;Gurvan Madec

  • The Modulation of Biological Production by Oceanic Mesoscale Turbulence

    Marina Lévy

  • Seasonal and intraseasonal surface chlorophyll-a variability along the northwest African coast

    C. Lathuilière;V. Echevin;M. Lévy

  • Scale‐dependent interactions of Mediterranean whales with marine dynamics

    Cèdric Cotte;Francesco d'Ovidio;Alexis Chaigneau;Marina Lèvy

  • Physical and Biogeochemical Controls of the Phytoplankton Seasonal Cycle in the Indian Ocean: A Modeling Study

    Vamara Koné;Olivier Aumont;Marina Lévy;Laure Resplandy

  • Controlling factors of the oxygen balance in the Arabian Sea's OMZ

    Laure Resplandy;Marina Lévy;Laurent Bopp;Vincent Echevin

  • Physical pathways for carbon transfers between the surface mixed layer and the ocean interior

    Marina Lévy;Laurent Bopp;Pierre Karleskind;Laure Resplandy

  • Long range transport of a quasi isolated chlorophyll patch by an Agulhas ring

    Yoav Lehahn;Francesco d'Ovidio;Marina Lévy;Yael Amitai

  • The onset of a bloom after deep winter convection in the northwestern Mediterranean sea: mesoscale process study with a primitive equation model

    Marina Lévy;Laurent Mémery;Gurvan Madec

  • Effects of Eddy-Driven Subduction on Ocean Biological Carbon Pump

    Laure Resplandy;Marina Lévy;Dennis J. McGillicuddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Laure Resplandy
Laure Resplandy Princeton University
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University
Olivier Aumont
Olivier Aumont Université Paris Cité
Matthieu Lengaigne
Matthieu Lengaigne University of Montpellier
Laurent Bopp
Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure
Alessandro Tagliabue
Alessandro Tagliabue University of Liverpool
Jean-Baptiste Sallée
Jean-Baptiste Sallée Sorbonne University
Patrice Klein
Patrice Klein California Institute of Technology
Olivier Bernard
Olivier Bernard University of Paris-Saclay
Jérôme Vialard
Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité

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