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Mireille Pujo-Pay

Mireille Pujo-Pay

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
5954
World Ranking
7781
National Ranking
341

Overview

Mireille Pujo-Pay is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has made significant contributions to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography, pollution, and ecology, with particular attention to marine and coastal ecosystems, microplastics and plastic pollution, and marine biology and ecology.

Their work extensively covers biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, coral and marine ecosystems studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, as well as marine biology and environmental chemistry. The combination of these subjects positions them within a multidisciplinary framework addressing environmental challenges in marine contexts.

Mireille Pujo-Pay has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Key co-authors include:

  • Pascal Conan
  • Valérie Barbe
  • Jean-François Ghiglione
  • Anne-Leïla Meistertzheim
  • Fabien Lombard

They have published in a variety of scientific journals, with repeated contributions to several venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The recent published papers include:

  • Relative Influence of Plastic Debris Size and Shape, Chemical Composition and Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions in Driving Seawater Plastisphere Abundance, Diversity and Activity, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microbial Diversity and Activity During the Biodegradation in Seawater of Various Substitutes to Conventional Plastic Cotton Swab Sticks, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Bouraké semi-enclosed lagoon (New Caledonia) - a natural laboratory to study the lifelong adaptation of a coral reef ecosystem to extreme environmental conditions, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • Biodegradability under marine conditions of bio-based and petroleum-based polymers as substitutes of conventional microparticles, 2022, Polymer Degradation and Stability
  • Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the CO2 System in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Case Study in the North Western Levantine Basin, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the "Plastisphere".

    Justine Jacquin;Jingguang Cheng;Charlène Odobel;Caroline Pandin

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

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

  • Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters.

    C. Dussud;A. L. Meistertzheim;P. Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay

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

    Karine Leblanc;Bernard Quéguiner;Frédéric Diaz;Véronique Cornet

  • Trawling-induced resuspension and dispersal of muddy sediments and dissolved elements in the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean)

    X. Durrieu de Madron;B. Ferré;G. Le Corre;C. Grenz

  • Integrated survey of elemental stoichiometry (C, N, P) from the western to eastern Mediterranean Sea

    M. Pujo-Pay;Pascal Conan;L. Oriol;V. Cornet-Barthaux

  • improvement of the wet-oxidation procedure for simultaneous determination of particulate organic nitrogen and phosphorus collected on filters

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  • Diel and seasonal variations in abundance, activity, and community structure of particle-attached and free-living bacteria in NW Mediterranean Sea.

    Jean François Ghiglione;G. Mevel;Mireille Pujo-Pay;L. Mousseau

  • Export of dissolved organic matter in relation to land use along a European climatic gradient.

    Tuija Mattsson;Pirkko Kortelainen;Anker Laubel;Dylan Evans

  • Carbon and nitrogen uptake and export in the equatorial Pacific at 150°W: Evidence of an efficient regenerated production cycle

    Patrick Raimbault;Gerd Slawyk;Benyahia Boudjellal;Christine Coatanoan

  • A preliminary methods comparison for measurement of dissolved organic nitrogen in seawater

    Jonathan H Sharp;Kathrine R Rinker;Karen B Savidge;Jeffrey Abell

  • Lack-of P-limitation of phytoplankton and heterotrophic prokaryotes in surface waters of three anticyclonic eddies in the stratified Mediterranean Sea

    T. Tanaka;T. F. Thingstad;U. Christaki;J. Colombet

  • 'Rare biosphere' bacteria as key phenanthrene degraders in coastal seawaters

    Caroline Sauret;Tatiana Séverin;Tatiana Séverin;Gilles Vétion;Catherine Guigue

  • Dynamics of particulate organic matter composition in coastal systems: a spatio-temporal study at multi-systems scale

    Camilla Liénart;Nicolas Savoye;Yann Bozec;Elsa Breton

  • Diversity of total and active free-living vs. particle-attached bacteria in the euphotic zone of the NW Mediterranean Sea.

    Jean-François Ghiglione;Jean-François Ghiglione;Pascal Conan;Pascal Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay;Mireille Pujo-Pay

  • Deep sediment resuspension and thick nepheloid layer generation by open-ocean convection

    X. Durrieu de Madron;S. Ramondenc;L. Berline;L. Houpert

  • Deep silicon maxima in the stratified oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea

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

  • A direct instrument comparison for measurement of total dissolved nitrogen in seawater

    J.H. Sharp;A.Y. Beauregard;D. Burdige;G. Cauwet

  • Partitioning of organic production in marine plankton communities: The effects of inorganic nutrient ratios and community composition on new dissolved organic matter

    Pascal Conan;Morten Søndergaard;Theis Kragh;Frede Thingstad

  • 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

  • Relative Influence of Plastic Debris Size and Shape, Chemical Composition and Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions in Driving Seawater Plastisphere Abundance, Diversity and Activity.

    Jingguang Cheng;Justine Jacquin;Pascal Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay

  • Effects of photochemical transformations of dissolved organic matter on bacterial metabolism and diversity in three contrasting coastal sites in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during summer.

    Maher Abboudi;W.H. Jeffrey;Jean François Ghiglione;Mireille Pujo-Pay

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Jean-François Ghiglione
Jean-François Ghiglione Sorbonne University
Thierry Moutin
Thierry Moutin Aix-Marseille University
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio
Fabrizio D'Ortenzio Université Paris Cité
Olivier Radakovitch
Olivier Radakovitch Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
Claude Estournel
Claude Estournel Paul Sabatier University
Karine Leblanc
Karine Leblanc Aix-Marseille University
Urania Christaki
Urania Christaki University of Lille
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University

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