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Sami Souissi is affiliated with the University of Lille in France and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science with a focus on oceanography, pollution, and aquatic ecosystems.

Their research spans several subfields including:

  • Oceanography
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Aquatic Science
  • Biomaterials

Main research topics encompass:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Polylactic acid synthesis, biodegradability, conversion to microplastics and toxicity: a review" (2023) published in Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • "Impacts of microplastics exposure on mussel (Mytilus edulis) gut microbiota" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Are bioplastics an ecofriendly alternative to fossil fuel plastics?" (2023) published in Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • "Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Long-term warming destabilizes aquatic ecosystems through weakening biodiversity-mediated causal networks" (2020) published in Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating on various research projects include:

  • Jae-Seong Lee
  • Jiang-Shiou Hwang
  • Shagnika Das
  • Wajid Ali
  • Philippe Zinck

The primary publication venues where Sami Souissi's contributions appear are:

  • Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Chemosphere

In addition to journal articles, they have participated in book publishing, including a title with Frontiers Media:

  • "Live Feed for Early Ontogenetic Development in Marine Fish Larvae" (2022)

Best Publications

  • A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models

    Volker Grimm;Uta Berger;Finn Bastiansen;Sigrunn Eliassen

  • Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea.

    Grégory Beaugrand;Keith M. Brander;J. Alistair Lindley;Sami Souissi

  • Microplastic Size-Dependent Toxicity, Oxidative Stress Induction, and p-JNK and p-p38 Activation in the Monogonont Rotifer (Brachionus koreanus)

    Chang Bum Jeong;Chang Bum Jeong;Eun Ji Won;Eun Ji Won;Hye Min Kang;Min Chul Lee

  • Adverse effects of microplastics and oxidative stress-induced MAPK/Nrf2 pathway-mediated defense mechanisms in the marine copepod Paracyclopina nana.

    Chang Bum Jeong;Hye Min Kang;Min Chul Lee;Duck Hyun Kim

  • North Atlantic climate and northwestern Mediterranean plankton variability

    Juan Carlos Molinero;Frédéric Ibanez;Paul Nival;Emmanuelle Buecher

  • Seasonal variations of hydrophobic organic contaminant concentrations in the water-column of the Seine Estuary and their transfer to a planktonic species Eurytemora affinis (Calanoïda, copepoda). Part 1: PCBs and PAHs

    K. Cailleaud;J. Forget-Leray;S. Souissi;D. Hilde

  • Temporal mapping of phytoplankton assemblages in Lake Geneva: Annual and interannual changes in their patterns of succession

    Orlane Anneville;Sami Souissi;Frédéric Ibanez;Vincent Ginot

  • Effects of salinity, temperature and individual variability on the reproduction of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda; Calanoida) from the Seine estuary: A laboratory study

    David Devreker;David Devreker;Sami Souissi;Gesche Winkler;Gesche Winkler;Joëlle Forget-Leray

  • Seasonal and inter-annual scales of variability in phytoplankton assemblages: comparison of phytoplankton dynamics in three peri-alpine lakes over a period of 28 years

    Orlane Anneville;Sami Souissi;Sonja Gammeter;Dietmar Straile

  • Climate control on the long‐term anomalous changes of zooplankton communities in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Juan Carlos Molinero;Juan Carlos Molinero;Frédéric Ibanez;Sami Souissi;Emmanuelle Buecher

  • A 5-year study of the influence of the northeast and southwest monsoons on copepod assemblages in the boundary coastal waters between the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait

    Jiang-Shiou Hwang;Sami Souissi;LI-Chun Tseng;Laurent Seuront

  • Effects of salinity and temperature on the expression of enzymatic biomarkers in Eurytemora affinis (Calanoida, Copepoda).

    K Cailleaud;G Maillet;H Budzinski;S Souissi

  • A multi-agents architecture to enhance end-user individual-based modelling

    Vincent Ginot;Christophe Le Page;Sami Souissi

  • Patterns of Zooplankton Distribution along the Marine, Estuarine, and Riverine Portions of the Danshuei Ecosystem in Northern Taiwan

    Jiang-Shiou Hwang;Ram Kumar;Chih-Wei Hsieh;Albert Y. Kuo

  • Impacts of microplastics exposure on mussel (Mytilus edulis) gut microbiota.

    Luen-Luen Li;Rachid Amara;Sami Souissi;Alexandre Dehaut

  • Seasonal variation of hydrophobic organic contaminant concentrations in the water-column of the Seine Estuary and their transfer to a planktonic species Eurytemora affinis (Calanoïd, copepod). Part 2: Alkylphenol-polyethoxylates.

    K. Cailleaud;J. Forget-Leray;S. Souissi;S. Lardy

  • Trade-offs of the copepod Eurytemora affinis in mega-tidal estuaries: insights from high frequency sampling in the Seine estuary

    David Devreker;David Devreker;Sami Souissi;Juan Carlos Molinero;Juan Carlos Molinero;Faustin Nkubito

  • Chemical structure and biological activity of a highly branched (1 → 3,1 → 6)-β-D-glucan from Isochrysis galbana.

    Irina Sadovskaya;Anissa Souissi;Sami Souissi;Thierry Grard

  • Development and mortality of the first naupliar stages of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida) under different conditions of salinity and temperature

    David Devreker;Sami Souissi;Laurent Seuront;Laurent Seuront

  • An overview of the influence of hydrodynamics on the spatial and temporal patterns of calanoid copepod communities around Taiwan

    Gael Dur;Gael Dur;Jiang-Shiou Hwang;Sami Souissi;Li-Chun Tseng

  • Long-term changes in the copepod community of Lake Geneva

    Orlane Anneville;Juan Carlos Molinero;Juan Carlos Molinero;Sami Souissi;Gérard Balvay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiang-Shiou Hwang
Jiang-Shiou Hwang National Taiwan Ocean University
Jae-Seong Lee
Jae-Seong Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Laurent Seuront
Laurent Seuront Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Baghdad Ouddane
Baghdad Ouddane University of Lille
Hélène Budzinski
Hélène Budzinski University of Bordeaux
Chih-hao Hsieh
Chih-hao Hsieh National Taiwan University
Catherine Mouneyrac
Catherine Mouneyrac Catholic University of the West
Fuh-Kwo Shiah
Fuh-Kwo Shiah Academia Sinica
François Galgani
François Galgani French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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