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Stéphane Blain is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses significantly on Oceanography, Ecology, and Molecular Biology, with contributions also extending to Geochemistry and Petrology as well as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Stéphane Blain has published extensively in journals such as Environmental Microbiology, Limnology and Oceanography, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Geophysical Research Letters, and Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. These venues have featured their research multiple times, indicating continued contributions to these specialized fields.

Recent published papers include:

  • "Seasonal dynamics of prokaryotes and their associations with diatoms in the Southern Ocean as revealed by an autonomous sampler" (2020, Environmental Microbiology)
  • "Seasonal microbial food web dynamics in contrasting Southern Ocean productivity regimes" (2020, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • "Relaxation of Wind Stress Drives the Abrupt Onset of Biological Carbon Uptake in the Kerguelen Bloom: A Multisensor Approach" (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Interaction of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current With Seamounts Fuels Moderate Blooms but Vast Foraging Grounds for Multiple Marine Predators" (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "The Agulhas Current Transports Signals of Local and Remote Indian Ocean Nitrogen Cycling" (2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)

Frequent collaborators of Stéphane Blain include Ingrid Obernosterer, Audrey Guéneuguès, Olivier Crispi, Pavla Debeljak, and Rui Zhang, with multiple joint publications highlighting ongoing partnerships in their research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Mesoscale iron enrichment experiments 1993-2005 : Synthesis and future directions

    P. W. Boyd;T. Jickells;C. S. Law;S. Blain

  • Growth physiology and fate of diatoms in the ocean: a review

    Géraldine Sarthou;Klaas R. Timmermans;Stéphane Blain;Paul Tréguer

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • An ecosystem model of the global ocean including Fe, Si, P colimitations

    Olivier Aumont;Ernst Maier-Reimer;Stéphane Blain;P. Monfray

  • A biogeochemical study of the island mass effect in the context of the iron hypothesis : Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean

    Stéphane Blain;Paul Tréguer;Sauveur Belviso;Eva Bucciarelli

  • Atmospheric iron deposition and sea-surface dissolved iron concentrations in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    Géraldine Sarthou;Alex R. Baker;Stéphane Blain;Eric P. Achterberg

  • Distribution of dissolved iron during the natural iron-fertilization experiment KEOPS (Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean)

    Stéphane Blain;Géraldine Sarthou;Patrick Laan

  • Iron and manganese in the wake of the Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean)

    Eva Bucciarelli;Stéphane Blain;Paul Tréguer

  • Quenching correction for in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence acquired by autonomous platforms: A case study with instrumented elephant seals in the Kerguelen region (Southern Ocean)

    Xiaogang Xing;Hervé Claustre;Hervé Claustre;Stéphane Blain;Stéphane Blain;Fabrizio D'Ortenzio;Fabrizio D'Ortenzio

  • Shifts in bacterial community composition associated with increased carbon cycling in a mosaic of phytoplankton blooms.

    Marine Landa;Stéphane Blain;Urania Christaki;Sébastien Monchy

  • Deep dissolved iron profiles in the eastern North Atlantic in relation to water masses

    A. Laës;S. Blain;P. Laan;Eric P. Achterberg

  • The relative importance of phytoplankton aggregates and zooplankton fecal pellets to carbon export: insights from free-drifting sediment trap deployments in naturally iron-fertilised waters near the Kerguelen Plateau

    E. C. Laurenceau-Cornec;E. C. Laurenceau-Cornec;T. W. Trull;T. W. Trull;D. M. Davies;S. G. Bray

  • Ironn (II) and iron(III) determination in sea water at the nanomolar level with selective on-line preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination

    S. Blain;P. Tréguer

  • Phylogenetic and structural response of heterotrophic bacteria to dissolved organic matter of different chemical composition in a continuous culture study

    M. Landa;M. T. Cottrell;D. L. Kirchman;K. Kaiser

  • Large clean mesocosms and simulated dust deposition: a new methodology to investigate responses of marine oligotrophic ecosystems to atmospheric inputs

    Cécile Guieu;Cécile Guieu;François Dulac;François Dulac;Karine Desboeufs;Thibaut Wagener

  • The biogeochemical structuring role of horizontal stirring: Lagrangian perspectives on iron delivery downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau

    F. d'Ovidio;A. Della Penna;A. Della Penna;A. Della Penna;T. W. Trull;F. Nencioli

  • Hydrothermal vents trigger massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean.

    Mathieu Ardyna;Léo Lacour;Léo Lacour;Sara Sergi;Francesco d’Ovidio

  • Availability of iron and major nutrients for phytoplankton in the northeast Atlantic Ocean

    Stèphane Blain;Cècile Guieu;Hervè Claustre;Karine Leblanc

  • IronEx-I, an in situ iron-enrichment experiment: Experimental design, implementation and results

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Steve E. Fitzwater;Stephane P.G. Blain;Stephane P.G. Blain

  • Dissolved iron distribution in the tropical and sub tropical South Eastern Pacific

    S. Blain;Sébastien Bonnet;C. Guieu

  • Impact of high Saharan dust inputs on dissolved iron concentrations in the Mediterranean Sea

    Cécile Guieu;Yann Bozec;Stéphane Blain;Céline Ridame

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Obernosterer
Ingrid Obernosterer Université Paris Cité
Géraldine Sarthou
Géraldine Sarthou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Bernard Quéguiner
Bernard Quéguiner Aix-Marseille University
Thomas W. Trull
Thomas W. Trull Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Paul Tréguer
Paul Tréguer French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Andrew R. Bowie
Andrew R. Bowie University of Tasmania
Eric P. Achterberg
Eric P. Achterberg GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Alessandro Tagliabue
Alessandro Tagliabue University of Liverpool
Cécile Guieu
Cécile Guieu Université Paris Cité

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