World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Urania Christaki

Urania Christaki

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6699
World Ranking
6085
National Ranking
272

Overview

Urania Christaki is affiliated with the University of Lille in France and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on various subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Microbiology.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Urania Christaki include:

  • Seasonal microbial food web dynamics in contrasting Southern Ocean productivity regimes (2020) published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • Small phytoplankton contribute greatly to CO2-fixation after the diatom bloom in the Southern Ocean (2021) published in The ISME Journal
  • Marked spatiotemporal variations in small phytoplankton structure in contrasted waters of the Southern Ocean (Kerguelen area) (2020) published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • Seasonal Variations in the Biodiversity, Ecological Strategy, and Specialization of Diatoms and Copepods in a Coastal System With Phaeocystis Blooms: The Key Role of Trait Trade-Offs (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Stochastic and Deterministic Processes Regulate Phytoplankton Assemblages in a Temperate Coastal Ecosystem (2022) published in Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent coauthors working alongside Urania Christaki include:

  • Dimitra-Ioli Skouroliakou
  • Elsa Breton
  • Ludwig Jardillier
  • Solène Irion
  • Télesphore Sime-Ngando

Publication venues regularly featuring Urania Christaki's research are:

  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • The ISME Journal
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Plankton in the open Mediterranean Sea: a review

    I. Siokou-Frangou;U. Christaki;U. Christaki;U. Christaki;M. G. Mazzocchi;M. Montresor

  • Relationship between primary producers and bacteria in an oligotrophic sea--the Mediterranean and biogeochemical implications

    C. M. Turley;M. Bianchi;U. Christaki;P. Conan

  • Longitudinal and vertical trends of bacterial limitation by phosphorus and carbon in the Mediterranean Sea.

    F. Van Wambeke;U. Christaki;A. Giannakourou;T. Moutin

  • Exploring and quantifying fungal diversity in freshwater lake ecosystems using rDNA cloning/sequencing and SSU tag pyrosequencing

    Sébastien Monchy;Giovanna Sanciu;Marlène Jobard;Serena Rasconi

  • Carbon flow in the planktonic food web along a gradient of oligotrophy in the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

    I Siokou-Frangou;M Bianchi;U Christaki;E.D Christou

  • Growth and grazing on Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus by two marine ciliates

    Urania Christaki;Stéphan Jacquet;John R. Dolan;Daniel Vaulot

  • Nanoflagellate predation on auto- and heterotrophic picoplankton in the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea

    Urania Christaki;Antonia Giannakourou;Gérald Grégori

  • Consumption of picoplankton-size particles by marine ciliates : Effects of physiological state of the ciliate and particle quality

    Urania Christaki;John R. Dolan;Silvia Pelegri;Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan

  • The fate of biogenic iron during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural fertilisation: Impact of copepod grazing

    Géraldine Sarthou;Dorothée Vincent;Urania Christaki;Ingrid Obernosterer;Ingrid Obernosterer

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

    Marine Landa;Stéphane Blain;Urania Christaki;Sébastien Monchy

  • Planktonic ciliates in the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea: longitudinal trends of standing stocks, distributions and analysis of food vacuole contents

    Paraskevi Pitta;Antonia Giannakourou;Urania Christaki

  • Nanoflagellates (mixotrophs, heterotrophs and autotrophs) in the oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean: standing stocks, bacterivory and relationships with bacterial production

    Urania Christaki;John R. Dolan

  • Dynamic characteristics of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus consumption by bacterivorous nanoflagellates.

    U. Christaki;C. Courties;H. Karayanni;A. Giannakourou

  • The importance of small-sized copepods in a frontal area of the Aegean Sea

    S. Zervoudaki;E. D. Christou;T. G. Nielsen;I. Siokou-Frangou

  • Optimized routine flow cytometric enumeration of heterotrophic flagellates using SYBR Green I

    Urania Christaki;Claude Courties;Ramon Massana;Philippe Catala

  • 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

  • Rapid bacterial mineralization of organic carbon produced during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean

    Ingrid Obernosterer;Urania Christaki;Dominique Lefèvre;Philippe Catala

  • Comparing the effects of resource enrichment and grazing on viral production in a meso-eutrophic reservoir

    Markus G. Weinbauer;Urania Christaki;Jirí Nedoma;Karel Simek

  • Microplanktonic Community Structure in a Coastal System Relative to a Phaeocystis Bloom Inferred from Morphological and Tag Pyrosequencing Methods

    Sébastien Monchy;Jean-David Grattepanche;Elsa Breton;Dionigia Meloni;Dionigia Meloni

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Obernosterer
Ingrid Obernosterer Université Paris Cité
Télesphore Sime-Ngando
Télesphore Sime-Ngando University of Clermont Auvergne
Mireille Pujo-Pay
Mireille Pujo-Pay Sorbonne University
John R. Dolan
John R. Dolan Université Paris Cité
Thierry Moutin
Thierry Moutin Aix-Marseille University
Markus G. Weinbauer
Markus G. Weinbauer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Konstantinos Ar. Kormas
Konstantinos Ar. Kormas University Of Thessaly
Eric Viscogliosi
Eric Viscogliosi Institut Pasteur
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Philippe Lebaron
Philippe Lebaron Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring Ecology and Evolution often intersects with fields like counseling, psychology, and human services. For students considering a flexible route to advance or shift their careers, online programs offer a range of opportunities.

If you are interested in the mental health or support services side of these sciences, you might investigate the cheapest masters in counseling online or an online master in clinical psychology. Both paths can complement your understanding of human interactions within ecosystems.

For those who want to pursue a broader social impact, a online human services degree may offer a fast and accessible entry into diverse roles, from community outreach to advocacy in conservation.

Teachers or educators looking to pivot into new high-demand fields—such as communication sciences—can learn about making a career change for teachers higher pay by moving into speech-language pathology. This pathway also draws on foundational knowledge in biology and social sciences.

Best Scientists Citing Urania Christaki

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles