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Overview

Ursula Witte is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Pollution, General Health Professions, and Atmospheric Science.

Their scientific work covers several main topics, including:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Ursula Witte's publications appear in a range of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Botanica Marina
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Diversity
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Their recent papers demonstrate diverse ecological and environmental research interests, with works such as:

  • "Chronic Environmental Perturbation Influences Microbial Community Assembly Patterns," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Modeling Microplastic Transport in the Marine Environment: Testing Empirical Models of Particle Terminal Sinking Velocity for Irregularly Shaped Particles," 2023, ACS ES&T Water
  • "Stable isotope values (δ 13C, δ 15N) of macroalgal communities at Loch Creran and its relevance for elucidating sources of macroalgal organic carbon in fjordic sedimentary systems," 2023, Botanica Marina
  • "Detritus from Ice and Plankton Algae as an Important Food Source for Macroinfaunal Communities in the Canadian Arctic," 2024, Diversity
  • "Living benthic foraminiferal assemblages of a transect in the Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic)," 2021, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Collaboration features prominently in Witte's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Philippe Archambault
  • Lloyd D. Potts
  • Alex Douglas
  • Luis J. Perez Calderon
  • James A. Anderson

Best Publications

  • A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Antje Boetius;Katrin Ravenschlag;Carsten J. Schubert;Dirk Rickert

  • Environmental Impacts of the Deep-Water Oil and Gas Industry: A Review to Guide Management Strategies

    Erik E. Cordes;Daniel O. B. Jones;Thomas A. Schlacher;Diva J. Amon

  • In situ experimental evidence of the fate of a phytodetritus pulse at the abyssal sea floor.

    U. Witte;F. Wenzhöfer;Stefan Sommer;A. Boetius

  • In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano

    Dirk de Beer;Eberhard Sauter;Helge Niemann;Norbert Kaul

  • Pore-water advection and solute fluxes in permeable marine sediments (II): Benthic respiration at three sandy sites with different permeabilities (German Bight, North Sea)

    F. Janssen;M. Huettel;Ursula Felicitas Marianne Witte

  • Twenty thousand sterling under the sea : Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity

    Niels Jobstvogt;Nicholas Hanley;Stephen Hynes;Jasper Kenter

  • Rapid response of a deep-sea benthic community to POM enrichment: an in situ experimental study

    U. Witte;Nicole Aberle;M. Sand;Frank Wenzhöfer

  • Benthic biogeochemistry: state of the art technologies and guidelines for the future of in situ survey

    E Viollier;C. Rabouille;Se Apitz;E Breuer

  • Europe’s Grand Canyon: Nazaré submarine canyon

    Paul Tyler;Teresa Amaro;Raquel Arzola;Marina R Cunha

  • Deep-sea macrofauna exposed to a simulated sedimentation event in the abyssal NE Atlantic: in situ pulse-chase experiments using C-13-labelled phytodetritus

    Nicole Aberle;U. Witte

  • Decomposition of diatoms and nutrient dynamics in permeable North Sea sediments

    Sandra Ehrenhauss;Ursula Witte;Felix Janssen;Markus Huettel;Markus Huettel

  • Particle capture and deposition by deep-sea sponges from the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

    U Witte;T Brattegard;G Graf;B Springer

  • The effect of flow speed and food size on the capture efficiency and feeding behaviour of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

    Covadonga Orejas;Andrea Gori;Andrea Gori;Andrea Gori;Cecilia Rad-Menéndez

  • Seasonal reproduction in deep-sea sponges-triggered by vertical particle flux?

    U. Witte

  • High rates of benthic carbon remineralisation in the abyssal Arabian Sea

    Ursula Witte;Olaf Pfannkuche

  • Scavenger assemblages under differing trophic conditions : a case study in the deep Arabian Sea

    Felix Janßen;Tina Treude;Ursula Witte

  • Chronic Environmental Perturbation Influences Microbial Community Assembly Patterns

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  • The microbial community structure of different permeable sandy sediments characterized by the investigation of bacterial fatty acids and fluorescence in situ hybridization.

    Solveig Bühring;Marcus Elvert;Ursula Witte

  • Absorption efficiencies and basal turnover of C, N and fatty acids in a marine Calanoid copepod

    Daniel J. Mayor;Kathryn Cook;Barry Thornton;Pamela Walsham

  • Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Greenland-Norwegian Sea and its effect on the geological record

    Gerhard Graf;Sebastian A. Gerlach;Peter Linke;Wolfgang Queisser

  • Consumption of large carcasses by scavenger assemblages in the deep Arabian Sea: observations by baited camera

    Ursula Witte

Frequent Co-Authors

Veerle A.I. Huvenne
Veerle A.I. Huvenne National Oceanography Centre
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval
Olaf Pfannkuche
Olaf Pfannkuche GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Per O.J. Hall
Per O.J. Hall University of Gothenburg
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Christophe Rabouille
Christophe Rabouille University of Paris-Saclay
Hiroshi Kitazato
Hiroshi Kitazato Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Markus Huettel
Markus Huettel Florida State University
Franck Gilbert
Franck Gilbert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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