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Overview

Uta Passow is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and works primarily within the broad fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses largely on oceanographic processes and the ecological impacts related to marine and coastal systems.

The scientist's notable published papers include:

  • Sinking Organic Particles in the Ocean-Flux Estimates From in situ Optical Devices, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • The Complexity of Spills: The Fate of the Deepwater Horizon Oil, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • The science behind marine-oil snow and MOSSFA: Past, present, and future, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Frequent co-authors of this scientist include:

  • David A. Siegel
  • Elisa Romanelli
  • Sarah L. C. Giering
  • Julia Sweet
  • Adrian Burd

Common venues in which Uta Passow publishes are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Main fields of study consist of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with subfields highlighting areas such as Oceanography, Pollution, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

Research topics frequently addressed by Uta Passow include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Best Publications

  • Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments.

    Uta Passow

  • The abundance and significance of a class of large, transparent organic particles in the ocean

    Alice L. Alldredge;Uta Passow;Bruce Ernest Logan

  • The oceanic gel phase: a bridge in the DOM-POM continuum

    Pedro Verdugo;Alice L. Alldredge;Farooq Azam;David L. Kirchman

  • A dye-binding assay for the spectrophotometric measurement of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP).

    U. Passow;A. L. Alldredge

  • Factors influencing the sinking of POC and the efficiency of the biological carbon pump

    Christina L. De La Rocha;Uta Passow

  • The role of particulate carbohydrate exudates in the flocculation of diatom blooms

    Uta Passow;Alice L. Alldredge;Bruce E. Logan

  • Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

    Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

  • The biological pump in a high CO 2 world

    Uta Passow;Craig A. Carlson

  • Marine Phytoplankton Temperature versus Growth Responses from Polar to Tropical Waters – Outcome of a Scientific Community-Wide Study

    Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Evelyn A. Armstrong;Feixue Fu

  • Distribution, size and bacterial colonization of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in the ocean

    U. Passow;AL Alldredge

  • Marine snow formation in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

    Uta Passow;K. Ziervogel;V. Asper;A. Diercks

  • The origin of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) and their role in the sedimentation of particulate matter

    U Passow;R.F Shipe;A Murray;D.K Pak

  • Formation of transparent exopolymer particles, TEP, from dissolved precursor material

    Uta Passow

  • The role of surface-active carbohydrates in the flocculation of a diatom bloom in a mesocosm

    Kenneth Mopper;Jian zhou;Konduru Sri Ramana;Uta passow

  • Production of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) by phyto- and bacterioplankton

    Uta Passow

  • Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms

    Sara Kleindienst;Michael Seidel;Kai Ziervogel;Sharon L. Grim

  • An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234 ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a POC flux proxy

    K.O. Buesseler;C.R. Benitez-Nelson;S.B. Moran;A. Burd

  • The role of surface‐active carbohydrates in the formation of transparent exopolymer particles by bubble adsorption of seawater

    Jian Zhou;Kenneth Mopper;Uta Passow

  • Rapid formation and sedimentation of large aggregates is predictable from coagulation rates (half-lives) of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)

    Bruce E. Logan;Uta Passow;Alice L. Alldredge;Hans Peter Grossartt

  • Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic spring bloom. I. The phytoplankton community and biogeochemical response

    Yuanyuan Feng;Clinton E. Hare;Karine Leblanc;Julie M. Rose

  • Aggregation of a diatom bloom in a mesocosm: The role of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)

    Uta Passow;Alice L. Alldredge

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice L. Alldredge
Alice L. Alldredge University of California, Santa Barbara
Hans-Peter Grossart
Hans-Peter Grossart University of Potsdam
Antonietta Quigg
Antonietta Quigg Texas A&M University at Galveston
Anja Engel
Anja Engel GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Carol Arnosti
Carol Arnosti University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter H. Santschi
Peter H. Santschi Texas A&M University
Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia

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