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Overview

Yves Gratton is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research spans key areas in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specific focus on oceanography and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's recent work explores multiple aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, particularly within Arctic and related environments. The topics they cover include the dynamics of Arctic and Antarctic ice, methane hydrates and related phenomena, as well as oceanographic and atmospheric processes. Their expertise also extends to soil and water nutrient dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, and fish ecology and management studies.

Gratton has published research in several scientific journals known within their fields of study. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Earth System Science Data
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gratton include:

  • "The MALINA oceanographic expedition: how do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean?" (2021) published in Earth System Science Data
  • "Nutrient cycling in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary: Response to environmental perturbations" (2020) published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Hudson Strait Inflow: Structure and Variability" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Modeling movements of lake charr eggs on spawning grounds" (2021) published in Journal of Great Lakes Research

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Alfonso Mucci, Philippe Massicotte, Rainer M. W. Amon, David Antoine, and Philippe Archambault. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary approaches to research across oceanographic and environmental sciences.

The body of work by Yves Gratton contributes empirical and modeling studies that aid understanding of environmental perturbations affecting marine systems, biogeochemical fluxes influenced by changing ice cover, and nutrient cycling in estuarine environments. This research informs topics in biodiversity, ecological dynamics, and the physical structure of aquatic systems.

Best Publications

  • Contribution of under‐ice primary production to an ice‐edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

    C. J. Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Jens Ehn;Yves Gratton

  • Ocean circulation within the North Water polynya of Baffin Bay

    Humfrey Melling;Yves Gratton;Grant Ingram

  • Vertical stability and the annual dynamics of nutrients and chlorophyll fluorescence in the coastal, southeast Beaufort Sea

    Jean-Éric Tremblay;Jean-Éric Tremblay;Kyle Simpson;Johannie Martin;Lisa A. Miller

  • Prevalence, structure and properties of subsurface chlorophyll maxima in Canadian Arctic waters

    Johannie Martin;Jean-Éric Tremblay;Jonathan Gagnon;Geneviève Tremblay

  • Climate forcing multiplies biological productivity in the coastal Arctic Ocean

    J.-É. Tremblay;S. Bélanger;D. G. Barber;M. Asplin

  • Prokaryotic community structure and heterotrophic production in a river-influenced coastal arctic ecosystem

    Marie-Ève Garneau;Warwick F. Vincent;Laura Alonso-Sáez;Yves Gratton

  • Biogenic carbon flows through the planktonic food web of the Amundsen Gulf (Arctic Ocean): A synthesis of field measurements and inverse modeling analyses

    Alexandre Forest;Jean-Éric Tremblay;Yves Gratton;Johannie Martin

  • Climatic and oceanic forcing of new, net, and diatom production in the North Water

    Jean-Eric Tremblay;Yves Gratton;Juliette Fauchot;Neil M Price

  • The International polar year (IPY) circumpolar flaw lead (CFL) system study: Overview and the physical system

    D.G. Barber;M.G. Asplin;Y. Gratton;J. V. Lukovich

  • Phytoplankton biomass, production and potential export in the North Water

    Bert Klein;Bernard LeBlanc;Zhi-Ping Mei;Rachel Beret

  • Seasonal dynamics of bacterial biomass and production in a coastal arctic ecosystem: Franklin Bay, western Canadian Arctic

    Marie-Ã. Ve Garneau;Marie-Ã. Ve Garneau;SéBastien Roy;Connie Lovejoy;Yves Gratton

  • Role of environmental factors on phytoplankton bloom initiation under landfast sea ice in Resolute Passage, Canada

    Christopher John Mundy;Michel Gosselin;Yves Gratton;Kristina Brown

  • An overview of physical processes in the North Water

    R.Grant Ingram;Julie Bâcle;David G Barber;Yves Gratton

  • Impact of the large‐scale Arctic circulation and the North Water Polynya on nutrient inventories in Baffin Bay

    Jean Éric Tremblay;Yves Gratton;Eddy C. Carmack;Christopher D. Payne;Christopher D. Payne

  • Modeling the Dynamics of the North Water Polynya Ice Bridge

    Dany Dumont;Yves Gratton;Todd E. Arbetter

  • Variations of the abundance and nucleic acid content of heterotrophic bacteria in Beaufort Shelf waters during winter and spring

    Claude Belzile;Sonia Brugel;Christian Nozais;Yves Gratton

  • The annual cycle of particulate organic carbon export in Franklin Bay (Canadian Arctic): Environmental control and food web implications

    Alexandre Forest;Makoto Sampei;Ryosuke Makabe;Hiroshi Sasaki

  • Seasonal variability of water mass distribution in the southeastern Beaufort Sea determined by total alkalinity and δ18O

    Bruno Lansard;Alfonso Mucci;Lisa A. Miller;Robie W. Macdonald

  • Contrasting interannual changes in phytoplankton productivity and community structure in the coastal Canadian Arctic Ocean

    Marjolaine Blais;Mathieu Ardyna;Mathieu Ardyna;Michel Gosselin;Dany Dumont

  • Hypoxia In The Lower St. Lawrence Estuary: How Physics Controls Spatial Patterns

    Stelly Lefort;Yves Gratton;Alfonso Mucci;Isabelle Dadou

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Gosselin
Michel Gosselin Université du Québec à Rimouski
Jean-Éric Tremblay
Jean-Éric Tremblay Université Laval
David G. Barber
David G. Barber University of Manitoba
Tim Papakyriakou
Tim Papakyriakou University of Manitoba
Simon Bélanger
Simon Bélanger Université du Québec à Rimouski
Louis Fortier
Louis Fortier Université Laval
Maurice Levasseur
Maurice Levasseur Université Laval
André St-Hilaire
André St-Hilaire Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Alfonso Mucci
Alfonso Mucci McGill University
Philippe Archambault
Philippe Archambault Université Laval

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