Ursula Witte

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ursula Witte is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ursula Witte has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Oceanography, 55 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ursula Witte's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (42 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (41 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers). Ursula Witte is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (42 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (41 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (31 papers). Ursula Witte collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Ursula Witte's co-authors include Olaf Pfannkuche, Antje Boëtius, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Dirk Rickert, Friedrich Widdel, Armin Gieseke, Carsten J. Schubert, Rudolf Amann, Katrin Ravenschlag and Felix Janßen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ursula Witte

90 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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A marine microbial consortium apparently mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

2000 2.3k citations Antje Boëtius, Bo Barker Jørgensen et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ursula Witte

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Detritus from Ice and Plankton Algae as an Important Food Source for Macroinfaunal Communities in the Canadian Arctic 2024 ·Diversity ·(unknown), Philippe Archambault, Ursula Witte, (unknown), Georgios Kazanidis, Javier Ciancio, Solveig Bourgeois, Christian Nozais	2
2	Modeling Microplastic Transport in the Marine Environment: Testing Empirical Models of Particle Terminal Sinking Velocity for Irregularly Shaped Particles 2023 ·ACS ES&T Water ·(unknown), M. W. Service, Ursula Witte, Gary Hardiman, Jennifer McKinley	7
3	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 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ursula Witte	3
4	Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in deep-water subarctic sediments (Faroe-Shetland Channel) 2018 ·Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Evangelia Gontikaki, (unknown), James A. Anderson, Ursula Witte	37
5	Advective pore-water transport of hydrocarbons in North East Scotland coastal sands 2018 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James A. Anderson, Ursula Witte	3
6	Benthic macroinfaunal community structure, resource utilisation and trophic relationships in two Canadian Arctic Archipelago polynyas 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Ursula Witte, Philippe Archambault	14
7	The Variable Influence of Dispersant on Degradation of Oil Hydrocarbons in Subarctic Deep-Sea Sediments at Low Temperatures (0–5 °C) 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Robert Ferguson, Evangelia Gontikaki, James A. Anderson, Ursula Witte	36
8	Patterns of carbon processing at the seafloor: the role of faunal andmicrobial communities in moderating carbon flows 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Clare Woulds, Steven Bouillon, Gregory L. Cowie, (unknown), Jack J. Middelburg, Ursula Witte	37
9	Carbon and Nitrogen Uptake of Calcareous Benthic Foraminifera along a Depth-Related Oxygen Gradient in the OMZ of the Arabian Sea 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Wanek, Margarete Watzka, Ursula Witte, William Ross Hunter, Petra Heinz	19
10	Occurrence of Priming in the Degradation of Lignocellulose in Marine Sediments 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Evangelia Gontikaki, Barry Thornton, Thomas Cornulier, Ursula Witte	26
11	Uptake of phytodetritus by benthic foraminifera under oxygen depletion at the Indian margin (Arabian Sea) 2014 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Ursula Witte, Michal Kučera, Petra Heinz	31
12	Twenty thousand sterling under the sea: Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity 2013 ·Ecological Economics ·Niels Jobstvogt, Nick Hanley, Stephen Hynes, Jasper O. Kenter, Ursula Witte	122
13	Macrofaunal colonization across the Indian margin oxygen minimum zone 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Lisa A. Levin, (unknown), Guillermo Mendoza, Clare Woulds, Paul C. Cross, Ursula Witte, Andrew J. Gooday, Greg Cowie, Hiroshi Kitazato	10
14	Macrofaunal community inside and outside of the Darwin Mounds Special Area of Conservation, NE Atlantic 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Natalia Serpetti, Evangelia Gontikaki, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Ursula Witte	10
15	Sediment community responses to marine vs. terrigenous organic matter in a submarine canyon 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·William Ross Hunter, Alan J. Jamieson, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Ursula Witte	27
16	Negative Priming Effect on Organic Matter Mineralisation in NE Atlantic Slope Sediments 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Evangelia Gontikaki, Barry Thornton, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Ursula Witte	51
17	Macrobenthic assemblage structure and organismal stoichiometry control faunal processing of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in oxygen minimum zone sediments 2012 ·Biogeosciences ·William Ross Hunter, Lisa A. Levin, Hiroshi Kitazato, Ursula Witte	40
18	Food quality determines sediment community responses to marine vs. terrigenous organic matter in a submarine canyon 2012 ·William Ross Hunter, Alan J. Jamieson, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Ursula Witte	3
19	Coastal Ocean Benthic Observatories (COBO) : integrated tools for the in situ observation and study of benthic ecosystem biogeochemical processes 2005 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Sabine E. Apitz, Elanor Bell, Lars Riis Damgaard, Franck Gilbert, Ronnie N. Glud, (unknown), Peter Kershaw, (unknown), Ruth Parker, Christophe Rabouille, Graham Shimmield, Martin Solan, Thomas Soltwedel, Federico Spagnoli, Ursula Witte	2
20	In situ experimental evidence of the fate of a phytodetritus pulse at the abyssal sea floor 2003 ·Nature ·Ursula Witte, Frank Wenzhöfer, Stefan Sommer, Antje Boëtius, Petra Heinz, Nicole Aberle, M. Sand, (unknown), Wolf‐Rainer Abraham, Bo Barker Jørgensen, Olaf Pfannkuche	197

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