Uta Passow

13.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Uta Passow is a scholar working on Oceanography, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Uta Passow has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Oceanography, 32 papers in Pollution and 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Uta Passow's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (85 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (34 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers). Uta Passow is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (85 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (34 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (31 papers). Uta Passow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Uta Passow's co-authors include Alice L. Alldredge, Bruce E. Logan, Anja Engel, CA Carlson, AL Alldredge, Kai Ziervogel, Jian Zhou, Kenneth Mopper, Peter H. Santschi and Ulf Riebesell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Uta Passow

115 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The abundance and significance of a class of large, transparent organic particles in the ocean
    1993 736 citations Alice L. Alldredge, Uta Passow et al. profile →
  2. The oceanic gel phase: a bridge in the DOM–POM continuum
    2004 550 citations Alice L. Alldredge, Uta Passow et al. profile →
  3. A dye‐binding assay for the spectrophotometric measurement of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP)
    1995 547 citations Uta Passow, Alice L. Alldredge Limnology and Oceanography profile →
  4. Marine Phytoplankton Temperature versus Growth Responses from Polar to Tropical Waters – Outcome of a Scientific Community-Wide Study
    2013 342 citations David A. Hutchins, Uta Passow et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Uta Passow 7.0k 3.5k 2.2k 2.1k 1.7k 116 10.4k
Antonietta Quigg 4.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 175 10.0k
Aron Stubbins 5.8k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 120 10.3k
Ronnie N. Glud 7.4k 1.1× 6.0k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 3.7k 1.8× 2.1k 1.3× 268 14.0k
Alice L. Alldredge 8.5k 1.2× 5.8k 1.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.3× 76 12.2k
Michael D. Krom 4.3k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 145 10.8k
Lawrence M. Mayer 3.5k 0.5× 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 117 9.2k
Markus Huettel 5.2k 0.7× 5.1k 1.4× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 120 10.2k
David A. Hutchins 12.3k 1.7× 6.8k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 3.0k 1.5× 2.2k 1.3× 228 16.6k
Laodong Guo 5.1k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 218 11.9k
Richard G. Keil 6.0k 0.9× 4.8k 1.4× 831 0.4× 2.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 88 10.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Uta Passow

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All Works

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Ziervogel, Kai, Julia Sweet, Laura Bretherton, et al.. (2024). Sink or break: Oil increases resistance of phytoplankton aggregates to fragmentation. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 10(1). 73–81. 1 indexed citations
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Jourdan, Benjamin de, et al.. (2024). Oil uptake via marine snow: Effects on blue mussels (Mytilus sp.). Aquatic Toxicology. 274. 107047–107047.
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Giering, Sarah L. C., et al.. (2024). Can intense storms affect sinking particle dynamics after the North Atlantic spring bloom?. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(12). 2963–2974. 3 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Deborah K., Karen Stamieszkin, Amy E. Maas, et al.. (2022). The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(1). e2022GB007523–e2022GB007523. 28 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta, et al.. (2022). Quantitative review summarizing the effects of oil pollution on subarctic and arctic marine invertebrates. Environmental Pollution. 319. 120960–120960. 15 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta & Edward B. Overton. (2020). The Complexity of Spills: The Fate of the Deepwater Horizon Oil. Annual Review of Marine Science. 13(1). 109–136. 50 indexed citations
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Doyle, Shawn M., Uta Passow, Manoj Kamalanathan, et al.. (2019). Biological response to dissolved versus dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 150. 110713–110713. 15 indexed citations
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Bretherton, Laura, Manoj Kamalanathan, Yue Liang, et al.. (2018). Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology. 206. 43–53. 31 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta, Julia Sweet, & Antonietta Quigg. (2017). How the dispersant Corexit impacts the formation of sinking marine oil snow. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 125(1-2). 139–145. 55 indexed citations
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Yan, Beizhan, Uta Passow, Jeffrey P. Chanton, et al.. (2016). Sustained deposition of contaminants from the Deepwater Horizon spill. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). E3332–40. 66 indexed citations
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Kleindienst, Sara, Michael Seidel, Kai Ziervogel, et al.. (2015). Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(48). 14900–14905. 222 indexed citations
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Seebah, Shalin, et al.. (2014). Aggregation and Sedimentation of Thalassiosira weissflogii (diatom) in a Warmer and More Acidified Future Ocean. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112379–e112379. 44 indexed citations
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Ortega‐Retuerta, Eva, Uta Passow, Carlos M. Duarte, & Isabel Reche. (2009). Effects of ultraviolet B radiation on (not so) transparent exopolymer particles. Biogeosciences. 6(12). 3071–3080. 59 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta & Ulf Riebesell. (2005). Mesocosm pertubations experiments and the sensetivity of marine biological systems to global change. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 1 indexed citations
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Shipe, R., Uta Passow, Mark A. Brzezinski, et al.. (2002). Effects of the 1997–98 El Niño on seasonal variations in suspended and sinking particles in the Santa Barbara basin. Progress In Oceanography. 54(1-4). 105–127. 40 indexed citations
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Passow, Uta & Alice L. Alldredge. (1995). A dye‐binding assay for the spectrophotometric measurement of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP). Limnology and Oceanography. 40(7). 1326–1335. 547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Passow, Uta. (1991). Vertical migration ofGonyaulax catenata andMesodinium rubrum. Marine Biology. 110(3). 455–463. 47 indexed citations

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