TEAM 1 SELECTED PAPERS (starting from 2000)

- Selected Publications (starting from 2000) :

Arraes-Mescoff, R., Coppola, L., Roy-Barman, M., Souhaut, M., Tashikawa, K., Jeandel, C., R. Sempéré and S. C. Yoro. 2001. The behavior of Al, Mn, Ba, REE and Th isotopes during in vitro bacterial degradation of large marine particles. Marine Chemistry. 73 : 1-19.
Aubert C., Rontani J-F., 2000. Perfluoroalkyl ketones : novel derivatization products for the sensitive determination of fatty acids by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in EI and NCI modes. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 14(11), 960-966.
Bonin C., Michotey V., Mouzdahir A., Rontani J-F., 2002. Anaerobic biodegradation of squalene: monitoring of isolation of denitrifying bacteria from enrichment culture by DGGE. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 1389, 1-13.
Bonin P., Rontani J-F., Bordenave L., 2001. Metabolic differences between attached and free-living marine bacteria : inadequacy of liquid cultures for describing in situ bacterial activity. FEMS Microbiology Letters 194, 111-119.
Bourguet, N., Torreton, J. P., Arondel, O. Galy and V. and Goutx, M. 2003. "Specific and sensitive radiometric assay for measurement of real microbial lipase activities in marine water samples. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 69, 7395-7400.
Caradec S., Grossi V., Guigue, C., Goutx, M., Gilbert F., 2004. Influence of various redox conditions on the degradation of microalgal triglycerides and fatty acids in marine sediments. Organic Geochemistry 35, 277-287.
Caradec S., Grossi V., Hulth S., Stora G. & Gilbert F. (2004). Macrofaunal reworking activities and hydrocarbon redistribution in an experimental sediment system. Journal of Sea Research. In press.
Cuny, P., Marty, J-C., Chiaverini, J., Vescovali, I., Raphel, D., Rontani, J-F., 2002. One-year seasonal survey of the chlorophyll photodegradation process in the Northwestern Mediterranean sea. Deep Sea Research II 49, 1987-2005.
Dafner, E. and R. Sempéré, and H. Bryden, 2001. Total organic carbon distribution through the Strait of Gibraltar in September 1997, Marine Chemistry, 73 : 233-252. Dafner, E., Gonzales-Davila, M., Santana-Casiano, J. M. and R. Sempéré. 2001. Total organic and inorganic carbon exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar in September 1997. Deep Sea Research., 48 : 1217-1236.
F. Echevarría, J. García Lafuente, M. Bruno, G. Gorsky, M. Goutx, N. González, C. M. García, F. Gómez, J. M. Vargas, M. Picheral, L. Striby, M. Varela, Jose J. Alonso, A. Reul, A. Cózar, L. Prieto, T. Sarhan, F. Plaza and F. Jiménez-Gómez, 2001. Physical-biological coupling in the Strait of Gibraltar. Deep-Sea Res. 49, 19, 4115-4130.
Gerino M., Stora G., François-Carcaillet F., Gilbert F., Poggiale J-C., Mermillot-Blondin F., Desrosiers G. & Vervier P. (2004). Macro-invertebrates functional groups in freshwater and marine sediments: a common mechanistic classification. Vie et Milieu, 53 : 221-232.
Gilbert F., Desrosiers G., Hulth S. & Stora G. (2001). Comparison between the Nereis diversicolor and Nereis virens marine worms in the transformation of ingested hydrocarbons. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81: 885-886.
Gilbert F., Hulth S. & Aller R.C. (2003). The influence of macrofaunal burrow spacing and diffusive scaling on sedimentary nitrification and denitrification: An experimental and model approach. Journal of Marine Research, 61: 101-125.
Gilbert F., Hulth S., Strömberg N., Ringdahl K. & Poggiale J-C. (2003). 2-D optical quantification of particle reworking activities in surface marine sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 285/286: 251-263.
Gilbert F., Stora G., Desrosiers G., Deflandre B., Bertrand J-C., Poggiale, J-C. & Gagné J-P. (2001). Alteration and release of aliphatic compounds by the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) experimentally fed with hydrocarbons. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 256 (2) : 199-213.
Gomez, F., Gorsky, G., Striby, L., Vargas, J. M., Gonzales, N., Picheral M., Garcia-Lafuente, J., Varela, M. and Goutx M, 2001. Small-scale temporal variations in physical and biogeochemical features in the Strait of Gibraltar, Eastern entrance - The role of NACW and the interface oscillation. J. Mar. Syst.30 207-220.
Gordillo, F., Jimenez C., Goutx, M. and Niell F. X., 2001. Effect of CO2 and nitrogen supply on the biochemical composition of Ulva rigida. Journal of Plant Physiology, 158 : 367-373.
Goutx, M., A. Momzikoff, L. Striby, J. C. Marty, I. Vescovali 2000. High frequency fluxes of labile compounds in the Central Ligurian sea, Northwestern Mediterranean Deep Sea Research-I, 47: 533-556.
Goutx, M., Guigue, C., and Striby, L. 2003. Triacylglycerol biodegradation experiment in marine environmental conditions : definition of a new lipolysis index. Organic geochemistry,34 ,1465-1473.
Grossi V., Blokker P., Sinninghe Damsté J.S., 2001. Anaerobic biodegradation of lipids of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina. Organic Geochemistry 32, 795-808.
Grossi V., Caradec S., Gilbert F., 2003. Burial and reactivity of sedimentary microalgal lipids in bioturbated Mediterranean coastal sediments. Marine Chemistry 81, 57-69.
Grossi V., Massias D., Stora G., Bertrand J-C., 2002. Burial, exportation and degradation of acyclic petroleum hydrocarbons following a simulated oil spill in bioturbated Mediterranean coastal sediments. Chemosphere 48, 947-954.
Grossi V., Raphel D., Aubert C., Rontani J-F., 2000. The effect of growth temperature on the long-chain alkenes composition in the marine coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi. Phytochemistry 54, 393-399.
Grossi V., Raphel D., Hirschler A., Gilewicz M., Mouzdahir A., Bertrand J-C., Rontani J-F., 2000. Anaerobic biodegradation of pristane by a marine sedimentary bacterial and/or archaeal community. Organic Geochemistry 31, 769-772.
Grossi V., Raphel, D., 2003. Long-chain (C19-C29) 1-chloro-alkanes in leaf waxes of halophytes of the Chenopodiaceae. Phytochemistry 63, 693-698.
Hulth S., Aller R.C., Canfield D.E., Dalsgaard T., Engström P., Gilbert F., Sundbäck K. & Thamdrup B. (2004). N removal in marine environments: recent findings and future research challenges. Marine Chemistry. In press.
Marchand D., Grossi V., Hirschler-Réa A., Rontani J-F., 2002. Regiospecific enzymatic oxygenation of cis-vaccenic acid during aerobic senescence of the halophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thiohalocapsa halophila. Lipids 37, 541-548.
Marchand D., Rontani J-F., 2003. Visible light-induced oxidation of lipid components of purple sulfur bacteria: a significant process in microbial mats. Organic Geochemistry 34, 61-79.
Marchand, D., Rontani, J-F., 2001. Characterization of photooxidation and auto-oxidation products of phytoplanktonic monounsaturated fatty acids in marine particulate matter and Recent sediment samples. Organic Geochemistry 32, 287-304.
Michaud E., Desrosiers G., Long B., de Montety L., Cremer J-F., Pelletier E., Locat J., Gilbert, F. & Stora, G. (2003). Use of axial tomography to follow the temporal changes of benthic communities in an unstable sedimentary environment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 285/286: 265-282.
Mouzdahir A., Bakkas S., Rontani J-F., 2001. Aerobic and anaerobic abiotic degradation of squalene in the presence of hydroperoxides. Chemosphere 44, 771-777.
Mouzdahir A., Grossi V., Bakkas S., Rontani J-F., 2001. Photodegradation of long-chain alkenes in senescent cells of Emiliania huxleyi and Nannochloropsis salina. Phytochemistry 56, 677-684.
Obernosterer, I., Sempéré, R. and G. J. Herndl. 2001. Ultraviolet radiation a reversal of the bioavailability of DOM to marine bacterioplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 24 :61-68.
Ouellette D., Desrosiers G., Gagné J.-P., Gilbert F., Poggiale J.-C., Stora G. & Blier P. (2004). Effects of temperature on in vitro sediment reworking processes by a gallery biodiffusor, the polychaete Neanthes virens. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 266: 185-193.
Panagiotopoulos, C., Sempéré, R., Obernosterer, I., Striby, L., Goutx, M., Wambeke, F., Gautier, S., Lafont, R., 2002. Bacterial degradation of large organic particles in the Southern Indian Ocean using in vitro degradation experiments. Organic Geochemistry, 33, 985-1000.
Panagiotopoulos, C., Sempéré, R., Lafont, R. and Kerhervé, P. 2001. Effects of temperature in the determination of monosaccharides by using an anion-exchange column. Journal of Chromatography, 920: 13-22.
Rontani J-F., 2001. Visible light-dependent degradation of lipidic phytoplanktonic components during senescence : a review. Phytochemistry 58, 187-202.
Rontani J-F., Aubert C., 2003. Electron impact mass spectral fragmentation of C19 isoprenoid aldehydes and carboxylic acid methyl and trimethylsilyl esters. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 17, 949-956.
Rontani J-F., Aubert C., 2004. Electron ionization mass spectral fragmentation of derivatized 4,5- and 5,6-epoxysterols. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 18, 1-5.
Rontani J-F., Beker B., Volkman J.K., 2004. Long-chain alkenones and related compounds in the benthic haptophyte Chrysotila lamellosa Anand HAP 17. Phytochemistry 65, 117-126.
Rontani J-F., Koblizek M., Beker B., Bonin P., Kolber Z., 2003. On the origin of cis-vaccenic photodegradation products in the marine environment. Lipids 38,1085-1092.
Rontani J-F., Marchand D., 2000. ?5-Stenol photoproducts of phytoplanktonic origin : a potential source of hydroperoxides in marine sediments ? Organic Geochemistry 31, 169-180.
Rontani J-F., Marchand D., Volkman J.K., 2001. NaBH4 reduction of alkenones to the corresponding alkenols : a useful tool for their characterisation in natural samples. Organic Geochemistry 32, 1329-1341.
Rontani J-F., Mouzdahir A., Michotey V., Bonin P., 2002. Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism of squalene by a new denitrifying Marinobacter sp. isolated from marine sediment. Archives of Microbiology 178, 279-287.
Rontani J-F., Mouzdahir A., Michotey V., Caumette P. et Bonin P. (2003) Production of a polyunsaturated isoprenoid wax ester during aerobic metabolism of squalene by Marinobacter squalenivorans sp. Nov. Applied Environmental Microbiology 69, 4167-4176.
Rontani J-F., Perrote S., Cuny P., 2000. Can a high chlorophyllase activity bias the use of phytyldiol versus phytol ratio (CPPI) for the monitoring of chlorophyll photooxidation in seawater ? Org. Geochem. 31, 91-99.
Rontani J-F., Rabourdin A., Aubert C., 2001. Electron impact mass spectral fragmentation of some isoprenoid glycidic ethers. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 15, 1-5.
Rontani J-F., Rabourdin A., Marchand D., Aubert C. (2003) Photochemical oxidation and autoxidation of chlorophyll phytyl side-chain in senescent phytoplanktonic cells: potential sources of several acyclic isoprenoid compounds in the marine environment. Lipids 38, 241-254.
Rontani J-F., Volkman J.K., 2003. Phytol degradation products as biogeochemical tracers in aquatic environments. Organic Geochemistry 34, 1-35.
Rontani, J-F., Bonin P., 2000. Aerobic bacterial metabolism of phytol in seawater : effect of particle association on an abiotic intermediate step and its biogeochemical consequences. Organic Geochemistry 31, 489-496.
Sempéré, R., B. Charrière, F. Van Wambeke, and G. Cauwet. 2000. Carbon inputs of the Rhône River to the Mediterranean Sea : Biogeochemical implications. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 14 : 669-681.
Sempéré, R., Yoro, S. C. , F. Van Wambeke, and B. Charrière. 2000. Microbial decomposition of large organic particles in northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 5. 198 : 61-72.
Sempéré., R. Lafont, R., Marroni, B., Panagiotopoulos, C., and F. Van Wambeke. 2002. Dynamic of Total organic carbon in Aegean Sea. J. Mar. Syst.,33-34:355-364.
Sempéré, R. Dafner, E., Van Wambeke, F., Lefèvre, D., Magen, C., Allègre, S., Bruyant, F., Bianchi, M. And L. Prieur. Distribution and cycling of total organic carbon across the Almeria-Oran Front in the Mediterranean Sea: Implications for carbon cycling in the western basin. 2003. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. C11, 3361, 10.1029/2002JC001475.
R. Sempéré and K. Kawamura. Interhemispheric contribution of ??? dicarboxylic acids and related polar compounds to water soluble organic carbon in the marine aerosols in relation to photochemical oxidation reactions, 2003. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10.1029/2002GB001980
Van den Brink D., Van Miert J.N.I., Dacremont G., Rontani J-F., Jansen G.A., Wanders J.A., 2004. Identification of fatty aldehyde deshydrogenase in the breakdown of phytol to phytanic acid. Molecular Genetic and Metabolism (sous presse).
Van Wambeke, F., Goutx, M., Striby, L., Sempéré, R. and F. Vidussi. 2001. Bacterial dynamics during the transition from Spring bloom to oligotrophy in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Relationships with particulate detritus, dissolved organic matter and structure of the microbial food web. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 212 : 89-105.

- Book chapters (starting from 2000):

Rontani J-F., ,Aubert C., 2000. Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry applied to the characterization of acyclic isoprenoids. Dans: New Advances in Analytical Chemistry, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam , pp. 207-252.

Rontani J-F., 2004. Importance of visible light-induced photodegradation processes in the north western Mediterranean Sea. Dans: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Water Pollution, vol. 5, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (in press).