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Uta Passow
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Research
Latest papers
Interactions between oil, dispersants and exopolymeric substances. A review.
Marine pollution bulletin · 2026 · senior author
Why biofouling cannot contribute to the vertical transport of small microplastic.
Microplastics and nanoplastics · 2024 · senior author
Quantitative review summarizing the effects of oil pollution on subarctic and arctic marine invertebrates.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $85,107
Urgent need for Field Vehicle to sustain Ocean Science Research
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $340,313
BELAS: Biological Carbon Export in the Labrador Sea
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $305,000
The Biological Carbon Pump in the Anthropocene
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
8 publications.
Interactions between oil, dispersants and exopolymeric substances. A review.
Zoghbi N, Passow U
Why biofouling cannot contribute to the vertical transport of small microplastic.
Benner I, Passow U
Quantitative review summarizing the effects of oil pollution on subarctic and arctic marine invertebrates.
Kalter V, Passow U
The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Steinberg DK, Stamieszkin K, Maas AE, Durkin CA, Passow U, Estapa ML, Omand MM, McDonnell AMP, Karp-Boss L, Galbraith M, Siegel DA
Emiliania huxleyi-Bacteria Interactions under Increasing CO2 Concentrations.
Barcelos E Ramos J, Ribeiro SC, Schulz KG, Coelho FJRDC, Oliveira V, Cunha A, Gomes NCM, Brownlee C, Passow U, de Azevedo EB
Planktonic Aggregates as Hotspots for Heterotrophic Diazotrophy: The Plot Thickens.
Riemann L, Rahav E, Passow U, Grossart HP, de Beer D, Klawonn I, Eichner M, Benavides M, Bar-Zeev E
The Complexity of Spills: The Fate of the Deepwater Horizon Oil.
Passow U, Overton EB
Editorial: Microbial Exopolymers: Sources, Chemico-Physiological Properties, and Ecosystem Effects in the Marine Environment.
Gutierrez T, Teske A, Ziervogel K, Passow U, Quigg A
Urgent need for Field Vehicle to sustain Ocean Science Research
Principal investigators: Fleming, Ian
Keywords: evolutionary ecology; benthic ecology; physiological ecology; marine ecosystems; marine invertebrates; fishes; plankton community composition; environmental change; biological carbon pump; species invasions
BELAS: Biological Carbon Export in the Labrador Sea
Principal investigators: Bertrand, Erin E
Keywords: BGC Argo; biological carbon pump; carbon export; climate change; international collaboration; Labrador Sea; molecular indicies; phytoplankton bloom
The Biological Carbon Pump in the Anthropocene
Principal investigators: Passow, Uta
Keywords: biological carbon pump; sedimentation/ vertical carbon flux; climate change; ocean acidification; phytoplankton response to envrionmental change; transport of oil or plastic via marine snow; oilspill mediation; multistressor experiments
Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Characterization of Oil and Dispersants in Canadian Marine Environments
Principal investigators: Zhang, Baiyu
NSERC CREATE training program in Persistent, Emerging, and Oil PoLlution incold marine Environments (PEOPLE CREATE)
Principal investigators: Chen, Bing B
Keywords: advanced treatment; emerging pollutants; fate and behaviors; health and community; marine and coastal environments; marine oil spills; nano/bio-technologies; policy and decision making; risk assessment; shoreline cleanup
Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes
Principal investigators: Passow, Uta
Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes
Principal investigators: Passow, Uta
Keywords: Biological carbon pump; climate change; ocean acidification; transparent exopolymer particles; marine snow; aggregation; sedimentation; oil spill; phytoplankton
Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes
Principal investigators: Passow, Uta
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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