Rafael Rasse

• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Sorbonne University

The biological gravitational pump is the primary mechanism exporting particulate organic carbon from the sunlit surface to the deep ocean, particularly inhigh-latitude regions. However, mesopelagic carbon budget deficits indicate additional, unaccounted-for mechanisms that enhance particle export. One hypothesis suggests that biominerals produced b...

We use data collected by Biogeochemical Argo (BGC-Argo) float, over a 5-year period (2016-2021), to study the dynamics of a unique low-oxygen-adapted phytoplanktonic community in the eastern tropical North Pacific. We isolate this community using a model that partitions vertical profiles of chlorophyll a (Chl a) and particulate backscattering into...

Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the open ocean provide grounds for estimating oceanic carbon budgets and for modelling carbon cycling. The majority of the published POC measurements have been collected at the sea surface. Thus, POC stocks in the upper layer of the water column are relatively well constrained. However, our unders...

Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the open ocean provide grounds for estimating oceanic carbon budgets and for modelling carbon cycling. The majority of the published POC measurements have been collected at the sea surface. Thus, POC stocks in the upper layer of the water column are relatively well constrained. However, our unders...

Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the open ocean provide grounds for estimating oceanic carbon budgets and for modelling carbon cycling. The majority of the published POC measurements have been collected at the sea surface. Thus, POC stocks in the upper layer of the water column are relatively well constrained. However, our unders...

The shallower oxygen-poor water masses of the ocean confine a majority of the microbial communities that can produce up to 90 % of oceanic N2. This effective N2-yielding section encloses a suspended small-particle layer, inferred from particle backscattering (bbp) measurements. It is thus hypothesized that this layer (hereafter, the bbp-layer) is l...

Upper suboxic water masses confine a majority of the microbial communities that can produce up to 90 % of oceanic N2. This effective N2-yielding section encloses a suspended small-particle layer, inferred from particle backscattering (bbp) measurements. It is thus hypothesized that this layer (hereafter, the bbp-layer) is linked to N2-yielding micr...

In oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), the attenuation rates of particulate organic carbon (POC) fluxes of large particles are known to be reduced, thus increasing the efficiency with which the biological carbon pump (BCP) transfers carbon to the abyss. The BCP efficiency is expected to further increase if OMZs expand. However, little is known about how t...

Empirical relationships between particulate organic carbon (POC) and inherent optical properties (IOPs) are required for estimating POC from ocean-color remote sensing and autonomous platforms. The main relationships studied are those between POC and particulate attenuation (cp) and backscattering (bbp) coefficients. The parameters of these relatio...

Urbanization and land use changes alter the nitrogen (N) cycle, with critical consequences for continental freshwater resources, coastal zones, and human health. Sewage and poor watershed management lead to impoverishment of inland water resources and degradation of coastal zones. Here we review the N contents of rivers of the three most important...

The largest share of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) anthropogenic greenhouse gases is derived from land use changes as well as forestry and agriculture, representing up to 67 % of the relative contribution from all sources. However, in spite of the rapid expansion of LAC tropical agriculture, little is known about its impact on atmospheric trac...

We evaluated the effect of agricultural practices on NO and N2O emissions from corn fields at Northern Guárico, one of Venezuelan largest cereal production regions. Historically, the most common agricultural practice in these regions has been mono cropping. Tillage (T) and non-tillage (NT) of soils represent approximately 30 and 70% of the planted...

A homogeneous, molecular, gas-phase elimination kinetics of 2-phenyl-2-propanol and 3-methyl-1- buten-3-ol catalyzed by hydrogen chloride in the temperature range 325–386 °C and pressure range 34–149 torr are described. The rate coefficients are given by the following Arrhenius equations: for 2-phenyl-2-propanol log k1 (s−1) = (11.01 ± 0.31) − (109...