Scientific production

Peer-reviewed publications


  1. Di Stefano M., Nerini D., […], V. Rossi (2024). Early-life dispersal traits of coastal fishes: a long-term database combining observations and growth models , under review in Earth System Science Data Discussion, doi:10.5194/essd-2024-22 Associated dataset is publicly available on SEANOE

  2. Kerametsidis G., J. Thorson, V. Rossi , […] and M. Hidalgo (2024). Cross-scale environmental impacts across persistent and dynamic aggregations within a complex population: implications for fisheries management, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences , 00, 1-17, doi:10.1139/cjfas-2023-0120

  3. Boudriga M.I., […], V. Rossi, […] and M. Bel Hassen (2024). Impact of atmospheric deposition on the dynamics of ultraphytoplanktonic populations in the Gulf of Gabès during an intense dust event (MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign), Marine Pollution Bulletin , 200, 116059, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116059 Associated CORRIGENDUM

  4. Rwawi C., Hernandez-Carrasco I., Sudre F., Tedetti M. and Rossi V. (2024). Transport patterns and hydrodynamic context of the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE cruise: implications for contaminants distribution and origin, Marine Pollution Bulletin , 198, 115743, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115743

  5. Sudre F., I. Hernandez-Carrasco, C. Mazoyer, J. Sudre, B. Dewitte, V. Garçon and V. Rossi (2023). An ocean front dataset for the Mediterranean sea and southwest indian ocean, (Nature) Scientific Data , 10, 730, doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02615-z Associated "NOMAD" dataset is publicly available on SEXTANT.

  6. Tedetti M., […], V. Rossi , C. Rwawi, […] and C. Garnier (2023). Contamination of planktonic food webs in the Mediterranean Sea: Setting the frame for the MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE oceanographic cruise, Marine Pollution Bulletin , 189, 114765, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114765

  7. Hernandez-Carrasco I., V. Rossi , G. Navarro, A. Turiel, A. Bracco and A. Orfila (2023). Flow structures with high Lagrangian coherence promote diatom blooms in oligotrophic waters, Geophysical Research Letters , 50, e2023GL103688, doi:10.1029/2023GL103688

  8. Fuchs R., V. Rossi , Caille C., Bensoussan N., Pinazo C., Grosso O. and M. Thyssen (2023). Intermittent upwelling events trigger delayed, major, and reproducible pico-nanophytoplankton responses in coastal oligotrophic waters, Geophysical Research Letters , 50, e2022GL102651, doi:10.1029/2022GL102651

  9. Sudre F., Dewitte B., Mazoyer C., Garçon V., Sudre J., Penven P. and V. Rossi (2023). Spatial and seasonal variability of horizontal temperature fronts in the Mozambique Channel for both epipelagic and mesopelagic realms, Frontiers in Marine Science , 9, 1045136, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.1045136

  10. Legrand T., Chenuil A., Ser-Giacomi E., Arnaud-Haond S., Bierne N. and V. Rossi (2022). Coalescent connectivity through multi-generation dispersal modelling predicts gene flow across marine phyla, Nature Communications , 13, 5861, doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33499-z

  11. M. Di Stefano, T. Legrand, A. Di Franco, D. Nerini and V. Rossi (2022). Insights into the spatio-temporal variability of spawning in a territorial coastal fish by combining observations, modelling and literature review, Fisheries Oceanography , 32, 70-90, doi:10.1111/fog.12609

  12. Odic R., Bensoussan N., Pinazo C., Taupier-Letage I. and V. Rossi (2022). Sporadic Wind-Driven Upwelling/Downwelling and Associated Cooling/Warming Along Northwestern Mediterranean Coastlines, Continental Shelf Research, 250, 104843, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2022.104843

  13. Aurelle, D., Thomas, S., […], V. Rossi et al. (2022). Biodiversity, climate change and adaptation in the Mediterranean, Ecosphere, 13(4), e3915, doi:10.1002/ecs2.3915

  14. Mugnai F., F. Costantini, […], V. Rossi et al. (2021). Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding?, Global Ecology and Conservation, 32, e0190, doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01909 Also on bioRXiv

  15. Sen Gupta A., Stellema A., Pontes G., A.S. Taschetto, A. Verges and V. Rossi (2021). Future Changes to the upper ocean Western Boundary Currents across two generations of climate models, (Nature) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 1-12, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-88934-w

  16. Morales-Marquez V., I. Hernandez-Carrasco, G. Simarro, V. Rossi and A. Orfila (2021).Regionalizing the impacts of wind and wave-induced currents on surface ocean dynamics: a longterm variability analysis in the Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC017104, doi:10.1029/2020JC017104

  17. Ser-Giacomi, E., A. Baudena,V. Rossi , M. Follows, S. Clayton, R. Vasile, C. Lopez, E.Hernandez-Garcia (2021). From network theory to dynamical systems and back: Lagrangian Betweenness reveals bottlenecks in geophysical flows, Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-14, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25155-9 Also on arXiv

  18. Ser-Giacomi E., T. Legrand, I. Hernandez-Carrasco I. and V. Rossi (2021). Explicit and implicit network connectivity: analytical formulation and application to transport processes, Physical Review E, 103, 042309, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042309

  19. V. Rossi ., M. Lo, T. Legrand, E. Ser-Giacomi, A. de Jode, L. Thierry De Ville D’avray, I. Pairaud, V. Faure, M. Fraysse, C. Pinazo and A. Chenuil (2021). Small-scale connectivity of coralligenous habitats: insights from a modelling approach within a semi-opened Mediterranean bay, Life & Environment ,70 (3-4), 161-174 (HAL)

  20. Ser-Giacomi, E., Sánchez, G. J., Soto-Navarro, J., Thomsen, S., Mignot, J., Sevault, F. and V. Rossi (2020). Impact of climate change on surface stirring and transport in the Mediterranean Sea, Geophysical Research Letters , 47, e2020GL089941, doi:10.1029/2020GL089941 Also on arXiv

  21. Macdonald A.M., S. Yoshida, S.M. Pike, K.O. Buesseler, I.I. Rypina, S.R. Jayne,V. Rossi , J.Kenyon, J.A. Drysdale (2020). A Fukushima tracer perspective on four years of North Pacific mode water evolution, Deep-Sea Research Part I , 103379, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103379

  22. Bettencourt J.H.,V. Rossi Renault L., Haynes P., Morel Y. and Garçon V. (2020). Effects of upwelling duration and phytoplankton growth regime on dissolved-oxygen levels in an idealized Iberian Peninsula upwelling system , Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 27, 277–294, doi:10.5194/npg27-277-2020.

  23. Azis-Ismail, M.F., Ribbe, J., Karstensen, J. and V. Rossi (2019). Remote sensing of upwelling off Australia's north-east coast, under review in Ocean Science Discussion, doi:10.5194/os-2018-142

  24. T. Legrand, A. Di Franco, E. Ser-Giacomi, A. Caló, V. Rossi (2019). A multidisciplinary analytical framework to delineate spawning areas and quantify larval dispersal in coastal fish , Marine Environmental Research, 8, 8613, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104761

  25. Hidalgo M., V. Rossi (shared 1st authorship) et al. (2019). Accounting for ocean connectivity and hydroclimate in fish recruitment fluctuations within transboundary metapopulations, Ecological Applications, 29(5), e01913, doi:10.1002/eap.1913

  26. Hernandez-Carrasco, I., A. Orfila, V. Rossi, V. Garçon (2018). Effect of small-scale transport processes on phytoplankton distribution in coastal seas, (Nature) Scientific Reports , 8, 8613, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26857-9

  27. Ayata, S.-D., J.-O. Irisson, L. Berline, J.-C. Dutay, N. Mayot, A.-E. Nieblas, F. D’Ortenzio, J. Palmiéri, G. Reygondeau, V. Rossi and C. Guieu (2017). Regionalisation of the Mediterranean basin, a MERMEX synthesis, Progress in Oceanography, 63, 7-20, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2017.09.016

  28. Smith, J.N., V. Rossi, K.O. Buesseler, J. Cullen, J. Cornett, R. Nelson, A.M. Macdonald, M. Robert and J. Kellogg (2017). Recent Transport History of Fukushima Radioactivity in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (18), 10494-10502, doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b02712

  29. Bettencourt, J., V. Rossi, E. Hernández-García, M. Marta-Almeida, C. López (2017). Characterization of the structure and cross-shore transport properties of a coastal upwelling filament using three-dimensional finite-size Lyapunov exponents, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122, 7433-7448, doi:10.1002/2017JC012700

  30. Monroy, P., E. Hernández-García, V. Rossi and C. López (2017). Modeling the dynamical sinking of biogenic particles in oceanic flow, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics , 24, 293-305, doi:10.5194/npg-2016-78 .

  31. Monroy, P., V. Rossi, E. Ser-Giacomi, C. López, E. Hernández-García (2017). Sensitivity and robustness of larval connectivity diagnostics obtained from Lagrangian Flow Networks, ICES Journal of Marine Science , 74 (6), 1763-1779, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw235 .

  32. Dubois, M., V. Rossi, E. Ser-Giacomi, S. Arnaud-Haond, C. López and E. Hernández-García (2016). Linking basin-scale connectivity, oceanography and population dynamics for the conservation and management of marine ecosystems , Global Ecology and Biogeography , 25, 503–515, doi:10.1111/geb.12431 .

  33. Froyland, G., C. Horenkamp, V. Rossi and E. van Sebille (2015). Studying an Agulhas ring's long-term pathway and decay with finite-time coherent sets, Chaos, 25, 083119, doi:10.1063/1.4927830

  34. Ser-Giacomi, E., V. Rossi, C. López and E. Hernández-García (2015). Flow networks: A characterization of geophysical fluid transport, Chaos , 25(3), 036404, doi:10.1063/1.4908231 Also on arXiv

  35. Capet, A., E. Mason, V. Rossi, C. Troupin, Y. Faugère, I.Pujol and A. Pascual (2014). Implications of Refined Altimetry on Estimates of Mesoscale Activity and Eddy-Driven Offshore Transport in the Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems, Geophysical Research Letters , 41 (21), 7602–7610, doi:10.1002/2014GL061770

  36. Nieblas, A.-E., K. Drushka, G. Reygondeau, V. Rossi, H. Demarcq, L. Dubroca and S. Bonhommeau, 2014. Defining Mediterranean and Black Sea Biogeochemical Subprovinces and Synthetic Ocean Indicators Using Mesoscale Oceanographic Features , PLoS ONE , 9(10), e111251, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111251

  37. Rossi, V., E. Van Sebille, A. Sen Gupta, V. Garçon and M.H. England (2014). Corrigendum to "Multi-decadal projections of the surface and interior pathways of the Fukushima Cesium-137 radioactive plume", Deep Sea-Research I , 93, 162–164, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.08.007

  38. Rossi, V., E. Ser-Giacomi, C. Lopez and E. Hernandez-Garcia (2014). Hydrodynamic provinces and oceanic connectivity from a transport network help designing marine reserves, Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (8), 2883–2891, doi:10.1002/2014GL059540

  39. Rossi, V., A. Schaeffer, J. Wood, G. Galibert, B. Morris, J. Sudre, M. Roughan and A.M. Waite (2014). Seasonality of sporadic physical processes driving temperature and nutrient high-frequency variability in the coastal ocean off southeast Australia, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 119, 1–16, doi:10.1002/2013JC009284

  40. Armbrecht L., M. Roughan, V. Rossi, A. Schaeffer, P.L. Davies, A.M. Waite and L.K. Armand (2014). Phytoplankton composition under contrasting oceanographic conditions: upwelling and downwelling (Eastern Australia), Continental Shelf Research, 75, 54-67, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.11.024

  41. Hernandez-Carrasco, I., V. Rossi, E. Hernandez-Garcia, V. Garçon and C. Lopez (2014). The reduction of planktonic biomass induced by mesoscale stirring: a modelling study in the Benguela upwelling, Deep Sea-Research I, 83, 65–80, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.09.003

  42. Waite, A. M.,V. Rossi, M. Roughan, B. Tilbrook, J. Akl, P.A. Thompson, M. Feng, A.S.J. Wyatt, and E.J. Raes (2013). Formation and maintenance of high-nitrate, low pH layers in the Eastern Indian Ocean and the role of nitrogen fixation , Biogeosciences, 10, 5691-5702, doi:10.5194/bg-10-5691-2013

  43. Rossi, V., E. Van Sebille, A. Sen Gupta, V. Garçon and M.H. England (2013). Multi-decadal projections of the surface and interior pathways of the Fukushima Cesium-137 radioactive plume , Deep Sea-Research I, 80, 37-46, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.015 Associated CORRIGENDUM

  44. Rossi, V., M. Feng, C. Pattiaratchi, M. Roughan and A.M. Waite (2013). On the factors influencing the development of sporadic upwelling in the Leeuwin Current system, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans , 118, 1-14, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20242

  45. Rossi, V., M. Feng, C. Pattiaratchi, M. Roughan and A.M. Waite (2013). Linking synoptic forcing and local mesoscale processes with biological dynamics off Ningaloo Reef , Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans , 118, 1211–1225, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20110

  46. Rossi, V., Garçon V., J. Tassel, J.B. Romagnan, L. Stemmann, F. Jourdin, P. Morin and Y. Morel (2013). Cross-shelf gradient in the Iberian Peninsula Upwelling System: impact of a mesoscale filament , Continental Shelf Research , 59, 97-114, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.008

  47. Froyland, G., C. Horenkamp, V. Rossi, N. Santitissadeekorn and A. Sen Gupta (2012). Three-dimensional characterization and tracking of an Agulhas Ring , Ocean Modelling , 52-53, 69-75, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.05.001

  48. Raimund, S., B. Quack, Y. Bozec, M. Vernet, V. Rossi, V. Garçon, Y. Morel, and P. Morin (2011). Sources of short-lived bromocarbons in the Iberian Upwelling System , Biogeosciences , 8, 1551-1564, doi:10.5194/bg-8-1551-2011

  49. Meunier T., V. Rossi, Y. Morel, and X., Carton (2010). Influence of a bottom topography on an upwelling current: generation of long trapped filaments , Ocean Modelling , 35 (4), 277-303, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.08.004

  50. Rossi, V., Y. Morel, and V. Garçon (2010). Effect of the wind on the shelf dynamics: formation of a secondary upwelling along the continental margin , Ocean Modelling , 31 (3-4), 51-79, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.10.002

  51. Rossi, V., C. López, J. Sudre, E. Hernández-García, Morel Y. and V. Garçon (2009). Horizontal stirring and biological activity in the surface ocean of the four Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems , Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics , 16, 557-568, doi:10.5194/npg-16-557-2009

  52. Tew-Kai E., V. Rossi, J. Sudre, H. Weimerskirch, C. Lopez, E. Hernández-García, F. Marsac and V. Garçon (2009). Top marine predators track Lagrangian coherent structures, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA , 106, 8245-8250, doi:10.1073/pnas.0811034106

  53. Rossi, V. , C. López, J. Sudre, E. Hernández-García, and V. Garçon (2008). Comparative study of mixing and biological activity of the Benguela and Canary upwelling systems, Geophysical Research Letters , 35, L11602, doi:10.1029/2008GL033610



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