Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Full updated list here

2026

• Simulating microplastic distribution in oceans: The impact of morphology and sources.
  Anne Gaymard, Camille Richon, Matthias Egger, Laurent Lebreton, & Thomas Gorgues
  Environmental Research Letters full text

• From mercury to plastics: Earth system science and governance strategies.
  Dong Peng, Xinle Wang, Helene Angot, Michael S. Bank, Silvia Bucci, Hancheng Dai, Jianhua Gao, Roland Geyer, Xianda Gong, Gael Le Roux, Laurent C. M. Lebreton, Ting Lei, Daoji Li, Maodian Liu, Yurong Liu, Camille Richon, Amina Schartup, Huizhong Shen, Zhengcheng Song, Jeroen E. Sonke, Tim van Emmerik, Xuejun Wang, Peipei Wu, Qingru Wu, Xiang-Rong Xu, Xinyue Ye, Eddy Y. Zeng & Yanxu Zhang
  npj Emerging Contaminants full text

• Using the power law size distribution to extrapolate and compare microplastic number and mass concentrations in environmental media.
  Théo Segur, Ian Hough, Nela Dobiasova, Didier Voisin, Camille Richon, Hélène Angot, Jennie L. Thomas & Jeroen E. Sonke
  Microplastics & Nanoplastics. full text

• The faecal microplastic pump: Zooplankton efficiently transport microplastics to the ocean depths.
  Camille Richon, Thomas Gorgues, Matthew Cole, & Olivier Aumont Environmental Pollution. full text

2025

• Evaluating the environmental impact of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch
  Matthias Egger, Andy M. Booth, Thijs Bosker, Gert Everaert, Samantha L. Garrard, Vilma Havas, Helga S. Huntley, Albert A. Koelmans, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, Helge Niemann, Qiaotong Pang, Maira Proietti, Peter Puskic, Camille Richon, Sarah‑Jeanne Royer, Matthew S. Savoca, Arjen Tjallema, Marjolein Vulpen, Yanxu Zhang, Ziman Zhang, Denise M. Mitrano
  Scientific Reports. full text

• A call for early‑career teams in interdisciplinary microbiology research
  Arianna I. Krinos, Daniel Muratore, Meriel J. Bittner, Preston Akenga, Leslie Wallace Auerbach, Michael Dills, Emile Faure, Edgart Flores, Naomi M. Levine, Thiago Monteiro, Camille Richon, Benjamin S. Twining
  Nature Microbiology. full text

2024

• Exploring the Transport Path of Oceanic Microplastics in the Atmosphere
  Silvia Bucci, Camille Richon, Lucie Bakels
  Environmental Science & Technology. full text

• When to add a new process to a model – and when not: A marine biogeochemical perspective
  Adrian P. Martin, Angela Bahamondes Dominguez, Chelsey A. Baker, Chloé M. J. Baumas, Kelsey M. Bisson, Emma Cavan, Mara Freilich, Eric Galbraith, Martí Galí, Stephanie Henson, Karin F. Kvale, Carsten Lemmen, Jessica Y. Luo, Helena McMonagle, Francisco de Melo Viríssimo, Klas Ove Möller, Camille Richon, Iyyappan Suresh, Jamie D. Wilson, Matthew S. Woodstock, Andrew Yool
  Ecological Modelling. full text

• Model exploration of microplastic effects on zooplankton grazing reveal potential impacts on the global carbon cycle
  Camille Richon, Thomas Gorgues, Matthew Cole, Ika Paul‑Pont, Christophe Maes, Alessandro Tagliabue, Charlotte Laufkötter
  Environmental Research Letters. full text

• A global biogeography analysis reveals vulnerability of surface marine zooplankton to anthropogenic stressors
  Camille Richon, Charlotte Wagner, Elsie M. Sunderland, Sakina‑Dorothée Ayata, Alessandro Tagliabue
  One Earth. full text

2023

• Influence of waves on the three‑dimensional distribution of plastic in the ocean
  Raphaël Bajon, Thierry Huck, Nicolas Grima, Christophe Maes, Bruno Blanke, Camille Richon, Xavier Couvelard
  Marine Pollution Bulletin. full text

• Legacy oceanic plastic pollution must be addressed to mitigate possible long‑term ecological impacts
  Camille Richon, Karin Kvale, Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger
  Microplastics and Nanoplastics. full text

2022

• Zooplankton exposure to microplastics at global scale: Influence of vertical distribution and seasonality
  Camille Richon, Thomas Gorgues, Ika Paul‑Pont, Christophe Maes
  Frontiers in Marine Science. full text

• Sources, sinks, and cycling of dissolved organic copper binding ligands in the ocean
  Angel Ruacho, Camille Richon, Hannah Whitby, Randelle M. Bundy
  Communications Earth & Environment. full text

2021

• Biogeochemical feedbacks associated with the response of micronutrient recycling by zooplankton to climate change
  Camille Richon, Alessandro Tagliabue
  Global Change Biology. full text

2020

• Changes in rivers inputs during the last decades significantly impacted the biogeochemistry of the eastern Mediterranean basin: A modelling study
  R. Pagès, M. Baklouti, N. Barrier, C. Richon, J. ‑C. Dutay, T. Moutin
  Progress in Oceanography. full text

• Prey Stoichiometry Drives Iron Recycling by Zooplankton in the Global Ocean
  Camille Richon, Olivier Aumont, Alessandro Tagliabue
  Frontiers in Marine Science. full text

2019

• Biogeochemical response of the Mediterranean Sea to the transient SRES‑A2 climate change scenario
  Camille Richon, Jean‑Claude Dutay, Laurent Bopp, Briac Le Vu, James C. Orr, Samuel Somot, François Dulac
  Biogeosciences. full text

• Insights Into the Major Processes Driving the Global Distribution of Copper in the Ocean From a Global Model
  Camille Richon, Alessandro Tagliabue
  Global Biogeochemical Cycles. full text

• Simulating the Occurrence of the Last Sapropel Event (S1): Mediterranean Basin Ocean Dynamics Simulations Using Nd Isotopic Composition Modeling
  T. Vadsaria, G. Ramstein, J.‑C. Dutay, L. Li, M. Ayache, C. Richon
  Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. full text

2018

• An a posteriori species clustering for quantifying the effects of species interactions on ecosystem functioning
  Benoît Jaillard, Camille Richon, Philippe Deleporte, Michel Loreau, Cyrille Violle
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution. full text

• Modeling the impacts of atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and desert dust‑derived phosphorus on nutrients and biological budgets of the Mediterranean Sea
  Camille Richon, Jean‑Claude Dutay, François Dulac, Rong Wang, Yves Balkanski, Pierre Nabat, Olivier Aumont, Karine Desboeufs, Benoı̂t Laurent, Cécile Guieu, Patrick Raimbault, Jonathan Beuvier
  Progress in Oceanography. full text

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Preprints

• MPsizeBase: a database for particle size distributed environmental microplastic data
  Jeroen Sonke, Theo Segur, Ian Hough, Nela Dobiasova, Didier Voisin, Nadiia Yakovenko, Henar Margenat, Oskar Hagelskjaer, Sajjad Abbasi, Silvia Bucci, Camille Richon, Helene Angot, Jennie Thomas, Gael Le Roux. EarthArXiv. full text

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Educational and Creative Communications

C. Richon, ”Microplastiques et cycles biogéochimiques marins” (2024), dans Le plastique, un poison si pratique, Dir. C. Prazuck, Les Essais de la Sorbonne, 178 pages, ISBN:9791023107975

Collectif Climatic‑Tac, ”Climatic‑Tac” (2021), Boardgame on climate change, Editions Bioviva https://climatictac.ipsl.fr/