Kevin Arrigo
Donald and Donald M. Steel Professor of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
Earth System Science
Bio
Kevin Arrigo received his B.S in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan in 1983. After working for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, he attended the University of Southern California where he earned his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in 1992. He went on to a postdoctoral position at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and became a civil servant there in 1995. In 1999, he joined the Stanford University faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geophysics, where he stayed until 2007 when he joined the Department of Environmental Earth System Science. Arrigo served as director of the interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences from 2005-2013. In 2012, he became co-director of the Earth Systems Program within the School of Earth Sciences. He has served on a number of university committees, including the Committee on Academic Computing and Information Services (2010-2012), Committee for the Review of Undergraduate Majors (2010-2013), and the Bing Overseas Studies Faculty Oversight Committee (2011-present). As a biological oceanographer, his principal interest has been in the role marine microalgae play in modulating the cycling of carbon and nitrogen, with particular emphasis on the scales of temporal and spatial variability of biological productivity in polar oceans. This knowledge is essential to understanding how anthropogenic and atmospheric forcing controls the biogenic flux of carbon dioxide into the oceans, and ultimately, to the sediments. His research is highly interdisciplinary and incorporates three fundamental approaches, (1) satellite remote sensing, (2) ecophysiological modeling, and (3) laboratory and field studies. By combining these techniques, it is possible to address many complex aspects of ocean biogeochemistry at spatial and temporal scales that would not be possible using a single approach
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Earth System Science
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
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Member, Bio-X
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Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Administrative Appointments
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Fisheries Biologist, Department of Natural Resources, State of Michigan (1984 - 1986)
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Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California (1986 - 1991)
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Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California (1987 - 1992)
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Resident Research Assistant, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1992 - 1994)
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Adjunct Assistant Professor MEES, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, University of Maryland (1993 - 1999)
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Assistant Research Professor Dept. of Meteorology, University of Maryland (1994 - 1995)
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Dept. of Meteorology, University of Maryland (1994 - 1999)
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Oceanographer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1995 - 1999)
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Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University (1999 - 2004)
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Associate Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University (2004 - 2007)
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Director, Graduate Program in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2005 - 2010)
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Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University (2007 - 2009)
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Professor, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University (2009 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Competitive Scholarship, Oakland University (1977 - 1979)
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Competitive Scholarship, State of Michigan (1980 - 1983)
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Cum Laude, University of Michigan (1983)
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Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Southern California (1987 - 1991)
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Antarctic Service Medal, National Science Foundation (1988 - 1989)
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ARCS Fellowship, University of Southern California (1990 - 1992)
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Global Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, United States Department of Energy (1992 - 1994)
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Peer Award for Outstanding Publication, NASA GSFC, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes (1995)
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Performance Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1995)
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Special Act Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1995)
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Quality Increase Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1996)
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Special Act Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1997)
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Frederick E. Terman Fellowship Award, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1999-2002)
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Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Gordon Research Conference (2007)
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School of Earth Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford University (2008)
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Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (2009)
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Gerhard Caspar University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2011-2016)
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Group Achievement Award for ICESCAPE, NASA (2012)
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Donald & Donald M. Steel Professor in Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2013-present)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Director, Earth Systems Program, Stanford University (2015 - Present)
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Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeochemistry (2012 - Present)
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Co-Director, Earth Systems Program, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2012 - 2015)
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Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Committee, Stanford University (2011 - Present)
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Bing Overseas Studies Program, Faculty Oversight Committee, Stanford University (2011 - Present)
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Advisory Board, Alliance for Climate Education (2010 - Present)
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Committee for the Review of Undergraduate majors (C-RUM), Stanford University (2010 - 2013)
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Faculty of 1000, Contributing Member, Ecosystem Ecology (2010 - 2013)
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Committee on Academic Computing and Information Services (C-ACIS), Stanford University (2010 - 2011)
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E-IPER Reauthorization Review Committee, Stanford University (2010 - 2010)
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Environmental Ventures Project, Woods Institute for the Environment, Review Committee, Stanford University (2009 - 2012)
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Invited Speaker, Recent changes in Arctic Ocean Primary Production. Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Lucca (Barga), Italy, March 15-20, Gordon Research Conference (2009 - 2009)
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Invited Speaker, University of California Santa Cruz, 19 January 2009, University of California Santa Cruz (2009 - 2009)
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Invited Speaker, Using remote sensing to monitor oceans and ice. Southern Ocean Sentinel program, Hobart, Tasmania (Australia), April 20-25, Southern Ocean Sentinel program (2009 - 2009)
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Board of Governors, Alternate, Ocean Leadership (2008 - Present)
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Center for Ocean Solutions Early Career Fellowship, Selection Committee, Stanford University (2008 - Present)
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Review Editor, Aquatic Biology (2008 - Present)
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Earth Systems Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Stanford University (2008 - 2012)
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Library Committee, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2008 - 2012)
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Advisory Committee for Educational Outreach, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2008 - 2011)
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Branner Library Space Committee, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2008 - 2010)
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Chair, School of Earth Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Marine Chemist/Geochemist, Stanford University (2008 - 2010)
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School of Earth Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Climate scientist, Stanford University (2008 - 2009)
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Invited Speaker, Changes in Arctic Ocean primary production, 1998-2008, Arctic Change 2008, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, December 9-12, Arctic Change 2008 (2008 - 2008)
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Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
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Oceans Working Group, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (2007 - 2009)
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Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, CA, March 25-30, Gordon Research Conference (2007 - 2007)
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Invited Speaker, C.B. van Niel Lecture, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, April 6, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (2007 - 2007)
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Invited Speaker, Duke University, 12 January, Duke University (2007 - 2007)
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Invited Speaker, Nicholas School Marine Laboratory, Duke University, 1 May, Duke University (2007 - 2007)
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Editorial Board, Annual Reviews of Marine Science (2006 - 2012)
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Chair, School of Earth Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Physical Oceanographer, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Committee for School of Earth Sciences Reorganization, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Invited Participant, SCOR Workshop on Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the Open Ocean, Norwich, UK, 16-20 November, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (2006 - 2006)
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Working Group for Carbon Research, IMBER/SOLAS (2005 - 2011)
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Director, Graduate Program in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University (2005 - 2010)
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CEES Faculty Advisory Board, Stanford University (2005 - 2009)
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Understanding Change Panel (UCP), Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) (2005 - 2008)
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School of Earth Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Climate scientist, Stanford University (2005 - 2007)
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Appointment Committee, Suki Hoagland-Senior Lecturer in IPER, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
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Geological and Environmental Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Paleobiology, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
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Invited Speaker, Oregon State University, 7 December, Oregon State University (2005 - 2005)
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Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Gordon Research Conference (2005 - 2005)
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School of Earth Sciences Council, Stanford University (2004 - 2010)
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Board of Governors, Alternate, Ocean Leadership (2004 - 2008)
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Chair, School of Earth Sciences Ph.D/M.S. Academic Programs Committee, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Geophysics Faculty Search Committee, Computational Global Seismology, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Invited Speaker, Oregon State University, December 2, Oregon State University (2004 - 2004)
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Member, The Bering Sea Ecological Study (BEST) Committee, National Science Foundation (2003 - 2006)
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Carnegie Institute of Washington, Global Ecology/Oceanographer Search Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2005)
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Committee on A Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies (2003 - 2005)
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Member, Committee on A Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies (2003 - 2005)
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Planning committee for the Bering Sea Ecological Study (BEST), National Science Foundation (2003 - 2005)
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Geophysics Faculty Pre-Search Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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School of Earth Sciences Academic Programs Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Invited Speaker, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (2003 - 2003)
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Invited Speaker, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, EGS-AGU-EUG (2003 - 2003)
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Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, California, Gordon Research Conference (2003 - 2003)
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Invited Speaker, The Bering Sea Ecological Study (BEST) Workshop, Seattle, Washington, The Bering Sea Ecological Study (BEST) (2003 - 2003)
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Invited Speaker, The Royal Society (The Role of the Southern Ocean in Global Processes: An Earth System Science Approach), London, The Royal Society (2003 - 2003)
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Invited Speaker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, January 28, University of Southern California (2003 - 2003)
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Faculty Liaison, The Australia Program, Overseas Studies Program, Stanford University (2002 - Present)
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Earth Systems Executive Committee, Stanford University (2002 - 2012)
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Academic Advisor for Sophomores, Stanford University (2002 - 2009)
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Editor, Oceanography of the Ross Sea, Antarctic Science (2002 - 2002)
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Invited Speaker, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, January 25, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University (2002 - 2002)
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Invited Speaker, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, December, United States Geological Survey (2002 - 2002)
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Invited Speaker, University of California, Irvine, April 19, University of California, Irvine (2002 - 2002)
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Invited Speaker, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 12, University of California, Santa Barbara (2002 - 2002)
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Academic Advisor for Freshmen, Stanford University (2001 - 2008)
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Interdisciplinary Graduate Program In Environment and Resource (IPER) Advisory Council, Stanford University (2001 - 2008)
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Stanford's Environmental Initiative, Stanford University (2001 - 2004)
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Invited Speaker, International Polynya Symposium 2001, Polynyas in Changing Polar Seas, International Polynya Symposium 2001 (2001 - 2001)
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Invited Speaker, Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francisco State University (2001 - 2001)
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Panel on Biocomplexity in the Environment/Instrumentation Development for Environmental Activities, National Science Foundation (2001 - 2001)
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Chair, Department of Geophysics Teaching & Technology Committee, Stanford University (2000 - 2007)
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Ad-hoc Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University (2000 - 2005)
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Curriculum Committee, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (2000 - 2004)
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Strategic Planning Committee, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (2000 - 2004)
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Technology and Teaching Committee, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (2000 - 2004)
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Faculty/Staff Development Committee, Geophysics Dept., Stanford University (2000 - 2003)
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Member, AGU Committee on Statues and Bylaws, American Geophysical Union (2000 - 2003)
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Invited speaker, UC Santa Cruz (2000 - 2000)
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Member, DOE Panel on Ocean Carbon Sequentration Research, Department of Energy (2000 - 2000)
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Invited speaker, Gordon Research Conference (1998 - 1998)
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Council of Fellows, Joint Center for Earth System Science, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Maryland (1997 - 1997)
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Editor, Vol. 73, Antarctic Research Series (1997 - 1997)
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Invited speaker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1997 - 1997)
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NASA Earth Science Vision team, NASA (1997 - 1997)
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Visiting Senior Scientist Search Committee, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, NASA (1997 - 1997)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Southern California, Biology (1992)
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B.S., University of Michigan, Natural Resources (1983)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Research
My students and I use a combination of laboratory and field studies, remote sensing, and computer modeling techniques to understand phytoplankton dynamics in regions ranging from the Southern Ocean to the Red Sea. In particular, we are interested in the role these organisms play in regulating the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the ocean, as well as in how they help structure marine ecosystems. We work with colleagues in fields as diverse as molecular biology, glaciology, and physical oceanography to develop a comprehensive understanding of how these ecosystems operate and how they may respond to environmental changes--past, present, and future.
Teaching
I teach courses for graduate and undergraduate students on ocean biogeochemistry, global environmental change, satellite remote sensing, numerical ecosystem modeling, and biological oceanography. I also co-teach a field course on coral reef ecology as part of Stanford's Overseas Studies Program in Australia.
Professional Activities
Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, 2007; Editorial Board, Annual Reviews, 2006-present; IMBER/SOLAS Working Group for Carbon Research, 2005-present; Board of Governors, Alternate, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 2004-present; Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, 2005; Member, Bering Sea Ecological Study (BEST) Committee, National Science Foundation, March 2003-present; Member, Committee on A Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, 2003-2005; Editor, Ross Sea Oceanography, Antarctic Science, Volume 15, 2003
Projects
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Research Project, Stanford University
Location
Arctic Ocean
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Research Project, Stanford University
Location
Antarctica
2024-25 Courses
- Biological Oceanography
EARTHSYS 151, EARTHSYS 251 (Spr) - Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut) - The Oceans: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
EARTHSYS 8 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Research
ESS 400 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Program in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Biological Oceanography
EARTHSYS 151, EARTHSYS 251, ESS 151, ESS 251 (Spr) - Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut) - Remote Sensing of the Oceans
EARTHSYS 141, EARTHSYS 241, ESS 141, ESS 241 (Win) - The Oceans: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
EARTHSYS 8, ESS 8 (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Biological Oceanography
EARTHSYS 151, EARTHSYS 251, ESS 151, ESS 251 (Spr) - Coral Reef Ecosystems
OSPAUSTL 10 (Aut) - Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut) - Marine Ecosystem Modeling
ESS 244 (Win) - Remote Sensing of the Oceans
EARTHSYS 141, EARTHSYS 241, ESS 141, ESS 241, GEOPHYS 141 (Win)
2021-22 Courses
- Biological Oceanography
EARTHSYS 151, EARTHSYS 251, ESS 151, ESS 251 (Spr) - Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut) - Remote Sensing of the Oceans
EARTHSYS 141, EARTHSYS 241, ESS 141, ESS 241, GEOPHYS 141 (Win) - The Oceans: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
EARTHSYS 8, ESS 8 (Spr)
- Biological Oceanography
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Stephanie Lim -
Master's Program Advisor
Julia Donlon, Gabe Machado, Ali Palm -
Doctoral (Program)
James Lauer, Stephanie Lim, Claudette Proctor
All Publications
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Response of indicator species to changes in food web and ocean dynamics of the Ross Sea, Antarctica
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
2024
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0954102024000191
View details for Web of Science ID 001315723400001
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The role of biota in the Southern Ocean carbon cycle (vol 5, pg 390, 2024 )
NATURE REVIEWS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
2024
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43017-024-00585-3
View details for Web of Science ID 001274233100001
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The Arctic Ocean Nitrogen Cycle
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
2024; 129 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2024JG008088
View details for Web of Science ID 001275581900001
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The role of biota in the Southern Ocean carbon cycle
NATURE REVIEWS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
2024
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43017-024-00531-3
View details for Web of Science ID 001200408600001
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Pan-Arctic analysis of the frequency of under-ice and marginal ice zone phytoplankton blooms, 2003-2021
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2024; 12 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2023.00076
View details for Web of Science ID 001219503200001
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The Pacific water flow branches in the eastern Chukchi Sea
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2023; 219
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103169
View details for Web of Science ID 001149266600001
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Macronutrient biogeochemistry in Antarctic land-fast sea ice: Insights from a circumpolar data compilation
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2023; 257
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2023.104324
View details for Web of Science ID 001107720600001
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Rapid climate change alters the environment and biological production of the Indian Ocean.
The Science of the total environment
2023: 167342
Abstract
We synthesize and review the impacts of climate change on the physical, chemical, and biological environments of the Indian Ocean and discuss mitigating actions and knowledge gaps. The most recent climate scenarios identify with high certainty that the Indian Ocean (IO) is experiencing one of the fastest surface warming among the world's oceans. The area of surface waters of >28 °C (IO Warm Pool) has significantly increased during 2012-2021 by expanding into the northern-central basins. A significant decrease in pH and aragonite (building blocks of calcified organisms) levels in the IO was observed from 1981 to 2020 due to an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. There are also signals of decreasing trends in primary productivity in the north, likely related to enhanced stratification and nutrient depletion. Further, the rapid warming of the IO will manifest more extreme weather conditions along its adjacent continents and oceans, including marine heat waves that are likely to reshape biodiversity. However, the impact of climate change beyond the unprecedented warming, increase in marine heat waves, expansion of the IO Warm Pool, and decrease in pH, remains uncertain for many other key variables in the IO including changes in salinity, oxygen, and net primary production. Understanding the response of these physical, chemical, and biological variables to climate change is vital to project future changes in regional fisheries and identify mitigation actions. We accordingly conclude by identifying knowledge gaps and recommending directions for sustainable fisheries and climate impact studies.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167342
View details for PubMedID 37758130
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Spatial and Interannual Variability of Antarctic Sea Ice Bottom Algal Habitat, 2004-2019
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2023; 128 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2023JC020055
View details for Web of Science ID 001066910600001
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Similarity in phytoplankton photophysiology among under-ice, marginal ice, and open water environments of Baffin Bay (Arctic Ocean)
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2023; 11 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2021.00080
View details for Web of Science ID 000989742800001
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Light, ammonium, pH, and phytoplankton competition as environmental factors controlling nitrification
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2023
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.12359
View details for Web of Science ID 000981204400001
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Sensitivity of the Relationship Between Antarctic Ice Shelves and Iron Supply to Projected Changes in the Atmospheric Forcing
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2023; 128 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2022JC019210
View details for Web of Science ID 000936182700001
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Wildfire aerosol deposition likely amplified a summertime Arctic phytoplankton bloom
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
2022; 3 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43247-022-00511-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000855460400002
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Seasonal Water Mass Evolution and Non-Redfield Dynamics Enhance CO2 Uptake in the Chukchi Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2022; 127 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2021JC018326
View details for Web of Science ID 000837052800001
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Seasonal Water Mass Evolution and Non-Redfield Dynamics Enhance CO2 Uptake in the Chukchi Sea.
Journal of geophysical research. Oceans
2022; 127 (8): e2021JC018326
Abstract
The Chukchi Sea is an increasing CO2 sink driven by rapid climate changes. Understanding the seasonal variation of air-sea CO2 exchange and the underlying mechanisms of biogeochemical dynamics is important for predicting impacts of climate change on and feedbacks by the ocean. Here, we present a unique data set of underway sea surface partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and discrete samples of biogeochemical properties collected in five consecutive cruises in 2014 and examine the seasonal variations in air-sea CO2 flux and net community production (NCP). We found that thermal and non-thermal effects have different impacts on sea surface pCO2 and thus the air-sea CO2 flux in different water masses. The Bering summer water combined with meltwater has a significantly greater atmospheric CO2 uptake potential than that of the Alaskan Coastal Water in the southern Chukchi Sea in summer, due to stronger biological CO2 removal and a weaker thermal effect. By analyzing the seasonal drawdown of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and nutrients, we found that DIC-based NCP was higher than nitrate-based NCP by 66%-84% and attributable to partially decoupled C and N uptake because of a variable phytoplankton stoichiometry. A box model with a non-Redfield C:N uptake ratio can adequately reproduce observed pCO2 and DIC, which reveals that, during the intensive growing season (late spring to early summer), 30%-46% CO2 uptake in the Chukchi Sea was supported by a flexible stoichiometry of phytoplankton. These findings have important ramification for forecasting the responses of CO2 uptake of the Chukchi ecosystem to climate change.
View details for DOI 10.1029/2021JC018326
View details for PubMedID 36589206
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC9787980
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Springtime phytoplankton responses to light and iron availability along the western Antarctic Peninsula
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.12035
View details for Web of Science ID 000755549000001
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The distribution of Fe across the shelf of the Western Antarctic Peninsula at the start of the phytoplankton growing season
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2022; 238
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2021.104066
View details for Web of Science ID 000750835300001
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Increases in Arctic sea ice algal habitat, 1985-2018
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2022; 10 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2022.00008
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Warming of the Indian Ocean and its impact on temporal and spatial dynamics of primary production
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2021; 198
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102688
View details for Web of Science ID 000709947600001
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UCYN-A/haptophyte symbioses dominate N2 fixation in the Southern California Current System.
ISME communications
2021; 1 (1): 42
Abstract
The availability of fixed nitrogen (N) is an important factor limiting biological productivity in the oceans. In coastal waters, high dissolved inorganic N concentrations were historically thought to inhibit dinitrogen (N2) fixation, however, recent N2 fixation measurements and the presence of the N2-fixing UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis in nearshore waters challenge this paradigm. We characterized the contribution of UCYN-A symbioses to nearshore N2 fixation in the Southern California Current System (SCCS) by measuring bulk community and single-cell N2 fixation rates, as well as diazotroph community composition and abundance. UCYN-A1 and UCYN-A2 symbioses dominated diazotroph communities throughout the region during upwelling and oceanic seasons. Bulk N2 fixation was detected in most surface samples, with rates up to 23.0 ± 3.8 nmol N l-1 d-1, and was often detected at the deep chlorophyll maximum in the presence of nitrate (>1 µM). UCYN-A2 symbiosis N2 fixation rates were higher (151.1 ± 112.7 fmol N cell-1 d-1) than the UCYN-A1 symbiosis (6.6 ± 8.8 fmol N cell-1 d-1). N2 fixation by the UCYN-A1 symbiosis accounted for a majority of the measured bulk rates at two offshore stations, while the UCYN-A2 symbiosis was an important contributor in three nearshore stations. This report of active UCYN-A symbioses and broad mesoscale distribution patterns establishes UCYN-A symbioses as the dominant diazotrophs in the SCCS, where heterocyst-forming and unicellular cyanobacteria are less prevalent, and provides evidence that the two dominant UCYN-A sublineages are separate ecotypes.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43705-021-00039-7
View details for PubMedID 36740625
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC9723760
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Fe-binding organic ligands in coastal and frontal regions of the western Antarctic Peninsula
BIOGEOSCIENCES
2021; 18 (15): 4587-4601
View details for DOI 10.5194/bg-18-4587-2021
View details for Web of Science ID 000685170200001
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Physical Controls on the Macrofaunal Benthic Biomass in Barrow Canyon, Chukchi Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2021; 126 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JC017091
View details for Web of Science ID 000654462400027
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Massive Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom fed by iron of possible hydrothermal origin.
Nature communications
2021; 12 (1): 1211
Abstract
Primary production in the Southern Ocean (SO) is limited by iron availability. Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a potentially important source of iron to SO surface waters. Here we identify a recurring phytoplankton bloom in the high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll waters of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Pacific sector of the SO, that we argue is fed by iron of hydrothermal origin. In January 2014 the bloom covered an area of ~266,000 km2 with depth-integrated chlorophyll a>300mgm-2, primary production rates >1gC m-2 d-1, and a mean CO2 flux of -0.38gC m-2 d-1. The elevated iron supporting this bloom is likely of hydrothermal origin based on the recurrent position of the bloom relative to two active hydrothermal vent fields along the Australian Antarctic Ridge and the association of the elevated iron with a distinct water mass characteristic of a nonbuoyant hydrothermal vent plume.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-21339-5
View details for PubMedID 33619262
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Response of Lower Sacramento River phytoplankton to high-ammonium wastewater effluent
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2021; 9(1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2021.040
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Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms: Shedding Light on the "Invisible" Part of Arctic Primary Production
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
2020; 7
View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2020.608032
View details for Web of Science ID 000595135900001
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Dissolved Trace Metals in the Ross Sea
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
2020; 7
View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2020.577098
View details for Web of Science ID 000585735100001
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Comparison of Cloud-Filling Algorithms for Marine Satellite Data
REMOTE SENSING
2020; 12 (20)
View details for DOI 10.3390/rs12203313
View details for Web of Science ID 000585680200001
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Phytoplankton dynamics in a changing Arctic Ocean
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
2020; 10 (10): 892–903
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41558-020-0905-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000572717200002
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Summer High-Wind Events and Phytoplankton Productivity in the Arctic Ocean
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2020; 125 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JC016565
View details for Web of Science ID 000576619900004
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The Atlantic Water Boundary Current in the Chukchi Borderland and Southern Canada Basin
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2020; 125 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JC016197
View details for Web of Science ID 000577126400043
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Environmental drivers of under-ice phytoplankton bloom dynamics in the Arctic Ocean
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2020; 8
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.430
View details for Web of Science ID 000547946800001
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Unusual marine cyanobacteria/haptophyte symbiosis relies on N2 fixation even in N-rich environments.
The ISME journal
2020
Abstract
The microbial fixation of N2 is the largest source of biologically available nitrogen (N) to the oceans. However, it is the most energetically expensive N-acquisition process and is believed inhibited when less energetically expensive forms, like dissolved inorganic N (DIN), are available. Curiously, the cosmopolitan N2-fixing UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis grows in DIN-replete waters, but the sensitivity of their N2 fixation to DIN is unknown. We used stable isotope incubations, catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in-situ hybridization (CARD-FISH), and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (nanoSIMS), to investigate the N source used by the haptophyte host and sensitivity of UCYN-A N2 fixation in DIN-replete waters. We demonstrate that under our experimental conditions, the haptophyte hosts of two UCYN-A sublineages do not assimilate nitrate (NO3-) and meet little of their N demands via ammonium (NH4+) uptake. Instead the UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis relies on UCYN-A N2 fixation to supply large portions of the haptophyte's N requirements, even under DIN-replete conditions. Furthermore, UCYN-A N2 fixation rates, and haptophyte host carbon fixation rates, were at times stimulated by NO3- additions in N-limited waters suggesting a link between the activities of the bulk phytoplankton assemblage and the UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis. The results suggest N2 fixation may be an evolutionarily viable strategy for diazotroph-eukaryote symbioses, even in N-rich coastal or high latitude waters.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41396-020-0691-6
View details for PubMedID 32523086
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Climate effects on temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2020; 185
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102320
View details for Web of Science ID 000538104400002
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Analysis of Iron Sources in Antarctic Continental Shelf Waters
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2020; 125 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015736
View details for Web of Science ID 000548601000034
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Light Is the Primary Driver of Early Season Phytoplankton Production Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2019
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015295
View details for Web of Science ID 000494920600001
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Characteristics and Transformation of Pacific Winter Water on the Chukchi Sea Shelf in Late Spring
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2019
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015261
View details for Web of Science ID 000492089900001
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Zooplankton and micronekton respond to climate fluctuations in the Amundsen Sea polynya, Antarctica.
Scientific reports
2019; 9 (1): 10087
Abstract
The vertical migration of zooplankton and micronekton (hereafter 'zooplankton') has ramifications throughout the food web. Here, we present the first evidence that climate fluctuations affect the vertical migration of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean, based on multi-year acoustic backscatter data from one of the deep troughs in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. High net primary productivity (NPP) and the annual variation in seasonal ice cover make the Amundsen Sea coastal polynya an ideal site in which to examine how zooplankton behavior responds to climate fluctuations. Our observations show that the timing of the seasonal vertical migration and abundance of zooplankton in the seasonally varying sea ice is correlated with the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Zooplankton in this region migrate seasonally and overwinter at depth, returning to the surface in spring. During +SAM/La Nina periods, the at-depth overwintering period is shorter compared to -SAM/El Nino periods, and return to the surface layers starts earlier in the year. These differences may result from the higher sea ice cover and decreased NPP during +SAM/La Nina periods. This observation points to a new link between global climate fluctuations and the polar marine food web.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-46423-1
View details for PubMedID 31300750
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Effects of iron and light availability on phytoplankton photosynthetic properties in the Ross Sea
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2019; 621: 33–50
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps13000
View details for Web of Science ID 000485734200003
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Water Mass Evolution and Circulation of the Northeastern Chukchi Sea in Summer: Implications for Nutrient Distributions
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2019; 124 (7): 4416–32
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015185
View details for Web of Science ID 000482059700003
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Seasonal to mesoscale variability of water masses and atmospheric conditions in Barrow Canyon, Chukchi Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2019; 162: 32–49
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.02.003
View details for Web of Science ID 000474677400004
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Benthic fluxes of trace metals in the Chukchi Sea and their transport into the Arctic Ocean
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2019; 208: 43–55
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2018.11.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000458595200004
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Fine-scale oceanographic features characterizing successful Adelie penguin foraging in the SW Ross Sea
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2019; 608: 263–77
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps12801
View details for Web of Science ID 000456206700018
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Hydrothermal vents trigger massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean.
Nature communications
2019; 10 (1): 2451
Abstract
Hydrothermal activity is significant in regulating the dynamics of trace elements in the ocean. Biogeochemical models suggest that hydrothermal iron might play an important role in the iron-depleted Southern Ocean by enhancing the biological pump. However, the ability of this mechanism to affect large-scale biogeochemistry and the pathways by which hydrothermal iron reach the surface layer have not been observationally constrained. Here we present the first observational evidence of upwelled hydrothermally influenced deep waters stimulating massive phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean. Captured by profiling floats, two blooms were observed in the vicinity of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, downstream of active hydrothermal vents along the Southwest Indian Ridge. These hotspots of biological activity are supported by mixing of hydrothermally sourced iron stimulated by flow-topography interactions. Such findings reveal the important role of hydrothermal vents on surface biogeochemistry, potentially fueling local hotspot sinks for atmospheric CO2 by enhancing the biological pump.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-09973-6
View details for PubMedID 31165724
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A DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE THE PERSISTENCE AND RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS Introduction
DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE THE PERSISTENCE AND RESILIENCE OF CORAL REEFS
2019: 19–32
View details for Web of Science ID 000585248200003
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Nitrogen Limitation of the Summer Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Prokaryote Communities in the Chukchi Sea
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
2018; 5
View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2018.00362
View details for Web of Science ID 000457523900001
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Drivers of Ice Algal Bloom Variability Between 1980 and 2015 in the Chukchi Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (10): 7037–52
View details for DOI 10.1029/2018JC014123
View details for Web of Science ID 000451274900004
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Phytoplankton and bacterial dynamics on the Chukchi Sea Shelf during the spring-summer transition
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2018; 602: 49–62
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps12692
View details for Web of Science ID 000446468000004
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Optically-derived estimates of phytoplankton size class and taxonomic group biomass in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific Ocean
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
2018; 136: 107–18
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2018.04.001
View details for Web of Science ID 000436917000008
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Ice algal communities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in spring and early summer: Composition, distribution, and coupling with phytoplankton assemblages
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2018; 63 (3): 1109–33
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.10757
View details for Web of Science ID 000432019600005
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Carbon and nitrogen zooplankton isoscapes in West Antarctica reflect oceanographic transitions
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2018; 593: 29–45
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps12524
View details for Web of Science ID 000431203300003
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Exploring the Potential Impact of Greenland Meltwater on Stratification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, and Primary Production in the Labrador Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (4): 2570–91
View details for DOI 10.1002/2018JC013802
View details for Web of Science ID 000434131900015
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Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
2018; 28 (3): 749–60
Abstract
The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally distributed habitats need frequent and broad systematic assessments, but field surveys only cover a small fraction of these areas. Satellite-based sensors can repeatedly record the visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra that contain the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence signatures of functional phytoplankton groups, colored dissolved matter, and particulate matter near the surface ocean, and of biologically structured habitats (floating and emergent vegetation, benthic habitats like coral, seagrass, and algae). These measures can be incorporated into Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), including the distribution, abundance, and traits of groups of species populations, and used to evaluate habitat fragmentation. However, current and planned satellites are not designed to observe the EBVs that change rapidly with extreme tides, salinity, temperatures, storms, pollution, or physical habitat destruction over scales relevant to human activity. Making these observations requires a new generation of satellite sensors able to sample with these combined characteristics: (1) spatial resolution on the order of 30 to 100-m pixels or smaller; (2) spectral resolution on the order of 5 nm in the visible and 10 nm in the short-wave infrared spectrum (or at least two or more bands at 1,030, 1,240, 1,630, 2,125, and/or 2,260 nm) for atmospheric correction and aquatic and vegetation assessments; (3) radiometric quality with signal to noise ratios (SNR) above 800 (relative to signal levels typical of the open ocean), 14-bit digitization, absolute radiometric calibration <2%, relative calibration of 0.2%, polarization sensitivity <1%, high radiometric stability and linearity, and operations designed to minimize sunglint; and (4) temporal resolution of hours to days. We refer to these combined specifications as H4 imaging. Enabling H4 imaging is vital for the conservation and management of global biodiversity and ecosystem services, including food provisioning and water security. An agile satellite in a 3-d repeat low-Earth orbit could sample 30-km swath images of several hundred coastal habitats daily. Nine H4 satellites would provide weekly coverage of global coastal zones. Such satellite constellations are now feasible and are used in various applications.
View details for PubMedID 29509310
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Microalgal community structure and primary production in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: A synthesis
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2018; 6
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.267
View details for Web of Science ID 000422719500001
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Distribution of Phaeocystis antarctica-dominated sea ice algal communities and their potential to seed phytoplankton across the western Antarctic Peninsula in spring
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2018; 586: 91–112
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps12367
View details for Web of Science ID 000422850500007
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Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms Inhibited by Spring Convective Mixing in Refreezing Leads
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (1): 90–109
View details for DOI 10.1002/2016JC012575
View details for Web of Science ID 000425589800007
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Early Spring Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2017; 122 (12): 9350–69
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017JC013281
View details for Web of Science ID 000422732100003
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Late Spring Nitrate Distributions Beneath the Ice-Covered Northeastern Chukchi Shelf
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
2017; 122 (9): 2409–17
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017JG003881
View details for Web of Science ID 000412729100016
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Melting glaciers stimulate large summer phytoplankton blooms in southwest Greenland waters
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2017; 44 (12): 6278–85
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017GL073583
View details for Web of Science ID 000405854200047
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Macro-nutrient concentrations in Antarctic pack ice: Overall patterns and overlooked processes
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2017; 5
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.217
View details for Web of Science ID 000397959000001
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Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2016; 149: 40-81
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.10.004
View details for Web of Science ID 000390723200004
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Regional chlorophyll a algorithms in the Arctic Ocean and their effect on satellite-derived primary production estimates
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2016; 130: 14-27
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.020
View details for Web of Science ID 000381592900003
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Mass balance estimates of carbon export in different water masses of the Chukchi Sea shelf
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2016; 130: 88-99
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.003
View details for Web of Science ID 000381592900008
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Decadal trends in air-sea CO2 exchange in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2016; 43 (10): 5271-5278
View details for DOI 10.1002/2016GL069071
View details for Web of Science ID 000378347500074
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Spatial analysis of trends in primary production and relationship with large-scale climate variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica (1997-2013)
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2016; 121 (1): 368-386
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015JC011014
View details for Web of Science ID 000371432200022
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Sources of iron in the Ross Sea Polynya in early summer
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2015; 177: 447-459
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000366788600005
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Iron supply and demand in an Antarctic shelf ecosystem
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2015; 42 (19): 8088-8097
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015GL065727
View details for Web of Science ID 000363695500029
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Impacts of low phytoplankton NO3- :PO43- utilization ratios over the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Ocean
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 105-121
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300009
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Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Western Arctic Ocean: Relationships with microbial activities
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 44-52
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.012
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Water properties, heat and volume fluxes of Pacific water in Barrow Canyon during summer 2010
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
2015; 102: 43-54
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.04.004
View details for Web of Science ID 000358184400004
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Environmental controls of marine productivity hot spots around Antarctica
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2015; 120 (8): 5545-5565
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015JC010888
View details for Web of Science ID 000362653600015
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The influence of winter water on phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 53-72
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.06.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300006
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Continued increases in Arctic Ocean primary production
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 136: 60-70
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000358626900005
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Ecosystem characteristics and processes facilitating persistent macrobenthic biomass hotspots and associated benthivory in the Pacific Arctic
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 136: 92-114
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000358626900007
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Characterizing the subsurface chlorophyll a maximum in the Chukchi Sea and Canada Basin
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 88-104
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.010
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300008
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Aspects of the marine nitrogen cycle of the Chukchi Sea shelf and Canada Basin
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 73-87
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.009
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300007
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Tight coupling of primary production and marine mammal reproduction in the Southern Ocean
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2015; 282 (1806)
Abstract
Polynyas are areas of open water surrounded by sea ice and are important sources of primary production in high-latitude marine ecosystems. The magnitude of annual primary production in polynyas is controlled by the amount of exposure to solar radiation and sensitivity to changes in sea-ice extent. The degree of coupling between primary production and production by upper trophic-level consumers in these environments is not well understood, which prevents reliable predictions about population trajectories for species at higher trophic levels under potential future climate scenarios. In this study, we find a strong, positive relationship between annual primary production in an Antarctic polynya and pup production by ice-dependent Weddell seals. The timing of the relationship suggests reproductive effort increases to take advantage of high primary production occurring in the months after the birth pulse. Though the proximate causal mechanism is unknown, our results indicate tight coupling between organisms at disparate trophic levels on a short timescale, deepen our understanding of marine ecosystem processes, and raise interesting questions about why such coupling exists and what implications it has for understanding high-latitude ecosystems.
View details for DOI 10.1098/rspb.2014.3137
View details for Web of Science ID 000353351000013
View details for PubMedID 25854885
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Estimates of net community production in the Southern Ocean determined from time series observations (2002-2011) of nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon, and surface ocean pCO(2) in Drake Passage
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 114: 49-63
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.014
View details for Web of Science ID 000354342300006
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Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
2014; 20 (10): 3004-3025
Abstract
Antarctic and Southern Ocean (ASO) marine ecosystems have been changing for at least the last 30 years, including in response to increasing ocean temperatures and changes in the extent and seasonality of sea ice; the magnitude and direction of these changes differ between regions around Antarctica that could see populations of the same species changing differently in different regions. This article reviews current and expected changes in ASO physical habitats in response to climate change. It then reviews how these changes may impact the autecology of marine biota of this polar region: microbes, zooplankton, salps, Antarctic krill, fish, cephalopods, marine mammals, seabirds, and benthos. The general prognosis for ASO marine habitats is for an overall warming and freshening, strengthening of westerly winds, with a potential pole-ward movement of those winds and the frontal systems, and an increase in ocean eddy activity. Many habitat parameters will have regionally specific changes, particularly relating to sea ice characteristics and seasonal dynamics. Lower trophic levels are expected to move south as the ocean conditions in which they are currently found move pole-ward. For Antarctic krill and finfish, the latitudinal breadth of their range will depend on their tolerance of warming oceans and changes to productivity. Ocean acidification is a concern not only for calcifying organisms but also for crustaceans such as Antarctic krill; it is also likely to be the most important change in benthic habitats over the coming century. For marine mammals and birds, the expected changes primarily relate to their flexibility in moving to alternative locations for food and the energetic cost of longer or more complex foraging trips for those that are bound to breeding colonies. Few species are sufficiently well studied to make comprehensive species-specific vulnerability assessments possible. Priorities for future work are discussed.
View details for DOI 10.1111/gcb.12623
View details for Web of Science ID 000342168500002
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Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota.
Global change biology
2014; 20 (10): 3004-3025
Abstract
Antarctic and Southern Ocean (ASO) marine ecosystems have been changing for at least the last 30 years, including in response to increasing ocean temperatures and changes in the extent and seasonality of sea ice; the magnitude and direction of these changes differ between regions around Antarctica that could see populations of the same species changing differently in different regions. This article reviews current and expected changes in ASO physical habitats in response to climate change. It then reviews how these changes may impact the autecology of marine biota of this polar region: microbes, zooplankton, salps, Antarctic krill, fish, cephalopods, marine mammals, seabirds, and benthos. The general prognosis for ASO marine habitats is for an overall warming and freshening, strengthening of westerly winds, with a potential pole-ward movement of those winds and the frontal systems, and an increase in ocean eddy activity. Many habitat parameters will have regionally specific changes, particularly relating to sea ice characteristics and seasonal dynamics. Lower trophic levels are expected to move south as the ocean conditions in which they are currently found move pole-ward. For Antarctic krill and finfish, the latitudinal breadth of their range will depend on their tolerance of warming oceans and changes to productivity. Ocean acidification is a concern not only for calcifying organisms but also for crustaceans such as Antarctic krill; it is also likely to be the most important change in benthic habitats over the coming century. For marine mammals and birds, the expected changes primarily relate to their flexibility in moving to alternative locations for food and the energetic cost of longer or more complex foraging trips for those that are bound to breeding colonies. Few species are sufficiently well studied to make comprehensive species-specific vulnerability assessments possible. Priorities for future work are discussed.
View details for DOI 10.1111/gcb.12623
View details for PubMedID 24802817
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Response of marine bacterioplankton to a massive under-ice phytoplankton bloom in the Chukchi Sea (Western Arctic Ocean)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 74-84
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000338978700006
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Impacts of sea ice retreat, thinning, and melt-pond proliferation on the summer phytoplankton bloom in the Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 85-104
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.016
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Role of shelfbreak upwelling in the formation of a massive under-ice bloom in the Chukchi Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 17-29
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.017
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Evidence of under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea from 1998 to 2012
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 105-117
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.013
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Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 1-16
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.018
View details for Web of Science ID 000338978700001
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Annual primary production in Antarctic sea ice during 2005-2006 from a sea ice state estimate
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2014; 119 (6): 3645-3678
View details for DOI 10.1002/2013JC009677
View details for Web of Science ID 000340414800024
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Twentieth century sea-ice trends in the Ross Sea from a high-resolution, coastal ice-core record
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2014; 41 (10): 3510-3516
View details for DOI 10.1002/2014GL059821
View details for Web of Science ID 000337610200025
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Productivity in the Barents Sea - Response to Recent Climate Variability
PLOS ONE
2014; 9 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0095273
View details for Web of Science ID 000335510600031
View details for PubMedID 24788513
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Massive difference in synonymous substitution rates among mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes of Phaeocystis algae
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
2014; 71: 36-40
Abstract
We are just beginning to understand how mutation rates differ among mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genomes. In most seed plants the mitochondrial mutation rate is estimated to be lower than those of the plastid and nucleus, whereas in the red alga Porphyra the opposite is true, and in certain green algae all three genomes appear to have similar rates of mutation. Relative rate statistics of organelle vs nuclear genes, however, are lacking for lineages that acquired their plastids through secondary endosymbiosis, but recent organelle DNA analyses suggest that they may differ drastically from what is observed in lineages with primary plastids, such as green plants and red algae. Here, by measuring synonymous nucleotide substitutions, we approximate the relative mutation rates within the haptophyte genus Phaeocystis, which has a red-algal-derived, secondary plastid. Synonymous-site divergence data indicate that for Phaeocystis antarctica and P. globosa the mitochondrial mutation rate is 10 and 3 times that of the plastid and nucleus, respectively. This differs drastically from relative rate estimates for primary-plastid-bearing lineages and presents a much more dynamic view of organelle vs nuclear mutation rates across the eukaryotic domain.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.10.018
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View details for PubMedID 24216019
- (submitted) Impacts of low phytoplankton NO3:PO4 utilization ratios over the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Ocean Deep Sea Research, Part II 2014
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Sea Ice Ecosystems
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE, VOL 6
2014; 6: 439-467
Abstract
Polar sea ice is one of the largest ecosystems on Earth. The liquid brine fraction of the ice matrix is home to a diverse array of organisms, ranging from tiny archaea to larger fish and invertebrates. These organisms can tolerate high brine salinity and low temperature but do best when conditions are milder. Thriving ice algal communities, generally dominated by diatoms, live at the ice/water interface and in recently flooded surface and interior layers, especially during spring, when temperatures begin to rise. Although protists dominate the sea ice biomass, heterotrophic bacteria are also abundant. The sea ice ecosystem provides food for a host of animals, with crustaceans being the most conspicuous. Uneaten organic matter from the ice sinks through the water column and feeds benthic ecosystems. As sea ice extent declines, ice algae likely contribute a shrinking fraction of the total amount of organic matter produced in polar waters.
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135103
View details for Web of Science ID 000329657800018
View details for PubMedID 24015900
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The oceanography and ecology of the ross sea.
Annual review of marine science
2014; 6: 469-487
Abstract
The continental shelf of the Ross Sea exhibits substantial variations in physical forcing, ice cover, and biological processes on a variety of time and space scales. Its circulation is characterized by advective inputs from the east and exchanges with off-shelf regions via the troughs along the northern portions. Phytoplankton biomass is greater there than anywhere else in the Antarctic, although nitrate is rarely reduced to levels below 10 μmol L(-1). Overall growth is regulated by irradiance (via ice at the surface and by the depths of the mixed layers) and iron concentrations. Apex predators reach exceptional abundances, and the world's largest colonies of Adélie and emperor penguins are found there. Krill are represented by two species (Euphausia superba near the shelf break and Euphausia crystallorophias throughout the continental shelf region). Equally important and poorly known is the Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum), which is also consumed by most upper-trophic-level predators. Future changes in the Ross Sea environment will have profound and unpredictable effects on the food web.
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135114
View details for PubMedID 23987914
- (submitted) Primary Production in Antarctic Sea Ice from a Sea Ice State Estimate Journal of Geophysical Research 2014
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The oceanography and ecology of the Ross Sea
Annual Reviews of Marine Science
2014; 6 (10): 1-19
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135114
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Sea ice ecosystems
Annual Review of Marine Science
2014
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135103
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Productivity in the barents sea--response to recent climate variability.
PloS one
2014; 9 (5)
Abstract
The temporal and spatial dynamics of primary and secondary biomass/production in the Barents Sea since the late 1990s are examined using remote sensing data, observations and a coupled physical-biological model. Field observations of mesozooplankton biomass, and chlorophyll a data from transects (different seasons) and large-scale surveys (autumn) were used for validation of the remote sensing products and modeling results. The validation showed that satellite data are well suited to study temporal and spatial dynamics of chlorophyll a in the Barents Sea and that the model is an essential tool for secondary production estimates. Temperature, open water area, chlorophyll a, and zooplankton biomass show large interannual variations in the Barents Sea. The climatic variability is strongest in the northern and eastern parts. The moderate increase in net primary production evident in this study is likely an ecosystem response to changes in climate during the same period. Increased open water area and duration of open water season, which are related to elevated temperatures, appear to be the key drivers of the changes in annual net primary production that has occurred in the northern and eastern areas of this ecosystem. The temporal and spatial variability in zooplankton biomass appears to be controlled largely by predation pressure. In the southeastern Barents Sea, statistically significant linkages were observed between chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass, as well as between net primary production and fish biomass, indicating bottom-up trophic interactions in this region.
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0095273
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- (submitted) Iron supply and demand in an antarctic shelf ecosystem Nature Geosciences 2014
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Light and nutrient control of photosynthesis in natural phytoplankton populations from the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, Arctic Ocean
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2013; 58 (6): 2185-2205
View details for DOI 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2185
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Long-term trends of upwelling and impacts on primary productivity in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
2013; 79: 106-121
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.003
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Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation
NATURE GEOSCIENCE
2013; 6 (9): 701-710
View details for DOI 10.1038/NGEO1765
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Sea ice impacts on spring bloom dynamics and net primary production in the Eastern Bering Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2013; 118 (1): 43-62
View details for DOI 10.1029/2012JC008034
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Light and nutrient control of photosynthesis in natural phytoplankton populations from the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Arctic Ocean
LIMINOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2013
View details for DOI 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2185
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Photoacclimation and non-photochemical quenching under in situ irradiance in natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2013; 475: 15-?
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps10097
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Insignificant buffering capacity of Antarctic shelf carbonates
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2013; 27 (1): 11-20
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011GB004211
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Inorganic C utilization and C isotope fractionation by pelagic and sea ice algal assemblages along the Antarctic continental shelf
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2013; 483: 47-66
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps10279
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Chlorophyll a in Antarctic sea ice from historical ice core data
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2012; 39
View details for DOI 10.1029/2012GL053478
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Patterns and controlling factors of species diversity in the Arctic Ocean
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
2012; 39 (11): 2081-2088
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02758.x
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Key role of organic complexation of iron in sustaining phytoplankton blooms in the Pine Island and Amundsen Polynyas (Southern Ocean)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 49-60
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.009
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Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Iron biogeochemistry
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 16-31
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.007
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Iron from melting glaciers fuels phytoplankton blooms in the Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Phytoplankton characteristics and productivity
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 32-48
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.005
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Spatial distribution of pCO(2), Delta O-2/Ar and dimethylsulfide (DMS) in polynya waters and the sea ice zone of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 77-93
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.010
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Shedding dynamic light on Fe limitation (DynaLiFe) Introduction
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 1-4
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.004
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Phytoplankton biomass and pigment responses to Fe amendments in the Pine Island and Amundsen polynyas
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 61-76
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.008
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Annual changes in sea ice and phytoplankton in polynyas of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 5-15
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.006
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ASPIRE The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition
OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 25 (3): 40-53
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Contrasting trends in sea ice and primary production in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
2012; 69 (7): 1180-1193
View details for DOI 10.1093/icesjms/fss113
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THE ROSS SEA IN A SEA OF CHANGE
OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 25 (3): 90-103
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Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice
SCIENCE
2012; 336 (6087): 1408-1408
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Phytoplankton blooms over Arctic Ocean continental shelves are thought to be restricted to waters free of sea ice. Here, we document a massive phytoplankton bloom beneath fully consolidated pack ice far from the ice edge in the Chukchi Sea, where light transmission has increased in recent decades because of thinning ice cover and proliferation of melt ponds. The bloom was characterized by high diatom biomass and rates of growth and primary production. Evidence suggests that under-ice phytoplankton blooms may be more widespread over nutrient-rich Arctic continental shelves and that satellite-based estimates of annual primary production in these waters may be underestimated by up to 10-fold.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1215065
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Mapping phytoplankton iron utilization: Insights into Southern Ocean supply mechanisms
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2012; 117
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007726
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Simulation of a sea ice ecosystem using a hybrid model for slush layer desalination
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2012; 117
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007544
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THE EFFECT OF IRON LIMITATION ON THE PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER DYNAMIC IRRADIANCE
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2012; 48 (1): 45-59
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01098.x
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THE EFFECT OF IRON LIMITATION ON THE PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER DYNAMIC IRRADIANCE(1).
Journal of phycology
2012; 48 (1): 45-59
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The effects of iron limitation on photoacclimation to dynamic irradiance were studied in Phaeocystis antarctica G. Karst. and Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Grunow) W. Krieg. in terms of growth rate, photosynthetic parameters, pigment composition, and fluorescence characteristics. Under dynamic light conditions mimicking vertical mixing below the euphotic zone, P. antarctica displayed higher growth rates than F. cylindrus both under iron (Fe)-replete and Fe-limiting conditions. Both species showed xanthophyll de-epoxidation that was accompanied by low levels of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) during the irradiance maximum of the light cycle. The potential for NPQ at light levels corresponding to full sunlight was substantial in both species and increased under Fe limitation in F. cylindrus. Although the decline in Fv /Fm under Fe limitation was similar in both species, the accompanying decrease in the maximum rate of photosynthesis and growth rate was much stronger in F. cylindrus. Analysis of the electron transport rates through PSII and on to carbon (C) fixation revealed a large potential for photoprotective cyclic electron transport (CET) in F. cylindrus, particularly under Fe limitation. Probably, CET aided the photoprotection in F. cylindrus, but it also reduced photosynthetic efficiency at higher light intensities. P. antarctica, on the other hand, was able to efficiently use electrons flowing through PSII for C fixation at all light levels, particularly under Fe limitation. Thus, Fe limitation enhanced the photophysiological differences between P. antarctica and diatoms, supporting field observations where P. antarctica is found to dominate deeply mixed water columns, whereas diatoms dominate shallower mixed layers.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01098.x
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Early season depletion of dissolved iron in the Ross Sea polynya: Implications for iron dynamics on the Antarctic continental shelf
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010JC006553
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High concentrations and turnover rates of DMS, DMSP and DMSO in Antarctic sea ice
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2011; 38
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011GL049712
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Spatial and temporal variation of photosynthetic parameters in natural phytoplankton assemblages in the Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic
POLAR BIOLOGY
2011; 34 (12): 1915-1928
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00300-011-1050-x
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Primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean: Impacts of complex optical properties and subsurface chlorophyll maxima on large-scale estimates
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007273
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Secular trends in Arctic Ocean net primary production
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007151
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Short-term photoacclimation effects on photoinhibition of phytoplankton in the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
2011; 58 (9): 943-955
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.07.001
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A reassessment of primary production and environmental change in the Bering Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010JC006766
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Variation in particulate C and N isotope composition following iron fertilization in two successive phytoplankton communities in the Southern Ocean
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2011; 25
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010GB003824
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Responses of psbA, hli and ptox genes to changes in irradiance in marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus
AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
2011; 65 (1): 1-14
View details for DOI 10.3354/ame01528
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Influence of atmospheric nutrients on primary productivity in a coastal upwelling region
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2010; 24
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009GB003737
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STRATEGIES AND RATES OF PHOTOACCLIMATION IN TWO MAJOR SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON TAXA: PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (HAPTOPHYTA) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2010; 46 (6): 1138-1151
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00922.x
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Photophysiology in Two Major Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Taxa: Photosynthesis and Growth of Phaeocystis antarctica and Fragilariopsis cylindrus under Different Irradiance Levels
Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 2010: 950–66
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The Ross Sea, Antarctica, supports two distinct populations of phytoplankton, one that grows well in sea ice and blooms in the shallow mixed layers of the Western marginal ice zone and the other that can be found in sea ice but thrives in the deeply mixed layers of the Ross Sea. Dominated by diatoms (e.g. Fragilariopsis cylindrus) and the prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis antarctica, respectively, the processes leading to the development of these different phytoplankton assemblages are not well known. The goal of this article was to gain a better understanding of the photophysiological characteristics that allow each taxon to dominate its specific habitat. Cultures of F. cylindrus and P. antarctica were each grown semi-continuously at four different constant irradiances (5, 25, 65, and 125 µmol quanta/m2/s). Fragilariopsis cylindrus produced far less photosynthetic pigment per cell than did P. antarctica but much more photoprotective pigment. Fragilariopsis cylindrus also exhibited substantially lower rates of photosynthesis and growth but also was far less susceptible to photoinhibition of cell growth. Excess photosynthetic capacity, a measure of the ability of phytoplankton to exploit variable light environments, was significantly higher in both strains of P. antarctica than in F. cylindrus. The combination of these characteristics suggests that F. cylindrus has a competitive advantage under conditions where mixed layers are shallow and light levels are relatively constant and high. In contrast, P. antarctica should dominate waters where mixed layers are deep and light levels are variable. These results are consistent with distributions of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea and suggest that light is the primary factor determining composition of phytoplankton communities.
View details for DOI 10.1093/icb/icq021
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PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY IN TWO SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON TAXA: PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER SIMULATED MIXED-LAYER IRRADIANCE
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2010; 46 (6): 1114-1127
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00923.x
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Air-sea flux of CO2 in the Arctic Ocean, 1998-2003
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
2010; 115
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009JG001224
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Stable isotope composition of dissolved inorganic carbon and particulate organic carbon in sea ice from the Ross Sea, Antarctica
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2010; 115
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009JC005661
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Responding to climate change: Adelie Penguins confront astronomical and ocean boundaries
ECOLOGY
2010; 91 (7): 2056-2069
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Long-distance migration enables many organisms to take advantage of lucrative breeding and feeding opportunities during summer at high latitudes and then to move to lower, more temperate latitudes for the remainder of the year. The latitudinal range of the Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) spans approximately 22 degrees. Penguins from northern colonies may not migrate, but due to the high latitude of Ross Island colonies, these penguins almost certainly undertake the longest migrations for the species. Previous work has suggested that Adélies require both pack ice and some ambient light at all times of year. Over a three-year period, which included winters of both extensive and reduced sea ice, we investigated characteristics of migratory routes and wintering locations of Adélie Penguins from two colonies of very different size on Ross Island, Ross Sea, the southernmost colonies for any penguin. We acquired data from 3-16 geolocation sensor tags (GLS) affixed to penguins each year at both Cape Royds and Cape Crozier in 2003-2005. Migrations averaged 12760 km, with the longest being 17 600 km, and were in part facilitated by pack ice movement. Trip distances varied annually, but not by colony. Penguins rarely traveled north of the main sea-ice pack, and used areas with high sea-ice concentration, ranging from 75% to 85%, about 500 km inward from the ice edge. They also used locations where there was some twilight (2-7 h with sun < 6 degrees below the horizon). We report the present Adélie Penguin migration pattern and conjecture on how it probably has changed over the past approximately 12000 years, as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet withdrew southward across the Ross Sea, a situation that no other Adélie Penguin population has had to confront. As sea ice extent in the Ross Sea sector decreases in the near future, as predicted by climate models, we can expect further changes in the migration patterns of the Ross Sea penguins.
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View details for PubMedID 20715628
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Magnitude of oceanic nitrogen fixation influenced by the nutrient uptake ratio of phytoplankton
NATURE GEOSCIENCE
2010; 3 (6): 412-416
View details for DOI 10.1038/NGEO856
View details for Web of Science ID 000278134100017
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Can photoinhibition control phytoplankton abundance in deeply mixed water columns of the Southern Ocean?
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2010; 55 (3): 1248-1264
View details for DOI 10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.1248
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Ross ice shelf cavity circulation, residence time, and melting: Results from a model of oceanic chlorofluorocarbons
CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
2010; 30 (7): 733-742
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.007
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Contrasting spring and summer phytoplankton dynamics in the nearshore Southern California Bight
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2010; 55 (1): 264-278
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- Non-Redfield N:P utilization by phytoplankton signifcantly impacts oceanic nitrogen fixation Nature Geoscience 2010; 3: 412-416
- Primary Producers and Sea Ice Sea Ice edited by Thomas, D. N., Dieckmann, G. S. Blackwell Science, Ltd., Oxford, UK. 2010; 2nd: 283–326
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Contribution of under-ice primary production to an ice-edge upwelling phytoplankton bloom in the Canadian Beaufort Sea
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2009; 36
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009GL038837
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Photophysiology in two major Southern Ocean phytoplankton taxa: Photoprotection in Phaeocystis antarctica and Fragilariopsis cylindrus
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2009; 54 (4): 1176-1196
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Influence of light and temperature on the marine iron cycle: From theoretical to global modeling
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2009; 23
View details for DOI 10.1029/2008GB003214
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Sea ice variability and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, from methylsulphonate snow record
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2009; 36
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009GL037311
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Hydrodynamic control of phytoplankton loss to the benthos in an estuarine environment
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2009; 54 (3): 952-969
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- Coastal phytoplankton blooms in the Southern California Bight: evaluating the roles of land-based and upwelled nutrient delivery Limnology and Oceanography 2009; 55: 264-278
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Coastal Southern Ocean: A strong anthropogenic CO2 sink
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2008; 35 (21)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2008GL035624
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Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2008; 35 (19)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2008GL035028
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Understanding nitrogen limitation in Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) through cDNA and qRT-PCR analysis
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2008; 44 (5): 1235-1249
Abstract
Brown tides of the marine pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves et Sieburth have been investigated extensively for the past two decades. Its growth is fueled by a variety of nitrogen (N) compounds, with dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) being particularly important during blooms. Characterization of a cDNA library suggests that A. anophagefferens can assimilate eight different forms of N. Expression of genes related to the sensing, uptake, and assimilation of inorganic and organic N, as well as the catabolic process of autophagy, was assayed in cells grown on different N sources and in N-limited cells. Growth on nitrate elicited an increase in the relative expression of nitrate and ammonium transporters, a nutrient stress-induced transporter, and a sensory kinase. Growth on urea increased the relative expression of a urea and a formate/nitrite transporter, while growth on ammonium resulted in an increase in the relative expression of an ammonium transporter, a novel ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter and a putative high-affinity phosphate transporter. N limitation resulted in a 30- to 110-fold increase in the relative expression of nitrate, ammonium, urea, amino acid/polyamine, and formate/nitrite transporters. A. anophagefferens demonstrated the highest relative accumulation of a transcript encoding a novel purine transporter, which was highly expressed across all N sources. This finding suggests that purines are an important source of N for the growth of this organism and could possibly contribute to the initiation and maintenance of blooms in the natural environment.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00571.x
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UNDERSTANDING NITROGEN LIMITATION IN AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS (PELAGOPHYCEAE) THROUGH cDNA AND qRT-PCR ANALYSIS(1).
Journal of phycology
2008; 44 (5): 1235-1249
Abstract
Brown tides of the marine pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves et Sieburth have been investigated extensively for the past two decades. Its growth is fueled by a variety of nitrogen (N) compounds, with dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) being particularly important during blooms. Characterization of a cDNA library suggests that A. anophagefferens can assimilate eight different forms of N. Expression of genes related to the sensing, uptake, and assimilation of inorganic and organic N, as well as the catabolic process of autophagy, was assayed in cells grown on different N sources and in N-limited cells. Growth on nitrate elicited an increase in the relative expression of nitrate and ammonium transporters, a nutrient stress-induced transporter, and a sensory kinase. Growth on urea increased the relative expression of a urea and a formate/nitrite transporter, while growth on ammonium resulted in an increase in the relative expression of an ammonium transporter, a novel ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter and a putative high-affinity phosphate transporter. N limitation resulted in a 30- to 110-fold increase in the relative expression of nitrate, ammonium, urea, amino acid/polyamine, and formate/nitrite transporters. A. anophagefferens demonstrated the highest relative accumulation of a transcript encoding a novel purine transporter, which was highly expressed across all N sources. This finding suggests that purines are an important source of N for the growth of this organism and could possibly contribute to the initiation and maintenance of blooms in the natural environment.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00571.x
View details for PubMedID 27041720
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Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997-2006
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2008; 113 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2007JC004551
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Primary production in the Arctic Ocean, 1998-2006
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2008; 113 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2007JC004578
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Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean
SCIENCE
2008; 320 (5878): 893-897
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Increasing quantities of atmospheric anthropogenic fixed nitrogen entering the open ocean could account for up to about a third of the ocean's external (nonrecycled) nitrogen supply and up to approximately 3% of the annual new marine biological production, approximately 0.3 petagram of carbon per year. This input could account for the production of up to approximately 1.6 teragrams of nitrous oxide (N2O) per year. Although approximately 10% of the ocean's drawdown of atmospheric anthropogenic carbon dioxide may result from this atmospheric nitrogen fertilization, leading to a decrease in radiative forcing, up to about two-thirds of this amount may be offset by the increase in N2O emissions. The effects of increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition are expected to continue to grow in the future.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1150369
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Alternative photosynthetic electron flow to oxygen in marine Synechococcus
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
2008; 1777 (3): 269-276
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Cyanobacteria dominate the world's oceans where iron is often barely detectable. One manifestation of low iron adaptation in the oligotrophic marine environment is a decrease in levels of iron-rich photosynthetic components, including the reaction center of photosystem I and the cytochrome b6f complex [R.F. Strzepek and P.J. Harrison, Photosynthetic architecture differs in coastal and oceanic diatoms, Nature 431 (2004) 689-692.]. These thylakoid membrane components have well characterised roles in linear and cyclic photosynthetic electron transport and their low abundance creates potential impediments to photosynthetic function. Here we show that the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus WH8102 exhibits significant alternative electron flow to O2, a potential adaptation to the low iron environment in oligotrophic oceans. This alternative electron flow appears to extract electrons from the intersystem electron transport chain, prior to photosystem I. Inhibitor studies demonstrate that a propyl gallate-sensitive oxidase mediates this flow of electrons to oxygen, which in turn alleviates excessive photosystem II excitation pressure that can often occur even at relatively low irradiance. These findings are also discussed in the context of satisfying the energetic requirements of the cell when photosystem I abundance is low.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.01.002
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Carbon cycle - Marine manipulations
NATURE
2007; 450 (7169): 491-492
View details for DOI 10.1038/450491a
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The role of thermal and mechanical processes in the formation of the Ross Sea summer polynya
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2007; 112 (C7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2006JC003874
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Interannual variation in air-sea CO2 flux in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: A model analysis
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2007; 112 (C3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2006JC003492
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A method for representing and developing process models
ECOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
2007; 4 (1-2): 1-12
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecocom.2007.02.017
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- Physical control of primary productivity in Arctic and Antarctic polynyas Polynyas: Windows to the World edited by Smith, W. O., Barber, D. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 2007
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Satellite estimation of marine particulate organic carbon in waters dominated by different phytoplankton taxa
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2006; 111 (C9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005JC003137
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Constraints on the extent of the Ross Sea phytoplankton bloom
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2006; 111 (C7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005JC003339
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Processes governing the supply of iron to phytoplankton in stratified seas
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2006; 111 (C6)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2005JC003363
View details for Web of Science ID 000238571600004
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Examination of diel changes in global transcript accumulation in Synechocystis (cyanobacteria)
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2006; 42 (3): 622-636
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00217.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000237812400010
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Inductive revision of quantitative process models
4th International Workshop on Environmental Applications of Machine Learning (EAML)
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2006: 70–79
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.008
View details for Web of Science ID 000236211600007
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A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2006; 53 (5-7): 741-770
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.028
View details for Web of Science ID 000239285700013
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Marine microorganisms and global nutrient cycles
NATURE
2005; 437 (7057): 349-355
Abstract
The way that nutrients cycle through atmospheric, terrestrial, oceanic and associated biotic reservoirs can constrain rates of biological production and help structure ecosystems on land and in the sea. On a global scale, cycling of nutrients also affects the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Because of their capacity for rapid growth, marine microorganisms are a major component of global nutrient cycles. Understanding what controls their distributions and their diverse suite of nutrient transformations is a major challenge facing contemporary biological oceanographers. What is emerging is an appreciation of the previously unknown degree of complexity within the marine microbial community.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature04158
View details for Web of Science ID 000231849100041
View details for PubMedID 16163345
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Decadal-scale changes in the climate and biota of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, 1950s to the 1990s
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
2005; 17 (2): 171-182
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0954102005002567
View details for Web of Science ID 000230508300003
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Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean
NATURE
2005; 434 (7030): 211-214
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Biological productivity in most of the world's oceans is controlled by the supply of nutrients to surface waters. The relative balance between supply and removal of nutrients--including nitrogen, iron and phosphorus--determines which nutrient limits phytoplankton growth. Although nitrogen limits productivity in much of the ocean, large portions of the tropics and subtropics are defined by extreme nitrogen depletion. In these regions, microbial denitrification removes biologically available forms of nitrogen from the water column, producing substantial deficits relative to other nutrients. Here we demonstrate that nitrogen-deficient areas of the tropical and subtropical oceans are acutely vulnerable to nitrogen pollution. Despite naturally high nutrient concentrations and productivity, nitrogen-rich agricultural runoff fuels large (54-577 km2) phytoplankton blooms in the Gulf of California. Runoff exerts a strong and consistent influence on biological processes, in 80% of cases stimulating blooms within days of fertilization and irrigation of agricultural fields. We project that by the year 2050, 27-59% of all nitrogen fertilizer will be applied in developing regions located upstream of nitrogen-deficient marine ecosystems. Our findings highlight the present and future vulnerability of these ecosystems to agricultural runoff.
View details for DOI 10.1038/nature03370
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View details for PubMedID 15758999
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Iron in the Ross Sea: 2. Impact of discrete iron addition strategies
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2005; 110 (C3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2004JC002568
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Iron in the Ross Sea: 1. Impact on CO2 fluxes via variation in phytoplankton functional group and non-Redfield stoichiometry
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2005; 110 (C3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2004JC002531
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Large scale importance of sea ice biology in the Southern Ocean
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
2004; 16 (4): 471-486
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0954102004002263
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Increased exposure of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to ultraviolet radiation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2004; 31 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2004GL019633
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Annual cycles of sea ice and phytoplankton in Cape Bathurst polynya, southeastern Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2004; 31 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2003GL018978
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Annual changes in sea-ice, chlorophyll a, and primary production in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2004; 51 (1-3): 117-138
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.04.003
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The interplay between upwelling and deep convective mixing in determining the seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba: Evidence from SeaWiFS and MODIS
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2003; 48 (6): 2355-2368
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Physical control of chlorophyll a, POC, and TPN distributions in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, Antarctica
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C10)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001JC001138
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Phytoplankton dynamics within 37 Antarctic coastal polynya systems
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002JC001739
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Impact of iceberg C-19 on Ross Sea primary production
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2003; 30 (16)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2003GL017721
View details for Web of Science ID 000184998200002
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A coupled ocean-ecosystem model of the Ross Sea: 2. Iron regulation of phytoplankton taxonomic variability and primary production
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001JC000856
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Impact of a deep ozone hole on Southern Ocean primary production
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C5)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001JC001226
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A comparison between excess barium and barite as indicators of carbon export
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY
2003; 18 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002PA000793
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Anomalously low zooplankton abundance in the Ross Sea: An alternative explanation
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2003; 48 (2): 686-699
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- Non-Redfield production and export of marine organic matter: A recurrent part of the annual cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea edited by DiTullio, G. R., Dunbar, R. B. 2003: 179–195
- A coupled ocean-ecosystem model of the Ross Sea. Part 1: Interannual variability of primary production and phytoplankton community structure Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea edited by DiTillio, G. R., Dunbar, R. B. 2003: 93–105
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Assessing the ecological impact of the Antarctic ozone hole using multisensor satellite data
Conference on Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based Measurements, Models and Effects III
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2003: 245–253
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- Primary production in sea ice Sea Ice: An Introduction to its physics, biology, chemistry and geology edited by Thomas, D. N., Dieckmann, G. S. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK. 2003
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Discovering ecosystem models from time-series data
6th International Conference on Discovery Science
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. 2003: 141–152
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The vertical flux of particulate matter in the polynya of Terra Nova Bay. Part I. Chemical constituents
2nd International Conference on the Ross Sea
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2003: 119–32
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0954102003001111
View details for Web of Science ID 000181701700014
- Evaluating photosynthetic carbon fixation during Phaeocystis antarctica blooms Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea edited by DiTullio, G. R., Dunbar, R. B. 2003: 77–91
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Taxon-specific differences in C/P and N/P drawdown for phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2002; 29 (19)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002GL015277
View details for Web of Science ID 000180603500044
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Comparison of algorithms for estimating ocean primary production from surface chlorophyll, temperature, and irradiance
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2002; 16 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001GB001444
View details for Web of Science ID 000179008700010
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Ecological impact of a large Antarctic iceberg
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2002; 29 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001GL014160
View details for Web of Science ID 000178886700056
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Global mapping of underwater UV irradiances and DNA-weighted exposures using total ozone mapping spectrometer and sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor data products
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2001; 106 (C11): 27205-27219
View details for Web of Science ID 000172105300027
- Atmospheric forcing of the Ross Sea polynya during Summer Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society 2001: J23–J26
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The sulfur-isotopic composition of cenozoic seawater sulfate: Implications for pyrite burial and atmospheric oxygen
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
2000; 42 (6): 491-498
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Phytoplankton taxonomic variability in nutrient utilization and primary production in the Ross Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2000; 105 (C4): 8827-8845
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Rapid and early export of Phaeocystis antarctica blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
NATURE
2000; 404 (6778): 595-598
Abstract
The Southern Ocean is very important for the potential sequestration of carbon dioxide in the oceans and is expected to be vulnerable to changes in carbon export forced by anthropogenic climate warming. Annual phytoplankton blooms in seasonal ice zones are highly productive and are thought to contribute significantly to pCO2 drawdown in the Southern Ocean. Diatoms are assumed to be the most important phytoplankton class with respect to export production in the Southern Ocean; however, the colonial prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis antarctica regularly forms huge blooms in seasonal ice zones and coastal Antarctic waters. There is little evidence regarding the fate of carbon produced by P. antarctica in the Southern Ocean, although remineralization in the upper water column has been proposed to be the main pathway in polar waters. Here we present evidence for early and rapid carbon export from P. antarctica blooms to deep water and sediments in the Ross Sea. Carbon sequestration from P. antarctica blooms may influence the carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean, especially if projected climatic changes lead to an alteration in the structure of the phytoplankton community.
View details for Web of Science ID 000086400100051
View details for PubMedID 10766240
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Phytoplankton community structure and the drawdown of nutrients and CO2 in the Southern Ocean
SCIENCE
1999; 283 (5400): 365-367
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Data from recent oceanographic cruises show that phytoplankton community structure in the Ross Sea is related to mixed layer depth. Diatoms dominate in highly stratified waters, whereas Phaeocystis antarctica assemblages dominate where waters are more deeply mixed. The drawdown of both carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrate per mole of phosphate and the rate of new production by diatoms are much lower than that measured for P. antarctica. Consequently, the capacity of the biological community to draw down atmospheric CO2 and transport it to the deep ocean could diminish dramatically if predicted increases in upper ocean stratification due to climate warming should occur.
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- Atmospheric forcing of the ross sea polynya during (Spring) Fifth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography 1999: 448–451
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Photophysiological evidence of nutrient limitation of platelet ice algae in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
1998; 34 (5): 788-797
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Bio-optical properties of the southwestern Ross Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1998; 103 (C10): 21683-21695
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Primary production in Southern Ocean waters
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1998; 103 (C8): 15587-15600
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Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the southwestern Ross Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1998; 103 (C1): 1007-1021
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- A high resolution study of the platelet ice ecosystem in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Photosynthetic and bio-optical characteristics of a dense microalgal bloom Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998; 98: 173-185
- Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the western Ross Sea Journal of Geophysical Research 1998; 103: 1007-1021
- The impact of chromophoric dissolved organic matter on UV inhibition of primary productivity in the open ocean Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998; 140: 207-216
- Primary production in the Antarctic ice pack Antarctic sea ice biological processes, interactions, and variability edited by Arrigo, K. R., Lizotte, M. P. 1998: 23–43
- Photophysiological evidence of nutrient limitation in the platelet ice of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica Journal of Phycology 1998; 34: 788-797
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Primary production in Antarctic sea ice
SCIENCE
1997; 276 (5311): 394-397
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Observations and simulations of physical and biological processes at ocean weather station P, 1951-1980
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1996; 101 (C2): 3697-3713
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SeaDAS: A processing package for ocean color satellite imagery
12th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology/5th Symposium on Education
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC. 1996: 451–456
View details for Web of Science ID A1996BF41N00105
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HIGH-RESOLUTION STUDY OF THE PLATELET ICE ECOSYSTEM IN MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA - BIOMASS, NUTRIENT, AND PRODUCTION PROFILES WITHIN A DENSE MICROALGAL BLOOM
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
1995; 127 (1-3): 255-268
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MICROALGAL LIGHT-HARVESTING IN EXTREME LOW-LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS IN MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
1995; 31 (4): 508-520
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- Adaptation to low irradiance and restricted spectral distribution by Antarctic microalgae from under-ice habitats Journal of Phycology 1995; 31: 508-520
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IMPACT OF OZONE DEPLETION ON PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH IN THE SOUTHERN-OCEAN - LARGE-SCALE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
1994; 114 (1-2): 1-12
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SPRING PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTION IN THE WESTERN ROSS SEA
SCIENCE
1994; 266 (5183): 261-263
Abstract
Coastal zone color scanner (CZCS) imagery of the western Ross Sea revealed the Presence of an intense phytoplankton bloom covering >106,000 square kilometers in early December 1978. This bloom developed inside the Ross Sea polynya, within 2 weeks of initial polynya formation in late November. Primary productivity calculated from December imagery (3.9 grams of carbon per square meter per day) was up to four times the values measured during in situ studies in mid-January to February 1979. Inclusion of this early season production yields a spring-to-summer estimate of 141 to 171 grams of carbon per square meter, three to four times the values previously reported for the western Ross Sea.
View details for Web of Science ID A1994PM13400029
View details for PubMedID 17771447
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A HIGH RESOLUTION BIO-OPTICAL MODEL OF MICROALGAL GROWTH: TESTS USING SEA-ICE ALGAL COMMUNITY TIME-SERIES DATA
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
1994; 39 (3): 609-631
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DISTRIBUTIONS OF PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS IN THE SOUTHERN-OCEAN
SCIENCE
1993; 262 (5141): 1832-1837
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A regional pigment retrieval algorithm for the Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) has been tested for the Southern Ocean. The pigment concentrations estimated with this algorithm agree to within 5 percent with in situ values and are more than twice as high as those previously reported. The CZCS data also revealed an asymmetric distribution of enhanced pigments in the waters surrounding Antarctica; in contrast, most surface geophysical properties are symmetrically distributed. The asymmetry is coherent with circumpolar current patterns and the availability of silicic acid in surface waters. Intense blooms (>1 milligram of pigment per cubic meter) that occur downcurrent from continental masses result from dissolved trace elements such as iron derived from shelf sediments and glacial melt.
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View details for PubMedID 17829629
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A HIGH-RESOLUTION STUDY OF THE PLATELET ICE ECOSYSTEM IN MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA - PHOTOSYNTHETIC AND BIOOPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A DENSE MICROALGAL BLOOM
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
1993; 98 (1-2): 173-185
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A SIMULATED ANTARCTIC FAST ICE ECOSYSTEM
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1993; 98 (C4): 6929-6946
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THE INFLUENCE OF SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE COVARIATION ON THE PHOTOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTARCTIC SEA ICE MICROALGAE
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
1992; 28 (6): 746-756
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A HIGH-RESOLUTION SAMPLER FOR NUTRIENT AND CHLOROPHYLL A PROFILES OF THE SEA ICE PLATELET LAYER AND UNDERLYING WATER COLUMN BELOW FAST ICE IN POLAR OCEANS - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
1992; 80 (2-3): 291-300
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A BIOOPTICAL MODEL OF ANTARCTIC SEA ICE
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
1991; 96 (C6): 10581-10592
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