A5007478348- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Library Science and Information Systems
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Cryospheric studies and observations
William & Mary
2015-2024
Virginia Sea Grant
2024
US Virtual Astronomical Observatory
2024
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
2009-2024
University of Colorado System
2021
Sprint (United States)
2021
SPRINT
2021
Williams (United States)
2019
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2007-2016
Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
2016
Episodic eddy-driven upwelling may supply a significant fraction of the nutrients required to sustain primary productivity subtropical ocean. New observations in northwest Atlantic reveal that, although plankton blooms occur both cyclones and mode-water eddies, biological responses differ. Mode-water eddies can generate extraordinary diatom biomass production at depth, relative time series near Bermuda. These are sustained by eddy/wind interactions, which amplify eddy-induced upwelling. In...
Marine zooplankton comprise a phylogenetically and functionally diverse assemblage of protistan metazoan consumers that occupy multiple trophic levels in pelagic food webs. Within this complex network, carbon flows via alternative pathways drive temporal spatial variability production-grazing coupling, nutrient cycling, export, transfer efficiency to higher levels. We explore current knowledge the processing ingestion by absorption, egestion, respiration, excretion, growth (production)...
The oceanic biological pump drives sequestration of carbon dioxide in the deep sea via sinking particles. Rapid consumption and remineralization âtwilight zoneâ (depths between euphotic zone 1000 meters) reduce efficiency sequestration. By using neutrally buoyant sediment traps to sample this chronically understudied realm, we measured a transfer particulate organic 150 500 meters 20 50% at two contrasting sites. This large variability is poorly represented biogeochemical models. If...
This review provides an assessment of sediment trap accuracy issues by gathering data to address hydrodynamics, the problem zooplankton "swimmers," and solubilization material after collection.For each topic, is identified, its magnitude causes reviewed using selected examples, update on methods correct for potential bias or minimize new technologies presented.To hydrodynamic biases due flow over mouth, use neutrally buoyant traps encouraged.The influence swimmers best minimized that limit...
The downward flux of particulate organic carbon (POC) decreases significantly in the oceanÂs mesopelagic or ‘twilight’ zone due both to abiotic processes and metabolism by resident biota. Bacteria zooplankton solubilize consume POC support their metabolism, but relative importance bacteria vs. consumption sinking particles twilight is unknown. We compared losses POC, using differences export measured neutrally buoyant sediment traps at a range depths, with metabolic requirements Hawaii Ocean...
The extent, duration, and seasonality of sea ice glacial discharge strongly influence Antarctic marine ecosystems. Most organisms' life cycles in this region are attuned to seasonality. annual retreat melting the austral spring stratifies upper ocean, triggering large phytoplankton blooms. magnitude blooms is proportional winter extent cover, which can act as a barrier wind mixing. krill, one most abundant metazoan populations on Earth, consume dominated by diatoms. Krill, turn, support...
Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in the Earth's carbon cycle and quantification of their impacts for both present conditions predictions into future remains one greatest challenges oceanography. The goal EXport Processes from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) Science Plan is to develop predictive understanding export fate global ocean net primary production (NPP) its implications climates. achievement this requires mechanisms that control euphotic zone as well underlying "twilight zone" where...
Abstract. Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and salps are major macroplankton contributors to Southern Ocean food webs also fished commercially. Managing this fishery sustainably, against a backdrop of rapid regional climate change, requires information on distribution time trends. Many data the abundance both taxa have been obtained from net sampling surveys since 1926, but much is stored in national archives, sometimes only notebooks. In order make these important accessible we collated...
Abstract Fishes are the dominant vertebrates in ocean, yet we know little of their contribution to carbon export flux at regional global scales. We synthesize existing information on fish‐based coastal and pelagic waters, identify gaps challenges measuring this approaches address them, recommend research priorities. Based our synthesis passive (fecal pellet sinking) active (migratory) fishes, estimated that fishes contribute an average (± standard deviation) about 16.1% 13%) total out...
Jellyfish blooms occur in many estuarine and coastal regions may be increasing their magnitude extent worldwide. Voracious jellyfish predation impacts food webs by converting large quantities of carbon (C), fixed primary producers consumed secondary producers, into gelatinous biomass, which restricts C transfer to higher trophic levels because are not readily other predators. In addition, release colloidal dissolved organic matter (jelly-DOM), could further influence the functioning systems...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 267:45-56 (2004) - doi:10.3354/meps267045 Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in open ocean by zooplankton and colonial cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. Deborah K. Steinberg1,*, Norman B. Nelson2, Craig A. Carlson3, Anne Prusak4 1Department Biological Sciences, Virginia Institute...