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Tidally Driven Exchange in an Archipelago Strait: Biological and Optical Responses (with B. H. Jones, C. M. Lee, G. Toro-Farmer, M. C. Gregg, and C. L. Villanoy), Oceanography (2011)

Measurements in San Bernardino Strait, one of two major connections between the Pacific Ocean and...

 

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Observations of the Sensitivity of Beam Attenuation to Particle Size in a Coastal Bottom Boundary Layer (with P. S. Hill, J. P. Newgard, B. A. Law, and T. G. Milligan), Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (2011)

The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that the aggregated state of...

 

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The Underwater Photic Environment of Cape Maclear, Lake Malawi: Comparison Between Rock- and Sand-Bottom Habitats and Implications for Cichlid Fish Vision (with S. Sabbah, S. M. Gray, J. M. Fraser, R. Zatha, and C. W. Hawryshyn), Journal of Experimental Biology (2011)

Lake Malawi boasts the highest diversity of freshwater fishes in the world. Nearshore sites are...

 

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High-Frequency in Situ Optical Measurements During a Storm Event: Assessing Relationships Between Dissolved Organic Matter, Sediment Concentrations, and Hydrologic Processes (with J. F. Saraceno, B. A. Pellerin, B. D. Downing, P. A.M. Bachand, and B. A. Bergamaschi), Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences (2009)

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics during storm events has received considerable attention in forested watersheds,...

 

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Observing Biogeochemical Cycles at Global Scales With Profiling Floats and Gliders Prospects for a Global Array (with K. S. Johnson, W. M. Berelson, Z. Chase, H. Claustre, S. R. Emerson, N. Gruber, A. Kortzinger, Mary Jane Perry, and S. C. Riser), Oceanography (2009)

Chemical and biological sensor technologies have advanced rapidly in the past five years. Sensors that...

 

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Regulation of Phytoplankton Carbon to Chlorophyll Ratio By Light, Nutrients and Temperature in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: A Basin-Scale Model (with X. J. Wang, M. Behrenfeld, R. Le Borgne, and R. Murtugudde), Biogeosciences (2009)

The complex effects of light, nutrients and temperature lead to a variable carbon to chlorophyll...

 

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Satellite-Detected Fluorescence Reveals Global Physiology of Ocean Phytoplankton (with M. J. Behrenfeld, T. K. Westberry, R. T. O'Malley, D. A. Siegel, J. D. Wiggert, B. A. Franz, C. R. McClain, G. C. Feldman, S. C. Doney, J. K. Moore, G. Dall'Olmo, A. J. Milligan, I. Lima, and N. Mahowald), Biogeosciences (2009)

Phytoplankton photosynthesis links global ocean biology and climate-driven fluctuations in the physical environment. These interactions...

 

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Significant Contribution of Large Particles to Optical Backscattering in the Open Ocean (with G. Dall'Olmo, T. K. Westberry, M. J. Behrenfeld, and W. H. Slade), Biogeosciences (2009)

The light scattering properties of oceanic particles have been suggested as an alternative index of...

 

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Diffusion at Work: An Interactive Simulation (with Lee Karp-Boss and J. Loftin), Oceanography (2008)
 

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Carbon-Based Primary Productivity Modeling With Vertically Resolved Photoacclimation (with T. Westberry, M. J. Behrenfeld, and D. A. Siegel), Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2008)

Net primary production (NPP) is commonly modeled as a function of chlorophyll concentration (Chl), even...

 

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The Value of Adding Optics to Ecosystem Models: A Case Study (with M. Fujii and Fei Chai), Biogeosciences (2007)

Many ecosystem models have been developed to study the ocean's biogeochemical properties, but most of...

 

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A Comparison of Hydrographically and Optically Derived Mixed Layer Depths (with D. G. Zawada, J. R.V. Zaneveld, W. D. Gardner, M. J. Richardson, and A. V. Mishonov), Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (2005)

Efforts to understand and model the dynamics of the upper ocean would be significantly advanced...

 

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Carbon-Based Ocean Productivity and Phytoplankton Physiology from Space (with M. J. Behrenfeld, D. A. Siegel, and D. M. Shea), Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2005)

Ocean biogeochemical and ecosystem processes are linked by net primary production (NPP) in the ocean's...

 

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The New Age of Hyperspectral Oceanography (with Grace Chang, Kevin Mahoney, Amanda Briggs-Whitmire, David Kohler, Curtis Mobley, Marlon Lewis, Mark A. Moline, Minsu Kim, William Philpot, and Tommy Dickey), Oceanography (2004)
 

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Particulate Backscattering Ratio at Leo 15 and Its Use to Study Particle Composition and Distribution (with W. S. Pegau, M. Lee, M. Twardowski, E. Shybanov, G. Korotaev, and F. Baratange), Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans (2004)

Particulate scattering and backscattering are two quantities that have traditionally been used to quantify in...

 

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Characteristics, Distribution and Persistence of Thin Layers Over a 48 Hour Period (with M. A. McManus, A. L. Alldredge, A. H. Barnard, J. F. Case, T. J. Cowles, P. L. Donaghay, L. B. Eisner, D. J. Gifford, C. F. Greenlaw, C. M. Herren, D. V. Holliday, D. Johnson, S. MacIntyre, D. M. McGehee, T. R. Osborn, Mary Jane Perry, R. E. Pieper, J. E.B. Rines, D. C. Smith, J. M. Sullivan, M. K. Talbot, M. S. Twardowski, A. Weidemann, and J. R. Zaneveld), Marine Ecology-Progress Series (2003)

The biological and physical processes contributing to planktonic thin layer dynamics were examined in a...