OCB Newletter

April 2008 Issue, Volume 1, No. 1

Publications

Please submit publications to Mary Zawoysky.

Recent Publications

Jin, X., N. Gruber, H. Frenzel, S. Doney, and J. McWilliams (2008). The impact on atmospheric CO2 of iron fertilization induced changes in the ocean's biological pump. Biogeosciences, 5: 385-406.

Earlier Publications

Astor, Y., M.I. Scranton, F. Muller-Karger, R. Bohrer, and J.García. 2005. fCO2 variability at the CARIACO tropical coastal upwelling time series station. Mar. Chem., 97 (3-4): 245-261.

Ballabrera-Poy, J., R. Murtugudde, R.-H. Zhang, and A. J. Busalacchi (2007). Coupled ocean-atmosphere response to seasonal modulation of ocean color: Impact on interannual climate simulations in the tropical Pacific. J. Clim. 20, 353-374.

Benitez-Nelson, C. R., L. P. O'Neill, L. Kolowith, P. Pellechia, and R. C. Thunell. 2004.
Phosphonates and particulate organic phosphorus cycling in an anoxic marine basin. Limnol. Oceanogr., 49(5): 1593-1604.

Boyd, P.W.  and T.W. Trull (2007). Understanding the export of biogenic particles in oceanic waters: Is there consensus? Progress in Oceanography, 72: 276-312.

Carr, M.-E., et al. (2006). A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color. Deep-Sea Res. II, 53: 741-770.

De La Rocha, C.L., and U. Passow (2007). Factors influencing the sinking of POC and the efficiency of the biological carbon pump. Deep-Sea Research II, 54: 639-658.

Degerholm, J., K. Gundersen, B. Bergman & E. Söderbäck (2006). Phosphorus limiting growth in the filamentous cyanobacteria Nodularia sp. and Aphanizomenon sp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 58:323-332.

DeGrandpre, M.D., A. Körtzinger, U. Send, D.W.R. Wallace and R.G.J. Bellerby (2006). Uptake and sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in the Labrador Sea deep convection region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33: doi:10.1029/2006GL026881.

Friedrichs, M.A.M., R. Hood, and J. Wiggert (2006). Ecosystem model complexity versus physical forcing: Quantification of their relative impact with assimilated Arabian Sea data. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 576-600.

Friedrichs M. A. M., J. Dusenberry, L. Anderson, R. Armstrong, F. Chai, J. Christian, S.C. Doney, J. Dunne, M. Fujii, R. Hood, D. McGillicuddy, K. Moore, M. Schartau, Y. H. Sptiz, J. Wiggert (2007). Assessment of skill and portability in regional marine biogeochemical models: Role of multiple planktonic groups, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C08001, doi:10.1029/2006JC003852

Gallon, J.R., P. Albertano, B. Bergman, K.v. Bröckel, A. Canini, R. Congresti, A.M. Evans, P. Fritsche, K. Gundersen, S.te L. Hekkert, A. Jones, M. Meyerhöfer, K. Nachtigall, U. Ohlendieck, K.M. Orcutt, S. Repka, K. Sivonen, M. Staal & L.J. Stal (2002). Uncoupling of N2 fixation and primary production in a developing cyanobacterial bloom in the Baltic Sea. Limnology & Oceanography 47:1514-1521.

Goñi, M., A. Aceves, R. Thunell, E. Tappa, Y. Astor, R. Varela and F. Muller-Karger 2003. Biogenic fluxes in the Cariaco Basin: A combined study of sinking particulates and underlying sediments. Deep-Sea Res. I, 50: 781-807.

Gundersen, K., M. Heldal, S. Norland & D.A. Purdie (2002). Elemental C, N and P content of individual bacteria collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Limnology & Oceanography 47:1525-1530.

Gundersen, K., K.M. Orcutt, D.A. Purdie, A.F. Michaels & A.H. Knap (2001). Particulate organic carbon mass distribution at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Deep-Sea Research II 48:1697-1718.

Hansell, D., N.R. Bates & K. Gundersen (1995). Mineralization of dissolved organic carbon in the Sargasso Sea. Marine Chemistry 51:201-212.

Heiskanen, A.-S., Haapala, J. & K. Gundersen (1998). Sedimentation and pelagic retention of particulate C, N and P in the coastal northern Baltic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 46:703-712.

Heiskanen, A.-S., T. Tamminen & K. Gundersen (1996). Impact of planktonic food web structure on nutrient retention and loss from late summer pelagic system in the northern Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 145:195-208.

Hood, R., E. Laws, K. Moore, R. Armstrong, N. Bates, C. Carlson, F. Chai, S. Doney, P. Falkowski, D. Feely, M. Friedrichs, M. Landry, R. Letelier, D. Nelson, T. Richardson, B. Salihoglu, J. Wiggert, and M. Schartau, 2006. Functional group modeling: progress, challenges and prospects. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 459-512.

Kuffner I.B., A.J. Andersson, P.L. Jokiel, K.S. Rodgers, and F.T. Mackenzie, 2008. Decreased abundance of crustose coralline algae due to ocean acidification. Nature Geoscience, DOI 10.1038/ngeo100.

Lignell, R., A.-S. Heiskanen, H. Kuosa, K. Gundersen, P. Kuuppo-Leinikki, R. Pajuniemi & A. Uitto (1993). Fate of phytoplankton spring bloom: sedimentation and carbon flow in the planktonic food web in the northern Baltic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 94:239-252.

Marra, J. and R.T. Barber (2004). Phytoplankton and heterotrophic respiration in the surface layer of the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09314, doi:10.1029/2004GL019664.

Marra, J. and R.T. Barber (2005). A synthesis of JGOFS data. Prog. Oceanogr., 65: 159-175.

Marra, J., CC.C. Trees and J.E. O’Reilly (2007). A strong predictor of primary productivity in the surface ocean. Deep-Sea Res. I, 54: 155-163.

Michaels, A.F., A.H. Knap, R.L. Dow, K. Gundersen, R.J. Johnson, J. Sorensen, A. Close, G.A. Knauer, S.E. Lohrenz, V.A. Asper, M. Tuel & R. Bidigare (1994). Seasonal patterns of ocean biogeochemistry at the U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site. Deep-Sea Research 41:1013-1038.

Mikaloff Fletcher, S.E., N. Gruber, A.R. Jacobson, S.C. Doney, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Gerber, M. Gloor, M. Follows, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, D. Menemenlis, A. Mouchet, S.A. Müller and J.L. Sarmiento (2007). Inverse estimates of the oceanic sources and sinks of natural CO2 and the implied oceanic transport. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB1010, doi:10.1029/2006GB002751.

Mikaloff Fletcher, S.E., N. Gruber, A.R. Jacobson, S.C. Doney, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Gerber, M. Follows, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, D. Menemenlis, A. Mouchet, S.A. Müller and J. L. Sarmiento (2006). Inverse estimates of anthropogenic CO2 uptake, transport, and storage by the ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 20, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002530.

Muller-Karger, F., C. Hu, J.P. Akl and R. Varela (2001). Validation of carbon flux and related products for SIMBIOS: the CARIACO continental margin time series and the Orinico River plume. In: R. McClain, C.Y. Farginton, G. SIMBIOS project 2001 Annual Report, McClain Ed. NASA/TM- 2001-209976.P.101.

Muller-Karger, F. E. R. Varela, R. Thunell, M. Scranton, R. Bohrer, G. Taylor, J. Capelo, Y. Astor, E. Tappa, T. Y. Ho, and J. J. Walsh (2001). Annual Cycle of Primary Production in the Cariaco Basin: Response to upwelling and implications for vertical export. J. of Geophys. Res., 106 (C3): 4527-4542.

Muller-Karger, F.E., R. Varela, R. Thunell, R. Luerssen, C. Hu and J.J. Walsh (2005). The importance of continental margins in the global carbon cycle. Geophys. Res. Letters, Vol. 32, L01602, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021346.

Murtugudde, R., R. Seager, and P. Thoppil (in review-2006). Arabian Sea response to monsoon variations. Paleooceanogr.

Neuer, S., A. Cianca, P. Helmke, T. Freudenthal, R. Davenport, M. Knoll, M. Santana-Casiano, M. González-Davila, M. Rueda and O. Llinás (2007). Biogeochemistry and hydrography in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic gyre.  Results from European Time-Series Station ESTOC. Progress in Oceanography, 72: 1-29.

Ohlendieck, U., K. Gundersen, M. Meyerhöfer, P. Fritsche, K. Nachtigall & B. Bergman (2007) The significance of nitrogen fixation to new production during early summer in the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences 4:1-11.

O'Neill, L.O., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, R.M. Styles, E. Tappa and R.C. Thunell (2005). Diagenetic effects on particulate phosphorus samples collected using formalin poisoned sediment traps. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 3: 308-317.

Orcutt, K.M., F. Lipschultz, K. Gundersen, R. Arimoto, A.F. Michaels, A.H. Knap & J.R. Gallon (2001). A seasonal study of the significance of N2 fixation by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Deep-Sea Research II 48:1583-1608.

Passow, U. (2004). Switching perspectives: Do mineral fluxes determine particulate organic carbon fluxes or vice versa? Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 5(4):Q04002, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000670.

Passow, U., and C.L. De La Rocha (2006). Accumulation of mineral ballast on organic aggregates. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20: GB1013, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002579.

Scranton, M. I., Y. Astor, R. Bohrer, T.-Y. Ho, and F. E. Muller-Karger (2001). Controls on temporal variability of the geochemistry of the deep Cariaco Basin. Deep-Sea Res. I, 48: 1605-1625.

Scranton, M.I., M. McIntyre, G.T. Taylor, F. Muller-Karger, K. Fanning, and Y.Astor (2006). Temporal Variability in the Nutrient Chemistry of the Cariaco Basin. In: Neretin L.N. (ed.): Past and Present Water Column Anoxia. NATO Science Series, Springer, Netherlands, p. 139-160.

Thunnell, R. (1997). Continental margin particle flux: Seasonal cycles and archives of global change. Oceanus, 40, 20-24.

Thunell, R., R. Varela, M. Llano, J. Collister, F. Muller-Karger, and R. Bohrer (2000). Organic carbon fluxes, degradation, and accumulation in an anoxic basin: sediment trap results from the Cariaco Basin. Limnol. Oceanogr., 45 (2), 300-308.

Thunell, R., D.M. Sigman, F. Muller-Karger, Y. Astor and R. Varela (2004). Nitrogen isotope dynamics of the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela. Global Biochem. Cycles, 18, doi:10.1029/2003GB002185.

Thunell, R., C. Benitez-Nelson, R. Varela, Y. Astor and F. Muller-Karger (2007). Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes Along Upwelling-Dominated Continental Margins: Rates and Mechanisms. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB1022, doi: 10.1029/2006GB002793.

Walsh, J.J. (1996). Nitrogen fixation within a tropical upwelling ecosystem: Evidence for a Redfield budget of carbon/nitrogen cycling by the total phytoplankton community. J. Geophys. Res., 101 (C9): 20,607-20,616.

Walsh, J.J., D.A. Dieterle, F.E. Muller-Karger, R. Bohrer, W.P. Bissett, R. Aparicio, R.J. Varela, H.T. Hochman, C. Schiller , R. Diaz, R. Thunell, G.T. Taylor, M.I. Scranton, K.A. Fanning and E.T. Pelzer (1999). Simulation of carbon/nitrogen cycling during spring upwelling in the Cariaco Basin. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C4): 7807-7825.

Woodworh, M.P., M.A. Goñi, K. Tedesco, R. Thunnell, Y. Astor, R. Varela, R. Murray and F. Muller-Karger (2004). Oceanographic controls on carbon isotopic compositions of sinking particles from the Cariaco Basin. Deep-Sea Res. I., 51 (12): 1955-1974.