Complexity and simplification in understanding recruitment in benthic populations

J Pineda, NB Reyns, VR Starczak - Population ecology, 2009 - Springer
Research of complex systems and problems, entities with many dependencies, is often
reductionist. The reductionist approach splits systems or problems into different components …

Remote detection of marine microbes, small invertebrates, harmful algae, and biotoxins using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP)

C Scholin, G Doucette, S Jensen, B Roman, D Pargett… - Oceanography, 2009 - JSTOR
The advent of ocean observatories is creating unique opportunities for deploying novel
sensor systems. We are exploring that potential through the development and application of …

Near real‐time, autonomous detection of marine bacterioplankton on a coastal mooring in Monterey Bay, California, using rRNA‐targeted DNA probes

CM Preston, R Marin III, SD Jensen… - Environmental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A sandwich hybridization assay (SHA) was developed to detect 16S rRNAs indicative of
phylogenetically distinct groups of marine bacterioplankton in a 96‐well plate format as well …

Molecular detection of native and invasive marine invertebrate larvae present in ballast and open water environmental samples collected in Puget Sound

JBJ Harvey, MS Hoy, RJ Rodriguez - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
Non-native marine species have been and continue to be introduced into Puget Sound via
several vectors including ship's ballast water. Some non-native species become invasive …