Mechanisms of physical-biological-biogeochemical interaction at the oceanic mesoscale

DJ McGillicuddy Jr - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Mesoscale phenomena are ubiquitous and highly energetic features of ocean circulation.
Their influence on biological and biogeochemical processes varies widely, stemming not …

Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific

RC Hamme, PW Webley, WR Crawford… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Using multiple lines of evidence, we demonstrate that volcanic ash deposition in August
2008 initiated one of the largest phytoplankton blooms observed in the subarctic North …

The continental margin is a key source of iron to the HNLC North Pacific Ocean

PJ Lam, JKB Bishop - Geophysical Research Letters, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Here we show that labile particulate iron and manganese concentrations in the upper 500 m
of the Western Subarctic Pacific, an iron‐limited High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) …

Intense submesoscale upwelling in anticyclonic eddies

L Brannigan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Observations from around the global ocean show that enhanced biological activity can be
found in anticyclonic eddies. This may mean that upwelling of nutrient‐rich water occurs …

Transport in time-dependent dynamical systems: Finite-time coherent sets

G Froyland, N Santitissadeekorn… - … Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We study the transport properties of nonautonomous chaotic dynamical systems over a finite-
time duration. We are particularly interested in those regions that remain coherent and …

Dissolved organic matter composition and photochemical transformations in the northern North Pacific Ocean

PM Medeiros, M Seidel, LC Powers… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The composition and photochemical transformations of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in
the northern North Pacific Ocean were investigated at the molecular level using ultrahigh …

[HTML][HTML] Subthermocline eddies over the Washington continental slope as observed by Seagliders, 2003–09

NA Pelland, CC Eriksen… - Journal of Physical …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract In the California Current System, subthermocline, lenslike anticyclonic eddies
generated within the California Undercurrent (CU) are one mechanism for lateral transport of …

Poleward reach of the California Undercurrent extension

RE Thomson, MV Krassovski - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The California Undercurrent is known to transport relatively warm, high‐salinity, nutrient‐rich
water from the equatorial Pacific to Vancouver Island along the western continental slope of …

Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation

EL Hazen, RM Suryan, JA Santora, SJ Bograd… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Identifying areas of high species diversity and abundance is important for understanding
ecological processes and conservation planning. These areas serve as foraging habitat or …

Spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll-a concentrations in the coastal Gulf of Alaska, 1998–2011, using cloud-free reconstructions of SeaWiFS and MODIS …

JN Waite, FJ Mueter - Progress in Oceanography, 2013 - Elsevier
We examined the spatial and temporal variability of chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentrations in
the coastal Gulf of Alaska (GOA) using a 14-year time series of cloud-free reconstructions of …