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Uncovering Mechanisms of Phytoplankton Response to Climate Change
Phytoplankton are responsible for approximately half the primary production on earth, fueling marine food webs and driving the cycling of carbon and inorganic nutrients in the oceans. Climate change is predicted to alter ... -
Understanding cetacean community composition and distribution in Lakshadweep waters, Northern Indian Ocean
The Northern Indian Ocean (NIO) is a region of high environment variability driven by seasonally reversing winds. The southwest monsoons generate substantial plankton blooms in these tropical waters and shape biogeography ... -
Untangling Genomes from Metagenomes
Abundant and evolutionarily diverse populations of microbes dramatically shape the ecology of every marine environment on Earth. While it is straightforward to detect and classify members of these natural communities using ... -
Using bottom pressure to quantify tidal form drag on a sloping headland
(2013-04-17)Bottom pressure is used to quantify and understand form drag induced by tidal currents as they flow over and around Three Tree Point (TTP), a sloping headland in Puget Sound, WA that is typical of topography found in high ... -
Variability of Large-scale Ocean Circulation and Meridional Heat Transport in the Atlantic Ocean
The research described in the dissertation addresses what controls the variability of ocean circulation and meridional heat transport (MHT) in the Atlantic Ocean on different timescales. Chapter 2 focuses on the contribution ... -
Watching the world sweat: development and utilization of an in-situ conductivity sensor for monitoring chloride dynamics in high temperature hydrothermal fluids at divergent plate boundaries
(2008)The magmatic upwelling that drives plate tectonic motion at divergent plate boundaries also heats seawater circulating within the Earth's crust. The seawater undergoes physical and chemical changes beneath the surface and ...