Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Contents and Authors (Alpha by article title)
Abrupt Climate Change
Author: Dr Stefan Rahmstorf
Affiliation:Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
Absorbance Spectroscopy for Chemical Sensors
Author: Dr R Narayanaswamy
Affiliation:UMIST
Abyssal Currents
Author: Dr Walter Zenk
Affiliation:Universität Kiel
Accretionary Prisms
Author: Dr J Casey Moore
Affiliation:University of California, Santa Cruz
Acoustic Noise
Author: Professor Ira Dyer
Acoustic Scattering by Marine Organisms
Author: Dr Kenneth Foote
Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Acoustics in Marine Sediments
Author: Dr Tuncay Akal
Affiliation:NATO SACLANT
Acoustics, Arctic
Author: Dr Peter N Mikhalevsky
Affiliation:Science Applications International Corporation
Acoustics, Deep Ocean
Author: Dr William A Kuperman
Affiliation:Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Acoustics, Shallow Water
Author: Dr Finn B Jensen
Affiliation:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Aeolian Inputs
Author: Professor R C Chester
Affiliation:Liverpool University
Agulhas Current
Author: Professor Johann Lutjeharms Affiliation:University of
Capetown
Air-Sea Gas Exchange
Author: Dr Bernd Jaehne
Affiliation:University of Heidelberg
Air-Sea Interaction Dimethyl Sulphide, COS, CS2, NH4, Non-methane
Hydrocarbons, Organo-halogens
Author: Dr John W Dacey
Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Air-Sea Interaction N2O, NO, CH4, CO
Author: Dr C S Law Affiliation:Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Aircraft Remote Sensing
Author: Professor Lawrence W Harding Affiliation:University
of Maryland
Alcidae
Author: Dr Tony Gaston Affiliation:National Wildlife Research
Centre
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Author: Dr John Klinck Affiliation:Old Dominion University
Antarctic Fish
Author: Dr Inigo Everson Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Anthropogenic Trace Elements in the Ocean
Author: Professor Edward A Boyle Affiliation:Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Anti-fouling Materials
Author: Dr S M Evans Affiliation:Newcastle University
Approaches to Pollution Control
Author: Professor John S Gray Affiliation:Institute of Marine
Biology and Limnology
Arctic Basin Circulation
Author: Dr Bert Rudels Affiliation:Finnish Institute of Marine
Research
Artificial Fishery Manipulation through Stock Enhancement or Manipulation
Author: Dr Martin Sayer Affiliation:Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Atlantic Equatorial Currents
Author: Professor George Philander Affiliation:Princeton University
Atlantic Salmon Fisheries
Author: Dr Peter Hutchinson Affiliation:North Atlantic Salmon
Conservation Organization
Atmospheric Input of Pollutants
Author: Professor Robert A Duce Affiliation:Texas A & M
University
Authigenic Deposits
Author: Professor Gary McMurtry Affiliation:University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV's)
Author: Dr James Bellingham Affiliation:MIT Sea Grant
Bacterioplankton
Author: Dr Hugh W Ducklow Affiliation:The Virginnia Institute
of Marine Science
Baleen Whales
Author: Dr John L Bannister Affiliation:Western Australian Museum
Baltic Sea Circulation
Author: Professor Wolfgang Krauss Affiliation:Universität
Kiel
Benguela Current
Author: Dr Vere Shannon Affiliation:University of Cape Town
Benthic Boundary Layer Effects
Author: Dr David J Wildish Affiliation:St. Andrews Biological
Station
Benthic Foraminifera
Author: Dr Andrew J Gooday Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Benthic Organisms Overview
Author: Dr Paul F Kingston Affiliation:Heriot-Watt University
Bio-optical Models
Author: Dr Andre Morel Affiliation:Universite Pierre et Marie
Curie, Paris 6
Bioacoustics
Author: Dr Peter L Tyack Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Biogeochemical Data Assimilation
Author: Professor Eileen Hofmann Affiliation:Old Dominion University
Biology of Sandy Beaches
Author: Professor A C Brown Affiliation:University of Cape Town
Bioluminescence
Author: Dr Peter Herring Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Bottom Landers
Author: Dr Richard Jahnke Affiliation:Skidaway Institute of
Oceanography
Bottom Water Formation
Author: Professor Arnold Gordon Affiliation:Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
Brazil and Falklands (Malvinas) Currents
Author: Dr Alberto R Piola Affiliation:Servicio de Hidrografia
Naval
Breaking Waves and Near-surface Turbulence
Author: Professor Steve Thorpe, FRS Affiliation:Bodfryn
Bubbles
Author: Dr D Woolf Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography Centre
Calcium Carbonates
Author: Professor Larry C Peterson Affiliation:University of
Miami
California and Alaska Currents
Author: Professor Barbara M Hickey Affiliation:University of
Washington
Canary and Portugal Currents
Author: Dr Des Barton Affiliation:School of Ocean Sciences
Carbon Cycle
Author: Dr Craig Carlson Affiliation:University of California
Carbon Sequestration via Direct Injection
Author: Dr Howard J Herzog Affiliation:Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Cenozoic Climate - Oxygen Isotope Evidence
Author: Professor James D Wright Affiliation:Rutgers University
Cenozoic Oceans - Carbon Cycle Models
Author: Dr Louis François Affiliation:Laboratoire de
Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire
Cephalopods
Author: Professor Peter Boyle Affiliation:University of Aberdeen
CFC's in the Ocean
Author: Professor Rana A Fine Affiliation:University of Miami
Chemistry of Hydrothermal Vent Fauna
Author: Professor Karen L Von Damm Affiliation:University of
New Hampshire
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Author: Professor John W Farrington Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Clay Mineralogy
Author: Professor Hervé Chamley Affiliation:Université
des Sciences et Technologies de Lille
Climate and Fisheries
Author: Dr Andrew R Solow Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Climate and Plankton
Author: Dr P Chris Reid Affiliation:SAHFOS
Climate Models in Paleoceanography
Author: Dr William Hay Affiliation:GEOMAR
CO2 Cycle
Author: Dr Taro Takahashi Affiliation:Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Coastal Circulation Models
Author: Professor Francisco E Werner Affiliation:The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coastal Trapped Waves
Author: Dr John M Huthnance Affiliation:Proudman Oceanography
Laboratory
Coastal Zone Management
Author: Dr Seoung-yong Hong Affiliation:Ministry of Maritime
Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF)
Conservative Elements
Author: Professor David Dyrssen Affiliation:Gothenburg University
Continuous Plankton Recorders
Author: Dr Antony John Affiliation:Sir Alister Hardy Foundation
for Ocean Science
Copepods
Author: Dr Roger Harris Affiliation:Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Coral Reef and Tropical Species Fisheries
Author: Dr Villy Christensen Affiliation:University of British
Columbia
Coral Reef Fish
Author: Dr Mark A Hixon Affiliation:Oregon State University
Coral Reefs
Author: Dr John W McManus Affiliation:National Center for Atlantic
and Caribbean Reef Research
Corals and Human Disturbance
Author: Dr Nicolas J Pilcher Affiliation:Universiti Malaysia
Sarawak
Cosmogenic Isotopes
Author: Professor Devendra Lal Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Coupled Sea Ice-Ocean Models
Author: Dr Aike Beckmann Affiliation:Alfred-Wegener-Institut
für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Crustacean Fisheries
Author: Dr J W Penn Affiliation:Western Australian Marine Research
Laboratories
CTD
Author: Mr Ken Lawson Affiliation:Sea-Bird Electronics Inc.
Data Assimilation in Models
Author: Professor Alan R Robinson Affiliation:Harvard University
Deep Convection
Author: Dr John Lazier Affiliation:Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Deep Sea Drilling Methodology
Author: Dr Kate Moran Affiliation:Joint Oceanographic Institutions
Deep Sea Drilling Results
Author: Dr Jack G Baldauf Affiliation:Texas A&M University
Deep Sea Fish
Author: Dr J D M Gordon Affiliation:Scottish Association for
Marine Science
Deep Water Manned Submersibles
Author: Dr Hiroshi Hotta Affiliation:Japan Marine Science and
Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
Deep-Sea Fauna
Author: Dr J Frederick Grassle Affiliation:Rutgers University
Deep-Sea Ridges, Microbiology
Author: Dr Anna-Louise Reysenbach Affiliation:Portland State
University
Deep-sea Sediment Drifts
Author: Dr Dorrik A V Stow Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Demersal Fish
Author: Dr Odd Aksel Bergstad Affiliation:Institute of Marine
Research
Demersal Species Fisheries
Author: Dr Keith Brander
Dispersion and Diffusion in the Deep Ocean
Author: Dr Raymond W Schmitt Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Dispersion from Hydrothermal Vents
Author: Dr Karl Helfrich Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Dispersion in Shallow Seas
Author: Dr Roger Proctor Affiliation:Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory
Diversity of Marine Species
Author: Dr Paul Snelgrove Affiliation:Memorial University of
Newfoundland
Double-diffusive Convection
Author: Dr Raymond W Schmitt Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Drifters and Floats
Author: Dr Philip L Richardson Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Dynamics of Exploited Marine Fishery Populations
Author: Dr Michael Fogarty Affiliation:NOAA, NMFS
East Australian Current
Author: Dr George Cresswell Affiliation:CSIRO Marine Research
Ecosystem Effects of Fishing
Author: Professor Stephen J Hall Affiliation:AIMS
Eels
Author: Dr J D McCleave Affiliation:Univeristy of Maine
Effects of Pollution on Marine Communities
Author: Dr Richard Warwick Affiliation:Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Ekman Transport and Pumping
Author: Dr Teresa K Chereskin Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Author: Dr Kevin E Trenberth Affiliation:National Center for
Atmospheric Research
El Niño Southern Oscillation Models
Author: Professor George Philander Affiliation:Princeton University
Electrical Properties of Sea Water
Author: Dr Ralf Prien Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography Centre
Elemental Distribution Overview
Author: Dr Yoshiyuki Nozaki Affiliation:University of Tokyo
Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Mariculture
Author: Dr Kenneth Black Affiliation:Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Estuarine Circulation
Author: Professor Keith Dyer Affiliation:University of Plymouth
Eutrophication
Author: Dr Victor de Jonge Affiliation:National Institute for
Coastal and Marine Management
Evaporation and Humidity
Author: Dr Kristina Katsaros Affiliation:Atlantic Oceanographic
& Meteorological Laboratories
Exotic Species, Introduction of
Author: Dr Dan Minchin Affiliation:Marine Organism Investigations
Expendable Sensors
Author: Dr John Scott Affiliation:DERA Winfrith
Fish Ecophysiology
Author: Professor John Davenport Affiliation:University College
Cork
Fish Feeding and Foraging
Author: Dr P Hart Affiliation:University of Leicester
Fish Hearing, Lateral Lines
Author: Professor A N Popper Affiliation:University of Maryland
Fish Horizontal Migration
Author: Dr G P Arnold Affiliation:CEFAS Laboratory
Fish Larvae
Author: Professor E D Houde Affiliation:University of Maryland
Fish Locomotion
Author: Dr J Videler Affiliation:Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Fish Predation and Mortality
Author: Dr Kevin M Bailey Affiliation:NW and Alaska Fisheries
Center
Fish Reproduction
Author: Professor John H S Blaxter Affiliation:Dems Lodge
Fish Schooling
Author: Dr T J Pitcher Affiliation:University of British Columbia
Fish Vertical Migration
Author: Dr J D Neilson Affiliation:Department of Fisheries and
Oceans
Fish Vision
Author: Dr R H Douglas Affiliation:City University London
Fisheries Overview
Author: Dr Michael Fogarty Affiliation:NOAA, NMFS
Fishery Management
Author: Dr Michael P Sissenwine Affiliation:NOAA Fisheries,
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Fishery Management, Human Dimension
Author: Professor Bonnie J McCay Affiliation:Rutgers University
Fishing Methods and Fishing Fleets
Author: Dr Ronald Fonteyne Affiliation:Agricultural Research
Centre Ghent
Fjord Circulation
Author: Professor Anders Stigebrandt Affiliation:Göteborg
University
Fjordic Ecosystems
Author: Professor Kurt Tande Affiliation:Norwegian College of
Fishery Science
Floc Layers
Author: Dr Richard Lampitt Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Florida Current, Gulf Stream and Labrador Current
Author: Dr Philip L Richardson Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Flows in Straits and Channels
Author: Dr David Farmer Affiliation:Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fluorometry for Biological Sensing
Author: Professor Jim Aiken Affiliation:Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Fluorometry for Chemical Sensing
Author: Dr Sonja Draxler Affiliation:Karl Frazens Universitat
Forward Problem in Numerical Models
Author: Dr Michael A Spall Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Fossil Turbulence
Author: Professor Carl H Gibson Affiliation:University of California
San Diego
Freshwater Transport and Climate
Author: Dr Susan Wijffells Affiliation:CSIRO Division of Marine
Research
Gas Exchange in Estuaries
Author: Professor Mary I Scranton Affiliation:State University
of New York at Stony Brook
Gelatinous Zooplankton
Author: Dr Laurence P Madin Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
General Circulation Models
Author: Dr Glenn R Ierley Affiliation:Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale
Author: Dr C G Langereis Affiliation:University of Utrecht
Geomorphology
Author: Professor Colin Woodroffe Affiliation:University of
Wollongong
Geophysical Heat Flow
Author: Dr Richard P Von Herzen Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Glacial Crustal Rebound, Sea Levels and Shorelines
Author: Professor Kurt Lambeck Affiliation:The Australian National
University
Global Marine Pollution
Author: Dr Alasdair McIntyre
Grabs for Shelf Benthic Sampling
Author: Dr Paul F Kingston Affiliation:Heriot-Watt University
Gravity
Author: Dr Marcia McNutt Affiliation:MBARI
Harmful Phytoplankton Blooms
Author: Dr Donald M Anderson Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Heat and Momentum Fluxes at the Sea Surface
Author: Dr Peter K Taylor Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Heat Transport and Climate
Author: Dr Alison MacDonald Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
History of Ocean Sciences
Author: Dr Helen Rozwadowski
History of Satellite Oceanography and Introductory Concepts
Author: Dr Stan Wilson Affiliation:NOAA
Holocene Climate Variability
Author: Dr Mark Maslin Affiliation:University College London
Human Impact on the Coastal Topography
Author: Professor David Bush Affiliation:State University of
West Georgia
Hydrothermal Vent Biota
Author: Dr Richard Lutz Affiliation:Rutgers University
Hydrothermal Vent Deposits
Author: Dr Rachel Haymon Affiliation:University of California,
Santa Barbara
Hydrothermal Vent Ecology
Author: Professor Cindy Van Dover Affiliation:The College of
William and Mary
Ice-induced Gouging of the Seafloor
Author: Dr Wilford F Weeks
Ice-Ocean Interaction
Author: Professor James H Morison Affiliation:University of
Washington
Ice-shelf Stability
Author: Dr Chris Doake Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Icebergs
Author: Dr Deborah Diemand Affiliation:Coriolis North
Indian Ocean Equatorial Currents
Author: Dr Michele Fieux Affiliation:Université Pierre
et Marie Curie, LODYC
Indonesian Throughflow and Leeuwin Current
Author: Dr Stuart Godfrey Affiliation:CSIRO Division of Marine
Research
Inherent Optical Properties and Irradiance
Author: Professor Tommy Dickey Affiliation:University of California,
Santa Barbara
Internal Tidal Mixing
Author: Professor Walter Munk Affiliation:University of California
San Diego
Internal Tides
Author: Dr Richard Ray Affiliation:HSTX, NASA/GSFC
Internal Waves
Author: Professor Christopher Garrett Affiliation:Department
of Physics
International Organizations
Author: Dr Michael R Reeve Affiliation:National Science Foundation
Intertidal Fish
Author: Dr R N Gibson Affiliation:Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Intra-Americas Sea
Author: Dr George A Maul Affiliation:Florida Institute of Technology
Introduction to Ocean Circulation
Author: Dr Neil Wells Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography Centre
Intrusions
Author: Professor David L Hebert Affiliation:University of Rhode
Island
Inverse Models
Author: Professor Carl Wunsch Affiliation:Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
IR Radiometers
Author: Dr Craig Donlon Affiliation:European Commision Joint
Research Centre
Iron Fertilisation
Author: Dr Kenneth Coale Affiliation:Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Island Wakes
Author: Dr Des Barton Affiliation:School of Ocean Sciences
Krill
Author: Dr Eugene Murphy Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Kuroshio and Oyashio Currents
Author: Professor Bo Qiu Affiliation:University of Hawaii at
Manoa
Laboratory Experiments and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Author: Professor Steve Thorpe, FRS Affiliation:Bodfryn
Lagoons
Author: Professor Richard Barnes Affiliation:University of Cambridge
Lagrangian Biological Models
Author: Professor Donald B Olson Affiliation:University of Miami
Land-Sea Global Transfers
Author: Professor Fred T Mackenzie Affiliation:University of
Hawai'i at Manoa
Langmuir Circulation and Instability
Author: Professor Sidney Leibovich Affiliation:Cornell University
Large Igneous Provinces
Author: Dr Millard Coffin Affiliation:University of Texas at
Austin
Large Marine Ecosystems
Author: Dr Ken Sherman Affiliation:63 Beech Hill Road
Laridae, Sternidae and Rynchopidae
Author: Professor Joanna Burger Affiliation:Rutgers University
Law of the Sea
Author: Dr Porter Hoagland Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Long Term Tracer Changes
Author: Dr Friedhelm von Blanckenburg Affiliation:Universität
Bern
Macrobenthos
Author: Professor John D Gage Affiliation:Scottish Association
for Marine Science
Magnetics
Author: Professor Fred J Vine Affiliation:University of East
Anglia
Manganese Nodules
Author: Professor David Cronan
Mangroves
Author: Dr Mark Spalding Affiliation:World Conservation Monitoring
Centre
Mariculture Diseases and Health
Author: Dr Anthony E Ellis Affiliation:Scottish Office Agriculture
and Fisheries Department (SOAFD)
Mariculture of Aquarium Fishes
Author: Professor Nigel Forteath
Mariculture of Mediterranean Species
Author: Dr Gilbert Barnabe Affiliation:Universite de Montpellier
II
Mariculture Overview
Author: Dr Lindsay Laird Affiliation:Aberdeen University
Marine Fishery Resources, Global State
Author: Dr Serge Garcia Affiliation:Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
Marine Mammal Diving Physiology
Author: Professor Gerald L Kooyman Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Marine Mammal Evolution and Taxonomy
Author: Dr John Heyning Affiliation:The Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County
Marine Mammal Migrations and Movement Patterns
Author: Dr Peter Corkeron Affiliation:Norwegian Institute of
Fisheries
Marine Mammal Overview
Author: Dr Peter L Tyack Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Marine Mammal Social Organisation and Communication
Author: Dr Peter L Tyack Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Marine Mammal Trophic Levels and Interactions
Author: Dr Andrew W Trites Affiliation:University of British
Columbia
Marine Mammals, History of Exploitation
Author: Dr Randall Reeves
Marine Mats
Author: Dr Alan Kemp Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography Centre
Marine Mesocosms
Author: Professor John Steele Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Marine Policy Overview
Author: Dr Porter Hoagland Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Marine Protected Areas Policy
Author: Dr Porter Hoagland Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Marine Silica Cycle
Author: Professor David J DeMaster Affiliation:North Carolina
State University
Marine Snow
Author: Dr Richard Lampitt Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Maritime Archaeology
Author: Dr Robert D Ballard Affiliation:Institute for Exploration
Meddies and Sub-surface Eddies
Author: Professor H Thomas Rossby Affiliation:University of
Rhode Island
Mediterranean Sea Circulation
Author: Professor Alan R Robinson Affiliation:Harvard University
Meiobenthos
Author: Professor Bruce C Coull Affiliation:University of South
Carolina
Mesopelagic Fish
Author: Dr Anne Gro Vea Salvanes Affiliation:University of Bergen
Mesoscale Eddies
Author: Professor Peter B Rhines Affiliation:University of Washington
Metal Pollution
Author: Professor Geoffery E Millward Affiliation:University
of Plymouth
Metalloids and Oxyanions
Author: Dr Greg Cutter Affiliation:Old Dominion University
Methane Hydrates
Author: Dr Ryo Matsumoto Affiliation:University of Tokyo
Methane Hydrates and Climactic Effects
Author: Dr Bilal Haq
Microbial Loops
Author: Professor Michael Landry Affiliation:University of Hawai'i
at Manoa
Microphytobenthos
Author: Dr Graham J C Underwood Affiliation:University of Essex
Mid-ocean Ridge Geochemistry and Petrology
Author: Dr Michael R Perfit Affiliation:University of Florida
Mid-Ocean Ridge Seismic Structure
Author: Dr Suzanne Carbotte Affiliation:Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
Mid-Ocean Ridge Tectonics, Volcanism and Geomorphology
Author: Professor Ken Macdonald Affiliation:University of California
Millenial Scale Climate Variability
Author: Professor John T Andrews Affiliation:INSTAAR, Box 450
Mineral Extraction, Authigenic minerals
Author: Dr John Wiltshire Affiliation:Hawaii Undersea Research
Laboratory
Modelling the Ocean Carbon System
Author: Dr Scott Doney Affiliation:National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR)
Models of Small-scale Patchiness
Author: Dr Dennis McGillicuddy Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Molluscan Fisheries
Author: Dr Victor S Kennedy Affiliation:University of Maryland
Monsoons, History of
Author: Professor Nobuaki Niitsuma Affiliation:Shizuoka University
Moorings
Author: Dr Richard P Trask Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Multispecies Fisheries Dynamics
Author: Professor Jeremy S Collie Affiliation:Danish Institute
for Fisheries Research
Nepheloid Layers
Author: Professor I N McCave Affiliation:University of Cambridge
Network Analysis of Food Webs
Author: Professor John Steele Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Nitrogen Cycle
Author: Professor David M Karl Affiliation:University of Hawai'i
at Manoa
Nitrogen Isotopes in the Ocean
Author: Dr Daniel M Sigman Affiliation:Princeton University
Noble Gases and the Cryosphere
Author: Dr Maria Hood Affiliation:Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission
Non-rotating Gravity Currents
Author: Dr Peter Baines Affiliation:CSIRO Division of Atmospheric
Research
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
Author: Dr James W Hurrell Affiliation:National Center for Atmospheric
Research
North Sea Circulation
Author: Dr M John Howarth Affiliation:Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory
Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Related Discharges
Author: Dr Henrietta N Edmonds Affiliation:University of Texas
at Austin
Nutrients and the Redfield Ratio
Author: Dr Toby Tyrrell Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Ocean Colour from Satellites
Author: Dr Charles McClain Affiliation:NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center
Ocean Gyre Ecosystems
Author: Dr Jeffrey J Polovina Affiliation:National Marine Fisheries
Service WASC
Ocean Margin Sediments
Author: Professor Steven L Goodbred Affiliation:State University
of New York, Stony Brook
Ocean Ranching
Author: Dr Anne Gro Vea Salvanes Affiliation:University of Bergen
Ocean Subduction
Author: Dr Ric Williams Affiliation:University of Liverpool
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Author: Dr Patrick Takahashi Affiliation:Hawaii Natural Energy
Institute
Oil Pollution
Author: Dr Jenifer M Baker Affiliation:Clock Cottage
Okhotsk Sea Circulation
Author: Professor Lynne D Talley Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Open Ocean Convection
Author: Professor Alexander Soloviev Affiliation:Nova Southeastern
University
Open Ocean Fisheries for Deep-water Species
Author: Dr J D M Gordon Affiliation:Scottish Association for
Marine Science
Open Ocean Fisheries for Large Pelagic Species
Author: Dr J Joseph
Optical Particle Characterisation
Author: Dr Peter Burkill Affiliation:Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Orbitally Tuned Time Scales
Author: Professor Timothy D Herbert Affiliation:Brown University
Origin of the Oceans
Author: Professor Karl Turekian Affiliation:Yale University
Overflows and Cascades
Author: Dr Gregory Lane-Serff Affiliation:UMIST
Overview of Current Systems in the Atlantic Ocean
Author: Dr Lothar Stramma Affiliation:Institut für Meereskunde
Overview of Current Systems in the Indian Ocean
Author: Dr Gilles Reverdin Affiliation:LEGOS
Overview of Current Systems in the Sourthern Ocean
Author: Professor Arnold Gordon Affiliation:Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
Overview of Currents in the Mediterranean Sea
Author: Professor Paola Rizzoli Affiliation:Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Overview of Paleoceanography
Author: Dr Ellen Thomas Affiliation:Yale University
Oxygen Isotopes in Seawater
Author: Professor Karl Turekian Affiliation:Yale University
Pacific Equatorial Currents
Author: Professor Roger Lukas Affiliation:University of Hawaii
at Manoa
Pacific Salmon Fisheries
Author: Dr Robert Kope Affiliation:Northwest Fisheries Science
Center
Particle Aggregation Dynamics
Author: Professor Alice Alldredge Affiliation:University of
California, Santa Barbara
Past Climate From Corals
Author: Professor Andrea Grottoli Affiliation:University of
Pennsylvania
Patch Dynamics
Author: Dr Ken Denman Affiliation:University of Victoria
Pelagic Biogeography
Author: Dr Alan Longhurst
Pelagic Fish
Author: Dr D H Cushing Affiliation:CEFAS Laboratory
Pelecaniformes
Author: Dr Douglas Siegel-Causey Affiliation:Harvard University
Penetrating Shortwave Radiation
Author: Professor Clayton A Paulson Affiliation:Oregon State
University
Phalaropes
Author: Dr Margaret Rubega Affiliation:University of Connecticut
Phosphorous Cycle
Author: Dr Kathleen Ruttenberg Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Photochemical Processes
Author: Professor Neil V Blough Affiliation:University of Maryland
Physical Processes affecting Beaches
Author: Dr Andrew D Short Affiliation:University of Sydney
Physiology of Hydrothermal Vent Fauna
Author: Dr Alissa J Arp Affiliation:Romberg Tiburon Center for
Environmental Studies
Phytobenthos
Author: Dr Martin Wilkinson Affiliation:Heriot-Watt University
Plankton Viruses
Author: Professor Jed Fuhrman Affiliation:University of Southern
California
Platinum Group Elements and their Isotopes
Author: Dr Gregory E Ravizza Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Polar Ecosystems
Author: Dr Andrew Clarke Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Pollution, Solids
Author: Dr Chris Vivian Affiliation:The Centre for Environment,
Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Polynyas
Author: Dr Seelye Martin Affiliation:University of Washington
Population Dynamics Models
Author: Dr François Carlotti Affiliation:C.N.R.S. / Université
Bordeaux 1
Population Genetics of Marine Organisms
Author: Dr Dennis Hedgecock Affiliation:Bodega Marine Laboratory
Pore Water Chemistry
Author: Professor Douglas Hammond Affiliation:University of
Southern California
Primary Production Distribution
Author: Dr Shubha Sathyendranath Affiliation:Dalhousie University
Primary Production Methods
Author: Dr John Cullen Affiliation:Dalhousie University
Primary Production Processes
Author: Dr John Raven Affiliation:University of Dundee
Procellariiformes
Author: Dr Keith Hamer Affiliation:University of Durham
Profiling Current Meters
Author: Dr Albert J Plueddemann Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Propagating Rifts and Microplates
Author: Dr Richard Hey Affiliation:Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
and Planetology
Protozoa, Planktonic Forminifera
Author: Professor Christoph Hemleben Affiliation:Universität
Tübingen
Protozoa, Radiolarians
Author: Dr O Roger Anderson Affiliation:Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
Radiative Transfer in the Ocean
Author: Dr Curtis Mobley Affiliation:Sequoia Scientific, Inc.
Radioactive Wastes
Author: Dr Lars Føyn Affiliation:Institute of Marine
Research
Radiocarbon
Author: Dr Robert M Key Affiliation:Princeton University
Rare Earth Elements and their Isotopes
Author: Dr Yoshiyuki Nozaki Affiliation:University of Tokyo
Reconstruction of Productivity from the Sedimentary Record
Author: Dr Gerold Wefer Affiliation:Universität Bremen
Red Sea Circulation
Author: Dr Detlef Quadfasel Affiliation:Neils Bohr Institute
Refractory Metals
Author: Professor Kristin J Orians Affiliation:The University
of British Columbia
Regional and Shelf Sea Models
Author: Professor John J Walsh Affiliation:University of South
Florida
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's)
Author: Mr Keith Shepherd Affiliation:Canadian Scientific Submersible
Facility
Rigs and Offshore Structures
Author: Professor Charles A Wilson Affiliation:Louisiana State
University
River Inputs
Author: Professor John Milliman Affiliation:College of William
and Mary
Rocky Shores
Author: Professor George M Branch Affiliation:University of
Cape Town
Rossby Waves
Author: Dr Peter Killworth Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Rotating Gravity Currents
Author: Dr John A Whitehead Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanography
Institution
Salmonid Farming
Author: Dr Lindsay Laird Affiliation:Aberdeen University
Salmonids
Author: Dr Derek H Mills Affiliation:Valerna
Salt Marsh Vegetation
Author: Professor Charles T Roman Affiliation:USGS Patuxent
wildlife Research Center
Salt Marshes and Mud Flats
Author: Dr John Teal Affiliation:Teal Ltd.
Satellite Altimetry
Author: Dr Robert Cheney Affiliation:Laboratory for Satellite
Altimetry
Satellite Measurements of Salinity
Author: Dr Gary Lagerloef Affiliation:Earth and Space Research
Satellite Passive Microwave Measurements of Sea Ice
Author: Dr Claire Parkinson Affiliation:NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center
Satellite Remote Sensing Microwave Scatterometers
Author: Professor William J Plant Affiliation:University of
Washington
Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperatures
Author: Professor Peter J Minnett Affiliation:University of
Miami
Satellite Remote Sensing SAR
Author: Dr Sunny Wu Affiliation:NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Science of Deep Submergence
Author: Dr Daniel Fornari Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Sea Ice
Author: Dr Wilford F Weeks
Sea Level Change
Author: Dr John Church Affiliation:CSIRO Division of Marine
Research
Sea Level Variations over Time
Author: Dr Michelle A Kominz Affiliation:Western Michigan University
Sea Otters
Author: Mr James L Bodkin Affiliation:US National Biological
Service
Sea Turtles
Author: Dr Frank Paladino Affiliation:Indiana-Purdue University
Fort Wayne
Seabird Conservation
Author: Professor Joanna Burger Affiliation:Rutgers University
Seabird Foraging Ecology
Author: Dr David G Ainley Affiliation:H. T. Harvey and Associates,
Inc.
Seabird General Overview
Author: Professor George Hunt Affiliation:University of California
Irvine
Seabird Migration
Author: Dr Larry Spear Affiliation:H.T. Harvey and Associates,
Inc.
Seabird Population Dynamics
Author: Professor George Hunt Affiliation:University of California
Irvine
Seabird Reproductive Ecology
Author: Dr Lloyd Davis Affiliation:University of Otago
Seabird Responses to Climate Change
Author: Dr David G Ainley Affiliation:H. T. Harvey and Associates,
Inc.
Seabirds and Fisheries Interactions
Author: Dr C J Camphuysen Affiliation:Netherlands Institute
for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Seabirds as Indicators of Ocean Pollution
Author: Dr W A Montevecchi Affiliation:Memorial University of
Newfoundland
Seals
Author: Dr Ian Boyd Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Seamounts and Off-ridge Volcanism
Author: Professor Rodey Batiza Affiliation:University of Hawaii
Sediment Chronologies
Author: Professor J Kirk Cochran Affiliation:Marine Sciences
Research Center
Seiches
Author: Dr David C Chapman Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Seismic Structure
Author: Dr Alistair Harding Affiliation:University of California,
San Diego
Seismology Sensors
Author: Professor LeRoy M Dorman Affiliation:Scripps Institute
of Oceanography
Sensors for Mean Meteorology
Author: Dr Kristina Katsaros Affiliation:Atlantic Oceanographic
& Meteorological Laboratories
Sensors for Micro-meteorology and Wind Stress
Author: Dr James Edson Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Shallow Water Manned Submersibles
Author: Mr Tim Askew Affiliation:Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institute
Shelf-sea and Slope Fronts
Author: Dr Jonathan Sharples Affiliation:Southampton University
School of Ocean and Earth Science
Shipping and Ports
Author: Dr Hauke L Kite-Powell Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Ships
Author: Mr Robertson Dinsmore Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Single Compound Radiocarbon Measurements
Author: Dr Ann Pearson Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Single Point Current Meters
Author: Mr Gwyn Griffiths Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Sirenians
Author: Dr Tom O'Shea Affiliation:Southern Rocky Mountain Ecosystems
Section
Small Pelagic Species Fisheries
Author: Dr Robert L Stephenson Affiliation:St Andrews Biological
Station
Small-scale Physical Processes and Plankton Biology
Author: Professor John Dower Affiliation:The University of British
Columbia
Somali Current
Author: Dr Michele Fieux Affiliation:Université Pierre
et Marie Curie, LODYC
Sonar Systems
Author: Professor Arthur B Baggeroer Affiliation:Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Southern Ocean Fisheries
Author: Dr Inigo Everson Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Sperm Whales and Beaked Whales
Author: Dr Sascha K Hooker Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Sphenisciformes
Author: Dr Lloyd Davis Affiliation:University of Otago
Stable Carbon Isotope Variations in Seawater
Author: Professor Karl Turekian Affiliation:Yale University
Storm Surges
Author: Dr Roger A Flather Affiliation:CCMS - Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory
Sub Ice-shelf Circulation and Processes
Author: Dr Keith Nicholls Affiliation:British Antarctic Survey
Sub-sea Permafrost
Author: Dr Tom Osterkamp
Surface Films
Author: Dr Werner Alpers Affiliation:University of Hamburg
Surface, Gravity and Capillary Waves
Author: Professor W. Kendall Melville Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Temporal Variability of Particle Flux
Author: Dr Werner Deuser Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Thermal Discharges and Pollution
Author: Dr Terry Langford Affiliation:University of Southampton
Thermohaline Circulation
Author: Dr John R Toggweiler Affiliation:Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory/NOAA
Three-dimensional (3D) Turbulence
Author: Dr William D Smyth Affiliation:Oregon State University
Tidal Energy
Author: Professor Alexander Gorlov Affiliation:Northeastern
University
Tides
Author: Dr David T Pugh Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Tomography
Author: Dr Peter Worcester Affiliation:Scripps Institute of
Oceanography
Topographic Eddies
Author: Professor Jason Middleton Affiliation:The University
of New South Wales
Towed Vehicles
Author: Dr Ian Helmond Affiliation:CSIRO Division of Marine
Research
Tracer Release Experiments
Author: Professor A J Watson Affiliation:School of Environmental
Sciences
Tracers and Large Scale Models
Author: Dr Matthew England Affiliation:The University of New
South Wales
Tracers of Ocean Productivity
Author: Professor William Jenkins Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Transition metals and Heavy Metal Speciation
Author: Professor John Donat Affiliation:Old Dominion University
Transmission and Nephelometry
Author: Dr Casey Moore Affiliation:WET Labs, Inc.
Trapped Particulate Flux
Author: Dr Susumu Honjo
Tritium-Helium Dating
Author: Professor William Jenkins Affiliation:Southampton Oceanography
Centre
Tsunamis
Author: Mr Colin McNeil Affiliation:Academic Press
Turbulence in the Benthic Boundary Layer
Author: Professor Rolf Lueck Affiliation:University of Victoria
Turbulence Sensors
Author: Dr Neil Oakey Affiliation:Bedford Institute of Oceanography
U/Th Series
Author: Professor S Krishnaswami Affiliation:Physical Research
Laboratory
Under-ice Boundary Layer
Author: Professor James H Morison Affiliation:University of
Washington
Upper Ocean Heat and Freshwater Budgets
Author: Dr Hemantha Wijesekera Affiliation:Oregon State University
Upper Ocean Mean Horizontal Structure
Author: Professor Matthias Tomczak Affiliation:Flinders University
Upper Ocean Mixing Processes
Author: Professor James N Moum Affiliation:Oregon State University
Upper Ocean Responses to Strong Forcing Events
Author: Professor Lynn Keith Shay Affiliation:Rosensteil School
of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Upper Ocean Time and Space Variability
Author: Professor Daniel Rudnick Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Upper Ocean Vertical Structure
Author: Dr Janet Sprintall Affiliation:Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
Upwelling Ecosystems
Author: Professor Richard Barber Affiliation:Duke University
Marine Laboratory
Uranium-Thorium Decay Series in the Water Column
Author: Dr Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Affiliation:Alfred-Wegener-Institut
für Polar und Meeresforschung
Variations in Extent and Thickness Sea Ice
Author: Dr Peter Wadhams Affiliation:Scott Polar Research Institute
Viral and Bacterial Contamination of Beaches
Author: Dr J Bartram Affiliation:c/o EOS/WSH, Office L107
Volcanic Helium
Author: Dr John E Lupton Affiliation:NOAA/PMEL VENTS Program
Vortical Modes
Author: Professor Eric L Kunze
Water Types and Water Masses
Author: Professor William J Emery Affiliation:University of
Colorado at Boulder
Wave Energy
Author: Professor Michael E McCormick Affiliation:The Johns
Hopkins University
Wave Generation by Wind
Author: Professor Steve Thorpe, FRS Affiliation:Bodfryn
Waves on Beaches
Author: Professor Robert A Holman Affiliation:Oregon State University
Weddell Sea Circulation
Author: Dr Eberhard Fahrbach Affiliation:Alfred-Wegener-Institut
für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Wet Chemical Analysers
Author: Dr A R J David
Whitecaps and Foam
Author: Professor Edward C Monahan Affiliation:University of
Connecticut
Wind and Buoyancy-forced Upper Ocean
Author: Dr Meghan F Cronin Affiliation:NOAA / PMEL / OCRD
Wind Driven Circulation
Author: Professor Philip Bogden Affiliation:University of Connecticut
Zooplankton
Author: Professor Michael M Mullin Affiliation:Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Zooplankton Sampling with Nets and Trawls
Author: Dr Peter H Wiebe Affiliation:Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
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