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Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences

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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