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COLONY SIZE OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AS INFLUENCED BY ZOOPLANKTON GRAZERS by Tang, Kam W, Smith Jr., Walker O, Elliott, David T, Shields, Amy R

“…The haptophyte Phaeocystis antarctica G. Karst. is a dominant phytoplankton species in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and exists as solitary cells and mucilaginous…”
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Influence of sea ice on primary production in the Southern Ocean: A satellite perspective by Smith Jr, Walker O., Comiso, Josefino C.

“…Sea ice in the Southern Ocean is a major controlling factor on phytoplankton productivity, but the relationship is modified by regional differences in…”
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Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of the Southern Ocean phytoplankton response to iron by Hiscock, Michael R, Lance, Veronica P, Apprill, Amy M, Bidigare, Robert R, Johnson, Zackary I, Mitchell, B. Greg, Smith, Walker O. Jr, Barber, Richard T

“…It is well established that an increase in iron supply causes an increase in total oceanic primary production in many regions, but the physiological mechanism…”
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Under‐Ice Mixed Layers and the Regulation of Early Spring Phytoplankton Growth in the Southern Ocean by Smith, Walker O., Zhong, Yisen

“…Under‐ice phytoplankton “blooms” have been observed in the Southern Ocean, although irradiance is extremely low and vertical mixing is assumed to be deep. Most…”
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Ecological investigations of giant Phaeocystis colonies in Viet Nam: I. Cell abundance and elemental composition by Meng, Rui, Smith, Walker O., Cao, Ruobing, Doan‐Nhu, Hai, Nguyen‐Ngoc, Lam, Wang, Jinxiu

“…Phaeocystis globosa is an important bloom‐forming marine phytoplankton species that often accumulates to large levels in temperate and tropical waters and has…”
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Elucidating colony bloom formation mechanism of a harmful alga Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) using metaproteomics by Cheng, Hua-Min, Zhang, Shu-Feng, Ning, Xiao-Lian, Peng, Jian-Xiang, Li, Dong-Xu, Zhang, Hao, Zhang, Kun, Lin, Lin, Liu, Si-Qi, Smith, Walker O., Wang, Da-Zhi

“…Phaeocystis is a globally distributed Prymnesiophyte genus and usually forms massive harmful colony blooms, which impact marine ecosystem, mariculture, human…”
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Bacterial Composition Associated With Giant Colonies of the Harmful Algal Species Phaeocystis globosa by Zhu, Zhu, Meng, Rui, Smith Jr, Walker O., Doan-Nhu, Hai, Nguyen-Ngoc, Lam, Jiang, Xinjun

“…The cosmopolitan algae Phaeocystis globosa forms harmful algal blooms frequently in a number of tropical and subtropical coastal regions in the past two…”
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Primary productivity measurements in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: a regional synthesis by Smith Jr, Walker O.

“…Polar systems are undersampled due to the difficulty of sampling remote and challenging environments; however, these systems are critical components of global…”
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Trophic interactions within the Ross Sea continental shelf ecosystem by Walker O Smith, Jr, David G Ainley, Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti

“…The continental shelf of the Ross Sea is one of the Antarctic's most intensively studied regions. We review the available data on the region's physical…”
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Influence of sea ice cover and icebergs on circulation and water mass formation in a numerical circulation model of the Ross Sea, Antarctica by Dinniman, Michael S., Klinck, John M., Smith Jr, Walker O.

“…Satellite imagery shows that there was substantial variability in the sea ice extent in the Ross Sea during 2001–2003. Much of this variability is thought to…”
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Status, Change, and Futures of Zooplankton in the Southern Ocean by Johnston, Nadine M., Murphy, Eugene J., Atkinson, Angus, Constable, Andrew J., Cotté, Cédric, Cox, Martin, Daly, Kendra L., Driscoll, Ryan, Flores, Hauke, Halfter, Svenja, Henschke, Natasha, Hill, Simeon L., Höfer, Juan, Hunt, Brian P. V., Kawaguchi, So, Lindsay, Dhugal, Liszka, Cecilia, Loeb, Valerie, Manno, Clara, Meyer, Bettina, Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Pinkerton, Matthew H., Reiss, Christian S., Richerson, Kate, Jr, Walker O. Smith, Steinberg, Deborah K., Swadling, Kerrie M., Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E., Veytia, Devi, Ward, Peter, Weldrick, Christine K., Yang, Guang

“…In the Southern Ocean, several zooplankton taxonomic groups, euphausiids, copepods, salps and pteropods, are notable because of their biomass and abundance and…”
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Phytoplankton blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Interannual variability in magnitude, temporal patterns, and composition by Peloquin, Jill A., Smith Jr, Walker O.

“…The continental shelf of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, is a unique region within the Southern Ocean. Phytoplankton growth is believed to be seasonally limited,…”
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Subtle biological responses to increased CO2 concentrations by Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, a harmful algal bloom species by Wang, Yan, Smith Jr, Walker O., Wang, Xiaodong, Li, Shaoshan

“…Recent investigations into the role of carbon dioxide on phytoplankton growth and composition have clearly shown differential effects among species and…”
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Survival and recovery of Phaeocystis antarctica (Prymnesiophyceae) from prolonged darkness and freezing by Kam W Tang, Walker O Smith, Jr, Amy R Shields, David T Elliott

“…The colony-forming haptophyte…”
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An introducton to the Ross sea international conference special issue by Falco, Pierpaolo, Smith, Walker O.

“…An international conference on the oceanography of the Ross Sea was held in Naples, Italy in July 2023. A total of 75 abstracts were presented orally, and 20…”
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Phaeocystis: A Global Enigma by Smith, Walker O, Trimborn, Scarlett

“…The genus Phaeocystis is globally distributed, with blooms commonly occurring on continental shelves. This unusual phytoplankter has two major morphologies:…”
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Prevention is better than cure: Persian Gulf biodiversity vulnerability to the impacts of desalination plants by Sharifinia, Moslem, Afshari Bahmanbeigloo, Zahra, Smith, Walker O., Yap, Chee Kong, Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad

“…Due to extremely high rates of evaporation and low precipitation in the Persian Gulf, discharges from desalination plants (DPs) can lead to ecological stresses…”
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The impact assessment of desalination plant discharges on heavy metal pollution in the coastal sediments of the Persian Gulf by Sharifinia, Moslem, Keshavarzifard, Mehrzad, Hosseinkhezri, Parisa, Khanjani, Mohammad Hossein, Yap, Chee Kong, Smith, Walker O., Daliri, Moslem, Haghshenas, Arash

“…In recent decades the development of desalination plants (DPs) for desalination of seawater has increased dramatically, while little attention has been paid to…”
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The Oceanography and Ecology of the Ross Sea by Smith, Walker O, Ainley, David G, Arrigo, Kevin R, Dinniman, Michael S

“…The continental shelf of the Ross Sea exhibits substantial variations in physical forcing, ice cover, and biological processes on a variety of time and space…”
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Diatom Hotspots Driven by Western Boundary Current Instability by Oliver, Hilde, Zhang, Weifeng G., Smith, Walker O., Alatalo, Philip, Chappell, P. Dreux, Hirzel, Andrew J., Selden, Corday R., Sosik, Heidi M., Stanley, Rachel H. R., Zhu, Yifan, McGillicuddy, Dennis J.

“…Climatic changes have decreased the stability of the Gulf Stream (GS), increasing the frequency at which its meanders interact with the Mid‐Atlantic Bight…”
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