Search Results - "Steinberg, D K"

The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles by Cavan, E. L., Belcher, A., Atkinson, A., Hill, S. L., Kawaguchi, S., McCormack, S., Meyer, B., Nicol, S., Ratnarajah, L., Schmidt, K., Steinberg, D. K., Tarling, G. A., Boyd, P. W.

“…Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ) are swarming, oceanic crustaceans, up to two inches long, and best known as prey for whales and penguins – but they have…”
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Autotrophic picoplankton in mesozooplankton guts: evidence of aggregate feeding in the mesopelagic zone and export of small phytoplankton by Wilson, S. E., Steinberg, D. K.

“…Zooplankton play a key role in affecting the efficiency by which organic matter is exported to depth. Mesozooplankton consumption of detrital aggregates has…”
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Increased ocean carbon export in the Sargasso Sea linked to climate variability is countered by its enhanced mesopelagic attenuation by Lomas, M. W., Steinberg, D. K., Dickey, T., Carlson, C. A., Nelson, N. B., Condon, R. H., Bates, N. R.

“…Photosynthetic CO2 uptake by oceanic phytoplankton and subsequent export of particulate organic carbon (POC) to the ocean interior comprises a globally…”
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Author Correction: The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles by Cavan, E. L., Belcher, A., Atkinson, A., Hill, S. L., Kawaguchi, S., McCormack, S., Meyer, B., Nicol, S., Ratnarajah, L., Schmidt, K., Steinberg, D. K., Tarling, G. A., Boyd, P. W.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Feeding ecology of mesopelagic zooplankton of the subtropical and subarctic North Pacific Ocean determined with fatty acid biomarkers by Wilson, S.E., Steinberg, D.K., Chu, F.-L.E., Bishop, J.K.B.

“…Mesopelagic zooplankton may meet their nutritional and metabolic requirements in a number of ways including consumption of sinking particles, carnivory, and…”
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Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the open ocean by zooplankton and the colonial cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp by STEINBERG, Deborah K, NELSON, Norman B, CARLSON, Craig A, PRUSAK, Anne C

“…Chromophoric (or colored) dissolved organic matter (CDOM) has been identified as a major determinant of the optical properties of oligotrophic oceans. The…”
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Environmental controls on pteropod biogeography along the Western Antarctic Peninsula by Thibodeau, P. S., Steinberg, D. K., Stammerjohn, S. E., Hauri, C.

“…Pteropods are abundant zooplankton in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and important grazers of phytoplankton and prey for higher trophic levels. We…”
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The microbial and metazoan community associated with colonies of Trichodesmium spp.: a quantitative survey by Sheridan, C. C., Steinberg, D. K., Kling, G. W.

“…Association with resource-rich particles may benefit a number of planktonic species in oligotrophic, open-ocean regimes. This study examined communities of…”
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A new time series of particle export from neutrally buoyant sediments traps at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site by OWENS, S. A, BUESSELER, K. O, LAMBORG, C. H, VALDES, J, LOMAS, M. W, JOHNSON, R. J, STEINBERG, D. K, SIEGEL, D. A

“…Neutrally buoyant sediment traps (NBSTs) were deployed concurrently with particle interceptor traps (PITs) on monthly cruises of the Bermuda Atlantic…”
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Natural diets of vertically migrating zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea by SCHNETZER, A, STEINBERG, D. K

“…Researchers investigated the feeding preferences of three common diel vertically migrating zooplankton from Dec 1999 to Oct 2000 at the US JGOFS Bermuda…”
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Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Sargasso Sea by Steinberg, Deborah K., Carlson, Craig A., Bates, Nicholas R., Goldthwait, Sarah A., Madin, Laurence P., Michaels, Anthony F.

“…The least known component of the “biological pump” is the active transport of carbon and nutrients by diel vertical migration of zooplankton. We measured CO 2…”
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Active transport of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen by vertically migrating zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea by Schnetzer, Astrid, Steinberg, Deborah K.

“…Diel vertically migrating zooplankton can contribute significantly to dissolved carbon and nutrient export by respiring and excreting surface-ingested…”
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Diet of copepods (Scopalatum vorax) associated with mesopelagic detritus (giant larvacean houses) in Monterey Bay, California by STEINBERG, D. K

“…A study concluded that the consumption of detritus at depth by Scopalatum vorax provides evidence that metazoans contribute to remineralization of particulate…”
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A comparison of the quantity and composition of material caught in a neutrally buoyant versus surface-tethered sediment trap by Buesseler, Ken O., Steinberg, Deborah K., Michaels, Anthony F., Johnson, Rodney J., Andrews, John E., Valdes, James R., Price, James F.

“…The flux and composition of material caught using two different upper ocean sediment trap designs was compared at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site…”
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Time series of vertical flux of zooplankton fecal pellets on the continental shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula by Gleiber, Miram R., Steinberg, Deborah K., Ducklow, Hugh W.

“…Zooplankton fecal pellet contribution to particulate organic carbon (POC) flux over the continental shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) was…”
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VERTIGO (VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean): A study of particle sources and flux attenuation in the North Pacific by Buesseler, K.O., Trull, T.W., Steinberg, D.K., Silver, M.W., Siegel, D.A., Saitoh, S.-I., Lamborg, C.H., Lam, P.J., Karl, D.M., Jiao, N.Z., Honda, M.C., Elskens, M., Dehairs, F., Brown, S.L., Boyd, P.W., Bishop, J.K.B., Bidigare, R.R.

“…The VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean (VERTIGO) study examined particle sources and fluxes through the ocean's “twilight zone” (defined here as depths…”
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Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter by Sargasso Sea microbes by Nelson, Norman B, Carlson, Craig A, Steinberg, Deborah K

“…Time series of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) light absorption coefficients indicate a local origin for a large fraction of the CDOM in the upper…”
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Overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): a decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry by Steinberg, Deborah K, Carlson, Craig A, Bates, Nicholas R, Johnson, Rodney J, Michaels, Anthony F, Knap, Anthony H

“…The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) commenced monthly sampling in October 1988 as part of the US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) program. The…”
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Midwater Zooplankton Communities on Pelagic Detritus (Giant Larvacean Houses) in Monterey Bay, California by Steinberg, Deborah K., Silver, Mary W., Pilskaln, Cynthia H., Coale, Susan L., Paduan, Jennifer B.

“…The mucus feeding structure or "houses" of the giant larvacean Bathochordaeus provide abundant material for the study of deep-sea detrital communities,…”
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Role of mesopelagic zooplankton in the community metabolism of giant larvacean house detritus in Monterey Bay, California, USA by Steinberg, D K, Silver, M W, Pilskaln, CH

“…The mucous feeding structures or 'houses' of the giant larvacean Bathochordaeus spp. provide a useful detrital system to study biological processes that…”
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