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Abbott, M. R., and R. M. Letelier, "Going with the flow - The use of optical drifters to study phytoplankton dynamics", in Monitoring Algal Blooms: New Techniques for Detecting Large-Scale Environmental Change, M. Kahru and C. W. Brown, eds., 143-168 (Landes Bioscience, Austin, 1997).

Abbott, M. R., and R. M. Letelier, "Bio-optical drifters - Scales of variability of chlorophyll and fluorescence", in Ocean Optics XIII, SPIE proceedings, v2963, 216-221 (1997).

Abbott, M. R., K. H. Brink, C. R. Booth, D. Blasco, M. S. Swenson, C. O. Davis, and L. A. Codispoti, "Scales of variability of bio-optical properties as observed from near-surface drifters", J. Geophys. Res., v100, 13345-13367 (1995).

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Abbott, M. R., R. M. Letelier, S. Laney, and J. S. Bartlett, "Field and laboratory measurements of passive fluorescence and applications to MODIS data",  in Proceedings of SPIE (Ocean Optics XV) CD-ROM  (Palos Verdes Estates, CA, 2000).

Abbott, M. R., J. G. Richman, and J. S. Bartlett, "A mesoscale array of bio-optical sensors in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone", Deep Sea Res., accepted (1999).

Abbott, M. R., J. G. Richman, R. M. Letelier, and J. S. Bartlett,  "The spring bloom in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone as observed from a mesoscale array of bio-optical sensors", Deep-Sea Res. II, 47, 3285-3314 (2000).

Abbott, M. R., J. G. Richman, J. S. Nahorniak, and B. S. Barksdale,  "Meanders in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone and their impact on phytoplankton", Deep-Sea Res. II, 48, 3891-3912 (2001).

Alderkamp, A-C, J.C. Nejstgaard, P.G. Verity, M.J. Zirbel, A.F. Sazhin, M. van Rijssel, "Dynamics in carbohydrate composition of Phaeocystis pouchetii colonies during spring blooms in mesocosms." Journal of Sea Research, 55, 169-181 (2006).

Bartlett, J. S., M. R. Abbott, R. M. Letelier, and J. G. Richman, "Chlorophyll concentration estimated from irradiance measurements at fluctuating depths", in Ocean Optics XIV Conference Papers, proceedings from a conference in Kailua-Kona (Office of Naval Research, 1998).  (Poster version also available.)

Bartlett, J. S., M. R. Abbott, and R. M. Letelier, "Phytoplankton Fluorescence from MODIS", talk presented at the MODIS Science Team Meeting (College Park, June 2000).

Behrenfeld, M.J., R.T. O’Malley, D.A. Siegel, C.R. McClain, J.L. Sarmiento, G.C. Feldman, A.J. Milligan, P.G. Falkowski, R.M. Letelier, E.S.Boss, "Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity", Nature (in press, 2006).

Behrenfeld, M.J., Worthington, K., Sherrell, R.M., Chavez, F.P., Strutton, P.G., McPhaden, M. and Shea, D.M., "Controls on tropical Pacific Ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics", Nature, 442, 1025-1028 (2006).

Chase, Z., Strutton, P.G. and Hales, B.,  "River runoff and shelf width determine productivity along north-east Pacific margin", Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L04607, doi:10.1029/2006GL028069 (2007).

Church, M.J., H.W. Ducklow, R.M. Letelier, and D.M. Karl, "Temporal dynamics in heterotrophic picoplankton productivity in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean", Aquat. Microb. Ecol., (in press, 2006).

Corno, G., R.M. Letelier, M.R. Abbott, and D.M. Karl. "Assessing primary production variability in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: A comparison of Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry and 14C measurements", J. Phycol., 42,  51-60 (2005).

Essaias, W. et al., "An overview of MODIS capabilities for ocean science observations", IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 36(4), 1250-1265 (1998).

Fennel, K, M. R. Abbott, Y. H. Spitz, J. G. Richman, and D. M. Nelson, "Modeling controls of phytoplankton production in the southwest Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean", Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 769-798 (2003).

Fennel, K, M. R. Abbott, Y. H. Spitz, J. G. Richman, and D. M. Nelson, "Impacts of iron control on phytoplankton production in the modern and glacial Southern Ocean", Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 833-851 (2003).

Fennel, K., Y. H. Spitz, R. M. Letelier, M. R. Abbott, and D. M. Karl,  "A deterministic model for N₂ fixation at the HOT site in the subtropical North Pacific", Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 149-174 (2001).

Friedrichs, M.A.M., J. A. Dusenberry, L. A. Anderson, R.Armstrong, F.Chai., J. R. Christian, S. C. Doney, J. Dunne, M. Fujii, R. Hood, D. McGillicuddy, J. K. Moore, M. Schartau, Y. H. Spitz, and J.D. Wiggert, 2007: Assessment of skill and portability in regional marine biogeochemical models: the role of multiple planktonic groups, Journal of Geophysical Research, in revision.

Grant, S., Constable, A., Raymond, B. and Doust, S., 2006.  Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean: Report of Experts Workshop.  Hobart, September 2006. WWF-Australia and ACE CRC. http://wwf.org.au/publications/bioregionalization-southern-ocean/. 44pp.

Hoge, F. E., P. E. Lyon, R. N. Swift, J. K. Yungel, M. R. Abbott, R. M. Letelier, and W. E. Esaias, "Validation of Terra-MODIS phytoplankton chlorophyll fluorescence line height. I. Initial airborne lidar results", Appl. Optics, 42, 2767-2771 (2003).

Karl, D. M, R. R. Bidigare and R. M. Letelier, "Long-term changes in plankton community structure and productivity in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean: The domain shift hypothesis", Deep-Sea Res. II, 48: 1449-1470 (2001).

Karl, D. M., R. Bidigare, and R. M. Letelier, "Sustained Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Phytoplankton Processes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre" In: P. J. Le B. Williams, D. N. Thomas, and C. Reynolds (eds.), Phytoplankton Productivity: Carbon Assimilation in Marine and Freshwaters Ecosystems, p. 222-264, Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, U.K. (2002).

Karl, D. M., K. M. Björkman, J. E. Dore, L. Fujieki, D. V. Hebel, T. Houlihan, R. M. Letelier, and L. M. Tupas, "Ecological Nitrogen-to-Phosphorus Stoichiometry at Station ALOHA", Deep-Sea Res. II, 48: 1529-1566 (2001).

Karl, D. M., J. R. Christian, J. E. Dore, D. V. Hebel, R. M. Letelier, L. M. Tupas, and C. D. Winn, "Seasonal and interannual variability in primary production and particle flux at station ALOHA", Deep-Sea Res., 43, 539-568 (1996).

Karl, D. M., J. R. Christian, J. E. Dore, and R. M. Letelier, "Microbial oceanography in the region west of the Antarctic Peninsula: Microbial Dynamics, Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Flux", In: R.R. Ross et al. (eds.), Foundations for Ecological Research West of the Antarctic Peninsula , pp. 303-332, American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series 70 (1996).

Karl, D. M, D. Hebel, K. Bjorkman, and R. M. Letelier, "The role of dissolved organic matter exudation in the productivity of the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean", Limnol. Oceanogr., 43(6), 1270-1286 (1998).

Karl, D. M., R. M. Letelier, D. V. Hebel, D. F. Bird, and C. V. Winn, "Trichodesmium blooms and new nitrogen in the North Pacific gyre", In: E. J. Carpenter et al. (eds.), Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and Other Diazotrophs, pp. 219-237, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands (1992).

Karl, D. M., R. M. Letelier, D. Hebel, L. Tupas, J. Dore, J. Christian, and C. Winn, "Ecosystem changes in the North Pacific subtropical gyre attributed to the 1991-1992 El Niño", Nature, 373, 230-234 (1995).

Karl, D. M., R. M. Letelier, L. Tupas, J. Dore, J. Christian, and D. Hebel, "The role of nitrogen fixation in biogeochemical cycling in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean", Nature, 388, 533-538 (1997).

Karl, D. M., A. Michaels, B. Bergman, D. G. Capone, E. Carpenter, R. Letelier, F. Lipschultz., H. Pearl, D. Sigma, and L. Stal, "Nitrogen fixation in the world’s oceans", Biogeochemistry, 57/58, 47-98 (2002).

Karl, D. M., A. Michaels, B. Bergman, D. G. Capone, E. Carpenter, R. Letelier, F. Lipschultz., H. Pearl, D. Sigma, and L. Stal, "Nitrogen fixation in the world’s oceans: Note added in proof", Biogeochemistry, 57/58, 517-519 (2002).

Lancelot, C., Y. H. Spitz, N. Gypens, K. Ruddick, S. Becquevort, V. Rousseau, G. Billen, 2005: Modelling diatom-Phaeocystis  blooms and nutrient cycles in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: the MIRO model, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol 289, 63-78.

Landry, M. R., S. L. Brown, K. E. Selph, M. R. Abbott, R. M. Letelier, S. Christensen, R. R. Bidigare, and K. Casciotti, "Initiation of the spring phytoplankton increase in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone at 170°W", J. Geophys. Res., 106, 13903-13915 (2001).

Landry, M. R., K. E. Selph, S. L. Brown, M. R. Abbott, C. I. Measures, S. Vink, C. B. Allen, A. Calbet, S. Christensen, and H. Nolla, "Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in the Antarctic Polar Front region at 170°W", Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 1843-1865 (2002).

Laney, S. R., "Assessing the errors in photosynthetic properties
determined with Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry", Limnol. Oceanogr., 48, 2234-2242 (2003).

Laney, S.R., R.M. Letelier, and M.R. Abbott, "Parameterizing the natural fluorescence kinetics of Thalassiosira weissflogii", Limnol. Oceanogr., 50(5), 1499-1510 (2005).

Laney, S. R., R. M. Letelier, and M. R. Abbott, "The natural fluorescence response of a marine diatom to changes in nitrate availability and irradiance intensity", Limnol. Oceanogr. (submitted, 2004).

Laney, S. R., R. M. Letelier, R. A. Desiderio, M. R. Abbott, D. A. Kiefer, and C. R. Booth, "Measuring the natural fluorescence of phytoplankton cultures", J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 18, 1924-1934 (2001).

Lawson, L.M., E.E. Hofmann and Y.H. Spitz, 1996. Time series sampling and data assimilation in a simple marine ecosystem model. Deep-Sea Res, II, Vol. 43, 625-651.

Lawson, L.M., Y.H. Spitz, E.E. Hofmann and R.B. Long, 1995. A data assimilation technique applied to a predator-prey model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 57, 4, 593-617. 

Lee, C., S. Henrichs, and R. Letelier, "Organic inventories workshop report", In: D. C. Hurd and D. W. Spencer (eds), Marine Particles: Analysis and Characterization, pp. 101-117, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 63 (1991).

Letelier, R. M., and M. R. Abbott, "An analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence algorithms for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS)", Remote Sens. Environ., v58, 215-223 (1996).

Letelier, R. M., M. R. Abbott, and D. M. Karl, "Chlorophyll natural fluorescence response to upwelling events in the Southern Ocean", Geophys. Res. Lett., v24, 409-412 (1997).

Letelier, R. M, R. R. Bidigare, D. V. Hebel, M. Ondrusek, C. D. Winn, and D. M. Karl, "Temporal variability of phytoplankton community structure based in pigment analysis", Limmnol. Oceanogr., 38, 1420-1437 (1993).

Letelier, R. M., J. E. Dore, C. D. Winn, and D. M. Karl, "Seasonal and interannual variations in autotrophic carbon assimilation at Station ALOHA", Deep-Sea Res., 43, 467-490 (1996).

Letelier, R. M, D. M. Karl, "The role of Trichodesmium spp. in the productivity of the subtropical North Pacific Ocean", Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 133, 263-273 (1996).

Letelier, R. M. and D. M. Karl, "Trichodesmium spp. physiology and nutrient fluxes in the North Pacific subtropical gyre", Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 15(3), 265-276 (1998).

Letelier, R. M., D. M. Karl, and M. R. Abbott, "Integration of research vessel, autonomous mooring and satellite time-series data to resolve biogeochemical variability in the North Pacific subtropical gyre", submitted (1999).

Letelier, R. M., D. M. Karl, M. R. Abbott, and R. R. Bidigare, "Light driven seasonal patterns of chlorophyll and nitrate in the lower euphotic zone of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre", Limnol. Oceanogr., 49, 508-519 (2004).

Letelier, R. M., D. M. Karl, M. R. Abbott, P. Flament, M. H. Freilich, R. Lukas, and P. T. Strub, "Role of late winter mesoscale events in the biogeochemical variability of the upper water column of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre", J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28,723-28,739 (2000).  Correction in J. Goephy. Res., 106, 7181-7182 (2000).

Mengelt, C., M. R. Abbott, J. A. Barth, R. M. Letelier, C. I. Measures, and S. Vink, "Phytoplankton pigment distribution in relation to the physics across the Antarctic Polar Front, 170°W", Deep-Sea Res. II, 48, 4081-4100 (2001).

Miller, C.M. and Ikeda, T., 2006. Report of the 2005 Workshop on Ocean Ecodynamics Comparison in the Subarctic Pacific. PICES Scientific Report No. 32. 103pp.

Moisan, J. R., T. A. Moisan, and M. R. Abbott,  "Modeling the effect of temperature on the maximum growth rates of phytoplankton populations", Ecol. Modeling, 153, 197-215 (2002).

Moore, J. K., "Physical-biological interactions in the Southern Ocean" , Ph.D. dissertation, 248 pp. (Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1999).

Moore, J. K., and M. R. Abbott,  "Phytoplankton chlorophyll distributions and primary production in the Southern Ocean", J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28,709-28,722 (2000).

Moore, J. K., and M. R. Abbott, "Surface chlorophyll concentrations in relation to the Antarctic Polar Front: Seasonal and spatial patterns from satellite observations, J. Mar. Systems, 37, 69-86 (2002).

Moore, J. K., M. R. Abbott, and J. G. Richman, "Location and dynamics of the Antarctic Polar Front from satellite sea surface temperature data", J. Geophys. Res., v104, 3059-3073 (1999).

Moore, J. K., M. R. Abbott, and J. G. Richman, "Variability in the location of the Antarctic Polar Front (90^o-20^oW) from satellite sea surface temperature data", J. Geophys. Res., v102, 27825-27833, (1997).

Moore, J. K., M. R. Abbott, J. G. Richman, and D. M. Nelson, "The Southern Ocean at the last glacial maximum: A strong sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide", Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 14, 455-475 (2000).

Moore, J. K., M. R. Abbott, J. G. Richman, W. O. Smith, T. J. Cowles, K. H. Coale, W. D. Gardner, and R. T. Barber, "SeaWiFS satellite ocean color data from the Southern Ocean", Geophys. Res. Lett., v26, 1465-1468 (1999).

Nahorniak, J. S., M. R. Abbott, R. M. Letelier, and W. S. Pegau, "Analysis of a method to estimate chlorophyll-a concentration from irradiance measurements at varying depths", J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 18, 2063-2073 (2001).

Nejstgaard, J.C., M.E. Frischer, P.G. Verity, J.T. Anderson, A. Jacobsen, M.J. Zirbel, A. Larsen, J. Martínez-Martínez, A.F. Sazhin, T. Walters, D.A. Bronk, S.J. Whipple, S.R. Borrett, B.C. Patten and J.D. Long,  "Plankton development and trophic transfer in sea water enclosures with nutrients and Phaeocystis pouchetii added", Marine Ecology Progress Series, 321, 99-121 (2006).

Newberger, P.A., J.S. Allen and Y.H. Spitz: Analysis and comparison of three ecosystem models. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 108, NO. C3, 3061, doi:10.1029/2001JC001182.

Nicol, S., Worby, A.P., Strutton, P.G. and Trull, T.W.,   "Oceanographic influences on Antarctic ecosystems: Observations and insights from East Antarctica (0° to 150°E). The Sea, vol. 14B, The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Regional Studies and Syntheses", A.R. Robinson and K. Brink, Eds. (2006).

Potter, N. D. and M. R. Abbott, "Direct Broadcast of Earth Observation Data: Ground Station Facilities", talk presented at the Fourth International Conference on Direct Broadcast of Earth Observation Data (Scotland, 2000).

Richman, J.G, R.M. Miller and Y.H. Spitz, 2005: Error estimates for assimilation of satellite sea surface temperature data in ocean climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett. VOL. 32, L18608, doi: 10.1029/ 2005GL023591

Rothstein, L, M., J.J. Cullen, M. Abbott, E. Chassignet, K. Denman, S. Doney, H. Ducklow, Katja Fennel, M. Follows, D. Haidvogel, E. Hofmann, D. Karl, J. Kindle, I. Lima, M. Maltrud, C. McClain, D. McGillicuddy, J. Olascoaga, Y. Spitz, J. Wiggert, J. Yoder, Modeling Ocean Ecosystems: The PARADIGM Program. Oceanography Vol. 19, No. 1, Mar. 2006, 15- 45

Sakamoto C., et al., "Influence of Rossby waves on nutrient dynamics and the plankton community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre", J. Geophys. Res., 109, C05032 (2004).

Spitz, Y.H., J.S. Allen and J.Gan, 2005: Modeling of ecosystem processes on the Oregon Shelf during 2001 summer upwelling. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 110, C10S17,
doi:10.1029/2005JC002870

Spitz, Y.H., J.S. Allen and P.A. Newberger, 2003: Ecosystem response to upwelling off the Oregon coast: Behavior of three nitrogen-based models. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 108, NO. C3, 3062, doi:10.1029/2001JC001181. 

Spitz, Y.H., and J.M. Klinck, 1998. Estimate of bottom and surface stress during a spring-neap tide cycle by dynamical assimilation of tide gauge data in the Chesapeake Bay. J. Geophys. Res., 12,761-12,782.

Spitz, Y. H., J. R. Moisan, and M. R. Abbott, "Configuring an ecosystem model using data from the Bermuda-Atlantic Time Series (BATS)", Deep-Sea Res. II, 48, 1733-1768 (2001).

Spitz, Y.H., J.R. Moisan, M.R. Abbott, and J.G. Richman, 1998. Data assimilation and a pelagic ecosystem model: parameterization using time series observations. J. Marine Systems, 16, 51-68.

Wetz, M. S., P. A. Wheeler, and R. M. Letelier, "Light induced growth of winter phytoplankton collected from the benthic boundary layer off Oregon, USA", Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 208, 95-104 (2004).

White, A.E., Y. Spitz, D.M. Karl, and R.M. Letelier, "Flexible elemental stoichiometry in Trichodesmium spp. and it ecological implications", Limnol. Oceanogr., 51(4), 1777-1790 (2006).

White A.E., Y. H. Spitz and R. M. Letelier, 2007: Integrating remote sensing, moored and vessel based time-series records to quantify ecological determinants of summer bloom formation in the North Pacific subtropical gyre, Journal of Geophysical Research, submitted.

White, A.E., Y.H. Spitz, and R.M. Letelier, "Modeling carbohydrate ballasting by Trichodesmium spp.", Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 323, 35-45 (2006).

Winn, C. D., L. Campbell, J. R. Christian, R. M. Letelier, D. V. Hebel, J. E. Dore, L. Fujieki, and D. M. Karl, "Seasonal variability in the phytoplankton community of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre", Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 9, 605-620 (1995).

Zirbel, M.J., C.B. Miller and H.P. Batchelder, "Staging egg development of marine copepods with DAPI and PicoGreen",  Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, in press (accepted Nov 2006).

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