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Classic Article: Steady Flow In A Frictionless Homogenous Ocean, N. P. Fofonoff Jan 2020

Classic Article: Steady Flow In A Frictionless Homogenous Ocean, N. P. Fofonoff

Journal of Marine Research

A mathematical model is developed to study the free (frictionless) steady horizontal flow which can occur in a homogeneous ocean of constant depth. The flow satisfies the dynamic constraint that the vertical component of absolute vorticity is constant along a streamline. The conclusion is reached that in an enclosed ocean a free steady circulation cannot have any slow broad eastward currents. The eastward currents must occur as narrow streams of high velocity and high relative vorticity. Intensified currents are present along the eastern and western coasts. The theory which is developed for the homogeneous ocean of constant depth can be …


Classic Article: Effect Of Coriolis Force On Edge Waves (I) Investigation Of The Normal Modes, Robert O. Reid Jan 2020

Classic Article: Effect Of Coriolis Force On Edge Waves (I) Investigation Of The Normal Modes, Robert O. Reid

Journal of Marine Research

Essentially two classes of free edge waves can exist on a sloping continental shelf in the presence of Coriolis force. For small longshore wave length, fundamental waves of the first class behave like Stokes edge waves. However, for great wave lengths (of several hundred kilometers or more) the characteristics of the first class are significantly altered. In the northern hemisphere the phase speed for waves moving to the right (facing shore from the sea) exceeds the speed for waves which move to the left. Also, the group velocity for a given edge wave mode has a finite upper limit. Waves …


Editor's Commentary: The Relationship Of Vertical Turbulence And Spring Diatom Flowerings, Peter Franks Jan 2020

Editor's Commentary: The Relationship Of Vertical Turbulence And Spring Diatom Flowerings, Peter Franks

Journal of Marine Research

The dynamics of spring blooms of phytoplankton in temperate waters are usually associated with H.U. Sverdrup’s 1953 “critical depth” model. However, more than a decade earlier, Gordon Riley published a statistical and mechanistic analysis of data he had gathered over two spring “flowerings” on Georges Bank...


Classic Article: The Relationship Of Vertical Turbulence And Spring Diatom Flowerings, Gordon A. Riley Jan 2020

Classic Article: The Relationship Of Vertical Turbulence And Spring Diatom Flowerings, Gordon A. Riley

Journal of Marine Research

The causes underlying the initiation of the spring diatom flowering have been a subject of vigorous discussion in recent years. With the gradual accumulation of records it has become quite clear that no one factor controls this peculiar phenomenon. The obvious prerequisite, an abundant supply of nutrient salts in the euphotic zone, is generally satisfied during the autumn and early winter, yet a flowering does not in most cases follow immediately. In a few localities, such as Cape Cod Bay and Ipswich Bay (Bigelow 1926), the Woods Hole region (Fish 1925), and Long Island Sound (Riley 1941a), diatom bursts have …


Antioxidant Compounds From Marine Seaweeds And Their Mechanism Of Action, Trishna Debnath, Eun-Kyung Kim, Kwang-Geun Lee, Narayan Chandra Debnath, Ramkumar Mathur Jan 2020

Antioxidant Compounds From Marine Seaweeds And Their Mechanism Of Action, Trishna Debnath, Eun-Kyung Kim, Kwang-Geun Lee, Narayan Chandra Debnath, Ramkumar Mathur

Journal of Marine Research

Investigation of natural products has moved toward marine environments as they are a source of many biologically active agents. The natural antioxidant compounds isolated from seaweeds provide a valuable contribution to the innovation of new drugs for chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress. While the antioxidant activity and nutritional benefits of various seaweed products are well recognized, their proper utilization as antioxidants remains at initial stages that require further investigative studies. This review provides a detailed study of isolated antioxidant compounds from seaweeds and their major mechanism of action by focusing on the reports from 2015 to 2019. The report …


Effects Of Hard Clam (Mercenaria Mercenaria) Density And Bottom Shear Stress On Cohesive Sediment Erodibility And Implications For Benthic-Pelagic Coupling, Elka T. Porter, Barbara J. Johnson, Lawrence P. Sanford Jan 2020

Effects Of Hard Clam (Mercenaria Mercenaria) Density And Bottom Shear Stress On Cohesive Sediment Erodibility And Implications For Benthic-Pelagic Coupling, Elka T. Porter, Barbara J. Johnson, Lawrence P. Sanford

Journal of Marine Research

The interacting effects of little neck hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) density and bottom shear stress on cohesive sediment erodibility were investigated. Short-term stepwise erosion experiments in 30 and 40 cm diameter Gust microcosms over a range of 0.0083 to 0.1932 Pa were performed using sequential 20-minute constant shear stress steps while sampling turbidity regularly. In addition, sediment erodibility was monitored in two one-month long ecosystem experiments with tidal resuspension and 0, 10, and 50 hard clams in 1 m3 shear turbulence resuspension mesocosms (STURM) with an initial stepwise erosion experiment (0.313 to 0.444 Pa). In short-term erosion …


Editor's Commentary: Steady Flow In A Frictionless Homogenous Ocean, Kenneth H. Brink Jan 2020

Editor's Commentary: Steady Flow In A Frictionless Homogenous Ocean, Kenneth H. Brink

Journal of Marine Research

Before the publication of this article, Stommel (1948) and Munk (1950) published their linear, frictional models of steady wind-driven ocean gyres. The innovative advance they introduced was that their models included western boundary currents (e.g., the Gulf Stream)for the first time. These were really exciting advances. Yet, these models had some dreamlike qualities (to paraphrase Stommel) in that the flow patterns were very smooth, that the intense current always hugged the western boundary, and that the eastward interior flow is broadly distributed across latitudes...


On The Mutual Adjustment Of Pressure And Velocity Distributions In Certain Simple Current Systems, Ii, C.-G. Rossby Jan 2020

On The Mutual Adjustment Of Pressure And Velocity Distributions In Certain Simple Current Systems, Ii, C.-G. Rossby

Journal of Marine Research

In a previous report (Rossby 1937) the author investigated certain changes in the mass distribution which accompany the slow lateral diffusion of momentum in a straight parallel current in an unlimited ocean of constant depth…


Erratum Jan 2019

Erratum

Journal of Marine Research

Please note the correction to the following article: Bouzaiene, Maher, Milena Menna, Pierre-Marie Poulain, and Dalila Elhmaidi. 2018.“Lagrangian dispersion characteristics in the Western Mediterranean.” Journal of Marine Research 5–6, 139–161. https://doi.org/10.1357/002224018826473290.


Vortex Competition In Coastal Outflows, Sean Jamshidi, Edward Johnson Jan 2019

Vortex Competition In Coastal Outflows, Sean Jamshidi, Edward Johnson

Journal of Marine Research

Experiments and field observations have shown that there are at least two modes of behavior for river plumes. In many cases, the plume turns to the right (in the Northern Hemisphere) on leaving the river mouth and follows the direction of Kelvin-wave propagation. Alternatively, a “bulge” can form in the plume and a fraction of the outflow volume becomes trapped near the mouth. This paper discusses how bulge formation can be affected by the vorticity profile at the river mouth. Due to the image effect, regions of cyclonic vorticity tend to propagate rightwards, whereas regions of anticyclonic vorticity propagate leftward …


The Regulation Of Oxygen To Low Concentrations In Marine Oxygen-Minimum Zones, Don E. Canfield, Beate Kraft, Carolin R. Löscher, Richard A. Boyle, Bo Thamdrup, Frank J. Stewart Jan 2019

The Regulation Of Oxygen To Low Concentrations In Marine Oxygen-Minimum Zones, Don E. Canfield, Beate Kraft, Carolin R. Löscher, Richard A. Boyle, Bo Thamdrup, Frank J. Stewart

Journal of Marine Research

The Bay of Bengal hosts persistent, measurable, but sub-micromolar, concentrations of oxygen in its oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ). Such low-oxygen conditions are not necessarily rare in the global ocean and seem also to characterize the OMZ of the Pescadero Basin in the Gulf of California, as well as the outer edges of otherwise anoxic OMZs, such as can be found, for example, in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific. We show here that biological controls on oxygen consumption are required to allow the semistable persistence of low-oxygen conditions in OMZ settings; otherwise, only small changes in physical mixing or rates of primary …


Advancing Science From Plankton To Whales—Celebrating The Contributions Of James J. Mccarthy, Patricia M. Glibert, Mark A. Altabet, Joseph P. Montoya, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr. Jan 2019

Advancing Science From Plankton To Whales—Celebrating The Contributions Of James J. Mccarthy, Patricia M. Glibert, Mark A. Altabet, Joseph P. Montoya, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr.

Journal of Marine Research

Hailing from Sweet Home, Oregon, where his father introduced him to the fascinations of pondwater (McCarthy 2018), Jim McCarthy graduated from Gonzaga University, and in the late 1960s joined the Food Chain Research Group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he received his doctorate in 1971. The Food Chain Research Group, which was becoming recognized as the premier research group on plankton, was at that time directed by such distinguished scientists as John Strickland and Dick Eppley, among others. The goal of the Food Chain Group was to understand plankton dynamics and trophodynamics, “to a degree that will enable …


Urea Uptake And Urease Activity In The Chesapeake Bay, Caroline M. Solomon Jan 2019

Urea Uptake And Urease Activity In The Chesapeake Bay, Caroline M. Solomon

Journal of Marine Research

The importance of urea in supplying the nitrogen (N) required by planktonic communities has long been recognized, notably by James J. McCarthy in studies as early as the 1970s. Utilization of urea involves a two-step enzymatic process in phytoplankton, with urea first entering the cell via transport (i.e., urea uptake), followed by the conversion of urea into ammonium by the enzyme urease. This article describes a series of field observations and experiments conducted in the Chesapeake Bay, USA, from 2001 through 2018, aimed at understanding the relationship between urea uptake and urease activity and the role of environmental factors on …


N-Loss Stoichiometry In A Peru Odz Eddy, Mark A. Altabet, Annie Bourbonnais Jan 2019

N-Loss Stoichiometry In A Peru Odz Eddy, Mark A. Altabet, Annie Bourbonnais

Journal of Marine Research

Assuming heterotrophic denitrification as the dominant microbial process, Richards (1965) formulated a stoichiometry governing nitrogen loss in open-ocean oxygen deficient zones (ODZs). It prescribes the quantitative coupling between the oxidation of organic matter by NO3 in the absence of O2 and the corresponding production of CO2, N2, and PO–34. Applied globally, this relationship defines key linkages between the C, N, and P cycles. However, the validity of Richards's stoichiometry is challenged by recognition of complex microbial N processing in ODZs including anammox as an important pathway and nitrite reoxidation. Whereas …


The Wave-Current Interaction In The Coastal Area, Homayoon Komijani, Jaak Monbaliu Jan 2019

The Wave-Current Interaction In The Coastal Area, Homayoon Komijani, Jaak Monbaliu

Journal of Marine Research

In our investigation of the effect of wind-waves on barotropic mean flow in coastal areas, we compare two methods for calculating wave-induced force. The wave field is simulated by the nearshore spectral wave model SWAN. The wave-induced force (calculated using the radiation stress gradient and dissipation methods) and the Stokes drift are integrated in the COHERENS circulation model in the depth-averaged mode. The coupled set is validated using well-known academic test cases of planar beach and single-barred beach. Finally, in a two-dimensional test case based on Belgian coastal waters we compare simulations of mean flow using the two methods of …


Comparing Apples To Oranges: Perspectives On Satellite-Based Primary Production Estimates Drawn From A Global Biogeochemical Model, Charles A. Stock Jan 2019

Comparing Apples To Oranges: Perspectives On Satellite-Based Primary Production Estimates Drawn From A Global Biogeochemical Model, Charles A. Stock

Journal of Marine Research

Net primary production (NPP) by microscopic phytoplankton underpins nearly all marine life, yet global NPP estimates differ substantially. Among satellite-based estimates, variation has been attributed to differing assumptions about the relationships between photosynthesis and sea surface temperature (SST). Maximum chlorophyll (Chl)–specific rates of carbon fixation in the water column (PBopt) increase monotonically with SST in some satellite algorithms, whereas others peak at intermediate values. Understanding and constraining such relationships is challenged by the many direct and indirect relationships between temperature and phytoplankton. In this article, the emergent PBopt-SST relationship was diagnosed in a …


Deep Circulation In The Lau Basin And Havre Trough Of The Western South Pacific Ocean From Floats And Hydrography, Elizabeth Simons, Kevin Speer, Andreas M. Thurnherr Jan 2019

Deep Circulation In The Lau Basin And Havre Trough Of The Western South Pacific Ocean From Floats And Hydrography, Elizabeth Simons, Kevin Speer, Andreas M. Thurnherr

Journal of Marine Research

A system of meridional ridges in the western South Pacific Ocean frame the Lau Basin and Havre Trough, and form a barrier to direct communication between the far western South Pacific basins and the interior South Pacific Ocean. The eastern side of this system comprises the Tonga and Kermadec Ridges, the location of the main deep western boundary current entering the Pacific Ocean. Observations from floats released in the Lau Basin as part of the RIDGE2000 program suggested the presence of a western boundary current along the Lau Ridge exiting into the North Fiji Basin. Those observations, together with Argo …


Phytoplankton In The Aqueous Ecological Theater: Changing Conditions, Biodiversity, And Evolving Ecological Concepts, Patricia M. Glibert Jan 2019

Phytoplankton In The Aqueous Ecological Theater: Changing Conditions, Biodiversity, And Evolving Ecological Concepts, Patricia M. Glibert

Journal of Marine Research

Phytoplankton communities, from lakes to oceans, are changing with anthropogenic nutrient loading and climate change. So, too, are the tools by which phytoplankton are quantified and characterized, yielding a torrent of new data and new types of data that can be related to ecosystem function. New insights have been gained about the physiology of resource acquisition by phytoplankton, allowing new relationships between phytoplankton biodiversity and function to be developed. Despite years of emphasis on the use of inorganic substrates in support of phytoplankton nutrition, it is now well understood that phytoplankton rely on a broad suite of substrates, both dissolved …


A Metapopulation Model For Whale-Fall Specialists: The Largest Whales Are Essential To Prevent Species Extinctions, Craig R. Smith, Joe Roman, J. B. Nation Jan 2019

A Metapopulation Model For Whale-Fall Specialists: The Largest Whales Are Essential To Prevent Species Extinctions, Craig R. Smith, Joe Roman, J. B. Nation

Journal of Marine Research

The sunken carcasses of great whales (i.e., whale falls) provide an important deep-sea habitat for more than 100 species that may be considered whale-fall specialists. Commercial whaling has reduced the abundance and size of whales, and thus whale-fall habitats, as great whales were hunted and removed from the oceans, often to near extinction. In this article, we use a metapopulation modeling approach to explore the consequences of whaling to the abundance and persistence of whale-fall habitats in the deep sea and to the potential for extinction of whale-fall specialists. Our modeling indicates that the persistence of metapopulations of whale-fall specialists …


Estimating Particle Export Fl Ux From Satellite Observations: Challenges Associated With Spatial And Temporal Decoupling Of Production And Export, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., Laure Resplandy, Marina Lévy Jan 2019

Estimating Particle Export Fl Ux From Satellite Observations: Challenges Associated With Spatial And Temporal Decoupling Of Production And Export, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., Laure Resplandy, Marina Lévy

Journal of Marine Research

Recent studies have suggested that accurate predictions of particle export flux can be derived from satellite-based estimates of phytoplankton biomass and net primary production (NPP), combined with models of the food web. We evaluate the performance of this approach using the output of a highresolution, basin-scale coupled physical-biogeochemical model. There is tight correlation between the annual mean export flux simulated by the biogeochemical model and that predicted by the satellitebased algorithm driven by NPP from the model. Although the satellite-based approach performs well on the annual average, there are significant departures during the course of the year, particularly in spring. …


Recirculating Flow In A Basin With Closed F/H Contours, Alexander M. Fuller, Thomas W. N. Haine, Erik Kvaleberg Jan 2019

Recirculating Flow In A Basin With Closed F/H Contours, Alexander M. Fuller, Thomas W. N. Haine, Erik Kvaleberg

Journal of Marine Research

A general circulation model is used to study the time evolution of a rotating, weakly baroclinic fluid in a basin with sloping sidewalls. Contours of f/h, where f is the Coriolis parameter and h is the depth of the fluid, are closed in this model. The fluid is forced by a localized source of positive vorticity. The initial response is a narrow, recirculating cell that resembles a β-plume modified by bathymetry. Such cells have been found in previous studies and have been linked to the recirculation cells observed in the subpolar North Atlantic. However, this is not a steady …


Jim Mccarthy’S Achievements At The Intersection Of Science With Public Policy, John P. Holdren Jan 2019

Jim Mccarthy’S Achievements At The Intersection Of Science With Public Policy, John P. Holdren

Journal of Marine Research

Along with his distinguished research career as a biological oceanographer and marine biologist and his inspiring service as a teacher, advisor, and mentor to students and junior colleagues at Harvard University, Jim McCarthy has been a scientific statesman of the first order, bringing insights from his research and his deep understanding of the role of science in society into the arenas of management of scientific enterprises and public and policy-maker education about the science relating to some of the greatest challenges of our time. His roles at the intersection of science with public issues have included stints as director of …


Hats Off To You, Jim!, Bill Boicourt, Doug Capone, Ed Carpenter, Penny Chisholm, Paul Falkowski, Jim Galloway, Dave Kirchman, Fred Lipschultz, Hal Mooney, François Morel, John Nevins, Mike Roman, Dan Schrag, Sybil Seitzinger, Bess Ward Jan 2019

Hats Off To You, Jim!, Bill Boicourt, Doug Capone, Ed Carpenter, Penny Chisholm, Paul Falkowski, Jim Galloway, Dave Kirchman, Fred Lipschultz, Hal Mooney, François Morel, John Nevins, Mike Roman, Dan Schrag, Sybil Seitzinger, Bess Ward

Journal of Marine Research

Jim’s intellectual curiosity was an inspiration. In addition to those whose comments follow, he clearly touched the careers and lives of many others.


The Microbial Loop Concept: A History, 1930–1974, Peter J. Le B. Williams, Hugh W. Ducklow Jan 2019

The Microbial Loop Concept: A History, 1930–1974, Peter J. Le B. Williams, Hugh W. Ducklow

Journal of Marine Research

The microbial loop as a leading concept in marine microbiology gained wide recognition in the 1980s, but it has roots extending back to the 1930s when microbiologists first began to take a more dynamic approach to investigating the roles of bacteria in ocean food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Here we present a history of the microbial loop concept with emphasis on the period starting in 1930, when marine bacteriologists in Russia and the West began to study explicitly the roles of marine bacteria in the sea. Selman Waksman at Woods Hole and Claude ZoBell at La Jolla relied on colony …


The Ecological And Biogeochemical State Of The North Pacifi C Subtropical Gyre Is Linked To Sea Surface Height, Benedetto Barone, Ashley R. Coenen, Stephen J. Beckett, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., Joshua S. Weitz, David M. Karl Jan 2019

The Ecological And Biogeochemical State Of The North Pacifi C Subtropical Gyre Is Linked To Sea Surface Height, Benedetto Barone, Ashley R. Coenen, Stephen J. Beckett, Dennis J. Mcgillicuddy Jr., Joshua S. Weitz, David M. Karl

Journal of Marine Research

Sea surface height (SSH) is routinely measured from satellites and used to infer ocean currents, including eddies, that affect the distribution of organisms and substances in the ocean. SSH not only reflects the dynamics of the surface layer, but also is sensitive to the fluctuations of the main pycnocline; thus it is linked to events of nutrient upwelling. Beyond episodic upwelling events, it is not clear if and how SSH is linked to broader changes in the biogeochemical state of marine ecosystems. Our analysis of 23 years of satellite observations and biogeochemical measurements from the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre shows …


Bioaccumulation Of Heavy Metals In Mesozooplankton From A Human-Impacted South Western Atlantic Estuary (Argentina), Diana M. Villagran, Melisa D. Fernández Severini, Florencia Biancalana, Carla V. Spetter, Eleonora M. Fernández, Jorge E. Macrovecchio Jan 2019

Bioaccumulation Of Heavy Metals In Mesozooplankton From A Human-Impacted South Western Atlantic Estuary (Argentina), Diana M. Villagran, Melisa D. Fernández Severini, Florencia Biancalana, Carla V. Spetter, Eleonora M. Fernández, Jorge E. Macrovecchio

Journal of Marine Research

The total metal concentrations (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cr, and Fe) in the mesozooplankton (200 μm–2 mm) were studied for a year in a human-impacted estuary strongly affected by urban and industrial discharges located in the South Atlantic. Over the last 25 years, this estuary has been the site of significant anthropogenic impacts including industrial activities, maritime traffic, and regular dredging. A quantitative and qualitative analysis was also carried out to identify the mesozooplanktonic community that was sampled for metal determinations. The mesozooplankton had high concentrations of toxic metals such as Cd, Pb, Cr, and Ni, which may …


The Effects Of Kt ≠ Ks In A Stommel-Like Model Of The Upper Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Under Steady Surface Flux Forcing, A. E. Gargett Jan 2019

The Effects Of Kt ≠ Ks In A Stommel-Like Model Of The Upper Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Under Steady Surface Flux Forcing, A. E. Gargett

Journal of Marine Research

This study examines a simple 6-box model of a single pole-to-pole ocean basin. Each of a northern "polar gyre," a southern "polar gyre," and an "equatorial gyre," consisting of north and south subtropical gyres plus the equatorial region, is represented by two boxes: a surface box receiving constant fluxes of both temperature (heat) and salt (freshwater) and a deep box. The model includes four dominant processes: surface flux forcing, horizontal meridional advection driven by Southern Ocean winds, horizontal eddy diffusion at gyre boundaries, and convection, as well as the process of vertical diffusion by small-scale processes. Provided that heat loss …


Amazon River Infl Uence On Nitrogen Fi Xation In The Western Tropical North Atlantic, Joseph P. Montoya, Jason P. Landrum, Sarah C. Weber Jan 2019

Amazon River Infl Uence On Nitrogen Fi Xation In The Western Tropical North Atlantic, Joseph P. Montoya, Jason P. Landrum, Sarah C. Weber

Journal of Marine Research

We measured rates of N- and C-fixation with a direct tracer method in regions of the western tropical North Atlantic influenced by the Amazon River plume during the high flow period of 2010 (May–June 2010). We found distinct regional variations in N-fixation activity, with the lowest rates in the plume proper and the highest rates in the plume margins and in offshore waters. A comparison of our N- and C-fixation measurements showed that the relative contribution of N-fixation to total primary production increased from the plume core toward oceanic waters, and that most of the C-fixation in this system was …


Interactive Effects Of Estuarine Stressors On Early Life-Stage Marine Shellfish And Finfish, Andrew Griffith Jan 2018

Interactive Effects Of Estuarine Stressors On Early Life-Stage Marine Shellfish And Finfish, Andrew Griffith

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Rectified Flow In A Stratified Coastal Ocean, K. H. Brink Jan 2018

Rectified Flow In A Stratified Coastal Ocean, K. H. Brink

Journal of Marine Research

An idealized numerical model is used to explore the generation of mean flows by oscillating wind forcing in a stratified coastal ocean with no alongshore variability, i.e., where neither barotropic nor baroclinic instability is a factor. On the inner shelf, where surface-to-bottom mixing occurs, a mean cross-shelf flow develops, as examined by Castelao et al. (2010), and the present results suggest that this flow can remain two-dimensional if there is a nonzero cross-shelf density gradient. Offshore of the inner shelf, where the water column is stratified, a mean alongshore flow develops in the direction opposite to coastal-trapped wave propagation. This …