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Exploring the potential for using deep-sea bamboo corals (Isidella sp.) for paleoceanographic reconstructions

Creator:: Hornung, Jonathan P.
Abstract:: Deep-sea bamboo coral (Isidella sp.) SE000901A from the southern Oregon coast (water depth 1048m) provides a high-resolution record of variability of North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) and carbon rain to the sea floor, related to coastal upwelling, from 1808 to 2000AD. Counting of annual layers in magnesium to calcium (Mg/Ca)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Dynamic seascapes : a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic ecology and biogeochemistry

Creator:: Kavanaugh, Maria T.
Abstract:: Understanding and modeling microbial responses and feedbacks to climate change is hampered by a lack of a framework in the pelagic environment by which to link local mechanism to large scale patterns. Where terrestrial ecology draws from landscape theory and practice to address issues of scale, the pelagic seascape concept...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the seasonal and interannual variability of the North Pacific to facilitate comparative analysis

Do gray whales count calories? Comparing energetic values of gray whale prey across two different feeding grounds in the eastern North Pacific

Creator:: Hildebrand, Lisa, Bernard, Kim S., and Torres, Leigh G.
Abstract:: Predators must consume enough prey to support costly events, such as reproduction. Meeting high energetic requirements is particularly challenging for migrating baleen whales as their feeding seasons are typically restricted to a limited temporal window and marine prey are notoriously patchy. We assessed the energetic value of the six most...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Energetic Values of Gray Whale Prey Across Two Different Feeding Grounds in the Eastern North Pacific

Long term albacore (Thunnus alalunga) spatio-temporal association with environmental variability in the Northeastern Pacific

Creator:: Phillips, A. Jason
Abstract:: This study investigated long-term (1961-2008) changes in albacore (Thunnus alalunga) abundance and distribution in relation to local environmental and large-scale climate indices in the Northeastern Pacific using time series and spatial analyses. Prior to the time series analysis, a wavelet analysis was conducted to examine nonrandom patterns of cyclical variability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the North Pacific regime shift of 1977. Results indicate that SST had a predominantly positive but

Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Modeling in the Marine Environment : Humpback Whale Genetic Variability and Seabird Distributions in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Creator:: Dick, Dorothy Marie
Abstract:: The rapid decline of marine ecosystems worldwide and the failure of traditional single species management pushed for the development of ecosystem-based conservation measures such as marine protected areas (MPA) to slow the loss of marine biodiversity. One approach to MPA creation advocates targeting marine megafauna (e.g., marine mammals, seabirds, sharks,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . ......................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 3.1. The eastern North Pacific Ocean showing the California Current System, the main

Development and use of satellite-derived sea-surface temperature data for the nearshore North Pacific and Arctic Oceans : temperature pattern analysis and implications for climate change at ecoregional scale

Creator:: Payne, Meredith C.
Abstract:: The quantification and description of sea surface temperature (SST) is critically important because it can influence the distribution, migration, and invasion of marine species; furthermore, SSTs are expected to be affected by climate change. Recent research indicates that there has been a warming trend in ocean temperatures over the last...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ................................................................................. 107 A-2‒Example of a monthly mean SST map (April 2009) of the North Pacific Ocean nearshore region

Hydrogen isotopic composition of C₃₇ alkenones and the ecology and physiology of coccolithophores

Creator:: Wolhowe, Matthew D.
Abstract:: A three-part study was conducted into the impact of physiological and ecological variables on the net isotopic fractionation of hydrogen, α[subscript K₃₇], expressed in C₃₇ alkenones. First, alkenone-producer production, abundance, and export were characterized in the summertime Gulf of California and Eastern Tropical North Pacific using compound-specific, labeled in situ...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Eastern Tropical North Pacific using compound- specific, labeled in situ incubations. It was found that

Abrupt deglacial climate changes in the North Pacific and implications for climate tipping points

Creator:: Praetorius, Summer Kate
Abstract:: Paleoclimate archives have revealed abrupt climate events that are superimposed on more gradual climate changes throughout the last glacial and deglacial periods. The underlying causes of such rapid climate changes are still poorly understood, but the strong expression of these events in northern hemisphere records likely points to climatic mechanisms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: abrupt ocean warming lead to an expansion of the North Pacific OMZ through a reduction in oxygen

The leading edge of a tropical instability wave : interpretation as a gravity current

Creator:: McHugh, Elizabeth Helen
Abstract:: A sharp temperature front, oriented along the south-west corner of the leading edge of a Tropical Instability Wave (TIW) warm trough, was encountered at 0°N, 140°W on November 2, 2008 and detected by a 0.45°C increase in SST that occurred over 7 s. The distinct SST signal was observed at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: been observed on the ocean surface above the convergence point of the North Equatorial Front as `a

Deep-sea sediment paleomagnetism : a case study from the North Atlantic

Creator:: Strano, Sarah Elianna
Abstract:: Sedimentary records from the North Atlantic, instrumental in the development of modern paleo-geomagnetic concepts, show a highly variable field even during times of constant polarity. Yet, our understanding of how the magnetization is acquired in the sediments is poorly understood. Primary magnetizations preserved in deep-sea sediments are known to be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THE DISSERTATION OF Sarah Elianna Strano for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth, Ocean and

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Exploring the potential for using deep-sea bamboo corals (Isidella sp.) for paleoceanographic reconstructions

Dynamic seascapes : a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic ecology and biogeochemistry

Do gray whales count calories? Comparing energetic values of gray whale prey across two different feeding grounds in the eastern North Pacific

Long term albacore (Thunnus alalunga) spatio-temporal association with environmental variability in the Northeastern Pacific

Spatio-Temporal Analysis and Modeling in the Marine Environment : Humpback Whale Genetic Variability and Seabird Distributions in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean

Development and use of satellite-derived sea-surface temperature data for the nearshore North Pacific and Arctic Oceans : temperature pattern analysis and implications for climate change at ecoregional scale

Hydrogen isotopic composition of C₃₇ alkenones and the ecology and physiology of coccolithophores

Abrupt deglacial climate changes in the North Pacific and implications for climate tipping points

The leading edge of a tropical instability wave : interpretation as a gravity current

Deep-sea sediment paleomagnetism : a case study from the North Atlantic

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