Remotely sensed winds and wind stresses for marine forecasting and ocean modeling

MA Bourassa, T Meissner, I Cerovecki… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Strengths and weakness of remotely sensed winds are discussed, along with the current
capabilities for remotely sensing winds and stress. Future missions are briefly mentioned …

Air-sea fluxes with a focus on heat and momentum

MF Cronin, CL Gentemann, J Edson, I Ueki… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Turbulent and radiative exchanges of heat between the ocean and atmosphere (hereafter
heat fluxes), ocean surface wind stress, and state variables used to estimate them, are …

The influence of river discharge on nutrient export and phytoplankton biomass off the Central Chile coast (33–37 S): Seasonal cycle and interannual variability

I Masotti, P Aparicio-Rizzo, MA Yevenes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Using in situ hydro-chemical data and MODIS-SeaWiFS ocean color images as a proxy of
river plumes and phytoplankton biomass from 2000 to 2014, this study documents the …

ENSO-induced co-variability of Salinity, Plankton Biomass and Coastal Currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

FA Gomez, SK Lee, FJ Hernandez Jr, LM Chiaverano… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is a region strongly influenced by river
discharges of freshwater and nutrients, which promote a highly productive coastal …

Impacts of upstream drought and water withdrawals on the health and survival of downstream estuarine oyster populations

LE Petes, AJ Brown, CR Knight - Ecology and evolution, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in the frequency, duration, and severity of regional drought pose major threats to
the health and integrity of downstream ecosystems. During 2007–2008, the US southeast …

Assessing microplastics contamination in unviable loggerhead sea turtle eggs

LF Curl, SA Hurst, CM Pomory, MM Lamont… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea turtles, in comparison with marine mammals, sea birds, and fishes, are the most affected
by microplastics in terms of number of individuals impacted and concentration within each …

Local and regional stressors interact to drive a salinization‐induced outbreak of predators on oyster reefs

DL Kimbro, JW White, H Tillotson, N Cox… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Predator outbreaks are predicted to increasingly decimate economically and ecologically
important prey populations because global climate change and food‐web modifications …

Hydrographic variability on a coastal shelf directly influenced by estuarine outflow

B Dzwonkowski, K Park, HK Ha, WM Graham… - Continental Shelf …, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrographic variability on the Alabama shelf just outside of Mobile Bay, a major source of
river discharge into the Gulf of Mexico, is examined using time series of water column …

Groupers on the edge: shelf edge spawning habitat in and around marine reserves of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

FC Coleman, KM Scanlon… - The Professional …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The northeastern Gulf of Mexico contains some of the most diverse and productive marine
habitat in the United States. Much of this habitat, located on the shelf edge in depths of 50 to …

Long-term changes in nutrient concentration and fluxes from the Godavari estuary: role of river discharge and fertilizer inputs

V Sarma, MS Krishna, TNR Srinivas - Estuaries and Coasts, 2023 - Springer
The discharge from the Indian peninsular rivers is strongly controlled by the intensity of
monsoonal rainfall, which is strongly influenced by atmospheric extreme events, such as El …