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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Curriculum Vitae Standard Format
PERSONAL INFORMATION
l. Name: Walker O. Smith Date: March 19, 2018
Office Address: Maury Hall 201, VIMS
Phone: (804) 684-7709
Home Address: 216 Barcroft Drive, Yorktown, VA 23692
(757) 988-1083
2. Position: Rank Department
Professor School of Marine Science
EDUCATION
3. Academic degrees
1976 Ph.D. Botany, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1972 B.S. Biology-Geology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
4. Teaching and research positions
1998 - present: Professor of Marine Science, SMS/VIMS, College of William & Mary
2007 – 2010: Visiting Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
2008 – 2014: Visiting Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang, Vietnam
1991-1998: Member, Institute of Mathematical Modeling, University of Tennessee
1993-1998: Associate Director, Graduate Program in Ecology & Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
1987-1998: Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate Program in Ecology, University
of Tennessee
l983-1984: Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (Arctic Chair in
Marine Sciences)
1982-1987 Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate Program in Ecology,
University of Tennessee
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1976-1982 Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate Program in Ecology,
University of Tennessee
HONORS, PRIZES AND AWARDS
5. Professional prizes, awards, honors, editorial position on scholarly journals, service on
review boards outside the college, and offices in professional societies
1989 Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence, University of Tennessee
1995-1999 Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
1999-2003 Guest Editor, Deep-Sea Research II
2001 Medal of Participation, XVI Italian Antarctic Expedition
2008-present Editorial Board, International Journal of Oceanography
2011 – 2012 Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence, College of William & Mary
2011 - 2014 Guest Editor, Earth System Science Data
2011 - present Editor, Antarctic Science
2013-2014 Vietnam Education Faculty Scholar
2014-2015 King Gustav XIV Professorship in Environmental Science, Gothenburg
University, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017-present Guest Editor, Deep-Sea Research II
2018-present 1000 Talents Recipient and Distinguished Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University
National boards, organizations, panels, societies:
Antarctic Marine Ecosystems at the Ice Edge Zone Steering committee (1983-1989).
Division of Polar Programs Annual panel, National Science Foundation (1988)
International Arctic Polynya Project Steering Committee (1992-1995; Group Leader,
Microplankton).
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Northeast Water Polynya Project Steering Committee (1992-1994)
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study steering committee (1993-1995); Co-Chair, Southern Ocean
Planning Group; EXEC-Plus Committee.
Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Steering committee (1991-1993); Chair, Biological
Oceanography
Panel Member, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Global Change Proposal
Review Committee, 1993.
Ross Sea Bloom Dynamics Experiment Steering committee (1993-1996).
Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight committee (1996-99); liaison to UNOLS Arctic Icebreaker
Coordinating Committee.
Ocean Sciences Quarterly Panel, National Science Foundation (1998).
Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on the Oceanography of the Ross Sea (2000-
2001).
NOAA Ecohab Annual Proposal Review Panel, 2002, 2003
NSS-OPP, Ad-hoc Committee on the replacement of the N.B. Palmer, organizer (2002)
Steering Committee Member, Victoria Land Coastal Biome Program (2000-2002)
Organizing Committee, McMurdo Sound Long-term Ecological Research Program (2002-2003)
Panel Member, NSF-OPP ARCSS Synthesis Panel, 2005
Panel Member, NSF-OPP Post-doctoral Associate Panel, 2005
Member, Steering Committee, ICED (Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the
Southern Ocean), 2005-present
Panel Member, NOAA EcoHab Proposal Review Committee, 2006
Panel Member, NSF-OCE Carbon-Water Panel, 2006
Invited Expert, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources Annual
Meeting, Brussels, Belgium; August, 2007
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Steering Committee, 2009-2012
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Steering Committee, Workshop on “Ocean ecologies and their physical habitats in a changing
climate”, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, 2010 – 2011
Steering Committee, Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean
(ICED), 2007 – present
Distinguished Visiting Professor, POGO (Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans),
Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang, Viet Nam, 2011-2012
NASA ROSES Panel Member, January, 2017
Co-Chair, Ross Sea working group, Southern Ocean Observing System, 2016 – present
Invited Expert, Ross Sea Marine Protected Area Assessment Team, 2017
Steering Committee, 4th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS-IV),
2018- present
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
6a.. Courses taught (through 1993)
2017 Autumn, MS 401/501 Biological Oceanography
2017 Spring, MS 460 Climate and Oceans
2016 Spring, ENV440 Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century (with J. Perry)
2015 Autumn, MS 610 Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (with E.
Canuel)
2014 Spring, ENV440 Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century (with J. Perry)
2013 Autumn, MS 610 Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (with E.
Canuel)
2013 Autumn, MS 501 Biological Oceanography (at Institute of Oceanography, Nha
Trang, Vietnam)
2012 Summer, MS 492 Field Studies in Coastal Marine Science (with J. Perry, M.
Luckenbach, J. Brubaker)
2012 Spring, MS526 Principles of Marine Ecology (with J.E. Duffy)
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2011 Spring The Use of Fluorescence in Oceanography (at Institute of
Oceanography, Nha Trang, Viet Nam)
2011 Autumn, MS 610 Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (with E.
Canuel)
2011 Summer, MS 492 Field Studies in Coastal Marine Science (with J. Perry, M.
Luckenbach, J. Brubaker)
2011 Spring, ENV440 Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century (with J. Perry)
2010 Summer, MS 492 Field Studies in Coastal Marine Science (with J. Perry, M.
Luckenbach, J. Brubaker)
2010 Spring, MS526 Principles of Marine Ecology (with J.E. Duffy)
2010 Spring, ENV440 Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century (with J. Perry)
2009 Summer, MS 492 Field Studies in Coastal Marine Science (with J. Perry, M.
Luckenbach, J. Brubaker)
2009 Spring, MS 526 Principles of Marine Ecology (with K. Tang)
2009 Spring, ENV 440 Asian Environmental Issues of the 21st Century (with J. Perry)
2008 Summer, MS 492 Field Studies in Coastal Marine Science (with J. Perry, M.
Luckenbach, J. Brubaker)
2007 Autumn MS 610 Effects of Global Change on Modern Marine Systems (with E.
Canuel, J. Bauer)
2006 Autumn, MS 652 Seminar in Plankton Ecology (with K. Tang)
2003 Autumn, MS 501 Introduction to Marine Sciences
2003 Autumn, MS 698 Seminar in Polar Oceanography
2002 Autumn, MS 501 Introduction to Marine Sciences
2002 Summer, MS 659 Phytoplankton Ecology
2001 Autumn, MS 501 Introduction to Marine Sciences (Course Co-ordinator)
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2001 Spring, MS 698 Seminar in Polar Oceanography
2000 Autumn, MS501 Introduction to Marine Sciences
2000 Spring, MS 698 Seminar in Upwelling Systems
1999 Spring, MS 698 Seminar in Polar Oceanography
1999 Autumn, MS 659 Phytoplankton Ecology
1999 Autumn, MS 624 Seminar in Plankton Ecology
1997 Autumn, EEB 492 Undergraduate seminar Global Change and Human Health
l995, Autumn, EEB 346 Introduction to Oceanography, 4 credit hours
1994 Autumn, EEB 346 Introduction to Oceanography, 4 credit hours
1993 Autumn, EEB 346 Introduction to Oceanography, 4 credit hours
6b. Students Mentored
1. Students Mentored since 1988
1988 Mary E. Culver, M.S. The effects of environmental variation on the sinking rates of
marine phytoplankton with an emphasis on light intensity.
1990 Nancy K. Keene, Ph.D. Nitrogen dynamics in the East Greenland Sea.
1990 Deborah L. Muggli, M.S. The uptake of nitrogenous nutrients by phytoplankton in the
water of the Fram Strait.
1995 Kendra Daly, Ph.D. The influence of zooplankton on biogeochemical fluxes and
stoichiometry in an Arctic marine system.
1996 Hong Ying, M.S. Studies on transparent exopolymer particles (TE P) produced in the
Ross Sea, Antarctica and by Phaeocystis sp. (Prymnesiophyceae).
1996 Shuhua, Hu, M.S. The effects of irradiance on nitrate uptake and dissolved organic
nitrogen release by phytoplankton in the Ross Sea.
1997 Naomi Parker, M.S. Ross Sea Polynya phytoplankton bloom dynamics: ultraviolet-b
effects.
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2000 Christina van Hilst, M.S. Phytoplankton carbon and nitrogen uptake in the Ross Sea
Polynya.
2003 Liza DeLizo, M.S. Growth rates of phytoplankton on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand.
2006 Jill Peloquin, Ph.D. Regulation and impact of phytoplankton assemblage composition in
the Southern Ocean.
2007 Amy Shields, Ph.D. Biogeochemistry and Phytoplankton Dynamics of the Ross Sea,
Antarctica.
2010 Sasha Tozzi, Ph.D. Photobiological Studies of Ross Sea Phytoplankton.
2010 Glaucia Fragoso, M.S. Hydrography and phytoplankton distribution in the Amundsen and
Eastern Ross Seas.
2011 Xiao Liu, M.S., Satellite investigations of phytoplankton size structure of the coast of
Vietnam.
2013 Anna Mosby, M.S. Growth rates of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
2015 Randolph Jones, M.S. The influence of short-term events on the hydrographic and
biological structure of the southwestern Ross Sea.
1989-96 Glenn F. Cota, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Post-doctoral Associate)
1992-94 G. DiTullio, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (Post-doctoral Associate)
1996-99 Sylvie Mathot, University of Brussels (Post-doctoral Associate)
2009-11 Kimmy J. Rattan, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ONT (Post-doctoral
Associate)
2009 Yan Wang, Visiting Scientist, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
2009 Shaoshan Li, Visiting Scientist, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2008-09 Xiaodong Wang, Visiting Student, Ocean University, Qingdao, China
2012 Tianwu Huang, Visiting Scholar, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
2017-18 Xiaodong Wang, Visiting Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
2. Student committee service (since 1998)
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1998 Matt Church, M.S. An investigation into the limitations of bacterial growth in the
Southern Ocean.
1999 Stephanie Rubin, Ph.D. Nutrient utilization patterns in the Polar Front region of the
Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean. [Columbia University]
2000 Colm Sweeney, Ph.D. Biogeochemical regimes and meso-scale variability in the Ross
Sea, Antarctica. [Columbia University]
2002 Matt Church, Ph.D. Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the North Pacific
Subtropical Gyre.
2003 Michael Hiscock, Ph.D. Gaining a Predictive Understanding of Phytoplankton
Photosynthetic Efficiency and the Regulation of Primary Production. [Duke University]
2003 Jason See, Ph.D. The biological utilization of nitrogenous compounds bound to humic
substances by a diverse assemblage of phytoplankton genera, and the impact of physical
factors on the biological availability of humic nitrogen.
2003 Jessica Morgan, M.S. Bacterial Abundance and Production in the Black Sea.
2003 Amy Chiuculo, M.S. The role of sea ice in the introduction of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) into the Antarctic aquatic environment and marine food web.
2003 Robert Daniels, M.S. Inverse modeling of oceanic food webs.
2004 Hae-Cheol Kim, Ph.D. Estimation of Primary Production in Antarctic Coastal Waters
based on Bio-optical Modeling Study. [Old Dominion University]
2004 Jacques Oliver, Ph.D. The Influence of Iron and Carbon on Microbial Growth and
Diversity in the Oceans.
2009 Grace Henderson, Ph.D. The Role of Mesozooplankton and Microzooplankton Grazers in
the Production of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM).
2012 Kate Ruck, M.S. Interannual and Regional Differences in Krill and Fish Prey Quality
along the Western Antarctic Peninsula.
2012 Laurie Price, M.S. Microzooplankton community structure and grazing impact along the
Western Antarctic Peninsula.
2013 Haley Garrison, M.S. Effects of Episodic Turbulence on Phytoplankton Mortality and
Physiology.
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2013 Daniel Kaufmann, M.S., Modeling of Ross Sea Biogeochemistry.
2014 Miram Gleiber, M.S. Long-term change in copepod community structure in the Western
Antarctic Peninsula: Linkage to climate and implications for trophic interactions and
carbon export.
2015, Jamie Ivory, M.S. A time-series analysis of mesozooplankton in the Sargasso Sea.
2015 Haixing Wang, M.S. On Shelf-Slope Water Mass Exchanges near Washington Canyon
and Norfolk Canyon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
2016 Brandon Conroy, Ph.D. Zooplankton Community Structure and Grazing in the Amazon
Plume and Western Tropical North Atlantic.
2018 Jack Conroy, Ph.D. TBD.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
7A) All fellowships, grants, contracts, etc., awarded by outside agencies.
09/17 – 08/20 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: The effect of carbonate
chemistry on sea ice community in the High Arctic ($447,443)
09/17 – 08/20 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Shelfbreak frontal
dynamics: mechanisms of upwelling, net community production, and ecological
implications ($418,373)
07/15 – 06/18 National Science Foundation. Effects of Temperature on Phytoplankton Growth
Rates ($265,079)
07/13 - 06/14 Vietnam Educational Foundation. Teaching Biological Oceanography in Viet Nam
($54,120)
09/12 – 08/14 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Penguin foraging reveals
phytoplankton spatial structure in the Ross Sea ($259.767*)
07/11 – 06/14 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Impact of Mesoscale
Processes on Iron Supply and Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Ross Sea. ($365,203)
08/09 – 07/11 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Seasonal Evolution of
Chemical and Biological Variability in the Ross Sea. ($830,868)
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04/09 – 3/12 National Science Foundation. Experimental investigations of the giant colonies of
Phaeocystis globosa in China. ($461,284)
09/08 – 8/10 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Controls of Climate-Active
Gases by Amundsen Sea Ice Biota ($125,733)
10/07 – 9/08 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Small Grants for Exploratory
Research: Oceanographic Research in the Amundsen and Ross Seas – Fluorescence
Investigations of trace metal-phytoplankton interactions. ($85,300)
5/05 – 4/08 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: U.S. SO GLOBEC Synthesis
and Modeling: Circulation and Hydrographic Data Analyses and Modeling Studies
($60,257).
5/05 – 4/08 National Science Foundation. Environmental and Ecological Regulation of
Differences and Interactions between Solitary and Colonial forms of Phaeocystis
antarctica ($385,827).
6/04 – 5/07 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Interactive effects of iron,
light and CO2 on phytoplankton community dynamics in the Ross Sea (395,833).
3/02 - 2/05 National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Seasonal Biogeochemical
Processes in the Ross Sea: A Modeling Approach ($181,248).
9/02 – 8/03 National Science Foundation. Acquisition of Moored Water Sampling Equipment to
Assess the Regulation of Phytoplankton Productivity in the Ross Sea. ($266,654)
6/01 – 5/02 National Science Foundation. Workshop on the Replacement of the R.V.I.B.
Nathanial B. Palmer ($45,158)
6/01 – 5/06 National Science Foundation. Quantification and modeling of DOC and DON
release in marine systems: a study of increasing trophic complexity ($1,999,071 with 6
other PIs)
4/01 – 3/06 National Science Foundation. Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea (IVARS):
nutrients and seasonal production ($610,000)
2/01 – 1/03 Department of Energy. The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon under Conditions of
Iron Enrichment ($193,988, with J. Bauer)
1/01 – 12/01 National Science Foundation. Collaborative International Research in the Ross
Sea: US-Italian Investigations in CLIMA. ($30,917)
1/01 – 12/02 National Science Foundation. Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX):
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Primary/bacterial production and taxon-specific growth and photosynthetic response.
($303,721, with H. Ducklow)
7/00 – 6/03 National Science Foundation. Comparative modeling and data analysis studies for
the Ross Sea and West Antarctic Peninsula region: A JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling
Project. ($178,801)
6/96 – 6/99. National Science Foundation. Primary production in the Southern Ocean.
$325,766.
8/96 – 1/2000. National Science Foundation. Management and scientific services in support
of the US-JGOFS Southern Ocean study: Nutrients. $1,728,973.
5/95 NOAA. The role of biological processes in the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean.
$138,106.
4/94 National Science Foundation. Group travel for U.S. participants to the sixth SCAR
biology symposium. $50,000.
4/94 National Science Foundation. Collaborative research on bloom dynamics and food web
structure in the Ross Sea: Primary productivity, new production and bacterial growth.
$367,057.
10/94 ONR. Mathematical modeling of Arctic phytoplankton: Processes and distributions.
$60,000.
3/92 National Science Foundation. Nitrogen dynamics within two international Southern
Ocean JGOFS Cruises. $298,520
1/92 National Science Foundation. Evaluating the effects of high particulate fluxes on
processes occurring at the Amazon River/ocean boundary. $38,832.
1/91 ONR. Aggregate ecology: A theoretical and experimental protocol for oceanic particles.
$134,846.
9/91 National Science Foundation. Collaborative research in the northeast water polynya:
Phytoplankton/zooplankton dynamics. $677,926.
3/90 National Science Foundation. Group travel for US participants in the 22nd International
Liege Colloquium. $25,000.
3/89 National Science Foundation. Production and regeneration of organic matter at the Ross
Sea ice edge. $386,480.
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1/89 National Science Foundation. Evaluating the effects of high particulate fluxes on
chemical processes occurring at the Amazon River/ocean boundary. $57,992
10/87 ONR. CEAREX: Variations in phytoplankton biomass and growth induced by physical
features in the marginal ice zone. $316,000.
10/86 ONR. Oceanographic equipment for use in polar oceanography. $118,000.
6/84 National Science Foundation. Ammonium distribution and phytoplankton growth in the
retreating ice edge zone of the East Greenland Sea. $123,877.
4/84 National Science Foundation. Collaborative research on the phytoplankton/nutrient
dynamics of the Weddell Sea ice-edge zone. $184,381.
10/83 ONR. Arctic chair in marine science, Naval Postgraduate School. $54,975.
4/83 National Science Foundation. A study of the processes producing and degrading
biogenic particulate matter in the Antarctic marginal ice zone. $100,441.
6/82 EPA. Tennessee EPA Program. $101,000.
7/82 National Science Foundation. Grazing patterns of clupeoid fishes. $9,739.
6/82 National Science Foundation. Phytoplankton dynamics of the Antarctic marginal ice
zone. $184,381.
RESEARCH
8. Scholarly activity
a) referred publications in periodicals, chapters in books, law review articles and
conference proceedings
Publications in press
Brault, E., D. Costa, L. Huckstadt and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2018. Carbon and nitrogen isoscapes in West
Antarctica reflect oceanographic transitions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (in press).
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2017. Reflections on a life at sea: an oceanographer in the Southern Ocean. In:
Science, Antarctica and Me (U. Edvinsson, Ed.), Elsevier, Heidelburg (in press).
Submitted for publication
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Asper, V.L. and W.O. Smith, Jr. Variations in the abundance and distribution of aggregates in the
Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. I (submitted).
In Preparation
Queste, B.Y., K.J. Heywood, W.O. Smith, Jr., A.F. Thompson, L. Biddle, S. Fielding, D.
Guihen, D. Shoosmith, J. Kaiser and S. Schmidtko. Biophysical linkages along the
Weddell Sea shelf and slope. Deep-Sea. Res. I (in prep.).
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.E. Kaufman. Particulate organic carbon climatologies in the Ross Sea:
evidence for seasonal acclimations within phytoplankton. Prog. Oceanogr. (in prep.).
Peer-reviewed Publications
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, E.E. Hofmann, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2018. Sensitivity of water
masses in the Ross Sea to changes in the winds, atmospheric temperatures and fresh
water inflow. J. Climate 31: 1619-1635.
Phan-Tan, L., L. Nguyen-Ngoc, W.O. Smith, Jr., and H. Doan-Nhu. 2018. A new dinoflagellate
species, Protoperidinium smithii H. Doan-Nhu, L. Phan-Tan et L. Nguyen-Ngoc sp. nov.,
and an amended description of Protoperidinium defectum (Balech 1965) Balech 1974
from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 41: 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-
018-2262-0.
Kaufman, D.E., M.A.M. Friedrichs, J.C.P. Hennings and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2018. Assimilating bio-
optical glider data: time and space variability during a phytoplankton bloom in the
southern Ross Sea. Biogeosci. 15: 73–90, https:/doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-73-2018.
Cavanagh, R.D., E.J. Murphy, T.J. Bracegirdle, J. Turner, C. Knowland, S. Corney, N.M.
Johnston, C.M. Waluda, W.O. Smith Jr., D. Wolf-Gladrow, A. Constable, J. Jackson, I.
Staniland, E. Hofmann, R. Bellerby, and D. Costa. A synergistic approach to
understanding the ecological effects of climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science,
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00308.
Smith, W.O., Jr., L.M. Delizo, C. Herbolsheimer and E. Spencer. Distribution and abundance of
mesozooplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 40: 2351-236.
Kaufman, D.E., M.A.M. Friedrichs, W.O. Smith, Jr., E.E. Hofmann, M.S. Dinniman, and J.C.P.
Hennings. 2017. Climate change impacts on Ross Sea biogeochemistry: results from 1D
modeling experiments. J. Geophys. Res. 122: 2339–2359, doi:10.1002/2016JC012514.
Smith, W.O., Jr., D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., E.B. Olson, V. Kosnyrev, E.E. Peacock and H.M. Sosik.
2017. Mesoscale variability in intact and ghost colonies of Phaeocystis antarctica in the
Ross Sea: Distribution and abundance. J. Mar. Systems 166: 97-107.
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Ryan-Keogh, T.J., L.M. Delizo, W.O. Smith, Jr., P.N. Sedwick, D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., C.M.
Moore and T.S. Bibby. 2017. Temporal progression of photosynthetic strategy by
phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Mar. Systems 166: 87-96.
Jones, R.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2017. The influence of short-term events on the hydrographic
and biological structure of the southwestern Ross Sea. J. Mar. Systems 166: 184-195.
Mosby, A.F. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2017. Structural equation modeling of the influence of
environmental factors on summer phytoplankton growth in the Ross Sea. Polar Biol. 40:
291-299.
Hunt, G.L. Jr., K.F. Drinkwater, K.R. Arrigo, J. Berge, K.L. Daly, S. Danielson, M. Daase, H.
Hop, E. Isla, N. Karnovsky, K. Laidre, E.J. Murphy, F. Mueter, P.E. Renaud, W.O. Smith,
Jr., P. Trathan, and D. Wolf-Gladrow. 2016. Advection in polar and sub-polar
environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems. Prog. Oceanogr. 149: 40-81.
Jørgensen, L.L., P. Archambault, C. Armstrong, A. Dolgov, E. Edinger, T. Gaston, J.
Hildebrand, D. Piepenburg, W.O. Smith, Jr., C.H. von Quillfeldt, M Vecchione, and J.
Rice. 2016. Arctic Ocean. In: Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the
Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects, Chapter 36G 1, UN Report on
Biodiversity, 1-47.
Ainley, D.G., G. Ballard, R.M. Jones, D. Jongsomjit, S. Pierce, W.O. Smith, Jr., and S. Veloz.
2016. Trophic cascades in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica: Revisited. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 434: 1-16.
Williams, M., G. Budillon, W.O. Smith, Jr., S. Ackley, D. Blankenship, J. Greenbaum, S. Lee
and L.W. Sang. 2015. Observation Activities in the Ross Sea: Current and future national
contributions to the Southern Ocean Observing System. SOOS Report 1: 1-13.
Kustka, A.B., J.T. Kohut, A.E. White, P.J. Lam, A. Milligan, M.S. Dinniman, S. Mack, E.
Hunter, M.R. Hiscock, W.O. Smith, Jr. and C.I. Measures. 2015. The roles of MCDW
and deep water iron supply in sustaining a recurrent phytoplankton bloom on central
Pennell Band (Ross Sea). Deep-Sea Res. I 105: 171-185.
McGillicuddy, D.M. Jr., P.N. Sedwick, M.S. Dinniman, K.R. Arrigo, T.S. Bibby, B.J.W.
Greenan, E.E. Hofmann, J.M. Klinck, W.O. Smith, Jr., S.L. Mack, C.M. Marsay, B.M.
Sohst, and G. van Dijken. 2015. Iron supply and demand in an Antarctic shelf system.
Geophys. Res. Letters 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065727.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and K. Donaldson. 2015. Photosynthesis-irradiance responses in the Ross Sea,
Antarctica: a meta-analysis. Biogeosciences 12: 1-11.
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Liu, X., W.O. Smith, Jr., and K.W. Tang. 2015. Theoretical controls on the maximal size of giant
Phaeocystis globosa colonies. Ocean Science J. 50: 283-289.
Queste, B.Y., K.J. Heywood, W.O. Smith, Jr., D.E. Kaufman, T. Jickells, M.S.Dinniman, and C.
Lee. 2015. Observations of dissolved oxygen dynamics during a phytoplankton bloom in
the Ross Sea polynya. Ant. Sci. 27: 362-372.
Mosby, A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2015. Phytoplankton growth rates in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Aq. Micro. Ecol. 74: 157-171.
Heywood, K.H., S. Schmidtko, C. Heuzé, J. Kaiser, T.D. Jickells, B. Queste, D.P. Stevens, M.
Wadley, A.F. Thompson, S. Fielding, D. Guihen, E. Creed, J. Ridley, and W.O. Smith, Jr.
2015. Importance of processes at the Antarctic continental slope for climate and the
carbon cycle. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., ser. B 373, doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0047.
Smith, W.O., Jr., K.T. Goetz, D.E. Kaufman, B.Y. Queste, V. Asper, D.P. Costa, M.S. Dinniman,
M.A.M. Friedrichs, E.E. Hofmann, K.J. Heywood, J.M. Klinck, J.T. Kohut, and C.M.
Lee. 2014. Multi-platform, multi-disciplinary investigations of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Oceanography 27: 180-185.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and R.M. Jones. 2014. Vertical mixing, critical depths, and phytoplankton
growth in the Ross Sea. ICES J. Mar. Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsu234.
Kaufman, D.E., M.A.M. Friedrichs, W.O. Smith, Jr., B.Y. Queste, and K.J. Heywood. 2014.
Biogeochemical variability in the southern Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. I 92: 93-106.
Liu, X., W.O. Smith, Jr., N.H. Doan, N.L. Nguyen, K.W. Tang, and J. Dreyer. 2014. Summer
hydrography, nutrient stoichiometry, and phytoplankton distributions off southeast Viet
Nam. Proc. Intern. Conf. “Bien Dong 2012” 1: 351-367.
Constable, A., J. Melbourne-Thomas, C. Barbraud, D. Barnes, N. Bindoff, P. Boyd, A. Brandt, S.
Corney, D. Costa, A. Davidson, H. Ducklow, L. Emmerson, M. Fukuchi, J. Gutt, M.
Hindell, E. Hofmann, G. Hosie, T. Iida, N. Johnston, S. Kawaguchi, P. Koubbi, MA. Lea,
A. Makhado, R. Massom, K. Meiners, M. Meredith, E. Murphy, S. Nicol, K. Richerson,
M. Riddle, S. Rintoul, W. Smith, C. Southwell, J. Stark, K. Takahashi, P. Trathan, D.
Welsford, H. Weimerskirch, B. Wienecke, D. Wolf-Gladrow, P. Ziegler, K. Westwood,
and S. Wright. 2014. Climate change impacts on Southern Ocean ecosystems I:
implications of changing habitats on primary functional groups. Global Change Biol.
doi:10.1111/gcb.12623.
Smith, W.O. Jr, M.S. Dinniman, E.E. Hoffman, and J. Klinck. 2014. Modeled impacts of
changing winds and temperatures on the oceanography of the Ross Sea in the 21st
century. Geophys. Res. Letters 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL059311.
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Smith, W.O. Jr., D.G. Ainley, K.R. Arrigo, and M.S. Dinniman. 2014. The oceanography and
ecology of the Ross Sea. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 6: 469-487.
Granfors, A., A. Karlsson, E. Mattsson, W.O. Smith, Jr. and K. Abrahamsson. 2013.
Contribution of sea ice to the flux of volatile halogenated organic compounds to the
atmosphere of the Southern Ocean. Geophys. Res. Letters 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50777.
Smith, W.O. Jr., X. Liu, K.W. Tang, L.M. Delizo, N.H. Doan, N.L. Nguyen, and X. Wang.
2013. Giantism and its role in the harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa.
Deep-Sea Res. II doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.12.005i.
Smith, W.O. Jr., S. Tozzi, P.W. Sedwick, G.R. DiTullio, J.A. Peloquin, M. Long, R. Dunbar,
D.A. Hutchins and Z. Kolber. 2013. Spatial and temporal variations in variable
fluorescence in the Ross Sea (Antarctica): environmental and biological correlates.
Deep-Sea Res. I 79: 141-155.
Ballerini T., E. E. Hofmann, D. G. Ainley, K. Daly, M. Marrari, C. Ribic, W.O. Smith Jr. and J.
Steele. 2013. An end-to-end food web model for the west Antarctic Peninsula. Progr.
Oceanogr. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.11.007.
Peloquin, J., C. Swan, N. Gruber, M. Vogt, H. Claustre, J. Ras, J. Uitz, J-C. Marty, R. Barlow,
M. Behrenfeld, R. Bidigare, E. Buitenhuis, D. Cummings, H. Dierssen, G. DiTullio, C.
Gallienne, R. Goericke, L. Harding, E. Head, P. Holligan, S. Hooker, D. Karl, T. Knap,
M. Landry, R. Letelier, C. Llewellyn, M. Lucas, A. Mannino, B. G. Mitchell, G. Moore,
F. Müller-Karger, N. Nelson, B. Prezelin, D. Repeta, D. Robins, O. Schofield, W. O.
Smith, Jr., D. Smythe-Wright, E. Suarez, D. Suggett, C. Trees, K. Wasmund, G.
Westbrook, and S. Wright. 2013. The MAREDAT global database of high performance
liquid chromatography marine pigment measurements. Earth System Science Data
5: 109-123.
Meiners, K.M., M. Vancoppenolle, S. Thanassekos, G.S. Dieckmann, D.N. Thomas, J.-L. Tison,
K.R. Arrigo, D. Garrison, A. McMinn, D. Lannuzel, P. van der Merwe, K. Swadling,
W.O. Smith Jr., I. Melnikov, and B. Raymond. 2012. Chlorophyll a in Antarctic sea ice
from historical ice core data. Geophys. Res. Letters 39, L21602,
doi:10.1029/2012GL053478.
Mattson, E., A. Karlsson, W.O. Smith, Jr., and K. Abrahamsson. 2012. The relationship between
biophysical variables and halocarbon distribution in the waters of the Amundsen and
Ross Seas, Antarctica. Mar. Chem. 140: 1-9.
Smith, W.O. Jr., P.N. Sedwick, K.R. Arrigo, D.G. Ainley, and A.H. Orsi. 2012. The Ross Sea in
a sea of change. Oceanography 25: 44-57.
Smith, W.O. Jr., D.G. Ainley, R. Cattaneo-Vietti and E.E. Hofmann. 2012. The Ross Sea
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continental shelf: Regional biogeochemical cycles, trophic interactions, and potential
future changes. In: Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World
(A.D. Rogers, N.M. Johnston, E.J. Murphy and A. Clarke, Eds.). Chapter 7, Blackwell
Publishing, London, pp. 213-242.
Fragoso, G.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2012. Influence of hydrography on phytoplankton
distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas, Antarctica. J. Mar. Systems 89: 19-29.
Smith, W.O. Jr., E.E. Hofmann, and A. Mosby. 2012. Aquatic biogeochemistry - marine. In:
Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology (R.A. Meyers, Ed.), Springer,
doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3.
Liu, X. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2012. A statistical analysis of the controls on phytoplankton
distribution in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Mar. Systems 94: 135-144.
Asper, V., W.O. Smith, Jr., C. Lee, J. Gobat, K. Heywood, B. Queste, and M.S. Dinniman.
Using gliders to study a phytoplankton bloom in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Proceedings
of Oceans 2011 (submitted).
Smith, W.O. Jr., V. Asper, S. Tozzi, X. Liu and S.E. Stammerjohn. 2011. Surface layer
variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica as assessed by in situ fluorescence measurements.
Progr. Oceanogr. 88: 28-45 (doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.08.002).
Smith, W.O. Jr., A.R. Shields, J. Dreyer, J.A. Peloquin and V. Asper. 2011. Interannual
variability in vertical export in the Ross Sea: magnitude, composition, and environmental
correlates. Deep-Sea Res. I 58: 147-159.
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2011. A model study of Circumpolar Deep
Water on the West Antarctic Peninsula and Ross Sea continental shelves. Deep-Sea Res.
II 58: 1508-1523.
Wang, X., Y. Wang and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2011. The role of nitrogen on the growth and colony
development of Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 46: 305-314.
Saba, V.S., M.A.M. Friedrichs, D. Antoine, R.A. Armstrong, I. Asanuma, M.J. Behrenfeld, A.M.
Ciotti, M. Dowell, N. Hoepffner, K.J. W. Hyde, J. Ishizaka, T. Kameda, J. Marra, F.
Mélin, A. Morel, J. O’Reilly, M. Scardi, W.O. Smith Jr., T.J. Smyth, S. Tang, J. Uitz, K.
Waters and T.K. Westberry. 2011. Estimating marine primary productivity in coastal and
pelagic regions across the globe: An evaluation of satellite-based ocean color models.
Biogeosciences 8: 489-503.
Fransson, A., M. Chierici, P.L.Yager and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2011. Antarctic sea ice carbon dioxide
system and controls. J. Geophys. Res. 116, C10029, doi:10.1029/2009JC005954.
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Sedwick, P.N., C.M. Marsay, A.M. Aguilar-Islas, M.C. Lohan, B.M. Sohst, M.C. Long, K.R.
Arrigo, R.B. Dunbar, M.A. Saito, W.O. Smith, Jr. and G.R. DiTullio. 2011. Early-season
depletion of dissolved iron in the Ross Sea polynya: Implications for iron dynamics on
the Antarctic continental shelf. J. Geophys. Res. 116, C12019,
doi:10.1029/2010JC006553.
Long, M.C., R.B. Dunbar, P.D. Tortell, W.O. Smith, Jr., D.A. Mucciarone and G.R. DiTullio.
2011. Vertical structure, seasonal drawdown, and net community production in the Ross
Sea, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res. 116, C10029, doi:10.1029/2009JC005954.
Blight, L.K., D.G. Ainley, S.F. Ackley, G. Ballard, T. Ballerini, R.L. Browell, Jr., C.-H.C.
Cheng, M. Chaitore, D. Costa, M.C. Coulter, P. Dayton, A.L. DeVries, R. Dunbar, S.
Earle, J.T. Eastman, S.D. Emslie, C.W. Evans, R.A. Garrott, S. Kim, G. Kooyman, M.
Lizotte, M. Massaro, S. Olmastroni, P.J. Ponganis, J. Russel, D.B. Siniff, W.O. Smith Jr.,
B.S. Stewart, I. Stirling, J. Willis, P. Wilson and E.J. Woehler. 2010. Fishing for data.
Science 330: 1316.
Peloquin, J.A., J. Hall, K. Safi, W.O. Smith, Jr., S. Wright and R. van den Enden. 2011. The
response of phytoplankton to iron enrichment in Sub-Antarctic HNLC-LSi waters:
Results from the SAGE experiment. Deep-Sea Res. II 58: 808-823.
Wang, Y., W.O. Smith, Jr., X. Wang and S. Li. 2010. Subtle biological responses to increased
CO2 concentrations by a harmful algal bloom species. Geophys. Res. Letters 37,
L09604, doi:10.1029/2010GL042666.
Wang, X., K. Tang, Y. Wang and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2010. Temperature effects on growth, colony
development and carbon partitioning of three Phaeocystis species. Aquatic Biol. 9: 239-
249.
Smith, W.O., Jr., J.A. Peloquin and D.M. Karl. 2010. Fluxes of biogenic matter on Antarctic
continental margins: temporal and spatial patterns. In: Liu, K.-K., Atkinson, L.,
Quiñones, R., Talaue-McManus, L. (Editors). Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental
Margins: A Global Synthesis. IGBP Book Series. Springer, Berlin, 744 p + XXVIII, pp.
318-330.
Feng, Y., C.E. Hare, J.M. Rose, S.M. Handy, G.R. DiTullio, P. Lee, W.O. Smith, Jr., J. Peloquin,
S. Tozzi, J. Sun, Y. Zhang, R.B. Dunbar, M.C. Long, B. Sohst and D. Hutchins. 2010.
Interactive effects of CO2, irradiance and iron on Ross Sea phytoplankton. Deep-Sea
Res. I 57: 368–383.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2010. An overview of cross-shelf carbon exchanges in polar margins. In: Liu,
K.-K., Atkinson, L., Quiñones, R., Talaue-McManus, L. (Editors). Carbon and Nutrient
Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. IGBP Book Series. Springer, Berlin,
744 p + XXVIII, pp. 289-291.
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Smith, W.O. Jr., M. Dinniman, G.R. DiTullio, S. Tozzi, O. Mangoni, M. Modigh and V.
Saggiomo. 2010. Phytoplankton photosynthetic pigments in the Ross Sea: Patterns and
relationships among functional groups. J. Mar. Systems
doi.10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.04.014.
Rose, J.M., Y. Feng, G.R. DiTullio, R. Dunbar, C.E. Hare, P. Lee, M. Lohan, M. Long, W.O.
Smith Jr., B. Sohst, S. Tozzi, Y. Zhang and D.A. Hutchins. 2009. Synergistic effects of
iron and temperature on Antarctic plankton assemblages. Biogeosciences 6: 5,849-5,889.
Shields, A.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2009. Photosynthesis/irradiance relationships of solitary and
colonial forms of Phaeocystis antarctica from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Plankton Res.
31: 701-712; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbp022.
Smith, W.O. Jr., S. Tozzi, A.R. Shields, J. Dreyer, J. Peloquin and V. Asper. 2009. Interannual,
seasonal and event-scale variability in the Ross Sea. Ocean Carbon Biogeochem. News
2: 1-4.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and J.C. Comiso. 2009. Southern Ocean primary productivity: variability and a
view to the future. In Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year
Science (I. Krupnik, M.A. Lang, and S.E. Miller, Eds.), Smithsonian Inst. Scholarly
Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 309-318.
Tang, K.W., W.O. Smith, Jr., A.R. Shields and D.T. Elliott. 2009. Survival and recovery of
Phaeocystis antarctica (Prymnesiophyceae) from prolonged darkness and freezing. Phil.
Trans. Roy. Soc., ser. B 276: 81-90 [doi:10:1098.rsbp.2008.0598].
Smith, W.O., Jr., J.A. Peloquin and D.M. Karl. 2009. Fluxes of biogenic matter on Antarctic
continental margins: temporal and spatial patterns. In: Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in
Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis (L. Atkinson, K.K. Liu, R. Quiñones, and L.
Talaue-McManus, eds.), Global Change, The IGBP Synthesis, Springer, Berlin, pp. 318-
330.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2009. An overview of cross-shelf carbon exchanges in polar margins. In:
Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Global Continental Margins (L. Atkinson, K.K. Liu, R.
Quinones, and L. Talaue-McManus, eds.), Springer, New York, pp. 289-291.
Hiscock, M.R., V.P. Lance, A.M. Apprill, Z. Johnson, R.R. Bidigare, B.G. Mitchell, W.O. Smith
Jr., and R.T. Barber. 2008. Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an
essential component of Southern Ocean phytoplankton iron response. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sciences 105: 4775-4780.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and J.C. Comiso. 2008. The influence of sea ice on primary production in the
Southern Ocean: a satellite perspective. J. Geophys. Res. 113, C05S93,
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doi:10.1029/2007JC004251.
Tortell, P.D., C. Payne, Y. Li, S. Trimborne, B. Rost, W.O. Smith, Jr., C. Riesselman, R.B.
Dunbar, P. Sedwick, and G.R. DiTullio. 2008. CO2 sensitivity of Southern Ocean
phytoplankton. Geophys. Res. Letters 35, L04605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032583.
Shields, A.R. and W.O.Smith, Jr. 2008. An examination of the role of colonial Phaeocystis
antarctica in the microbial food web of the Ross Sea. Polar Biol. 31: 1091-1099. DOI
10.1107/s00300-008-0450-z.
Tang, K.W., W.O. Smith, Jr., D.T. Elliott, and A.R. Shields. 2008. Colony size of Phaeocystis
antarctica (Prymnesiophyceae) as influenced by zooplankton grazers. J. Phycol. 44
1372-1378.
Tremblay, J.-E. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2007. Phytoplankton processes in polynyas. In: Polynyas:
Windows to the World’s Oceans (W.O. Smith, Jr. and D.G. Barber, eds.), Elsevier,
Amsterdam, Pp. 239-270.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and D.G. Barber (Eds.). 2007. Polynyas: Windows to the World’s Oceans.
Elsevier, Amsterdam. 437 pp.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and D.G. Barber. 2007. Polynyas and climate change: a view to the future. In:
Polynyas: Windows to the World’s Oceans (W.O. Smith, Jr. and D.G. Barber, eds.),
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Pp. 409-417.
Smith, W.O. Jr., D.G. Ainley and R. Cattaneo-Vietti. 2007. Trophic interactions within the Ross
Sea continental shelf ecosystem. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., ser. B 362: 95-111.
Lance, V.P., M.R. Hiscock, A.K. Hilting, D.A. Steube, R.R. Bidigare, W.O. Smith, Jr. and R.T.
Barber. 2007. Primary productivity increases and differential phytoplankton composition
responses in two Southern Ocean in situ iron enrichments. Deep-Sea Res. I 54: 747-773.
Oliver, J.L., W.O. Smith, Jr., H.W. Ducklow and R.T. Barber. 2007. Rejoinder to: “interpreting
the results of oceanic mesoscale experiments: caveats and lessons learned from
limnology and coastal ecology”. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 919-920.
Peloquin, J. A., and W. O. Smith, Jr. 2007. Phytoplankton blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica:
Interannual variability in magnitude, temporal patterns, and composition. J. Geophys.
Res. 112: C08013, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003816.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2007. Can the oceans be engineered to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide? In:
First Ecology, A. Beeby and A.-M. Brennan, Edition 2. Oxford University Press.
Delizo, L, W.O. Smith, Jr. and J. Hall. 2007. Taxonomic composition and growth rates of
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phytoplankton assemblages at the Subtropical Convergence east of New Zealand. J.
Plankton Res. 29: 655-670.
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2007. The influence of sea ice cover and
icebergs on circulation and water mass formation in a numerical circulation model of the
Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res. 112: C11013, doi: 10.1029/2006JC004036.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and V. Asper. 2007. Use of alternative sampling platforms in the Antarctic: a
workshop report. EOS 88: 525.
Smith, W.O., Jr., A.R. Shields, J.A. Peloquin, G. Catalano, S. Tozzi, M.S. Dinniman and V.A.
Asper. 2006. Biogeochemical budgets in the Ross Sea: variations among years. Deep-
Sea Res. II 53: 815-833.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and A.R. Shields. 2006. Antarctic chemical oceanography. In: Encyclopedia of
the Antarctic (B. Riffenburgh, Ed.), Routledge, New York, Pp. 221-224.
Smith, W.O. Jr. 2006. Trophic level interactions. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (B.
Riffenburgh, Ed.), Routledge, New York, Pp. 631-633.
Peloquin, J.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2006. The role of phytoplankton size on photochemical
recovery during the southern ocean iron experiment. J. Phycol. 42: 1016-1027.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2004. Can the oceans be engineered to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide? In:
First Ecology, A. Beeby and A.-M. Brennan, Edition 1. Oxford University Press. 318 pp.
Oliver, J.E., R.T. Barber, W.O. Smith, Jr., and H.W. Ducklow. 2004. The heterotrophic bacterial
response during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX). Limnol. Oceanogr. 49:
2129-2140.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and C.L. Lancelot. 2004. Bottom-up vs. top-down control in phytoplankton of
the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science 16: 531-539.
Asper, V.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. The distribution of particulate organic carbon and its
dynamics in the southern Ross Sea. In: Biogeochemical Cycles in the Ross Sea (G.R.
DiTullio and R.B. Dunbar, editors), Antarctic Res. Ser., American Geophysical Union,
pp. 235-242.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and C.M. van Hilst. 2003. Effects of assemblage composition on the temporal
dynamics of carbon and nitrogen uptake in the Ross Sea. In: Biogeochemical Cycles in
the Ross Sea (G.R. DiTullio and R.B. Dunbar, editors), Antarctic Res. Ser., American
Geophysical Union, pp. 197-208.
Ducklow, H.W., J.L. Oliver and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. The role of iron as a limiting nutrient for
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marine plankton processes. In: Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global
Change and Human Impacts (J.M. Melillo, C.B. Field and B. Moldan, eds.), Island Press,
Washington, pp. 295-310.
Moldan, F., S. Seitzinger, V.T. Eviner, J.N. Galloway, X. Han, M. Keller, P. Nannipieri, W.O.
Smith, Jr., and H. Tiessen. 2003. Potential for deliberate management of element
interactions to address major environmental issues. In: Interactions of the Major
Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts (J.M. Melillo, C.B. Field
and B. Moldan, eds.), Island Press, Washington, pp. 93-116.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M.S. Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, and E. Hofmann. 2003. Biogeochemical
climatologies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: seasonal patterns of nutrients and biomass.
Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 3083-3101.
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Cross-shelf exchange in a model of
Ross Sea circulation and biogeochemistry. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 3103-3120.
DiTullio, G.R., M.E. Geesy, D.R. Jones, K.L. Daly, L. Campbell and W.O. Smith, Jr.
Phytoplankton assemblage composition and primary productivity along 170W in the
South Pacific Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 255: 55-80.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and R.F. Anderson. 2003. U.S. Southern Ocean JGOFS Program (AESOPS):
Part III. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 529-532.
Hiscock, M.R., J. Marra, W.O. Smith, Jr., R. Goericke, C. Measures, S. Vinke, R. Olson, H.
Sosik and R.T. Barber. 2003. Primary productivity and its regulation in the Pacific
Sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 533-558.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M.R. Dennett, S. Mathot and D.A. Caron. 2003. The temporal dynamics of
the flagellated and colonial stages of Phaeocystis antarctica in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea
Res. II 50: 605-618.
Asper, V.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Abundance, distribution and sinking rates of aggregates
in the Ross Sea Polynya. Deep-Sea Res. I 50: 131-150.
van Hilst, C.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Photosynthesis/irradiance relationships in the Ross
Sea, Antarctica and their control by phytoplankton assemblage composition and
environmental factors. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 226:1-12.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and J. Peloquin. 2002. Primary production in the marine environment. In:
Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology (G. Bitton, ed.), J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
New York, pp. 2566-2575.
Ralph, P.J., S.M. Polk, K.A Moore, R.J. Orth, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Operation of the
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xanthophyll cycle in the seagrass Zostera marina in response to variable irradiance. J.
exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 271: 189-207.
Johnson, K.S., J.K. Moore and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Workshop Highlights Role of Iron
Dynamics in the Ocean Carbon Cycle. EOS 83: 482, 484.
Becquevort, S. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2001. Aggregation, sedimentation and biodegradability of
phytoplankton-derived material in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 4155-
4178.
Anderson, R.F. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2001. The U.S. Southern Ocean Joint Global Ocean Flux
Study: Volume Two. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 3883-3890.
Daly, K.D., W.O. Smith, Jr., G.C. Johnson, G.R. DiTullio, D.R. Jones, C.W. Mordy, R.A.
Feeley, D.A. Hansell and J.-Z. Zhang. 2001. Hydrographic structure and distributions of
nutrients and particulate and dissolved carbon in the Pacific Sector of the Southern
Ocean. J. Geophy. Res. 106: 7107-7124.
Dennett, M.R., S. Mathot, D.A. Caron, W.O. Smith, Jr. and D. Lonsdale. 2001. Abundance and
distribution of phototrophic and heterotrophic nano- and microplankton in the southern
Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 4019-4038.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and V. A. Asper. 2001. The influence of phytoplankton assemblage
composition on biogeochemical characteristics and cycles in the southern Ross Sea,
Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. I 48: 137-161.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2000. Review of Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide expeditions (1987 – 1995)
(edited by F.M. Faranda, L. Guglielmo and A. Ianora). Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 1887.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and V. A. Asper. 2000. A balanced nitrogen budget of the surface layer of the
Southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Letters 27: 2721-2724.
Sweeney, C., W. O. Smith, Jr., B. Hales, D. A. Hansell, C. A. Carlson, L. A. Codispoti, L. I.
Gordon, F. J. Millero, and T. Takahashi. 2000. Nutrient and TCO2 uptake and export
ratios in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea. Res. II 47: 3395-3422.
Gardner, W. D., M. J. Richardson and W. O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Seasonal build-up and loss of POC
in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3423-3450.
Smith, W. O., Jr., R. F. Anderson, J. K. Moore, L. A. Codispoti and J. M. Morrison. 2000. The
U. S. Southern Ocean Joiint Global Ocean Flux Study: An Introduction to AESOPS.
Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3073-3095.
Sweeney, C., D. A. Hansell, F. D. Millero, T. Takahashi, L. I. Gordon, C. A. Carlson, L. A.
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Codispoti, W. O. Smith, Jr., and J. Marra. 2000. Biogeochemical regimes, net
community production and carbon export in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. II
47: 3369-3394.
Fitzwater, S. E., K. S. Johnson, R. M. Gordon, K. H. Coale and W. O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Trace
metal concentrations in the Ross Sea and their relationship with nutrients and growth.
Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3159-3178.
Smith, W. O., Jr., R. T. Barber, M. Hiscock and J. Marra. 2000. The seasonal cycle of
phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea
Res. II 47: 3119-3140.
Carlson, C. A., D. A. Hansell, E. T. Peltzer and W. O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Seasonal dynamics of
dissolved and total organic carbon in the southern Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3201-
3226.
Smith, W. O., Jr., H. J. Niebauer, and V. Asper. 1999. Coupling of surface layer biological
processes and vertical flux in the Ross Sea. In Ross Sea Ecology (eds., F. Faranda, L.
Guiglielmo and A. Lanora). Springer, Berlin, Ch. 12, pp. 151-157.
Asper, V. L. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1999. Particle fluxes during austral spring and summer in the
southern Ross Sea (Antarctica). J. Geophys. Res. 104:5345-5360.
Daly, K. L., D. W. R. Wallace, W. O. Smith, Jr., A. Skoog, R. Lara, M. Gosselin, E. Falk, and
P. . Yager. 1999. Anomalous carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Arctic: effects of
ecosystem structure and dynamics. J. Geophys. Res. 104: 3185-3200.
Ducklow, H., C. Carlson and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1999. Bacterial growth in experimental plankton
assemblages and seawater cultures from the Phaeocystis antarctica bloom in the Ross
Sea, Antarctica. Aquatic Microbial Ecol. 19:215-227.
Smith, W. O., Jr., D. M. Nelson and S. Mathot. 1999. Phytoplankton growth rates in the Ross
Sea determined by independent mehtods: temporal variations. J. Plankton Res.
21:1519-1536.
Moore, J. K., M. R. Abbott, J. G. Richman, W. O. Smith, Jr., T. J. Cowles, K. H. Coale, W. D.
Gardner, and R. T. Barber. 1999. SeaWIFS satellite ocean color data at the U. S.
Southern Ocean JGOFS line along 170oW. Geophys. Res. Letters 26:1465-1468.
Hu, S. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1998. The effects of irradiance on nitrate uptake and dissolved
organic nitrogen release by phytoplankton in the Ross Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 18:975-990.
Pesant, S., L. Legendre, M. Gosselin, C. Ashjian, B. Booth, K. Daly, L. Fortier, H. -J. Hitche,
P. Lane, J. Michaud, R. E. H. Smith, S. L. Smith, and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Pathways
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of carbon cycling in the euphotic zone: The fate of large-sized phytoplankton in the
Northeast Water Polynya. J. Plankton Res. 20:126-129.
Smith, W. O., Jr., C. A. Carlson, H. W. Ducklow, and D. A. Hansell. 1998. Growth dynamics
of Phaeocystis antarctica-dominated plankton assemblages from the Ross Sea. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 168:229-244.
Carlson, C. A., H. W. Ducklow, D. A. Hansell and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Differences in eco-
system dynamics between spring blooms in the Ross Sea Polynya and the Sargasso
Sea reflected by contrasts in dissolved and particulate organic carbon partitioning.
Limnol. Oceanogr. 43:375.386.
Arrigo, K. R., A. M. Weiss and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Physical forcing of phytoplankton
dynamics in the western Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 103:1007-1022.
Lancelot, C., M. D. Keller, V. Rousseau, W. O. Smith, Jr. and S. Mathot. 1998. Autecology of
the marine haptophyte Phaeocystis sp. In Physiological Ecology of Harmful algal
Blooms (eds., D. M. Anderson, A. D. Cembella and G. M. Hallegraeff). NATO ASI
Series, Vol. G41, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. Pp. 211-224.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and R. B. Dunbar. 1998. The relationship between new production and
vertical flux on the Ross Sea continental shelf. J. Mar. Systems 17: 445-457.
Hong, Y., W. O. Smith, Jr. and A.-M. White. 1997. Studies on transparent exopolymer
particles (TEP) produced by Phaeocystis sp (Prymnesiophyceae) in the Ross Sea,
Antarctica. J. Phycol. 33:368-376.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and L. I. Gordon. 1997. Hyperproductivity of the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
polynya during austral spring. Geophys. Res. Letters 24:233-236.
DiTullio, G. R. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1997. Studies on dimethylufide in Antarctic coastal
waters. In Antarctic Communities: Species, Sturcture and Survival (eds. B. Battaglia,
J. Valencia and D. W. H. Walton), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, GB. Pp. 93-100.
Smith, W. O., Jr., M. Gosselin, L. Legendre, D. W. R. Wallace, K. Daly and G. Kattner. 1997.
New production in the Northeast Water Polynya: 1993. J. Mar. Systems 10:199-210.
Booth, B. C. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1997. Diatoms and autotrophic flagellates in the Northeast
Water Polynya, Greenland: summer 1993. J. Mar. Systems 10:241-262.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1996. Review of AThe biology of the Southern Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr.
41:372.
Smith, W. O., Jr., D. M. Nelson, G. R. DiTullio and A. R. Leventer. 1996. Temporal and
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spatial patterns in the Ross Sea: Phytoplankton biomass, elemental composition,
productivity and growth rates. J. Geophys. Res. 101:18,455-18,466.
Nelson, D. M., D. J. DeMaster, R. B. Dunbar, and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1996. Cycling of organic
carbon and biogenic silica in the Southern Ocean: Estimates of large-scale water column
sedimentary fluxes in the Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 101:18,519-18,53l.
DiTullio, G. R. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1996. Spatial patterns in phytoplankton biomass and
pigment distributions in the Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 101:18,467-18,478.
DeMaster, D.J., W. O. Smith, Jr., D. M. Nelson and J. Y. Aller. 1996. Biogeochemical
processes in Amazon shelf waters: rates and chemical distributions. Cont. Shelf Res.
16:617-644.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1995. The Ross Sea Polynya Project (RSP2 ): Objectives and overview.
Ant. J. U.S. 30:195-197.
Smith, W. O., Jr., A. -M. White, J. Rich and N. S. Parker. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass and
productivity in the Ross Sea polynya: November-December, 1994. Ant. J. U.S. 30:
211-212.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and G. Russell. 1995. The controls of nutrient removal on the Brazil
continental shelf: a correlation analysis. GeoMarine Letters 15:195-198.
Grebmeier, J., W. O. Smith, Jr. and R. J. Conover. 1995. Biological processes of Arctic:
marginal ice zones and continental shelves. In The Oceanography of the Arctic:
Marginal Ice Zones and Continental Shelves. American Geophysical Union,
Washington,
D. C., Pp. 231-262.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and J. Grebmeier (editors). 1995. The Oceanography of the Arctic: Marginal
Ice Zones and Continental Shelves. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
287 pp.
Smith, W. O., Jr., I. D. Walsh, B. C. Booth and J. W. Deming. 1995. Particulate matter and
phytoplankton distributions in the Northeast Water polynya during summer, 1992.
J. Geophys. Res. 100:4341-4356.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1995. Primary productivity and new production in the Northeast Water
polynya during summer, 1992. J. Geophys. Res. 100:4357-4370.
Yager, P.L., D. W. R. Wallace, K. M. Johnson, W. O. Smith, Jr., P. Minnett, and J. W. Deming.
1995. The northeast water polynya as an atmospheric CO2 sink: a seasonal rectification
hypothesis. J. Geophys. Res. 100:4389-4398.
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Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. J. DeMaster. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the
Amazon River Plume: correlation with seasonal river discharge. Cont. Shelf Res. 16:
291-319.
DiTullio, G. R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1995. Relationship between dimethysulfide and
phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res.
42:873-892.
Ackleh, A. S., T. G. Hallam and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1994. Influences of aggregation and grazing
on phytoplankton dynamics and fluxes: an individual-based modeling approach.
Nonlin. World 1:473-492.
Smith, W. O., Jr. A. White, J. Rich, A Schauer, and M. L. Garrett. 1994. Phytoplankton
biomass in the western Ross Sea: January and February 1994. Ant. J. U.S. 29:144-145.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1994. Primary productivity of a Phaeocystis bloom in the Greenland Sea
during spring, 1989. The Polar Oceans and their role in Shaping the Global
Environment,
Geophys. Monogr. 85, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., pp. 263-272.
Manley, T. O. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1994. Transport of biogenic particulate matter to depth
within the Greenland Sea. The Polar Oceans and their Role in Shaping the Global
Environment, Geophys. Monogr. 85, American Geophysical Union, Washington,
D.C., pp. 223-236.
Cota, G. F., W. O. Smith, Jr. and B. G. Mitchell. 1994. Photosynthesis of Phaeocystis in the
Greenland Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:948-953.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1993. Primary productivity of the Antarctic Peninsula region during
November 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 28:128-129
DiTullio, G. R. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1993. DMS concentrations near the Antarctic Peninsula:
November, 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 28:130-131.
Daly, K. D. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1993. Physical-biological interactions influencing marine
plankton production. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 24:555-585.
The NEWATER Steering committee (includes W. O. Smith, Jr.). 1993. Collaborative research
on the Northeast Water Polynya: initial results from the 1992 Polar Sea cruise. EOS
74:185, 195-196.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and H. J. Niebauer. 1993. Interactions between biological and physical
processes in Arctic Oceans: investigations using numerical models. Rev. Geophys. 31:
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189-209.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1993. Nitrogen uptake and new production in the Greenland Sea: the
spring Phaeocystis bloom. J. Geophys. Res. 98:4681-4688.
Muggli, D.L. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1993. The regulation of nitrate and ammonium in the
Fram Strait. Mar. Biol. 115:199-208.
DiTullio, G. R. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1992. Spatial variability in methyl sulfide concentrations
in the Ross Sea: February 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 27:135-137.
Smith, W. O., Jr., G. R. TiTullio, S. M. Polk. A. Jacobson, S. Etnier and A. R. Close. 1992.
Phytoplankton biomass in the western Ross Sea: comparison between 1990 and 1992.
Ant. J. U.S. 27:131-132.
DeMaster, D. J., R. B. Dunbar, L. I. Gordon, A. R. Leventer, J. M. Morrison, D. M. Nelson,
C. A. Nittrouer and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1992. The cycling and accumulation of organic
matter and biogenic silica in high-latitude environments: the Ross Sea. Oceanography
5:146-153.
Cota, G. F., W. O. Smith, Jr., D. M. Nelson, L. I. Gordon and R. D. Muench. 1992. Nutrients
and biogenic particulate distributions, primary productivity and nitrogen uptake
in the Weddell-Scotia Sea marginal ice zone in austral winter. J. Mar. Res. 50:155-181.
Nelson, D. M. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1991. Sverdrup revisited: critical depths, maximum
chlorophyll levels and the control of Southern Ocean productivity by the
irradiance/mixing regime. Limnol. Oceanogr. 36:1650-1661.
Ainley, D. G., W. R. Fraser, W. O. Smith, Jr., T. L. Hopkins, and J. J. Torres. 1991. The
structure of upper level pelagic food webs in the Antarctic: effect of phytoplankton
distribution. J. Mar. Systems 2:111-122.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and W. G. Harrison. 1991. New production in polar regions: the role of
environmental controls. Deep-Sea Res. 38:1463-1479.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1991. New production in polar regions: parallels and contrasts between
the Arctic and Antarctic. Mar. Chem. 35:245-258.
Keene, N. K., W. O. Smith, Jr. and G. Kattner. 1991. Nitrogen uptake in two frontal regions
of the Greenland Sea. Polar Biol. 11:219-225.
Smith, W. O., Jr., L. A. Codispoti, D. M. Nelson, T. Manley, E. J. Buskey, H. J. Niebauer,
and G. F. Cota. 1991. Importance of Phaeocystis blooms in the high-latitude ocean
carbon cycle. Nature 352:514-516.
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Smith, W. O., Jr., R. I. Brightman and B. Booth. 1991. Phytoplankton biomass and photo-
synthetic response during winter in the Fram Strait. J. Geophys. Res. 96:4549-4554.
AmasSeds Research Group (includes W. O. Smith, Jr.). 1990. A multidisciplinary Amazon
Shelf Sediment Study. EOS 71: 1711, 1776-1777.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. Garrison. 1990. Marine ecosystem research at the Weddell Sea ice
edge. The AMERIEZ program. Oceanography 3:22-29.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1990. Primary productivity and nutrient uptake in an
Antarctic marginal ice zone during austral spring and autumn. Limnol. Oceanogr.
35:809-821.
Smith, W.O., Jr., H. P. Kelly and J. H. Rich. 1990. Chlorophyll distribution and primary
productivity in the Ross Sea, austral summer 1990. Ant. J. U.S. 25:179-182.
Sullivan, C. W., G. F. Cota, C. W. Krempin and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1990. The distribution
and activity of bacterioplankton in the marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea during
austral spring. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 63:239-252.
Cota, G. F., S. Kottmeier, D. Robinson, W. O. Smith, Jr. and C. W. Sullivan. 1990. The
distribution and activity of bacterioplankton on the marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea
during austral autumn. Deep-Sea Res. 37:1145-1167.
Comiso, J. C., N. Maynard, W. O. Smith, Jr. and C. W. Sullivan. 1990. Satellite ocean color
studies of Antarctic ice edges in summer/autumn. J. Geophys. Res. 95:9481-9496.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and E. Sakshaug. 1990. Autotrophic processes in polar regions. In
Polar Oceanography, Part B (W. O. Smith, Jr., Ed.). Academic Press, San Diego. Pp.
477-525.
Smith, W. O., Jr. Editor. 1990. Polar Oceanography. Parts A and B. Academic Press,
San Diego. 760 p.
Niebauer, H. J. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1989. A mesoscale model of the physical-biological
interactions in the Fram Strait marginal ice zone. J.Geophys. Res. 94:16,151-16,176.
Culver, M.E. and W. O.Smith, Jr. 1989. Effects of environmental variation on sinking
rates of marine phytoplankton. J. Phycol. 25:262-270.
MIZEX Group (includes W. O. Smith, Jr.). 1989. MIZEX East 1987. The winter marginal
ice zone program in the Fram Strait/Greenland Sea. EOS 70:545-555.
Cota, G. F. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1989. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the
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marginal ice zone of the Weddell-Scotia Sea during the austral winter. Ant. J. U.S. 24:
152-153.
Brightman, R. I. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1989. Photosynthesis/irradiance relationships in
Antarctic phytoplankton during winter. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 53:143-151.
Nelson, D. M., W. O. Smith, Jr., R. D. Muench, L. I. Gordon, D. M. Husby, and C. W.
Sullivan. 1989. Particulate matter and nutrient distributions in the ice-edge zone of the
weddell Sea: relationship to hydrography during later summer. Deep-Sea Res. 36:191-
209.
Niebauer, H. J. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1989. A numerical model of physical-biological
oceanographic interactions in marginal ice zones. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 188:
121 (Abstract).
Smith, W. O., Jr. and G. Kattner. 1989. Nitrogen uptake and phytoplankton growth in the
marginal ice zone of the Fram Strait. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 188:90-99.
Smith, W. O., Jr., N. K. Keene and J. C. Comiso. 1988. Potential interannual variability in the
productivity of the marginal ice zone of the Southern Ocean. In: Antarctic Ocean and
Resources Variability. (D. Saarhage, ed.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 131-139.
Brightman, R. I. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1988. Phytoplankton photosynthesis-irradiance
relationships during austral winter in the Bransfield Strait region. Ant. J. U.S.
23:131-133.
Sullivan, C. W., C. McClain, J. C. Comiso, and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1988. Phytoplankton
standing crops within an Antarctic marginal ice zone assessed by satellite imagery.
J. Geophys. Res. 93:12,487-12,498.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1987. New production in the marginal ice zone of the
Weddell Sea during AMERIEZ-1983. U. S. Ant. J. 22:193-194.
Nelson, D. M. W. O. Smith, Jr. and L. I. Gordon. 1987. AMERIEZ 1986: Nutrient and
phytoplankton biomass distributions in the ice-edge zone of the northwestern
Weddell Sea. U. S. Ant. J. 22:182-183.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1987. Review of Plankton Dynamics of the Southern California Bight by
R. W. Eppley. EOS 68:685.
Nelson, D. M., W. O. Smith, Jr., L. I. Gordon and B. Huber. 1987. Early spring distributions
of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the ice-edge zone of the Weddell/Scotia Sea.
J. Geophys. Res. 92:7181-7190.
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Smith, W. O., Jr. 1987. Phytoplankton dynamics of marginal ice zones. Oceanogr. Mar.
Biol. Ann. Rev. 25:11-38.
Smith, W. O. Jr., M. Baumann, D. Wilson and B. Aletsee. 1987. Productivity and
biomass in the marginal ice zone of the Fram Strait. J. Geophys Res. 92:6777-6786.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and R. T. Barber. 1987. The influence of horizontal and vertical displacements
on phytoplankton assemblages in tropical upwelling systems. Oceanologica Acta 6:137-
144.
Smith, W. O., Jr. N. K. Keene and D. L. Wilson. 1986. Chlorophyll a distribution in the vicinity
of an advancing ice edge: Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the ice-edge zone,
1986. U. S. Ant. J. 21:163-164.
Johnson, T. O. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1986. Sinking rates of natural phytoplankton populations
from the Weddell Sea marginal ice zone. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 33:131-137.
Nelson, D. M. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1986. Phytoplankton bloom dynamics of the western
Ross Sea II. Mesoscale cycling of nitrogen and silicon. Deep-Sea Res. 33:1389-1412.
Wilson, D. L., W. O. Smith, Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1986. Phytoplankton bloom dynamics of the
western Ross Sea ice edge 1. Primary productivity and species-specific production.
Deep-Sea Res. 33:1375-1387.
MIZEX Group (includes W. O. Smith). 1986. MIZEX East 83/84: The summer marginal ice
zone program in the Fram Strait/Greenland Sea. EOS 67:513-517.
Ainley, D. G., W. R. Fraser, C. W. Sullivan, J. J. Torres. T. L. Hopkins and W. O. Smith, Jr.
1986. Antarctic pack ice structures mesopelagic nektonic communities. Science 232:
847-849.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1986. The importance of ice-edge blooms in the
southern Ocean. BioScience 36:251-257.
Elser, M. M. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1985. Phased cell division and growth rate in a planktonic
dinoflagellate, Ceratium hirundinella, in relation to environmental variables.
Arch. Hydrobiol. 104:477-491.
Smith, S. L., W. O. Smith, Jr., L. A. Codispoti and D. L. Wilson. 1985. Biological observations
in the marginal ice zone of the East Greenland Sea. J. Mar. Res. 43:693-717.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1985. Phytoplankton biomass near a receding ice-edge
bloom in the Ross Sea. In: Antarctic Nutrient Cycles an food Webs (W. R. Siegfried,
P. R. Condy and R. M. Laws, eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 70-77.
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Johnson, T. O. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1985. Sinking rates of natural phytoplankton populations
of the western Weddell sea. U. S. Ant. J. 20:139-140.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1985. Phytoplankton bloom produced by a receding
ice edge in the Ross Sea: Spatial coherence with the density field. Science 227:163-166.
Wilson, D. L. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1984. Species-specific productivity in a phytoplankton
bloom in the Ross Sea. U. S. Ant. J. 19:132-133.
Nelson, D. M., W. O. Smith, Jr. and L. I. Gordon. 1984. Phytoplankton dynamics of the
marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea, November-December, 1983. U. S. Ant. J. 19:
105-107.
Smith, W. O., Jr., G. W. Heburn, R. T. Barber and J. J. O’Brien. 1983. Regulation of
phytoplankton communities by physical processes in upwelling ecosystems. J. Mar.
Res. 41:539-555.
Smith, W. O., Jr., R. T. Barber and S. A. Huntsman. 1982. The influence of organic
ligands on the growth of phytoplankton in the Northwest African upwelling region.
J. Plankton Res. 4:651-663.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1982. The relative importance of chlorophyll, dissolved and particulate
material, and seawater to the vertical extinction of light. Estuarine Coast. Mar.
Science 15:459-465.
Barber, R. T. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1981. The fate of newly synthesized carbon in
upwelling ecosystems. In Bioproductivity of Upwelling Ecosystems (M. Vinogradov and
R. T. Barber, eds.) Elsevier.
Barber, R. T. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1981. Sinking and vertical migration as determinants of
phytoplankton community structure in the Peru upwelling system at 15o S. In Coastal
Upwelling (F. A. Richards, ed.) American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.
Pp 366-371.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1981. Photosynthesis and productivity of benthic algae on the North
Carolina continental shelf. Bot. Mar. 24:279-284.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and P. A. Penhale. 1980. The heterotrophic uptake of dissolved organic
carbon by eelgrass (Zostera marine L.) and its epiphytes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 48:
233-242.
Smith, W. O., Jr. and R. T. Barber. 1979. A carbon budget for the autotrophic ciliate
Mesodinium rubrum. J. Phycol. 15:27-33.
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Smith, W. O., Jr. and R. T. Barber. 1979. Role of phytoplankton excretion and
heterotrophic production in the carbon flux of an upwelling region. In Interaction
between Water and Living Matter (G. G. Polikarpov, ed.). Nauka, Moscow.
Pp. 175-179.
Penhale, P. A. and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1977. The release of dissolved organic carbon by eelgrass
(Zostera marina) and its epiphytes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 22:400-407.
Smith, W. O., Jr., R. T. Barber and S. A. Huntsman. 1977. Primary production off Northwest
Africa: excretion of dissolved organic matter and its heterotrophic uptake.
Deep-Sea Res. 24:35-47.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1977. The respiration of photosynthetic carbon in eutrophic areas of the
ocean. J. Mar. Res. 35:557-565.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1975. The optimal procedures for the measurement of phytoplankton
excretion. Mar. Science Comm. 1:395-405.
Smith, W. O., Jr. 1974. The extracellular release of glycolic acid by a marine diatom.
J. Phycol. 10:30-33.
b) books written
See section a)
c) edited volumes
See section a)
d) articles published in non-referred conference proceedings
Approximately 15 since 1995
e) Invited scholarly papers and talks
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2018. Phytoplankton and biogeochemistry in the Ross Sea sector – Unknowns
and Uncertainties. Southern Ocean Observing System Regional Workshop, Shanghai,
China, September, 2018.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2017. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica:
Paradigms lost? Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, June, 2017.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2017. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica:
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Paradigms lost? First Institute of Oceanography, Qingdao, China, June, 2017.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Oceanographic challenges and opportunities in the Ross Sea. Antarctic Ocean
Science strategy workshop, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, January,
2016.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Second Key
Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, China, July, 2016.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? McMurdo Station Science Lecture, December, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University,
Xiamen, China, June, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, June, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Research Vessel Oden, Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC, May, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: At Risk. King’s Castle, Stockholm,
Sweden, May, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: Today and Tomorrow. University of
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, May, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, April, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? Department of Biosciences and Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, Swansea,
U.K., February, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, U.K., February,
2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? Department of Oceanography, Southampton University, Southampton, U.K.,
February, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, February, 2015.
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Smith, W.O., Jr. Biological oceanographic processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: paradigms
lost? Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå,
Sweden, January, 2015.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Ecological impacts of changing ice concentrations in the coming century: the
Ross Sea. CASSI (Chemical Atmosphere-Snow-Sea Ice Interactions: taking the next big
step in field, lab and modeling) workshop, Cambridge, UK, October, 2014.
Smith, W.O. Jr, X. Liu, N.H. Doan, K.W. Tang and N.L. Nguyen. Giantism in the harmful algal
bloom species Phaeocystis globosa. Intern. Conf. “Bien Dong 2012”, Institute of
Oceanography, Nha Trang, Viet Nam; September, 2012.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Phaeocystis: Its Ecology, Structure and Oceanographic Impacts. Hong Kong
University, Hong Kong, April, 2013.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Phaeocystis: Forms and Functions of a Fanciful Phytoplankter. Center for
Coastal and Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, April,
2013.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? Department of Marine Sciences, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; October, 2011.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; April,
2010.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA; May,
2010.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phaeocystis and its role in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Institute of Oceanology,
Nha Trang, Vietnam; August, 2010.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? Jinan University, Guangzhou, PRC; October, 2010.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, PRC;
October, 2010.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? McMurdo Station, Antarctica; November, 2010.
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Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? Xiamen University, Xiamen, PRC; January, 2011.
Smith, W.O. Jr. Phytoplankton Growth and Oceanographic Variability in the Ross Sea:
An Illusion of Knowledge? Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, March, 2011.
Smith, W.O. Jr. The role, growth, and fate of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean:
Observations, Models and New Approaches to Old Problems. Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH; June, 2011.
Hofmann, E. E., J. M. Klinck , M. S. Dinniman, and W. O. Smith, Jr. Understanding and
monitoring climate change in the Southern Ocean mesopelagic region. Southern Ocean
Sentinel Workshop, Hobart, Tasmania, 20-24 April 2009.
Ross Sea Bioregionalization Conference, The Ross Sea: Ecosystem Processes, Productivity and
Trophic Function, Wellington, NZ; June, 2009
International Mammal Conservation Congress, The Ross Sea: Its Circulation, Hydrography, and
Phytoplankton Dynamics, Washington, DC; May, 2009
Gordon Conference, Polar Marine Sciences, Southern Ocean Productivity: Observations, Models
and Climate Change, Bruggia, Italy; March, 2009
Second International GEOHAB Meeting, Phaeocystis as a HAB Species: Controls on Colony
Formation, Institute of Oceanology, Nha Trang, Vietnam; February, 2008
Royal Society of London, Bottom-up control in Antarctic phytoplankton, as part of The Role of
the Southern Ocean in Global Processes: An Earth System Science Approach, July, 2003
USCGC Polar Sea, December 20, 2002. Title: IVARS (Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea)
Science Program (with V.A. Asper).
USCGC Polar Star, December 15, 2001. Title: Biological Processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
USCGC Polar Star, December 17, 2001. Title: IVARS (Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea)
Science Program (with V.A. Asper).
W.O. Smith, Jr. The Ross Sea Polynya: the biogeochemical conundrum. Second International
Conference on the Oceanography of the Ross Sea Antarctica. 8 – 13 October, 2001,
Ischia, Italy (Invited Talk).
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Klinck, J.M, M.S. Dinniman and W.O. Smith, Jr. Model study of circulation and biogeochemical
processes in the Ross Sea. Second International Conference on the Oceanography of the
Ross Sea Antarctica. 8 – 13 October, 2001, Ischia, Italy.
W.O. Smith, Jr. The Ross Sea Polynya: the biogeochemical imperative. International Polynya
Symposium “Polynyas in changing polar seas”. 9 – 13 September, 2001, Quebec City,
Quebec, Canada (Invited Talk).
University of South Carolina, Department of Marine Sciences, April 6, 2001. Title: Regulation
of phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Southern Ocean: The changing
paradigms.
R.V. Italica, January 25, 2001. Title: Biological Processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
W.O. Smith, Jr. and V.A. Asper. A nitrogen budget for the Ross Sea Polynya (Ross Sea,
Antarctica). In session on Interdisciplinary Studies of Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas,
2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 24-28 January, 2000.
Cowles, T.J., J. Barth, M. Abbott, M. Landry, S. Brown, R. Barber, W. O. Smith, Jr., J.K. Moore
and S. Pierce. Mesoscale patterns in springtime phytoplankton processes along the
Antarctic Polar Front at 1701W. In session on Biogeochemical dynamics of the Southern
Ocean: Past, Present and Future, 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 24-28
January, 2000.
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Oct. 26, 1999; Title: Phytoplankton Dynamics in the
Ross Sea, Antarctica: Old Ideas, New Insights
Organizer, 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, January, 1999, session on Southern
Ocean Biogeochemistry.
Discussion leader on macro- and micronutrients, 1999 Gordon Research Conference on Polar
Marine Science, Ventura, CA, March 7-12, 1999.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Consortium, Nov. 3, 1999; Title: Phytoplankton Dynamics
in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Changing Paradigms
Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, University of Maryland, March 2, 1999; Title:
Biogeochemical Studies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Old Questions, New Thoughts
K. Daly and W. Smith. 1998. Distribution of biogenic material, nutrients, and pCO2 in the
Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: Subantarctic and polar frontal zones. 1998 Ocean
Sciences Meeting (American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography, San Diego, CA.
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W. Smith, C. Carlson, H. Ducklow and D. Hansell. 1998. Large-volume experiments with
natural assemblages of Phaeocystis antarctica from the Ross Sea. 1998 Ocean Sciences
Meeting (American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography), San Diego, CA.
S. Mathot and W. Smith. 1998. Prebloom conditions and onset of Phaeocystis sp. In the Ross
Sea: from flagellated cells to doublets and more. 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography), San
Diego, CA.
D. R. Jones, G. R. DiTullio, W. O. Smith and M. Gersey. 1998. Latitudinal variability of
picoplankton populations in the South Pacific Ocean. 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography), San
Diego, CA.
W. O. Smith. 1996. Biological oceanography in the Arctic: Past experiments and future
challenges. 1996 Autumn Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
C. Carlson, D. Hansell, H. Ducklow and W. Smith. 1996. Stocks and distributions of dissolved
organic carbon during a phytoplankton bloom in the Ross Sea polynya: 1994. The Role
of the Ocean in Global Change Research Highlighting the Oceanographic Aspects and
Importance of Global Change Research of HDP, IGBP and WCRP, Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
V. Asper, A. -R. Diercks, J. J. Lee and W. Smith. 1996. In situ measurements of aggregate
dynamics in the Ross Sea. The Role of the Ocean in Global Change Research
Highlighting the Oceanographic Aspects and Importance of global Change Research of
HDP, IGBP and WCRP, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
W. Smith, V. Asper, H. J. Niebauer. 1996. Coupling of surface layer biological processes and
vertical flux in the Ross Sea: observations and model results. International Workshop on
Ross Sea Ecology, Taormina, Italy.
W. Smith. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Ross Sea polynya. Carbon
Fluxes and Dynamic Processes in the Southern Ocean: Present and Past, Brest, France.
W. Smith, G. DiTullio, D. Nelson, A. Leventer, R. Dunbar. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass,
production and vertical flux in the Ross Sea: temporal and spatial patterns. Carbon
Fluxes and Dynamic Processes in the Southern Ocean: Present and Past, Brest, France.
W. Smith. 1994. Phytoplankton growth, productivity and new production in the Ross Sea: 1990
and 1992. American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.
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A. Ackleh, T. Hallam and W. Smith. 1994. A community aggregation model and application of
an inverse method to stickiness estimation. American Geophysical Union/American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.
D. DeMaster, W. Smith and D. Nelson. 1994. The fluxes of biogenic materials in the Amazon
Plume. International Symposium on Global Fluxes of Carbon and Its Related Substances
in the Coastal Sea-Ocean-Atmosphere System (Sapporo IGBP Symposium), Sapporo,
Japan.
G. DiTullio and W. Smith. 1993. Relationship between physical and biological processes on
DMS concentrations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica; February, 1992. The 3rd Annual
Meeting of the Oceanography Society, Seattle, WA.
W. Smith. 1993. Collaborative research in the northeast water polynya; phytoplankton biomass,
primary productivity and new production. The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Oceanography
Society, Seattle, WA.
W. Smith. 1993. The role of the Polar Oceans in shaping the global environment=; The
potential role of Phaeocystis in the carbon cycle of the Greenland Sea. Nansen
Centennial Symposium, Norway.
D. M. Nelson, D. J. DeMaster, R. B. Dunbar, C. A. Nittrouer and W. O. Smith. Jr. 1991.
Cycling of biogenic silica and particulate organic carbon in the water column of the Ross
Sea: potential role of near-bottom advective transport. Autumn Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1991. Nitrogen uptake and new production in the Greenland Sea: the spring
Phaeocystis bloom. 79th Statutory Meeting of the International Council for the
Exploration of the Sea, France.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1991. The role of irradiance in controlling phytoplankton growth in nutrient-
rich regions: case study Antarctica. What Controls Phytoplankton Production in
Nutrient-Rich Areas of the Open Sea?, A Symposium Sponsored by the American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography, San Marcos, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1991. Phytoplankton dynamics in the Greenland Sea. 79th Statutory Meeting
of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, La Rochelle, France.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1991. Phytoplankton productivity and new production in the Ross Sea during
austral summer, 1990. Autumn Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr., G. F. Cota and H. P. Kelly. 1990. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity
during CEAREX: a preliminary description. American Geophysical Union/American
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Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
G. F. Cota, W. O. Smith, Jr. and B. G. Mitchell. 1990. Photoadaptation of Phaeocystis near the
ice edge of the Greenland Sea (CEAREX). American Geophysical Union/American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
L. I. Gordon, D. M. Nelson and W. O. Smith. 1990. Nutrient and biomass distributions in the
three AMERIEZ expeditions to the Antarctic ice-edge zone; some generalizations.
American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean
Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
H. P. Kelly and W. O. Smith, Jr. 1990. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the
Amazon River Plume. Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr., H. P. Kelly and J. R. Rich. 1990. Phytoplankton biomass and growth in the
Ross Sea during austral summer, 1990. Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1990. New production in the polar regions: The role of environmental
concerns. 22nd International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics on Ice Covered
Seas and Ice Edges: Physical, Chemical and Biological Processes and Interactions, Liege,
Belgium.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1990. Nitrogen uptake in Antarctic and Arctic waters: parallels and contrasts.
International Symposium on The Biogeochemistry and the Circulation of Water Masses
in the Southern Ocean, Brest, France
W. O. Smith, D. Nelson and L. Gordon. 1988. Phytoplankton biomass and nutrient distributions
in the ice-edge zone of the western Weddell Sea. American Geophysical
Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Ocean Sciences Meeting,
New Orleans, LA.
W. O. Smith, Jr. and H. J. Niebauer. 1988. The physical and biological influences of eddies in
the marginal ice zone: a model study. American Geophysical Union Autumn Meeting,
San Francisco, CA.
W. O. Smith, Jr. 1988. Biological oceanography of the Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas.
AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
f) Contributed scholarly papers and talks
Smith, W.O. and D.E. Kaufman. Nutrient, pigment and particulate matter climatologies for the
Ross Sea and implications for productivity. Ocean Sciences Biannual Meeting, Portland,
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OR, February, 2018.
Hofmann, E.E., E. Salmon, M.S Dinniman and Walker Smith. Evaluation of Iron Sources and
Sea Ice Variability in the Ross Sea and Implications for Primary Production. Ocean
Sciences Biannual Meeting, Portland, OR, February, 2018.
Kaufman, D.E., M.A.M. Friedrichs, W.O. Smith, Jr., E.E. Hofmann, M.S. Dinniman and J.C.P.
Hennings. Data assimilative biogeochemical modeling with glider obserations:
examining future Ross Sea phytoplankton changes. Ocean Sciences Biannual Meeting,
Portland, OR, February, 2018.
Johnston, N.M., E.J. Murphy, R.D. Cavanagh, R.G.J. BellerbyA.J. Constable, D.P. Costa, E.E.
Hoffman, W.O. Smith Jr. and J.C.C. Xavier. 10 Years of Integrating Climate and
Ecosystems Dynamics (ICED) in the Southern Ocean: Development, highlights and
future directions. Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean, Hobart,
Australia, April, 2018.
ICED Scientific Steering Committee (includes W. Smith). Integrating Climate and Ecosystem
Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme: developing ICED and CCAMLR
joint activities. Council for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources,
Hobart, Australia, July, 2017.
Ainley, D., G. Ballard, B. Saenz, G. Ford, E. Conlisk, K. Daly, R. Jones, D. Jongsomjit, S. Kim,
S. Pierce, W.O. Smith, A. Lescroël, V. Toniolo, and S. Veloz. What Adelie penguins can
tell you about chlorophyll. International Penguin Conference, Cape Town, South Africa,
September, 2016.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M.S. Dinniman, and E.E. Hoffman. Future oceanographic conditions in the
Ross Sea. 10th Scientific Congress of Antarctic Research (SCAR), Kuala Lumpur,
August, 2016.
Smith, W.O., Jr. The biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea: Emerging concepts and uncertainties.
Gordon Research Conference, Hong Kong, June, 2016.
Ainley, D., G. Ballard, B. Saenz, G. Ford, E. Conlisk, K. Daly, R. Jones, D. Jongsomjit, S. Kim,
S. Pierce, W.O. Smith, A. Lescroël, V. Toniolo, and S. Veloz. What Adelie penguins can
tell you about chlorophyll. Pacific Seabird Conference, Honolulu, HI, February, 2016.
Langone, L., R.B. Dunbar, F. Giglio, C. Manno, D. Mucciarone, V. Asper, M. Capello, L.
Cutroneo, W.O. Smith, Jr. and M. Ravaioli. 2015. Particle fluxes in the Ross Sea: a 20-
year synthesis. Association of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting, Granada,
Spain, February, 2015.
Smith, W.O., M.S. Dinniman, E.E. Hoffman, and J.M. Klinck. Future scenarios in the Ross Sea:
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climate change impacts on circulation, water mass formation and biological responses.
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA, July, 2014.
McGillicuddy, D.M. Jr., P.N. Sedwick, M.S. Dinniman, K.R. Arrigo, T.S. Bibby, B.J.W.
Greenan, E.E. Hofmann, J.M. Klinck, W.O. Smith, Jr., S.L. Mack, C.M. Marsay, B.M.
Sohst, and G. van Dijken. Iron supply and demand in an Antarctic shelf ecosystem.
Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February, 2014.
Smith, W.O., L. Delizo and A.M. Mosby. An ice-shelf phytoplankton bloom: mixing, growth
and biomass accumulation near the Ross Sea ice shelf. Ocean Science Meeting,
Honolulu, HI, February, 2014.
Kaufman, D.W., M.A. Friedrichs, W.O. Smith, K.J Heywood and B.Y. Queste. Glider-based
observations of biogeochemical variability n the southern Ross Sea. Ocean Science
Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February, 2014.
Ryan-Keogh, T.J., W.O. Smith, P.N. Sedwick, C.M. Moore and T.S. Bibby. Responses of
phytoplankton to iron availability in the Ross Sea. Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, HI,
February, 2014.
McGillicuddy, D., P. Sedwick, M. Dinnimann, T. Bibby B. Greenan, E. Hofmann, J. Klinck, C.
Marsay, W. Smith and B. Sohst. Iron sources on the Ross Sea continental shelf: initial
results from the PRISM project. IAHS-IAPSO-IASPEI Joint Assembly, Gothenburg,
Sweden, July, 2013.
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. Sensitivity of water masses ad ice shelf basal
melt in the Ross Sea to changes in the winters and atmospheric temperatures. 12th AMS
Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Seattle, WA, April, 2013.
Smith, W.O. Jr, X. Liu, N.H. Doan, K.W. Tang and N.L. Nguyen. Giantism in the harmful algal
bloom species Phaeocystis globosa. Intern. Conf. “Bien Dong 2012”, Institute of
Oceanography, Nha Trang, Viet Nam; September, 2012.
Smith, W.O. Jr, X. Liu, N.H. Doan, K.W. Tang and N.L.Nguyen. Giantism in the harmful algal
bloom species Phaeocystis globosa. International Conference on Harmful Algae,
Changwon, Korea; October, 2012.
Smith, W.O. Jr, E.M. Olson, and D.J. McGillicuddy, Jr Phaeocystis antarctica ghost colonies: a
previously unknown component of Phaeocystis blooms in the Ross Sea. International
Conference on Harmful Algae, Changwon, Korea; October, 2012.
Queste, B. Y., W. O. Smith Jr., V. L. Asper, C. M. Lee, M. S. Dinniman, J. I. Gobat, and K. J.
Heywood. Physical and biological observations of the Ross Sea polynya using Seagliders
during the 2010 austral spring. European Geophysical Union, March, 2012.
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Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck and W.O. Smith, Jr. Sensitivity of Modified Circumpolar Deep
Water in the Ross Sea to Changes in the Surface Winds. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt
Lake City, UT, February, 2012.
Kaufman, D.E., D. O’Connell, M.A.M. Friedrichs, and W.O. Smith, Jr. An investigation of
modified circumpolar deep water through autonomous glider measurements in the Ross
Sea. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February, 2012.
B. Queste, W. Smith Jr., V. Asper, C. Lee, M. Dinniman, J. Gobat, and K. Heywood.
Seaglider deployment in the Ross Sea: advantages of glider platforms and preliminary
results. European Glider Organization, Las Palmas, March, 2011.
O’Connell, D., D.E. Kaufman, M.A.M. Friedrichs, and W.O. Smith, Jr. An investigation of
modified circumpolar deep water through autonomous glider measurements in the Ross
Sea. American Geophysical Union Autumn Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December,
2011.
Fragoso, G.M., W. O. Smith, Jr., and A. Leventer, 2010. Hydrography and phytoplankton
distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas. Biannual meeting of the Scientific Congress
of Antarctic Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina. July, 2010.
Ballerini,T., K. Aydin, K. Daly, S. Gaichas, D. Gifford, E. Hofmann, W.O. Smith, Jr. and J.
Steele. Comparison of structure and energy flow patterns in Southern Ocean
ecoysystems to temperate and sub-arctic ecosystems. IMBEZIO, Crete, Greece. July,
2010.
Ballerini,T., D. Ainley, K. Daly, E. Hofmann, M. Marrari, C. Ribic, W.O. Smith, Jr. and J.
Steele. An end-to-end food web model for the western Antarctic Peninsula. Biannual
meeting of the Scientific Congress of Antarctic Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina. July,
2010.
Dinniman, M.S.,J. M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. Differences in the fate of Circumpolar Deep
Water Advected onto the continental shelf in the Ross Sea and West Antarctic Peninsula.
GLOBEC Open Science Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June, 2010.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and L. Koloski, 2010. International Education and Oceanographic Outreach:
The VIMS/William & Mary Experience. COSEE-China Workshop, Beijing, PRC,
March, 2010.
Smith, W.O., Jr., S. Tozzi, and V. Asper. 2010. Continuous chlorophyll fluorescence
measurements in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: scales of variability. American Geophysical
Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, February, 2010.
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DiTullio, G.R., R.B. Dunbar, D.A. Hutchins, P. Lee, M.C. Long, J. Peloquin, M.A. Saito, P.N.
Sedwick, W.O. Smith, Jr., and P.D. Tortell. 2010. Controls on Ross Sea Algal
Community Structure (CORSACS). American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences
Meeting, Portland, OR, February, 2010.
Long, M.C., P.D. Tortell, R.B. Dunbar, W.O. Smith, Jr., D. Mucciarone, and G.R. DiTullio.
2010. Biological oxygen saturation and net community production in the polar Southern
Ocean. American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, February,
2010.
Fragoso, G.M., W.O. Smith, Jr. and A. Leventer. 2010. Hydrography and phytoplankton
distribution in the Amundsen and Ross Seas. American Geophysical Union Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, February, 2010.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M. Dennett, D.A. Caron and S. Mathot. 2002. Temporal Dynamics of the
Flagellated and Colonial Stages of Phaeocystis antarctica in The Ross Sea. American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2002 Summer Meeting, Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. 10-14 June, 2002.
DeLizo, L and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Taxonomic Composition and Growth Rates of
Phytoplankton at the New Zealand Subtropical Convergence. American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography 2002 Summer Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada. 10-14 June, 2002.
Ducklow, H.W., J.L. Oliver and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. The role of iron as a limiting nutrient for
marine plankton processes. Paper presented to the SCOPE Workshop on Element
Interactions, Prague, Czech Republic, October 7 – 11, 2002.
Lance, V.P., M.R. Hiscock, A. Hilting, L. DeLizo, D. Stuebe, S.J. Tanner, A. Aprill, W. Smith
and R.T. Barber. 2002. Primary productivity and size-fraction shifts during an in situ
Southern Ocean iron fertilization experiment (SOFeX). 2002 Autumn Meeting of the
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 6 – 10 December, 2002 (EOS 83,
F750).
J.A. Peloquin, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Phytoplankton photosynthetic response during the
Southern Ocean iron experiment using pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorescence.
2002 Autumn Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 6 – 10
December, 2002 (EOS 83, F750-1).
Bauer, J.E., W. O. Smith, Jr., and E. Keese. 2002. Distributions and partitioning of dissolved
organic C, N and P during the Southern Ocean iron experiment (SOFeX). 2002 Autumn
Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 6 – 10 December, 2002
(EOS 83, F752).
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W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Phytoplankton productivity in the Ross Sea: the role of taxonomic
composition. Paper presented at “Phytoplankton Productivity: An Appreciation of 50
years of the Study of Primary Production in Oceans and Lakes.” 18 – 22 March, 2002,
Bangor, Wales, England (Session Leader).
Klinck, J.M, M.S. Dinniman and W.O. Smith, Jr. Model study of circulation and biogeochemical
processes in the Ross Sea. Second International Conference on the Oceanography of the
Ross Sea Antarctica. 8 – 13 October, 2001, Ischia, Italy.
van Hilst, C.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. Photosynthetic response of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea,
Antarctica. In session on Interdisciplinary Studies of Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas, 2000
Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 24-28 January, 2000.
Gardner, W., M.J. Richardson, I. Walsh and W.O. Smith, Jr. POC Variations and Physical
Forcing in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone During Spring - Autumn, 1997-1998. In
session on Biogeochemical dynamics of the Southern Ocean: Past, Present and Future,
2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 24-28, January, 2000.
Hiscock, M.R., J. Marra, W.O. Smith, Jr. and R.T. Barber. Primary production and its regulation
in the Antarctic Polar Front Zone in 1997 and 1998. In session on Biogeochemical
dynamics of the Southern Ocean: Past, Present and Future, 2000 Ocean Sciences
Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 24-28, January, 2000.
Richardson, M.J., W.D. Gardner, and W.O. Smith, Jr. Seasonal patterns of water column
particulate organic carbon in the Ross Sea. In session on Biogeochemical dynamics of the
Southern Ocean: Past, Present and Future, 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio,
TX, 24-28, January, 2000.
JGOFS Open Science Conference, Ocean Biogeochemistry: A New Paradigm, 13-17 April,
2000, Bergen, Norway. Presented paper entitled Spatial, seasonal and interannual
variability in the Ross Sea.
JGOFS Open Science Conference, Ocean Biogeochemistry: A New Paradigm, 13-17 April,
2000, Bergen, Norway. Co-authored paper entitled Primary Production in the Antarctic
Polar Front Zone in 1997 and 1998: On deck ground-truthing and environmental
regulation.
Southern Ocean biogeochemistry symposium on The Southern Ocean: Climatic Changes and the
Cycle of Carbon:, 9-13 July, Brest, France. Presented paper entitled Interannual
variability in seasonal production and compositional ratios in the Ross Sea.
Southern Ocean biogeochemistry symposium on The Southern Ocean: Climatic Changes and the
Cycle of Carbon:, 9-13 July, Brest, France. Co-authored paper entitled Environmental
regulation of photosynthetic efficiency and specific productivity in the Ross Sea,
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Antarctica.
Ducklow, H.W., Smith, W.O., Fandino, L., Azam, F., Kirchman, D.L., Smith, D., Dickson, M.L.,
Carlson, C., Caron, D. and M. Dennett. Alternative scenarios for bacterial production in
the Ross Sea: conversions and constraints. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe,
NM, January, 1999.
Gardner, W.D., Richardson, M., Walsh, Il, and W.O. Smith. POC distributions and physical
forcing in the Antarctic Polar Front zone. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM,
January, 1999.
Mathot, S. and W.O. Smith. Temporal changes of Phaeocystis sp. In the Ross Sea: variations in
colony size, abundance and carbon content. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe,
NM, January, 1999.
Moore, J., Abbot, M., Richman, J., Cowles, T., Coale, K., Smith, W.O., Gardner, W. and R.
Barber. SEAWIFS satellite ocean color data at the US southern Ocean JGOFS line along
170W. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, January, 1999.
Richardson, M., Gardner, W. and W.O. Smith. Seasonal and spatial variability in POC
distributions in the Ross Sea. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, January,
1999.Smith, W.O., Barber, R., Hiscock, M., Marra, J. and S. Mathot. The seasonal cycle
of biomass and productivity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting,
Santa Fe, NM, January, 1999.
Sweeney, C., Hansell, D., Millero, F., Carlson, C., Codispoti, L., Smith, W.O., and T. Takahashi.
The biogeochemical regimes in the Ross Sea indicated by net utilization of carbon and
nutrient and net production of organic carbon. 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe,
NM, January, 1999.
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Education Abroad Task Force, W&M, 2009
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Zooplankton Ecologist Search Committee, 1999
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Southern Ocean Observing System Regional Workshop, Shanghai, China, September,
2017.
Ocean Science strategy workshop, Shanghai Xiao Tong University, Shanghai, China,
January, 2016.
ICED Workshop, Cambridge, UK, November, 2013
PRISM Workshop, Norfolk, VA, November, 2013
PRISM Workshop, Norfolk, VA, June, 2012
Workshop on the revision of protocols for isotope use on UNOLS vessels, Washington,
DC, November, 2011.
Workshop on China-US Collaboration Research on Marine Ecosystems and Carbon
Cycle in the Southern and Arctic Oceans, Xiamen University, Xiamen, PRC,
January 5-7, 2011. Scoping workshop on future oceanographic programs in the Southern Ocean, Princeton,
NJ, June 3-6, 2009 (co-organizer)
GLOBEC Food webs workshop, Boulder, CO, February 8-10, 2009
Gliders and Floats in Oceanography, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, March 22-4, 2009
Workshop on the use of alternate sampling platforms in the Southern Ocean, Washington,
DC, August 8-10, 2006
Nutrient Sensor Workshop, Savannah, GA, March 10 – 12, 2003
Workshop on the Replacement of the R.V.I.B. Nathaniel B. Palmer, Washington, DC,
July 12-13, 2002
Coastal Ocean Observatory Workshop, Dania, FL, March 28 – 30, 2001
JGOFS/AESOPS Keystone Workshop, Keystone, CO Aug. 1-10, 1998 (co-organizer)
JGOFS/AESOPS Knoxville Workshop, Knoxville, TN, June 16 – 22, 1997 (co-
organizer)
GLOBEC Planning workshop, May11-12, 1997, Washington, DC
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA, July 24-26, 2016
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA, July 24-26, 2015
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA, July 24-26, 2013
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA, July 22-24, 2011
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Annual Meeting, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, July 22-24, 2010 (Session Chair)
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Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Bruggia, Italy, March 3-5, 2009
Long-Term Ecological Research Program Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 17 – 21
September, 2003
JGOFS Final Open Science Meeting, “A Sea of Change: JGOFS Accomplishments and
the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry”, Washington, DC, 5 – 8 May, 2003
Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, CA, March 16 - 21,
2003.
Second International Conference on the Oceanography of the Ross Sea Antarctica. Ischia,
Italy, 8 – 13 October, 2001.
International Polynya Symposium “Polynyas in changing polar seas”. Quebec City,
Quebec, CAN, 9 – 13 September, 2001.
Third International Symposium on Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry, Brest, France, July
1 – 5, 2000.
JGOFS Open Science Conference, Ocean Biogeochemistry: A New Paradigm, Bergen,
Norway, 13-17, April, 2000.
Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, CA, March 7-12, 1999.
Professional Committees
Ross Sea Working Group Co-Chair, SOOS, 2016-present
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Steering Committee, 2009-2012
ICED Steering Committee (2006-present)
JGOFS Steering Committee (1994 – 1999)
International Southern Ocean JGOFS Committee
Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight Committee
Organizing Committee, Third International Symposium on Southern Ocean
Biogeochemistry (held in Brest, France, July, 2000).
Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas (held
in Quebec City, Canada, September, 2000).
Organizing Committee, International Symposium on the Oceanography of the Ross Sea
(held in Ischia, Italy, October, 2000).
Proposal Reviewer during past 18 months
National Science Foundation (6)
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
National Science and Research Council, Canada
National Science and Research Council, United Kingdom
Manuscript Reviewer during past 18 months
Nature (1)
Deep-Sea Research (5)
Journal of Marine Systems (3)
Journal of Geophysical Research (1)
Polar Biology (1)
Biogeosciences (2)
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Other requests for reviews were declined.
Service to private organizations
VIMS Mini-school of Marine Science, “Ocean Alchemy: Can Iron Make an Ice Age?”,
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA, September 10, 2003
Talk to Newport News Medical Society, Nov. 13, 2001
SAIC/Brown & Root: advisor in Antarctic logistics proposal development, 1999