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William M. Balch
Researcher at Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Publications - 140
Citations - 8771
William M. Balch is an academic researcher from Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coccolithophore & Emiliania huxleyi. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 134 publications receiving 7817 citations. Previous affiliations of William M. Balch include University of Miami & University of California, San Diego.
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Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice
Kevin R. Arrigo,Donald K. Perovich,Donald K. Perovich,Robert S. Pickart,Zachary W. Brown,Gert L. van Dijken,Kate E. Lowry,Matthew M. Mills,Molly A. Palmer,William M. Balch,Frank Bahr,Nicholas R. Bates,Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson,Bruce C. Bowler,Emily F. Brownlee,Jens K. Ehn,Karen E. Frey,Rebecca Garley,Samuel R. Laney,Laura C. Lubelczyk,Jeremy T. Mathis,Atsushi Matsuoka,B. Greg Mitchell,G. W. K. Moore,Eva Ortega-Retuerta,Sharmila Pal,Chris Polashenski,Rick A. Reynolds,Brian D. Schieber,Heidi M. Sosik,Michael Stephens,James H. Swift +31 more
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that under-ice phytoplankton blooms may be more widespread over nutrient-rich Arctic continental shelves and that satellite-based estimates of annual primary production in these waters may be underestimated by up to 10-fold.
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A biogeochemical study of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, in the North Atlantic
Patrick M. Holligan,Emilio Fernández,James Aiken,William M. Balch,Philip W. Boyd,Peter H. Burkill,Miles S. Finch,Stephen B. Groom,Gillian Malin,Kerstin Muller,Duncan A. Purdie,Carol V. Robinson,Charles C. Trees,Suzanne M. Turner,Paul van der Wal +14 more
TL;DR: The biogeochemical properties of an extensive bloom (∼250,000 km2) of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, in the north east Atlantic Ocean were investigated in June 1991.
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An overview of MODIS capabilities for ocean science observations
Wayne E. Esaias,Mark R. Abbott,I. J. Barton,Otis B. Brown,J.W. Campbell,Kendall L. Carder,Dennis K. Clark,Robert Evans,Frank E. Hoge,Howard R. Gordon,William M. Balch,Ricardo M. Letelier,Peter J. Minnett +12 more
TL;DR: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer will add a significant new capability for investigating the 70% of the Earth's surface that is covered by oceans, in addition to contributing to the continuation of a decadal scale time series necessary for climate change assessment in the oceans.
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Biologically mediated dissolution of calcium carbonate above the chemical lysocline
TL;DR: A diverse but increasing amount of evidence to suggest considerable dissolution of calcium carbonate, perhaps as much as 60-80%, in the upper 500-1000m of the ocean, well above the chemical lysocline.
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Biological and optical properties of mesoscale coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine
TL;DR: Haugen et al. as discussed by the authors studied two coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine in 1988 and 1989 and found that coccoliths contributed approximately 75% of the backscattering signal and 50% of beam attenuation signal.