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Texas A&M University at Galveston
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About: Texas A&M University at Galveston is a education organization based out in Galveston, Texas, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Bay. The organization has 561 authors who have published 1286 publications receiving 31538 citations.
Topics: Population, Bay, Estuary, Cave, Remipedia
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TL;DR: It is suggested that cell size and elemental stoichiometry are promising ecophysiological traits for modelling and tracking changes in phytoplankton community structure in response to climate change.
Abstract: Global increases in atmospheric CO2 and temperature are associated with changes in ocean chemistry and circulation, altering light and nutrient regimes. Resulting changes in phytoplankton community structure are expected to have a cascading effect on primary and export production, food web dynamics and the structure of the marine food web as well the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and bio-limiting elements in the sea. A review of current literature indicates cell size and elemental stoichiometry often respond predictably to abiotic conditions and follow biophysical rules that link environmental conditions to growth rates, and growth rates to food web interactions, and consequently to the biogeochemical cycling of elements. This suggests that cell size and elemental stoichiometry are promising ecophysiological traits for modelling and tracking changes in phytoplankton community structure in response to climate change. In turn, these changes are expected to have further impacts on phytoplankton community structure through as yet poorly understood secondary processes associated with trophic dynamics.
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute1, Texas A&M University at Galveston2, National University of Colombia3, University of Florida4, Florida International University5, University of Nevada, Reno6, Florida State University7, Scripps Institution of Oceanography8, United States Geological Survey9, University of California, Riverside10, Federal Fluminense University11, Rutgers University12, University of Iowa13, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais14, Hamilton College15, University of California, Berkeley16, Texas A&M University17, Natural History Museum18, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution19, National Museum of Natural History20, Washington and Lee University21, University of California, Davis22
TL;DR: An exhaustive review and reanalysis of geological, paleontological, and molecular records converge upon a cohesive narrative of gradually emerging land and constricting seaways, with formation of the Isthmus of Panama sensu stricto around 2.8 Ma.
Abstract: The formation of the Isthmus of Panama stands as one of the greatest natural events of the Cenozoic, driving profound biotic transformations on land and in the oceans. Some recent studies suggest that the Isthmus formed many millions of years earlier than the widely recognized age of approximately 3 million years ago (Ma), a result that if true would revolutionize our understanding of environmental, ecological, and evolutionary change across the Americas. To bring clarity to the question of when the Isthmus of Panama formed, we provide an exhaustive review and reanalysis of geological, paleontological, and molecular records. These independent lines of evidence converge upon a cohesive narrative of gradually emerging land and constricting seaways, with formation of the Isthmus of Panama sensu stricto around 2.8 Ma. The evidence used to support an older isthmus is inconclusive, and we caution against the uncritical acceptance of an isthmus before the Pliocene.
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TL;DR: The Black Sea became a giant freshwater lake during the latest Quaternary glaciation and the surface of this lake drew down to levels more than 100 m below its outlet as mentioned in this paper.
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Texas A&M University1, Texas A&M University at Galveston2, National Autonomous University of Mexico3, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research4, Australian Institute of Marine Science5, Qatar University6, University of Alaska Fairbanks7, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research8, St. John's University9, University of Massachusetts Boston10, University of Nevada, Reno11, University of Texas at San Antonio12, Florida State University13, University of Washington14, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi15, Université du Québec à Rimouski16, Polish Academy of Sciences17, National Institute of Oceanography, India18, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton19, Scottish Association for Marine Science20
TL;DR: This biomass census and associated maps are vital components of mechanistic deep-sea food web models and global carbon cycling, and as such provide fundamental information that can be incorporated into evidence-based management.
Abstract: A comprehensive seafloor biomass and abundance database has been constructed from 24 oceanographic institutions worldwide within the Census of Marine Life (CoML) field projects. The machine-learning algorithm, Random Forests, was employed to model and predict seafloor standing stocks from surface primary production, water-column integrated and export particulate organic matter (POM), seafloor relief, and bottom water properties. The predictive models explain 63% to 88% of stock variance among the major size groups. Individual and composite maps of predicted global seafloor biomass and abundance are generated for bacteria, meiofauna, macrofauna, and megafauna (invertebrates and fishes). Patterns of benthic standing stocks were positive functions of surface primary production and delivery of the particulate organic carbon (POC) flux to the seafloor. At a regional scale, the census maps illustrate that integrated biomass is highest at the poles, on continental margins associated with coastal upwelling and with broad zones associated with equatorial divergence. Lowest values are consistently encountered on the central abyssal plains of major ocean basins The shift of biomass dominance groups with depth is shown to be affected by the decrease in average body size rather than abundance, presumably due to decrease in quantity and quality of food supply. This biomass census and associated maps are vital components of mechanistic deep-sea food web models and global carbon cycling, and as such provide fundamental information that can be incorporated into evidence-based management.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Peter H. Santschi | 80 | 319 | 20707 |
Richard Sullivan | 56 | 385 | 15312 |
Laodong Guo | 56 | 190 | 10701 |
Nenad Trinajstić | 54 | 370 | 15196 |
Alexandru T. Balaban | 53 | 605 | 14225 |
Luis Serrano-Andrés | 51 | 150 | 11457 |
David H. Secor | 51 | 174 | 10190 |
Milan Randić | 50 | 279 | 8892 |
Henry Rzepa | 50 | 500 | 10220 |
Gary A. Gill | 48 | 112 | 7042 |
Gilbert T. Rowe | 47 | 122 | 6859 |
Mark Baskaran | 47 | 163 | 6719 |
Douglas J. Klein | 44 | 335 | 8191 |
Bernd Würsig | 44 | 146 | 7242 |
Samuel D. Brody | 44 | 111 | 7019 |