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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

NonprofitFalmouth, Massachusetts, United States
About: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a nonprofit organization based out in Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Mantle (geology). The organization has 5685 authors who have published 18396 publications receiving 1202050 citations. The organization is also known as: WHOI.


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TL;DR: In this article, it is suggested that elevated near-bottom mixing (Kρ ∼ 10−3 m2 s−1) observed offshore of the supercritical continental slope arises from the reflection of a remotely generated, low-mode, M2 internal tide.
Abstract: Observations of turbulence, internal waves, and subinertial flow were made over a steep, corrugated continental slope off Virginia during May–June 1998. At semidiurnal frequencies, a convergence of low-mode, onshore energy flux is approximately balanced by a divergence of high-wavenumber offshore energy flux. This conversion occurs in a region where the continental slope is nearly critical with respect to the semidiurnal tide. It is suggested that elevated near-bottom mixing (Kρ ∼ 10−3 m2 s−1) observed offshore of the supercritical continental slope arises from the reflection of a remotely generated, low-mode, M2 internal tide. Based on the observed turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ϵ, the high-wavenumber internal tide decays on time scales O(1 day). No evidence for internal lee wave generation by flow over the slope's corrugations or internal tide generation at the shelf break was found at this site.

246 citations

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TL;DR: Recent findings from studies that examine DOM-microbe interactions from either the DOM perspective (organic geochemistry) or the microbe perspective (microbial ecology) are summarized.
Abstract: Microbes mediate global biogeochemical cycles through their metabolism, and all metabolic processes begin with the interaction between the microbial cell wall or membrane and the external environment For all heterotrophs and many autotrophs, critical growth substrates and factors are present within the dilute and heterogeneous mixture of compounds that constitutes dissolved organic matter (DOM) In short, the microbe-molecule interaction is one of the fundamental reactions within the global carbon cycle Here, I summarize recent findings from studies that examine DOM-microbe interactions from either the DOM perspective (organic geochemistry) or the microbe perspective (microbial ecology) Gaps in our knowledge are highlighted and future integrative research directions are proposed

246 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, reflection and refraction data acquired on four transects spanning the Southeast Greenland rifted margin and Greenland^Iceland Ridge (GIR) provide new constraints on mantle thermal structure and melting processes during continental breakup in the North Atlantic.

246 citations

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01 Jan 1987
TL;DR: The flux and concentration of large amorphous aggregates (marine snow) were measured using a combination camera and sediment trap deployed at 380 m (390 m water depth) in the Panama Basin in April 1985 as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The flux and concentration of large amorphous aggregates (marine snow) were measured using a combination camera and sediment trap deployed at 380 m (390 m water depth) in the Panama Basin in April 1985. Results at this site indicate that essentially all settling particles arrive at the sea floor as components of large aggregates, with insignificant contributions of solitary fecal pellets. The observed flux of any particle divided by its concentration gives an estimate of a model parameter which can be interpreted as particle settling speed. Application of this method to marine snow indicates that, on average, larger aggregates (4–5 mm) settle more slowly (1 m day−1) than smaller aggregates (1–2.5 mm, 36 m day-1). These sinking speed estimates represent the average sinking speed of all aggregates photographed in the water column at the depth of the sediment trap. As such, these numbers may reflect the relative abundances of fast and slow-sinking aggregates rather than the absolute sinking speed of material entering the trap. Particles were observed to change positions or disappear between photographs, indicating water movement which may have been associated with the activity of grazing organisms within the sediment trap.

246 citations

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TL;DR: The authors reviewed seven particularly well known and/or studied oil spills that have occurred since the National Academy of Sciences 1975 report, "Petroleum in the Marine Environment" or that occurred prior to that report but about which significant new information has since been acquired.
Abstract: We reviewed seven particularly well known and/or studied oil spills that have occurred since the National Academy of Sciences 1975 report, “Petroleum in the Marine Environment” or that occurred prior to that report but about which significant new information has since been acquired. The spills studied were from the bargeFlorida, and tankersArrow, Argo Merchant, Amoco Cadiz, andTsesis and blowouts from the Bravo and Ixtoc I platforms.

246 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Roberto Romero1511516108321
Jerry M. Melillo13438368894
Timothy J. Mitchison13340466418
Xiaoou Tang13255394555
Jillian F. Banfield12756260687
Matthew Jones125116196909
Rodolfo R. Llinás12038652828
Ronald D. Vale11734249020
Scott C. Doney11140659218
Alan G. Marshall107106046904
Peter K. Smith10785549174
Donald E. Canfield10529843270
Edward F. DeLong10226242794
Eric A. Davidson10128145511
Gary G. Borisy10124838195
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202357
2022126
2021712
2020701
2019737
2018612