WHOI Contributions to the Scientific Literature - Monthly Activity Report

Articles Received in March 1995

Altabet, Mark A., Roger Francois, David W. Murray and Warren L. Prell.

Climate-related variations in denitrification in the Arabian Sea from 15N/14N ratios. Nature (London), 373(6514):506-509, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE91-15641.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.
Contribution Number: 8920.

Arnosti, C. and D. J. Repeta.

Oligosaccharide degradation by anaerobic marine bacteria: Characterization of an experimental system to study polymer degradation in sediments. Limnol.Oceanogr., 39(8):1865-1877, 1994.
Contracts: DOE DE-FG02-92ER 61428.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.
Contribution Number: 8633.

Bacon, M. P., R. A. Belastock and M. H. Bothner.

210Pb balance and implications for particle transport on the continental shelf, U.S. Middle Atlantic Bight. Cont.Shelf Res., 41(2/3):511-535, 1994.
Contracts: DOE DE-FG02-88ER60681.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.
Contribution Number: 7869.

Beardsley, Robert C., Julio Candela, Richard Limeburner, W. Rockwell Geyer, Steven J. Lentz, Belmiro M. Castro, David Cacchione and Nelson Carneiro.

The M2 tide on the Amazon Shelf. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2283-2319, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE88-13399, NSF OCE91-15712, Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technologico FAFESP 89/3508-4 .
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8554.

Boyle, E. A., R. M. Sherrell and M. P. Bacon.

Lead variability in the western North Atlantic Ocean and central Greenland ice: Implications for the search of decadal trends in anthropogenic emissions. Geochim.Cosmochim.Acta, 58(15):3227-3238, 1994.
Contracts: NSF OCE84-17910, NSF OCE87-10328.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.

Clay, C. S., Dezhang Chu and Saimu Li.

Specular reflections of transient pressures from finite width plane facets. J.Acoust.Soc.Am., 94(4):2279-2286, 1993.
Contracts: ONR N00014-84-K-0611, ONR N00014-86-K-0323, ONR N00014- 88-K-6007, ONR N00014-91-J-6004, Ocean University of Qing Dao, Center for Polar Research - Univ. Wisconsin.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.

Colodner, Debra, Julian Sachs, Gregory Ravizza, Karl Turekian, John Edmond and Edward Boyle.

The geochemical cycle of rhenium: A reconnaissance. Earth Planet.Sci.Lett., 117:205-221, 1993.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.

Detrick, Robert S., H. D. Needham and V. Renard.

Gravity anomalies and crustal thickness variations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 33 N and 40 N. J.Geophys.Res., 100(B3):3767-3787, 1995.
Contracts: NSF RIDGE Program.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.
Contribution Number: 8895.

Freitag, Lee, Daniel Frye and John Spiesberger.

Surface suspended acoustic receiver. Sea Technol., 36(2):43, 45-48, 1995.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.

Geyer, W. Rockwell.

Tide-induced mixing in the Amazon frontal zone. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2341- 2353, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE91-15712, NSF OCE88-13399.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.
Contribution Number: 8666.

Geyer, W. Rockwell and Robert C. Beardsley.

Introduction to special section on physical oceanography of the Amazon shelf. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2281-2282, 1995.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.

Geyer, W. Rockwell and Gail C. Kineke.

Observations of currents and water properties in the Amazon frontal zone. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2321-2339, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE91-15712, NSF OCE88-13399.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.
Contribution Number: 8382.

Hart, M. W., R. L. Miller and L. P. Madin.

Form and feeding mechanism of a living Planctosphaera pelagica (phylum Hemichordata). Mar.Biol., 120:521-533, 1994.
Contracts: NSF OCE91-15453.
Department of WHOI Author: BIO.
Contribution Number: 8505.

Ito, Garrett T. and Jian Lin.

Mantle temperature anomalies along the past and paleoaxes of the Galapagos spreading center as inferred from gravity anomalies. J.Geophys.Res., 100(B3):3733-3745, 1995.
Contracts: ONR N00014-91-J-1433, NSF OCE90-20408.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.
Contribution Number: 8601.

Lentz, Steven J.

Seasonal variations in the horizontal structure of the Amazon Plume inferred from historical hydrographic data. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2391-2400, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE91-15712.
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8377.

Lentz, Steven J.

The Amazon River Plume during AMASSEDS: Subtidal current variability and the importance of wind forcing. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2377-2390, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE91-15712.
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8399.

Lentz, Steven J. and Richard Limeburner.

The Amazon River Plume during AMASSEDS: Spatial characteristics and salinity variability. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2355-2375, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE91-15712.
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8494.

Li, Saimu, Dezhang Chu and Clarence S. Clay.

Time domain reflections and diffractions from facet-wedge constructions: Acoustic experiments including double diffractions. J.Acoust.Soc.Am., 96(6):3715-3720, 1994.
Contracts: ONR N00014-84-K-0611, ONR N00014-86-K-0323, ONR N00014- 88-K-6007, ONR N00014-91-I-6004, Ocean University of Qing Dao, Center for Polar Research - Univ. Wisconsin.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.

Limeburner, Richard, Robert C. Beardsley, Ivan D. Soares, Steven J. Lentz and Julio Candela.

Lagrangian flow observations of the Amazon River discharge into the North Atlantic. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2401-2415, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-12917, NSF OCE91-81572, European Center - Medium- range Weather Forcasting.
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8526.

Magde, Laura S., Robert S. Detrick and the TERA Group: Graham M. Kent, Alistar J. Harding, John A. Orcutt, John C. Mutter and Peter Buhl.

The crustal and upper mantle contribution to the axial gravity anomaly at the southern East Pacific Rise. J.Geophys.Res., 100(B3):3747-3766, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE92-96017.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.
Contribution Number: 8744.

Millham, Newton P. and Brian L. Howes.

Freshwater flow into a coastal embayment: Groundwater and surface water inputs. Limnol.Oceanogr., 39(8):1928-1944, 1994.
Contracts: NOAA Sea Grant NA90-AA-D-SG480.
Department of WHOI Author: BIO.
Contribution Number: 8361.

Murray, James W., Richard T. Barber, Michael R. Roman, Michael P. Bacon and Richard A. Feely.

Physical and biological controls on carbon cycling in the equatorial Pacific. Science (Wash.DC), 266(5183):58-65, 1994.
Contracts: NSF OCE90-24379, NOAA Climate and Global Change Program.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.

Ravizza, G. and B. K. Esser.

A possible link between the sea water osmium isotope record and weathering of ancient sedimentary organic matter. Chem.Geol., 107:255-258, 1993.
Contracts: NSF EAR92-04409.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.
Contribution Number: 8351.

Sayles, F. L. and William R. Martin.

In-situ tracer studies of solute transport across the sediment-water interface at the Bermuda Time Series site. Deep-Sea Res., 42(1):31-52, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE90-12473.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.
Contribution Number: 8741.

Scholin, Christopher A., Michel Herzog, Mitchell Sogin and Donald M. Anderson.

Identification of group- and strain-specific genetic markers for globally distributed Alexandrium (Dinophycea). II. Sequence analysis of a fragment of the LSU rRNA gene. J.Phycol., 30:999-1011, 1994.
Contracts: NSF OCE89-11226, URA 117, Ocean Ventures Fund.
Department of WHOI Author: BIO.
Contribution Number: 8259.

Spall, Michael A.

Frontogenesis, subduction and cross-front exchange at upper ocean fronts. J.Geophys.Res., 100(C2):2543-2557, 1995.
Contracts: ONR N00014-93-1-0572.
Department of WHOI Author: PO.
Contribution Number: 8733.

Stewart, W. Kenneth, Dezhang Chu, Sandipa Malik, Steve Lerner and Hannuman Singh.

Quantitative seafloor characterization using a bathymetric sidescan sonar. IEEE J.Ocean.Eng., 19(4):599-610, 1994.
Contracts: ONR N00014-90-K-0070, ONR N00014-90-J-1848.
Department of WHOI Author: AOPE.
Contribution Number: 8156.

Tivey, Maurice A. and H. Paul Johnson.

ALVIN magnetic survey of zero-age crust: Coaxial segment eruption, Juan de Fuca Ridge 1993. Geophys.Res.Lett., 22(2):171-174, 1995.
Contracts: NSF OCE88-17553.
Department of WHOI Author: GEOL.

Waser, N. A., A. P. Fleer, T. R. Hammar, K. O. Buesseler and M. P. Bacon.

Determination of natural 32P and 33P in rainwater, marine particles and plankton by low-level beta counting. Nucl.Instrum.Meth.Phys.Res.A., 338:560-567, 1994.
Department of WHOI Author: MCG.

White, David S. and Brian L. Howes.

Long term 15N-nitrogen retention in the vegetated sediments of a New England salt marsh. Limnol.Oceanogr., 39(8):1878-1892, 1994.
Contracts: NSF BSR85-18263, NSF BSR85-07356.
Department of WHOI Author: BIO.
Contribution Number: 8547.