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Chu, J. and Tunnicliffe, V. (2015). Oxygen Limitations on Marine Animal Distributions and the Collapse of Epibenthic Community Structure during Shoaling Hypoxia. Global Change Biology 21: 2989-3004. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12898/.
Chu, J. and Gale, K. (2017). Ecophysical Limits to Aerobic Metabolism in Hypoxia Determine Epibenthic Distributions and Energy Sequestration in the Northeast Pacific, Limnology and Oceanography 62: 59 – 74. doi: 10.1002/Ino.10370. [This publication is available as OPEN ACCESS].
Brandon, J., Freibott, A., Taylor, A, and Ohman, M. (2017). The Abundance and Distribution of Nanoplastics in the California Current and the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Imaged with a Novel Method. Poster Presentation, ASLO Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.
NASA Scientists return to land on Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor after making important observations of phytoplankton with new technology to support current and future satellite observations. NEWPORT, OREGON – A swath of new instruments were debuted during a 25 day expedition across the Pacific exploring a wide variety of oceanic ecosystems. The focus … Continued
It has been a magnificent journey. Being surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on all sides for 25 days has deepened my connection to our water planet. Whenever on deck studying the blues of sky and sea, I also took a few deep breaths and grasped a sense of scale that I can not appreciate on … Continued
Rebecca Schandl has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Prior to working at Schmidt Ocean Institute, she was the senior buyer supporting a fleet of tuna purse seiners in the Western and Eastern Pacific. Rebecca has a wealth of experience handling procurement and logistics for vessels including vendor management and warehouse support.
What Color is the Ocean? The Sky? Most of us would reply immediately—blue! But what shade of blue? I am exploring this topic during the research cruise by capturing the blues of the sky and sea through direct observation using my eyes and three instruments—watercolors, photography and a cyanometer. Our research cruise has taken us … Continued
R/V Falkor-Inspired Lesson Plans With help from the wonderful educators that have joined us on R/V Falkor, we have created a number of lesson plans that can help your students connect with the cutting-edge oceanographic research that we are doing at sea. Contours Lesson Plan The sea floor is covered with interesting geologic features from trenches to … Continued
Plankton comes from the greek word planktos, meaning wanderer. It does not define a specific organism, but rather a specific life style. Plankton consist of all organisms dispersed in water that are passively driven by water currents or are subject to passive sinking process. Some of those organisms have an ability to produce oxygen and sugars … Continued
