Faculty Info: Kenneth H. Coale
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KENNETH H. COALE Director, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz Email: coale@mlml.calstate.edu |
Specific Research Interests: Our research involves several different aspects of trace element, carbon and nutrient cycling in aquatic systems and the use of naturally and bomb-produced radionuclides to trace marine rate processes. 1) We have identified iron as a key factor controlling phytoplankton growth over much of world's oceans. We are currently investigating the role of iron in controlling phytoplankton growth and the carbon/climate connection using mesoscale enrichment experiments (funded by NSF and DOE). 2) The production of methyl mercury and it's concentration in fish has become a major problem. We are studying the historical deposition of mercury and the processes that control the methylation and flux of mercury from the sediments into the overlying water column and tropic levels in the San Francisco Bay Delta Complex. 3) Little is known about the longevity of deep dwelling fish. Together with the Ichthyology Lab, we are using naturally-occuring and bomb-produced radionuclides to investigate the growth and longevity of rockfish, sharks and corals. 4) Time series of coastal conditions is key to understanding factors that force change in the coastal environment. We are establishing a network of linked coastal observatories in California. Current Projects: (1) Southern Ocean Iron Experiments; (2) CalFed Mercury Project; (3) Ageing of the Patagonian Toothfish; (4) California Center for Integrative Coastal Observation Research and Education (CI-CORE); (5)Alliance for Coastal Technologies. Selected Publications: Key-Young C., G.A. Gill, R.D. Lehman, S. Han, W.A. Heim, K.H. Coale, 2004. Sediment-water exchange of total mercury and monomethyl mercury in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Limnology and Oceanography. In Press Elrod, V., Berelson, W., Coale, K. and Johnson, K. 2004. The Flux of Iron from Continental Shelf Sediments: A Missing Source for Global Budgets? Geophysical Research Letters. In Press Coale, K.H. K.S. Johnson, F.P. Chavez, K.O. Buesseler, R.T. Barber, M.A. Brzezinski, W.P. Cochlan, F.J. Millero, P.G. Falkowski, J.E. Bauer, R.H. Wanninkhof, R.M. Kudela, M.A. Altabet, B.E. Hales, T. Takahashi, M.R. Landry , R.R. Bidigare, X. Wang, Z. Chase, P.G. Strutton, G.E. Friederich, M.Y. Gorbunov, V.P. Lance, A.K. Hilting, M.R. Hiscock, M. Demarest, W.T. Hiscock, K.F. Sullivan, S.J. Tanner, R.M. Gordon, C.N. Hunter, V.A. Elrod, S.E. Fitzwater, J.L. Jones, S. Tozzi, M. Koblizek, A.E. Roberts, J. Herndon, J. Brewster, N. Ladizinsky, G. Smith, D. Cooper, D. Timothy, S.L. Brown, K.E. Selph, C.C. Sheridan, B.S. Twining and Z.I. Johnson, 2004. Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon Cycling in High- and Low-Si Waters. Science, April 16, 2000 Stevens, M., Andrews, A., Cailliet, G., Coale, K. and Lundstrom, C. 2004. Age, growth and radiometric age validation of the blackgill rockfish, Sebastes melanostomus. Fishery Bulletin. In Press. Kerr, L.A., A.H. Andrews, B.R. Frantz, K.H. Coale, T.A. Brown, and G.M. Cailliet. 2004. Radiocarbon in otoliths of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus): a reference time series for the coastal waters of southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61:1-9 Kerr-Ferrey, L., Andrews, A., Frantz, B., Coale, K., Brown, T. and Cailliet, G. 2003. Radiocarbon in otoliths of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), a unique chronometer for the waters of southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. In Press Andrews, A.H., E.E. Cordes, M.M. Mahoney, K. Munk, K.H. Coale, G.M. Cailliet and J. Heifetz. 2002. Age, growth and radiometric age validation of a deep-sea, habitat-forming gorgonian (Primnoa resedaeformis) from the Gulf of Alaska. Hydrobiologia 471:101-110 Andrews, A.H., G.M. Cailliet, K.H. Coale, K.M. Munk, M.M. Mahoney, and V.M. O'Connell. 2002. Radiometric age validation of the yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) from southeastern Alaska. Marine and Freshwater Research 53 (2):1-8 Andrews, A.H., E.J. Burton, K.H. Coale, G.M. Cailliet, and R.E. Crabtree. 2001. Radiometric age validation of Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus. Fishery Bulletin 99:389-398 Coale, K.H. 2000. Nutrient Cycling: Iron Fertilization. Encyclopedia for Ocean Sciences. Academic Press, London, J. Steele, K. Turekian S Thorpe, Eds. Watters, D., K.H. Coale et al. 2000. Age determination and confirmation from otoliths of the bank rockfish, Sebastes rufus (Scorpaenidae). Fishery Bulletin Andrews, A.H., Cailliet, G.M., Coale, K.H. 1999. Age and growth of the Pacific grenadier (Coryphaenoides acrolepis) with age estimate validation using an improved radiometric ageing technique. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1339-1350 |
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