J. Timothy Pennington

J. TIMOTHY PENNINGTON
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Moss Landing, CA 95039
(831) 775-1715; FAX (831) 775-1620
E-Mail: peti@mbari.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERTISE:

Biological oceanography of coastal upwelling systems
Ecology of marine invertebrate larvae

EMPLOYMENT:

Research Technician, 1991-2010
Research Specialist, 2010-present

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

B.A.: 1977, Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz.. Undergraduate thesis title: "Dispersal of effluent from the Soquel Point sewage outfall, and its effects on adjacent benthic communities." Dr. J.S. Pearse, adviser.
M.A.: 1981, Biology, Humboldt State University, California. Thesis title: "The reproductive biology and general ecology of the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa Sowerby in Trinidad Bay, California." Dr. J.D. DeMartini, adviser.
Ph.D.: 1986, Zoology, University of Alberta,Canada. Dissertation title: "Seasonal population dynamics of the invertebrate meroplankton of San Juan Channel,Washington, and studies on patterns of loss from larval populations by predation." Dr. Fu-Shiang Chia, adviser.
Postdoctoral Fellow: 1986-89, University of Hawaii. Extraction, purification and identification of a coral produced kairomone which induces metamorphosis of the planktonic larvae of a benthic marine mollusc. Dr. M.G. Hadfield, adviser.
Postdoctoral Fellow: 1989-1991, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station. Offshore dispersal and oceanographic control of return of barnacle larvae to shore populations. Dr. J. Roughgarden, adviser.

PAPERS PUBLISHED:

Pennington, J.T. and F.S. Chia. 1984. Morphological and behavioral defenses of trochophore larvae of Sabellaria cementarium (Polychaeta) against four planktonic predators. Biol. Bull. 167: 168-175.
Pennington, J.T. and F.S. Chia. 1985. Gastropod torsion: A test of Garstang's hypothesis. Biol. Bull. 169: 391-396.
Pennington, J.T. 1985. The ecology of fertilization of echinoid eggs: The consequences of sperm dilution, adult aggregation and synchronous spawning. Biol. Bull. 169: 417-430.
Rumrill, S.S., J.T. Pennington and F.S. Chia. 1985. Differential susceptibility of marine invertebrate larvae: Laboratory predation of sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz), embryos and larvae by zoeae of the red crab, Cancer productus Randall. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 90: 193-208.
Pennington, J.T., S.S. Rumrill and F.S. Chia. 1986. Stage-specific predation upon embryos and larvae of the Pacific sand dollar, Dendrasterexcentricus, by eleven species of common zooplanktonic predators. Bull. Mar. Sci. 39: 234-239.
Pennington, J.T. and R.B. Emlet. 1986. Diel and ontogenetic vertical migration of a planktonic echinoid larva, Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz): Occurrence, causes, and probable consequences. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 104: 69-95.
Pennington, J.T. and M.G. Hadfield. 1989. A simple non-toxic method for the decalcification of living invertebrate larvae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 130: 1-7.
Pennington, J.T. and M.G. Hadfield. 1989. Larvae of a nudibranch mollusc (Phestilla sibogae) metamorphose when exposed to common organic solvents. Biol. Bull. 177: 350-355.
Hadfield, M.G. and J.T. Pennington. 1990. Nature of the metamorphic signal and its internal transduction in larvae of the nudibranch Phestillasibogae. Bull. Mar. Sci. 46: 455-464.
Pennington, J.T. 1990. Predation by hydromedusae on hydrozoan embryos and larvae: Planktonic kin selection? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 60: 247-252.
Pennington, J.T. and R.R. Strathmann. 1990. Consequences of the calcite skeletons of planktonic echinoderm larvae for orientation, swimming, and shape. Biol. Bull. 179: 121-133.
Roughgarden, J., J.T. Pennington, D. Stoner, S. Alexander, K. Miller. 1991. Collisions of upwelling fronts with the intertidal zone: The cause of recruitment pulses in barnacle populations of central California. Acta Oecologica 12: 35-51.
Roughgarden, J., J.T. Pennington, S. Alexander. 1994. Dynamics of the rocky intertidal zone with remarks on generalization in ecology. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B) 343: 79-85.
Friederich, G.E., C.M. Sakamoto, J.T. Pennington and F.P. Chavez. 1995. On the direction of the air-sea flux of CO₂ in coastal upwelling systems. Proc. 1994 Sapporo IGBP Symp., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo Hokkaido,Japan
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. Herlien, H. Jannasch, G. Thurmond, G.E. Friederich. 1997. Moorings and drifters for real-time interdisciplinary oceanography. J.Atm. Ocean. Technology. 14:1119-1211.
Rau, G.H., C. Low, J.T. Pennington, K.R. Buck and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Suspended particulate nitrogen delta-15N versus nitrate utilization: observations in Monterey Bay, CA. Deep Sea Res. Part II 45: 1603-1616.
Pennington, J.T., M.N. Tamburri and J.P. Barry. 1999. Development, temperature tolerance, and settlement preference of embryos and larvae of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. Biol. Bull 196: 245-256.
Pennington, J.T. and F.P. Chavez. 2000. Seasonal fluctuations of temperature, salinity, nitrate, chlorophyll and primary production at station H3/M1 over 1989-1996 in Monterey Bay, California. Deep Sea Research Part II 47: 947-974.
Johnson, K.S., F.P. Chavez, V.A. Elrod, S.E. Fitzwater, J.T. Pennington, K.R. Buck and P.M. Walz. 2001. The annual cycle of iron and the biological response in central California coastal waters. Geophysical Research Letters 28: 1247-1250.
Pennington, J.T. and S.A. Stricker. 2001. Phylum Brachiopoda. Chapter 41 in Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larval Forms, C.M. Young, ed., Academic Press, New York. pp. 441-461.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, J.P. Ryan, R.P. Michisaki, B. Schlining, P. Walz, K.R. Buck, A. McFayden and C.A. Collins. 2002.Biological and chemical consequences of the 1997-98 El Niño in central California waters. Progress in Oceanography 54: 205-232.
Castro, C.G., C.A. Collins, P. Walz, J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, G. Friederich and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Chemical variability during El Niño 1997-98 off central California. Progress in Oceanography. 54: 171-185.
Collins,C.A., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, T.A. Rago and F.P. Chavez. 2003. The California Current System off Monterey, California: physical and biological coupling. Deep-Sea Research II 50: 2389-2404.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. Michisaki and J.P. Ryan (2004). The Monterey Bay Ocean Time-Series and Observatory (MOTO) Sheds Light on Multi-Decadal Basin-Scale Fluctuations of Anchovies and Sardines, MBNMS Ecosystem Observations, 20-21.
Pennington, J.T., Mahoney, K.L., Kuwahara, V.S., Kolber, D.D., Calienes, R., Chavez, F.P. 2006. Primary production in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography 69: 285-317.
McLaughlin, K., Chavez, F.P., Pennington, J.T., Paytan, A. 2006. A Time Series Investigation of the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Dissolved Inorganic Phosphate in Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2370-2379.
Wankel, S.D.,Kendall, C., Pennington, J.T., Chavez, F.P., and Paytan, A. 2007. Nitrification in the euphotic zone as evidenced by nitrate dual isotopic composition: Observations from Monterey Bay, California. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 21, doi 10.1029/2006GB002723
Carr, S.D., Capet, X.J., McWilliams, J.C., Pennington, J.T., Chavez, F.P. 2008. The influence of diel vertical migration on zooplankton transport and recruitment in an upwelling region: estimates from a coupled behavioral-physical model. Fisheries Oceanography, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00447.x
Johnston, T.M.S., Cheriton, O.M., Pennington, J.T., Chavez, F.P., 2009. Thin phytoplankton layer formation at eddies, filaments, and fronts in a coastal upwelling zone. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 56 (3-5), 246-259.
Conaway, C.H., Black, F.J., Gault-Ringold, M., Pennington, J.T., Chavez, F.P., Flegal, A.R., 2009. Dimethylmercury in Coastal Upwelling Waters, Monterey Bay, California. Environmental Science & Technology 43 (5), 1305-1309.
Pennington, J.T., Castro, C.G., Collins, C.A., Evans, W.W.I., Friederich, G.E., Michisaki, R.P., Chavez, F.P., 2010. The Northern and Central California Coastal Upwelling System. In: Liu, K.-K. (Ed.), Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 29-44
Bjorkstedt, E.P., Goericke, R., McClatchie, S., Weber, E., Watson, W., Lo, N., Peterson, B., Emmett, B., Peterson, J., Durazo, R., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Chavez, F., Pennington, J.T., Collins, C.A., Field, J., Ralston, S., Sakuma, K., Bograd, S.J., Schwing, F.B., Xue, Y., Sydeman, W.J., Thompson, S.A., Santora, J.A., Largier, J., Halle, C., Morgan, S., Kim, S.Y., Merkens, K.P.B., Hildebrand, J.A., Munger, L.M. 2010. State of the California current 2009-2010: Regional variation persists through transition from la Niña to el Niño (and back?) California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 51, pp.39 -69.
- cited in:Cervantes-Duarte, R., Prego, R., López-López, S., Aguirre-Bahena, F., Ospina-Alvarez, N. 2013. Annual patterns of nutrients and chlorophyll in a subtropical coastal lagoon under the upwelling influence (SW of Baja-California Peninsula) Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science, 120, pp.54-63.
Pennington, J.T., C.A. Collins, R.M. Michisaki, F.P. Chavez, In preparation. A twenty year oceanographic time series in Monterey Bay, California: Spatial pattern between stations." 20 mss pages, 10 figures.
Chavez, F.P., M. Messié, Pennington, J.T., 2011. Marine Primary Production in Relation to Climate Variability and Change. The Annual Review of Marine Science 3: 227-260, doi: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163917.
C.G. Castro, C.A. Collins, J.T. Pennington, D. Zúñiga & F.P. Chavez, 2011. Spatial distribution and offshore export of total organic carbon along the eastern boundary of the Subtropical North Pacific. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2:2, 93-106
J.P. Ryan, M.A. McManus, R.M. Kudela, M. Lara Artigas, J.G. Bellingham, F.P. Chavez, G. Doucette, D. Foley, M. Godin, J.B.J. Harvey, R. Marin III, M. Messié, C. Mikulski, T. Pennington, F. Py, K. Rajan, I. Shulman, Z. Wang, Y. Zhang. 2013. Boundary influences on HAB phytoplankton ecology in a stratification-enhanced upwelling shadow, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, ISSN 0967-0645, 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.017.

PRESENTATIONS SINCE JOINING MBARI:

Chavez, F. P., R. Herlien, G. Thurmond, D. Wright and J. T. Pennington. 1990. Real-time mooring systems for interdisciplinary oceanographic research.
Pennington, J.T. and F.P Chavez. 1992. Onset of El Niño in Monterey Bay. Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Abstracts, p. 4.
Pennington, J.T. and F.P. Chavez. 1993. Pelagic barnacles: Distribution of Larvae and recruitment to coastal moorings. AGU Poster, San Francisco.
Pilskaln, C.H., J.B. Paduan, F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington and R.Y. Anderson. 1993. Carbon cycling in the coastal upwelling region of Monterey Bay,Central CA. The Oceanography Society, Abstract, p. 206.
Herlien, R.A., J.T. Pennington, G. Thurmond and F.P. Chavez. 1993. An Ocean acquisition system for interdisciplinary science (OASIS). EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1994 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 75, No. 3, 43.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. Herlien, G. Thurmond, C. Sakamoto and K. R. Buck. 1993. Forcing and biological impact of the 1992 El Niño in Central California. Oceanography Society, Third Scientific Meeting, April 13-16, 1993, Seattle, WA.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington and K.R. Buck. 1993. Temporal variability of phytoplankton in a coastal central California upwelling ecosystem. EOS, 74, 324.
Herlien, R.A., J.T. Pennington, G. Thurmond and F.P. Chavez. 1993. An Ocean acquisition system for interdisciplinary science (OASIS). EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1994 Ocean Sciences Meeting,75(3), 87.
Pennington, J.T. and F.P. Chavez. 1993. Pelagic Barnacles: Distribution of larvae and recruitment to coastal moorings. EOS, 74, 324.
Pilskaln, C.H., J.B. Paduan, F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington and R.Y. Anderson. 1993. Carbon cycling in the coastal upwelling region of the Monterey Bay, central California. The TOS Meeting, 206.
Low, C., G.H. Rau, G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington and F.P. Chavez. 1994. d13CPOM and dN15CPOM variations in Monterey Bay, CA: Effects of surface ocean CO2 and NO3 supply/demand. AGU, San Francisco.
Friederich, G.E., C.M. Sakamoto, J.T. Pennington and F.P. Chavez. 1994. On the direction of the air-sea flux of CO2 in coastal upwelling systems.
Pennington, J.T. and J.P. Barry. 1996. Larval development of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. MBARI Open House for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, T. O’Reilly, and G.E. Friederich. 1996. Scales of biological variability and the fate of primary production in the coast Central California ecosystem. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1996 Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Dugdale, R.C., G. Friederich, F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington, F.P Wilkerson, and T.P. Hayden. 1996. Spatial distribution of new production in Monterey Bay during CoOP95: Implications for CO₂ air-sea flux. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1996 Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Rau, G.H., C. Low, G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington, F.P. Chavez. 1996. d ¹³C_POM and d ¹⁵C_POM seasonal variations in Monterey Bay: Effects of CO₂ and NO₃ supply/demand. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1996 Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Pennington, J.T. and J.P. Barry. 1997. Larval development of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. Western Society of Naturalists, La Paz, Mexico .
Pennington, J.T. 1997. Larval development of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. MBARI Board Meeting presentation.
Pennington, J.T. 1997. Larval development of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. Walter Colton Middle School Science Day presentation.
Pennington, J.T. 1997. Larval development of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. Moss Landing Middle School Science Day presentation.
Pennington, J.T. 1997. Depth regulation of echinoderm larvae: functional morphology, behavior and ecological consequences. MBARI departmental seminar.
Pennington, J.T. 1997. The articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus from Monterey Bay, California. Fu-Shiang Chia Retirement Symposium, Friday Harbor Laboratories,University of Washington.
Pennington, J.T., M.N. Tamburri and J.P. Barry. 1997. Laqueus californianus (Brachiopoda): Larval temperature tolerance and settlement preference. Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey California.
Pennington, J.T., M.N. Tamburri and J.P. Barry. 1998. Laqueus californianus (Brachiopoda: Articulata) from Monterey Bay, California: Larval temperature tolerance and settlement preference. Larval Biology Meetings, Melbourne Australia.
Pennington, J.T. and J.P. Barry. 1998. The amazing brachiopod beds of Monterey Bay: living fossils? MBARI Open House, Moss Landing, California.
Chavez, F.P., R. Michisaki, J.T. Pennington, G. Friederich, T. Anderson and R. Kudela. 1998. Interpreting and assimilating long term multi-platform information from a temperate coastal upwelling system. TOS, Paris, France.
F.P. Wilkerson, R.C. Dougdale, F.P. Chavez, R.M. Kudela, J.T. Pennington. 1998. Ratios of Carbon to Nitrogen Uptake by the Monterey Bay Phytoplankton Assemblage, EOS, Trans. AGU, Ocean Sciences Meeting, OS60.
Pennington, J.T. 1999. The amazing brachiopod beds of Monterey Bay: living fossils? March 10, 1999. Invited lecture to the Friends of MLML, Moss Landing,California.
Chavez, F.P., R.P. Michisaki, G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington, B. Schlining, C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri, K.R. Buck. 1999. A ten-year time series for Monterey Bay, California: Seasonal, interannual and long-term patterns. Poster, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
Michisaki, R. P., F. P. Chavez, G. E. Friederich, J. T. Pennington, B. Schlining,C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, and E. Mauri. 1999. Detecting The Effects Of Global Change In The Open Ocean Waters Of Monterey Bay, California. Poster, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
Chavez, F.P., R.P. Michisaki, G.E. Friederich, J.T. Pennington, B. Schlining, C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri, K.R. Buck. 1999. A ten-year time series for Monterey Bay, California: Seasonal, interannual and long-term patterns. Poster, TOS, Reno, Nevada.
Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. Temporal and spatial variations in chlorophyll and primary production during 1997-99 along CalCoFI Line 67 in central California. EPOC Poster, Lake Tahoe, California.
Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niño on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Poster, El Niño Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing,California.
Castro, C., C. Collins, P. Walz, G. Friederich, R. Michisaki, J.T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 1999. The nutrient consequences of the 1997-98 El Niño off central California. El Niño Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing,California.
Chavez, F, J.T. Pennington, R. Michisaki, A. McPhadyen, J. Ryan. 1999. The SECRET of the 1997-98 El Niño off central California. El Niño Workshop, Dec. 6-9, MBARI, Moss Landing, California.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C. Castro, F. Chavez. 1999. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niño on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, California.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, F. Chavez. 2000. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niño on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Poster, Ocean Sciences, San Antonio, Texas.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, and K.R. Buck. 2000. Response of the pelagic ecosystem in response to a ten-year warming trend in Monterey Bay, California. In: Beyond El Niño: a conference on
Pacific climate variability and marine ecosystem impacts, from the tropics to the Arctic; 2000 March 23-26;La Jolla, CA. p. 30.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, and K.R. Buck. 2000. Response of the pelagic ecosystem to a ten-year warming trend in Monterey Bay, California. Poster, Ocean Sciences, San Antonio, Texas.
Pennington, J.T. 2000. The 1997-98 El Niño across the central California upwelling zone --- Temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Invited seminar, Moss Landing Marine Labs, Moss Landing, California.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. 2000. Effect of the 1997-98 El Niño on chlorophyll and primary production across the central California upwelling zone: temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Won Best Poster award, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Santa Cruz, California.
Clark, K.C., B. Marinovic, T. Pennington, F. Chavez. 2000. Upwelling filaments and fronts affect larval transport and development in Monterey Bay euphausiids. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Santa Cruz, California.
Pennington, J.T. 2000. The 1997-98 El Niño across the central California upwelling zone --- Temporal evolution, spatial pattern, and comparison to climatology. Classroom lecture, Monterey High School MAOS program, Monterey, California.
Elrod, V.A., Johnson, K.S., Chavez, F.P., Fitzwater, S.E., Pennington, J.T., Buck, K.R., Walz, P.M.. 2000. The Annual Cycle of Iron and the Biological Response in Central California Coastal Waters. Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS72B-10.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. 2001. El Niño and La Niña across the central California upwelling zone: physics, nutrients, and effects on phytoplankton. ASLO, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, F. Chavez. 2001. El Niño and La Niña across the central California upwelling zone: physics, nutrients, and effects on phytoplankton. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Santa Cruz, California.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, R. Marin, A. Roberts, P. Walz, F. Chavez. 2002. Across the NE Pacific in spring, 2001: Physical, chemical and biological measures on a mid-latitude section. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Michisaki, R., J.T. Pennington, R. Marin, A. Roberts, P. Walz, F. Chavez. 2002. Oceanography on the Edge: The MBNMS on the margin of the North Pacific Ocean. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, California.
Elrod, V.A., K.S. Johnson, F.P. Chavez, S.E. Fitzwater, T. Pennington, K.R. Buck, P.M. Walz. 2002. Iron in the MBARI Monterey Bay Time Series. AGU, San Francisco.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington,C.A. Collins, J.D. Paduan, B. Marinovic, J. Bellingham. 2002. Ocean Observatory efforts in and around Monterey Bay, California, 1930 to the present. AGU, San Francisco.
Pennington, J.T., R.P. Michisaki, C.A. Collins, V. Kuwahara, V. Lance, B. Marinovic, F.P. Chavez. 2004. Alongshore variability of the California Current System from Central to Baja California in winter and spring 2003: physical, chemical and biological properties. ASLO, Honolulu.
Marinovic, B., F.P. Chavez , J.T. Pennington, C. Collins. 2004. There and back again: Seasonal changes in the euphausiid community during the southbound and northbound legs of the R/V Western Flyer 2003 Gulf of California Cruise. WSN, Rohnert Park.
Pennington, J.T., C.G. Castro, W.W. Evans, IV, G.E. Friederich, R.P. Michisaki, F.P. Chavez. 2005. A carbon budget for the northern and central California coastal upwelling system. MBNMS Symposium, Monterey, CA.
Pennington, J.T., C.G. Castro, C.A. Collins , W.W. Evans, IV, G.E. Friederich, R.P. Michisaki, F.P. Chavez. 2005. A carbon budget for the northern and central California coastal upwelling system. ASLO, Santiago de la Compostela, Spain.
Michisaki, R.P, J.T. Pennington, G.E. Friederich, F.P. Chavez. 2005. A window into the North Pacific ecosystem: Seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in sixteen years of time series data. ASLO, Santiago de la Compostela, Spain.
Castro, C.G., C.A. Collins, J.T. Pennington, J. Gago, R.P. Michisaki, E. Rienecker, F.P. Chavez. 2005. Distribution pattern of total organic carbon in the eastern boundary of the north Pacific. ASLO, Santiago de la Compostela, Spain.
Chavez, F. P., J. T. Pennington, R. P. Michisaki, et al. 2005. Decadal Coastal Ocean Observations Of Environmental Variability. The Oceanographic Society: International Ocean Research Conference June 6-10, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Pennington, J.T., R.P. Michisaki, F.P.Chavez. 2006. Phytoplankton dynamics across the central California Current System on CalCOFI Line 67: Spatial relations between Monterey Bay, coastal upwelling, and the California Current . Ocean Sciences, Honolulu.
Carr, S.D., X.J. Capet, J.C. McWilliams, J.T. Pennington, , F.P. Chavez. 2006. The Influence of Diel Vertical Migration on Zooplankton Transport and Recruitment in an Upwelling Region. Ocean Sciences, Honolulu
Conaway, C.H., F. Black, M.Gault-Ringold, J.T. Pennington and A.R. Flegal. 2006. Upwelling of dimethylmercury in Monterey Bay as a potential source of monomethylmercury to the atmosphere. 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. 8^th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI.
Messié, M., R. Calienes, J. Ledesma, R.T. Barber, J.T. Pennington and F.P. Chavez, 2008. Interannual variability and long term trends in eastern Pacific upwelling ecosystems. In: Presentation (Ed.), Ocean Sciences. Orlando, Florida, Mar 2008.
Messié, M., R. Calienes, J. Ledesma, R.T. Barber, J.T. Pennington, F.P. Chavez, 2008. Physical/biological variability and interactions at the decadal scale in eastern Pacific upwelling ecosystems. In: Poster (Ed.), CLIMECO Workshop. Brest, France, April 2008.
Chavez, F.P., M. Messié, B. Marinovic, J. T. Pennington, 2011. Salinity as an indicator of ecological processes in the eastern North Pacific. ASLO. San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2011.
Pennington, J.T., R.P. Michisaki, M. Blum, G.E. Friederich, M. Messié, F.P. Chavez. 2011. Decade-scale change and connectivity through phytoplankton: Monterey Bay looks into the Pacific. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium. Marina, California.
Pennington, J.T., M. Messié, R.P. Michisaki, and F.P. Chavez. 2013 . Change in Monterey Bay: Nonseasonal variability associated with North Pacific climate indices. Sanctuary Currents Symposium-Change: Observations on the Shifting Ecology of the Sanctuary. Seaside, California, April 2013
Pennington, J.T., M. Messié, R.P. Michisaki, and F.P. Chavez. 2013. A ship-based record of temperature, salt, nitrate, cholorphyll and primary production over 1989-2011 associated with North Pacific indices. 45^th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Liege, Belgium, May 2013.

EDITORIAL

Copy editor for Progress in Oceanography volume of papers on the Humboldt Current system, 2006-2008.

MENTORSHIP / ACADEMIC SUPERVISION

Supervisor for Atma Roberts, MLML, on MBARI cruises 1998-2001.
Supervisor for Bill Chevalier, MLML, on MBARI cruises 1999-2000.
Supervisor for Kate Roberts, UCSC, on MBARI cruises 2000-2002.
Co-advisor for Mary Kitazono, MBARI Intern, 1999. Project title: A study on the effects of El Niño conditions on a Laqueus californianus population in Monterey Bay.
Master's thesis committee member for Kit Clark, UCSC. Thesis subject: Effect of the 1997-98 El Niño on euphausiid populations in Monterey Bay, California.
MATE Internship advisor for Penelope Ross, CSUMB, 2000. Project subject: Biological oceanography participation in cruise S500.
MATE Internship advisor for Maureen McEvoy, CSUMB, 2001. Project subject: Biological oceanography participation in cruise S301.
MATE Internship advisor for Anne Hess, MPC, 2003. Project subject: Biological oceanography participation in CalCOFI cruise 0304.
MATE Internship advisor for Jared Kiebele, MPC, 2003. Project subject: Biological oceanography participation in CalCOFI cruise 0304.
Master's thesis committee member for Pat McMillan, MLML, 2003. Thesis title: Microhabitat Distributions of Juvenile Hydrothermal Vent Gastropods.
Co-advisor for Sarah Carr, MBARI Intern, 2003. Project title: Zooplankton Transport in the Monterey Bay Region: Simulations Using a Coupled Biological-Physical Model.
Co-advisor for Wiley Evans, MBARI Intern, 2004. Project title: A carbon budget for the California upwelling system.
Co-supervisor for Marguerite Blum, cruise technician and lab assistant, 2003-2005.
Mentor for Joel Steinmetz, Monterey High School Intern, summer 2006.
MATE Internship advisor for Laura Minnis, 2007. Project: Biological oceanography participation in CalCOFI cruise.
MATE Internship advisor for Rachael Stern, 2007. Project: Biological oceanography participation in CalCOFI cruise.
MATE Internship advisor for Lauren Vickery, 2007. Project: Biological oceanography participation in CalCOFI cruise.

AT-SEA EXPERIENCE (~1230 sea days through 2007)

Commercial fisherman, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981. Deck hand and cook on the salmon seiner ‘Jamie C’, Alan Coles Captain/Owner. Seattle, Washington. >600 sea days.
Larval dispersal cruises, 1989-1991. Postdoctoral fellow. Six, 4-day cruises aboard the Shana Rae and McGaw. On/offshore distribution of barnacle larvae with plankton tows and supporting hydrographic data (CTD, etc.). 24 sea days.
Shiftup Cruises, 1992-1993. Technician. 8, 4-6 day cruises aboard the Point Sur and New Horizon. Spatial and seasonal pattern of physical, chemical and biological parameters in Monterey Bay. 40 sea days.
COOP95, 1995. Technician. Cruise aboard the New Horizon. Spatial pattern of physical, chemical and biological parameters in and offshore of Monterey Bay during upwelling. 15 sea days.
WOCE Leg P15S, Feb-Mar 1996. Technician. WOCE leg from Wellington, NZ to Pago Pago, American Samoa. Surface mapping of nitrate and bio-optical properties (WetStar fluorometer, AC9 and Safire). 30 sea days.
Hawaii Transit, Mar 2001. Technician. Transit of the Western Flyer from California to Oahu extending CalCOFi Line 67 across the California Current and into North Pacific Gyre waters. Physical, chemical and biological parameters; basin-scale pattern. 16 sea days.
Gulf of California Northbound and Southbound Transits, Feb and May 2003. Technician. 2, 8 day cruises aboard the R/V Western Flyer from Moss Landing to La Paz,Mexico. Physical, chemical and biological parameters, with focus on seasonal and latitudinal differences in the California Undercurrent as the supply of coastal upwelling source waters.
AOSN II Cruise series, Aug-Sep 2003. MBARI group leader. Three 5 day cruises aboard the R/V Point Sur occupying a grid in the greater Monterey Bay area. Spatial context for the AOSN II experiment.
Monterey Bay Time Series Cruises, 1992-present (230 cruises through 2007, continuing). Chief scientist. Day cruises aboard the R/V Point Lobos. Physical, chemical and biological time series data collection in and offshore of Monterey Bay . 230 sea days.
SECRET/CalCOFI Cruise series, 1997-present (52 cruises through 2007, continuing). MBARI cruise leader. 4-6 day cruises aboard the R/Vs Point Sur, New Horizon, McArthur I, McArthur II, Sproul, D.S. Jordan and Western Flyer from Monterey Bay to 175 nMi offshore along CalCOFi Line 67. Physical, chemical and biological parameters; spatial, seasonal, interannual patterns. ~250 sea days.
MB06 cruises. Summer 2006. Chief scientist and technician. Cruises in support of a navy real time modeling experiment, with CTD and drifters. 13 sea days.
Carbon: Nitrogen cruise I. Summer 2008. Western Flyer cruise to offshore California Current waters to examine nutrient fluxes and phytoplankton production through the DCM into the euphotic zone. 11d.