Leadership & Staff Francisco P. Chavez Senior Scientist/Biological Oceanographer [javascript protected email address]
Jimenez, V., S. Sudek, C. Eckmann, C. Bachy, C. Poirier, F. Wittmers, A.E. Santoro, M.J. Follows, F.P. Chavez, I. Shilova, and A.Z. Worden. 2025. Distinct phytoplankton assemblages underlie hotspots of primary production in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(2), 477–492. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12771
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Midterm Assessment of Progress Toward Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27743
Brunson, J. K., M. Thukral, J. P. Ryan, C. R. Anderson, B. C. Kolody, C. C. James, F. P. Chavez, C. P. Leaw, A. J. Rabines, P. Venepally, Z. Fussy, H. Zheng, R. M. Kudela, G. J. Smith, B. S. Moore, and A. E. Allen. 2024. Molecular forecasting of domoic acid during a pervasive toxic diatom bloom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(40). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2319177121
Zhang, Y., B. Kieft, B. W. Hobson, Q. Shemet, C. M. Preston, C. Wahl, K. J. Pitz, K. J. Benoit-Bird, J. M. Birch, F. P. Chavez, and C. A. Scholin. 2024. Coordinated and collaborative sampling by two long-range autonomous underwater vehicles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 49(4):1371-1382. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2024.3408889
Thorne, K. M., G. M. MacDonald, F. P. Chavez, R. F. Ambrose, and P.L. Barnard. 2024. Significant challenges to the sustainability of the California coast considering climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(32). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310077121
Kelly, R.P., D.M. Lodge, K.N. Lee, S. Theroux, A.J. Sepulveda, C.A. Scholin, J.M. Craine, E.A. Allan, K.M. Nichols, K.M. Parsons, K.D. Goodwin, Z. Gold, F.P. Chavez, R.T. Noble, C.L. Abbott, M.R. Baerwald, A.M. Naaum, P.M. Thielen, A.L. Simons, C.L. Jerde, J.J. Duda, M.E. Hunter, J.A. Hagan, R.S. Meyer, J.A. Steele, M.Y. Stoeckle, H.M. Bik, C.P. Meyer, E. Stein, K.E. James, A.C. Thomas, E. Demir-Hilton, M.A. Timmers, J.F. Griffith, M.J. Weise, and S.B. Weisberg. 2024. Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States. Environmental DNA, 6(1): e432. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.432
Meyer, R., N. Davies, K.J. Pitz, C. Meyer, R. Samuel, J. Anderson, W. Appeltans, K. Barker, F.P. Chavez, ... P.L. Buttigieg. 2023. The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON). GigaScience. 12(giad068). https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad068
Sandoval-Belmar, M., J. Smith, A.R. Moreno, C. Anderson, R.M. Kudela, M. Sutula, F. Kessouri, D.A. Caron, F.P. Chavez, and D. Bianchi. 2023. A cross-regional examination of patterns and environmental drivers of Pseudo-nitzschia harmful algal blooms along the California coast. Harmful Algae, 126(102435). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102435
Min, M.A., D.M. Needham, S. Sudek, N.K. Truelove, K.J. Pitz, G.M. Chavez, C. Poirier, B. Gardeler, E. von der Esch, A. Ludwig, U. Riebesell, A.Z. Worden, and F.P. Chavez. 2023. Ecological divergence of a mesocosm in an eastern boundary upwelling system assessed with multi-marker environmental DNA metabarcoding. Biogeosciences, 20(7): 1277–1298. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1277-2023
Graham, K.A., C.D. Holmes, G. Friedrich, C.D. Rauschenberg, C.R. Williams, J.W. Bottenheim, F.P. Chavez, J.W. Halfacre, D.K. Perovich, P.B. Shepson, W.R. Simpson, and P.A. Matrai. 2023. Variability of atmospheric CO2 over the Arctic Ocean: Insights from the O-Buoy Chemical Observing Network. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(6): e2022JD036437. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036437
Messié, M., R.E. Sherlock, C.L. Huffard, J.T. Pennington, C.A. Choy, R.P. Michisaki, K. Gomes, F.P. Chavez, B.H. Robison, and K.L. Smith, Jr. 2023. Coastal upwelling drives ecosystem temporal variability from the surface to the abyssal seafloor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(13): e2214567120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214567120
Bednarsek, N., B.R. Carter, R.M. McCabe, R.A. Feely, E. Howard, F.P. Chavez, M. Elliott, J.L. Fisher, J. Jahncke, and Z. Siegrist. 2022. Pelagic calcifiers face increased mortality and habitat loss with warming and ocean acidification. Ecological Applications, 32(7): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2674
Chavez, Francisco P., R. Rodney; E. Gay, J. Friderich, N. Trautman, and C. Kohler. 2022. A mooring development and implementation case study of a government/private partnership. Marine Technology Society Journal, 6: 25–31. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.56.6.6
Messié, M., D.A. Sancho-Gallegos, J. Fiechter, J.A. Santora, and F.P. Chavez. 2022. Satellite-based Lagrangian Model reveals how upwelling and oceanic circulation shape krill hotspots in the California Current System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.835813
LaScala-Grunewald, D., N.H.N. Low, J.P. Barry, J.A. Brown, C. King, F.P. Chavez, and H.A. Ruhl. 2022. Building on a human-centred, iterative, and agile co-design strategy to facilitate the availability of deep ocean data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2022 (fsac145): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac145
Santora, J.A., I.D. Schroeder, S.J. Bograd, F.P. Chavez, M.A. Cimino, J. Fiechter, E.L. Hazen, M.T. Kavanaugh, M. Messié, R.R. Miller, K.M. Sakuma, W.J. Sydeman, B.K. Wells, and J.C. Field. 2021. Pelagic biodiversity, ecosystem function, and services: An integrated observing and modeling approach. Oceanography, 34: 16–37. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.212
Zhang, Y., B. Kieft, B.W. Hobson, B.Y. Raanan, S. Urmy, K.J. Pitz, C.M. Preston, B. Roman, K.J. Benoit-Bird, J.M. Birch, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Scholin. 2021. Persistent sampling of vertically migrating biological layers by an autonomous underwater vehicle within the beam of a seabed-mounted echosounder. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 46: 497–508. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2020.2982811
Lamy, T., K.J. Pitz, F.P. Chavez, C.E. York, and R.J. Miller. 2021. Environmental DNA reveals the fine-grained and hierarchical spatial structure of kelp forest fish communities. Scientific Reports, 11: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93859-5
Takeshita, Y., B.D. Jones, K.S. Johnson, F.P. Chavez, D.L. Rudnick, M. Blum, K. Conner, S. Jensen, J.S. Long, T. Maughan, K.L. Mertz, J.T. Sherman, and J.K. Warren. 2021. Accurate pH and O2 measurements from Spray underwater gliders. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38: 181–195. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0095.1
Chavez, F.P., R.J. Miller, F.E. Muller-Karger, K. Iken, G. Canonico, K. Egan, J. Price, and W. Turner. 2021. MBON—Marine Biodiversity Observation Network: An observing system for life in the sea. Oceanography, 34: 12–15. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.211
Chavez, F.P., M. Min, K. Pitz, N. Truelove, J. Baker, D. LaScala-Grunewald, M. Blum, K. Walz, C. Nye, A. Djurhuus, R.J. Miller, K.D. Goodwin, F.E. Muller-Karger, H.A. Ruhl, and C.A. Scholin. 2021. Observing life in the sea using environmental DNA. Oceanography, 34: 102–119. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.218
Ruhl, H.A., J.A. Brown, A.R. Harper, E.L. Hazen, L. deWitt, P. Daniel, A. DeVogelaere, R.M. Kudela, J.P. Ryan, A.D. Fischer, F.E. Muller-Karger, and F.P. Chavez. 2021. Integrating biodiversity and environmental observations in support of national marine sanctuary and large marine ecosystem assessments. Oceanography, 34: 145–155. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.221
Shen, Y., T.P. Guilderson, O.A. Sherwood, C.G. Castro, F.P. Chavez, and M.D. McCarthy. 2021. Amino acid δ13C and δ15N patterns from sediment trap time series and deep-sea corals: Implications for biogeochemical and ecological reconstructions in paleoarchives. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 297: 288–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.12.012
Pitz, K.J., J. Guo, S.B. Johnson, T.L. Campbell, H. Zhang, R.C. Vrijenhoek, F.P. Chavez, and J. Geller. 2020. Zooplankton biogeographic boundaries in the California Current System as determined from metabarcoding. PloS ONE, 15(6): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235159
Djurhuus, A., C.J. Closek, R.P. Kelly, K.J. Pitz, R.P. Michisaki, H.A. Starks, K.R. Walz, E.A. Andruszkiewicz, E. Olesin, K.A. Hubbard, E. Montes, D. Otis, F.E. Muller-Karger, F.P. Chavez, A.B. Boehm, and M. Breitbart. 2020. Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community. Nature Communications, 11: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14105-1
Guo, L., P. Xiu, F. Chai, and F. Chavez. 2020. Modeled Dynamics of Physical and Biological Processes in the Central California Current System From 1993 to 2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(5): e2019JC015664. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015664
Bach, L.T., A.J. Paul, T. Boxhammer, E. Von der Esch, M. Graco, K.G. Schulz, E. Achterberg, P. Aguayo, J. Arístegui, P. Ayón, I. Baños, A. Bernales, A.S. Boegeholz, F. Chavez, G. Chavez, S.M. Chen, K. Doering, A. Filella, M. Fischer, P. Grasse, M. Haunost, J. Hennke, N. Hernández-Hernández, M. Hopwood, M. Igarza, V. Kalter, L. Kittu, P. Kohnert, J. Ledesma, C. Lieberum, S. Lischka, C. Löscher, A. Ludwig, U. Mendoza, J. Meyer, J. Meyer, F. Minutolo, J.O. Cortes, J. Piiparinen, C. Sforna, K. Spilling, S. Sanchez, C. Spisla, M. Sswat, M. Zavala Moreira, and U. Riebesell. 2020. Factors controlling plankton community production, export flux, and particulate matter stoichiometry in the coastal upwelling system off Peru. Biogeosciences, 17: 4831–4852. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4831-2020
Reji, L., B.B. Tolar, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2020. Depth-differentiation and seasonality of planktonic microbial assemblages in the Monterey Bay upwelling system. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11: 1–14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmicb.2020.01075
Tolar, B.B., L. Reji, J.M. Smith, M. Blum, J.T. Pennington, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2020. Time series assessment of Thaumarchaeota ecotypes in Monterey Bay reveals the importance of water column position in predicting distribution–environment relationships. Limnology and Oceanography, 65: 2041–2055. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11436
Miller, S., A. Rassweiler, L. Dee, K.M. Kleisner, T. Mangin, R. Oliveros-Ramos, J. Tam, F.P. Chavez, M. Ñiquen, S.E. Lester, M. Burden, S. Gaines, and C. Costello. 2019. Optimal harvest responses to environmental forecasts depend on resource knowledge and how it can be used. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76: 1495–1502. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0283
Todd, R.E., F.P. Chavez, S. Clayton, S. Cravatte, M. Goes, M. Graco, X. Lin, J. Sprintall, N.V. Zilberman, M. Archer, J. Arístegui, M. Balmaseda, J.M. Bane, M.O. Baringer, J.A. Barth, L.M. Beal, P. Brandt, P.H.R. Calil, E. Campos, L.R. Centurioni, M.P. Chidichimo, M. Cirano, M.F. Cronin, E.N. Curchitser, R.E. Davis, M. Dengler, B. deYoung, S. Dong, R. Escribano, A.J. Fassbender, S.E. Fawcett, M. Feng, G.J. Goni, A.R. Gray, D. Gutiérrez, D. Hebert, R. Hummels, S. Ito, M. Krug, F. Lacan, L. Laurindo, A. Lazar, C.M. Lee, M. Lengaigne, N.M. Levine, J. Middleton, I. Montes, M. Muglia, T. Nagai, H.I. Pavelsky, J.B. Palter, H.E. Phillips, A. Piola, A.J. Plueddemann, B. Qiu, R.R. Rodrigues, M. Roughan, D.L. Rudnick, R.R. Rykaczewski, M. Saraceno, H. Seim, A.S. Gupta, L. Shannon, B.M. Sloyan, A.J. Sutton, L. Thompson, A.K. van der Plas, D. Volkov, J. Wilkin, D. Zhang, and L. Zhang. 2019. Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–38. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00423
Northcott, D., J. Sevadjian, D.A. Sancho-Gallegos, C. Wahl, G. Friederich, and F.P. Chavez. 2019. Impacts of urban carbon dioxide emissions on sea-air flux and ocean acidification in nearshore waters. PLoS ONE, 14(3): e0214403. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214403
Zhang, Y., C. Rueda, B. Kieft, J.P. Ryan, C. Wahl, T.C. O'Reilly, T. Maughan, and F.P. Chavez. 2019. Autonomous tracking of an oceanic thermal front by a Wave Glider. Journal of Field Robotics, 36(5): 940–954. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21862
Reji, L., B.B. Tolar, J.M. Smith, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2019. Differential co-occurrence relationships shaping ecotype diversification within Thaumarchaeota populations in the coastal ocean water column. The ISME Journal, 13: 1144–1158. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0311-x
Yamahara, K.M., C.M. Preston, J. Birch, K.R. Walz, R. Marin III, S. Jensen, D. Pargett, B. Roman, W. Ussler III, Y. Zhang, J. Ryan, B. Hobson, B. Kieft, B.Y. Raanan, K.D. Goodwin, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Scholin. 2019. In situ Autonomous Acquisition and Preservation of Marine Environmental DNA Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00373
Kolody, B.C., J.P. McCrow, L. Zeigler Allen, F.O. Aylward, K.M. Fontanez, A. Moustafa, M. Moniruzzaman, F.P. Chavez, C.A. Scholin, E.E. Allen, A.Z. Worden, E.F. DeLong, and A.E. Allen. 2019. Diel transcriptional response of a California Current plankton microbiome to light, low iron, and enduring viral infection. The ISME Journal, 13: 2817–2833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0472-2
Reji, L., B.B. Tolar, J.M. Smith, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2019. Depth distributions of Nitrite Reductase (nirK) Gene Variants Reveal Spatial Dynamics of Thaumarchaeal Ecotype Populations in Coastal Monterey Bay. Environmental Microbiology, 21(11): 4032–4045. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14753
Zhang, Y., J.P. Ryan, B. Kieft, B.W. Hobson, R.S. McEwen, M.A. Godin, J.B. Harvey, B. Barone, J.G. Bellingham, J.M. Birch, C.A. Scholin, and F.P. Chavez. 2019. Targeted sampling by autonomous underwater vehicles. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00415
Ryan, J.P., D.E. Cline, J.E. Joseph, T. Margolina, J.A. Santora, R.M. Kudela, F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington, C. Wahl, R. Michisaki, K.J. Benoit-Bird, K.A. Forney, A.K. Stimpert, A. DeVogelaere, N. Black, and M. Fischer. 2019. Humpback whale song occurrence reflects ecosystem variability in feeding and migratory habitat of the northeast Pacific. PLoS ONE, 14: 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222456
Nielsen, K., J. Stachowicz, H. Carter, K. Boyer, M. Bracken, F. Chan, F. Chavez, K. Hovel, M. Kent, K. Nickols, J. Ruesink, J. Tyburczy, and S. Wheeler. 2018. Emerging understanding of the potential role of seagrass and kelp as an ocean acidification management tool in California. California Ocean Science Trust. https://www.oceansciencetrust.org/projects/sav/
Muller-Karger, F.E., P. Miloslavich, N.J. Bax, S. Simmons, M.J. Costello, I.S. Pinto, G. Canonico, W. Turner, M. Gill, E. Montes, B.D. Best, J. Pearlman, P. Halpin, D. Dunn, A. Benson, C.S. Martin, L.V. Weatherdon, W. Appeltans, P. Provoost, E. Klein, C.R. Kelble, R.J. Miller, F.P. Chavez, K. Iken, S. Chiba, D. Obura, L.M. Navarro, H.M. Pereira, V. Allain, S. Batten, L. Benedetti-Checchi, J.E. Duffy, R.M. Kudela, L. Rebelo, Y. Shin, and G. Geller. 2018. Advancing Marine Biological Observations and Data Requirements of the Complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5: 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00211
Branch, A., M.M. Flexas, B. Claus, A.F. Thompson, Y. Zhang, E.B. Clark, S. Chien, D. Fratantoni, J.C. Kinsey, B. Hobson, B. Kieft, and F.P. Chavez. 2018. Front delineation and tracking with multiple underwater vehicles. Journal of Field Robotics, 36(3): 568–586. https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.21853
Breitburg, D., L.A. Levin, A. Oschlies, M. Grégoire, F.P. Chavez, D.J. Conley, V. Garçon, D. Gilbert, D. Gutiérrez, K. Isensee, G.S. Jacinto, K.E. Limburg, I. Montes, S.W.A. Naqvi, G.C. Pitcher, N.N. Rabalais, M.R. Roman, K.A. Rose, B.A. Seibel, M. Telszewski, M. Yasuhara, and J. Zhang. 2018. Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters. Science, 359: 13. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam7240
Castro, C.G., F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington, R. Durazo, and C.A. Collins. 2018. Temporal variability of downward fluxes of organic carbon off Monterey Bay. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 89–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.07.001
Chavez, F.P., C.A. Collins, and K.H. Coale. 2018. Studies of the California Current, Part 3. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.002
Chavez, F.P., J. Sevadjian, C. Wahl, J. Friederich, and G.E. Friederich. 2018. Measurement of pCO2 and pH from an autonomous surface vehicle in a coastal upwelling system. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.01.001
Coale, K., M. Prince, R. Muller, S. Lamerdin, F.P. Chavez, and C. Collins. 2018. Introduction to the California Current Studies, Part 3, including a brief description of R/V Point Sur and her contributions to graduate research and education, 1986-2016. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.002
Hobson, B., B. Kieft, B.Y. Raanan, Y. Zhang, J. Birch, J.P. Ryan, and F.P. Chavez. 2018. An autonomous vehicle-based open ocean Lagrangian observatory. 2018 IEEE OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium, Porto, 6–9 November 2018. IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática, Universidade do Porto.
Jones, B., F.P. Chavez, B. Kieft, T. O'Reilly, and C. Wahl. 2018. Field results from point to point real-time underwater acoustic tracking using a simple mathematical filter. 2018 IEEE OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium, Porto, 6–9 November 2018. IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologia Subaquática, Universidade do Porto.
Pennington, J.T., and F.P. Chavez. 2018. Decade-scale oceanographic fluctuation in Monterey Bay, California, 1989-2011. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.07.005
Pitz, K., J. Closek, A. Djurhuus, R.P. Michisaki, K.R. Walz, H. Starks, A.B. Boehm, M. Breitbart, R.P. Kelly, and F.P. Chavez. 2018. Tracking biological communities using 'omics: Examples from Monterey Bay combining different sequencing-based approaches. Workshop on enhancing interoperability & coordination of long-term omics observations, Bremen, February 21–23 2018. AtlantOS, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Genome Canada.
Ren, A.S., F. Chai, H. Xue, D.M. Anderson, and F.P. Chavez. 2018. A sixteen-year decline in dissolved oxygen in the central California Current. Scientific Reports, 8(7290): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25341-8
Kieft, Brian, F.P. Chavez, D.A. Clague, B.W. Hobson, K. Reisenbichler, B.H. Robison, A.D. Sherman, and K.L. Smith. 2018. How autonomous vehicles are enhancing ocean science. In 2018 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop (AUV), Porto, Portugal, November 2018: 1–5. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/AUV.2018.8729705
Zhang, Yanwu, B. Kieft, M.J. Stanway, R.S. McEwen, B.W. Hobson, J.G. Bellingham, J.P. Ryan, T.C. O'Reilly, B.Y. Raanan, M. Messié, J.M. Smith, and F.P. Chavez. 2017. Isotherm tracking by an autonomous underwater vehicle in drift mode. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 42: 808–817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2016.2625058
Messié, M., and F.P. Chavez. 2017. Nutrient supply, surface currents, and plankton dynamics predict zooplankton hotspots in coastal upwelling systems. Geophysical Research Letters, 44: 8979–8986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074322
Andruszkiewicz, E.A., H.A. Starks, F.P. Chavez, L.M. Sassoubre, B.A. Block, and A.B. Boehm. 2017. Biomonitoring of marine vertebrates in Monterey Bay using eDNA metabarcoding. PLoS One, 12: e0176343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176343
Chavez, F.P., P.G. Brewer, and C.A. Scholin. Special issue on celebrating 30 years of ocean science and technology at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Oceanography, 30. https://tos.org/oceanography/issue/volume-30-issue-04
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, M. Blum, G.M. Chavez, J. Friederich, B. Jones, B. Herlien, B. Kieft, B. Hobson, A.S. Ren, J. Ryan, J.C. Sevadjian, C. Wahl, K.R. Walz, K. Yamahara, G.E. Friederich, and M. Messié. 2017. Climate variability and change: Response of a coastal ocean ecosystem. Oceanography, 30: 128–145. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.429
Chavez, F.P., J. Sevadjian, C. Wahl, J. Friederich, and G.E. Friederich. 2017. Measurements of pCO2 and pH from an autonomous surface vehicle in a coastal upwelling system. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151: 137–146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.01.001
Manning, C.C., R.H.R. Stanley, D.P. Nicholson, J.M. Smith, J.T. Pennington, M.R. Fewings, M.E. Squibb, and F.P. Chavez. 2017. Impact of recently upwelled water on productivity investigated using in situ and incubation-based methods in Monterey Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122: 1901–1926. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012306
Sakamoto, C.M., K.S. Johnson, L.J. Coletti, T.L. Maurer, G. Massion, J.T. Pennington, J.N. Plant, H.W. Jannasch, and F.P. Chavez. 2017. Hourly in situ nitrate on a coastal mooring: A 15-year record and insights into new production. Oceanography, 30: 114–127. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.428
Ryan, J.P., R.M. Kudela, J.M. Birch, M. Blum, H.A. Bowers, F.P. Chavez, G.J. Doucette, K. Hayashi, R. Marin III, C.M. Mikulski, T. Pennington, C.A. Scholin, G.J. Smith, A. Woods, and Y. Zhang. 2017. Causality of an extreme harmful algal bloom in Monterey Bay, California, during the 2014–2016 northeast Pacific warm anomaly. Geophysical Research Letters, 44: 5571–5579. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072637
Chavez, F.P., P.G. Brewer, and C.A. Scholin. 2017. Celebrating 30 years of ocean science technology at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Oceanography, 30: 18–25. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.420
Kavanaugh, M.T., M.J. Oliver, F.P. Chavez, R.M. Letelier, F.E. Muller-Karger, and S.C. Doney. 2016. Seascapes as a new vernacular for pelagic ocean monitoring, management and conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73: 1839–1850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw086
Kroeker, K.J., E. Sanford, J.M. Rose, C.A. Blanchette, F. Chan, F.P. Chavez, B. Gaylord, B. Helmuth, T.M. Hill, G.E. Hofmann, M.A. McManus, B.A. Menge, K.J. Nielsen, P.T. Raimondi, A.D. Russell, and L. Washburn. 2016. Interacting environmental mosaics drive geographic variation in mussel performance and predation vulnerability. Ecology Letters, 19: 771–779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12613
Mariano-Matias, M., G. Gaxiola-Castro, M.E. De la Cruz-Orozco, and F.P. Chavez. 2016. Seasonal air–sea CO2 fluxes in the southern California Current off the Baja California Peninsula (Mexico). Ciencias Marinas, 42: 157–177. http://dx.doi.org/10.7773/cm.v42i3.2651
Zhang, Y., B. Kieft, C. Rueda, T. O'Reilly, J. Ryan, T. Maughan, C. Wahl, and F. Chavez. 2016. Autonomous front tracking by a Wave Glider. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761070
Ziccarelli, L., R. Dellor, R. Johnson, H. Schmitz, T. O'Reilly, and F. Chavez. 2016. A novel method of obtaining near real-time observations of phytoplankton from a mobile autonomous platform. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761230
Aylward, F.O., J.M. Eppley, J.M. Smith, F.P. Chavez, C.A. Scholin, and E.F. DeLong. 2015. Microbial community transcriptional networks are conserved in three domains at ocean basin scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112: 5443–5448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502883112
Hughes, B.B., M.D. Levey, M.C. Fountain, A.B. Carlisle, F.P. Chavez, and M.G. Gleason. 2015. Climate mediates hypoxic stress on fish diversity and nursery function at the land-sea interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112: 8025–8030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1505815112
Messié, M., and F.P. Chavez. 2015. Seasonal regulation of primary production in eastern boundary upwelling systems. Progress in Oceanography, 134: 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.10.011
Pennington, J.T., M. Blum, and F.P. Chavez. 2015. Seawater sampling by an autonomous underwater vehicle: “Gulper” sample validation for nitrate, chlorophyll, phytoplankton, and primary production. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 14: 14–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10065
Smith, J.M., J. Damashek, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2015. Factors influencing nitrification rates and the abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in the dark northeast Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 62: 596–609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10235
Xu, Y., K.A. Rose, F. Chai, F.P. Chavez, and P. Ayón. 2015. Does spatial variation in environmental conditions affect recruitment? A study using a 3-D model of Peruvian anchovy. Progress in Oceanography, 138: 417–430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.002
Doney, S., A.A. Rosenburg, M. Alexander, F. Chavez, C.D. Harvell, G. Hoffmann, M. Orback, and M. Rucklehaus. 2014. Oceans and Marine Resources. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, 2014: 557–558. http://dx.doi.org/10.7930/J0RF5RZW
Fiechter, J., E.N. Curchitser, C.A. Edwards, F. Chai, N.L. Goebel, and F.P. Chavez. 2014. Air-sea CO2 fluxes in the California Current: Impacts of model resolution and coastal topography. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28: 371–385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GB004683
Guo, L., F. Chai, P. Xiu, H. Xue, S. Rao, Y. Liu, and F.P. Chavez. 2014. Seasonal dynamics of physical and biological processes in the central California Current System: A modeling study. Ocean Dynamics, 64: 1137–1153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-014-0721-x
Muller-Karger, F.E., M.T. Kavanaugh, E. Montes, W.M. Balch, M. Breitbart, F.P. Chavez, S.C. Doney, E.M. Johns, R.M. Letelier, M.W. Lomas, H.M. Sosik, and A.E. White. 2014. Commentary: A framework for a marine biodiversity observing network within changing continental shelf seascapes. Oceanography, 27: 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.56
Ryan, J.P., M.A. McManus, R.M. Kudela, M.L. 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, and Y. Zhang. 2014. Boundary influences on HAB phytoplankton ecology in a stratification-enhanced upwelling shadow. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 101: 63–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.017
Smith, J.M., K.L. Casciotti, F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2014. Differential contributions of archaeal ammonia oxidizer ecotypes to nitrification in coastal surface waters. ISME Journal, 8: 1704–1714. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.11
Smith, J.M., F.P. Chavez, and C.A. Francis. 2014. Ammonium uptake by phytoplankton regulates nitrification in the sunlit ocean. PLoS ONE, 9: 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108173
Sudek, S., R.C. Everroad, A.M. Gehman, J.M. Smith, C.L. Poirier, F.P. Chavez, and A.Z. Worden. 2014. Cyanobacterial distributions along a physico-chemical gradient in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Environmental Microbiology, 17(10): 3692–3707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12742
Sutton, A.J., R.A. Feely, C.L. Sabine, M.J. McPhaden, T. Takahashi, F.P. Chavez, G.E. Friederich, and J.T. Mathis. 2014. Natural variability and anthropogenic change in equatorial Pacific surface ocean pCO2 and pH. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28: 131–145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013GB004679
Ottesen, E.A., C.R. Young, J.M. Eppley, J.P. Ryan, F.P. Chavez, C.A. Scholin, and E.F. DeLong. 2013. Pattern and synchrony of gene expression among sympatric marine microbial populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110: E488–E497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222099110
Berdalet, E., M.A. McManus, O.N. Ross, H. Burchard, F.P. Chavez, J.S. Jaffe, I.R. Jenkinson, R. Kudela, I. Lips, U. Lips, A. Lucas, D. Rivas, R.M.C. la Torre, J. Ryan, J.M. Sullivan, and H. Yamazaki. 2013. Understanding harmful algae in stratified systems: Review of progress and future directions. Deep Sea Research II, 101: 4–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.042
Gomes, K., D. Cline, D. Edgington, M. Godin, T. Maughan, M. McCann, T. O'Reilly, F. Bahr, F. Chavez, M. Messié, J. Das, and K. Rajan. 2013. ODSS: A decision support system for ocean exploration. Proceedings of the Workshop on Data-Driven Decision Guidance and Support Systems (DGSS), 29th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Data Engineering 2013, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8–12 April 2013.
Messié, M., and F.P. Chavez. 2013. Physical-biological synchrony in the global ocean associated with recent variability in the central and western equatorial Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118: 3782–3794. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20278
Santora, J.A., W.J. Sydeman, M. Messié, F. Chai, Y. Chao, S.A. Thompson, B.K. Wells, and F.P. Chavez. 2013. Triple check: Observations verify structural realism of an ocean ecosystem model. Geophysical Research Letters, 40: 1367–1372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50312
Xu, Y., F. Chai, K.A. Rose, M. Niquen, and F.P. Chavez. 2013. Environmental influences on the interannual variation and spatial distribution of Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens) population dynamics from 1991 to 2007: A three-dimensional modeling study. Ecological Modelling, 264: 64–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.01.009
Bjorkstedt, E.P., R. Goericke, S. McClatchie, E. Weber, W. Watson, N. Lo, W.T. Peterson, R.D. Brodeur, T. Auth, J. Fisher, C. Morgan, J. Peterson, J. Largier, S.J. Bograd, R. Durazo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, B. Lavaniegos, F.P. Chavez, C.A. Collins, B. Hannah, J. Field, K. Sakuma, W. Satterthwaite, M. O'Farrell, S. Hayes, J. Harding, W.J. Sydeman, S.A. Thompson, P. Warzybok, R. Bradley, J. Jahncke, R.T. Golightly, S.R. Schneider, R.M. Suryan, A.J. Gladics, C.A. Horton, S.Y. Kim, S.R. Melin, R.L. DeLong, and J. Abell. 2012. State of the California Current 2011–2012: ecosystems respond to local forcing as La Niña wavers and wanes. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 53: 41–76.
Buitenhuis, E.T., W.K.W. Li, D. Vaulot, M.W. Lomas, M. Landry, F. Partensky, D.M. Karl, O. Ulloa, L. Campbell, S. Jacquet, F. Lantoine, F. Chavez, D. Macias, M. Gosselin, and G.B. McManus. 2012. Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 5: 221–242. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essdd-5-221-2012
Chavez, F.P. 2012. Climate change and marine ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109: 19045–19046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1217112109
Frolov, S., J.P. Ryan, and F.P. Chavez. 2012. Predicting euphotic-depth-integrated chlorophyll-a from discrete depth and satellite-observable chlorophyll-a off central California . Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(C5): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007322
Gomez, F., A. Montecinos, S. Hormazabal, L.A. Cubillos, M. Correa-Ramirez, and F.P. Chavez. 2012. Impact of spring upwelling variability off southern-central Chile on common sardine (Strangomera bentincki) recruitment. Fisheries Oceanography, 21: 405–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00632.x
Hales, B., P.G. Strutton, M. Saraceno, R. Letelier, T. Takahashi, R. Feely, C. Sabine, and F. Chavez. 2012. Satellite-based prediction of pCO2 in coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 103: 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2012.03.001
Jolliff, J.K., R.W. Gould Jr., B. Penta, W.J. Teague, S. DeRada, F.P. Chavez, and R.A. Arnone. 2012. Water mass bio-optical properties in the Monterey Bay region: Fluorescence-based inference of shifts in phytoplankton photophysiology. Journal of Geophyiscal Research: Oceans, 117: 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007568
Messié, M., and F.P. Chavez. 2012. A global analysis of ENSO synchrony: The oceans' biological response to physical forcing. Journal of Geophyiscal Research, 117(C9): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JC007938
Pfeil, B., A. Olsen, D.C.E. Bakker, S. Hankin, H. Koyuk, A. Kozyr, J. Malczyk, A. Manke, N. Metzl, C.L. Sabine, J. Akl, S.R. Alin, R.G.J. Bellerby, A. Borges, J. Boutin, P.J. Brown, W.J. Cai, F.P. Chavez, A. Chen, C. Cosca, A.J. Fassbender, R.A. Feely, M. González-Dávila, C. Goyet, N. Hardman-Mountford, C. Heinze, M. Hood, M. Hoppema, C.W. Hunt, D. Hydes, M. Ishii, T. Johannessen, S.D. Jones, R.M. Key, A. Körtzinger, P. Landschützer, S.K. Lauvset, N. Lefèvre, A. Lenton, A. Lourantou, L. Merlivat, T. Midorikawa, L. Mintrop, C. Miyazaki, A. Murata, A. Nakadate, Y. Nakano, S. Nakaoka, Y. Nojiri, A.M. Omar, X.A. Padin, G.H. Park, K. Paterson, F.F. Perez, D. Pierrot, A. Poisson, A.F. Ríos, J.M. Santana-Casiano, J. Salisbury, V.V.S.S. Sarma, R. Schlitzer, B. Schneider, U. Schuster, R. Sieger, I. Skjelvan, T. Steinhoff, T. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, K. Tedesco, M. Telszewski, H. Thomas, B. Tilbrook, J. Tjiputra, D. Vandemark, T. Veness, R. Wanninkhof, A.J. Watson, R. Weiss, C.S. Wong, and H. Yoshikawa-Inoue. 2012. A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data Discussions, 5: 735–780. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essdd-5-735-2012
Sabine, C.L., S. Hankin, H. Koyuk, D.C.E. Bakker, B. Pfeil, A. Olsen, N. Metzl, A. Kozyr, A. Fassbender, A. Manke, J. Malczyk, J. Akl, S.R. Alin, R.G.J. Bellerby, A. Borges, J. Boutin, P.J. Brown, W.J. Cai, F.P. Chavez, A. Chen, C. Cosca, R.A. Feely, M. González-Dávila, C. Goyet, N. Hardman-Mountford, C. Heinze, M. Hoppema, C.W. Hunt, D. Hydes, M. Ishii, T. Johannessen, R.M. Key, A. Körtzinger, P. Landschützer, S.K. Lauvset, N. Lefèvre, A. Lenton, A. Lourantou, L. Merlivat, T. Midorikawa, L. Mintrop, C. Miyazaki, A. Murata, A. Nakadate, Y. Nakano, S. Nakaoka, Y. Nojiri, A.M. Omar, X.A. Padin, G.H. Park, K. Patterson, F.F. Perez, D. Pierrot, A. Poisson, A.F. Ríos, J. Salisbury, J.M. Santana-Casiano, V.V.S.S. Sarma, R. Schlitzer, B. Schneider, U. Schuster, R. Sieger, I. Skjelvan, T. Steinhoff, T. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, K. Tedesco, M. Telszewski, H. Thomas, B. Tilbrook, D. Vandemark, T. Veness, A.J. Watson, R. Weiss, C.S. Wong, and H. Yoshikawa-Inoue. 2012. Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 5: 781–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essdd-5-781-2012
Bertrand, A., A. Chaigneau, S. Peraltilla, J. Ledesma, M. Graco, F. Monetti, and F.P. Chavez. 2011. Oxygen: A fundamental property regulating pelagic ecosystem structure in the Coastal Southeastern Tropical Pacific. PLoS ONE, 6: E29558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029558
Castro, C.G., C.A. Collins, J.T. Pennington, D. Zuniga, and 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: 93–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475721.2011.626941
Chavez, F.P., M. Messié, and J.T. Pennington. 2011. Marine primary production in relation to climate variability and change. Annual Review of Marine Science, 3: 227–260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163917
Field, D.B., F. Chavez, C.B. Lange, and P.E. Smith. 2011. Variations in fisheries and complex ocean environments. Shifting Baselines, 2: 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-029-3_5
Messié, M., and F.P. Chavez. 2011. Global modes of sea surface temperature variability in relation to regional climate indices. Journal of Climate, 24: 4314–4331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3941.1
Paerl, R.W., K.S. Johnson, R.M. Welsh, A.Z. Worden, F.P. Chavez, and J.P. Zehr. 2011. Differential distributions of Synechococcus subgroups across the California current system. Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology, 2: 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00059
Paerl, R.W., K.A. Turk, R.A. Beinart, F.P. Chavez, and J.P. Zehr. 2011. Seasonal change in the abundance of Synechococcus and multiple distinct phylotypes in Monterey Bay determined by rbcL and narB quantitative PCR. Environmental Microbiology, 14: 580–593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02594.x
Bjorkstedt, E.P., R. Goericke, S. McClatchie, E. Weber, W. Watson, N. Lo, B. Peterson, B. Emmett, J. Peterson, R. Durazo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, F.P. Chavez, J.T. Pennington, C.A. Collins, J. Field, S. Ralston, K. Sakuma, S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, Y. Xue, W.J. Sydeman, S.A. Thompson, J.A. Santora, J. Largier, C. Halle, S. Morgan, S.Y. Kim, K.P.B. Merkens, J.A. Hildebrand, and L.M. Munger. 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 Report, 51: 39–69.
Cuvelier, M.L., A.E. Allen, A. Monier, J.P. McCrow, M. Messié, S.G. Tringe, T. Woyke, R.M. Welsh, T. Ishoey, J.H. Lee, B.J. Binder, C.L. DuPont, M. Latasa, C. Guigand, K.R. Buck, J. Hilton, M. Thiagarajan, E. Caler, B. Read, R.S. Lasken, F.P. Chavez, and A.Z. Worden. 2010. Targeted metagenomics and ecology of globally important uncultured eukaryotic phytoplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107: 14679–14684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1001665107
Lester, S.E., K.L. McLeod, H. Tallis, M. Ruckelshaus, B.S. Halpern, P.S. Levin, F.P. Chavez, C. Pomeroy, B.J. McCay, C. Costello, S.D. Gaines, A.J. Mace, J.A. Barth, D.L. Fluharty, and J.K. Parrish. 2010. Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the U.S. west coast and beyond. Biological Conservation, 143: 576–587.
Pennington, J.T., C.A. Castro, C.A. Collins, W.W. Evans, G.E. Friederich, R. Michisaki, and F.P. Chavez. 2010. The northern and central California coastal upwelling system. In Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis, edited by K.K. Liu, 29–44. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2010.
Chao, Y., Z. Li, J. Farrara, J.C. McWilliams, J.G. Bellingham, X. Capet, F.P. Chavez, J.K. Choi, R.E. Davis, J. Doyle, D. Fratantoni, P. Li, P. Marchesiello, M.A. Moline, J. Paduan, and S.R. Ramp. 2009. Development, implementation and evaluation of a data-assimilative ocean forecasting system off the central California coast. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 100–126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.011
Chavez, F.P., and M. Messié. 2009. A comparison of eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, 83: 80–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.032
Conaway, C.H., F.J. Black, M. Gault-Ringold, J.T. Pennington, F.P. Chavez, and A.R. Flegal. 2009. Dimethylmercury in coastal upwelling waters, Monterey Bay, California. Environmental Science & Technology, 43: 1305–1309.
Dickey, T., N. Bates, R.H. Byrne, G. Chang, F.P. Chavez, R.A. Feely, A.K. Hanson, D.M. Karl, D. Manov, C. Moore, C. Sabine, and R. Wanninkhof. 2009. The NOPP O-SCOPE and MOSEAN projects advanced sensing for ocean observing systems. Oceanography, 22: 168–181. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.47
Evans, W., P. Strutton, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 56: 178–188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.08.008
Gutierrez, D., A. Sifeddine, D.B. Field, L. Ortlieb, G. Vargas, F.P. Chavez, F. Velazco, V. Ferreira, P. Tapia, R. Salvatteci, H. Boucher, M.C. Morales, J. Valdes, J.L. Reyss, A. Campusano, M. Boussafir, M. Mandeng-Yogo, M. Garcia, and T. Baumgartner. 2009. Rapid reorganization in ocean biogeochemistry off Peru towards the end of the little ice age. Biogeosciences, 6: 835–848.
Haley, P.J., Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, A.R. Robinson, W. Leslie, O. Logoutov, G. Cossarini, X.S. Liang, P. Moreno, S.R. Ramp, J. Doyle, J.G. Bellingham, F.P. Chavez, and S. Johnston. 2009. Forecasting and reanalysis in the Monterey Bay/California current region for the Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network-II experiment. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 127–148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.010
Johnston, T.M.S., O.M. Cheriton, J.T. Pennington, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. Thin phytoplankton layer formation at eddies, filaments, and fronts in a coastal upwelling zone. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 246–259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.006
Leinweber, A., N. Gruber, H. Frenzel, G.E. Friederich, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. Diurnal carbon cycling in the surface ocean and lower atmosphere of Santa Monica Bay, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 36: 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL037018
Messié, M., J. Ledesma, D.D. Kolber, R.P. Michisaki, D.G. Foley, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. Potential new production estimates in four eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, 83: 151–158.
Quinones, R.A., M.H. Gutierrez, G. Daneri, D. Gutierrez, H.E. Gonzalez, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. The Humboldt Current system. Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: 44–64.
Ramp, S.R., R.E. Davis, N.E. Leonard, I. Shulman, Y. Chao, A.R. Robinson, J. Marsden, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, D.M. Fratantoni, J.D. Paduan, F.P. Chavez, F.L. Bahr, X.S. Liang, W. Leslie, and Z. Li. 2009. Preparing to predict: The second Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network (AOSN-II) experiment in the Monterey Bay. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 68–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.013
Ryan, J., A. Fischer, R.M. Kudela, J.F.R. Gower, S.A. King, R. Marin III, and F.P. Chavez. 2009. Influences of upwelling and downwelling winds on red tide bloom dynamics in Monterey Bay, California. Continental Shelf Research, 29: 785–795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.006
Shadden, S.C., F. Lekien, J.D. Paduan, F.P. Chavez, and J. Marsden. 2009. The correlation between surface drifters and coherent structures based on high-frequency radar data in Monterey Bay. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 161–172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.008
Shulman, I., C. Rowley, S. Anderson, S. DeRada, J. Kindle, P. Martin, J. Doyle, J. Cummings, S.R. Ramp, F.P. Chavez, D. Fratantoni, and R.E. Davis. 2009. Impact of glider data assimilation on the Monterey Bay model. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 56: 188–198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.003
Takahashi, T., S.C. Sutherland, R. Wanninkhof, C. Sweeney, R.A. Feely, D.W. Chipman, B. Hales, G.E. Friederich, F.P. Chavez, C. Sabine, A. Watson, D.C.E. Bakker, U. Schuster, N. Metzl, H. Yoshikawa-Inoue, M. Ishii, T. Midorikawa, Y. Nojiri, A. Kortzinger, T. Steinhoff, M. Hoppema, J. Olafsson, T.S. Arnarson, B. Tilbrook, T. Johannessen, A. Olsen, R. Bellerby, C.S. Wong, B. Delille, N.R. Bates, and H.J.W. de Baar. 2009. Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 56: 2075–2076.
Bertrand, A., F. Gerlotto, S. Bertrand, M. Gutiérrez, L. Alza, A. Chipollini, E. Diaz, P. Espinoza, L. Ledesma, R. Quesquén, S. Peraltilla, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Schooling behaviour and environmental forcing in relation to anchoveta distribution: An analysis across multiple spatial scales. Progress in Oceanography, 79: 264–277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.018
Bograd, S.J., C.G. Castro, E. Di Lorenzo, D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey, W. Gilly, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Oxygen declines and the shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 35: 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034185
Buck, K.R., F.P. Chavez, and A.S. Davis. 2008. Minidiscus trioculatus, a small diatom with a large presence in the upwelling systems of central California. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft, 133: 1–6.
Carr, S.D., X.J. Capet, J.C. McWilliams, J.T. Pennington, and F.P. Chavez. 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, 17: 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2007.00447.x
Chavez, F.P., A. Bertrand, R. Guevara, P. Soler, and J. Csirke. 2008. The northern Humboldt Current System: Brief history, present status and a view towards the future. Progress in Oceanography, 79: 95–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.012
Freon, P., C. Werner, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Conjectures on the influence of climate change on ocean ecosystems dominated by small pelagic fish. Climate Change and Small Pelagic Fish: 312–343.
Friederich, G.E., J. Ledesma, O. Ulloa, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Air-sea carbon dioxide fluxes in the coastal southeastern tropical Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 79: 156–166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.001
Rienecker, E.R., J.P. Ryan, R. Marin III, M. Blum, C. Dietz, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Synoptic mapping of the phytoplankton size distribution, with applications to the ecology of red tides and harmful algal blooms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 6: 153–161.
Ryan, J.P., J.F.R. Gower, S.A. King, W.P. Bissett, A.M. Fischer, R.M. Kudela, Z. Kolber, F. Mazzillo, E.R. Rienecker, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. A coastal ocean extreme bloom incubator. Geophysical Research Letters, 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034081
Ryan, J.P., M.A. McManus, J.D. Paduan, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Phytoplankton thin layers within coastal upwelling system fronts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 354: 21–34.
Saba, V., J. Spotila, F.P. Chavez, and J. Musick. 2008. Bottom-up and climate forcing on the worldwide populations of leatherback turtles. Ecology, 89: 1414–1427.
Strutton, P.G., W. Evans, and F.P. Chavez. 2008. Equatorial Pacific chemical and biological variability, 1997–2003. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007GB003045
Osborn, D.A., M.W. Silver, C.G. Castro, S.M. Bros, and F.P. Chavez. 2007. The habitat of mesopelagic scyphomedusae in Monterey Bay, California. Deep Sea Research Part I, 54(8): 1241–1255. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.04.015
Chai, F., M.S. Jiang, Y. Chao, R.C. Dugdale, F.P. Chavez, and R.T. Barber. 2007. Modeling responses of diatom productivity and biogenic silica export to iron enrichment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21: 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GB002804
Chavez, F.P., T. Takahashi, W.J. Cai, G.E. Friederich, B. Hales, R. Wanninkhof, and R.A. Feely. 2007. Coastal Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers. The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle: 157–166.
Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, D. Johnston, and F.P. Chavez. 2007. Ocean observing in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: CalCOFI and the MBARI time series: 24.
Shulman, I., J. Kindle, P. Martin, S. deRada, J. Doyle, B. Penta, S. Anderson, F.P. Chavez, J. Paduan, and S.R. Ramp. 2007. Modeling of upwelling/relaxation events with the Navy Coastal Ocean Model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112: 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006JC003946
Wankel, S.D., C. Kendall, J.T. Pennington, F.P. Chavez, and A. Paytan. 2007. Nitrification in the euphotic zone as evidenced by nitrate dual isotopic composition: Observations from Monterey Bay, California. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21: 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GB002723
Behrenfeld, M.J., K. Worthington, R.M. Sherrell, F.P. Chavez, P. Strutton, M. McPhaden, and D.M. Shea. 2006. Controls on tropical Pacific Ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics. Nature, 442: 1025–1028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05083
Field, D., D. Cayan, and F.P. Chavez. 2006. Secular warming in the California Current and North Pacific. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 47: 92–108.
Johnson, K.S., L.J. Coletti, and F.P. Chavez. 2006. Diel nitrate cycles observed with in situ sensors predict monthly and annual new production. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 53: 561–573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.004
Lucier, A., M. Palmer, H. Mooney, K. Nadelhoffer, D. Ojima, and F.P. Chavez. 2006. Ecosystems and Climate Change: Research Priorities for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Recommendations from the Scientific Community: 50.
Pennington, J.T., K.L. Mahoney, V.S. Kuwahara, D.D. Kolber, R. Calienes, and F.P. Chavez. 2006. Primary production in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography, 69: 285–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.012
Peterson, B., R. Emmett, R. Goericke, E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, R. Hewitt, N. Lo, W. Watson, J. Barlow, M. Lowry, C. Reiss, S. Ralston, K.A. Forney, S. Benson, B.E. Lavaniegos, W.J. Sydeman, D. Hyrenbach, R.W. Bradley, P. Warzybok, F.P. Chavez, K. Hunter, M. Weise, and J. Harvey. 2006. The state of the California Current, 2005–2006: Warm in the north, cool in the south. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Report, 47: 30–74.
Ryan, J.P., I. Ueki, Y. Chao, H. Zhang, P.S. Polito, and F.P. Chavez. 2006. Western pacific modulation of large phytoplankton blooms in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111: 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JG000084
Buck, K.R., R. Marin III, and F.P. Chavez. 2005. Heterotrophic dinoflagellate fecal pellet production: Grazing of large, chain-forming diatoms during upwelling events in Monterey Bay, California. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 40: 293–298. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame040293
Chavez, F.P. 2005. Biological consequences of interannual to multidecadal variability. In the Sea V.13: 643–679.
Croll, D.A., B. Marinovic, S. Benson, F.P. Chavez, N. Black, R. Ternullo, and B.R. Tershy. 2005. From wind to whales: Trophic links in a coastal upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 289: 117–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps289117
Goericke, R., E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S.J. Bograd, F.B. Schwing, A. Huyer, R.L. Smith, P.A. Wheeler, R. Hooff, W.T. Peterson, F.P. Chavez, C. Collins, B. Marinovic, N. Lo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, R. Durazo, K.D. Hyrenbach, and W.J. Sydeman. 2005. The State of California Current, 2004–2005: Still cool? California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 46: 32–72.
Gomes, K., F.P. Chavez, and J. Graybeal. 2005. From raw data to observing products with SSDS: Fishes to Wishes. Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference.
Graybeal, J., J.G. Bellingham, and F.P. Chavez. 2005. Data systems for ocean observation programs. Sea Technology, 46.
Hendricks, M.B., M.L. Bender, B.A. Barnett, P. Strutton, and F.P. Chavez. 2005. The triple oxygen isotope composition of dissolved O2 in the equatorial Pacific: A tracer of mixing, production, and respiration. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110: C12021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002735
Ramp, S.R., J.D. Paduan, I. Shulman, J. Kindle, F.L. Bahr, and F.P. Chavez. 2005. Observations of upwelling and relaxation events in the northern Monterey Bay during August 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110: C07013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002538
Ryan, J.P., F.P. Chavez, and J.G. Bellingham. 2005. Physical-biological coupling in Monterey Bay, California: Topographic influences on phytoplankton ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 287: 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps287023
Ryan, J.P., H.M. Dierssen, R.M. Kudela, C.A. Scholin, K.S. Johnson, J.M. Sullivan, A.M. Fischer, E.V. Rienecker, P.R. McEnaney, and F.P. Chavez. 2005. Coastal ocean physics and red tides: An example from Monterey Bay, California. Oceanography, 18: 246–255.
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: 20–21.
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.A. 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 Experiments (SOFeX): Carbon and Silicon Cycling in High- and Low- Si Waters. Science, 304: 408–414.
Kudela, R.M., and F.P. Chavez. 2004. The impact of coastal runoff on ocean color during an El Niño year in Central California. Deep Sea Research II, 51: 1173–1185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.04.002
Strutton, P.G., and F.P. Chavez. 2004. Biological heating in the equatorial Pacific: Observed variability and potential for real-time calculation.. Journal of Climate, 17: 1097–1109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1097_Bhitep>2.0.Co;2
Strutton, P.G., F.P. Chavez, R.C. Dugdale, and V. Hogue. 2004. Primary productivity in the central equatorial Pacific (3°S 130°W) during GasEx-2001.. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109: C08S06. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JC001790
Berelson, W., J. McManus, K. Coale, K.S. Johnson, D. Burdidge, T. Kilgore, D. Colodner, F.P. Chavez, R. Kudela, and J. Boucher. 2003. A time series of benthic flux measurements from Monterey Bay, California. Continental Shelf Research, 23: 457–481.
Chao, Y., Z. Li, J. Kindle, J.D. Paduan, and F.P. Chavez. 2003. A high-resolution surface vector wind product for coastal oceans: Blending satellite scatterometer measurements with regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 30: 1013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002gl015729
Chavez, F.P., J.P. Ryan, S.E. Lluch-Cota, and M. Niquen. 2003. From anchovies to sardines and back: multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean. Science, 299: 217–221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1075880
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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00134-6
Fitzwater, S.E., K.S. Johnson, V.A. Elrod, J.P. Ryan, L.J. Coletti, S.J. Tanner, R.M. Gordon, and F.P. Chavez. 2003. Iron, nutrient and phytoplankton biomass relationships in upwelled waters of the California coastal system. Continental Shelf Research, 23: 1523–1544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2003.08.004
Johnson, K.S., V.A. Elrod, S.E. Fitzwater, J.N. Plant, F.P. Chavez, S.J. Tanner, R.M. Gordon, D.L. Westphal, K.D. Perry, J. Wu, and D.M. Karl. 2003. Surface ocean-lower atmosphere interactions in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Gyre: Aerosols, iron and the ecosystem response. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17: 1063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002gb002004
Strutton, P.G., and F.P. Chavez. 2003. Scales of biological-physical coupling in the Equatorial Pacific. Handbook of scaling methods in aquatic ecology: measurement, analysis and simulation.
Benson, S.R., D.A. Croll, B. Marinovic, F.P. Chavez, and J.T. Harvey. 2002. Temporal variability in the cetacean assemblage of a coastal upwelling center spanning an El Niño. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 279–291.
Castro, C.G., T.R. Baumgartner, S. Bograd, R. Castro, F.P. Chavez, C.A. Collins, R. Durazo, J. Garcý´a, G. Gaxiola-Castro, T. Hayward, A. Huyer, R. Lynn, A.S. Mascarenhas, M.R.D. Robert, R.L. Smith, P.A. Wheeler, and F.A. Whitney. 2002. Introduction to 'The 1997–8 El Niño Atlas of oceanographic conditions along the west coast of North America (23°N-50°N).'. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 501–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00066-6
Castro, C.G., C.A. Collins, P.M. Walz, J.T. Pennington, R.P. Michisaki, G.E. Friederich, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Nutrient variability during El Niño 1997–98 in the California current system off central California. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 171–184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00048-4
Chavez, F.P., C.A. Collins, A. Huyer, and D.L. Mackas. 2002. El Niño along the west coast of North America. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 1–5.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, J.P. Ryan, R.P. Michisaki, B. Schlining, P.M. Walz, K.R. Buck, A. McFadyen, 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.
Collins, C.A., C.G. Castro, H. Asanuma, T.A. Rago, S.K. Han, R. Durazo, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Changes in the hydrography of central California waters associated with the 1997–8 El Niño. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 129–147.
Friederich, G.E., P.M. Walz, M.G. Burczynski, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Inorganic carbon in the central California upwelling system during the 1997–1999 El Niño - La Niña event. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 185–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00049-6
Hopcroft, R.R., C. Clark, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Copepod communities in Monterey Bay during the 1997 to 1999 EL Niño and La Nina. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 251–264.
Jahnke, R., L. Atkinson, J. Barth, F.P. Chavez, K. Daly, J. Edson, P. Franks, J. O'Donnell, and O. Schofield. 2002. Coastal ocean processes and observatories: Advancing coastal research.. Coastal Ocean Report 8, TR-02-01: 51.
Kindle, J.C., R. Hodur, S. deRada, J. Paduan, L.K. Rosenfeld, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. A COAMPSTM reanalysis for the eastern Pacific: Properties of the diurnal sea breeze along the central California coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 29: 2203.
Kudela, R.M., and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Multi-Platform remote sensing of new production in central California during the 1997–1998 El Niño. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 233–249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00051-4
Marinovic, B., D.A. Croll, N. Gong, S. Benson, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Effects of the 1997–98 El Niño on zooplankton within the Monterey Bay coastal upwelling system with emphasis on the euphausiid community. Progress in Oceanography, 54: 265–277.
Ryan, J.P., F.P. Chavez, J.G. Bellingham, E. Rienecker, R. Kudela, A. Vander Woude, R. Maffione, and A. Fischer. 2002. Environmental processes in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Studies integrating AVIRIS and synoptic in situ sensing. Proceedings of the Eleventh JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop: 307–318.
Ryan, J.P., P.S. Polito, P.G. Strutton, and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Unusual large-scale phytoplankton blooms in the equatorial Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 55: 263–285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00137-4
Schwarz, J.N., P. Kowalczuk, S. Kaczmarek, G.F. Cota, B.G. Mitchell, M. Kahru, F.P. Chavez, A. Cunningham, D. McKee, P. Gege, M. Kishino, D.A. Phinney, and R. Raine. 2002. Two models for absorption by coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM). Oceanologia, 44: 209–241.
Johnson, K.S., C.K. Paull, J.P. Barry, and F.P. Chavez. 2001. A decadal record of underflows from a coastal river into the deep sea. Geology, 29: 1019–1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1019_Adrouf>2.0.Co;2
Castro, C.G., F.P. Chavez, and C. Collins. 2001. The role of the California Undercurrent in the export of denitrified waters from the eastern tropical North Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21: 819–830. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000gb001324
Hopcroft, R. R., J.C. Roff , and F.P. Chavez. 2001. Size paradigms in copepod communities: A re-examination. Hydrobiologia, 453/454: 133–141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013167917679
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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000gl012433
Polito, P.S., Ryan, J.P., W.T. Liu, and F.P. Chavez. 2001. Oceanic and atmospheric anomalies of tropical instability waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 28: 2233–2336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000gl012400
Rau, G.H., F.P. Chavez, and G.E. Friederich. 2001. Plankton 13C/12C variations in Monterey Bay, California: Evidence of non-diffusive inorganic carbon uptake by phytoplankton in an upwelling environment. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 48: 79–94.
Rau, G.H., S. Ralston, J.R. Southon, and F.P. Chavez. 2001. Upwelling and the condition and diet of juvenil rockfish: A study using 14C, 13C, and 15N natural abundances. Limnology and Oceanography, 46: 1565–1570.
Strutton, P.G., J.P. Ryan, and F.P. Chavez. 2001. Enhanced chlorophyll associated with tropical instability waves in the equatorial Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 28: 2005–2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000gl012166
Suzuki, M.T., C.M. Preston, F.P. Chavez, and E.F. DeLong. 2001. Quantitative mapping of bacterioplankton populations in seawater: Field tests across an upwelling plume in Monterey Bay. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 24: 117–127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame024117
Chavez, F.P., and C.A. Collins. 2000. Corrigendum to "Studies of the California Current System Part 2"; [Deep-Sea Research II, 47 (5–6), 2000]. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 47: 1.
Chavez, F.P., and C.A. Collins. 2000. Studies of the California current system part 2. Deep-Sea Research II, 47: 5–6.
Chavez, F.P., and C.A. Collins. 2000. Studies of the California current system: Present, past and future. Deep-Sea Research II, 47: 761–763.
Chavez, F.P., D. Wright, R. Herlien, M. Kelley, F. Shane, and P.G. Strutton. 2000. A device for protecting moored spectroradiometers from biofouling. Journal of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Technology, 17: 215–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0215_Adfpms>2.0.Co;2
Kudela, R.M., and F.P. Chavez. 2000. Modeling the impact of the 1992 El Nino on new production in Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 47: 1055–1076. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00136-8
Olivieri, R.A., and F.P. Chavez. 2000. A model of plankton dynamics for the coastal upwelling system of Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Research II, 47: 1077–1106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00137-X
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 II, 47: 947–973.
Scholin, C.A., F. Gulland, G.J. Doucette, S. Benson, M. Busman, F.P. Chavez, J. Cordaro, R. DeLong, A. De Vogelaere, J. Harvey, M. Haulena, K. Lefebvre, T. Lipscomb, S. Loscutoff, L.J. Lowenstine, R. Marin III, P.E. Miller, W.A. McLellan, P.D.R. Moeller, C.L. Powell, T. Rowles, P. Silvagni, M.W. Silver, T. Spraker, V. Trainer, and F.M. Van Dolah. 2000. Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom. Nature, 403: 80–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/47481
Strutton, P.G., and F.P. Chavez. 2000. Primary productivity in the equatorial Pacific during the 1997-98 El Niño. Journal of Geophyiscal Research, 105: 26089–26101.
Wilkerson, F.P., R.C. Dugdale, R.M. Kudela, and F.P. Chavez. 2000. Biomass and productivity in Monterey Bay, California: contribution of the large phytoplankton. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 47: 1003–1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00134-4
Altabet, M.A., C.H. Pilskaln, R. Thunell, C. Pride, D. Sigman, F.P. Chavez, and R. Francois. 1999. The nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry of sinking particles from the margin of the eastern North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 46: 655–679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00084-3
Chavez, F.P., P.G. Strutton, G.E. Friederich, R.A. Feely, G.C. Feldman, D.G. Foley, and M.J. McPhaden. 1999. Biological and chemical response of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean to the 1997-98 El Niño. Science, 286: 2126–2131.
Johnson, K.S., F.P. Chavez, and G.E. Friederich. 1999. Continental-shelf sediment as a primary source of iron for coastal phytoplankton. Nature, 398: 697–700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/19511
Miller, A.J., J.C. McWilliams, N. Schneider, J.S. Allen, J.A. Barth, R.C. Beardsley, F.P. Chavez, T.K. Chereskin, C.A. Edwards, R.L. Haney, K.A. Kelly, J.C. Kindle, L.N. Ly, J.R. Moisan, M.A. Noble, P.P. Niiler, L.Y. Oey, F.B. Schwing, R.K. Shearman, and M.S. Swenson. 1999. Observing and modeling the California Current System. EOS, 80: 533–539.
Chavez, F., and C. Collins. 1998. Studies of the California Current System. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 45.
Chavez, F.P., P.G. Strutton, and M.J. McPhaden. 1998. Biological-physical coupling in the central equatorial Pacific during the onset of the 1997-98 El Niñoo. Geophysical Research Letters, 25: 3543–3546.
Rau, G.H., C. Low, J.T. Pennington, K.R. Buck, and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Suspended particulate nitrogen d15N versus nitrate utilization: observations in Monterey Bay, CA.. Deep-Sea Research II, 45: 1603–1616.
Robison, B.H., K.R. Reisenbichler, R.E. Sherlock, J.M.B. Silguero, and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Seasonal abundance of the siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga, in Monterey Bay. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 45: 1741–1751. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80015-5
Sakamoto, C.M., F.J. Millero, W. Yao, G.E. Friederich, and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Surface seawater distributions of inorganic carbon and nutrients around the Galapagos Islands: Results from the PlumEx experiment using automated chemical mapping. Deep-Sea Research II, 45: 1055–1071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00013-7
Service, S.K., J.A. Rice, and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Relationship between physical and biological variables during the upwelling period in Monterey Bay, CA.. Deep-Sea Research II, 45: 1669–1685. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80012-X
Silver, M.W., S.L. Coale, C.H. Pilskaln, and F.P. Chavez. 1998. Exploratory observations of marine aggregates at sub-euphotic depths. Deep-Sea Research II, 45: 1839–1861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80019-2
Brzezinski, M.A., D.R. Phillips, F.P. Chavez, G.E. Friederich, and R.C. Dugdale. 1997. Silica production in the Monterey, California, upwelling system. Limnology and Oceanography, 42: 1694–1705.
Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R.A. Herlien, H.W. Jannasch, G.D. Thurmond, and G.E. Friederich. 1997. Moorings and drifters for real-time interdisciplinary oceanography. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 14: 1199–1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<1199_Madfrt>2.0.Co;2
Kudela, R.M., and F.P. Chavez. 1997. Estimating new production from the quantum yield of nitrate uptake. SPIE, 2963: 471–476.
Scholin, C., P. Miller, K. Buck, F. Chavez, P. Harris, P. Haydock, J. Howard, and G. Cangelosi. 1997. Detection and quantification of Pseudo-nitzschia australis in cultured and natural populations using LSU rRNA-targeted probes. Limnology and Oceanography, 42: 1265–1272.
Anbar, A.D., Y.L.Yung, and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Methyl bromide: Ocean sources, ocean sinks, and climate sensitivity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10: 175–190.
Barber, R.T., M.P. Sanderson, S.T. Lindley, F. Chai, J. Newton, C.C. Trees, D.G. Foley, and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Primary productivity and its regulation in the equatorial Pacific during and following the 1991-1992 El Niño.. Deep-Sea Research II, 43: 933–969.
Buck, K.R., F.P. Chavez, and L. Campbell. 1996. Basin-wide distributions of living carbon components and the inverted trophic pyramid of the central gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean, summer 1993. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 10: 283–298.
Chavez, F.P. 1996. Forcing and biological impact of onset of the 1992 El Niño in central California. Geophysical Research Letters, 23: 265–268.
Chavez, F.P., K.R. Buck, S.K. Service, J. Newton, and R.T. Barber. 1996. Phytoplankton variability in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 43: 835–870.
Chavez, F.P., S.K. Service, and S.E. Buttrey. 1996. Temperature-nitrate relationships in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101: 20553–20563.
Coale, K.H., K.S. Johnson, S.E. Fitzwater, R.M. Gordon, S. Tanner, F.P. Chavez, L. Ferioli, C.M. Sakamoto, P. Rogers, F. Millero, P. Steinberg, P. Nightingale, D. Cooper, W.P. Cochlan, M.R. Landry, J. Constantinou, G. Rollwagen, A. Trasvina, and R.M. Kudela. 1996. A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature, 383: 495–501.
Hayward, T.L., S.L. Cummings, D.R. Cayan, F.P. Chavez, R.J. Lynn, A.W. Mantyla, P.P. Niiler, F.B. Schwing, R.R. Veit, and E.L. Venrick. 1996. The state of the California Current in 1995-96: Continuing declines in macrozooplankton biomass during a period of nearly normal circulation. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, Report, 37: 22–37.
Kudela, R.M., and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Bio-optical properties in relation to an algal bloom caused by iron enrichment in the equatorial Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 23: 3751–3754.
Paytan, M., M. Kastner, and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Glacial to interglacial fluctuations in productivityt in the equatorial Pacific as indicated by marine barite. Science, 274: 1355–1357.
Pilskaln, C.H., J.B. Paduan, F.P. Chavez, R.Y. Anderson, and W.M. Berelson. 1996. Carbon export and regeneration in the coastal upwelling system of Monterey Bay, central California. Journal of Marine Research, 54: 1149–1178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1357/0022240963213772
Sakamoto, C.M., G.E. Friederich, S.K. Service, and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Development of automated surface seawater nitrate mapping systems for use in open ocean and coastal waters. Deep-Sea Research I, 43: 1763–1775.
Scholin, C.A., K.R. Buck, T. Britschgi, G. Cangelosi, and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Identification of Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) using rRNA-targeted probes in whole cell and sandwich hybridization formats. Phycologia, 35: 190–197.
Scholin, C.A., P. Miller, K.R. Buck, F.P. Chavez, G. Cangelosi, P. Haydock, J. Howard, and P. Harris. 1996. DNA probe-based detection of harmful algal species using Pseudo-nitzschia species as models. Harmful and toxic algal blooms: 439–442.
Angel, M.V., M.A. Baars, R.T. Barber, F.P. Chavez, M. Kastner, M. Leinen, J.R.E. Lutjeharms, G. Reverdin, and G.B. Shimmield. 1995. Group report: How do open ocean upwelling systems operate as integrated physical, chemical, and biological systems and influence the geological record? Upwelling in the ocean, Modern processes and ancient records: 193–220.
Chavez, F.P. 1995. A comparison of ship and satellite chlorophyll from California and Peru. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100: 24855–24862.
Chavez, F.P., K.R. Buck, R.R. Bidigare, D.M. Karl, D. Hebel, M. Latasa, L. Campbell, and J. Newton. 1995. On the chlorophyll a retention properties of glass-fiber GF/F filters. Limnology and Oceanography, 40: 428–433.
Chavez, F.P., and S.L. Smith. 1995. Biological and chemical consequences of open ocean upwelling. Upwelling in the ocean, Modern processes and ancient records: 149–169.
Chavez, F.P., and J.R. Toggweiler. 1995. Physical estimates of global new production: The upwelling contribution. Upwelling in the ocean, Modern processes and ancient records: 313–320.
Friederich, G.E., P.G. Brewer, R.A. Herlien, and F.P. Chavez. 1995. Measurement of sea surface partial pressure of CO2 from a moored buoy. Deep-Sea Research I, 42: 1175–1186.
Lenarz, W.H., D.A. Ventresca, W.M. Graham, F.B. Schwing, and F.P. Chavez. 1995. Explorations of El Niño and associated biological population dynamics off central California. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, Report, 36: 106–119.
Vørs, N., K.R. Buck, F.P. Chavez, W. Eikrem, L.E. Hansen, J.B. Østergaard, and H.A. Thomsen. 1995. Nanoplankton of the equatorial Pacific with emphasis on the heterotrophic protists. Deep-Sea Research II, 42: 585–602.
Bates, T.S., R.P. Kiene, G.V. Wolfe, P.A. Matrai, F.P. Chavez, K.R. Buck, B.W. Blomquist, and R.L. Cuhel. 1994. The cycling of sulfur in surface seawater of the northeast Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99: 7835–7843.
Buck, K.R., and F.P. Chavez. 1994. Diatom aggregates from the open ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 16: 1449–1457.
Chavez, F.P., R.A. Herlien, and G.D. Thurmond. 1994. OASIS - Acquisition system for moorings/drifters: Developed for interdisciplinary science, with multiple adaptable interfaces; tested on ATLAS moorings in Monterey Bay, California. Sea Technology, 35: 51–59.
Dugdale, R., F. Wilkerson, D. Halpern, F. Chavez, and R. Barber. 1994. Remote sensing of seasonal and annual variation of equatorial new production: A model for global estimates. Advances in Space Research, 14: 169–178.
Feely, R.A., R. Wanninkhof, C.E. Cosca, M.J. McPhaden, R.H. Byrne, F.J. Millero, F.P. Chavez, T. Clayton, D.M. Campbell, and P.P. Murphy. 1994. The effect of tropical instability waves on CO2 species distributions along the equator in the eastern equatorial Pacific during the 1992 ENSO event.
Martin, J.H., K.H. Coale, K.S. Johnson, S.E. Fitzwater, R.M. Gordon, S.J. Tanner, C.N. Hunter, V.A. Elrod, J.L. Nowicki, T.L. Coley, R.T. Barber, S. Lindley, A.J. Watson, K.A. Van Scoy, C.S. Law, M.I. Liddicoat, R. Ling, T. Stanton, J. Stockel, C. Collins, A. Anderson, R.R. Bidigare, M. Ondrusek, M. Latasa, F.J. Millero, K. Lee, W. Yao, J.Z. Zhang, G.E. Friederich, C.M. Sakamoto, F. Chavez, K.R. Buck, Z.S. Kolber, R.M. Greene, P.G. Falkowski, S.W. Chisholm, F. Hoge, R. Swift, J. Yungel, S. Turner, P. Nightingale, A. Hatton, P. Liss, and N.W. Tindale. 1994. Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature, 371: 123–129.
Scholin, C.A., M.C. Villac, K.R. Buck, J.M. Krupp, D.A. Powers, G.A. Fryxell, and F.P. Chavez. 1994. Ribosomal DNA sequences discriminate among toxic and non-toxic Pseudonitzschia species. Natural Toxins, 2: 152–165.
Villac, M.C., D.L. Roelke, F.P. Chavez, L.A. Cifuentes, and G.A. Fryxell. 1994. Pseudo-nitzschia australia Frenguelli and related species from the west coast of the USA: Occurrence and domoic acid production. Journal of Shellfish Research, 12: 457–465.
Thomsen, H.A., K.R. Buck, and F.P. Chavez. 1994. Haptophytes as components of marine phytoplankton. The haptophyte algae, 51: 187–208.
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. Sapporo IGBP Symposium: 438–445.
Friederich, G.E., C.M. Sakamoto, J.T. Pennington, and F.P. Chavez. 1994. Global fluxes fo carbon and its related substances in the coastal sea-ocean-atmosphere system. 1994 Sapporo IGP Symposium: 438–445.
Olivieri, R.A., A. Cohen, and F.P. Chavez. 1993. An ecosystem model of Monterey Bay, California. Trophic models of aquatic ecosystems: 315–322.
Chavez, F., R. Herlien, G. Thurmond, and D. Wright. 1993. A novel ocean acquisition system for interdisciplinary science (OASIS): 78–84.
Fiedler, P.C., F.P. Chavez, D.W. Behringer, and S.B. Reilly. 1992. Physical and biological effect of Los Niños in the eastern tropical Pacific, 1986-1989. Deep-Sea Research, 39: 199–219.
Eppley, R.W., F.P. Chavez, and R.T. Barber. 1992. Standing stocks of particulate carbon and nitrogen in the equatorial Pacific at 150°W. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97: 655–661.
Buck, K.R., L. Uttal-Cooke, C.H. Pilskaln, D.L. Roelke, M.C. Villac, G.A. Fryxell, L. Cifuentes, and F.P. Chavez. 1992. Autecology of the diatom Pseudonitzschia australis, a domoic acid producer, from Monterey Bay, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 84: 293–302.
Barber, R.T., and F.P. Chavez. 1991. Regulation of primary productivity rate in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 36: 1803–1815.
Fiedler, P.C., V. Philbrick, and F.P. Chavez. 1991. Oceanic upwelling and productivity in the eastern tropical Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, 36: 1834–1850.
Chavez, F.P., K.R. Buck, K.H. Coale, J.H. Martin, G.R. DiTullio, N.A. Welschmeyer, A.C. Jacobson, and R.T. Barber. 1991. Growth rates, grazing, sinking, and iron limitation of equatorial Pacific phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 36: 1816–1833.
Chavez, F.P., and R.C. Brusca. 1991. The Galápagos Islands and their relation to oceanographic processes in the tropical Pacific. Galápagos marine invertebrates: 9–33.
Chavez, F.P., R.T. Barber, P.M. Kosro, A. Huyer, S.R. Ramp, T.P. Stanton, and B. Rojas de Mendiola. 1991. Horizontal transport and the distribution of nutrients in the coastal transition zone off Northern California: Effects on primary production, phytoplankton biomass and species composition. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96: 14833–14848.
Buck, K.R., F.P. Chavez, and H.A. Thomsen. 1991. Choanoflagellates of the central California waters: Taxonomy, morphology and species assemblages. Ophelia, 33: 179–186.
Chavez, F.P., H.W. Jannasch, K.S. Johnson, C.M. Sakamoto, G.E. Friederich, G.D. Thurmond, R.A. Herlien, and L.A. Codispoti. 1991. The MBARI program for obtaining real-time measurements in Monterey Bay. Oceans '91, 1: 327–333.
Huyer, A., P.M. Kosro, J. Fleischbein, S.R. Ramp, T. Stanton, L. Washburn, F.P. Chavez, T.J. Cowles, S.D. Pierce, and R.L. Smith. 1991. Currents and water masses of the coastal transition zone off Northern California, June to August 1988. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96: 14809–14831.
Chavez, F.P., K.R. Buck, and R.T. Barber. 1990. Phytoplankton taxa in relation to primary production in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research, 37: 1733–1752.
Chavez, F.P. 1989. Size distribution of phytoplankton in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 3: 27–35.
Chavez, F.P., R.T. Barber, and M.P. Sanderson. 1989. The potential primary production of the Peruvian upwelling ecosystem, 1953-1984. The Peruvian upwelling ecosystem: Dynamics and interactions: 50–63.
Chavez, F.P., and R.T. Barber. 1987. An estimate of new production in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research, 34: 1229–1243.