Muller-Karger,
F. E., R. Varela, R. C. Thunell, M. I. Scranton, G. T. Taylor, Y. Astor, C.
R. Benitez-Nelson, L. Lorenzoni, E. Tappa, M. A. Goñi, and C. Hu
(2009) The CARIACO
Oceanographic Time Series. In: Carbon
and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis,
Editors: K.-K. Liu, L. Atkinson, R. Quinones, and L. Talaue-McManus, Springer-Verlag,
New York, pages 454-463, in press.
Taylor,
G.T., R. C. Thunell, R. Varela, C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, M. I. Scranton (2009) Hydrolytic
ectoenzyme activity associated with suspended and sinking organic particles
within the anoxic Cariaco Basin.
Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 1266-1283.
Maiti,
K., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, M.W. Lomas., J.W. Krause (2009) New
and Export Production in the Subtropical Open Ocean Before Seasonal
Stratification. III.
Comparison of Export Production by 234Th and Sediment Traps,
Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 875-891.
Sekula-Wood, E, A. Schnetzer,
C.R. Benitez-Nelson, C. Anderson , W. Berelson , M. Brzezinski , J. Burns , D. Caron , I. Cetinic , J. Ferry, E. Fitzpatrick, B. Jones, P. Miller, S. Morton , R. Schaffner, D. Siegel , and R. Thunell (2009)
Rapid downward transport of the neurotoxin domoic acid in coastal
waters, Nature Geoscience, 22 March 2009 | DOI: 10.1038/NGEO472.
Mahowald, N.M., T. D. Jickells, A.R.
Baker, P. Artaxo, C.R. Benitez-Nelson,
G. Bergametti, T. C. Bond, Y. Chen, D. D. Cohen, B. Herut, N. Kubilay, R. Losno,
C. Luo, W. Maenhaut, K.A. McGee, G. S. Okin, R. L. Siefert, S. Tsukuda (2009) Global distribution of atmospheric phosphorus sources, concentrations and deposition rates, and anthropogenic
impacts, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, GB4026, doi:101029/2008GB003240.
Mahowald, N. M. , S. Engelstaedter, C.
Luo , Andrea Sealy, P. Artaxo, C.R.
Benitez-Nelson, S. Bonnet, Y. Chen, Patrick Y. Chuang, D.D. Cohen, F. Dulac,
B. Herut, A. M. Johansen, N. Kubilay, R. Losno, W. Maenhaut, A. Paytan, J.M.
Prospero, L.M. Shank, and R.L. Siefert (2009) Atmospheric
iron deposition: Global distribution, variability, and human perturbations,
Annual Reviews of Marine Sciences, 1, 245–78.
10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163727.
Hannides,
C.C.S., M. R. Landry, C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. M. Styles, J. P. Montoya, D. M.
Karl (2009) Export
stoichiometry and migrant-mediated flux of phosphorus in the North Pacific
Subtropical Gyre, Deep-Sea Research I, 56, 73-88.
Thunell,
R.C., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, F. E. Muller-Karger, L. Lorenzoni, K
Fanning, M. Scranton, R. Varela, Y. Astor (2008) The
Si cycle in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela: Seasonal Variability in Silicate
Availability and the Si:C:N Composition of Sinking Particles. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, GB4001, doi:10.1029/2007GB003096.
Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., D. J. McGillicuddy (2008) Mesoscale
Physical-Biological-Biogeochemical
Linkages in the Open Ocean: An
Introduction to the results of the E-Flux and EDDIES Programs (Preface). Deep-Sea
Research II, 55, 1133-1138.
Chen,
F-Z, W-J Cai, Y. Wang, Y. Rii, R. R. Bidigare, and C.R. Benitez-Nelson
(2008) Biogeochemical
cycling of the carbon dioxide system and net community production estimation in
a cold-core cyclonic eddy in the lee of Hawaii, Deep-Sea Research II, 55, 1412-1425.
Maiti,
K., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, Y. Rii, and R. Bidigare (2008) The
influence of a mature cyclonic eddy on particle export. Deep-Sea
Research II, 55, 1445-1460
Noble,
A.E., M. A. Saito, K. Maiti, and C. R. Benitez-Nelson (2008) Cobalt,
manganese, and iron near the Hawaiian Islands: A concentrating mechanism for
cobalt within a cyclonic eddy and implications for the hybrid-type trace metals.
Deep-Sea Research II, 55, 1473-1490.
Mahaffey, C., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. R.
Bidigare, and D. Karl (2008) Nitrogen
dynamics within wind-driven eddies. Deep-Sea
Research II, 55, 1398-1411.
Verdeny,
E., P. Masqué, K. Maiti, J. Garcia-Orellana, J. M. Bruach, and C.
R. Benitez-Nelson
(2008) Particle
Export within cyclonic Hawaiian lee eddies derived from 210Pb-210Po
disequilibria. Deep-Sea
Research II, 55,
1461-1472.
Diaz,
J., E. Ingall, C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, D.
Paterson, M. de Jonge, J. A. Brandes (2008) Marine
Polyphosphate: A Key Player in Geologic Phosphorus Sequestration.
Science, 320, 652-655.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R.
et al. (+ 23 authors) (2007)
Mesoscale eddies
drive increased silica export in the subtropical Pacific Ocean. Science,
312, 1017-1021.
Chen, F-Z, W-J Cai, C.R. Benitez-Nelson,
and Y. Wang (2007) Sea surface
pCO2-SST
relationships across a cold-core cyclonic eddy: Implications for understanding
regional variability and air-sea gas exchange, Geophysical Research Letters,
34, doi:10.1029/2006GL028058.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., L. O.
Madden, R. M. Styles, R. C. Thunell, and Y. Astor (2007)
Inorganic
and organic sinking particulate phosphorus fluxes across the oxic/anoxic water
column of Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, Marine Chemistry, 105, 90-100.
Thunell, R.C., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. Varela, Y.
Astor and F. E. Muller-Karger (2007)
Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes Along
Upwelling-Dominated Continental Margins: Rates and Mechanisms. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB1022 doi:10.1029/2006GB002793.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and Willard S.
Moore (2006)
Future applications of 234Th in aquatic
ecosystems (Editorial). Marine Chemistry,
100, 163-165.
Waples, J., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, N. Savoye, M. Rutgers
van der Loeff, M. Baskaran and Ö. Gustafsson (2006) An
Introduction to the
Application and Future Use of 234Th in Aquatic Systems.
Marine Chemistry, 100, 166-189.
Savoye, N., C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, A. B. Burd, J. K. Cochran, M. Charette, K. O. Buesseler, G.
Jackson, M. Roy-Barman, S. Schmidt and M. Elskens (2006)
234Th
sorption and export models in the water column: a review.
Marine Chemistry, 100, 234-249.
Buesseler, K. O., C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, S. B. Moran, A. Burd, M. Charette, J. K. Cochran, L.
Coppola, N. S. Fisher, S. W. Fowler, W. D. Gardner, L. D. Guo, O. Gustafsson, C.
Lamborg, P. Masque, J. C. Miquel, U. Passow, P. H. Santschi, N. Savoye, G.
Stewart, and T. Trull (2006)
An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234
ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a
POC flux proxy. Marine Chemistry,
100, 213-233.
Santschi, P.H. J.W. Murray, M. Baskaran, C.R. Benitez-Nelson,
L. Guo, C-C. Hung, C. Lamborg, S. B. Moran, U. Passow, and M. Roy-Barman (2006)
Thorium
speciation in seawater. Marine Chemistry, 100, 250-268.
Rutgers van der Loeff, M., M. M. Sarin, M. Baskaran, C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, K. Buesseler, M. Charette, M. Dai, Ö. Gustafsson,
P. Masque, P. Morris, K. Orlandini,
A. Rodriguez y Baena, N. Savoye, S. Schmidt, R.
Turnewitsch, I. Vöge, and J. Waples (2006)
A review of present
techniques and methodological advances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic
systems. Marine Chemistry, 100, 190-212.
Cade-Menun, B., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, P.
Pellechia, and A. Paytan, (2005)
Refining phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy for marine sediment trap samples: storage conditions and extraction
recovery. Marine Chemistry,
97, 293-306.
O’Neill, L.O., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, R. M. Styles,
E. Tappa, and R. C. Thunell (2005)
Diagenetic effects on particulate phosphorus
samples collected using formalin poisoned sediment traps. Limnology and
Oceanography Methods, 3, 326-337.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and Th-group (2004)
Future
Applications of 234Th in Aquatic Ecosystems (FATE).
EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union,
Vol. 85, No. 45, 471.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., L. P. O’Neill, L. Kolowith, P. Pellechia, and R. C.
Thunell (2004)
Phosphonates and
particulate organic phosphorus cycling in an anoxic marine basin.
Limnology and Oceanography, 49(5), 1593-1604.
Smoak, D., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, W. S. Moore, R. C. Thunell, Y.
Astor and F. Muller-Karger (2004)
Radionuclide fluxes and particle scavenging in Cariaco Basin. Continental Shelf Research,
24, 1451-1463.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and M. A. Charette (2004)
Uncertainty versus Variability
in Upper Ocean Carbon Flux Estimates. Limnology and Oceanography,
49(4), 1218-1220.
Bidigare, R. R., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, C. L. Leonard, M. P. Seki, M. L.
Parsons, R. D. Vaillancourt, J. Marra and P. Quay (2003)
Influence of a cyclonic
eddy on photosynthesis, microheterotroph abundance and carbon export in the lee
of Hawaii. Geophysical Research Letters,
30,
10.1029/2002GL016393.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., S. M. Vink, J. H. Carrillo, and B. Huebert (2003)
Volcanically influenced iron and aluminum cloud water deposition to Hawaii. Atmospheric Environment,
37, 535-544.
Sansone, F. J., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, E. H. DeCarlo, J. A. Resing, S. M. Vink, J. H. Heath, and B. J. Huebert (2002)
Geochemistry of Atmospheric Aerosols Generated from Lava-Seawater Interactions. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 10.1029/2001GL013882.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and D. M. Karl (2002)
Phosphorus cycling in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre using cosmogenic 32P and 33P. Limnology and Oceanography, 47, 762-770.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., K. O. Buesseler, D. M. Karl, and J. E. Andrews (2001)
A time-series study of particulate matter export in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre based on 234Th:238U disequilibrium.
Deep-Sea Research I, 48, 2595-2611.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., K. O. Buesseler, M. Rutgers van der Loeff, J. E. Andrews, L. Ball, G. Crossin, and M. A. Charette (2001)
Testing a new small volume technique for determining 234Th in seawater. J. Radioanal and Nuc. Chem., 248,
795-799.
Dai, M. H. and C. R. Benitez-Nelson (2001)
Colloidal Organic Carbon and 234Th in the Gulf of Maine. Mar. Chem., 74, 181-196.
Buesseler, K. O., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, M. Rutgers van der Loeff, J. E. Andrews, L. Ball, G. Crossin, and M. A. Charette (2001)
A comparison of methods with a new small-volume technique for thorium-234 in seawater. Mar. Chem., 74,
15-28.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R. (2000)
The Biogeochemical Cycling of Phosphorus in Marine Systems. Earth Sci. Rev., 51,
109-135.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R.
(2000) Phosphorus cycling in coastal marine ecosystems. Investigacion Y Ciencia (Scientific American-Spanish language version), 5, 36-38.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R., K. O. Buesseler and G. Crossin (2000)
Upper ocean carbon export, eddy diffusivity and horizontal transport in the southwestern Gulf of Maine. Cont. Shelf Res., 20, 707-736.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R. (2000)
Phosphorus in the upper ocean. Ciencia al Dia Internacional, 3,
1.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R. and K. O. Buesseler (1999)
32P, 33P, 7Be and 210Pb: Atmospheric fluxes and utility in tracing stratosphere/troposphere exchange. J. of Geophys. Res., 104, 11745-11754.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R.
and K. O. Buesseler (1999)
Temporal variability of inorganic and organic phosphorus turnover rates in the coastal ocean. Nature, 398, 502-505.
Buesseler, K. O., L. Ball, J. Andrews, C. Benitez-Nelson, R. Belastock, F. Chai, and Y.Chao (1998)
Upper ocean export of particulate organic carbon in the Arabian Sea derived from Thorium-234. Deep-Sea Res. II, Special Arabian Sea Issue, 45, 2461-2488.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R.
and K. O. Buesseler (1998)
Measurement of
cosmogenic 32P and 33P activities in rainwater and
seawater. Anal. Chem., 70, 64-72.
Buesseler, K. O. and C. R. Benitez (1994) Determination of mass accumulation rates and sediment inventories in the deep Black Sea.. Deep-Sea Res. II, 41,
1605-1615
BOOKS
Hardee, M. L. and C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2008) Introduction to Oceanography Lab Manual: MSCI 102, Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 216 pp.
ISBN:978-0-7575-5027-0
Hardee, M. L. and C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2004)
Introduction to Oceanography Lab Manual: MSCI 101,
Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 210 pp.
ISBN:978-0-7575-1052-6.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Madden,
L., Bedward, J.C., Wiebe, E.N., Benitez-Nelson, C.R.
(2011) Lessons Learned in Summer Camp: A Case Study of the Learning Paths
of Three Campers. 2011 National Association for Research in Science
Teaching (NARST) Conference., April 3-6, 2011, Orlando Florida.
Thunell, R., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, F. Muller-Karger, L.
Lorenzoni, G. Taylor and M. Scranton.
The
Cariaco Basin Ocean Time Series: Production, Flux and Remineralization of
Biogenic Material" 2010 AGU Fall Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU,XX(XX) AGU Meet. Suppl., Abstract
XXXX-XX
Sekula-Wood, E., Benitez-Nelson, CR, Bograd, S and Anderson, C.
(2010) Is Climate Driving Decadal
Trends in Toxic Blooms in the California Current System?. East Pacific Ocean
Conference, Mt. Hood, OR 22-25 September 2010.
Sekula-Wood, E.,
Benitez-Nelson, CR, Bograd, S and Anderson, C. (2010)
Long-Term Trends in Regional Domoic Acid
Events Associated with Large-Scale Variability in the California Current System.
14th International
Conference on Harmful Algae, Hersonissos-Crete, Greece on 1-5 November 2010.
Pal, S., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Emerson, S. R., Murray,
J. W., Kavanaugh, M. T. (2010) Particulate Carbon Export in the North Pacific
Ocean Using Th-234-U-238 Disequilibrium. 2010 Ocean Sciences
Meeting, Portland Oregon, CO35B-10
White, A. Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Foster; R.A., Popp, B.
N., Prahl, F. G. (2010) Nitrogen Fixation in the Gulf of California and the
Eastern Tropical North Pacific: Interannual Variability of Diazotrophic
Productivity, Community Composition and Potentially Limiting Factors.
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, IT11A-07
Verdeny, E., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Masque, P., Puigcorbé,
V., White, A., Prahl, F.G., Popp, P.N., Foster, R.A., Arthur, K. (2010) The role
of community structure and nitrogen fixation on particle export in the Gulf of
California and the eastern tropical North Pacific Ocean. 2010
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, IT11A-08
Benitez-Nelson, C.R. (2010) Understanding marine
phosphorus composition and the potential impact on particle export in
oligotrophic regions (Invited). Invited 2010 Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, IT13A-01.
Anderson, C., Kudela, R. M, Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Sekula-Wood,
E., Chao, Y., Siegel, D. A., Washburn, L., Langlois, G. (2010) Testing Toxin
Prediction Models in a California HAB Hotspot. 2010 Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, IT35G-05.
Dyhrman, S., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Haley, S., Orchard, S.,
Pellechia, P. (2010) Microbial production of phosphonate in marine systems.
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland
Oregon. IT14A-06
Maiti, K., Buesseler, K.O., Benitez-Nelson, CR.., Cochran,
K, Dai, M, Dehairs, F., Masque, P., Miller, LA, Bradley, M., Morris. PJ, Miquel,
JC, Peine, F, Planchon, F, Rutgers van der Loeff, M, Santschi, PH Turnewitsch,
T, Waples, JT (2010) Total and Particulate Thorium-234 Results From GEOTRACES
Intercalibration Cruises. 2010 Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, CO23A-02.
Sekula-Wood,
E., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Anderson,
C, Schnetzer, A., Guillocheau, N, Morton, S., Siegel, D. Thunell, R.
(2009) A Historical Record of Vertical Domoic Acid Fluxes from Santa Barbara
Basin (CA). November, The Fifth
Symposium on Harmful Algae, Ocean Shores, WA.
Casacuberta,
N., Masque, P., Garcia-Orellana, J., Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Anguita, M., Gasa, J., Garcia-Tenorio, R. (2009) 210Pb
and 210Po biokinetics in chicken and the radiological implications to
population. International Topical Conference on Po and Radioactive Pb Isotopes,
October, Seville, Spain
Stukel,
M., M. Landry, and C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2009) Trophic Cycling and Carbon
Export in the California Current Ecosystem.
2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting, 14-16 September, Estes, Colorado.
Maiti,
K., Buesseler, K.O., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Lamborg, C.H., Owens, S. (2009) 234Th
Excess and Particle Remineralisation below the Euphotic zone.
2009 AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Pump in the Oceans.
September, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England.
Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Verdeny, E., Masque, P., White, A. Popp, B., Prahl, F., Foster, R.
(2009) Investigating the Role of Nitrogen Fixation in Exporting Particulate
Carbon to Depth. 2009 AGU
Chapman Conference on the Biological Pump in the Oceans. September, Brockenhurst,
Hampshire, England.
Wejnert,
K.E., Thunell, R.C., Benitez-Nelson, C.R. (2009) P/Ca
in planktonic foraminifera as a new proxy for marine PO4: Results
from the Cariaco Basin. 2009 Goldschmidt Conference, June, Davos, Switzerland.
Silver,
M.W., Bargu, S.B., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Coale, S. L. Roberts, K.J., Garcia, A.C.
(2009) Domoic acid toxins in the oceanic Pacific: Natural components and
enhanced presence in iron fertilized communities. 2009 ASLO Winter Meeting,
Nice, France.
Bargu,
S.B., Silver, M.W., Garcia, A.C. Coale, S. L. Roberts, K.J. Benitez-Nelson,
C.R. (2009) Psuedo-nitzschia and
domoic acid in naturally iron-riched and
iron-poor areas of the Subarctic Pacific. 2009 ASLO Winter Meeting, Nice,
France.
Benitez-Nelson,
C R (2009) Short-lived radionuclides as tracers of
particle flux in the oceans: A look towards the future. Invited
2009 ASLO Winter Meeting, Nice, France.
Villa,
M, Puigcorbe, V; Verdeny, E, Garcia-Solsona, E, Bruach, J M; Garcia-Orellana, J,
Benitez-Nelson, C R, Masque, P (2009)
Testing the potential of 90Y /90 Sr Disquilibria in
estimating oceanic POC export over daily timescales. 2009 ASLO Winter Meeting,
Nice, France.
Verdeny,
E, Masqué, P, Benitez-Nelson, C R, Garcia-Orellana, J, Villa, M, Miquel, J,
Stewart, G, Alonso-González, I, Baltar, F, Arístegui, J (2009) Examining the
influence of mesoscale eddies and atmospheric deposition on particle export
fluxes using 234Th and 210Po. 2009 ASLO Winter Meeting,
Nice, France.
Mahowald, NM, Jickells, TD, Baker, AR, Artaxo, P, Benitez-Nelson, C, Bergametti, G, Bond, T, Chen, Y, Cohen, DD, Herut,
B, Kubilay, N, Losno, R, Maenhaut, W A, McGee, K, Okin,
G, Siefert, R, Tsukuda, S, Luo, C. Human Pertubation of
Atmospheric Phosphorus (2008) Eos
Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS14B-08.
Thunell,
R C, Benitez-Nelson, C R,
Muller-Karger, F, Lorenzoni, L, Fanning, K, Scranton, M, Varela, R,
Astor, Y, (2008) Silicon cycling in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela: Seasonal
variability in silicate availability and
the SI:C:N composition of sinking particles. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting,
Orlando Fl.
Richardson,
T L, Ranhofer, M L, Benitez-Nelson, C R (2008) Taxon-specific dissolved organic
phosphorus utilization by estuarine phytoplankton determined using an
enzyme-labeled fluorescence approach.. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Fl.
Verdeny,
E, Masque, P, Garcia-Orellana, J, Benitez-Nelson,
C R, Maiti, K, Buesseler, K O, (2008) Examining particle flux within
mesoscale eddies using 210Pb-210Pb disequilibrium. 2008
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Fl.
DuBois,
S L, Benitez-Nelson, C R, Berelson,
W, Hammond, D; Paneva, R. (2008) Characterization of inorganic and organic
phosphorus species in the San Pedro Basin, California.. 2008 Ocean Sciences
Meeting, Orlando Fl.
Herron,
S E, Benitez-Nelson, CR, Thunell, R.
(2008) Insights into sediment trap fluxes: Possible
underestimation of opal fluxes in the Santa Barbara and Cariaco Basins. 2008
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Fl.
Stukel,
M R, Landry, M R, Benitez-Nelson, C R,
Goericke, R (2008) Carbon export and the fate of primary productivity in the
California Coastal Current Ecosystem. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting,
Orlando Fl.
Diaz,
J M, Ingall, E I, Benitez-Nelson, C R, Brandes, J A (2008) A Novel mechanism for
marine phosphorus sequestration via burial and transformation or diatom-derived
polyphosphate in sediments. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Fl.
Lyons,
G C; Benitez-Nelson, C R; Thunell, R; Phosphorus composition of sinking
particles form Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting,
Orlando Fl.
Maiti,
K., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., M.W.
Lomas, and J. W. Krause (2007) Estimates
of Export production in Sargasso Sea During Winter Storms Prior to Seasonal
Stratification, Eos Trans.
AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS11B-0501.
Lorenzoni,
L. Muller-Karger, F. E., Thunell, R.C., Tappa, E., Benitez-Nelson, C.R.,
Hollander, D., Varela, R., Astor, Y., and C. Hu (2007) The CARIACO Time Series: Carbon fluxes in a
tropical, continental upwelling margin, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS43C-02.
Muller-Karger,
F., Varela, R., Thunell, R. C.,
Scranton, M. I.; Taylor, G. T., Astor, Y. M., Benitez-Nelson,
C. R., Lorenzoni, L., Tappa, E. J., Goni, M. A., Rueda, D. T., and C. Hu
(2007) Importance
of Bottom Nephelolid Layers on the Transport and Delivery of Sediment to the
Eastern Cariaco Basin, Venezuela,
Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS43C-08.
Lyons,
G., Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Thunell, R. (2007) Phosphorus Composition
of Sinking Particles from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Estuarine
Research Foundation Conference, 4-8 November, 2007, Providence, RI.
Sekula, E., Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Thunell, R., Morton, S., Burns, J., Ferry, J. (2007) Persistence of
the Marine Biotoxin Domoic Acid at Depth in the Santa Barbara Basin, California,
Estuarine Research Foundation Conference, 4-8 November, 2007, Providence, RI.
Lorenzoni L., Muller-Karger
F.E., Thunell R.C., Tappa E., Benitez-Nelson C.R., Hollander D., Varela R., Astor Y. and Hu C.
(2007) Influence of small scale rivers on the transport and delivery of sediment
to the eastern Cariaco Basin, Venezuela. Joint IMBER/LOICZ Continental Margins
Open Science Conference 17-21 Sept. 2007,
Shanghai
,
China
.
Chen, F-Z, W-J Cai, Y. Wang, and
C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2007) Sea surface
pCO2-SST relationships,
biogeochemical cycling of inorganic Carbon and net community production
estimation in a cold-core cyclonic eddy in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands, SOLAS Open Science Conference 5-9 March 2007, Xiamen, China.
Maiti , K. , Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Rii, Y.,
Bidigare, R. (2007) Extensive cyclonic particle remineralization within highly
productive cold-core cyclonic eddies in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands
(Abstract ID: 357).
2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
Benitez-Nelson, C.R.,
Sannigrahi, P., Pellechia, P., Thunell, R.C. (2007) Particulate phosphorus
composition in the Cariaco Basin, Insights from Phosphorus and Carbon NMR
(Abstract ID: 951). 2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
Brandes, J.A., Ingall, E ; Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Paterson, D., de Jonge, M., Northrup, P. (2007) Nanoscale distribution
and speciation of phosphorus within Cariaco Basin sinking particulates.
(Abstract ID: 224). 2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
Sekula, E.N., Benitez-Nelson, C.R.,
Thunell, R., Tappa, E., Styles, R.M. (2007) Phosphorus cycling in a suboxic
basin. (Abstract ID: 541) 2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
DuBois, S.L., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Paneva,
R., Berelson, W., Hammond, D., Paukert, A. (2007) Organic and inorganic
phosphorus composition within sediments of San Pedro sediment traps (Abstract
ID: 650) 2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
Lyons, G.C., Benitez-Nelson, C.R.,
Thunell, R. (2007) Phosphorus composition of sinking particulates from Guaymus
Basin, California. (Abstract ID: 861) 2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa
Fe, NM.
Orchard, E.D., Ammerman, J.W., Benitez-Nelson,
C.R., Lomas, M.W., Dyhrman, S.T. (2007) Polyphosphate Metabolism in the
Marine Cyanobacteria Trichodemsium and Crocosphaera. (Abstract ID: XXX)
2007 ASLO Fall Meeting, 4-9 February Santa Fe, NM.
Phillips, K., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, M.
Henry (2006) ScienceQuest: An After-School Science Experience, SMEA-GAME Joint
Conference, 20-22 October, Seabrook Island, SC.
Stukel, M., M. Landry, and
C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2006) Carbon export in the California current
ecosystem. 2006 LTER All Scientists Meeting, 20-23 September, Estes, Colorado.
Maiti, K., C. R.
Benitez-Nelson, J.L. Carroll (2006).
Particle dynamics at the Barents Sea ice-margin.
2006 GSA Annual Meeting
22–25 October, Philadelphia, PA Vol. 38.
Ranhofer, M.L., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, R.
Thunell, R. Styles. Distribution, Fluxes, and Potential Sources of Sinking
Particulate Phosphorus in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela. 2006 ASLO Summer
Meeting.
Noble, A.E., K. Maiti, C. R. Benitez-Nelson, M. A. Saito.
Cobalt, Manganese, Cadmium and Iron Among the Hawaiian Islands: The Influence of
Cyclonic Eddies and Hydrothermal Signals. 2006 ASLO Summer Meeting.
Blake, D., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, J. Waples and K.
Buesseler. A 12 Minute History of Thorium-234, 2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract OS13A-02
Carroll, J, K. Maiti and C. R. Benitez-Nelson.
Seafloor Sediment Dynamics within
the Barents Sea Marginal ice Zone. 2006 AGU Ocean
Sciences Meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36)
Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS44M-03
Chen, F., W. Cai, C.R. Benitez-Nelson and
Y. Wang. Surface Water CO2
Parameters and Air-sea Exchange Influenced By A Cold Cyclonic Eddy In The Lee Of
Hawaii.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS16D-03
Albritton, D., C. R.
Benitez-Nelson
and
J. R.
Carpenter.
ScienceQuest: Increasing Diversity in the Geosciences Through Hands on Learning.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting.
Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract OS33E-04
Verdeny, E., P. Masque, J. Garcia-Orellana, J.
Bruach-Menchen, C.R.
Benitez-Nelson
and K. Maiti
210Pb-210Po Derived Organic Carbon Export within Cold-Core Cyclonic Eddies in
the lee of Hawaii.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS16D-06
Maiti, K, Y. Rii, C. R. Benitez-Nelson
and R. Bidigare. Eddy
Induced Biological Export in the lee of Hawaii.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36)
Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS12H-04
Lyons, G., R. M. Styles, C.R. Benitez-Nelson,
R. C. Thunell and L. Lorenzoni. Composition
of Riverine Derived Particulate Phosphorus in the Cariaco
Basin, Venezuela.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS35C-01
Mahaffey, C., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, Y.
Rii, R. Bidigare and D. M. Karl.
Nitrogen dynamics within Hawaiian Lee Eddies: insights using a stable nitrogen
isotope approach.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS16D-05
Thunell, R., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, F.
Muller-Karger, L. Lorenzoni, R. Varela and Y. Astor.
Particulate Organic Carbon Cycling in an
Upwelling Dominated Continental Margin: Results from the Cariaco Basin Ocean
Time Series.
2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. Eos
Trans. AGU, 87(36) Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS32D-05
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., R. Bidigare, T.
Dickey, M. Landry and C. Leonard.
E-Flux: Influences of Cyclonic Eddy Activity on Planktonic Food Web Dynamics and
Carbon Export in the lee of Hawaii. 2006 AGU Ocean
Sciences Meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36)
Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract
OS11G-02
O’Neill, L. P. and C. R. Benitez-Nelson. Sediment trap inorganic
and organic phosphorus composition across an oxic-anoxic interface, ASLO Summer
Research Conference, June 2004.
Ingall, E, J. Brandes, D. Paterson, P. Northrup, C. R.
Benitez-Nelson. Examination of marine organic matter using x-ray microscopy and
phosphorus x-ray absorption near edge structure (P-XANES) spectroscopy. ASLO
Summer Research Conference, June 2004.
Pellechia, P., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, C. R., L. Kolowith, and R. C.
Thunell. The use of solid state 31P
NMR and bloch decays to examine phosphorus speciation in an anoxic marine basin.
2004 45th ENC Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, April 18-24.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., L.O. O’Neill, P. Pellechia, and R. C.
Thunell. Phosphorus speciation under anoxic conditions: Insights from the
Cariaco Basin. 2004 ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI, Feb.
16-20, published program, p. 16.
Sheridan, C. C., M. R. Landry, C.R. Benitez-Nelson, and J. P. Montoya. A
synthesis of Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) mesozooplankton data from 1994-2002:
Temporal variability in biomass and contribution to elemental cycles.
JGOFS Open Science Conference, May 5-9, 2003. Washington D.C.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., T. K. Gregory, D. M. Karl (2002).
Upper ocean and mesopelagic particle export at
Station ALOHA in the NPSG derived from 234Th.
2002 AGU Fall Meeting, EOS, 83(47),
OS21B-0200.
Bidigare, R. R., M. P. Seki, C. L. Leonard, C. Benitez-Nelson, R. D.
Vaillancourt and J. J. Polovina (2001). Influence of cyclonic eddies on new production
rates in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. North Pacific Marine Science
Organization (PICES) 10th Annual Meeting, 7-17 October 2001 (Victoria, INVITED).
Sansone, F. J., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, E. H. DeCarlo, Z. Liangzhoung, J. A. Heath and B. J. Huebert (2000). Chemical composition of the steam plume resulting from the ocean lava entry at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. 2000 AGU Fall Meeting, EOS,
81(48), V61B-02.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., A. J. Cundiff, J. A. Heath and B. J. Huebert (2000). Atmospheric P deposition to the Hawaiian Island Chain. 2000 AGU Fall Meeting, EOS,
81(48), B51A-05.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., and D. M. Karl (2000). Phosphorus cycling in the North Pacific Gyre. 2000 AGU Fall Meeting, EOS,
81(48), B52D-07 (INVITED).
Benitez-Nelson, C. R., D. M. Karl and K. O. Buesseler (2000). 234Th derived carbon export at Station ALOHA. 2000 AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 24-28, published program, p. OS103.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and K. O. Buesseler (1998). Upper ocean phosphorus cycling in the Gulf of Maine: Utilization of cosmogenic 32P and 33P. 1998 AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 9-13, published program, p. OS81.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and K. O. Buesseler (1997). Utilization of 32P, 33P, 7Be, and 210Pb as tracers of tropospheric aerosol residence times and stratospheric exchange. 1997 AGU Fall Meeting, EOS, 78(46), 108.
Buesseler, K. O., L. Ball, J. Andrews, C. Benitez-Nelson and R. Belastock (1996). Upper ocean particulate export in the Arabian Sea. EOS, 77(46), 396.
Benitez-Nelson, C. R. and K. O. Buesseler (1996). Phosphorus cycling and export production in the Gulf of Maine: A multi-tracer approach. Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Dynamics Meeting, New Brunswick, Canada, Sept. 16-20, published program.
Buesseler, K. O., J. E. Andrews, L. A. Ball, R. A. Belastock, and C.R. Benitez-Nelson
(1996). Particle export fields in the Arabian Sea derived from 234Th: 238U disequilibria. 1996 AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 12-16, published program, p. OS23.
Buesseler, K. O., S. B. Moran, R. L. Edwards, J. A. Hoff, M. C. Hartman, J. E. Andrews, R. A. Belastock, and
C. R. Benitez (1994). Residence time of colloids and particles along the shelf and slope of the NE USA derived from thorium isotopes. EOS, 75(44), 311.
Benitez, C. and K. O. Buesseler (1991). Determination of the sedimentation rate in the Black Sea over the last century using radionuclides. EOS, 72(51), 27.
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Invited Speaker, “Phosphorus biogeochemistry, what have we
learned and where do we need to go in the future.” Gordon Conference,
Chemical Oceanography, August 2011, Andover, NH
Invited Speaker, “I want to grow up to be a ….” USC TRIO
McNair Scholars Program Luncheon, June 2011, Columbia, SC.
Invited Speaker, “ The Ocean Twilight Zone.” OCB Scoping
Workshop on GBF-OO1, May 23, 2011, Woods Hole, MA.
MEL Distinguished Visiting Fellow, “Phosphorus Cycling in
Marine Systems,” State Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science,
Xiamen University, December 2010.
MEL Distinguished Visiting Fellow, “Fate and Transport of the
Neurotoxin Domoic Acid to Depth,” State Key Laboratory of Marine and
Environmental Science, Xiamen University, December 2010.
MEL Distinguished Visiting Fellow, “Nitrogen Fixation and its
Potential Role in Particle Export,” State Key Laboratory of Marine and
Environmental Science, Xiamen University, December 2010.
Invited Speaker, “When I grow up I want
to be a …”, USC Last Lecture Series,
November 2010, Columbia, SC.
Invited Speaker, “Life
after Graduate School, ” Dissertations in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO
XXII), sponsored by the National Science Foundation, October 2010, Honolulu,
HI.
Invited Speaker, “Dangers of the deep:
Possible long-term impacts of harmful algal blooms, “ National Geographic
Explorer’s Club, September 2010, Columbia, SC.
Invited Speaker, “I want to grow up to be a
Marine Scientist”, College of Arts & Sciences New Student Convocation,
August 2010, Columbia, SC.
Invited Speaker, “Understanding the Toxin Express: A Historical
Record of Rapid Downward Transport of Domoic Acid in Coastal Waters,” University
of Texas, February 2010, Austin, Texas.
Invited Speaker, joint with Ken Buesseler, “What goes up must
come down... but when or where?” 2009 AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological
Pump in the Oceans. September 2009, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England.
Invited Speaker, “The role of mesoscale eddies on particle
export” Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, July 2009 Barcelona, Spain.
Invited Speaker, “Recent advances in understanding the
biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in the oceans,” National Oceanography
Centre, University of Southampton, March 2009 Southampton, England.
Invited Speaker, “The biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in
modern day marine systems”, Ocean and Climate Processes Research Group (GEPOC)
Seminar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, February 2009
Barcelona, Spain.
Invited Tutorial, “Short-lived radionuclides as tracers of
particle flux in the oceans: A look towards the future.” ASLO Winter Meeting,
January 2009, Nice, France.
Invited Speaker, “Climate Change and
the Oceans, “USC’s Citizen’s School of the Environment, April 2008,
Columbia, SC.
Invited Speaker, “Persistence of the
Marine Biotoxin Domoic Acid at Depth in the Santa Barbara Basin, California, ”
Regional Workshop for Harmful Algal Blooms in California Coastal Waters, April
2008, Costa Mesa, CA.
Invited Speaker, “Phosphorus Cycling
in the Coastal Zone,” Distinguished Role Model Lecture, Bodega Marine
Laboratory, August 2007, Bodega Bay, CA.
Invited Speaker, “Water Column Phosphorus Cycling in Continental
Margins: Insights from sequential extraction and 31P NMR,” Duke
University, February 2007, Durham, NC.
Invited
Speaker, “Phosphorus Cycling in a Continental Margin Ecosystem,” University of
Georgia, November 2006, Athens, GA.
Invited
Speaker, “Particulate phosphorus dynamics in coastal environments,”
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, October 2006,
Tampa, FL.
Invited
Speaker, “Particulate Phosphorus Cycling in Continental Margins,” University of
Vermont, September 2006, Burlington, VT.
Invited
Speaker, Doctoral and Master’s Commencement Address, May 2006, USC.
Invited
Speaker, “Open Ocean Eddies Bring Life to the Desert,” Eastern Carolina
University, April 2006, Greenville, NC.
Invited
Speaker, “Open Ocean Eddies Bring Life to the Desert,” Louisiana State
University, March 2006, Baton Rouge, LA.
Invited
Speaker, “Eddy Biogeochemistry in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands,” Skidaway
Institute of Oceanography, March 2006, Savannah, GA.
Invited
Lecture, “The Day After Tomorrow: Global Climate Change over the next century?,”
Last Lecture Series, Carolina Scholars Association, Oct. 2005, USC.
Invited
Speaker, “Phosphorus biogeochemistry and export in marine systems,” Hall-Bonner
Lecture Series (Joint between Hampton University, Virginia Institute of Marine
Sciences, and Old Dominion) April 2005, Hampton, VA.
Invited
Speaker, “The ocean’s role in global climate change,” AGU Lecturer, National
Science Teacher’s Association, April 2004, Atlanta GA.
Invited
Speaker, “Nutrient Cycling in the Ocean: Why is it important,” Celebrating women
in science in SC, University of South Carolina, March 2004, Columbia, SC.
Invited
Speaker, “Particulate Phosphorus cycling across an oxic/anoxic interface:
Implications for past, present, and future changes in nutrient limitation,”
Stanford University, March 2004, Stanford, CA.
Invited
Speaker, “Particulate Phosphorus cycling across an oxic/anoxic interface:
Implications for past, present, and future changes in nutrient limitation,” USGS
Water Resources Division, March 2004, Menlo Park, CA.
Invited
Speaker, “Phosphorus speciation in the Cariaco Basin,” Fort Johnson Seminar
Series, January 2004, Charleston SC.
Invited
Speaker, “Moving beyond phosphate: Are plankton consuming (and sinking) more
than we think?”, 2003 Chemical Oceanography Gordon Conference, August, 2003,
Tilton, NH
Invited
Speaker, “A reinterpretation of carbon and phosphorus cycling in the open ocean”,
MIT, May, 2003, Boston, MA
Invited
Speaker, “Are open oceans really biological deserts? A new perspective on
phosphorus and carbon cycling in the North Pacific”, University of Connecticut,
March, 2003, Groton, CT
Invited
Speaker, “Atmospheric deposition of phosphorus and trace metals”, Harvard
University, November 2002, Boston, MA
Invited Profile, Women in Marine Sciences, 2002,
http://www.womenoceanographers.com/
Invited Participant, Coastal ocean processes and observatories: Advancing
coastal research, May, 2002 Savannah, GA.
Invited Participant, NOAA National Exploration and Education Workshop,
September, 2002 Charleston, SC.
Invited Profile, Minorities in Aquatic Sciences, 2002,
http://www.aslo.org/mas/profiles.html
Invited Speaker, “’Export Production’ at Station ALOHA,” 2002 BATS/HOT
Time-series Summit, April 2002, Vancouver BC.
Invited Speaker, "Phosphorus cycling in the North Pacific Gyre," 2000 AGU Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA, Dec. 15-19.
Invited Speaker, "Atmospheric cycling and atmospheric deposition of P," Princeton University, October 2000, Princeton, New Jersey.
Invited speaker, "Phosphorus cycling in a coastal ecosystem using short-lived radionuclides," Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography (DISCO XV), May 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Invited speaker, "Atmospheric mixing and upper-ocean phosphorus cycling using short-lived Radioisotopes," University of Washington, April 1999, Seattle, Washington.
Invited poster, "Phosphorus cycling in the Gulf of Maine: A Multi-tracer Approach" EPA STAR Symposium, June 1998, Arlington, Virginia.
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GEOL 805 (Taught
every semester)
Chemical Oceanography GEOL/MSCI 782
(Taught in Spring on odd years)
Environmental
Radioisotope Geochemistry
GEOL/MSCI 524 (Taught in Spring on even years)
Introduction to Oceanography MSCI 101 (Taught every Fall alternating between
Honors and Regular sections)
Graduate Students
| Current Graduate Students |
Annie Opseth, Ph.D.
candidate, Marine Science Program, USC,
Sharmila Pal, M.S. candidate, Marine Science Program, USC
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| Past students |
Chris Burrell, M.S. 2011, Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, USC
Emily Sekula-Wood, Ph.D. 2010, Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, USC
Suzanne DuBois, M.S. 2008, Dept. of Geological Sciences, USC
Gabrielle Lyons, M.S. 2008, Dept. of Geological Sciences, USC
Kanchan Maiti, Ph.D.
2007, Dept.
of Geological Sciences, USC
Melissa Ranhofer, M.S. 2005, Dept. of Geological Sciences, USC
Lauren O'Neill, M.S. 2004,
Marine Science Program, USC
Chris Carrillo, Ph.D. 2002 Dept. of Oceanography, Univ. of Hawaii
Jackie Heath, Ph.D. 2001 Dept. of Oceanography, Univ. of Hawaii
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