September 27, 2005
CURRICULUM VITA
Walker Orson Smith, Jr.
Born: November 21, 1950; Buffalo, New York
Education
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York;
B.S., Biology‑Geology 1968‑72
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Ph.D.,
Department of Botany (Minor: Chemistry) 1972‑76
Professional Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate
Program in Ecology, University of Tennessee 1976‑82
Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate
Program in Ecology, University of Tennessee 1982‑87
Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, CA (Arctic Chair in Marine Sciences) 1983‑84
Professor, Department of Botany and Graduate Program
in Ecology, University of Tennessee 1987‑1998
Associate Director, Graduate Program in Ecology & Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee 1993-98
Member, Institute of Mathematical Modeling, University
of Tennessee 1991‑98
Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of
William and Mary 1998-present
Professional Memberships and Awards
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
The Oceanography Society
Member, Science Alliance, University of Tennessee 1985‑98
Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence, University
of Tennessee 1989
Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 1995-99
Selected Publications Since 1985
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.M. Nelson. 1985. Phytoplankton bloom produced by a receding ice edge in the Ross Sea: Spatial coherence with the density field. Science 227: 163‑166.
Johnson, T.O. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1985. Sinking rates of natural phytoplankton populations of the western Weddell Sea. U.S. Ant. J. 20: 139‑140.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D. M. Nelson. 1985. Phytoplankton biomass near a receding ice‑edge bloom in the Ross Sea. In: Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food Webs (W.R. Siegfried, P.R. Condy and R.M. Laws, eds.) Springer‑Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 70‑77.
Smith, S.L., W.O. Smith, Jr., L.A. Codispoti and D.L. Wilson. 1985. Biological observations in the marginal ice zone of the East Greenland Sea. J. Mar. Res. 43: 693‑717.
Elser, M.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1985. Phased cell division and growth rate in a planktonic dinoflagellate, Ceratium hirundinella, in relation to environmental variables. Arch. Hydrobiol. 104: 477‑491.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.M. Nelson. 1986. The importance of ice‑edge blooms in the Southern Ocean. BioScience 36: 251‑257.
Ainley, D.G., W.R. Fraser, C.W. Sullivan, J.J. Torres, T.L. Hopkins and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1986. Antarctic pack ice structures mesopelagic nektonic communities. Science 232: 847‑849.
MIZEX Group (includes W.O. Smith, Jr.). 1986. MIZEX East 83/84: The summer marginal ice zone program in the Fram Strait/Greenland Sea. EOS 67: 513‑517.
Wilson, D.L., W.O. Smith, Jr. and D.M. Nelson. 1986. Phytoplankton bloom dynamics of the western Ross Sea ice edge I. Primary productivity and species‑specific production. Deep‑Sea Res. 33: 1375‑1387.
Nelson, D.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1986. Phytoplankton bloom dynamics of the western Ross Sea II. Mesoscale cycling of nitrogen and silicon. Deep‑Sea Res. 33: 1389‑1412.
Johnson, T.O. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1986. Sinking rates of natural phytoplankton populations from the Weddell Sea marginal ice zone. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 33: 131‑137.
Smith, W.O., Jr., N.K. Keene and D.L. Wilson. 1986. Chlorophyll a distribution in the vicinity of an advancing ice edge: Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the ice‑edge zone, 1986. U.S. Ant. J. 21: 163‑164.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and R.T. Barber. 1987. The influence of horizontal and vertical displacements on phytoplankton assemblages in tropical upwelling systems. Oceanologica Acta 6: 137‑144.
Smith, W.O. Jr., M. Baumann, D. Wilson and B. Aletsee. 1987. Productivity and biomass in the marginal ice zone of the Fram Strait. J. Geophys. Res. 92: 6777‑6786.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1987. Phytoplankton dynamics of marginal ice zones. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 25: 11‑38.
Nelson, D.M., W.O. Smith, Jr., L.I. Gordon and B. Huber. 1987. Early spring distributions of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the ice‑edge zone of the Weddell/Scotia Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 92: 7181‑7190.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1987. Review of "Plankton Dynamics of the Southern California Bight" by R.W. Eppley. EOS 68: 685.
Nelson, D.M., W.O. Smith, Jr. and L.I. Gordon. 1987. AMERIEZ 1986: Nutrient and phytoplankton biomass distributions in the ice‑edge zone of the northwestern Weddell Sea. U.S. Ant. J. 22: 182‑183.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.M. Nelson. 1987. New production in the marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea during AMERIEZ‑1983. U.S. Ant. J. 22: 193‑194.
Sullivan, C.W., C. McClain, J.C. Comiso, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1988. Phytoplankton standing crops within an Antarctic marginal ice zone assessed by satellite imagery. J. Geophys. Res. 93: 12,487‑12,498.
Brightman, R.I. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1988. Phytoplankton photosynthesis‑irradiance relationships during austral winter in the Bransfield Strait region. Ant. J. U.S. 23: 131‑133.
Smith, W.O., Jr., N.K. Keene and J.C. Comiso. 1988. Potential interannual variability in the productivity of the marginal ice zone of the Southern Ocean. In: Antarctic Ocean and Resources Variability. (D. Saarhage, ed.). Springer‑Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 131‑139.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and G. Kattner. 1989. Nitrogen uptake and phytoplankton growth in the marginal ice zone of the Fram Strait. J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 188: 90‑99.
Niebauer, H.J. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1989. A numerical model of physical‑biological oceanographic interactions in marginal ice zones. J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 188: 121 (Abstract).
Nelson, D.M., W.O. Smith, Jr., R.D. Muench, L.I. Gordon, D.M. Husby, and C.W. Sullivan. 1989. Particulate matter and nutrient distributions in the ice‑edge zone of the Weddell Sea: relationship to hydrography during late summer. Deep‑Sea Res. 36: 191‑209.
Brightman, R.I. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1989. Photosynthesis/irradiance relationships in Antarctic phytoplankton during winter. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 53: 143‑151.
Cota, G.F. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1989. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the marginal ice zone of the Weddell‑Scotia Sea during the austral winter. Ant. J. U.S. 24: 152‑153.
MIZEX Group (includes W.O. Smith, Jr.). 1989. MIZEX East 1987: the winter marginal ice zone program in the Fram Strait/Greenland Sea. EOS 70: 545‑555.
Culver, M.E. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1989. Effects of environmental variation on sinking rates of marine phytoplankton. J. Phycol. 25: 262‑270.
Niebauer, H.J. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1989. A mesoscale model of the physical‑biological interactions in the Fram Strait marginal ice zone. J. Geophys. Res. 94: 16,151‑16,176.
Smith, W.O., Jr. Editor. 1990. Polar Oceanography. Parts A and B. Academic Press, San Diego. 760 p.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and E. Sakshaug. 1990. Autotrophic processes in polar regions. In Polar Oceanography, Part B (W.O. Smith, Jr., Ed.). Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 477‑525.
Comiso, J.C., N. Maynard, W.O. Smith, Jr. and C.W. Sullivan. 1990. Satellite ocean color studies of Antarctic ice edges in summer/autumn. J. Geophys. Res. 95: 9481‑9496.
Cota, G.F., S. Kottmeier, D. Robinson, W.O. Smith, Jr. and C.W. Sullivan. 1990. The distribution and activity of bacterioplankton in the marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea during austral autumn. Deep‑Sea Res. 37: 1145‑1167.
Sullivan, C.W., G.F. Cota, C.W. Krempin and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1990. The distribution and activity of bacterioplankton in the marginal ice zone of the Weddell Sea during austral spring. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 63: 239‑252.
Smith, W.O., Jr., H.P. Kelly and J.H. Rich. 1990. Chlorophyll distribution and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, austral summer 1990. Ant. J. U.S. 25: 179‑182.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.M. Nelson. 1990. Primary productivity and nutrient uptake in an Antarctic marginal ice zone during austral spring and autumn. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35: 809‑821.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D. Garrison. 1990. Marine ecosystem research at the Weddell Sea ice edge: the AMERIEZ program. Oceanography 3: 22‑29.
AmasSeds Research Group (includes W.O. Smith, Jr.). 1990. A multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf Sediment Study. EOS 71: 1711, 1776‑1777.
Smith, W.O., Jr., R.I. Brightman and B. Booth. 1991. Phytoplankton biomass and photosynthetic response during winter in the Fram Strait. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 4549‑4554.
Smith, W.O., Jr., L.A. Codispoti, D.M. Nelson, T. Manley, E.J. Buskey, H.J. Niebauer and G.F. Cota. 1991. Importance of Phaeocystis blooms in the high‑latitude ocean carbon cycle. Nature 352: 514‑516.
Keene, N.K., W.O. Smith, Jr. and G. Kattner. 1991. Nitrogen uptake in two frontal regions of the Greenland Sea. Polar Biol. 11: 219‑225.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1991. New production in polar regions: parallels and contrasts between the Arctic and Antarctic. Mar. Chem. 35: 245‑258.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and W.G. Harrison. 1991. New production in polar regions: the role of
environmental controls. Deep‑Sea Res. 38: 1463‑1479.
Ainley, D.G., W.R. Fraser, W.O. Smith, Jr., T.L. Hopkins, and J.J. Torres. 1991. The structure of upper level pelagic food webs in the Antarctic: effect of phytoplankton distribution. J. Mar. Systems 2: 111‑122.
Nelson, D.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1991. Sverdrup revisited: critical depths, maximum chlorophyll levels and the control of Southern Ocean productivity by the irradiance/mixing regime. Limnol. Oceanogr. 36: 1650‑1661.
Cota, G.F., W.O. Smith, Jr., D.M. Nelson, L.I. Gordon and R.D. Muench. 1992. Nutrients and biogenic particulate distributions, primary productivity and nitrogen uptake in the Weddell‑Scotia Sea marginal ice zone in austral winter. J. Mar. Res. 50: 155‑181.
DeMaster, D.J., R.B. Dunbar, L.I. Gordon, A.R. Leventer, J.M. Morrison, D.M. Nelson, C.A. Nittrouer and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1992. The cycling and accumulation of organic matter and biogenic silica in high‑latitude environments: the Ross Sea. Oceanography 5: 146‑153.
Smith, W.O., Jr., G.R. DiTullio, S.M. Polk, A. Jacobson, S. Etnier and A.R. Close. 1992. Phytoplankton biomass in the western Ross Sea: comparison between 1990 and 1992.Ant. J. U.S. 27: 131-132.
DiTullio, G.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1992. Spatial variability in dimethyl sulfide concentrations in the Ross Sea: February 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 27: 135-137.
Muggli, D.L. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1993. The regulation of nitrate and ammonium in the Fram Strait. Mar. Biol. 115: 199‑208.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1993. Nitrogen uptake and new production in the Greenland Sea: the spring Phaeocystis bloom. J. Geophys. Res. 98: 4681‑4688.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and H.J. Niebauer. 1993. Interactions between biological and physical processes in Arctic Oceans: investigations using numerical models. Rev. Geophys. 31: 189‑209.
The NEWATER Steering Committee (includes W.O. Smith, Jr.). 1993. Collaborative research on the Northeast Water Polynya: initial results from the 1992 Polar Sea cruise. EOS 74: 185, 195‑196.
Daly, K.D. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1993. Physical‑biological interactions influencing marine plankton production. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 24: 555‑585.
DiTullio, G.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1993. DMS concentrations near the Antarctic Peninsula: November, 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 28: 130-131.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1993. Primary productivity of the Antarctic Peninsula region during November 1992. Ant. J. U.S. 28:128-129.
Cota, G.F., W.O. Smith, Jr. and B.G. Mitchell. 1994. Photosynthesis of Phaeocystis in the Greenland Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 948-953.
Manley, T.O. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1994. Transport of biogenic particulate matter to depth within the Greenland Sea. The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Geophys. Monogr. 85, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, pp. 223-236.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1994. Primary productivity of a Phaeocystis bloom in the Greenland Sea during spring, 1989. The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Geophys. Monogr. 85, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, pp. 263-272.
Smith, W.O., Jr., A. White, J. Rich, A. Schauer, and M.L. Garrett. 1994. Phytoplankton biomass in the western Ross Sea: January and February 1994. Ant. J. U.S. 29: 144-145.
Ackleh, A.S., T.G. Hallam and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1994. Influences of aggregation and grazing on phytoplankton dynamics and fluxes: an individual-based modeling approach. Nonlin. World 1: 473-492.
DiTullio, G.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1995. Relationship between dimethylsulfide and phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep‑Sea Res. 42: 873-892.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and D.J. DeMaster. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Amazon River Plume: correlation with seasonal river discharge. Cont. Shelf Res. 16: 291-319.
Yager, P.L., D.W.R. Wallace, K.M. Johnson, W.O. Smith, Jr., P. Minnett, and J.W. Deming. 1995. The northeast water polynya as an atmospheric CO2 sink: a seasonal rectification hypothesis. J. Geophys. Res. 100: 4389-4398.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1995. Primary productivity and new production in the Northeast Water polynya during summer, 1992. J. Geophys. Res. 100: 4357-4370.
Smith, W.O., Jr., I.D. Walsh, B.C. Booth and J.W. Deming. 1995. Particulate matter and phytoplankton distributions in the Northeast Water polynya during summer, 1992. J. Geophys. Res. 100: 4341-4356.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and J. Grebmeier (editors). 1995. The Oceanography of the Arctic: Marginal Ice Zones and Continental Shelves. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 287 pp.
Grebmeier, J., W.O. Smith, Jr. and R.J. Conover. 1995. Biological processes of Arctic: marginal ice zones and continental shelves. In The Oceanography of the Arctic: Marginal Ice Zones and Continental Shelves. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. Pp. 231-262.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and G. Russell. 1995. The controls of nutrient removal on the Brazil continental shelf: a correlation analysis. GeoMarine Letters 15: 195-198.
Smith, W.O., Jr., A.-M. White, J. Rich and N.S. Parker. 1995. Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Ross Sea polynya: November-December, 1994. Ant. J. U.S. 30: 211-212.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1995. The Ross Sea Polynya Project (RSP2): Objectives and overview. Ant. J. U.S. 30: 195-197.
DeMaster, D.J., W.O. Smith, Jr., D.M. Nelson and J.Y. Aller. 1996. Biogeochemical processes in Amazon shelf waters: rates and chemical distributions. Cont. Shelf Res. 16: 617-644.
DiTullio, G.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1996. Spatial patterns in phytoplankton biomass and pigment distributions in the Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 18,467-18,478.
Nelson, D.M., D.J. DeMaster, R.B. Dunbar, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1996. Cycling of organic carbon and biogenic silica in the Southern Ocean: Estimates of large-scale water column and sedimentary fluxes in the Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 18,519-18,531.
Smith, W.O., Jr., D.M. Nelson, G.R. DiTullio and A.R. Leventer. 1996. Temporal and spatial patterns in the Ross Sea: Phytoplankton biomass, elemental composition, productivity and growth rates. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 18,455-18,466.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 1996. Review of “The Biology of the Southern Ocean”. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 372.
Booth, B.C. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1997. Diatoms and autotrophic flagellates in the Northeast Water Polynya, Greenland: summer 1993. J. Mar. Systems 10: 241-262.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M. Gosselin, L. Legendre, D.W.R. Wallace, K. Daly and G. Kattner. 1997. New production in the Northeast Water Polynya: 1993. J. Mar. Systems 10:199-210.
DiTullio, G.R. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1997. Studies on dimethylsulfide in Antarctic coastal waters. In Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure and Survival (eds. B. Battaglia, J. Valencia and D.W.H. Walton), Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, GB. Pp. 93-100.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and L.I. Gordon. 1997. Hyperproductivity of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) polynya during austral spring. Geophys. Res. Letters 24: 233-236.
Hong, Y., W.O. Smith, Jr. and A.-M. White. 1997. Studies on transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) produced by Phaeocystis sp. (Prymnesiophyceae) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Phycol. 33: 368-376.
Smith, W.O., Jr., A.-M. White, S. Polk, and S. Mathot. 1997. AESOPS (Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study) Process I Study: winter-spring transition. Ant. J. U.S. 32: 79-81.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and R.B. Dunbar. 1998. The relationship between new production and vertical flux on the Ross Sea continental shelf. J. Mar. Systems 17: 445-457.
Lancelot, C., M.D. Keller, V. Rousseau, W.O. Smith, Jr. and S. Mathot. 1998. Autecology of the marine haptophyte Phaeocystis sp. In Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (eds., D.M. Anderson, A.D. Cembella and G.M. Hallegraeff). NATO ASI Series, Vol. G41, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. Pp. 211-224.
Arrigo, K.R., A. M. Weiss and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the western Ross Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 103: 1007-1022.
Carlson, C.A., H.W. Ducklow, D.A. Hansell and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Organic carbon partitioning during spring phytoplankton blooms in the Ross Sea polynya and the Sargasso Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 375-386.
Smith, W.O., Jr., C.A. Carlson, H.W. Ducklow, and D.A. Hansell. 1998. Growth dynamics of Phaeocystis antarctica-dominated plankton assemblages from the Ross Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 168: 229-244.
Pesant, S., L. Legendre, M. Gosselin, C. Ashjian, B. Booth, K. Daly, L. Fortier, H.-J. Hirche, P. Lane, J. Michaud, R.E.H. Smith, S.L. Smith, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1998. Pathways of carbon cycling in the euphotic zone: The fate of large‑sized phytoplankton in the Northeast Water Polynya. J. Plankton Res. 20: 1267‑129.
Hu, S. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1998. The effects of irradiance on nitrate uptake and dissolved organic nitrogen release by phytoplankton in the Ross Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 18: 975-990.
Smith, W.O., Jr., H.J. Niebauer, and V. Asper. 1999. Coupling of surface layer biological processes and vertical flux in the Ross Sea. In Ross Sea Ecology (eds., F. Faranda, L. Guiglielmo and A. Ianora). Springer, Berlin, Ch. 12, pp. 151-157.
Asper, V.L. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1999. Particle fluxes during austral spring and summer in the southern Ross Sea (Antarctica). J. Geophys. Res. 104: 5345-5360.
Daly, K.L., D.W.R. Wallace, W.O. Smith, Jr., A. Skoog, R. Lara, M. Gosselin, E. Falk, and P.L. Yager. 1999. Anomalous carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Arctic: effects of ecosystem structure and dynamics. J. Geophys. Res. 104: 3185-3200.
Ducklow, H., C. Carlson and W.O. Smith, Jr. 1999. Bacterial growth in experimental plankton assemblages and seawater cultures from the Phaeocystis antarctica bloom in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Aquatic Microbial Ecol. 19: 215-227.
Smith, W.O., Jr., D.M. Nelson and S. Mathot. 1999. Phytoplankton growth rates in the Ross Sea determined by independent methods: temporal variations. J. Plankton Res. 21: 1519-1536.
Moore, J.K., M.R. Abbott, J.G. Richman, W.O. Smith, Jr., T.J. Cowles, K.H. Coale, W.D. Gardner, and R.T. Barber. 1999. SeaWiFS satellite ocean color data at the U.S. Southern Ocean JGOFS line along 170EW. Geophys. Res. Letters 26: 1465-1468.
Sweeney, C., D.A. Hansell, F.D. Millero, T. Takahashi, L.I. Gordon, C.A. Carlson, L.A. Codispoti, W.O. Smith, Jr., and J. Marra. 2000. Biogeochemical regimes, net community production and carbon export in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3369-3394.
Fitzwater, S.E., K.S. Johnson, R.M. Gordon, K.H. Coale and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Trace metal concentrations in the Ross Sea and their relationship with nutrients and growth. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3159-3178.
Smith, W.O., Jr., J. Marra, M.R. Hiscock and R.T. Barber. 2000. The seasonal cycle of phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3119-3140.
Carlson C.A., D.A. Hansell, E.T. Peltzer and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Seasonal dynamics of dissolved and total organic carbon in the southern Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3201-3226.
Laws, E.A., P. Falkowski, W.O. Smith, Jr., H.W. Ducklow and J.J. McCarthy. 2000. Temperature effects on export production in the open ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 14: 1231-1246.
Gardner, W.D., M.J. Richardson and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2000. Seasonal build-up and loss of POC in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3423-3450.
Smith, W.O., Jr., R.F. Anderson, J.K. Moore, L.A. Codispoti and J.M. Morrison. 2000. The U.S. Southern Ocean Joint Global Ocean Flux Study: An Introduction to AESOPS. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3073-3095.
Sweeney, C., W.O. Smith, Jr. B. Hales, D.A. Hansell, C.A. Carlson, L.A. Codispoti, L.I. Gordon, F.J. Millero, and T. Takahashi. 2000. Nutrient and TCO2 uptake and export ratios in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 3395-3422.
Mathot, S., W.O. Smith Jr., C.A. Carlson and D.L. Garrison. 2000. Estimate of Phaeocystis sp. carbon biomass: methodological problems related to the mucilaginous nature of the colonial matrix. J. Phycol. 36: 1049-1056.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and V.A. Asper. 2000. A balanced nitrogen budget of the surface layer of the Southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 27: 2721-2724.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2000. Review of Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide expeditions (1987 – 1995) (edited by F.M. Faranda, L. Guglielmo and A. Ianora). Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 1887.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and V.A. Asper. 2001. The influence of phytoplankton assemblage composition on biogeochemical characteristics and cycles in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. I 48: 137-161.
Daly, K.D., W.O. Smith, Jr., G.C. Johnson, G.R. DiTullio, D.R. Jones, C.W. Mordy, R.A. Feeley, D.A. Hansell and J.-Z. Zhang. 2001. Hydrographic structure and distributions of nutrients and particulate and dissolved carbon in the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 106: 7107-7124.
Dennett, M.R., S. Mathot, D.A. Caron, W.O. Smith, Jr. and D. Lonsdale. 2001. Abundance and distribution of phototrophic and heterotrophic nano- and microplankton in the southern Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 4019-4038.
Becquevort, S. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2001. Aggregation, sedimentation and biodegradability of phytoplankton-derived material in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 4155-4178.
Anderson, R.F. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2001. The U.S. Southern Ocean Joint Global Ocean Flux Study: Volume Two. Deep-Sea Res. II 48: 3883-3890.
van Hilst, C.M. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Photosynthesis/irradiance relationships in the Ross Sea, Antarctica and their control by phytoplankton assemblage composition and environmental factors. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 226:1-12.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and J. Peloquin. 2002. Primary production in the marine environment. In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology (G. Bitton, ed.), J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 2566-2575.
Ralph, P.J., S.M. Polk, K.A Moore, R.J. Orth, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Operation of the xanthophyll cycle in the seagrass Zostera marina in response to variable irradiance. J. exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 271: 189-207.
Johnson, K.S., J.K. Moore and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2002. Workshop Highlights Role of Iron Dynamics in the Ocean Carbon Cycle. EOS 83: 482, 484.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and C.M. van Hilst. 2003. Effects of assemblage composition on the temporal dynamics of carbon and nitrogen uptake in the Ross Sea. In: Biogeochemical Cycles in the Ross Sea (G.R. DiTullio and R.B. Dunbar, editors), Antarctic Res. Ser., American Geophysical Union, pp. 197-208.
Hiscock, M.R., J. Marra, W.O. Smith, Jr., R. Goericke, C. Measures, S. Vinke, R. Olson, H. Sosik and R.T. Barber. 2003. Primary productivity and its regulation in the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 533-558.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M.R. Dennett, S. Mathot and D.A. Caron. 2003. The temporal dynamics of the flagellated and colonial stages of Phaeocystis antarctica in the Ross Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 605-618.
Asper, V.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Abundance, distribution and sinking rates of aggregates in the Ross Sea Polynya. Deep-Sea Res. I 50: 131-150.
Asper, V.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. The distribution of particulate organic carbon and its dynamics in the southern Ross Sea. In: Biogeochemical Cycles in the Ross Sea (G.R. DiTullio and R.B. Dunbar, editors), Antarctic Res. Ser., American Geophysical Union, pp. 235-242.
Vaillancourt, R.D., J. Marra, R.T. Barber and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Primary productivity and in situ quantum yields in the Ross Sea and Pacific Sector of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 559-578.
DiTullio, G.R., M.E. Geesy, D.R. Jones, K.L. Daly, L. Campbell and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Phytoplankton assemblage composition and primary productivity along 170°W in the South Pacific Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 255: 55-80.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and R.F. Anderson. 2003. U.S. Southern Ocean JGOFS Program (AESOPS): Part III. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 529-532.
Ducklow, H.W., J.L. Oliver and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. The role of iron as a limiting nutrient for marine plankton processes. In: Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts (J.M. Melillo, C.B. Field and B. Moldan, eds.), Island Press, Washington, pp. 295-310.
Moldan, F., S. Seitzinger, V.T. Eviner, J.N. Galloway, X. Han, M. Keller, P. Nannipieri, W.O. Smith, Jr., and H. Tiessen. 2003. Potential for deliberate management of element interactions to address major environmental issues. In: Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts (J.M. Melillo, C.B. Field and B. Moldan, eds.), Island Press, Washington, pp. 93-116.
Smith, W.O., Jr., M.S. Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, and E. Hoffman. 2003. Biogeochemical climatologies in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: seasonal patterns of nutrients and biomass. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 3083-3101.
Dinniman, M.S., J.M. Klinck, and W.O. Smith, Jr. 2003. Cross-shelf exchange in a model of Ross Sea circulation and biogeochemistry. Deep-Sea Res. II 50: 3103-3120.
Smith, W.O., Jr. 2004. Can the oceans be engineered to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide? In: First Ecology, A. Beeby and A.-M. Brennan. Oxford University Press. 318 pp.
Smith, W.O., Jr., J.A. Peloquin and D.M. Karl. Fluxes of biogenic matter on Antarctic continental margins: temporal and spatial patterns. In: Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Global Continental Margins (L. Atkinson, K.K. Liu, R. Quinones, and L. Talaue-McManus, eds.), Springer, New York (in press).
Oliver, J.E., R.T. Barber, W.O. Smith, Jr., and H.W. Ducklow. 2004. The heterotrophic bacterial response during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX). Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 2129-2140.
Smith, W.O., Jr. and C.L. Lancelot. 2004. Bottom-up vs. top-down control in phytoplankton of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science 16: 531-539.
Smith, W.O. Jr. and A.R. Shields. Antarctic chemical oceanography. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (B. Riffenburgh, Ed.), Routledge, New York (in press).
Tremblay, J.-E. and W.O. Smith, Jr., Phytoplankton processes in polynyas. In: Polynyas: Windows to the World’s Oceans (W.O. Smith, Jr. and D.G. Barber, eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam (in press).
Smith, W.O. Jr. and D.G. Barber (Eds.). Polynyas: Windows to the World’s Oceans. Elsevier, Amsterdam (in press).
Smith, W.O., Jr., G. Catalano, A.R. Shields, J.A. Peloquin, S. Tozzi, M. Dinniman and V. Asper. Biogeochemical budgets in the Ross Sea: variations among years. Deep-Sea Res. II (in press).
Smith, W.O. Jr. Trophic level interactions. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic (B. Riffenburgh, Ed.), Routledge, New York (in press).
Submitted for Publication
Smith, W.O., Jr. An overview of cross-shelf carbon exchanges in polar margins. In: Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Global Continental Margins (L. Atkinson, K.K. Liu, R. Quinones, and L. Talaue-McManus, eds.), Springer, New York (submitted).
Delizo, L, W.O. Smith, Jr. and J. Hall. Taxonomic composition and growth rates of phytoplankton assemblages at the Subtropical Convergence east of New Zealand. ). J. Plankton Res. (submitted).
Smith, W.O. Jr., J. Deming and D.G. Barber. The role of polynyas as a model system for high latitude climate change. In: Polynyas: Windows to the World’s Oceans (W.O. Smith, Jr. and D.G. Barber, eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam (submitted).
Hiscock, M.R., V.P. Lance, A. Apprill, R.R. Bidigare, B.G. Mitchell, W.O. Smith Jr., and R.T. Barber. Southern Ocean iron response is quantum yield driven. Nature (submitted).
Peloquin, J.A. and W.O. Smith, Jr. A comparison of single cells and bulk phytoplankton characteristics using pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (submitted).
Hiscock, M.R., W.O. Smith Jr., M.S. Dinniman and R.T. Barber. Modified Circumpolar Deep Water regulates primary productivity variability in the Ross Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. (submitted).
Smith, W.O. Jr., D.G. Ainley and R. Cattaneo-Vietti. Marine ecosystems: the Ross Sea. In: Antarctic Ecology: From Genes to Ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B (submitted).
FEDERAL FUNDING SINCE 1987
1. Date Awarded: 10/1/87 Duration: 36 months
Title: CEAREX: Variations in phytoplankton biomass and growth induced by
physical features in the marginal ice zone
ONR No.: N00014‑87‑K‑0022 Amount: $316,000
2. Date Awarded: 1/1/89 Duration: 36 months
Title: Evaluating the effects of high particulate fluxes on chemical processes
occurring at the Amazon River/Ocean boundary
NSF Number OCE‑8819578 Amount: $57,992
3. Date Awarded: 3/1/89 Duration: 48 months
Title: Production and regeneration of organic matter at the Ross Sea ice edge
NSF Number DPP‑8817070 Amount: $386,480
4. Date Awarded: 3/1/90 Duration: 12 months
Title: Group travel for US participants in the 22nd International Liege Colloquium
NSF Number Unavailable Amount: $25,000
5. Date Awarded: 9/1/91 Duration: 36 months
Title: Collaborative Research in the Northeast Water Polynya: Phytoplankton/Zooplankton Dynamics
NSF Number DPP‑9113754 Amount: $677,926
6. Date Awarded: 11/15/91 Duration: 24 months
Title: Aggregate ecology: a theoretical and experimental protocol for oceanic particles
ONR Number Unavailable Amount: $134,846
7. Date Awarded: 1/1/92 Duration: 24 months
Title: Evaluating the effects of high particulate fluxes on chemical processes occurring at the Amazon River/Ocean boundary
NSF Number OCE‑9116973 Amount: $38,832
8. Date Awarded: 3/1/92 Duration: 36 months
Title: Nitrogen dynamics within two international Southern Ocean JGOFS Cruises
NSF Number DPP‑9116872 Amount: $298,520
9. Date Awarded: 10/1/94 Duration: 24 months
Title: Mathematical Modeling of Arctic Phytoplankton: Processes and Distributions
ONR Number N00014‑93‑1‑1279 Amount: $60,000
10. Date Awarded: 4/1/94 Duration: 36 months
Title: Collaborative Research on Bloom Dynamics and Food Web Structure in the Ross Sea: Primary Productivity, New Production and Bacterial Growth
NSF Number OPP‑9315787 Amount: $367,057
11. Date Awarded: 4/1/94 Duration: 12 months
Title: Group Travel for U.S. Participants to the Sixth SCAR Biology Symposium
NSF Number OPP‑99315239 Amount: $50,000
12. Date Awarded: 5/1/95 Duration: 24 months
Title: The Role of Biological Processes in the Carbon Cycle of the Southern Ocean
NOAA Number: Pending Amount: $138,106
13. Date Awarded: 8/1/96-1/1/2000 Duration: 42 months
Title: Management and Scientific Services in support of the US-JGOFS Southern Ocean Study: Nutrients
NSF Number: OPP-9530382 Amount: $1,728,973
14. Date Awarded: 6/15/96-6/15/99 Duration: 36 months
Title: Primary Production in the Southern Ocean
NSF Number: OPP-9531990 Amount: $325,766
15. Date Awarded: 3/1/00 Duration: 36 months
Title: Comparative modeling and data analysis studies for the Ross Sea and West
Antarctic Peninsula regions: A JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Project
NSF Number: OCE-0001799 Amount: $169,270
16. Date Awarded: 2/15/01 Duration: 24 months
Title: Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX): Primary/bacterial production and taxon-
specific growth and photosynthetic responses
NSF Number: OPP-0000329 Amount: $303,172
17. Date Awarded: 1/1/01 Duration: 24 months
Title: The Role of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Sequestering Carbon under Conditions
of Oceanic Iron Fertilization
DOE Number: 073591 Amount: $197,334
18. Date Awarded: 4/1/01 Duration: 60 months
Title: Interannual Variability in the Antarctic-Ross Sea (IVARS): Nutrients and Seasonal Production
NSF Number: OPP-0087401 Amount: $595,000*
19. Date Awarded: 9/1/02 Duration: 12 months
Title: Acquisition of Moored Water Sampling Equipment to Assess the Regulation of Phytoplankton Productivity in the Ross Sea.
NSF Number: OPP-0216151 Amount: $266,654
20. Date Awarded: 6/15/01 Duration: 12 months
Title: Workshop on the Replacement of the R.V.I.B. Nathanial B. Palmer
NSF Number: OPP- 0281941 Amount: $45,158
21. Date Awarded: 6/15/01 Duration: 60 months
Title: Quantification and modeling of DOC and DON release in marine systems: a study of increasing trophic complexity
NSF Number: OCE-0221825 (with 6 other PIs) Amount: $1,999,071*
22. Date Awarded: 3/01/04 Duration: 36 months
Title: Collaborative Research: Seasonal Biogeochemical Processes in the Ross Sea: A Modeling Approach
NSF Number: OPP-0337247 Amount: $181,248
23. Date Awarded: 6/02/04 Duration: 36 months
Title: Collaborative Research: Interactive effects of iron, light and CO2 on phytoplankton community dynamics in the Ross Sea
NSF Number: OPP- 0338157 Amount: $354,718
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*: Indicates active account
**: Funding provisionally approved by NSF
International Arctic Polynya Project Steering Committee (1992-1995; Group Leader, Microplankton)
Northeast Water Polynya Project Steering Committee (1992-1994)
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Steering Committee (1993-1995); Co-Chair, Southern Ocean Planning Group; EXEC-Plus Committee
Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Steering Committee (1991-1993); Chair, Biological oceanography
Ross Sea Bloom Dynamics Experiment Steering Committee (1993-1996)
Chief Scientist, USCGC Polar Sea Cruise to Ross Sea (January-February, 1994)
Chief Scientist, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer Cruise NBP 94-06 to the Ross Sea (November-December, 1994)
Chief Scientist, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer Cruise NBP 96-04 to the Ross Sea (October-November, 1996)
Panel Member, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Global Change Proposal Review Committee, 1993
Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight Committee (1996-98); liaison to UNOLS Arctic Icebreaker Co-ordinating Committee
Chief Scientist, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer Cruise NBP 96-04 to the Ross Sea (October-November, 1996)
Chief Scientist, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer Cruise NBP 97-08 to the Ross Sea (October-December, 1997)
Panel Member, National Science Foundation Biological Oceanography Proposal Review Committee, 1999
Panel Member, NOAA Ecohab Proposal Review Committee, 2001
Chief Scientist, USCGC Polar Star Cruise to Ross Sea (December, 2001)
Chief Scientist, USCGC Polar Star Cruise to Ross Sea (February, 2002)
Chief Scientist, USCGC Polar Sea Cruise to Ross Sea (December, 2002)
Chief Scientist, USCGC Polar Sea Cruise to Ross Sea (February, 2003)
Chief Scientist, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer Cruise to Ross Sea (December, 2003)
Courses taught at VIMS since 1998
MS 501 Introduction to Marine Sciences
MS 698 Seminar in Polar Oceanography
MS 659 Phytoplankton Ecology
MS 624 Seminar in Plankton Ecology
MS 698 Seminar in Upwelling Systems
Recent Invited Seminars
College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, August, 1997
University of Southern Mississippi, Institute of Marine Sciences, October, 1997
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, October, 1999
Smithsonian Environmental Research Consortium, November, 1999
University of South Carolina, Marine Sciences Program, April, 2001
USCGC Polar Star, December, 2001
USCGC Polar Sea, December, 2002
Virginia Science Museum, Richmond, VA, May, 2003
Royal Society of London, The Role Of The Southern Ocean In Global Processes: An Earth
System Science Approach, July, 2003
Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao Univeristy, Qingdao, PRC, July, 2004
University of Western Australia, Perth, AUS, August, 2004
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, NZ, October, 2004
Royal Society of New Zealand, Hamilton, November, 2004