The composition and dynamics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in natural
waters has been the subject of study for decades. However, renewed interest in CDOM …

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is a ubiquitous component of the open
ocean dissolved matter pool, and is important owing to its influence on the optical properties …

Mercury is a potent neurotoxic substance and accounts for 250,000 intellectual disabilities
annually. Worldwide, coastal fisheries contribute the majority of human exposure to mercury …

Starting in 2011, coastal areas of the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean began to
experience extraordinary yearly accumulations of pelagic Sargassum brown alga. Historical …

Sargassum washing ashore on the beaches of the Caribbean Islands since 2011 has
caused problems for the local environments, tourism, and economies. Although preliminary …

Numerous studies use major element concentrations measured on continental margin
sediments to reconstruct terrestrial climate variations. The choice and interpretation of …

The Amazon River Plume spreads across the tropical North Atlantic creating a barrier to
vertical mixing. Here using a 1/6° HYCOM model and data from three research cruises in …

Since 2011, tropical beaches from Africa to Brazil, Central America, and the Caribbean have
been inundated by tons of sargassum seaweed from a new equatorial source of pelagic …

The present study evaluated As, Hg, Pb and Cd burdens in both ecologically and
commercially important 314 marine fishes belonging to 47 species sampled along the …

SPECIAL ISSUE ON SALINITY limate change is in the news frequently these days, and
better-informed commentators note that changes in the water cycle pose the greatest …