Zooglider: An autonomous vehicle for optical and acoustic sensing of zooplankton

MD Ohman, RE Davis, JT Sherman… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present the design and preliminary results from ocean deployments of Zooglider, a new
autonomous zooplankton‐sensing glider. Zooglider is a modified Spray glider that includes …

Mesoscale ocean fronts enhance carbon export due to gravitational sinking and subduction

MR Stukel, LI Aluwihare, KA Barbeau… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Enhanced vertical carbon transport (gravitational sinking and subduction) at mesoscale
ocean fronts may explain the demonstrated imbalance of new production and sinking …

Coexisting picoplankton experience different relative grazing pressures across an ocean productivity gradient

MR Landry, MR Stukel, KE Selph… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Picophytoplankton populations [Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus (SYN), and
picoeukaryotes] are dominant primary producers in the open ocean and projected to …

Contributions of mesozooplankton to vertical carbon export in a coastal upwelling system

MR Stukel, MD Ohman, CR Benitez-Nelson… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Mesozooplankton can directly impact global biogeochemical cycles by repackaging
particulate organic carbon (POC) into dense, rapidly sinking fecal pellets and by undertaking …

Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front

JY Luo, B Grassian, D Tang, JO Irisson… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
Mesoscale fronts occur frequently in many coastal areas and often are sites of elevated
productivity; however, knowledge of the fine-scale distribution of zooplankton at these fronts …

Mesozooplankton and particulate matter responses to a deep-water frontal system in the southern California Current System

MD Ohman, JR Powell, M Picheral… - Journal of plankton …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We analyzed the abundance of mesozooplankton and suspended particulate matter across
the deep-water “A-Front” in the southern sector of the California Current System. We …