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We have one of the top oceanography departments in the country in terms of research funding. Like the oceans, our research areas are broad and diverse. Our studies integrate the disciplines of biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography.
Research topics include:
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BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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ECOLOGY
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| Estuarine and Coastal |
Brinkmeyer, Campbell, Jackson, Mills, Quigg, Rowe, Thornton |
| Continental Margin |
Biggs, Mills, Rowe |
| Benthic |
Rowe, Thornton |
| Deep Sea and Open Ocean |
Biggs, Campbell, Jackson, Mills, Rowe, Wormuth |
| Polar Regions |
Rowe,Wormuth |
| Tropics |
Mills, Rowe |
| Sperm Whale Studies |
Biggs, Wormuth |
| Harmful Algal Blooms |
Campbell, |
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PLANKTON
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| Phytoplankton |
Baldauf, Campbell, Jackson, Quigg, Thornton |
| Bio-optics & Remote Sensing |
Gardner, Richardson |
| Zooplankton |
Biggs, Wormuth |
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NEKTON
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| Squids |
Wormuth |
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MARINE MICROBIOLOGY
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| Molecular Geomicrobiology |
Mills |
| Photosynthetic Picoplankton |
Campbell, |
| Prokaryotes |
Amon, Brinkmeyer, Mills |
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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
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| Water Column |
Biggs, Jackson, Mills, Quigg, Thornton |
| Sediments |
Baldauf, Lyle, Mills, Rowe, Santschi, Thornton |
| Atmosphere |
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FISHERIES
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Jackson, Stickney, |
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MODELING
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| Trophic Dynamics |
Biggs, Jackson, Rowe |
| Planktonic & Benthic |
Jackson, Rowe |
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EUTROPHICATION
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Chapman, DiMarco |
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FLOW CYTOMETRY
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Campbell |
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CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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Aquatic
Biogeochemistry |
Amon, Bianchi, Chapman, Gardner, Louchouarn, Richardson,
Rowe, Santschi, Thornton |
| Atmospheric Chemistry |
Santschi, Yvon-Lewis |
| Carbonate Chemistry |
Bianchi, Schmidt |
| Chemical Models |
Guinasso, Santschi, Yvon-Lewis |
| Chemical Kinetics |
Santschi |
| Chemistry of Estuarine and Coastal Regions |
Amon, Bianchi, Chapman, Louchouarn
Santschi |
| Colloidal Chemistry |
Louchouarn, Santschi |
| Environmental Chemistry |
Amon, Bianchi, Chapman, Kennicutt, Louchouarn,
Lyle, Santschi |
| Extra-terrestrial Ocean Chemistry |
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| Halocarbon Tracers |
Yvon-Lewis |
| Iron Cycling |
Mills |
| Nitrogen Cycling |
Mills, Rowe, Thornton |
| Nutrient Chemistry |
Bianchi, Biggs, Chapman, Louchouarn, Santschi |
| Organic Geochemistry |
Bianchi, Kennicutt, Louchouarn, Santschi, Yvon-Lewis |
| Paleo-Ocean Chemistry |
A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Louchouarn, Schmidt, Thomas |
| Petroleum Geochemistry |
Kennicutt |
| Physical Chemistry of Seawater |
Santschi
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| Radionuclide Chemistry |
Santschi |
| Sedimentary Biogeochemistry |
Bianchi, Brinkmeyer, Louchouarn, Mills, Santschi, |
| Stable Isotope Chemistry |
Amon, Kennicutt, Louchouarn, Schmidt, |
| Sulfur Cycling |
Mills, Santschi |
| Trace Metal Chemistry |
Louchouarn, Santschi, Schmidt, |
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GEOLOGICAL/GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH
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GEOPHYSICS
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| Gravity, Magnetics, Heat Flow |
Rabinowitz, Sager |
| Reflection Seismics |
Lyle, Sager |
| High-Resolution Seismics |
Bryant, Dellapenna, Lyle, Sager |
| Side-scan Sonar Imaging |
Bryant, Dellapenna, Sager |
| Plate Tectonics / Structure of the Earth |
Sager |
| Seamounts |
Sager |
| Ocean Basin History |
Lyle, Sager |
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GEOLOGY/SEDIMENTOLOGY
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| Sequence & Seismic Stratigraphy |
Bryant, Dellapenna, Lyle, Sager |
| Marine Sediments - Geotechnical Properties |
Bryant, Dellapenna, Lyle, Slowey |
| Stable Isotopes |
Schmidt, Slowey, Thomas |
| Paleomagnetism/Magnetic Stratigraphy |
Sager |
| Radionuclides |
Dellapenna, Santschi |
| Radiogenic Isotopes |
Thomas |
| Paleooceanography / Biostratigraphy / Sea Level Change |
Baldauf, A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Sager, Schmidt, Slowey, Thomas |
| Coastal Processes |
Gardner, Richardson, Dellapenna |
| Coastal Morphology |
Dellapenna |
| Sediment Dynamics and Transport - Coastal to Deep Sea |
Dellapenna, Gardner, Lyle, Richardson, |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS
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| Astrobiology |
Mills |
| Bio-optics, Particle Optics |
Gardner, Richardson |
Biogeochemistry /
Fluxes - Water Column
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Biggs, Gardner, Mills, Richardson, Rowe, Santschi |
| Biogeochemistry - Sediments |
Lyle, Santschi |
| Climate variablity and change |
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| Coastal processes and observing systems |
DiMarco, Guinasso, |
| Dynamics of continental margins |
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| Global Warming |
Lyle, North |
| Marine biogeochemistry |
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| ODASES |
A.O. Lyle, Baldauf, Lyle, Mills, Sager, Schmidt, Thomas |
| Paleoclimatology |
Baldauf, A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Schmidt, Slowey, Thomas |
| Particle Dynamics / Aggregates |
Gardner, Jackson, Richardson, Thornton |
| Texas Automated Byoy System (TABS) |
Guinasso |
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PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH
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GENERAL CIRCULATION
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| Global in-situ Observation |
Orsi |
Satellite Oceanography /
Remote Sensing |
Gardner, Giese, Richardson |
| Global Modeling |
Chang, Giese, Stossel |
| Tropical Ocean Dynamics |
Chang, Giese, Lyle, Schmidt |
| Global Data Assimulation |
Giese |
| Polar Ocean/Sea Ice Dynamics |
Stossel, Orsi |
Mixing and Turbulence /
Air-Sea Interaction |
Anis |
| Dynamical and Empirical Modes |
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COASTAL CIRCULATION/NEAR SHORE PROCESSES
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| Coastal Observation |
Anis, Brooks, DiMarco, Guinasso |
| Coastal Modeling |
Brooks, Hetland |
| Physical / Biological Modeling |
Brooks, Hetland, Jackson |
| Analysis of Waves and Tides |
DiMarco |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS
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| Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling |
Chang, Giese, Stossel, Schmidt |
| Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) |
Campbell, DiMarco, Gardner, Richardson, Jochens, Howard |
| Global Warming |
Baldauf, Lyle, North |
| Hypoxia |
DiMarco, Chapman |
| Interdisciplinary Coastal Ocean Processes Group |
DiMarco, Bianchi, Campbell, Chapman, Hetland, Jackson, Guinasso, Amon, Quigg |
Paleoclimatology
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Baldauf, A.O. Lyle, Lyle, Schmidt,
Slowey, Thomas |
| Seasonal Climate Forecast |
Chang |
| Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) |
Hetland, Guinasso, DiMarco |
| Education |
Baldauf |
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