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Patricia L. Yager

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Professor, Marine Sciences
Education:
  • Ph.D. 1996, University of Washington, School of Oceanography
  • M.S. 1988, University of Washington, School of Oceanography
  • B.S. 1985, Brown University, Dept of Geology
Selected Publications:

Richert, I., P. L. Yager, J. Dinasquet, R. Logares, L. Riemann, A. Wendeberg, S. Bertilsson, D. G. Scofield (accepted). Summer comes to the Southern Ocean: how surface phytoplankton shapes bacterioplankton communities far into the deep dark sea. Ecosphere.

Rudd MA, Moore AFP, Rochberg D, Bianchi-Fossati L, Brown MA, et al. 2018. Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA. Environmental ManagementDOI

Oliver H, Luo H, Castelao R, van Dijken G, Mattingly K, Rosen JJ, Mote TL, Arrigo KR, Rennermalm AK , Tedesco M, Yager PL. 2018.  Exploring the Potential Impact of Greenland Meltwater on Stratification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, and Primary Production in the Labrador Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

St-Laurent P, Yager PL, Sherrell RM, Stammerjohn SE, Dinniman MS. 2017. Pathways and supply of dissolved iron in the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 122(915-16C11353):7135-7162. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Coles VJ, Stukel MR, Brooks MT, Burd A, Crump BC, et al.  2017.  Ocean biogeochemistry modeled with emergent trait-based genomics. Science. 358(6367):1149-1154. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Arrigo KR, van Dijken GL, Castelao RM, Luo H, Rennermalm AK, Tedesco M, Mote TL, Oliver H, Yager PL.  2017.  Melting glaciers stimulate large summer phytoplankton blooms in southwest Greenland waters. Geophysical Research Letters.  DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Doherty M, Yager PL, Moran MA, Coles VJ, Fortunato CS, et al.  2017.  Bacterial biogeography across the Amazon River-ocean continuum. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:882. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00882  DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Yager PL, Sherrell RM, Stammerjohn SE, Ducklow HW, Schofield OME, et al.  2016.  A carbon budget for the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica: Estimating net community production and export in a highly productive polar ecosystem. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 4:000140. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Seidel M, Dittmar T, Ward ND, Krusche AV, Richey JE, Yager PL, Medeiros PM.  2016.  Seasonal and spatial variability of dissolved organic matter composition in the lower Amazon River. Biogeochemistry. 131:281-302. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Luo H, Castelao RM, Rennermalm AK, Tedesco M, Bracco A, Yager  L., Mote TL.  2016.  Oceanic transport of surface meltwater from the southern Greenland ice sheet. Nature Geoscience. 9:528-532. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Medeiros PM, Seidel M, Niggemann J, Spencer RGM, Hernes PJ, Yager, et al. 2016.  A novel molecular approach for tracing terrigenous dissolved organic matter into the deep ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 30:689-699. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Moura RL, Amado-Filho GM, Moraes FC, Brasileiro PS, Salomon PS, et al. 2016.  An extensive reef system at the Amazon River mouth. Science Advances. 2(4):e1501252-e1501252. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Williams CM, Dupont AM, Loevenich J, Post AF, Dinasquet J, Yager PL.  2016.  Pelagic microbial heterotrophy in response to a highly productive bloom of Phaeocystis antarctica in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 4:000102. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Sherrell RM, Lagerström ME, Forsch KO, Stammerjohn SE, Yager PL.  2015.  Dynamics of dissolved iron and other bioactive trace metals (Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn) in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000071. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Schofield O, Miles T, Alderkamp A-C, Lee SH, Haskins C, Rogalsky E, Sipler R, Sherrell RM, Yager PL.  2015.  In situ phytoplankton distributions in the Amundsen Sea Polynya measured by autonomous gliders. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000073. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Randall-Goodwin E, Meredith MP, Jenkins A, Yager PL, Sherrell RM, et al..  2015.  Freshwater distributions and water mass structure in the Amundsen Sea Polynya region, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000065. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Stammerjohn SE, Maksym T, Massom RA, Lowry KE, Arrigo KR, Yuan X, Raphael M, Randall-Goodwin E, Sherrell RM, Yager PL. 2015.  Seasonal sea ice changes in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, over the period of 1979–2014. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000055. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Seidel M, Yager PL, Ward ND, Carpenter EJ, Gomes HR, Krusche AV, Richey JE, Dittmar T, Medeiros PM.  2015.  Molecular-level changes of dissolved organic matter along the Amazon River-to-ocean continuum. Marine Chemistry. 177:218-231. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Ducklow HW, Wilson SE, Post AF, Stammerjohn SE, Erickson M, Lee SH, Lowry KE, Sherrell RM, Yager PL. 2015.  Particle flux on the continental shelf in the Amundsen Sea Polynya and Western Antarctic Peninsula. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000046. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Alderkamp A-C, van Dijken GL, Lowry KE, Connelly TL, Lagerstrom M, Sherrell RM, et al.  2015.  Fe availability drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates during spring bloom in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000043. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Richert I, Dinasquet J, Logares R, Riemann L, Yager PL, Wendeberg A, Bertilsson S.  2015.  The influence of light and water mass on bacterial population dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Polynya. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000044. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Wilson SE, Swalethorp R, Kjellerup S, Wolverton MA, Ducklow HW, Yager PL.  2015.  Meso- and macro-zooplankton community structure of the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica (Summer 2010–2011). Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000033. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Medeiros PM, Seidel M, Ward ND, Carpenter EJ, Gomes HR, Niggemann J, Krusche AV, Richey JE, Yager PL, Dittmar T.  2015.  Fate of the Amazon River dissolved organic matter in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 29(5):677-690. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Ward ND, Krusche AV, Sawakuchi HO, Brito DC, Cunha AC, Moura JMS, da Silva R, Yager PL, Keil RG, Richey JE.  2015.  The compositional evolution of dissolved and particulate organic matter along the lower Amazon River—Óbidos to the ocean. Marine Chemistry. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Delmont TO, Hammar KM, Ducklow HW, Yager PL, Post AF.  2014.  Phaeocystis antarctica blooms strongly influence bacterial community structures in the Amundsen Sea polynya. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5 DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Baer SE, Connelly TL, Sipler RE, Yager PL, Bronk DA.  2014.  Effect of temperature on rates of ammonium uptake and nitrification in the western coastal Arctic during winter, spring, and summer. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28(12): 1455–1466.  DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Chong LS., Berelson WM., McManus J, Hammond DE, Rollins NE, Yager PL.  2014.  Carbon and biogenic silica export influenced by the Amazon River Plume: Patterns of remineralization in deep-sea sediments. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 85:124-137. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Goes JI, Gomes Hdo Rosario, Chekalyuk AM, Carpenter EJ, Montoya JP, Coles VJ, Yager PL, et al..  2014.  Influence of the Amazon River discharge on the biogeography of phytoplankton communities in the western tropical north Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography. 120:29-40. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Mu L, Stammerjohn SE, Lowry KE, Yager PL.  2014.  Spatial variability of surface pCO2 and air-sea CO2 flux in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2:000036. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Garay L, Wotkyns AM, Lowry KE, Warburton J, Alderkamp A-C, Yager PL.  2014.  ASPIRE: Teachers and researchers working together to enhance student learning. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2:000034. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Satinsky BM, Crump BC, Smith CB, Sharma S, Zielinski BL, et al..  2014.  Microspatial gene expression patterns in the Amazon River Plume. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(30):11085–11090. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Ward ND, Keil RG, Medeiros PM, Brito DC, Cunha AC, Dittmar T, Yager PL, Krusche AV, Richey JE.  2013.  Degradation of terrestrially derived macromolecules in the Amazon River. Nature Geoscience. 6(7):530-533. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Coles VJ, Brooks MT, Hopkins J, Stukel MR, Yager PL, Hood RR.  2013.  The pathways and properties of the Amazon River Plume in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 118(12):6894-6913. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Ingall ED, Diaz JM, Longo AF, Oakes M, Finney L, Vogt S, Lai B, Yager PL, Twining BS, Brandes JA.  2013.  Role of biogenic silica in the removal of iron from the Antarctic seas. Nature Communications. 4 DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Ghiglione J.-F, Galand PE, Pommier T, Pedros-Alio C, Maas EW, Bakker K. 2012.  Pole-to-pole biogeography of surface and deep marine bacterial communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(43):17633-17638. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Alonso-Saez L., Waller A.S, Mende D.R, Bakker K., Farnelid H., Yager P.L, et al..  2012.  Role for urea in nitrification by polar marine Archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(44):17989-17994. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Yager P, Sherrell R, Stammerjohn S, Alderkamp A-C, Schofield O, et al. 2012. ASPIRE: The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition. Oceanography. 25(3):40-53.DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Yeung LY, Berelson WM, Young ED, Prokopenko MG, Rollins N, et al. 2012. Impact of diatom-diazotroph associations on carbon export in the Amazon River plume. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(18):n/a-n/a. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Fransson A, Chierici M, Yager PL, Smith WO. 2011. Antarctic sea ice carbon dioxide system and controls. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116(C12) DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

Yager PL, Wallace DWR, Johnson KM, Smith WO, Minnett PJ, Deming JW. 1995. The Northeast Water Polynya as an atmospheric CO 2 sink: A seasonal rectification hypothesis. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100(C3):4389. DOI Google Scholar BibTex XML

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