Publications

Ji, R., M. Edwards, D.L. Mackas, J. Runge, A.C. Thomas, 2010. Marine plankton phenology and life history in a changing climate:Current research and future directions.  Journal of Plankton Research - Horizon, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbq062

Song, H., R. Ji, C. Stock, Z. Wang, 2010. Phenology of phytoplankton blooms in the Nova Scotian Shelf-Gulf of Maine region: remote sensing and modeling analysis. Journal of Plankton Research. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbq086

Townsend, D.W., N.D. Rebuck, M.A. Thomas, L. Karp-Boss, and R. M. Gettings. 2010. A changing nutrient regime in the Gulf of Maine. Continental Shelf Research 30: 820-832.

Lin, P., R. Ji, C. Davis, D. McGillicuddy, 2010. Optimizing plankton survey strategies using Observing System Simulation Experiments.  Journal of Marine Systems, 82: 187-194

Ji, R., C. Davis, C. Chen, R. Beardsley, 2009.  Life history traits and spatiotemporal distributional patterns of copepod populations in the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 384: 187-205.

Ji, R. C. Davis, C. Chen, D. Townsend, D. Mountain, R. Beardsley, 2008a.  Modeling the influence of low-salinity water inflow on winter-spring phytoplankton dynamics in the Nova Scotian Shelf – Gulf of Maine region. Journal of Plankton Research, 30(12): 1399-1416.

Ji, R., C. Davis, C. Chen, and R. Beardsley, 2008b. Influence of local and external processes on the annual nitrogen cycle and primary productivity on Georges Bank: A 3-D biological-physical modeling study. Journal of Marine Systems, 73: 31-47.

Hu, S., D. Townsend, C. Chen, G. Cowles, R. Beardsley,  R. Ji, R. Houghton, 2008c. Tidal pumping and nutrient fluxes on Georges Bank: A process-oriented modeling study. Journal of Marine Systems, 74: 528-544.

Other publications (in press/in revision/in preparation etc)

Song, H., R. Ji, C. Stock, K. Kearney, Z. Wang, 2010. Interannual variability of phytoplankton bloom and plankton productivity in the Nova Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Runge J., coauthers, R. Ji, coauthors, 2010. Understanding Climate Impacts on Recruitment and Spatial Dynamics of Atlantic Cod in the Gulf of Maine: Integration of Observations and Modeling. Progress in Oceanography.

Stegert, C., Ji, R., Davis, C., 2009.  Influence of ocean warming on population growth rates in North Altantic copepod species: An empirical projection.  Progress in Oceanography.

Hu, S., C. Chen, Ji, R., Townsend, D., Tian, R., Beardsley, R., Davis, C., 2009.  Impact of physical forcings on the interannual variability of fall phytoplankton bloom: a mixed-layer box model and a 1-D numerical model studies.  Marine Ecology Progress Series.  In revision.

Rebuck, N.D., D.W. Townsend and M.A Thomas. 2009. Gulf of Maine Region Nutrient and Hydrographic Database. http://grampus.umeoce.maine.edu/nutrients/

Rebuck, N.D., D.W. Townsend, K. Smith and M.A. Thomas. Ms. A Nutrient Climatology for the Gulf of Maine − Georges Bank Region.  (Manuscript in prep.)

Lai, Z., C. Chen, G. Cowles, R. C. Beardsley, A Non-Hydrostatic Version of FVCOM, Part I: Validation Experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, in revision.

Lai, Z., C. Chen, G. Cowles, R. C. Beardsley, A Non-Hydrostatic Version of FVCOM, Part II: Mechanism Study of Generation and Propagation of Internal Waves over Stellwagen Bank, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, in revision.

Lai, Z, C. Chen, R. Tian, R. C. Beardsley and B. Rothschild, Impacts of High-Frequency Internal Waves and Planktonic Patchiness in Massachusetts Bay, in preparation.