Publications

  1. Gallagher, J.E., Shank, T.M., Lewtas, J., Lefevre, P.A., and J. Ashby (1991) Relative sensitivity of ­32P-postlabeling of DNA and the autoradiographic UDS assay in the liver of rats exposed to 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF). Mutation Research 252: 247-257.

  2. Ashby, J., Lefevre, P.A., Shank, T.M., Lewtas, J., and J.E. Gallagher (1991) Relative sensitivity of 32P-postlabeling of DNA and the autoradiographic UDS assay in the liver of mice exposed to 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF). Mutation Research 252: 259-268.

  3. Gallagher, J., George, M., Kohan, M. Thompson, C. and T. Shank (1993) Detection and comparison of DNA adducts after in vitro and in vivo diesel emission exposures. Environmental Health Perspectives 99: 225-228.

  4. Lutz, R.A., Shank, T.M., Fornari, D.J., Haymon, R.M., Lilley, M.D., Von Damm, K.L., and D. Desbruyères (1994) Rapid growth at deep-sea vents. Nature 371: 663-664.

  5. Lutz, R.A., Desbruyères, D., Shank, T.M., and R.C. Vrijenhoek. (1998) A deep-sea hydrothermal vent community dominated by stauromedusae. Deep-Sea Research 45: 329-334.

  6. Feldman, R.A., Shank, T.M., Baco, A., Vrijenhoek, R.C., and C.R. Smith (1998) Vestimentiferan on a whalefall. Biological Bulletin 194: 116-119.

  7. Fornari, D.J., Shank, T.M., Von Damm, K.L., Gregg, T.K.P., Lilley, M.D., Levai, G., Bray, A., Haymon, Perfit, M., and R.A. Lutz (1998) Time-series temperature measurements at high-temperature hydrothermal vents, East Pacific Rise 9 °49'-51'N: monitoring a crustal cracking event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 160: 419-431.

  8. Shank, T.M., Lutz, R.A., and R.C. Vrijenhoek (1998) Molecular systematics of shrimp (Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: enigmatic "small orange" shrimp from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are juvenile Rimicaris exoculata. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 7:2: 88-96.

  9. Shank, T.M., Fornari, D.J., Von Damm, K.L., Lilley, M.D., Haymon, R.M., and R.A. Lutz (1998) Temporal and spatial patterns of biological community development at nascent deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise. Deep-Sea Research 45: 465-515.

  10. Vrijenhoek, R.C., Shank, T.M., R.A. Lutz (1998) Gene flow and modes of dispersal in deep-Sea hydrothermal vent animals. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 39: 363-366.

  11. Cary, S.C., Shank, T.M., and J. Stein (1998) Worms bask in extreme temperatures. Nature 391: 545-546.

  12. Chadwick, W.W., Embley, R.W., and T.M. Shank (1998) The 1996 Gorda Ridge eruption: geologic mapping, sidescan sonar, and seabeam comparison results. Deep-Sea Research 45: 2547-2569.

  13. Shank, T.M., Black, M.B., Halanych, K., Lutz, R.A., and R.C. Vrijenhoek (1999) Miocene radiation of deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp (Caridea: Bresiliidae): evidence from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:2; 244-254.

  14. Gebruk, A., P. Chevaldonné, T.M. Shank, Lutz, R.A. and R.C. Vrijenhoek (2000) Hydrothermal vent communities of the Logatchev area (14°45'N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): evidence for high diversity and biomass. Marine Ecological Progress Series 80: 383-393.

  15. Sheader M, Van Dover, CL and T.M. Shank (2000) Structure and function of Halice hesmonectes (Amphipoda: Pardaliscidae) swarms from hydrothermal vents in the eastern Pacific. Marine Biology 5: 901-911.

  16. Smirnov, A.V., Gebruk, A.V., Galkin, S.V., and T.M. Shank (2000) New species of holothurian (Echinodermata : Holothuroidea) from hydrothermal vent habitats.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80(2): 321-328.

  17. Van Dover, C.L., S. E. Humphris, D. Fornari, C.M. Cavanaugh, R. Collier, S.K. Goffredi, J. Hashimoto, M.D. Lilley, A.L. Reysenbach, T.M. Shank, K. L. Von Damm, A. Banta, R. M. Gallant, D. Gotz, D. Green, J. Hall, T. L. Harmer, L. A. Hurtado, P. Johnson, Z. P. McKiness, C. Meredith, E. Olson, I. L. Pan, M. Turnipseed, Y. Won, C. R. Young III, R. C. Vrijenhoek. (2001) Biogeography and ecological setting of Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents. Science 294: 818-823.

  18. Luther, G.W., T. Rozan, M. Taillefert, D. Nuzzio, C. DiMeo, T.M. Shank, R.A. Lutz, and S.C. Cary (2001) Chemical speciation drives hydrothermal vent ecology. Nature 410: 813-815.

  19. Shank, T.M. and A. G. Humes (2001) Siphonostomatoid copepods from hydrothermal vents at the Southern East Pacific Rise. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114: 12-16.

  20. Lutz, R.A., T.M. Shank, P. Rona, A. Reed, W. Lange, S. Low, and E. Kristof  (2002) Recent advances in imaging deep-sea hydrothermal vents.  Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43:267-269.

  21. Van Dover, C., P. Aharon, J.M. Bernhard, M. Doerries, W. Flickinger, W. Gilhooly, K. Knick, S. Macko, S. Rapoport, C. Ruppel, J. Salerno, R. Seitz, B.K. Sen Gupta, T.M. Shank, M. Turnipseed, R. Vrijenhoek and E. Watkins (2003) Blake Ridge methane seeps: characterization of a soft-sediment, chemosynthethically based ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research 50: 281-300.

  22. Tunnicliffe, V., J. Baross, A.V. Gebruk, O. Giere, A. Koschinsky, A. Reysenbach, T.M. Shank, M. Summit (2003) Interactions between biotic processes at vents and physical, chemical, and geological conditions. In: Energy and Mass Flux Through the Biological Component of Hydrothermal Vent System. V. Tunnicliffe and C. German (eds), Dahlem University Press. pp 251-270.

  23. Von Damm, K.L., M.D. Lilley, W.C. Shanks III, M. Brockington, A.M. Bray, K.M. O’Grady, E. Olson, A. Graham, G. Proskurowski, T.M. Shank, R. Collier, J. Cowen, R. Haymon, M.K. Tivey, D. Fornari, K. Nakamura, E. McLaughlin-West, J. Kaye, J. Sarrazin, and B. Cushman (2003) Extraordinary phase separation and segregation in vent fluids from the southern East Pacific Rise. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 206: 365-378.

  24. Shank, T.M., D. Fornari, D. Yoerger et al. (2003) Deep Submergence Synergy - Alvin and ABE Explore the Galápagos Rift at 86°W.  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 84: 425-433.

  25. Shank, T.M. and J. Martin (2003) A new caridean shrimp of the family Alvinocarididae from thermal vents at the Menez Gwen site on the Mid‑Atlantic Ridge. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 277-292.

  26. Carbotte, S., R. Arko, D. Chayes, W. Haxby, K. Lehnert, S. O’Hara, W. Ryan, T. Shipley, L. Gahagan, K. Johnson, and T.M. Shank (2004) New integrated data management system for Ridge2000 and MARGINS research. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union: 82:425-433.

  27. Fornari, D., M. Tivey, H. Schouten, M. Perfit, K. Von Damm, D. Yoerger, A. Bradley, M. Edwards, R. Haymon, T.M. Shank, D. Scheirer, and P. Johnson (2004) Submarine lava flow emplacement processes at the East Pacific Rise 9° 50’N: implications for hydrothermal fluid circulation and biological community structure in the upper ocean crust. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 148, 311pp.

  28. Kelley, D.S., J. Karson, G.L. Früh-Green, D. Yoerger, T.M. Shank, D.A. Butterfield, J. Hayes, M.O. Schrenk, E. Olson, G. Proskurowski, M. Jakuba, A. Bradley, B. Larson, K. Ludwig, D. Glickson, K. Buckman, A. Bradley, K. Roe, M.J. Elend, A. Delacour, S. Bernasconi, M.D. Lilley, J.A. Baross, R. Summons, S. Sylva (2005) A peridotite-hosted ecosystem: the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Science 307:1428-1434.

  29. Martin, J. and T.M. Shank (2005) A new species of the shrimp genus Chorocaris (Decapoda, Caridea, Alvinocarididae) from hydrothermal vents in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116:158-167.

  30. Baco-Taylor, A.R. and T.M. Shank (2005) Population genetic structure of the Hawaiian Precious Coral Corallium lauuense using microsatellites. In: Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. A. Freiwald & J.M. Roberts (eds). Springer, Heidelberg pp. 663-678.

  31. T. Komai, T.M. Shank and C.L. Van Dover (2005) A new species of Alvinocaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) and new record of A. muricola from methane seeps on the Blake Ridge Diapir, Northwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 1019: 27-42.

  32. Scheirer, D.S., T.M. Shank, and D.J. Fornari (2006) Temperature Variations at diffuse and focused flow hydrothermal vent sites along the northern East Pacific Rise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems 7(3): Q03002, doi:10.1029/2005GC001094.

  33. Baco-Taylor, A.R., M. Clark, and T.M. Shank (2006) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for the precious coral, Corallium lauuense. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 147-149.

  34. M. Tolstoy, J.P. Cowen, E.T. Baker, D.J. Fornari, K.H. Rubin, T.M. Shank, F. Waldhauser, D.R. Bohnenstiehl, D.W. Forsyth, R.C. Holmes, B. Love, M.R. Perfit, R.T. Weekly, S.A. Soule, Science Party R/V Horizon, Science Party R/V Knorr (2006) A seafloor spreading event captured by seismometers: forcasting and characterizing an eruption.  Science 314: 1920-1922.

  35. DeChaine, E.G., T.M. Shank, and C.M. Cavanaugh (2006) Off-axis symbiosis found: characterization and biogeography of bacterial symbionts of Bathymodiolus mussels from Lost City hydrothermal vents. Environmental Microbiology 8(11): 1902-1912.

  36. Ferrini, V. L., D. J. Fornari, T. M. Shank, J. C. Kinsey, M. A. Tivey, S. A. Soule, S. M. Carbotte, L. L. Whitcomb, D. Yoerger, and J. Howland (2007) Submeter bathymetric mapping of volcanic and hydrothermal features on the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°50′N, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q01006, doi:10.1029/2006GC001333.

  37. Cowen, J.P., D.J. Fornari, T.M. Shank, B. Love, B. Glazer, A.H. Treuch, R.C. Holmes, S.A. Soule, E.T. Baker, M. Tolstoy, and K.R. Pomraning (2007) Volcanic Eruptions at East Pacific Rise Near 9°50’N. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88: 81-83.

  38. Fusaro, A.J, A.R. Baco, G. Gerlach, and T.M. Shank (2007) Development and characterization of 12 microsatellite markers from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent siboglinid Riftia pachyptila. Molecular Ecology Notes 7(5) doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01897.

  39. Shank, T.M. and K.M. Halanych (2007) Toward a mechanistic understanding of larval dispersal: insights from genomic fingerprinting of deep-sea hydrothermal vent populations.  Marine Ecology 28:25-35.

  40. Luther, G.W., B. Glazer, M. Shufen, R.E. Trouwborst, T.S. Moore, C. Kraiya, T. Waite, G. Druschel, B. Sundby, M. Taillefert, D.B. Nuzzio, and T.M. Shank. Use of voltammetric solid-state (micro)electrodes for studying biogeochemical processes: laboratory measurements to real-time measurements with an in situ electrochemical analyzer (ISEA). Marine Chemistry (in press).

  41. Waller, R.G., J. Adkins, L. Robinson, and T.M. Shank.  Ancient DNA techniques and their utility in deep-water coral research. Bulletin of Marine Science, Special Volume on Deep-Water Corals (in press).

  42. Waller, R.G, L. Watling, P. Auster, and T.M. Shank. Fisheries impacts on the Corner Rise Seamounts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK (in press).

  43. Shank, T.M. Seamount genetics: enabling the understanding of biodiversity, connectivity, evolution, and endemism. In: Deep-sea cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust deposits and distribution patterns of seamount fauna (in press).

  44. Lutz, R.A., T.M. Shank, G.W. Luther III, C. Vetriani, M. Tolstoy, D.B. Nuzzio, T.S. Moore, F. Waldhauser, M. Crespo-Medina, A. Chatziefthimou, E.R. Annis, and A.J. Reed. Interrelationships between fluid chemistry, temperature, and seismic activity and biological community structure at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise.  Journal of Shellfish Research (submitted).

  45. Jennings, R.M., T.M. Shank, L.S. Mullineaux, and K.M. Halanych. Assessment of the Cape Cod phylogenetic break using the bamboo worm Clymenella torquata (Annelida: Maldanidae). Marine Ecology (submitted).

  46. Pester, N.J., D.A. Butterfield, D.I. Foustoukos, K.K. Roe, K. Ding, T.M. Shank and W.E. Seyfried, Jr. The chemistry of diffuse-flow vent fluids on the Galápagos Rift (86°W): temporal variability and subseafloor phase equilibria controls. AGU Geophysical Monograph Series (submitted).

  47. German, C.R., D.R. Yoerger, M. Jakuba, T.M. Shank, C.H. Langmuir, and K. Nakamura. Hydrothermal exploration using the ABE autonomous underwater vehicle.  Deep-Sea Research (submitted).

Refereed Popular Publications

  1. Lutz, R.A, T.M. Shank, and R. Evans (2001) Life after death in the deep sea. American Scientist 89(5); 422-431.

  2. Ramirez-Llodra, T.M. Shank, C.R. German (2007) Biodiversity and Biogeography of hydrothermal Vent Species: Thirty Years of Discovery and Investigations. Oceanography Magazine 20(1); 30-41.

  3. Yoerger, D.R, A.M. Bradley, M. Jakuba, C.R. German, T.M. Shank, and M. Tivey (2007) Autonomous and Remotely Operated Vehicle technology for Hydrothermal Vent Discovery, Exploration, and Sampling. Oceanography Magazine 20(1); 152-161.

Non-Refereed Publications and Reports

  1. Deep Submersibles and Potential Marine Geological, Biological, and Geochemical Research; scientific justification for the need for a greater depth-capability in occupied submersibles, Deep submergence Science Committee of UNOLS. (2002)

  2. Being There - The Continuing Need for Human Presence in the Deep Ocean for Scientific Research and Discovery, P. Fryer and the Deep submergence Science Committee of UNOLS. (2002)

  3. What are the compelling science questions that require access to waters from 4500m to 6500m, from 6500m to full ocean depth? Deep Submergence Science Committee of UNOLS. (2003)

  4. Overview of Potential Marine Research Objectives Related to Submergence Assets in Depths of 4500 to Full Ocean Depth, Deep submergence Science Committee of UNOLS for the National Academy of Sciences. (2003)

  5. Deep Submergence Biological Science: Enabling Technologies, Current Limitations, and Future Needs. National Academy of Sciences: Future of US Deep Submergence Science National Academy Report (provided editorial comments). (2004)

  6. Instrumentation for Arctic Ocean Exploration: Technology for Accessing the Water Column and Seafloor Workshop Report. (2004)

  7. Shank, T.M. The Evolutionary Puzzle of Seafloor Life. Oceanus; Deep Ocean Exploration Institute. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (V42; 2004)

  8. Ridge 2000 Progress and Planning Workshop Report for the mid-term review of the Ridge 2000 program. (2005)

  9. Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Site (ISS) at the East Pacific Rise (EPR) Workshop: Ridge 2000 Science and Implementation Plan. (2006)

  10. Waller, R. and T.M. Shank. What other tales can coral skeletons tell? Scientists strive to get into the genes of fossil corals to extract their evolutionary history.  Oceanus. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, online (2006)

  11. Cobalt-crusts and the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Seamount Fauna: International Seabed Authority Workshop Report. (2007)

Book Reviews

  1. The Silent Deep; The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea by Tony Koslow.  Oceanography Magazine (2007)