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Polar Marine diatoms
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Amy Leventer Associate Professor of Geology Ph.D. Rice University Teaching Specialties: Oceanography, marine geology, climate change Research Interests: Marine paleoclimatic records from Antarctica, Polar Marine Diatoms Distinctions: NSF & NOAA research grants, Office Advisory Committee member - Office of Polar Programs, Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight committee member, NSF-OPP Review Panel, Numerous research cruises to Antarctica, Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Queen's University, Kingston Canada Recent Publications: Pike, J., Allen, C.S., Leventer, A., Stickley, C.E., and Pudsey, C.J., 2008, Comparison of contemporary and fossil diatom assemblages from the western Antarctic Peninsula, Marine Micropaleontology, in press. Buffen, A., Leventer, A., Rubin, A., and Hutchins, T., 2007, Diatom assemblages in
surface sediments of the northwestern Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Marine
Micropaleontology, 62, 7-30. Leventer, A., Domack, E., Dunbar, R., Pike, J., Stickley, C., Maddison, E., Brachfeld,
S., Manley, P., and McClennen, C., 2006, East Antarctic Margin marine sediment record of
deglaciation, GSA Today, 16, 12, doi: 10.1130/GSAT01612A.1. Stickley, C.E., Pike, J., and Leventer, A., 2006, Productivity events of the marine diatom Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle recorded in deglacial varves from the East Antarctic Margin, Marine Micropaleontology, 59, 184-196. Maddison, E.J., Pike, J., Leventer, A., Dunbar, R., Brachfeld, S., Domack, E.W., Manley, P., and McClennen, C., 2006, Post-glacial seasonal diatom record of the Mertz Glacier Polynya, East Antarctica, Marine Micropaleontology, 60, 66-88. McMullen, K., Domack, E., Leventer, A., Olson, C., Dunbar, R., and Brachfeld, S., 2006, Glacial morphology and sediment formation in the Mertz Trough, East Antarctica, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 231, 169-180. Domack, E., Ishman, S., Leventer, A., Sylva, S., Willmott, V., and Huber, H., 2005, A Chemotrophic Ecosystem Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 86, 29, 269, 271-272. Domack, E., Duran, D., Leventer, A., Ishman, S., Doane, S., McCallum, S., Amblas, D., Ring, J., Gilbert, R., and Prentice, M., 2005, Stability of the Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene epoch, Nature, 436, 681-685. Stickley, C.E., Pike, J., Leventer, A., Dunbar, R., Domack, E.W., Brachfeld, S., Manley, P., and McClennen, C., 2005. Deglacial ocean and climate seasonality in laminated diatom sediments, Mac.Robertson Shelf, Antarctica, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 227, 290-310. Maddison, E., Pike, J., Leventer, A., and Domack, E. 2005. Diatom rich sediments from Palmer Deep, Antarctica: Seasonal and sub-seasonal record through the last deglaciation, Journal of Quaternary Sciences, 20, 5, 435-446. Allen, C.S., Pike, J., Pudsey, C.J., and Leventer, A. 2005. Fluctuations in Southern Ocean conditions during the Late Quaternary; Falkland Trough, Southwest Atlantic, Paleoceanography, 20, 2, PA201210.1029/2004PA001055. DiTullio, G.R., Geesey, M.E., Leventer, A.R. and Lizotte, M.P. 2003. Algal Pigment Ratios in the Ross Sea: Implications for CHEMTAX Analysis of Southern Ocean Data, In: AGU Antarctic Research Series, Special Volume on Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea, 78, 35-52. Dunbar, R.B., Arrigo, K.R., Lutz, M., DiTullio, G.R., Leventer, A., Lizotte, M.P., Van Woert, M.P., and Robinson, D.H. 2003. Non-Redfield production and export of marine organic matter: A recurrent part of the annual cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, In: AGU Antarctic Research Series, Special Volume on Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea, 78, 179-196. Domack, E., Leventer, A., Burnett, A., Bindschadler, R., Convey, P., and Kirby, M. (eds.). 2003. AGU Antarctic Research Series, Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: A Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective, 272 pp. Domack, E.W., Burnett, A., and Leventer, A. 2003. Environmental setting of the Antarctic Peninsula, In: AGU Antarctic Research Series, Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: A Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective, 79, 1-13. Domack, E.W., Leventer, A., Root, S., Ring, J., Williams, E., Carlson, D., Hirshorn, E., Wright, W. and Burr, G. 2003. Marine sediment record of natural environmental variability and recent warming in the Antarctic Peninsula, In: AGU Antarctic Research Series, Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: A Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspective, 79, 205-224. Brachfeld, S., Domack, E., Kissel, C., Laj, C., Leventer, A., Ishman, S., Gilbert, R., Camerlenghi, A., and Eglinton, L. 2003. Holocene history of the Larsen-A Ice Shelf constrained by geomagnetic paleointensity dating. Geology, 31, 9, 749–752. Taylor, F. and Leventer, A. 2003. Late Quaternary depositional environment in Prydz Bay, Antarctica: Preliminary interpretations from marine diatoms, Antarctic Science, 15, 4, 512-521. Arrigo, K.R., Robinson, D.H., Dunbar, R.B., Leventer, A.R., Barry, J., and Lizotte, M.P. 2003. Physical control of chlorophyll a, POC, and PON distributions in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi:10.1029/2001JC001138. Leventer, A. 2003. Particulate flux from sea ice in polar waters, In: Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Geology, Thomas, D.N. and Dieckmann, G.S. (eds.), Blackwell Science, pp. 303-332. Armand, L. and Leventer, A. 2003. Palaeo sea ice distribution; its reconstruction and significance, In: Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Geology, Thomas, D.N. and Dieckmann, G.S. (eds.), Blackwell Science, pp. 333-372.
Leventer, A. 2003. Particulate flux from sea ice in polar waters, In: Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Geology, Thomas, D.N. and Dieckmann, G.S. (eds.), Blackwell Science, p. 303-332. Armand, L. and Leventer, A. 2003. Palaeo sea ice distribution; its reconstruction and significance, In: Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Geology, Thomas, D.N. and Dieckmann, G.S. (eds.), Blackwell Science, p. 333-372. Arrigo, K.R., Robinson, D.H., Dunbar, R.B., Leventer, A.R., Barry, J., and Lizotte, M.P. 2003. Physical control of chlorophyll a, POC, and PON distributions in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, in press. Leventer, A., Domack, E., Barkoukis, A., McAndrews, B., and Murray, J. 2002. Laminations from the Palmer Deep: a diatom-based interpretation, Paleoceanography, 17(3), 1-15. Domack, E., Leventer, A., Gilbert, R., Brachfeld, S., Ishman, S., Carmelenghi, A., Carlson, D., and Barkoukis, A. 2001. Cruise reveals history of Holocene Larsen Ice Shelf, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82, 2, 13, 16-17. Camerlenghi, A., Rebesco, M., Domack, E., Gilbert, R., Leventer, A., Brachfeld, S., and Ishman, S. 2001. Glacial geomorphology and post-glacial drift sedimentation in northern Prince Gustave Channel (Western Weddell Sea, Antarctica), Marine Geophysical Researches, 22, 417-443. Domack, E., Leventer, A., Dunbar, R., Taylor, F., Brachfeld, S., and ODP Leg 178 Scientific Party. 2001. Chronology of the Palmer Deep site, Antarctic Peninsula: a Holocene palaeoenvironmental reference for the circum-Antarctic, The Holocene, 11, 1, 1-9. DiTullio, G.R., Grebmeier, J., Lizotte, M., Arrigo, K.R., Robinson, D.H., Leventer, A., Barry, J., VanWoert, M., and Dunbar, R.B. 2000. Rapid export of Phaeocystis antarctica blooms to deep water and sediments of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Nature, 404, 595-598. |
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