Publications
2018
Lowry, K. E., R. S. Pickart, M. M. Mills, A. Pacini, V. Selz, K. M. Lewis, H. J. Warren, C. Nobre, K. R. Arrigo. Under-ice phytoplankton bloom dynamics controlled by spring convective mixing in refreezing leads of open water. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(1): 90-109. Article featured on journal cover.
Mills, M. M., Z. W. Brown, S. Laney, E. Ortega-Retuerta, K. E. Lowry, G. L. van Dijken, K. R. Arrigo. Nitrogen limitation of the summer phytoplankton and heterotrophic prokaryote communities in the Chukchi Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5:362.
Lewis, K. M., A. E. Arntsen, P. Coupel, H. Joy-Warren, K. E. Lowry, A. Matsuoka, M. M. Mills, G. L. van Dijken, V. Selz, K. R. Arrigo. Photoacclimation of Arctic Ocean phytoplankton to shifting light and nutrient limitation. Limnology and Oceanography.
Selz, V., K. E. Lowry, K. M. Lewis, H. Joy-Warren, W. van de Poll, S. Nirmel, A. Tong, and K. R. Arrigo. Distribution of Phaeocystis antarctica-dominated sea ice algal communities and their potential to seed phytoplankton across the west Antarctic Peninsula in spring. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 586:91-112.
2017
Selz, V., S. Laney, A. Arnsten, K. Lewis, K. E. Lowry, H. Joy-Warren, M. M. Mills, G. van Dijken, K. R. Arrigo, 2017. Late spring and early summer ice algal community distributions and coupling with the phytoplankton across the Chukchi and adjacent Beaufort Sea. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(3):1109-1133.
Arrigo, K. R., G. L. van Dijken, A.-C. Alderkamp, Z. E. Erickson, K. M. Lewis, K. E. Lowry, H. L. Joy-Warren, R. Middag, J. E. Nash-Arrigo, V. Selz, 2017. Early season phytoplankton dynamics in the western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(12):9350-9369.
Arrigo, K. R., M. M. Mills, G. L. van Dijken, K. E. Lowry, R. S. Pickart, R. Schlitzer, 2017. Late spring nitrate distributions beneath the ice-covered Chukchi Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 122:2409–2417.
2016
Yager, P. L., R. M. Sherrell, S. E. Stammerjohn, H. W. Ducklow, O. M. Schofield, E. D. Ingall, S. E. Wilson, K. E. Lowry, C. M. Williams, L. Riemann, S. Bertilsson, A-C Alderkamp, J. Dinasquet, S. Kjellerup, R. Logares, J. Melara, L. Mu, R. G. Newstead, A. Post, I. Richardt, R. Swalethorp, G.L. van Dijken, 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, 4:140.
Strong, A. L., K. E. Lowry, Z. W. Brown, M. M. Mills, G. L. van Dijken, R. S. Pickart, L. W. Cooper, K. E. Frey, R. Benner, C. G. Fichot, J. T. Mathis, N. R. Bates, K. R. Arrigo, 2016. Mass balance estimates of carbon export in different water masses of the Chukchi Sea shelf. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 130: 88-99.
2015
Lowry, K. E., R. S. Pickart, M. M. Mills, Z. W. Brown, G. L. van Dijken, N. R. Bates, K. R. Arrigo, 2015. The influence of winter water on phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 108A: 53-72.
Stammerjohn, S., T. Maksym, R. Massom, K. E. Lowry, K. R. Arrigo, X. Yuan, M. Raphael, E. Randall-Goodwin, R. M. Sherrell, P. L. Yager, 2015. Seasonal sea ice changes in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 3:55.
Ducklow, H., S. E. Wilson, A. Post, S. Stammerjohn, M. Erickson, S. Lee, K. E. Lowry, R. M. Sherrell, P. L. Yager, 2015. Particle flux on the continental shelf in the Amundsen Sea Polynya and Western Antarctic Peninsula. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 3:46.
Alderkamp, A.-C., G. L. van Dijken, K. E. Lowry, T. L. Connelly, M. Langstrom, R. M. Sherrell, C. Haskins, E. Rogalsky, O. Schofield, S. E. Stammerjohn, P. L. Yager, K. R. Arrigo, 2015. Fe availability drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates during spring bloom in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 3:43.
Brown, Z. W., K. E. Lowry, M. A. Palmer, G. L. van Dijken, M. M. Mills, R. S. Pickart, K. R. Arrigo, 2015. Characterizing the subsurface Chlorophyll a maximum in the Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 118A: 88-104.
Mills, M. M., Z. W. Brown, K. E. Lowry, G. L. van Dijken, S. Becker, S. Pal, C. Benitez-Nelson, A. L. Strong, K. R. Arrigo, 2015. Impacts of low phytoplankton NO3-: PO43- utilization ratios over the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 118A: 105-121.
2014
Mu, L, S. E. Stammerjohn, K. E. Lowry, P. L. Yager, 2014. Spatial variability of surface pCO2 and air-sea CO2 flux in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2:36.
Garay, L., A. M. Wotkyns, K. E. Lowry, J. Warburton, A.-C. Alderkamp, P. L. Yager, 2014. ASPIRE: Teachers and researchers working together to enhance student learning. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2:34.
Lowry, K. E., G. L. van Dijken, K. R. Arrigo, 2014. Evidence of under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea from 1998 to 2012. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 105: 105-117.
Arrigo, K. R., D. K. Perovich, R. S. Pickart, Z. W. Brown, G. L. van Dijken, K. E. Lowry, M. M. Mills, M. A. Palmer, W. M. Balch, N. R. Bates, C. R. Benitez-Nelson, E. Brownlee, K. E. Frey, S. R. Laney, J. Mathis, A. Matsuoka, B. G. Mitchell, G. W. K. Moore, R. A. Reynolds, H. M. Sosik, J. H. Swift, 2014. Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi Sea, Deep-Sea Research Part II. 105: 1-16.
2013
Palmer, M. A., G. L. van Dijken, B. G. Mitchell, B. J. Seegers, K. E. Lowry, M. M. Mills, K. R. Arrigo, 2013. Light and nutrient control of photosynthesis in natural phytoplankton populations from the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Arctic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 58(6): 2185-2205.
2012
Yager, P. L., R. M. Sherrell, S. E. Stammerjohn, A.-C. Alderkamp, O. Schofield, E. P. Abrahamsen, K. R. Arrigo, S. Bertilsson, D. Garay, R. Guerrero, K. E. Lowry, P.-O Moksnes, K. Ndungu, A. F. Post, E. Randall-Goodwin, L. Riemann, S. Severmann, G. L. van Dijken, S. Wilson, 2012. ASPIRE: The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition. Oceanography, 25(3): 40-53.
Arrigo, K. R., K. E. Lowry, and G. L. van Dijken, 2012. Annual changes in sea ice and phytoplankton in polynyas of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 71-76: 5-15.
Arrigo, K. R., D. K. Perovich, R. S. Pickart, Z. W. Brown, G. L. van Dijken, K. E. Lowry, M. M. Mills, M. A. Palmer, W. M. Balch, F. Bahr, N. R. Bates, C. Benitez-Nelson, B. Bowler, E. Brownlee, J. K. Ehn, K. E. Frey, R. Garley, S. R. Laney, L. Lubelczyk, J. Mathis, A. Matsuoka, B. G. Mitchell, G. W. K. Moore, E. Ortega-Retuerta, S. Pal, C. M. Polashenski, R. A. Reynolds, B. Scheiber, H. M. Sosik, M. Stephens, J. H. Swift, 2012. Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice, Science, 336: 1408.
Highlighted publications
- Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice. Science
- Under-ice phytoplankton bloom dynamics controlled by spring convective mixing in refreezing leads of open water. On the cover of Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- The influence of winter water on phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II
- Evidence of under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea from 1998 to 2012. Deep-Sea Research Part II
Select Media and Press Releases
- Life Blooms Under Arctic Ice. AAAS Science News
- ICESCAPE Mission Measures High Chlorophyll-a Under the Ice. NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
- NASA mission, led by Stanford biologist, finds massive algal blooms under Arctic sea ice. Stanford Report