North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle

Biography:
Francisco P. Chavez

Francisco P. Chavez
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
Tel: (831) 775-1709; Fax: (831) 775-1620

Education

1987
Ph.D. Botany, Duke University

1977
B.S. Oceanography, Humboldt State University

Research Interests

Biology and chemistry of the ocean in relation to natural climate variability and global change. Global carbon cycle. Instrumentation and systems for long-term ocean observing. Satellite remote sensing.

Employment History

2000-present
Senior Scientist , MBARI

2000-present
Faculty (courtesy), Stanford University

1996-2000
Associate Scientist (III), MBARI

1992-1996
Associate Scientist (II), MBARI

1990-present
Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz

1987-1992
Assistant Scientist, MBARI

Professional Service/Activities

Member - JGOFS time series oversight committee

Reviewer - Chilean Oceanographic Program, Peruvian Fisheries Program

NSF Alan Waterman award committee

NSF Advisory Committee for the Geoscience Directorate

Board of Directors - Center for Integrated Marine Technologies

Science Team - Global Eulerian Observations

Publications

Barber, R.T. and F.P. Chavez. 1983. Biological consequences of El Nińo. Science 222:1203-1210.

Chavez, F.P., R.T. Barber and H. Soldi S. 1984. Propagated temperature changes during onset and recovery of the 1982-83 El Nińo. Nature 309:47-49.

Barber, R.T. and F.P. Chavez. 1986. Ocean variability in relation to living resources during the 1982-83 El Nińo. Nature 319:279-285.

Chavez, F.P. (1987). El Nińo y la Oscilacion del Sur. Investigacion y Ciencia (Spanish edition of Scientific American) 128:46-55.

Martin, J.H. et al. 1994. Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 371:123-129.

Paytan, A., M. Kastner and F.P. Chavez. 1996. Glacial to interglacial fluctuations in productivity in the Equatorial Pacific as indicated by marine barite. Science 274:1355-1377.

Coale, K.H et al. 1996. A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 383:495-501.

Johnson, K.S., F.P. Chavez and G.E. Friederich. 1999. Continental shelf sediment as a primary source of iron for coastal phytoplankton. Nature 398:697-700.

Chavez, F.P., P.G. Strutton, G.E. Friederich, R.A. Feely, G.A. Feldman, D. Foley and M.J. McPhaden. 1999. Biological and chemical response of the equatorial Pacific Ocean to the 1997-1998 El Nio. Science 286:2126-2131.

Chavez, F.P., J.P. Ryan, S. Lluch-Cota and M. iquen C. 2003. From anchovies to sardines and back-Multidecadal change in the Pacific Ocean. Science 299:217-221.

Chavez, F.P. and J.R. Toggweiler. 1995. Physical estimates of global new production: the upwelling contribution, In Upwelling in the Ocean: Modern Processes and Ancient Records, Summerhayes, C.P., Emeis, K.C., Angel, M.V., Smith, R.L., and Zeitzschel, B., (eds.), p. 313-320, J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Chavez, F.P., J.T. Pennington, R. Herlien, H. Jannasch, G. Thurmond and G.E. Friederich. 1997. Moorings and drifters for real-time interdisciplinary oceanography. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 14:1199-1211.

Chavez, F.P. and C. Collins, eds. 1998. Studies of the California Current System, Deep-Sea Research II, Volume 45.

Olivieri, R.O. and F.P. Chavez. 2000. A model of plankton dynamics for the coastal upwelling system of Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Research II 47:1077-1105.

Pennington, J.T. and F.P. Chavez. 2000. Seasonal fluctuations of temperature, salinity, nitrate, chlorophyll and primary production at station H3/M1 over 1989-1996 in Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Research II 47:947-973.

Chavez, F.P. and C. Collins,eds. 2000. Studies of the California Current System Part 2, Deep-Sea Research II 47:5-6.

Johnson, K.S., F.P. Chavez, V.A. Elrod, S.E. Fitzwater, J.T. Pennington, K.R. Buck and P.M. Walz. 2001. The annual cycle of iron and the biological response in central California coastal waters. Geophysical Research Letters 28:1247-1250.

Johnson, K.S., C.K. Paull, J.P. Barry and F.P. Chavez. 2001. A decadal record of underflows from a coastal river into the deep sea. Geology 29:1019-1022.

Friederich, G., P. Walz, M. Burczynski and F.P. Chavez. 2002. Inorganic Carbon in the Central California Upwelling System During the 1997-1999 El Nińo -La Nina Event. Progress in Oceanography 54:185-204.

Chavez, F.P, C.A. Collins, A. Huyer and D. Mackas (eds). 2002. El Nińo along the west coast of North America. Progress in Oceanography 54:1-6.

Collins, C.A. J.T. Pennington, C.G. Castro, T.A. Rago and F.P. Chavez. 2003. The California Current system off Monterey, California: Physical and biological coupling. Deep-Sea Research II. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00134-6