(Students/Post-Docs/Technicians denoted with *, thesis committee students denoted with †)
Book Chapters
Kudela, RM 2008. Silicon:nitrogen interactions in the marine environment. In D. Bronk, M. Mulholland, D. Capone and E. Carpenter (eds). Nitrogen in the Marine Environment. Academic Press, pp. 1561-1598. [Invited chapter, peer-reviewed]
Bernard, S, RM Kudela, P Franks, W Fennel, A Kemp, A Fawcett, and GC Pitcher. 2006. The requirement for forecasting harmful algal blooms in the Benguela. In V. Shannon, G. Hempel, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, C. Moloney and J. Woods (eds.). Large Marine Ecosystems, Vol. 14. Elsevier. [peer-reviewed]
Croll, DA, R Kudela, and BR Tershy. 2006. Ecosystem impact of the decline of large whales in the North Pacific. In J.A. Estes, D.P. DeMaster, D.F. Doak, T.M. Williams, and R.L. Brownell Jr. (eds.). Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems. UC Press, pp. 202-214 [peer-reviewed].
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Articles
Zehr, JP, and RM Kudela. 2011. Nitrogen cycle of the open ocean: from genes to ecosystems. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 3: 5.1-5.29.
Kudela, RM, AR Horner-Devine, NS Banas, BM Hickey, TD *Peterson, RM McCabe, EJ Lessard, E Frame, KW Bruland, DA Jay, JO Peterson, WT Peterson, PM Kosro, SL *Palacios, MC Lohan, and EP Dever. 2010. Multiple trophic levels fueled by recirculation in the Columbia River plume. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2010GL044342.
Kudela, RM, MDA *Howard, B *Jenkins, PE Miller, and GJ Smith. 2010. Using the molecular toolbox to compare harmful algal blooms in upwelling systems. Progress in Oceanography, 85: 108-121.
Kudela, RM, S Seeyave, and WP Cochlan. The role of nutrients in regulation and promotion of harmful algal blooms in upwelling systems. Progress in Oceanography, 85: 122-135.
Hickey BM, Kudela RM, Nash JD, Bruland KW, Peterson WT, MacCready P, Lessard EJ, Jay DA, Banas NS, Baptista AM, Dever EP, Kosro PM, Kilcher LK, Horner-Devine AR, Zaron ED, McCabe RM, Peterson J, Orton P, Pan J, Lohan MC. 2010. River influences on shelf ecosystems: Introduction and synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115: C00B17, doi:10.1029/2009JC005452.
Zehr, JP and RM Kudela. 2009. Photosynthesis in the open ocean. Science, 326: 945-946.
Kudela, RM and TD *Peterson. 2009. Influence of a buoyant river plume on phytoplankton nutrient dynamics: what controls standing stocks and productivity? Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: C00B11, doi:10.1029/2008JC004913 [peer-reviewed].
Ryan, JP, A Fischer, R Kudela, J Gower, S King, R Marin III, and F Chavez. 2009. Influences of upwelling and downwelling winds on red tide bloom dynamics in Monterey Bay, California. Continental Shelf Research 29: 785-795 [peer-reviewed].
Banas, NS, EJ Lessard, RM Kudela, P MacCready, TD *Peterson, BM Hickey, and E Frame. 2009. Correction to “Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study” Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: C00B13, doi:10.1029/2009JC005717 [peer-reviewed].
Banas, NS, EJ Lessard, RM Kudela, P MacCready, TD *Peterson, BM Hickey, and E Frame. 2009. Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: C00B06, doi:10.1029/2008JC004993 [peer-reviewed].
Kahru, M, RM Kudela, M Manzano-Sarabia, and BG Mitchell. 2009. Trends in primary production in the California Current detected with satellite data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: C02004, doi:02010.01029/02008JC004979 [peer-reviewed].
Teo, S, R Kudela, A Rais, C Perle, D Costa, and B Block. 2009, Estimating chlorophyll profiles from electronic tags deployed on pelagic animals, Aquatic Biology, 5: 195-207 [peer-reviewed].
*Palacios, SL, TD *Peterson, and RM Kudela. Development of synthetic salinity from remote sensing for the Columbia River plume. Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, C00B05, doi: 10.1029/2008JC004895.
*Lane, JQ, P Raimondi, and RM Kudela. 2009. The development of a logistic regression model for the prediction of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia blooms in Monterey Bay, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 383: 37-51 [peer-reviewed].
*Anderson, CR, DA Siegel, RM Kudela, and MA Brzezinski. 2009. Empirical models of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia blooms: potential use as a remote detection tool in the Santa Barbara Channel. Harmful Algae, 8, 478-492. [peer-reviewed].
*Howard, MDA, GJ Smith, and RM Kudela. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of yessotoxin-producing dinoflagellates based on the large subunit and internal transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75: 54-63, doi:10.1128/AEM.00818-08.
Jessup DA, MA Miller, JP Ryan, HM Nevins, HA Kerkering, A Mekebri, DB Crane, TA †Johnson, and RM Kudela. 2009. Mass stranding of marine birds caused by a surfactant-producing red tide. Public Library of Science—ONE, 4(2): e4550. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004550.
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Litaker RW, Stewart TN, LeEberhardt B-TL, Wekell JC, Trainer VL, Kudela RM, Miller PE, Roberts A, Hertz C, Johnson TA, Frankfurter G, Smith GJ, Schnetzer A, Schumaker J, Bastian JL, Odell A, Gentien P, Le Gal D, Hardison DR, Tester PA (2008) Rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of the algal toxin domoic acid. Journal of Shellfish Research, 27:1301-1310 [peer-reviewed].
Kudela, R.M., JQ *Lane, and WP Cochlan. 2008. The potential role of anthropogenically derived nitrogen in the growth of harmful algae in California, USA. Harmful Algae 8, 103-110 [peer-reviewed].
Cochlan, WP, J Herndon, and RM Kudela. 2008. Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen Uptake by the toxigenic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae). Harmful Algae 8, 111-118 [peer-reviewed].
Anderson, D., J. Burkholder, W. Cochlan, P. Glibert, C. Gobler, C. Heil, R. Kudela, M. Parsons, J. Rensell, D. Townsend, V. Trainer, and G. Vargo (2008), Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examples and linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States, Harmful Algae, 8, 39-53 [peer-reviewed].
Kudela, RM, NS Banas, JA Barth, ER Frame, D Jay, JL Largier, EJ Lessard, TD *Peterson, and AJ *Vander Woude. 2008. New insights into the controls and mechanisms of plankton productivity along the US West Coast. Oceanography, 21(4): 46-59.
Penta, B, Z Lee, R Kudela, S *Palacios, D Gray, J Jolliff, and I Shulman. 2008. An underwater light attenuation scheme for marine ecosystem models. Optics Express, 16(21): 16581-16592.
*Howard, M., Silver, M., & Kudela, R. (2008) Yessotoxin detected in mussel (Mytilus californicus) and phytoplankton samples from the US west coast. Harmful Algae, 7, 646-652, doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.01.003. [peer-reviewed]
Ryan, JP, JFR Gower, SA King, WP Bissett, AM Fischer, RM Kudela, Z Kolber, FM Mazzillo, EV Rienecker, and FP Chavez. 2008. A coastal ocean extreme bloom incubator. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L12602, doi:10.1029/2008GL034081 [peer-reviewed].
Glibert, PM, R Azanza, M Burford, K Furuya, E Abal, A Al-Azri, F Al-Yamani, P Andersen, DM Anderson, J Beardall, GM Berg, L Brand, D Bronk, J Brookes, JM Burkholder, A Cembella, WP Cochlan, J Collier, Y Collos, R Diaz, M Doblin, T Drennen, S Dyhrman, Y Fukuyo, M Furnas, J Galloway, E Granéli, DV Ha, G Hallegraeff, J Harrison, PJ Harrison, C Heil, K Heimann, R Howarth, C Jauein, AA Kana, TM Kana, H Kim, R Kudela, C Legrand, M Mallin, M Mulholland, S Murray, J O’Neil, G Pitcher, Y Qi, N Rabalais, R Raine, S Seitzinger, PS Salomon, C Solomon, DK Stoecker, G Usup, J Wilson, K Yin, M Zhou, and M Zhu. 2008. Ocean urea fertilization for carbon credits pose high ecological risks. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56, 1049-1056 [peer-reviewed].
Kudela, R, J Ryan, M *Blakely, J *Lane, and T *Peterson. 2008. Linking the physiology and ecology of Cochlodinium to better understand harmful algal bloom events: A comparative approach. Harmful Algae, 7, 278-292 [peer-reviewed].
McManus, M, R Kudela, M Silver, G Steward, P Donaghay, and J Sullivan. 2008. Cryptic blooms: Are thin layers the missing connection? Estuaries and Coasts. 31(2), 396-401 [peer-reviewed].
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Kudela, RM and SL Palacios. 2007. Optical characterization and age estimates of river plumes on the US west coast. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6680, 66800L, doi: 19.1117/12.735959.
Hare, C, K Leblanc, G DiTullio, R Kudela, Y Zhang, P Lee, S Riseman, and D Hutchins. 2007. Consequences of increased temperature and CO2 for phytoplankton community structure in the Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 352, 9-16 [peer-reviewed].
†Simmons, SE, DE Crocker, RM Kudela, and DP Costa. 2007. Linking foraging behaviour of the northern elephant seal with oceanography and bathymetry at mesoscales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 346, 265-275 [peer-reviewed].
†Fawcett, A, GC Pitcher, S Bernard, AD Cembella, and RM Kudela. 2007. Contrasting wind patterns and toxigenic phytoplankton in the southern Benguela upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348: 19-31 [peer-reviewed].
*Howard, MDA, N Ladizinsky, WP Cochlan, and RM Kudela. 2007. Nitrogenous preference of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) from field and laboratory experiments. Harmful Algae, 6, 206-217 [peer-reviewed].
†Anderson, CR, MA Brzezinski, L Washburn, and R Kudela. 2006. Mesoscale circulation effects on a toxic diatom bloom in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 327, 119-133 [peer-reviewed].
*Armstrong, MD, and R Kudela. 2006. Evaluation of California isolates of Lingulodinium polyedrum for the production of yessotoxin. African Journal of Marine Science. 28(2), 399-402 [peer-reviewed]
Hickey, B, A MacFadyen, W Cochlan, R Kudela, K Bruland, and C Trick. 2006. Evolution of chemical, biological, and physical water properties in the northern California Current in 2005: Remote or local forcing? Geophysical Research Letters 33, L22S02, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026782. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM, WP Cochlan, TD *Peterson, and CW Trick. 2006. Impacts on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Pacific Northwest during the warm ocean conditions of 2005. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L22S06, 2833-28498. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela RM, N Garfield, and KW Bruland. 2006. Bio-optical signatures and biogeochemistry from intense upwelling and relaxation in coastal California. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 2999-3022. [peer-reviewed]
Largier JL, CA Lawrence, M Roughan, DM Kaplan, EP Dever, CE Dorman, RM Kudela, SM Bollens, FP Wilkerson, RC Dugdale, LW Botsford, N Garfield, B Kuebel-Cervantes, and D Koracin. 2006. WEST: a northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton communities. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 2833-2849. [peer-reviewed]
*Vander Woude AJ, JL Largier, and RM Kudela. 2006. Nearshore retention of upwelled waters north and south of Point Reyes (northern California): patterns of surface temperature and chlorophyll observed in CoOP WEST. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 2985-2998. [peer-reviewed]
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†Weise, MJ, DP Costa, and RM Kudela. 2006. At-sea movement and diving behavior of male California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) during 2004 and 2005. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L22S10, doi:10.1029/2006GL027113. [peer-reviewed]
Dierssen, HM, RM Kudela, JP Ryan, and RC Zimmerman. 2006. Red and black tides: Quantitative analysis of water-leaving radiance and perceived color for phytoplankton, colored dissolved organic matter, and suspended sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(6): 2646-2659. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, R, G Pitcher, T Probyn, F Figueiras, T Moita, and V Trainer. 2005. Harmful Algal Blooms in coastal upwelling systems. Oceanography 18(2): 184-197. [peer-reviewed]
Ryan, JP, HM Dierssen, RM Kudela, CA Scholin, KS Johnson, JM Sullivan, AM Fischer, EV Rienecker, PR McEnaney, and FP Chavez. 2005. Coastal ocean physics and red tides: An example from Monterey Bay, California. Oceanography 18(2): 214-223. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM, WP Cochlan, and A *Roberts. 2004. Spatial and temporal patterns of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in central California related to regional oceanography. Harmful Algal Blooms 2002. Steidinger, K. et al. (Eds.). Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, pp. 347-349. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM, A *Roberts, and M *Armstrong. 2004. Laboratory Analyses of Nutrient Stress and Toxin Production in Pseudo-nitzschia spp. from Monterey Bay, California. Harmful Algal Blooms 2002. Steidinger, K. et al. (Eds.). Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, pp. 136-138. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 2004. The impact of coastal runoff on ocean color during an El Niño year in central California. Deep-Sea Research II, 51, 1173-1185. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.04.002. [peer-reviewed]
Coale KH, Johnson KS, Chavez FP, Buesseler KO, Barber RT, Brzezinski MA, Cochlan WP, Millero FJ, Falkowski PG, Bauer JE, Wanninkof RH, Kudela RM, Altabet MA, Hales BE, Takahashi T, Landry MR, Bidigare RR, Wang X, Chase Z, Strutton PG, Friederich GE, Gorbunov MY, Lance VP, Hilting AK, Hiscock MR, Demarest M, Hiscock WT, Sullivan KF, Tanner SJ, Gordon RM, Hunter CN, Elrod VA, Fitzwater SE, Jones JL, Tozzi S, Koblizek M, *Roberts AE, Herndon J, Brewster J, Ladizinsky N, Smith G, Cooper D, Sheridan CC, Twining BS, Johnson ZI. 2004. Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon cycling in high- and low-Si waters. Science 304:408-414. [peer-reviewed]
Berelson, W, J McManus, K Coale, K Johnson, D Burdige, T Kilgore, D Colodner F Chavez, R Kudela, J Boucher. 2003. A time series of benthic flux measurements from Monterey Bay, CA. Continental Shelf Research, 23: 457-481. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM, N Garfield, L Kaupp, G Smith, and KW Bruland. 2002. Bio-optical signatures from intense upwelling and relaxation in coastal California. SPIE, Ocean Optics XVI (CD-ROM distribution).
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 2002. Multi-platform remote sensing of new production in central California during the 1997-1998 El Niño. Progress in Oceanography 54: 233-249.. [peer-reviewed]
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Kudela, RM and WP Cochlan. 2000. Nitrogen and Carbon Uptake Kinetics and the Influence of Irradiance for a Red Tide Bloom Off Southern California. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 21: 31-47. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 2000. Modeling the impact of the 1992 El Niño on new production in Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 1055-1076. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and RC Dugdale. 2000. Nutrient regulation of phytoplankton productivity in Monterey Bay, California. Deep-Sea Res. II 47: 1023-1053. [peer-reviewed]
Wilkerson, FP, RC Dugdale, FP Chavez, and RM Kudela. 2000. Biomass and productivity in Monterey Bay, CA: contribution of the large phytoplankton. Deep-Sea Res. II 47:1003-1022. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 1999. Changes in phytoplankton structure during the 1997-1998 El Niño in central California. SPIE, Ocean Optics XIV (CD-ROM distribution).
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 1997. Estimating new production from the quantum yield of nitrate uptake. SPIE Vol. 2963, Ocean Optics XIII, 471-476.
Kudela, RM, WP Cochlan and RC Dugdale. 1997. Carbon and nitrogen uptake response to light by phytoplankton during an upwelling event. J. Plankton Res. 19: 609-630. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and RC Dugdale. 1996. Estimation of new production from remotely sensed data in a coastal upwelling regime. Adv. Space Res.18: 91-97. [peer-reviewed]
Kudela, RM and FP Chavez. 1996. Bio-optical properties in relation to an algal bloom caused by iron enrichment in the equatorial Pacific. Geophys. Res. Letters, 23: 3751-3754. [peer-reviewed]
Coale, KH, KS Johnson, SE Fitzwater, RM Gordon, S Tanner, FP Chavez, L Ferioli, C Sakamoto, P Rogers, F Millero, P Steinberg, P Nightingale, D Cooper, W Cochlan, MR Landry, J Constantinou, G Rollwagen, A Trasvina and R Kudela. 1996. A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 383: 495-501. [peer-reviewed]
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Published Proceedings
Chien, S, Doubleday, J, Tran, D, Thompson, D, Mahoney, D, Chao, Y, Castano, R, Ryan, J, Kudela, R, Palacios, S, Foley, D, Balasuriya, A, Schmidt, H, Schofield, O, Arrott, M, Meissinger, M, Mandl, D, Frye, S, Ong, L, and Cappelaere, P. 2009. Towards an autonomous space in-situ marine sensorweb. AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, 6-9 April 2009, Seattle, WA. AIAA 2009-1986.
Kudela, RM, 2006. Linking the physiology and ecology of the harmful red tide organism Cochlodinium to better understand bloom events. Recent progress on the research and management of Cochlodinium blooms pp. 51-56, Cheju National University, Republic of Korea.
Cochlan, WP and RM Kudela. 2005. The Southern Ocean iron enrichment experiment: the nitrogen uptake response. In: Report of the 2004 Workshop on In Situ Iron Enrichment Experiments in the Eastern and Western Subarctic Pacific. PISCES Scientific Report 31.
Ryan, J, F Chavez, J Bellingham, E Rienecker, H Dierssen, R Kudela, A Vander Woude, and R Maffione. 2002. Environmental processes in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Studies integrating AVIRIS and synoptic in situ sensing. Proceedings of the 2004 JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.. JPL Publication 87-38.
Other
MacCready, P and R Kudela. 2007. Update: River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems—RISE. Newsletter of Coastal Ocean Processes, Issue 2, August 2007.
Pitcher, G, F Figueiras, R Kudela, T Probyn, T Moita, S Sanchez, V Trainer, E Urban, and H Enevoldsen. 2006. GEOHAB Core Research Project—HABs in upwelling systems: call for participants. Harmful Algae News, 31: 9-11.
Pitcher, G, T Moita, V Trainer, R Kudela, P Figueiras, and T Probyn. 2005. GEOHAB Core Research Project: HABs in upwelling systems. SCOR and IOC, Baltimore and Paris.
Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms: A Research Plan. 2001. Submitted to the United States Congress by the National Sea Grant Program.
Kudela, RM 2000. New applications for satellite oceanography in WEST. Newsletter of Coastal Ocean Processes, Issue 12, December 2000.
Kudela, RM 1995. Characterization and Prediction of Planktonic Nitrogenous Nutrition and New Production in Monterey Bay, California: Nutrient and Physiological Interactions. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California.
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