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VENRICK, ELIZABETH

Research Oceanographer

Degrees:

• B.A., Pomona College
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Phytoplankton ecology with emphasis on community structure and temporal variability
• Applied statistics and sampling design

Honors and Awards:

• One of ten outstanding young citizens of San Diego, San Diego Jaycees, 1977
• Headliner of the Year in Science, San Diego Press Club, 1977

Mentoring:

• Busse, Lilian (Post Doc; 2003-2005)

Reviewed articles, last five years

Venrick, E. L. Floral Patterns in the California Current: the Coastal-Offshore Boundary Zone. J. Mar. Res. (in press)

2008. Venrick, E. L., C. B. Lange, F. M. H. Reid and E. P. Dever. Temporal Patterns of Species Composition in the Santa Barbara Basin. J. Plankt. Res. 30: 283-297.

2007. Mantyla, A. W., S. J. Bograd and E. L. Venrick. Patterns of Chlorophyll-a and primary productivity cycles in the Southern California Bight. J. Mar. Syst. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.08.001 13pp.

2006. Venrick, E. L., F. M. H. Reid, A. Weinheimer, C. B. Lange and E. P. Dever. Temporal Patterns of Siliceous Flux in the Santa Barbara Basin: the Influence of North Pacific and Local Oceanographic Processes. CalCOFI Rep. 47: 156-173. (2006)

2005. Busse, L. B., E. L. Venrick, R. Antrobus, P. E. Miller, V. Vigilant, M. W. Silver, C. Mengelt, L. Midlarz and B. B. Prezelin. Domoic Acid in Phytoplankton and Fish in San Diego, CA, USA. Harmful Algae 5: 91-101.

2003. Venrick, E. L., C. B. Lange and F. M. H. Reid. Siliceous phytoplankton in the Santa Barbara Channel: a seven-year comparison of species in a near-bottom sediment trap and in water samples from the euphotic layer. CalCOFI Rep. 44: 107-122. (2003)

2003. Ohman, M. D. and E. L. Venrick. CalCOFI in a changing ocean. Oceanography, 16: 76-86. (review article)

2002. Venrick, E. L. Floral Patterns in the California Current System off Southern California: 1990-1996. J. Mar. Res. 60: 171-189.

2000. Venrick, E.L. Summer in the Ensenada Front: the distribution of phytoplankton species, July 1985 and September 1988. J. Plankton. Res. 22:813-841. Oxford Press.

1999. Venrick, E.L. Phytoplankton species structure in the central North pacific, 1973-1996; variability and persistence. Journal of Plankton Research 21: 1029-1042. Oxford Press.

1998. Hayward, T.L. and E.L. Venrick. Nearsurface pattern in the California Current: Coupling between physical and biological structure. Deep-Sea Research, 45: 1617-1638. Pergamon Press, UK.

1998. Venrick, E.L. Spring in the California Current: the distribution of phytoplankton species, April 1993 and April 1995. Marine Ecology Progress Series 167: 73-88. (1998) Inter-Research.

1998. Venrick, E.L. The phytoplankton of the Santa Barbara Basin: patterns of chlorophyll and species structure and their relationships with those of surrounding stations. CalCOFI Repts., 39: 124-132 CalCOFI Editorial Board.

unreviewed articles, past five years

2007. Goericke, R., E. Venrick, T. Koslow, W. Sydeman, F. B. Schwing, S. J. Bograd, W. T. Peterson, R. Emmett, J. R. Lara-Lara, G. Gaxiola-Castro, J. Gomez-Castro, K. D. Hyrenbach, R. W. Bradley, M. J. Weise, J. T. Harvey, C. Collins, N. C. H. Lo. The state of the California Current, 2006-207: regional and local processes dominate. CalCOFI Rep. 48: 33-74.

2006. Peterson, W. T., R. Emmett, R. Goericke, E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S. J. Bograd, F. B. Schwing, S. Ralston, K. A. Forney, R. Hewitt, N. Lo, W. Watson, J. Brlow, M. Lowry, B. E. Lavaniegos, F. Chavez, W. J. Sydeman, K. D. Hyrenbach, R. W. Bradley, P. Warzybok, K. Hunter, S. Benson, M. Weise, J. Harvey. The state of the California Current, 2005-2006: warm in the North, cool in the South. CalCOFI Rep 47: 30-74.

2005. Goericke, R., E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S. J. Bograd, F. B. Schwing, A. Huyer, R. L. Smith, P. A. Wheeler, R. Hoof, W. T. Peterson, F. Chavez, N. Lo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, R. Durazo, K. D. Hyrenbach, W. J. Sydeman. The state of the California Current, 2004-2005: still cool? CalCOFI Rep. 46: 32-71.

2004. Goericke, R., E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S. J. Bograd, F. B. Schwing, A. Huyer, R. L. Smith, P. A. Wheeler, R. Hoof, W. T. Peterson, G. Gaxiola-Castro, J. Gomez-Valdes, B. E. Lavaniegos, K. D. Hyrenbach, W. J. Sydeman. The state of the California Current, 2003-2004: a rare “normal” year, CalCOFI Rep. 45: 27-59.

2003. Venrick, E. L., S. J. Bograd, D. Checkley, R. Durazo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, J. Hunter, A. Huyer, K. D. Hyrenbach, B. E. Lavaniegos, A. Mantyla, F. B. Schwing, R. L. Smith, W. J. Sydeman, P. A. Wheeler. The state of the California Current, 2002-2003: tropical and subarctic influences vie for dominance, CalCOFI Rep. 44: 28-60.

Selected Earlier Publications

1990. Venrick, E. L. Phytoplankton in an oligotrophic ocean: Species structure and interannual variability. Ecology 71:1547-1563.

1998. Venrick, E. L. Spring in the California Current: The distribution of phytoplankton species, April 1993-April 1995. Marine Ecology Progress Series 167:73-88.

1998. Hayward, T. L. and E. L. Venrick. Nearsurface pattern in the California Current: coupling between physical and biological structure. Deep-Sea Res. II 45:1618-1638.

1999. Phytoplankton species structure in the central North Pacific, 1973-1996: Variability and persistence. Journal of Plankton Research 21:1029-1042.

2002. Floral patterns in the California Current system off southern California: 1990-1996. Journal of Marine Research 60:171-189.