Maureen Conte Explained

Maureen Conte
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Thesis Title:The biogeochemistry of particulate lipids in warm-core Gulf Stream ring systems
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1990

Maureen Hatcher Conte is biogeochemist known for her work using particles to define the long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawater.

Education and career

Conte has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (1975), and an M.A. (1982), M.Phil. (1987), and Ph.D. (1989) from Columbia University.[1] Her Ph.D. examined lipids found in particles in the Gulf Stream.[2] Following her Ph.D. she conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Bristol before joining Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1994. As of 2022 Conte is a senior scientist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and a fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory.[3] Conte is the lead investigator for the Ocean Flux Program, a program that has been examining particles in the Sargasso Sea since 1978.[4] [5]

Research

Conte is known for her work on the organic compounds found in particles.[6] Her early work examined the consumption of organic matter,[7] and the development of methods to analyze lipids from seawater.[8] [9] Subsequently, she examined the different types of lipids found in organisms such as coccolithophores.[10] [11] At the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site, Conte has used long-term measurements of particles to quantify changes in the flux of organic carbon to the seafloor over time,[12] [13] and used the presence of alkenones in particles to track changes in ocean temperatures over time.[14] [15] Through her research she has characterized how hurricanes impact the flow of organic carbon to the seafloor,[16] [17] and examined the impact of cold shock on sea turtles that are trapped in cold waters off Cape Cod.[18] Conte's research involves spending extended periods of time on research ships,[19] and in 2020, her research was delayed because she could not collect her samples due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Maureen Conte Team Members About BIOS BIOS - Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences . 2022-04-09 . www.bios.edu . en.
  2. The biogeochemistry of particulate lipids in warm-core Gulf Stream ring systems . 1991 . English . Maureen Hatcher . Conte. 82869924.
  3. Web site: Conte CV . April 9, 2022.
  4. Conte . Maureen . Weber . JC . 2014-03-01 . Particle Flux in the Deep Sargasso Sea: The 35-Year Oceanic Flux Program Time Series . Oceanography . 27 . 1 . 142–147 . 10.5670/oceanog.2014.17 . 1042-8275. free . 1912/6582 . free .
  5. Book: Earle . Sylvia A. . Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas . Glover . Linda . Glover . Linda K. . 2009 . National Geographic Books . 978-1-4262-0319-0 . 121 . en.
  6. March 2005 . Autobiographical Sketches of Women in Oceanography . Oceanography . 18 . 1 . 97.
  7. Bishop . J.K.B. . Conte . M.H. . Wiebe . P.H. . Roman . M.R. . Langdon . C. . 1986 . Particulate matter production and consumption in deep mixed layers: observations in a warm-core ring . Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers . en . 33 . 11–12 . 1813–1841 . 10.1016/0198-0149(86)90081-6. 1986DSRA...33.1813B .
  8. Conte . Maureen H. . Bishop . James K. B. . 1988 . Nanogram quantification of nonpolar lipid classes in environmental samples by high performance thin layer chromatography . Lipids . en . 23 . 5 . 493–500 . 10.1007/BF02535526 . 31322887 . 0024-4201.
  9. Conte . Maureen H. . Eglinton . Geoffrey . Madureira . Luiz A.S. . 1992 . Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates as palaeotemperature indicators: their production, flux and early sedimentary diagenesis in the Eastern North Atlantic . Organic Geochemistry . en . 19 . 1–3 . 287–298 . 10.1016/0146-6380(92)90044-X. 1992OrGeo..19..287C .
  10. Conte . Maureen H. . Thompson . Anthony . Eglinton . Geoffrey . Green . John C. . Lipid Biomarker Diversity in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania Huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) and the Related Species Gephyrocapsa Oceanica1 . 1995 . Journal of Phycology . en . 31 . 2 . 272–282 . 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00272.x . 85989423 . 0022-3646.
  11. Conte . Maureen H . Thompson . Anthony . Lesley . David . Harris . Roger P . 1998 . Genetic and Physiological Influences on the Alkenone/Alkenoate Versus Growth Temperature Relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa Oceanica . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . en . 62 . 1 . 51–68 . 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00327-X. 1998GeCoA..62...51C .
  12. Conte . Maureen H . Ralph . Nate . Ross . Edith H . 2001 . Seasonal and interannual variability in deep ocean particle fluxes at the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP)/Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) site in the western Sargasso Sea near Bermuda . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography . en . 48 . 8–9 . 1471–1505 . 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00150-8. 2001DSRII..48.1471C .
  13. Conte . M.H. . Dickey . T.D. . Weber . J.C. . Johnson . R.J. . Knap . A.H. . 2003 . Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea . Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers . en . 50 . 10–11 . 1157–1187 . 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00141-9. 2003DSRI...50.1157C .
  14. Conte . M.H . Weber . J.C . King . L.L . Wakeham . S.G . 2001 . The alkenone temperature signal in western North Atlantic surface waters . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta . en . 65 . 23 . 4275–4287 . 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00718-9. 2001GeCoA..65.4275C .
  15. Conte . Maureen H. . Sicre . Marie-Alexandrine . Rühlemann . Carsten . Weber . John C. . Schulte . Sonja . Schulz-Bull . Detlef . Blanz . Thomas . 2006 . Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (U K′ 37) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments: ALKENONE UNSATURATION INDEX . Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems . en . 7 . 2 . n/a . 10.1029/2005GC001054. 62825795 . 1912/652 . free .
  16. Web site: September 19, 2019 . Hurricane Nicole sheds light on how storms impact deep ocean . 2022-04-09 . phys.org . en.
  17. Pedrosa‐Pàmies . R. . Conte . M. H. . Weber . J. C. . Johnson . R. . 2019 . Hurricanes Enhance Labile Carbon Export to the Deep Ocean . Geophysical Research Letters . en . 46 . 17–18 . 10484–10494 . 10.1029/2019GL083719 . 2019GeoRL..4610484P . 202191389 . 0094-8276. free . 1912/24907 . free .
  18. Web site: Rec . Abigail . 2019-06-05 . Sea turtles trapped in Cape Cod Bay - How science is saving them . 2022-04-09 . Cape Cod LIFE . en-US.
  19. Book: Peterson, Christy . Into the Deep: Science, Technology, and the Quest to Protect the Ocean . 2020-04-07 . Millbrook Press . 978-1-5415-9584-2 . en.
  20. Web site: Moran . Barbara . May 15, 2020 . With Ships Docked And Labs Closed, Scientists' Field Research Season Fades Away . 2022-04-09 . www.wbur.org . en.

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