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Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson

Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
12394
World Ranking
2397
National Ranking
1006

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work prominently covers topics related to marine and coastal ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, geology and paleoclimatology research, marine biology and ecology research, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, ocean acidification effects and responses, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Some recent publications include:

  • Particulate and Dissolved Organic Matter in Stormwater Runoff Influences Oxygen Demand in Urbanized Headwater Catchments (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Losses of Soil Organic Carbon with Deforestation in Mangroves of Madagascar (2020, Ecosystems)
  • An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment (2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene)
  • Extensive morphological variability in asexually produced planktic foraminifera (2020, Science Advances)
  • Biogenic sinking particle fluxes and sediment trap collection efficiency at Ocean Station Papa (2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson include:

  • Brian N. Popp
  • Ken O. Buesseler
  • Catherine V. Davis
  • Jeffrey C. Drazen
  • Hilary G. Close

They have published regularly in key venues such as Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, Limnology and Oceanography, and Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene stands out as the most frequent publication venue.

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in marine systems

    Claudia R Benitez-Nelson

  • Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Global distribution of atmospheric phosphorus sources, concentrations and deposition rates, and anthropogenic impacts

    Natalie Mahowald;Timothy D. Jickells;Alex R. Baker;Paulo Artaxo

  • Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations*

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Sebastian Engelstaedter;Chao Luo;Andrea Sealy

  • The Transcriptome and Proteome of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana Reveal a Diverse Phosphorus Stress Response

    Sonya T. Dyhrman;Bethany D. Jenkins;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Mak A. Saito

  • Mesoscale eddies drive increased silica export in the subtropical Pacific Ocean.

    Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Robert R. Bidigare;Tommy D. Dickey;Michael R. Landry

  • An assessment of particulate organic carbon to thorium-234 ratios in the ocean and their impact on the application of 234Th as a POC flux proxy

    K.O. Buesseler;C.R. Benitez-Nelson;S.B. Moran;A. Burd

  • Fukushima Daiichi–Derived Radionuclides in the Ocean: Transport, Fate, and Impacts

    Ken O. Buesseler;Minhan Dai;Michio Aoyama;Claudia R. Benítez-Nelson

  • Marine Polyphosphate: A Key Player in Geologic Phosphorus Sequestration

    Julia Diaz;Ellery Ingall;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;David Paterson

  • Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Upper ocean export of particulate organic carbon in the Arabian Sea derived from thorium-234

    Ken Buesseler;Lary Ball;John Andrews;Claudia Benitez-Nelson

  • Prediction of the Export and Fate of Global Ocean Net Primary Production: The EXPORTS Science Plan

    David A. Siegel;Ken O. Buesseler;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson

  • Atmospheric fluxes of organic N and P to the global ocean

    Maria Kanakidou;Robert A. Duce;Joseph M. Prospero;Alex R. Baker

  • A time-series study of particulate matter export in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre based on 234Th : 238U disequilibrium

    Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Ken O. Buesseler;David M. Karl;John Andrews

  • 234Th sorption and export models in the water column: A review

    Nicolas Savoye;Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Adrian B. Burd;J. Kirk Cochran

  • Thorium speciation in seawater

    P.H. Santschi;J.W. Murray;M. Baskaran;C.R. Benitez-Nelson

  • Variability of inorganic and organic phosphorus turnover rates in the coastal ocean

    Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Ken O. Buesseler

  • Testing a new small-volume technique for determining 234Th in seawater

    C. R. Benitez-Nelson;K. O. Buesseler;M. Rutgers van der Loeff;J. Andrews

  • Changes in source waters to the Southern California Bight

    Steven J. Bograd;Mercedes Pozo Buil;Emanuele Di Lorenzo;Carmen G. Castro

  • An intercomparison of small- and large-volume techniques for thorium-234 in seawater

    Ken O. Buesseler;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;John Andrews

  • Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes Along Upwelling-Dominated Continental Margins: Rates and Mechanisms

    Robert C. Thunell;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Ramon Varela;Yrene Astor

  • A review of present techniques and methodological advances in analyzing 234Th in aquatic systems

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Manmohan M. Sarin;Mark Baskaran;Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Thunell
Robert C. Thunell University of South Carolina
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Brian N. Popp
Brian N. Popp University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yrene Astor
Yrene Astor Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Jeffrey C. Drazen
Jeffrey C. Drazen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gordon T. Taylor
Gordon T. Taylor Stony Brook University

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