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Overview

David W. Townsend is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

David W. Townsend has contributed to a number of recent publications. Some significant papers include:

  • Coastal Ocean Data Analysis Product in North America (CODAP-NA) - an internally consistent data product for discrete inorganic carbon, oxygen, and nutrients on the North American ocean margins (2021), published in Earth system science data
  • Warming waters of the Gulf of Maine: The role of Shelf, Slope and Gulf Stream Water masses (2023), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • A Rare Case of HHV-6 Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review (2022), published in Cureus
  • The effects of source water masses and internal recycling on concentrations of dissolved inorganic nutrients in the Gulf of Maine (2020), published in Continental Shelf Research
  • Changing source waters on the Northeast US Continental Shelf: Variation in nutrient supply and phytoplankton biomass (2024), published in Continental Shelf Research

They have published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Continental Shelf Research
  • Earth system science data
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Cureus
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David W. Townsend include:

  • Neal R. Pettigrew
  • Kevin D. Friedland
  • Paula Fratantoni
  • Adrienne Silver
  • Avijit Gangopadhyay

Best Publications

  • Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States

    Donald M. Anderson;Joann M. Burkholder;William P. Cochlan;Patricia M. Glibert

  • Spring phytoplankton blooms in the absence of vertical water column stratification

    David W. Townsend;Maureen D. Keller;Michael E. Sieracki;Steven G. Ackleson

  • Causes and consequences of variability in the timing of spring phytoplankton blooms

    David W Townsend;Leon M Cammen;Patrick M Holligan;Daniel E Campbell

  • The kinematic and hydrographic structure of the Gulf of Maine Coastal Current

    Neal R. Pettigrew;James H. Churchill;Carol D. Janzen;Linda J. Mangum

  • OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF (1,W)

    David W. Townsend;Andrew C. Thomas;Lawrence M. Mayer;Maura A. Thomas

  • Mechanisms regulating large-scale seasonal fluctuations in Alexandrium fundyense populations in the Gulf of Maine: Results from a physical–biological model

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Donald M. Anderson;Daniel R. Lynch;David W. Townsend

  • Offshore blooms of the red tide dinoflagellate, Alexandrium sp., in the Gulf of Maine

    David W. Townsend;Neal R. Pettigrew;Andrew C. Thomas

  • Strontium:calcium ratios in juvenile Atlantic herring Clupea harengus L. otoliths as a function of water temperature☆

    David W. Townsend;Richard L. Radtke;Susannah Corwin;David A. Libby

  • Strontium:calcium concentration ratios in otoliths of herring larvae as indicators of environmental histories

    Richard L. Radtke;David W. Townsend;Scott D. Folsom;Melissa A. Morrison

  • Satellite-measured phytoplankton variability in the Gulf of Maine

    Andrew C. Thomas;David W. Townsend;Ryan Weatherbee

  • Observations of the Eastern Maine Coastal Current and its offshore extensions in 1994

    Neal R. Pettigrew;David W. Townsend;Huijie Xue;John P. Wallinga

  • Variability of the coastal current and nutrient pathways in the eastern Gulf of Maine

    David A. Brooks;David W. Townsend

  • Use of Otolith Strontium:Calcium Ratios for Hindcasting Larval Cod Gadus Morhua Distributions Relative to Water Masses on Georges Bank

    David Townsend;R. L. Radtke;D. P. Malone;J. P. Wallinga

  • A changing nutrient regime in the Gulf of Maine.

    David W. Townsend;Nathan D. Rebuck;Maura A. Thomas;Lee Karp-Boss

  • Water Masses and Nutrient Sources to the Gulf of Maine.

    David W. Townsend;Neal R. Pettigrew;Maura A. Thomas;Mark G. Neary

  • Suppression of the 2010 Alexandrium fundyense bloom by changes in physical, biological, and chemical properties of the Gulf of Maine.

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;David W. Townsend;Ruoying He;Bruce A. Keafer

  • Potential Importance of the Timing of Spring Plankton Blooms to Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and Recruitment of Juvenile Demersal Fishes

    David W. Townsend;Leon M. Cammen

  • Effect of an Intertidal Mudflat on Plankton of the Overlying Water Column

    David J. Carlson;David W. Townsend;Alan L. Hilyard;Jonathan F. Eaton

  • Extent, transparency, and phytoplankton distribution of the neritic waters overlying the israeli coastal shelf

    T. Berman;Y. Azov;A. Schneller;P. Walline

  • Blooms of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi with respect to hydrography in the Gulf of Maine

    David W. Townsend;Maureen D. Keller;Patrick M. Holligan;Steven G. Ackleson

  • The importance of a plume of tidally-mixed water to the biological oceanography of the Gulf of Maine

    David W. Townsend;John P. Christensen;David K. Stevenson;Joseph J. Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew C. Thomas
Andrew C. Thomas University of Maine
Changsheng Chen
Changsheng Chen University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Dennis J. McGillicuddy
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rubao Ji
Rubao Ji Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert C. Beardsley
Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Huijie Xue
Huijie Xue University of Maine
Tom Berman
Tom Berman National Institute of Oceanography
Cabell S. Davis
Cabell S. Davis Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joe Salisbury
Joe Salisbury University of New Hampshire

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