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Overview

Erica J. H. Head is affiliated with the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Canada and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Biotechnology.

Their research topics focus on Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine animal studies overview, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Among their recent scholarly articles are:

  • Spatial variability in size and lipid content of the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus across the Northwest Atlantic continental shelves: implications for North Atlantic right whale prey quality (2023), Journal of Plankton Research
  • Plankton monitoring in the Northwest Atlantic: a comparison of zooplankton abundance estimates from vertical net tows and Continuous Plankton Recorder sampling on the Scotian and Newfoundland shelves, 1999-2015 (2021), ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Characterizing regional oceanography and bottom environmental conditions at two contrasting sponge grounds on the northern Labrador Shelf (2024), Biogeosciences

Erica Head collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Pierre Pepin
  • Catherine L. Johnson
  • Laura Helenius
  • Phoebe Jekielek
  • Christopher Orphanides

Their work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Plankton Research, ICES Journal of Marine Science, and Biogeosciences. This reflects an emphasis on oceanographic and marine ecological studies in peer-reviewed research literature.

Best Publications

  • Vertical flux of respiratory carbon by oceanic diel migrant biota

    A.R. Longhurst;A.W. Bedo;W.G. Harrison;E.J.H. Head

  • The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits

    Webjørn Melle;Jeffrey A. Runge;Erica Head;Stéphane Plourde

  • Is there a decline in marine phytoplankton

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Philip C. Reid;Martin Edwards;Peter H. Burkill

  • Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns

    Michael R. Heath;Peter R. Boyle;Astthor Gislason;William S.C. Gurney

  • Characteristics of Calanus finmarchicus dormancy patterns in the Northwest Atlantic

    Catherine L. Johnson;Andrew W. Leising;Jeffrey A. Runge;Erica J. H. Head

  • The distribution and metabolism of urea in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    W.G. Harrison;E.J.H. Head;R.J. Conover;A.R. Longhurst

  • Trans-Atlantic responses of Calanus finmarchicus populations to basin-scale forcing associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation☆

    C.H Greene;A.J Pershing;A Conversi;B Planque

  • Remote climate forcing of decadal‐scale regime shifts in Northwest Atlantic shelf ecosystems

    Charles H. Greene;Erin Meyer-Gutbrod;Bruce C. Monger;Louise P. McGarry

  • Macroecological limits of heterotrophic bacterial abundance in the ocean

    William K.W. Li;Erica J.H. Head;W. Glen Harrison

  • Pigment transformation and vertical flux in an area of convergence in the North Atlantic

    E.J.H. Head;E.P.W. Horne

  • Bio-optical characteristics of diatom and prymnesiophyte populations in the Labrador Sea

    V. Stuart;S. Sathyendranath;E. J. H. Head;T. Platt

  • Mesozooplankton in the Arctic Ocean in summer

    Delphine Thibault;Erica J.H. Head;Patricia A. Wheeler

  • Distributions of Calanus spp. and other mesozooplankton in the Labrador Sea in relation to hydrography in spring and summer (1995–2000)

    E.J.H Head;L.R Harris;I Yashayaev

  • Geographic variations in the nitrogen isotope composition of surface particulate nitrogen and new production across the North Atlantic Ocean

    Nathalie A.D. Waser;William G. Harrison;Erica J.H. Head;Bente Nielsen

  • Investigations on the ecology of Calanus spp. in the Labrador Sea. I. Relationship between the phytoplankton bloom and reproduction and development of Calanus finmarchicus in spring

    E. J. H. Head;L. R. Harris;R. W. Campbell

  • Biosynthesis and photosynthate allocation patterns of arctic ice algae

    Ralph E. H. Smith;Pierre Clement;Erica Head

  • Oceanographic Responses to Climate in the Northwest Atlantic

    Andrew Pershing;Charles Greene;Charles Hannah;Doug Sameoto

  • Coherent assembly of phytoplankton communities in diverse temperate ocean ecosystems

    William K.W Li;W Glen Harrison;Erica J.H Head

  • Seasonal variability of dissolved inorganic carbon and surface water pCO2 in the Scotian Shelf region of the Northwestern Atlantic

    E.H. Shadwick;H. Thomas;K. Azetsu-Scott;B.J.W. Greenan

  • Spatial and inter-decadal variability in plankton abundance and composition in the Northwest Atlantic (1958–2006)

    Erica J. H. Head;Pierre Pepin

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Pepin
Pierre Pepin Fisheries and Oceans Canada
William K. W. Li
William K. W. Li Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Michael R. Heath
Michael R. Heath University of Strathclyde
Sigrun Jonasdottir
Sigrun Jonasdottir Technical University of Denmark
Barbara Niehoff
Barbara Niehoff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Andrew J. Pershing
Andrew J. Pershing Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Philip C. Reid
Philip C. Reid Plymouth University
Charles H. Greene
Charles H. Greene Cornell University
Alan R. Longhurst
Alan R. Longhurst Bedford Institute of Oceanography

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