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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth H. Coale was affiliated with Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in the United States. Their research focused primarily on several interdisciplinary domains within environmental and biological sciences.

The scientist's work covered fields such as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific research interests in related subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Coale's main topics of study spanned Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, and Marine and fisheries research.

Among the recent publications authored by Kenneth H. Coale was the paper titled "Empirical measurements of ammonium excretion in kelp forest fishes: Effects of body size, taxonomy and trophic guild," published in 2023 in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

  • Empirical measurements of ammonium excretion in kelp forest fishes: Effects of body size, taxonomy and trophic guild (2023, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology)

Frequent co-authors collaborated with Coale on research include:

  • June Shrestha
  • Scott L. Hamilton

The scientist's work was published primarily in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Kenneth H. Coale was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Steve E. Fitzwater;R. Michael Gordon

  • Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    J. H. Martin;K. H. Coale;K. S. Johnson;K. S. Johnson;S. E. Fitzwater

  • Mesoscale iron enrichment experiments 1993-2005 : Synthesis and future directions

    P. W. Boyd;T. Jickells;C. S. Law;S. Blain

  • What controls dissolved iron concentrations in the world ocean

    Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;R. Michael Gordon;Kenneth H. Coale

  • Synthesis of iron fertilization experiments: From the iron age in the age of enlightenment

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Philip W. Boyd;Kenneth H. Coale;Michael R. Landry

  • Southern Ocean Iron Enrichment Experiment: Carbon Cycling in High- and Low-Si Waters

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Francisco P. Chavez;Ken O. Buesseler

  • Copper complexation in the Northeast Pacific

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • The flux of iron from continental shelf sediments: A missing source for global budgets

    Virginia A. Elrod;William M. Berelson;Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • Iron and grazing constraints on primary production in the central equatorial Pacific: An EqPac synthesis

    Michael R. Lundry;Richard T. Barber;Robert R. Bidare;Fei Chai

  • Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: implications for its use as a paleoproxy

    James McManus;William M Berelson;Gary P Klinkhammer;Kenneth S Johnson

  • 234Th:238U disequilibria within the California Current1

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Iron limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Zbigniew S. Kolber;Richard T. Barber;Kenneth H. Coale;Steve E. Fitzwateri

  • Control of community growth and export production by upwelled iron in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth H. Coale;Steve E. Fitzwater;R. Michael Gordon;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • A switch from Si(OH)4 to NO-3 depletion in the glacial Southern Ocean

    Mark A. Brzezinski;Carol J. Pride;Carol J. Pride;Valerie M. Franck;Daniel M. Sigman

  • Oceanic stratified euphotic zone as elucidated by 234Th: 238U disequilibria1

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Effects of iron, manganese, copper, and zinc enrichments on productivity and biomass in the subarctic Pacific

    Kenneth H. Coale

  • Iron and silicic acid concentrations regulate Si uptake north and south of the Polar Frontal Zone in the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean

    Valerie M. Franck;Mark A Brzezinski;Kenneth H Coale;David M Nelson

  • Age, growth and radiometric age validation of a deep-sea, habitat-forming gorgonian (Primnoa resedaeformis) from the Gulf of Alaska

    Allen H. Andrews;Erik E. Cordes;Melissa M. Mahoney;Kristen Munk

  • ANALYSIS OF SEAWATER FOR DISSOLVED CADMIUM, COPPER AND LEAD: AN INTERCOMPARISON OF VOLTAMMETRIC AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION METHODS

    Kenneth W. Bruland;Kenneth H. Coale;Léon Mart

  • Phosphorus regeneration in continental margin sediments

    James McManus;William M. Berelson;Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson

  • Marine Chemistry Discussion Paper What controls dissolved iron concentrations in the world ocean

    Kenneth S. Johnson;R. Michael Gordon;Kenneth H. Coale

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Johnson
Kenneth S. Johnson Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Gregor M. Cailliet
Gregor M. Cailliet Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Steve E. Fitzwater
Steve E. Fitzwater Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
William M. Berelson
William M. Berelson University of Southern California
Kenneth W. Bruland
Kenneth W. Bruland University of California, Santa Cruz
Richard T. Barber
Richard T. Barber Duke University
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Thomas A. Brown
Thomas A. Brown Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Francisco P. Chavez
Francisco P. Chavez Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Craig C. Lundstrom
Craig C. Lundstrom University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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