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Maureen H. Conte is affiliated with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in Bermuda. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Science. They have contributed to several subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a concentration on oceanographic and environmental topics. Notable papers include:

  • The climatology of the deep particle flux in the oligotrophic western North Atlantic gyre, 1978-2022 (2025, Progress In Oceanography)
  • Hurricane-Driven Transport of Bermuda Reef Carbonate Platform Sediments to the Deep Ocean (2025, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Radiocarbon Constraints on the Sources and Fluxes of Sinking Particulate Organic Carbon to the Deep Sargasso Sea (2025, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Fish Carbonates in the North Atlantic and Their Potential Role in the Carbon Cycle (2025, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)

Their most frequent co-authors include Rut Pedrosa-Pamies, John Weber, John C. Weber, Rodney J. Johnson, and Andreas J. Andersson. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating aspects of geochemistry, oceanography, and environmental dynamics.

Research topics covered by Maureen H. Conte address a range of environmental and geological concerns. Key subjects in their work are:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Publications have appeared in several well-regarded venues, including Progress In Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Global Biogeochemical Cycles. This distribution highlights the scientist's engagement with both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research communities.

Best Publications

  • Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series

    Pallavi Anand;Henry Elderfield;Maureen H. Conte

  • Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (UK′37) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments

    Maureen H. Conte;Maureen H. Conte;Marie-Alexandrine Sicre;Carsten Rühlemann;Carsten Rühlemann;John C. Weber;John C. Weber

  • A model system approach to biological climate forcing : The example of Emiliania huxleyi

    Peter Westbroek;Christopher W Brown;Judith van Bleijswijk;Colin Brownlee

  • Genetic and physiological influences on the alkenone/alkenoate versus growth temperature relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica

    Maureen H Conte;Maureen H Conte;Anthony Thompson;David Lesley;Roger P Harris

  • Sugars as source indicators of biogenic organic carbon in aerosols collected above the Howland Experimental Forest, Maine

    Patricia M. Medeiros;Maureen H. Conte;John C. Weber;Bernd R.T. Simoneit

  • 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

    Maureen H Conte;Nate Ralph;Edith H Ross

  • Basin‐wide particulate carbon flux in the Atlantic Ocean: Regional export patterns and potential for atmospheric CO2 sequestration

    Avan N Antia;Wolfgang Koeve;Gerhard Fischer;Thomas Blanz

  • Lipid biomarker diversity in the coccolithophorid Emiliania Huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) and the related species Gephyrocapsa/Oceanica

    Maureen H. Conte;Anthony Thompson;Geoffrey Eglinton;John C. Green

  • Lipids of marine Archaea: Patterns and provenance in the water-column and sediments

    Courtney Turich;Katherine H. Freeman;Mary Ann Bruns;Maureen Conte

  • Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates as palaeotemperature indicators: their production, flux and early sedimentary diagenesis in the Eastern North Atlantic

    Maureen H. Conte;Geoffrey Eglinton;Luiz A.S. Madureira

  • Alkenone and alkenoate distributions within the euphotic zone of the eastern North Atlantic: correlation with production temperature

    Maureen H. Conte;Geoffrey Eglinton

  • Plant biomarkers in aerosols record isotopic discrimination of terrestrial photosynthesis

    Maureen H. Conte;John C. Weber

  • Early diagenesis of lipid biomarker compounds in North Atlantic sediments

    Luiz A. S. Madureira;Maureen H. Conte;Geoffrey Eglinton

  • Molecular and carbon isotopic composition of leaf wax in vegetation and aerosols in a northern prairie ecosystem

    Maureen H. Conte;John C. Weber;Peter J. Carlson;Lawrence B. Flanagan

  • Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea

    M.H. Conte;T.D. Dickey;J.C. Weber;R.J. Johnson

  • Primary production of lipid biomarker compounds by Emiliania huxleyi. Results from an experimental mesocosm study in fjords of southwestern Norway

    M. H. Conte;A. Thompson;G. Eglinton

  • The alkenone temperature signal in western North Atlantic surface waters

    M.H Conte;J.C Weber;L.L King;S.G Wakeham

  • Long-range atmospheric transport of terrestrial biomarkers to the western North Atlantic

    Maureen H. Conte;J. C. Weber

  • A multiple-unit large-volume in situ filtration system for sampling oceanic particulate matter in mesoscale environments

    J. K. B. Bishop;D. Schupack;R. M. Sherrell;M. Conte

  • Depth-dependent photodegradation of marine dissolved organic matter

    Stephen Andrew Timko;Anastasia Maydanov;Sandra L Pittelli;Maureen H Conte;Maureen H Conte

  • The protection and management of the Sargasso Sea: The golden floating rainforest of the Atlantic Ocean: Summary Science and Supporting Evidence Case

    D.d’A. Laffoley;H.S.J. Roe;M.V. Angel;J. Ardron

  • Alkenone and alkenoate distributions within the euphotic zone of the eastern North Atlantic

    MH Conte;G Eglinton

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey Eglinton
Geoffrey Eglinton University of Bristol
Tommy D. Dickey
Tommy D. Dickey University of California, Santa Barbara
Stuart G. Wakeham
Stuart G. Wakeham Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Peter H. Santschi
Peter H. Santschi Texas A&M University
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Matthew A. Charette
Matthew A. Charette Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John M. Hayes
John M. Hayes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Michael W. Lomas
Michael W. Lomas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Anthony H. Knap
Anthony H. Knap Texas A&M University
Jelle Bijma
Jelle Bijma Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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