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Patrick J. Neale is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the fields of earth and planetary sciences. Within these areas, the scientist's work is concentrated on oceanography, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ecology, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

The main topics covered in Patrick J. Neale's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Climate change and geoengineering
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Global Change Biology
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick J. Neale include:

  • "The response of aquatic ecosystems to the interactive effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change", 2023, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • "Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020", 2021, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • "DOM degradation by light and microbes along the Yukon River-coastal ocean continuum", 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019", 2020, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
  • "Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2021", 2022, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Collaborations form an important part of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Maria Tzortziou
  • Rachel Ε. Neale
  • T. Matthew Robson
  • Richard G. Zepp
  • S. Madronich

Best Publications

  • Biological weighting function for the inhibition of phytoplankton photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation.

    John J. Cullen;Patrick J. Neale;Michael P. Lesser

  • Ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, climate change and prospects for a sustainable future

    Paul W. Barnes;Craig E. Williamson;Robyn M. Lucas;Sharon A. Robinson

  • The effects of UV radiation in the marine environment: Mechanisms of UV damage to aquatic organisms

    Warwick F. Vincent;Patrick J. Neale

  • Interactive effects of ozone depletion and vertical mixing on photosynthesis of Antarctic phytoplankton

    Patrick J. Neale;Richard F. Davis;John J. Cullen

  • Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

    G. H. Bernhard;R. E. Neale;P. W. Barnes;P. J. Neale

  • Ultraviolet sunscreens in Gymnodinium sanguineum (dinophyceae): mycosporine-like amino acids protect against inhibition of photosynthesis

    Patrick J. Neale;Anastazia T. Banaszak;Catherine R. Jarriel

  • Ultraviolet radiation, ozone depletion, and marine photosynthesis

    John J. Cullen;Patrick J. Neale

  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020

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  • Increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation in nitrogen-limited dinoflagellates: Photoprotection and repair

    Elena Litchman;Patrick J. Neale;Anastazia T. Banaszak

  • Effects of UV-B Radiation on Terrestrial and Aquatic Primary Producers*

    Thomas A. Day;Patrick J. Neale

  • Mechanism of photoinhibition: photochemical reaction center inactivation in system II of chloroplasts

    Robyn E. Cleland;Anastasios Melis;Patrick J. Neale

  • CARBON UPTAKE IN A MARINE DIATOM DURING ACUTE EXPOSURE TO ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION: RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DAMAGE AND REPAIR

    Michael P. Lesser;John J. Cullen;Patrick J. Neale

  • BENEFICIAL AND DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF UV ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS: IMPLICATIONS OF SPECTRAL VARIATION

    Craig E. Williamson;Patrick J. Neale;Gabriella Grad;Hendrika J. De Lange

  • Tidal marshes as a source of optically and chemically distinctive colored dissolved organic matter in the Chesapeake Bay

    Maria Tzortziou;Patrick J. Neale;Christopher L. Osburn;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Acclimation to elevated carbon dioxide and ultraviolet radiation in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana : Effects on growth, photosynthesis, and spectral sensitivity of photoinhibition

    Cristina Sobrino;Mary Love Ward;Patrick J. Neale

  • Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2019

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  • Modeling lakes and reservoirs in the climate system

    M. D. MacKay;P. J. Neale;C. D. Arp;L. N. De Senerpont Domis

  • Inhibition of marine photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation: Variable sensitivity of phytoplankton in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence during the austral spring

    Patrick J. Neale;John J. Cullen;Richard F. Davis

  • The interactive effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change on aquatic ecosystems

    Craig E. Williamson;Patrick J. Neale;Samuel Hylander;Kevin C. Rose

  • PHOTOINHIBITION: ALGAL RESPONSES TO BRIGHT LIGHT DURING DIEL STRATIFICATION AND MIXING IN A TROPICAL ALPINE LAKE1

    Warwick F. Vincent;Patrick J. Neale;Peter J. Richerson

  • Biological Weighting Functions for Describing the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Aquatic Systems

    John J. Cullen;Nova Scotia;Patrick J. Neale

  • Remote sensing reflectance and inherent optical properties in the mid Chesapeake Bay

    Maria Tzortziou;Maria Tzortziou;Ajit Subramaniam;Jay R. Herman;Charles L. Gallegos

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Cullen
John J. Cullen Dalhousie University
Maria Tzortziou
Maria Tzortziou Goddard Space Flight Center
Craig E. Williamson
Craig E. Williamson Miami University
Charles L. Gallegos
Charles L. Gallegos Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley
Elena Litchman
Elena Litchman Michigan State University
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
J. Patrick Megonigal
J. Patrick Megonigal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Richard McKenzie
Richard McKenzie National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David J. Kieber
David J. Kieber SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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