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Raphael M. Kudela is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. Their work addresses various subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main topics explored in Kudela's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Kudela has contributed extensively to several publication venues where their research is frequently published. These venues comprise:

  • Harmful Algae
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kudela include:

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Large-scale shift in the structure of a kelp forest ecosystem co-occurs with an epizootic and marine heatwave (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality (2023), published in Scientific Data
  • Climate Extreme Seeds a New Domoic Acid Hotspot on the US West Coast (2020), published in Frontiers in Climate
  • A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three (2022), published in Earth system science data

Kudela's frequent collaborators encompass a network of scholars active in related research domains, including:

  • Kendra Hayashi
  • Henry F. Houskeeper
  • Clarissa R. Anderson
  • Stanford B. Hooker
  • Meredith L. McPherson

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

  • Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future.

    Mark L. Wells;Vera L. Trainer;Theodore J. Smayda;Bengt S.O. Karlson

  • 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

  • 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

  • An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

    Ryan M. McCabe;Barbara M. Hickey;Raphael M. Kudela;Kathi A. Lefebvre

  • Nitrogen cycle of the open ocean: from genes to ecosystems.

    Jonathan P. Zehr;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Evidence for a Novel Marine Harmful Algal Bloom: Cyanotoxin (Microcystin) Transfer from Land to Sea Otters

    Melissa A. Miller;Melissa A. Miller;Raphael M. Kudela;Abdu Mekebri;Dave Crane

  • Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate.

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Bengt Karlson;Angela Wulff;Raphael Kudela

  • Mitigating the Expansion of Harmful Algal Blooms Across the Freshwater-to-Marine Continuum.

    Hans W. Paerl;Timothy G. Otten;Raphael Kudela

  • Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

    Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas J. Bax;Nicholas J. Bax;Samantha E. Simmons;Eduardo Klein

  • Marine Phytoplankton Temperature versus Growth Responses from Polar to Tropical Waters – Outcome of a Scientific Community-Wide Study

    Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Tatiana A. Rynearson;Evelyn A. Armstrong;Feixue Fu

  • Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems

    F. Lombard;F. Lombard;E. Boss;A.M. Waite;J. Uitz

  • Harmful algal blooms along the North American west coast region: History, trends, causes, and impacts

    Alan J. Lewitus;Rita A. Horner;David A. Caron;Ernesto Garcia-Mendoza

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Global solutions to regional problems: Collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A Lake Erie case study.

    George S. Bullerjahn;Robert M. McKay;Timothy W. Davis;David B. Baker

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • Pelagic harmful algal blooms and climate change: Lessons from nature’s experiments with extremes

    Vera L. Trainer;Stephanie K. Moore;Gustaaf Hallegraeff;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Consequences of increased temperature and CO2 for phytoplankton community structure in the Bering Sea

    Clinton E. Hare;Karine Leblanc;Giacomo R. DiTullio;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Application of hyperspectral remote sensing to cyanobacterial blooms in inland waters

    Raphael M. Kudela;Sherry L. Palacios;David C. Austerberry;Emma K. Accorsi

  • Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) Frameworks

    Frank E. Muller-Karger;Patricia Miloslavich;Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas Bax;Nicholas Bax;Samantha E. Simmons

  • Harmful dinoflagellate blooms caused by Cochlodinium sp.: Global expansion and ecological strategies facilitating bloom formation

    Raphael M. Kudela;Christopher J. Gobler

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco P. Chavez
Francisco P. Chavez Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Mati Kahru
Mati Kahru University of California, San Diego
John P. Ryan
John P. Ryan Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Stanford B. Hooker
Stanford B. Hooker Goddard Space Flight Center
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
William P. Cochlan
William P. Cochlan San Francisco State University
Vera L. Trainer
Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Heidi M. Sosik
Heidi M. Sosik Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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