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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard C. Dugdale is affiliated with San Francisco State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Dugdale has published research articles in various journals, including:

  • "The interannual variabilities of chlorophyll and nutrients in San Francisco Bay: a modeling study" (2020, Ocean Dynamics)
  • "Light Regulation of Phytoplankton Growth in San Francisco Bay Studied Using a 3D Sediment Transport Model" (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Ecosystem Recovery in Progress? Initial Nutrient and Phytoplankton Response to Nitrogen Reduction from Sewage Treatment Upgrade in the San Francisco Bay Delta" (2022, Nitrogen)
  • "Evaluating Modeling Approaches for Phytoplankton Productivity in Estuaries" (2025, Water)
  • "Patterns in Anthropogenic Nitrogen and Water Quality Leading to Phytoplankton Blooms in Urban Estuaries" (2024, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues such as Frances P. Wilkerson, Alexander E. Parker, Zhengui Wang, Fei Chai, and Huijie Xue.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ocean Dynamics
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Nitrogen
  • Water
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Richard C. Dugdale has been recognized with fellowships from major scientific associations, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2010 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963.

Best Publications

  • UPTAKE OF NEW AND REGENERATED FORMS OF NITROGEN IN PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY1

    R. C. Dugdale;J. J. Goering

  • NUTRIENT LIMITATION IN THE SEA: DYNAMICS, IDENTIFICATION, AND SIGNIFICANCE1

    R. C. Dugdale

  • A review of the Si cycle in the modern ocean: recent progress and missing gaps in the application of biogenic opal as a paleoproductivity proxy

    O Ragueneau;P Tréguer;A Leynaert;R.F Anderson

  • Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis on nitrogen-enriched conditions

    Patricia M. Glibert;Frances P. Wilkerson;Richard C. Dugdale;John A. Raven;John A. Raven

  • Influence of diatom diversity on the ocean biological carbon pump

    Paul Tréguer;Chris Bowler;Brivaela Moriceau;Stephanie Dutkiewicz

  • Silicate regulation of new production in the equatorial Pacific upwelling

    Richard C. Dugdale;Frances P. Wilkerson

  • The role of a silicate pump in driving new production

    Richard C. Dugdale;Frances P. Wilkerson;Hans J. Minas

  • The use of 15N to measure nitrogen uptake in eutrophic oceans; experimental considerations1,2

    R. C. Dugdale;F. P. Wilkerson

  • The kinetics of nitrate and ammonia uptake by natural populations of marine phytoplankton

    J.J. MacIsaac;R.C. Dugdale

  • Interactions of light and inorganic nitrogen in controlling nitrogen uptake in the sea

    J.J. MacIsaac;R.C. Dugdale

  • One-dimensional ecosystem model of the equatorial Pacific upwelling system. Part I: model development and silicon and nitrogen cycle

    F. Chai;R.C. Dugdale;T.-H. Peng;F.P. Wilkerson

  • The role of ammonium and nitrate in spring bloom development in San Francisco Bay

    Richard C. Dugdale;Frances P. Wilkerson;Victoria E. Hogue;Albert Marchi

  • Nitrogen fixation in the Sargasso Sea

    R.C. Dugdale;David W. Menzel;John H. Ryther

  • Denitrification and hydrogen sulfide in the Peru upwelling region during 1976

    R.C. Dugdale;J.J. Goering;R.T. Barber;R.L. Smith

  • Primary production cycle in an upwelling center

    J.J. MacIsaac;R.C. Dugdale;R.T. Barber;D. Blasco

  • Nutrient sources and primary production in the Eastern Mediterranean

    R C Dugdale;F P Wilkerson

  • ESTIMATES OF IN SITU RATES OF NITROGEN UPTAKE BY TRICHODESMIUM SP. IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN1

    John J. Goering;Richard C. Dugdale;David W. Menzel

  • Marine diatoms grown in chemostats under silicate or ammonium limitation. I. Cellular chemical composition and steady-state growth kinetics of Skeletonema costatum

    P. J. Harrison;P. J. Harrison;H. L. Conway;R. C. Dugdale

  • WEST: A northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton communities

    John Largier;Cathryn Lawrence;M. Roughan;D. M. Kaplan

  • HIGH NITROGEN FIXATION RATES IN THE SARGASSO SEA AND THE ARABIAN SEA1

    Richard C. Dugdale;John J. Goering;John H. Ryther

  • Nutrient regulation of phytoplankton productivity in Monterey Bay, California

    R.M. Kudela;R.C. Dugdale

  • Modeling new production in upwelling centers: A case study of modeling new production from remotely sensed temperature and color

    Richard C. Dugdale;André Morel;Annick Bricaud;Frances P. Wilkerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Frances P. Wilkerson
Frances P. Wilkerson San Francisco State University
Fei Chai
Fei Chai Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China
Richard T. Barber
Richard T. Barber Duke University
Francisco P. Chavez
Francisco P. Chavez Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
John J. Goering
John J. Goering University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tsung-Hung Peng
Tsung-Hung Peng Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Peter G. Strutton
Peter G. Strutton University of Tasmania
James E. Cloern
James E. Cloern United States Geological Survey
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Yi Chao
Yi Chao University of California, Los Angeles

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