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Overview

Seth G. John is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within Earth and Environmental Sciences, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. This work notably includes subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research addresses various topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Seth G. John has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with several recent publications that reflect a focus on marine and atmospheric sciences. Recent papers include:

  • "The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Anthropogenic Asian aerosols provide Fe to the North Pacific Ocean" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Latitudinal constraints on the abundance and activity of the cyanobacterium UCYN-A and other marine diazotrophs in the North Pacific" (2020), Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Iron colloids dominate sedimentary supply to the ocean interior" (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A comparison of marine Fe and Mn cycling: U.S. GEOTRACES GN01 Western Arctic case study" (2020), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The venues that frequently publish their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The researcher collaborates often with the following co-authors:

  • Shun-Chung Yang
  • Xiaopeng Bian
  • Nicholas J. Hawco
  • David M. Karl
  • Angelicque White

Best Publications

  • Metabolic and biogeochemical consequences of viral infection in aquatic ecosystems.

    Amy E. Zimmerman;Cristina Howard-Varona;David M. Needham;Seth G. John

  • Quantification of dissolved iron sources to the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • A simple and efficient method for concentration of ocean viruses by chemical flocculation.

    Seth G. John;Carolina B. Mendez;Li Deng;Bonnie Poulos

  • Geochemical evidence for iron-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Orit Sivan;Michal Adler;Ann Pearson;Faina Gelman

  • Iron Isotope Systematics

    Nicolas Dauphas;Seth G. John;Olivier J. Rouxel

  • Iron persistence in a distal hydrothermal plume supported by dissolved-particulate exchange

    Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Jessica N. Fitzsimmons;Seth G. John;Seth G. John;Christopher M. Marsay;Christopher M. Marsay;Colleen L. Hoffman

  • Zinc isotope fractionation during high-affinity and low-affinity zinc transport by the marine diatom Thalassiosira oceanica

    Seth G. John;Robert W. Geis;Mak A. Saito;Edward A. Boyle

  • A role for scavenging in the marine biogeochemical cycling of zinc and zinc isotopes

    Seth G. John;Tim M. Conway

  • A new method for precise determination of iron, zinc and cadmium stable isotope ratios in seawater by double-spike mass spectrometry

    Tim M. Conway;Angela D. Rosenberg;Jess F. Adkins;Seth G. John

  • The Biogeochemical Cycling of Zinc and Zinc Isotopes in the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • Zinc stable isotopes in seafloor hydrothermal vent fluids and chimneys

    Seth G. John;Olivier J. Rouxel;Paul R. Craddock;Alison M. Engwall

  • The cycling of iron, zinc and cadmium in the North East Pacific Ocean – Insights from stable isotopes

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

  • Biological uptake and reversible scavenging of zinc in the global ocean.

    Thomas Weber;Seth John;Alessandro Tagliabue;Tim DeVries

  • Siderophore Mediated Plutonium Accumulation by Microbacterium flavescens (JG-9)

    Seth G. John;Christy E. Ruggiero;Larry E. Hersman;Chang-Shung Tung

  • Undocumented water column sink for cadmium in open ocean oxygen-deficient zones

    David J. Janssen;Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John;James R. Christian

  • Distinct iron isotopic signatures and supply from marine sediment dissolution.

    William B. Homoky;Seth G. John;Tim M. Conway;Rachel A. Mills

  • The isotopic composition of some common forms of anthropogenic zinc

    Seth G. John;J. Genevieve Park;Zhitong Zhang;Edward A. Boyle

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

  • Biogeochemical cycling of cadmium isotopes along a high-resolution section through the North Atlantic Ocean

    Tim M. Conway;Seth G. John

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
Jessica N. Fitzsimmons Texas A&M University
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Phoebe J. Lam
Phoebe J. Lam University of California, Santa Cruz
Jess F. Adkins
Jess F. Adkins California Institute of Technology
Robert M. Sherrell
Robert M. Sherrell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Angelicque E. White
Angelicque E. White University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mak A. Saito
Mak A. Saito Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
William M. Landing
William M. Landing Florida State University
Benjamin S. Twining
Benjamin S. Twining Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

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