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Overview

William P. Cochlan is affiliated with San Francisco State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as environmental chemistry, oceanography, global and planetary change, ecology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William P. Cochlan include Charles J. Wingert, Brian D. Bill, Adrielle B. Cailipan, Vera L. Trainer, and Christine A. Edmiston.

William P. Cochlan has published research in several scientific venues, notably in Harmful Algae, Marine Pollution Bulletin, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)), and San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. The number of publications in these venues includes two articles in Harmful Algae, and one each in Marine Pollution Bulletin, DIGITAL.CSIC, and San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.

Recent selected publications by William P. Cochlan include:

  • "Effects of ocean acidification on the growth, photosynthetic performance, and domoic acid production of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis from the California Current System" (2021), Harmful Algae
  • "Domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia australis: Re-evaluating the role of macronutrient limitation on toxigenicity" (2023), Harmful Algae

Additional publications connected to their research group or frequent collaborators include work on microalgal hull fouling communities, economic assessments of ciguatera outbreaks, and fish distribution assessments in Richardson Bay, California.

Best Publications

  • Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus

    J. Heisler;P.M. Glibert;J.M. Burkholder;D.M. Anderson

  • 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

  • Pseudo-nitzschia physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health

    Vera L. Trainer;Stephen S. Bates;Nina Lundholm;Anne E. Thessen

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

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

  • SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF VIRUSES, BACTERIA AND CHLOROPHYLL-A IN NERITIC, OCEANIC AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS

    William P Cochlan;Johan Wikner;Grieg F Steward;David C Smith

  • 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

  • Domoic acid: The synergy of iron, copper, and the toxicity of diatoms

    Mark L. Wells;Charles G. Trick;William P. Cochlan;Margaret P. Hughes

  • The potential role of anthropogenically derived nitrogen in the growth of harmful algae in California, USA

    Raphael M. Kudela;Jenny Q. Lane;William P. Cochlan

  • The role of nutrients in regulation and promotion of harmful algal blooms in upwelling systems

    R.M. Kudela;S. Seeyave;W.P. Cochlan

  • Nitrogen and carbon uptake kinetics and the influence of irradiance for a red tide bloom off southern California

    Raphael M. Kudela;William P. Cochlan

  • Nitrogenous preference of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) from field and laboratory experiments

    Meredith D. Armstrong Howard;William P. Cochlan;Nicolas Ladizinsky;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by the toxigenic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae)

    William P. Cochlan;Julian Herndon;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Nitrogen utilization by the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: Growth and uptake kinetics in laboratory cultures

    Julian Herndon;William P. Cochlan

  • Iron enrichment stimulates toxic diatom production in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll areas

    Charles G. Trick;Brian D. Bill;William P. Cochlan;Mark L. Wells

  • Processes influencing seasonal hypoxia in the northern California Current System

    Thomas P. Connolly;Barbara M. Hickey;S. L. Geier;William P. Cochlan

  • Recent domoic acid closures of shellfish harvest areas in Washington State inland waterways

    Vera L. Trainer;William P. Cochlan;Aleta Erickson;Brian D. Bill;Brian D. Bill

  • Diel periodicity of nitrogen uptake by marine phytoplankton in nitrate-rich environments

    W. P. Cochlan;P. J. Harrison;K. L. Denman

  • The heterotrophic bacterial response during a mesoscale iron enrichment experiment (IronEx II) in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

    William P. Cochlan

  • Estimation of virus production in the sea. II: Field results

    G. F. Steward;J. Wikner;W. P. Cochlan;D. C. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
Vera L. Trainer
Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
Mark L. Wells
Mark L. Wells University of Maine
Paul J. Harrison
Paul J. Harrison University of Oxford
Deborah A. Bronk
Deborah A. Bronk Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Barbara M. Hickey
Barbara M. Hickey University of Washington
Cynthia A. Heil
Cynthia A. Heil Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Patricia M. Glibert
Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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