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Dale Robinson

Oceanography & Biological Sciences / San Francisco State University
: 415-338-3714 / : dhr.sfsu@gma@example.com @example.com @example.comil.com / : Homepage, SFBEAMS, CSU COAST

About me

My professional interests include the phytoplankton ecology of coastal systems, phytoplankton photophysiology, the bio-optical properties of marine and estuarine waters, and long-term monitoring of coastal and estuarine waters. My current research examines the strategies that phytoplankton employ to adapt and acclimate to variable light fields.
In addition, I am the local coordinator of the CSU Coastal Observatory System for the central and northern region of San Francisco Bay. My interests here include developing an integrated data management system for the Bay Area (http://sfbeams.sfsu.edu) that incorporates data harvest from multiple providers, automated quality control procedures, well formatted metadata, and data delivery using the standards implemented by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), and the Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP).

Publications

1. Robinson, Dale, Krista Kamer, Marcel Losekoot, John Graybeal, Raphael Kudela, John Largier, Frank Shaughnessy, Toby Garfield, and Steve Ramp. 2008. Standardizing the Delivery of Coastal Water Monitoring Data in the CeNCOOS (Northern and Central California) Region. Presented at Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, 23-26 September, in South Lake Tahoe, CA. (presentation)

2. Arrigo, K.R., D.L. Worthen, and D.H. Robinson. 2003. A coupled ocean-ecosystem model of the Ross Sea: 2. Iron regulation of phytoplankton taxonomic variability and primary production. J. Geophys Res. 108 (7): 3231. (article)

3. Arrigo, K.R., A.R. Leventer, D.H. Robinson, M.P. Lizotte, and R.B. Dunbar. 2003. Physical control of chlorophyll a, POC, and PON distributions in the pack ice of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. J. Geophys Res. 108 (10): 3316. (article)

4. Robinson, D., K.R. Arrigo, M.P. Lizotte, and G. DiTullio. 2003. Extracellular carbon production by Phaeocystis antarctica during a bloom in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. In Biogeochemical Cycles in the Ross Sea, edited by G.R. DiTullio and R.B. Dunbar, 77-109. Antarctic Res. Ser. (bookchapter)

5. DiTullio, G.R., K.R. Arrigo, M.P. Lizotte, D.H. Robinson, J. Grebmeier, J. Barry, A. Leventer, M. VanWoert, and R.B. Dunbar. 2000. Rapid and early export of Phaeocystis antarctica blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Nature 404: 595-598. (article)

6. Robinson, D., K.A. Arrigo, D.L. Worthen, R.B. Dunbar, G.R. DiTullio, M. VanMoert, and M.P. Lizotte. 1999. Influence of Phytoplankton Community Structure on the Drawdown of Nutrients and CO2 in the Southern Ocean. Science 285: 366-367. (article)

7. Riegger, L. and D. Robinson. 1998. Photoinduction of UV-absorbing compounds in Antarctic diatoms and Phaeocystis antarctica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 160: 13-25. (article)

8. Robinson, D., K.R. Arrigo, M. Gosselin, Z. Kolber, and C.W. Sullivan. 1998. Evidence for nutrient limitation in the platelet ice algal community in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. J. Phycol 34: 788-797. (article)

9. Robinson, D., Z. Kolber, and C.W. Sullivan. 1997. Photophysiology and photoacclimation in surface ice algae from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 147: 243-256. (article)

10. Robinson, D., R.E. Zeebe, H. Eicken, D. Wolf-Gladrow, and G.S. Dieckmann. 1996. Modeling the heating and melting of sea ice through light absorption by microalgae. J. Geophys. Res 101: 1163-1181. (article)

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