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Erika McPhee-Shaw

Oceanography / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
: 831-771-4470 / : eshaw@mlml.cal@example.com @example.com @example.comstate.edu / : Lab Website, Home Page, Moss landing Marine Laboratories

About me

Dr. McPhee-Shaw graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Physics, and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. in Oceanography. She has been on the faculty at Moss Landing Marine Labs since Fall 2004, where she teaches the physical oceanography curriculum, and collaborates with biology and geology colleagues on courses on coastal dynamics and biomechanics (fluid dynamics of organisms flying and swimming). Dr. McPhee-Shaw's research primarily involves observational oceanography. She is particularly interested in boundary-interior exchange at continental margins, both in the deep ocean and on shallow shelves, in mixing and transport by coastal internal waves, and in tidal and wind-driven coastal dynamics associated with nutrient transport and primary production response in the coastal ocean.

Publications

1. Cudaback, C. and E. McPhee-Shaw. 2009. Diurnal period internal waves near Point Conception, California. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Sciences: In Press. (article)

2. McPhee-Shaw, Erika, Dustin Carroll, John Largier, Karina Nielsen, Frank Shaughnessy, and Greg Crawford. 2008. Toward the Characterization of Upwelling and Productivity Potential Along the California Coast. Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS). Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, December, in San Francisco, CA. (presentation)

3. McPhee-Shaw, Erika and Grace Chang-Spada. 2008. Integrating multiple coastal observing efforts to describe the circulation features of a southern California toxic bloom event. Presented at AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, March, in Orlando, FL. (presentation)

4. McPhee-Shaw, E., D. Siegel, L. Washburn, M. Brzezinski, J. Jones, A. Leydecker, and M. Melack. 2007. Mechanisms for nutrient delivery to the inner shelf: Observations from the Santa Barbara Channel. Limnology and Oceanography 52(5): 1748-1766. (article)

5. McPhee-Shaw, E. 2006. Boundary–interior exchange: Reviewing the idea that internal-wave mixing enhances lateral dispersal near continental margins. Deep Sea Research II(53): 42-59. (article)

6. Bassin, C., L. Washburn, M. Brzezinski, and E. McPhee-Shaw. 2005. Sub-mesoscale coastal eddies observed by high frequency radar: a new mechanism for delivering nutrients to kelp forests in the Southern California Bight. Geophysical Research Letters 32. (article)

7. McPhee-Shaw, E., R.W. Sternberg, B. Mullenbach, and A. Ogston. 2004. Observations of intermediate nepheloid layers on the northern California margin. Continental Shelf Research 24: 693-720. (article)

8. McPhee-Shaw, E. and E. Kunze. 2002. Boundary-layer intrusions from a sloping bottom: A mechanism for generating intermediate nepheloid layers. Journal of Geophysical Research: 10.1029/2001JC000801. (article)

Grants

1. A regional system for a bay observations and decision support in central and northern California

2. CENCOOS: Long-term monitoring of environmental conditions in support of protected marine area management

3. Collaborative Research: The role of canyons in boundary mixing and exchange with the ocean interior

4. Connectivity of west coast marine sanctuaries: tracking sooty shearwaters throughout dynamic upwelling ecosystems

5. Monitoring and maintenance of the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) buoys in Elkhorn

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