Publications

In review

O'Callaghan, J., C. Stevens, M. Roughan, C. Cornelisen, P. Sutton, S. Garrett, G. Giorli, R. O. Smith, K. I. Currie, S. H. Suanda, M. Williams, M. Bowen, D. Fernandez, R. Vennell, B. R. Knight, P. Barter, P. McComb, M. Oliver, M. Livingston, P. Tellier, A. Meissner, M. Brewer, M. Gall, S. D. Nodder, M. Décima, J. Souza, A. Forcén-Vazquez, S. Gardiner, K. Paul-Burke, S. Chiswell, J. Roberts, B. Hayden, B. Biggs, and H. Macdonald. In review. Developing an integrated ocean observing system for New Zealand. Frontiers in Marine Science

Zeldis, J. and M. Décima. In review. Summer mesozooplankton biomass, grazing activity and trophic flows in Subantarctic and Subtropical waters east of New Zealand. Deep Sea Res. I.

Published (peer reviewed)

Décima, M., M. R. Stukel, L. Lopez-Lopez & M. R. Landry. 2018. The unique ecological role of pyrosomes in the Costa Rica Dome. Limnol. Oceanogr. doi.:10.1002/lno.11071

Stukel, M. R., M. Décima, M. R. Landry & K. E. Selph. 2018. Nitrogen and isotope flows through the Costa Rica Done upwelling ecosystem: The crucial mesozooplankton role in export flux. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 32: 1815-1832 12 doi: 10.1029/2018GB005968

Stukel, M. R., M. Décima, & T. B. Kelly. 2018. A new approach for incorporating 15N isotopic data into linear inverse ecosystem models with Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. PLOS ONE 13: e0199123, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199123

Valencia, B., M. Décima, & M. R. Landry. 2018. Environmental effects on mesozooplankton size structure and export flux at station ALOHA, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 32: 289-305, doi: 10.1002/2017GB005785

Décima, M., M. R. Landry, C. J. Bradley, and M. L. Fogel. 2017. Alanine d15N trophic fractionation in heterotrophic protists. Limnol. Oceanogr. 62: 2308-2322. doi:10.1002/lno.10567

Lopez-Lopez, L., I. Preciado, I. Muñoz, M. Décima, J. C. Molinero, and E. Tel. 2017. Does upwelling intensity influence feeding habits and trophic position of planktophagous fish? Deep Sea Res. I. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.01.017

Landry, M. R., and M. Décima. 2017. Protistan microzooplankton and the trophic position of tuna: quantifying the trophic link between micro- and mesozooplankton in marine food webs. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 74 (7): 1885–1892. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsx006.

Valencia, B., M. R. Landry, M. Décima, and C. C. S. Hannides. 2016. Environmental drivers of mesozooplankton biomass variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121: 3131-3143, doi: 10.1002/2016JG003544

Stukel. M.R., C. R. Benitez-Nelson, M. Décima, A. G. Taylor, C. Buchwald, & M. R. Landry. 2016. The biological pump in the Costa Rica Dome: An open ocean upwelling system with high new production and low export. J. Plankton Res. 38 (2): 348-365. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbv097

Stukel, M. R., M. Kahru, C. R. Benitez-Nelson, M. Décima, R. Goericke, M. R. Landry, & M. D. Ohman. 2015. Using Lagrangian-based process studies to test satellite algorithms of vertical carbon flux in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. – Oceans 120: 7208-7222. doi: 10.1002/2015jc011264.

Décima, M., M.R. Landry, M. R. Stukel, L. Lopez-Lopez and J. W. Krause. 2016. Mesozooplankton biomass and grazing in the Costa Rica Dome: amplifying variability through the plankton food web. J. Plankton Res., 38(3): 317-330. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbv091

Landry, M. R., K. E. Selph, M. Décima, A. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, M. R. Stukel, A. G. Taylor, & A. L. Pasulka. 2016. Phytoplankton production and grazing balances in the Costa Rica Dome. J. Plankton Res., 38(2): 366–379. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbv089

Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, A, M. Décima, B. N. Popp & M. R. Landry. 2014. Isotopic invisibility of protozoan trophic steps in marine food webs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59: 1590-1598, doi: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1590.

Décima, M., M.R. Landry, & B.N. Popp. 2013. Environmental perturbation effects on baseline d15N values and zooplankton trophic flexibility in the southern California Current Ecosystem. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58 (2) 624–634

Feinberg, L.R., C.T. Shaw, W.T. Peterson, M. Décima, Y. Okazaki & S.J. Ju. 2013. Euphausia pacifica brood sizes: a North Pacific synthesis. J. Plankton Res. 35(6): 1192-1206

Stukel, M.R., M. Décima, K.E. Selph, D.A. Taniguchi, & M.R. Landry. 2013. The role of Synechococcus in vertical flux in the Costa Rica upwelling dome. Prog. Oceanogr. 112: 49-59

Brum, J.R., J.J. Morris, M. Décima, & M.R. Stukel. 2014. Mortality in the Oceans: Causes and Consequences. p. 16-48. In P. F. Kemp [ed.], Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Stukel, M.R., K.A. Smith, M. Décima, & L. Hmelo. 2014. Detritus in the Marine Environment. p. 49-76. In P. F. Kemp [ed.], Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.

Décima, M., M.R. Landry, and R.R. Rykaczewski. 2011. Broad scale patterns in mesozooplankton biomass and grazing in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Deep Sea Res II 58: 387-399.

Landry, M.R., K.E. Selph, A.G. Taylor, M. Décima, W.M. Balch, & R.R. Bidigare. 2011. Phytoplankton growth, grazing and production balances in the HNLC equatorial Pacific. Deep Sea Res II 58: 524-535.

Décima, M., M.D. Ohman & A. De Robertis. 2010. Body size- dependence of euphausiid spatial patchiness. Limnol. Oceanogr. 55 (2): 777–788

Landry, M.R., M. Décima, M.P. Simmons, C.C.S.Hannides & E. Daniels. 2008. Mesozooplankton biomass and grazing responses to Cyclone Opal, a subtropical mesoscale eddy. Deep Sea Res II 55 (10-13): 1378-1388.