66. Grigoratou, M., Menden-Deuer, S., McQuatters-Gollop, A., Arhonditsis, G., Artigas, L. F., Ayata, S. D., … & Richardson, A. (2025). The immeasurable value of plankton to humanity. BioScience, biaf049.
65. McKee, D. C., Veatch, J. M., Kavanaugh, M. T., Kohut, J. T., & Doney, S. C. (2025). Disentangling advection and Lagrangian evolution of surface chlorophyll in a nearshore submarine canyon using satellite remote sensing and high‐frequency radar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(5), e2024JC022101.
64. Ondrusek, M., Wei, J., Wang, M., Stengel, E., Kovach, C., Gilerson, A., … & Sullivan, S. (2025). Report for Dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise: US West Coastal Ocean in March 2023.
63. Iken, K., Danielson, S., Mueter, F., Grebmeier, J., Cooper, L., Galaska, M., Stafford, K., Kavanaugh, M., Hopcroft, R., Kuletz, K. and Canino, A. (2025). A Sustainable, Integrated AMBON in the Chukchi Sea. Anchorage (AK): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 67 p. Report No.: OCS Study BOEM 2025-007. Contract, (M20PG00002).
62. Black, I., Hughes, A., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Reimers, C. E. (2024). Flagging Sea Surface pCO2 and Temperature Anomalies on Research Vessels. AGU24.
61. Black, I. T., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Reimers, C. E. (2024). Bloom compression alongside marine heatwaves contemporary with the Oregon upwelling season. Limnology and Oceanography.
60. Munro, David R., Amanda R. Fay, Heidi M. Dierssen, Jessie S. Turner, Oscar Schofield, Heather Hyewon Kim, Sharon Elisabeth Stammerjohn, Maria T. Kavanaugh, and Colm Sweeney. (2024). Updated estimates of surface water pCO2 within the marginal ice zone along the West Antarctic Peninsula. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, pp. OS01-48).
59. Muller-Karger, F. E., Kavanaugh, M. T., Montes, E., Otis, D. B., & Trinanes, J. A. (2024). Shifting Seascapes: Understanding Biodiversity Trends in Dynamic Pelagic Environments. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, pp. B32A-01).
58. Rhodes, L. D., Adams, N. G., Gallego Simon, R., Kavanaugh, M. T., Alin, S. R., & Feely, R. A. (2024). Nearshore microbial communities of the Pacific Northwest coasts of Canada and the US. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1430930.
57. Fischer, A. D., Houliez, E., Bill, B. D., Kavanaugh, M. T., Alin, S. R., Collins, A. U., … & Moore, S. K. (2024). Nutrient limitation dampens the response of a harmful algae to a marine heatwave in an upwelling system. Limnology and Oceanography.
56. Turner, J. S., Dierssen, H., Schofield, O., Kim, H. H., Stammerjohn, S., Munro, D. R., & Kavanaugh, M. (2024). Changing phytoplankton phenology in the marginal ice zone west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 734, 1-21.
55. Jordan, J., Hazen, E. L., Kavanaugh, M. T., Freedman, R., Schroeder, I., Ochoa, N., & Welch, H. M. (2024). Seascape Applications: Swordfish Habitat Distirbution in Proposed Chumash National Marine Sanctuary. In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (No. 145, pp. OT14A-145).
54. Turner, J. S., Dierssen, H. M., Schofield, O., Kim, H. H., Stammerjohn, S. E., Munro, D. R., & Kavanaugh, M. T. (2024). Environmental drivers of changing phytoplankton phenology in the marginal ice zone west of the Antarctic Peninsula. In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (pp. OB42C-03).
53. Munro, David R., Amanda R. Fay, Heidi M. Dierssen, Jessie S. Turner, Oscar Schofield, Heather Hyewon Kim, Sharon Elisabeth Stammerjohn, Maria T. Kavanaugh, and Colm Sweeney. (2024). On the influence of phytoplankton community structure on surface water pCO2 within the marginal ice zone along the West Antarctic Peninsula. In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (No. 231, pp. AI14A-231).
52. Black, I., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Reimers, C. E. (2024). Bloom Compression By Marine Heatwaves Contemporary With the Oregon Upwelling Season. In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (No. 1683, pp. PI24B-1683).
51. Montes, E., Kavanaugh, M. T., Christian, T. R., Cohn, R. L., Muller-Karger, F. E., Thompson, L., & Kelble, C. R. (2024). Image-based Zooplankton and Phytoplankton Essential Ocean Variables (EOV) in South Florida Waters Contributed by the US Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Program (MBON). In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting (pp. CC33A-04).
50. Rhodes, L. D., Adams, N. G., Simon, R. G., Kavanaugh, M., Alin, S. R., & Feely, R. A. (2024). Seawater carbonate chemistry and nearshore microbial communities of the Pacific Northwest coasts of Canada and the US.
49. Jamil, A. L., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Spitz, Y. H. (2023). Drivers of physical and biological frontal variability in the northern california current system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(6), e2022JC019408.
48. Meyer, M. F., Danielson, J. J., Estes, M., Fickas, K. C., Gesch, D., Kavanaugh, M. T., … & Palaseanu‐Lovejoy, M. 2023. Pecora 22: Remote Sensing for Freshwater and Marine Environments. Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin, 32(2).
47. Finch, A., DiGeronimo, S., Montes, E., Kelble, C. R., Kavanaugh, M. T., Canonico, G., … & Muller-Karger, F. E. 2022. Seasonal Pigment-Based Characterization of Phytoplankton Functional Types in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 2016 to 2021. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2022, pp. B22D-1477).
46. Wright, D., Sayre, R., Breyer, S., Butler, K., VanGraafeiland, K., Costello, M., Goodin, K., Kavanaugh, M., Cressie, N., Basher, Z. and Harris, P. (2022). Ecological Marine Units as a Framework for Collaborative Data Science and Knowledge Discovery. Authorea Preprints.
45. Watson, J. R., Woodill, A. J., & Kavanaugh, M. 2022. “Operational forecasting system based on anomalous behaviors in complex systems.” U.S. Patent Application No. 17/323,823.
44. Watson, J., Woodil, J., Hennessey, S., Martin, E., Castruccio, F., & Kavanaugh, M. 2021. Cross-scale oceanographic drivers of human impacts on marine biodiversity. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. B12A-03).
43. Estes Jr, M., Anderson, C., Appeltans, W., Bax, N., Bednaršek, N., Canonico, G., … & Weatherdon, L. V. (2021). Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth. Marine Policy, 132, 104699.
42. Kavanaugh MT., Klajbor*, W. D. Siegel et al., including scientists from five MBON nodes and NOAA. 2021. Satellite remote sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observing Network: current science and future vision. Oceanography in press
41. Santora J., et al., including Kavanaugh, M.T. Pelagic biodiversity, ecosystem function and services: an integrated observing and modeling approach. Oceanography, in press
40. Benson, A. T. Murray, F.M. Karger, G. Canonico, E. Montes, J. Trinanes, and M.T. Kavanaugh. Data Management and best practices for the evolving Marine Biodiversity Observing Network. 2021 Oceanography, in press
39. Estes M., C. Anderson; W. Appeltans; N. Bax; N. Bednarsek; E.Boss; G. Canonico; S. Djavidnia; P. Fietzek; M. Gregoire; E.Hazen; M.T. Kavanaugh; F.Lejzerowicz; F. Lombard; P. Miloslavich; K.Moller; J. Monk; E. Montes; H. Moustahfid; M.Muelbert; F. Mueller-Karger; L. Peavey Reeves; E. Satterthwaite; J. Schmidt; A. Sequeira; W. Turner; L. Weatherdon. Monitoring Life in the Sea is a Critical Component of Sustainable Economic Growth. Marine Policy
38. Muller-Karger, F., Kavanaugh, M., Iken, K., Montes, E., Chavez, F., Ruhl, H., Miller, R., Runge, J., Grebmeier, J., Cooper, L. and Helmuth, B., 2021. Marine Life 2030: Forecasting Changes to Ocean Biodiversity to Inform Decision-Making: A Critical Role for the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). Marine Technology Society Journal, 55(3), pp.84-
37. Blaisdell*, J., Thalmann, H., Klabjor*, W. Zhang Y., Miller, J. and M.T. Kavanaugh. 2021. A dynamic stress-scape framework to evaluate potential effects of multiple environmental stressors on Gulf of Alaska Juvenile Pacific Cod. Frontiers of Marine Science.
36. P Woodill, J, M.T. Kavanaugh, M. Harte, and J. Watson. 2021. Ocean seascapes predict distant-water fishing vessel incursions into exclusive economic zones. Fish and Fisheries. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12559
35. Schultz, C., Doney, S.C., Hauck, J., Kavanaugh, M.T. and Schofield, O., 2021. Modeling Phytoplankton Blooms and Inorganic Carbon Responses to Sea‐Ice Variability in the West Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(4), p.e2020JG006227.
34. Bahlai, C.A., Hart, C., Kavanaugh, M.T., White, J.D., Ruess, R.W., Brinkman, T.J., Ducklow, H.W., Foster, D.R., Fraser, W.R., Genet, H. and Groffman, P.M., 2021. Cascading effects: insights from the US Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere, 12(5), p.e03430.
33. P Montes, E., Djurhuus, A., Muller-Karger, F.E., Otis, D., Kelble, C.R. and Kavanaugh, M.T., 2020. Dynamic Satellite Seascapes as a Biogeographic Framework for Understanding Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, United States. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.575.
32. Sayre, R., Noble, S., Hamann, S., Smith, R., Wright, D., Breyer, S., Butler, K., Van Graafeiland, K., et al., including Kavanaugh, M.T. 2019. A new 30 meter resolution global shoreline vector and associated global islands database for the development of standardized ecological coastal units. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 12(sup2), pp.S47-S56. DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2018.1529714
31. *Luis, K.M., Rheuban, J.E., Kavanaugh, M.T., Glover, D.M., Wei, J., Lee, Z. and Doney, S.C., 2019. Capturing coastal water clarity variability with Landsat 8. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 145, pp.96-104.
30. Kavanaugh, M.T. 2019. Seascape Ecology: A Review. Landscape Ecology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00783-1
29. Capotondi, A., Jacox, M., Bowler, C., Kavanaugh, M.T., Lehodey, P., et al., Observational Needs Supporting Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Forecasting. Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (2019): 623. Special Issue for Ocean Obs 2019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00623,
28. Kavanaugh, M.T., Church, M.E, Davis, C.O., Karl, D.M., Letelier, R.M. and S.C. Doney. ALOHA from the Edge: Reconciling three decades of in situ Eulerian observations and geographic variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Frontiers of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00130.
27. Bowman JS, Kavanaugh MT, Doney SC, Ducklow HW. 2018.Recurrent seascape units identify key ecological processes along the western Antarctic Peninsula. Glob Change Biol. 2018;24:3065–3078. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14161
25. Muller Karger, F.E. and 49 others including Kavanaugh, M.T. 2018. Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables of coastal ecosystems. Ecological Applications 28 (3), 749-760.
24. Rohr*, T., Long, M., Kavanaugh, M.T., Lindsay, K., and S.C. Doney, 2018. Variability in the mechanisms controlling Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom phenology in an ocean model and satellite observations. 2017. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 31:922–940, doi:10.1002/2016GB005615.
23. Kavanaugh, M. T., Rheuban, J. E., Luis*, K. M. A., & Doney, S. C. 2017. Thirty-three years of ocean benthic warming along the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf and Slope: Patterns, drivers, and ecological consequences. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012953,
22. Rheuban, J. E., Kavanaugh, M. T., & Doney, S. C. 2017.Implications of future northwest Atlantic bottom temperatures on the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012949
21. Sayre, R., J. Dangermond, D. Wright, S. Breyer, K. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, M.J. Costello,P. Harris, K. Goodin, M. Kavanaugh, N. Cressie, J. Guinotte, Z. Basher, P. Halpin, M. Monaco, P. Aniello, C. Frye, D. Stephens, P. Valentine, J. Smith, R. Smith, D.P. VanSistine,J. Cress, H. Warner, C. Brown, J. Steffenson, D. Cribbs, B. Van Esch, D. Hopkins, G. Noll, S. Kopp, and C. Convis. 2017. A New Map of Global Ecological Marine Units – An Environmental Stratification Approach. Washington, DC: American Association of Geographers. 36 pages. [C]
20. Sayre, R. , D. J. Wright, S. P. Breyer, K. A. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, M. J. Costello, P. T. Harris, K. L. Goodin, J. M. Guinotte, Z. Basher, M. T. Kavanaugh, P. N. Halpin, M. E. Monaco, N. A. Cressie, P. Aniello, C. E. Frye, and D. Stephens. 2017. A three-dimensional mapping of the ocean based on environmental data. Oceanography 30:90-103
19. Muller-Karger, F.E., Rueda-Roa, D., Chavez, F.P., Kavanaugh, M.T. and Roffer, M.A., 2017. Megaregions among the large marine ecosystems of the Americas. 2017. Environmental Development. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2017.01.005
18. Mackey, K.M., Kavanaugh, M.T. Chen, Y., Liu, F., Glover, D., Paytan, A. Atmospheric and fluvial nutrients fuel harmful algal blooms in the East China Sea. 2017. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:2. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00002
17.Kavanaugh, M.T., Oliver, M., Chavez, F., Letelier, R.M., Muller Karger, F. and Doney, S.C. 2016. Quo Vadimus: Seascapes as a new vernacular for ocean monitoring, management and conservation. ICES Journal of Marine Science 73 (7), 1839-1850
16. Kavanaugh, M.T., *Abdala, F.N. Ducklow, H., Glover, D., Schofield, O., Stammerjohn, S., and Doney, S. C. 2015. Canyon effects on phytoplankton biomass and community structure along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 524:11-26
15. Saunders, M., Brown, C., Foley, M.E., Febria,C., Albright,R., Mehling, M., Kavanaugh, M.T. and Burfeind, D. 2015. Human impacts on connectivity in marine and freshwater ecosystems assessed using network measures. Marine and Freshwater Research. DOI:10.1071/MF14358
14. Kavanaugh, M.T., Hales, B. Lockwood, D., Emerson, S., Quay, P.D., Letelier, R.M. Physicochemical and biological controls on primary and net community production across NE Pacific seascapes. 2014. Limnology and Oceanography 59(6), 2013-2027
13. Muller-Karger, F.E., M.T. Kavanaugh, E. Montes, W.M. Balch, M. Breitbart, F.P. Chavez, S.C. Doney, E.M. Johns, R.M. Letelier, M.W. Lomas, H.M. Sosik, and A.E. White, 2014: A framework for a marine biodiversity observing network within changing continental shelf seascapes. Oceanography, 27(2), 18–23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.56.
12. Kavanaugh, M.T., Hales, B., Saraceno, M., Spitz, Y.H., White, A.E., Letelier, R.M., 2014. Hierarchical and dynamic seascapes: a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology. Progress in Oceanography 120: 291-304
11. Kavanaugh, M.T., Holtgrieve, G.W., Baulch, H., Brum, J.R., Cuvelier, M.L., Filstrup, C.T., Nickols, K.J, Small, G.E., 2013. A salty divide within ASLO? Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin (22) 2: 34-37
10. Lockwood D, Quay, P.D., Kavanaugh, M.T, Juranek, LW, Feely, R. 2012. Influence of net community production on air-sea CO2 flux in the Northeast Pacific. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 26: GB4010. doi:10.1029/2012GB004380
9. Kavanaugh, M. T. 2012. Dynamic seascapes: a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology. Ph.D. dissertation. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/34739
8. Hamme, R., and 15 others including Kavanaugh, M.T. 2010. Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in the subarctic NE Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters VOL. 37, L19604, doi:10.1029/2010GL044629
7. Kavanaugh, M.T., Nielsen, K.J., Chan, F.T, Menge, B.A., Letelier, R.M., and *Goodrich, L.M. 2009. Experimental assessment of shading on an intertidal kelp: do phytoplankton inhibit open-coast macroalgae? Limnology and Oceanography (54) 276-288
6. Davis C.O., Kavanaugh, M.T., Letelier, R.M. Bissett, P and Kohler,D. 2007. Spatial and spectral resolution considerations for imaging coastal waters. Proceedings of SPIE 6680
5. Schoch, G.C., Menge, B.A., Allison, G.W., Kavanaugh, M.T., Thompson, S.A., and Wood, S.A. 2006. Fifteen degrees of separation: Examining patterns and processes on Pacific coast rocky intertidal benches. Limnology and Oceanography (52): 2564-2585
4. Kavanaugh, M.T., 2006. Phytoplankton shading of benthic macrophytes: implications for intertidal community structure. MS Thesis. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/1357
PEER-REVIEWED REPORTS and CHAPTERS
3. Ducklow, H. Kavanaugh, M.T., and Fraser.W. 2016. What will the Palmer LTER look like in the future? LTER Report. 2016
2. Kavanaugh, M.T., Boersma, K., Close, S., Ganio, L., Hooven., L. and B. Lachenbruch. 2015. Advancing Toward Professorship in Biology, Ecology and Earth System Sciences. In FORWARD to Professorship in STEM: Inclusive Strategies That Work. C. Mavriplis, P. Sabila and S. Heller (Eds). Elsevier Press.
1. Kavanaugh, M.T., Holtgrieve, G.W., Baulch, H., Brum, J.R., Cuvelier, M.L., Filstrup, C.T., Nickols, K.J, Small, G.E., 2014. A salty divide within ASLO? Chapter 5 (Reprinted with permission) In P.F. Kemp [ed.] 2014. Eco-DAS IX Symposium Proceedings. Waco, TX: DOI: 10.4319/ecodas.2014.978-0-984559-3-8.
