OHSU

Tawnya Peterson

Tawnya Peterson

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Phone:  503 748-7679
Fax:  503 748-1273
Website: Aquatic Biogeochemistry and Plankton Ecology Group

 

Current Appointments

Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems
Affiliate Scientist, Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction

 

Education

B.Sc. Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, 1997
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2005

 

Research Interests

Biological oceanography; ecology and physiology of phytoplankton; harmful algal blooms; ocean observatories.

 

Selected Publications

Peterson, T.D., Crawford, D.W., Harrison, P.J. Evolution of the phytoplankton species composition in a long-lived mesoscale eddy in the eastern Gulf of Alaska (in press). Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Herfort, L., T.D. Peterson, L.A. McCue, B.C. Crump, F.G. Prahl, A.M. Baptista, V. Campbell, M. Selby, G.C. Roegner, and P. Zuber (in press). Myrionecta rubra population genetic diversity and its cryptophyte chloroplast specificity in recurrent red tides in the Columbia River estuary. Aquatic Microbial Ecology.

Kudela, R.M., Horner-Devine, A.R., Banas, N.S., Hickey, B.M., Peterson, T.D., McCabe, R.M., Lessard, E.J., Frame, E., Bruland, K.W., Jay, D.A., Peterson, J.O., Peterson, W.T., Kosro, P.M., Palacios, S.L., Lohan, M.C., Dever, E.P., (2010). Multiple trophic levels fueled by recirculation in the Columbia River plume, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L18607, 7 PP., doi:10.1029/2010GL044342

Smit, M.W., L. Herfort, K. Tyrol, V. Campbell, B.C. Crump, T.D. Peterson, P. Zuber, and H.M. Simon (2010). Gene Expression Profiling of Prokaryotic Microbial Assemblages Across Salinity Gradients in the Columbia River Coastal Margin. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13312. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013312.

Kudela, R. M., and T. D. Peterson (2009). Influence of a buoyant river plume on phytoplankton nutrient dynamics: What controls standing stocks and productivity? Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C00B11, doi:10.1029/2008JC004913.

Banas, N. S., Lessard, E.V., Kudela, R.M., MacCready, P., Peterson, T.D., Hickey, B.M., Frame, E. (2009). Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, C00B10, doi:10.1029/2008JC004993.

Palacios, S.L., Peterson, T.D., Kudela, R.M. (2009). Development of synthetic salinity from remote sensing for the Columbia River plume, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C00B05, doi:10.1029/2008JC004895.

Roland, L.A., McCarthy, M.D., Peterson, T.D., Walker, B.D. (2009). A large-volume micro-filtration system for isolating suspended particulate organic matter from seawater: fabrication and assessment of recovery and composition vs. GFF filters from central N. Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 7: 64-80.

Kudela, R. M.; Ryan, J. P.; Blakely, M. D.; Lane, J. Q.; Peterson, T. D. (2008) Linking the physiology and ecology of Cochlodinium to better understand harmful algal bloom events: a comparative approach. Harmful Algae, 7(3), 278-292.

Peterson, T. D.; Toews, H. N. J.; Robinson, C. L. K.; Harrison, P. J. (2007) Nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Canada) during the summer upwelling seasons of 2001-2002. Journal of Plankton Research, 29(3), 219-239.

Crawford, W. R.; Brickley, P. J.; Peterson, T. D.; Thomas, A. C. (2005) Impact of Haida Eddies on chlorophyll distribution in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research, Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 52(7-8), 975-989.

Peterson, T. D.; Whitney, F. A.; Harrison, P. J. (2005) Macronutrient dynamics in an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy in the Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research, Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 52(7-8), 909-932.