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Dr. Veronica P. Lance
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Biology and Paleo Environment
10 Marine Biology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8615
vlance@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
Biological Oceanography and Ocean Biogeochemistry

My field of research is biological and biogeochemical oceanography. I study primary productivity, photosynthetic efficiency and assemblages of phytoplankton in response to light, major nutrient and micronutrient (iron) availability in the ocean. Phytoplankton play a key role in the ocean carbon cycle and are therefore a critical area of study to understand the effects of global climate change. I have worked in a variety of ocean ecosystems including the Southern Ocean, the Western and Equatorial Pacific, the Sargasso Sea, the coastal California upwelling region, and others.

Some of my projects include:

  • Southern Ocean GAS Ex - CO2 Gas Exchange Experiment; Southern Ocean, Atlantic Sector ( details )
  • ON DEQUE - The control of photosynthetic quantum yield of phytoplankton by light intensity and diapycnal nutrient flux
  • WP2 - Prochlorococcus genetic and physiological diversity in the Western Pacific Warm Pool ( details )
  • EUCFe - Source of iron in the Equatorial Undercurrent ( details )
  • SOFeX - Southern Ocean mesoscale in situ iron addition experiments ( details )

 

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D. Environment
Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
2007
B.S. Biology with Chemistry Minor
East Carolina University
1996
Educational Activities: 
Hudson River Snapshot Day
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House - 2007
Blue Heron Bowl - The North Carolina regional Ocean Sciences Bowl
Selected Publications: 
Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of the Southern Ocean phytoplankton response to iron, Hiscock, M. R.; Lance, V. P.; Apprill, A. M.; Bidigare, R. R.; Johnson, Z. I.; Mitchell, B. G.; Smith, W. O.; Barber, R. T. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Mar 25, Volume 105, Issue 12, p.4775-4780, (2008), DOI 10.1073/pnas.0705006105

Annual carbon productivity in the Southern Ocean: Revisiting the Martin Iron Hypothesis, Lance, V. P.; Barber, R. T. , (2008)

Primary productivity, differential size fraction and pigment composition responses in two Southern Ocean in situ iron enrichments, Lance, V. P.; Hiscock, M. R.; Hilting, A. K.; Stuebe, D. A.; Bidigare, R. R.; Smith, W. O.; Barber, R. T. , Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, May, Volume 54, Issue 5, p.747-773, (2007), DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.02.008

Particle export during the southern ocean iron experiment (SOFeX), Buesseler, K. O.; Andrews, J. E.; Pike, S. M.; Charette, M. A.; Goldson, L. E.; Brzezinski, M. A.; Lance, V. P. , Limnology and Oceanography, Jan, Volume 50, Issue 1, p.311-327, (2005)

Southern ocean iron enrichment experiment: Carbon cycling in high- and low-Si waters, Coale, K. H.; Johnson, K. S.; Chavez, F. P.; Buesseler, K. O.; Barber, R. T.; Brzezinski, M. A.; Cochlan, W. P.; Millero, F. J.; Falkowski, P. G.; Bauer, J. E.; Wanninkhof, R. H.; Kudela, R. M.; Altabet, M. A.; Hales, B. E.; Takahashi, T.; Lance, V. P. , Science, Apr 16, Volume 304, Issue 5669, p.408-414, (2004)