Oliver Ross has a Diplom (MSc) in physics and a PhD in physical oceanography. At present he is a Marie Curie Fellow at the UTM conducting the <a href="http://www.aqualight.info/">Aqualight project</a>. His research interests are:
<ul><li>cross-disciplinary processes in the ocean (turbulent mixing and the vertical fluxes of nutrients and algal carbon, the influence of turbulence on phytoplankton photoacclimation and primary production)
<li>ocean optics and the use of optical methods to characterize water column dynamics and composition, and
<li>feedbacks between the socio-economic impacts of climate change and the human impact on the natural environment.
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He has been involved in several national and international projects (<a href="http://www.nioz.nl/public/annual_report/2004/camphuyzen.pdf">IMPRESS</a…;, <a href="http://quest.bris.ac.uk/research/themes/MarQUEST.html" target="_blank">MarQUEST</a>, <a href="http://www.utm.csic.es/aneris/" target="_blank">ANERIS</a>) and is a current member of the <a href="http://www.geohab.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&…; target="_blank">GEOHAB scientific sub-committee of the Core Research Project "HABs in Stratified Systems</a>".
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<h3>Publications:</h3>
<h4>Peer reviewed articles</h4>
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<li><b>ON Ross</b>, J Piera, and RJ Geider, 2011. “Effects of turbulent mixing on the phytoplankton light history and light availability in the oceanic mixed layer: consequences for photo-acclimation and inhibition”. In preparation.</li>
<li><b>ON Ross</b>, and RJ Geider, 2011. “Eulerian versus Lagrangian modelling of phytoplankton photosynthesis and photoacclimation: new answers to an old question”. In preparation.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.aqualight.info/downloads/Pages_from_Ross_et_al_2010_version_… Ross</b>, J Passarge, J Sharples, and J Huisman, 2011. “The role of turbulent mixing for the success of the cyanobacterium <i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> in a hypertrophic freshwater lake”. In preparation.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09193"><b>ON Ross</b>, RJ Geider, E Berdalet, ML Artigas and J Piera, 2011. “Modelling the effect of vertical mixing on bottle incubations for determining <i>in situ</i> phytoplankton dynamics. I. Growth rates”. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 435:13-31, doi:doi.org/10.3354/meps09193.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09194"><b>ON Ross</b>, RJ Geider, and J Piera, 2011. “Modelling the effect of vertical mixing on bottle incubations for determining <i>in situ</i> phytoplankton dynamics. II. Primary production". Mar Ecol Prog Ser 435:33-45, doi:10.3354/meps09194.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08663" target="_blank">G Llaveria, E Garcés, <b>ON Ross</b>, RI Figueroa, N Sampedro and E Berdalet. 2010. “Significance of small-scale turbulence for parasite infectivity of dinoflagellates”. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 412:45-56.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08552" target="_blank">BE Scott, J Sharples, <b>ON Ross</b>, J Wang, GJ Pierce and CJ Camphuysen. 2010. “Sub-surface hotspots in shallow seas: Fine scale limited locations of marine top predator foraging habitat indicated by tidal mixing and sub-surface chlorophyll”. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 408:207-226.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.12.017" target="_blank">JI Allen, J Aiken, TR Anderson, E Buitenhuis, S Cornell, R Geider, K Haines, T Hirata, J Holt, C LeQuéré, N Hardman-Mountford, <b>ON Ross</b>, B Sinha, J While, 2010. “Marine ecosystem models for earth systems applications: The MarQUEST experience”. J Mar Sys 81:19-33.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550870903300949" target="_blank">RJ Geider, CM Moore and <b>ON Ross</b>. 2009. “Cost-benefit analysis of photoacclimation of phytoplankton pigment content”. Plant Ecology & Diversity 2:165-178.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m383p053.pdf"><b>ON Ross</b> and RJ Geider, 2009. “New cell based model of photosynthesis and photo-acclimation: accumulation and mobilisation of energy reserves in phytoplankton”. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 383:53-71.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_53/issue_5/1835.pdf"><b>ON Ross</b>, CM Moore, DJ Sugget, HL MacIntyre and RJ Geider, 2008. “A model of photosynthesis and photo-protection based on reaction centre damage and repair”. Limnol Ocean 53(5):1835-1852.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.07.008" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b> and J Sharples, 2008. “Swimming for survival: the role of phytoplankton motility in turbulent environments”. J Mar Sys 70:248–262.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps06999" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b> and J Sharples, 2007. “Phytoplankton motility and the competition for nutrients in the thermocline”. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 347:21–38.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026352" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b> 2006. “Particles in motion: how turbulence affects plankton sedimentation from an oceanic mixed layer”. Geophys Res Lett 33, L10609, doi:10.1029/2006GL026352.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2006.01.011" target="_blank">J Sharples, <b>ON Ross</b>, B Scott, S Greenstreet, and H Fraser, 2006. “Inter-annual variability in the timing of stratification and the spring bloom in the north-western North Sea”. Cont Shelf Res 26(6):733–757.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aslo.org/lomethods/free/2004/0289.pdf"><b>ON Ross</b> and J Sharples, 2004. “Recipe for 1-D Lagrangian particle tracking models in space-varying diffusivity”. Limnol Ocean: Meth 2:289–302.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.005130" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b> and SG Bradley, 2002. “Model for optical forward scattering by non-spherical raindrops”. Appl Optics 41(24):5130–5141.</a></li>
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<h4>Published book chapters</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.aqualight.info/downloads/BScott-zslpaper.pdf" target="_blank">BE Scott, J Sharples, S Wanless, <b>ON Ross</b>, M Frederiksen and F Daunt, 2006. “The use of biologically meaningful oceanographic indices to separate the effects of climate and fisheries on seabird breeding success”. In I Boyd, S Wanless & CJ Camphuysen (eds.) Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems: Their Role in Monitoring and Management. Zool Soc London, Conserv Biol Ser 12, Cambr. Univ. Press, pp. 46-62.</a></li>
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<h4>Theses/Reports</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.ioc-unesco.org/hab/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocument…; target="_blank">GEOHAB, 2011. “GEOHAB Modeling: Linking Observations to Predictions - a Workshop Report.”. DJ McGillicuddy, PM Gilbert, E Berdalet, C Edwards, P Franks and <b>ON Ross</b> (eds.). IOC and SCOR, Paris and Newark, Delaware. 85 pp.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nioz.nl/public/nioz_reports/nioz-report_2005-5.pdf" target="_blank">B Scott, J Sharples and <b>ON Ross</b>, 2005. “Oceanography”. In: Camphuysen, C.J. (Ed.) (2005). Understanding marine foodweb processes: an ecosystem approach to sustainable sandeel fisheries in the North Sea: IMPRESS final report. NIOZ-rapport 2005-5:55-67. ISSN 0923-3210.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/45995/02/Ross_2004_PhD.pdf" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b>, 2004. “Algal motility in variable turbulence”. School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. Ph.D. thesis. 199pp.</a></li>
<li><a href="MSc/Diplom.html" target="_blank"><b>ON Ross</b>, 2000. “Optical Remote Sensing of rainfall micro-structures”. Fachbereich Physik der Freien Universität Berlin. Diplom thesis. 136pp.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aqualight.info/downloads/Leighrep.pdf"><b>ON Ross</b> and E Soyez, 1997. “A study of two eddies merging off the east Australian coast” Tech report submitted to the School of Environmental and Marine Science. The University of Auckland, New Zealand. 67pp.</a></li>
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