Maureen Conte

Maureen Conte
Alma materColumbia University
Scientific career
ThesisThe biogeochemistry of particulate lipids in warm-core Gulf Stream ring systems (1990)

Maureen Hatcher Conte is biogeochemist known for her work using particles to define the long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawater.

Education and career

Conte has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (1975), and an M.A. (1982), M.Phil. (1987), and Ph.D. (1989) from Columbia University.[1] Her Ph.D. examined lipids found in particles in the Gulf Stream.[2] Following her Ph.D. she conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Bristol before joining Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1994. As of 2022 Conte is a senior scientist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and a fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory.[3] Conte is the lead investigator for the Ocean Flux Program,[1] a program that has been examining particles in the Sargasso Sea since 1978.[4][5]

Research

Conte is known for her work on the organic compounds found in particles.[6] Her early work examined the consumption of organic matter,[7] and the development of methods to analyze lipids from seawater.[8][9] Subsequently, she examined the different types of lipids found in organisms such as coccolithophores.[10][11] At the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site, Conte has used long-term measurements of particles to quantify changes in the flux of organic carbon to the seafloor over time,[12][13] and used the presence of alkenones in particles to track changes in ocean temperatures over time.[14][15] Through her research she has characterized how hurricanes impact the flow of organic carbon to the seafloor,[16][17] and examined the impact of cold shock on sea turtles that are trapped in cold waters off Cape Cod.[18] Conte's research involves spending extended periods of time on research ships,[19] and in 2020, her research was delayed because she could not collect her samples due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Selected publications

  • Anand, Pallavi; Elderfield, Henry; Conte, Maureen H. (June 2003). "Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series: CALIBRATION OF Mg/Ca THERMOMETRY IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA". Paleoceanography. 18 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2003PalOc..18.1050A. doi:10.1029/2002PA000846.
  • Conte, Maureen H.; Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine; Rühlemann, Carsten; Weber, John C.; Schulte, Sonja; Schulz-Bull, Detlef; Blanz, Thomas (February 2006). "Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (U K′ 37 ) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments: ALKENONE UNSATURATION INDEX". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 7 (2): n/a. doi:10.1029/2005GC001054. hdl:1912/652. S2CID 62825795.
  • Conte, Maureen H; Thompson, Anthony; Lesley, David; Harris, Roger P (January 1998). "Genetic and Physiological Influences on the Alkenone/Alkenoate Versus Growth Temperature Relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa Oceanica". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:1998GeCoA..62...51C. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00327-X.
  • Medeiros, Patricia M.; Conte, Maureen H.; Weber, John C.; Simoneit, Bernd R. T. (1 March 2006). "Sugars as source indicators of biogenic organic carbon in aerosols collected above the Howland Experimental Forest, Maine". Atmospheric Environment. 40 (9): 1694–1705. Bibcode:2006AtmEn..40.1694M. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.001. hdl:1912/910. ISSN 1352-2310.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Maureen Conte | Team Members | About BIOS | BIOS - Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences". www.bios.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. ^ Conte, Maureen Hatcher (1991). The biogeochemistry of particulate lipids in warm-core Gulf Stream ring systems (Thesis). OCLC 82869924.
  3. ^ "Conte CV" (PDF). Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Conte, Maureen; Weber, JC (2014-03-01). "Particle Flux in the Deep Sargasso Sea: The 35-Year Oceanic Flux Program Time Series". Oceanography. 27 (1): 142–147. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2014.17. hdl:1912/6582. ISSN 1042-8275.
  5. ^ Earle, Sylvia A.; Glover, Linda; Glover, Linda K. (2009). Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas. National Geographic Books. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4262-0319-0.
  6. ^ "Autobiographical Sketches of Women in Oceanography". Oceanography. 18 (1): 97. March 2005.
  7. ^ Bishop, J.K.B.; Conte, M.H.; Wiebe, P.H.; Roman, M.R.; Langdon, C. (1986). "Particulate matter production and consumption in deep mixed layers: observations in a warm-core ring". Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers. 33 (11–12): 1813–1841. Bibcode:1986DSRA...33.1813B. doi:10.1016/0198-0149(86)90081-6.
  8. ^ Conte, Maureen H.; Bishop, James K. B. (1988). "Nanogram quantification of nonpolar lipid classes in environmental samples by high performance thin layer chromatography". Lipids. 23 (5): 493–500. doi:10.1007/BF02535526. ISSN 0024-4201. S2CID 31322887.
  9. ^ Conte, Maureen H.; Eglinton, Geoffrey; Madureira, Luiz A.S. (1992). "Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates as palaeotemperature indicators: their production, flux and early sedimentary diagenesis in the Eastern North Atlantic". Organic Geochemistry. 19 (1–3): 287–298. Bibcode:1992OrGeo..19..287C. doi:10.1016/0146-6380(92)90044-X.
  10. ^ Conte, Maureen H.; Thompson, Anthony; Eglinton, Geoffrey; Green, John C. (1995). "Lipid Biomarker Diversity in the Coccolithophorid Emiliania Huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) and the Related Species Gephyrocapsa Oceanica1". Journal of Phycology. 31 (2): 272–282. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00272.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 85989423.
  11. ^ Conte, Maureen H; Thompson, Anthony; Lesley, David; Harris, Roger P (1998). "Genetic and Physiological Influences on the Alkenone/Alkenoate Versus Growth Temperature Relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa Oceanica". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:1998GeCoA..62...51C. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00327-X.
  12. ^ Conte, Maureen H; Ralph, Nate; Ross, Edith H (2001). "Seasonal and interannual variability in deep ocean particle fluxes at the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP)/Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) site in the western Sargasso Sea near Bermuda". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 48 (8–9): 1471–1505. Bibcode:2001DSRII..48.1471C. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00150-8.
  13. ^ Conte, M.H.; Dickey, T.D.; Weber, J.C.; Johnson, R.J.; Knap, A.H. (2003). "Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 50 (10–11): 1157–1187. Bibcode:2003DSRI...50.1157C. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00141-9.
  14. ^ Conte, M.H; Weber, J.C; King, L.L; Wakeham, S.G (2001). "The alkenone temperature signal in western North Atlantic surface waters". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 65 (23): 4275–4287. Bibcode:2001GeCoA..65.4275C. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00718-9.
  15. ^ Conte, Maureen H.; Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine; Rühlemann, Carsten; Weber, John C.; Schulte, Sonja; Schulz-Bull, Detlef; Blanz, Thomas (2006). "Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (U K′ 37 ) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments: ALKENONE UNSATURATION INDEX". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 7 (2): n/a. doi:10.1029/2005GC001054. hdl:1912/652. S2CID 62825795.
  16. ^ "Hurricane Nicole sheds light on how storms impact deep ocean". phys.org. September 19, 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  17. ^ Pedrosa‐Pàmies, R.; Conte, M. H.; Weber, J. C.; Johnson, R. (2019). "Hurricanes Enhance Labile Carbon Export to the Deep Ocean". Geophysical Research Letters. 46 (17–18): 10484–10494. Bibcode:2019GeoRL..4610484P. doi:10.1029/2019GL083719. hdl:1912/24907. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 202191389.
  18. ^ Rec, Abigail (2019-06-05). "Sea turtles trapped in Cape Cod Bay - How science is saving them". Cape Cod LIFE. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  19. ^ Peterson, Christy (2020-04-07). Into the Deep: Science, Technology, and the Quest to Protect the Ocean. Millbrook Press. ISBN 978-1-5415-9584-2.
  20. ^ Moran, Barbara (May 15, 2020). "With Ships Docked And Labs Closed, Scientists' Field Research Season Fades Away". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.