CURRICULUM VITAE

(updated 1 Jun 09)

 

Name:                         Douglas G. Capone                      

 

Address:                     Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

                                    Department of Biological Sciences

                                    University of Southern California

3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF 108,

Los Angeles, California  90089-0371

Tel: 213-740-2772            Fax: 213-740-6720

E-mail:                        capone@usc.edu

URL:                           www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/biosci/tricho/  (Google: Capone Lab)

Birth:                          30 April 1950

 

EDUCATION     

Ph.D., Marine Sciences, December 1978. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Miami, Florida.

            B.S.,    Biology, December, 1973. Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.  

            ----,     Biology, 1967-1970. Seton Hall University, So. Orange, New Jersey.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chairman, 2007- present. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Wrigley Professor of Environmental Biology, 1998-present. Department of Biological Sciences & Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Director, Marine Environmental Biology Program, 2003- 2006.

Adjunct Professor 1999-2006; Professor, 1989-1999; Associate Professor, 1987-1989. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laborato­ry, MD, Solomons, MD.

Adjunct Professor, 1990-1993. Associate Professor, 1986-1987; Assistant Professor, 1984-1986; Assistant Research Professor, 1979-1984. Marine Sciences Research Center, SUNY at Stony Brook.

Research Collaborator, 1984-1991. Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

            Marine biochemistry, microbiology, biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.

            The microbial ecology of nitrogen transformations.

Pollutant impact on the microbiota of marine sediments and the role of microorganisms in environmental detoxification.

 

 

 

 

HONORS & AWARDS

            Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, Jun 2008

            Fellow, American Geophysical Union, Feb 2008

            Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007

            Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fellowship, Sep 2006-Feb 2007

            Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2004

            Antarctic Service Medal, 2001

            Wrigley Chair of Environmental Biology, USC, 1999-present.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; American Society for Microbiology; Estuarine Research Federation

 

INVITED TALKS

Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, Townsville, Australia, Sep 2008
American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, May 2008
Marine Nitrogen Workshop, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Vancouver, Jan 2008
Portland State University, IGERT Program, Jan 2008
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, October 2007
American Society of Microbiology Colloquim, May 2007
               Agouron Foundation Workshop, San Francisco Apr. 2007
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Section University, March 2007
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Colloquim, Columbia University, March 2007

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Brest, France, Feb. 2007

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, Jan 2007.

Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, Kiel Germany, Jan 2007

SOLAS workshop on Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the Open Ocean, Warwick, UK, Nov. 2006.

Laboritoire d’Oceanographie du Villefranche, France, Oct 2006

SIBER Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry, Goa, India, Oct. 2006

Ecological Society of America, Symposium on multiple resource limitation to ecosystem function in terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems, Aug. 2006

San Francisco 3rd Annual Ocean Film Festival & Explorers Club, Jan. 2006.

International Symposium on Marine Cyanobacteria, Stockholm, Sweden. Aug 2005

Workshop on Significant Processes, Observations and Transformations in Oceanic Nitrogen (SPOT-ON), Warnemunde, Germany, Jun 2005

            ASLO Summer Meeting, Marine N2 Fixation Symposium, Jun 2005

            Harvey Mudd and the Claremont Colleges, Apr 2005

            Cal. State Fullerton, Nov. 2004

            Physics Dept. Colloquium, USC, Nov 2004

            National Center for Atmospheric Research, Junior Faculty Forum, June 2004

            UCLA, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. Mar 2003

            Stanford University, Oceans Seminar. Feb 2003

            USC, Antarctic Research Forum, Oct 2002

            USGS, Menlo Park. Water Resources. Nov 2002

            University of Maryland, Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, Oct 2002

            Old Dominion University, Oceanography Department, Sep 2002

            University of California, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Mar 2002

            University of California, Irvine. Dept.of Earth Systems Science. Nov 2001.

            North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization (PICES), Oct 2001

            Southern California Academy of Science, May 2001

            University of Virginia, Dept. of Environ. Sciences, Oct 2000.

            Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, "Marine N2 fixation", Oct 1999

            Crary Lab., McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Jan 2000.

            Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA. May 1999.

            Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, "An evolving view of marine N2 fixation", Oct 98

            Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, "The evolving view of marine N2 fixation", Sep. 98

            University of Auckland, Marine Sciences, "N2 fixation and the marine N cycle" May 98

            International Symposium on Marine Cyanobacteria, Paris, France, Nov 1997

            U. So. California, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Mar 1997

            College of William and Mary, VIMS, Mar 1997

            Symposium on Oceanic N Cycle, Winter ASLO Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 1997

         Presidential Symposium, Fifth Biennial Meeting of Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL, May 1996

International Workshop on Response of Coral Reefs to Global Changes, Tsukuba, Japan, Mar 1996

            Symposium on Marine Botany of the Eastern Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Dec 1995

            Int. Soc. Environmental Biogeochem. Rio de Janiero, Sept1995

            ASM Annual Meeting, May 1993

            Univ. of Conn., Avery Point, Dec 1991

            ERF Biennial Meeting, San Francisco. Oct 1991

            Benedict Estuarine Research Lab., Dec 1990

            Horn Point Environ. Lab., U. Md., Oct 1990

            Seminar on Greenhouse Gases, Annual Meeting Am. Soc. Microbiol., CA, May 1990

            Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, May 1990

            Dept. Botany, U. Md @ College Pk., Apr 1990

            Dept. Microbiol., U. Md @ Baltimore, Mar 1990

            EPA Trace Gas Workshop, Athens, GA., Oct 1989

            Denitrification Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark, June 1989

            Unusual Microbial Habitats Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988

            Submarine Groundwater Discharge Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988

            Planktonic Diazotroph Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988

            Old Dominion University, Oct. 1988

            ERF Symposium, Estuarine Processes, Oct. 1987

            Symp. on Micro. Methods in Microbial Ecol., ASLO, Jun 1987

            Symp. on Groundwater Studies, ASLO, Jun 1987

            Symp. on Nutrient Cycling on Coral Reefs. ASLO/AGU, Dec 1986

            Horn Point Environ. Lab., U. MD, May 1986

            Dept. of Natural Sciences, SUNY, Purchase, Apr 1986

            Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, U. MD., Feb 1986

            Symposium on Marine/Freshwater Comparisons, Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 1985

            Conf. on N Cyc. in Mar. Coast. Environ. U. of Aarhus, DK, June 1985

            U. of Rhode Island, Grad. Sch. Oceanogr., May 1985

            Hudson River Foundation Panel Meeting, Oct 1984

            Shoals Marine Laboratory, Appledore Is., ME, 1984

            Oregon State Univ., Sch. of Oceanogr., June 1984

            Symp. on N Fix. in Aq. Habitats. ASLO Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., 1984

            Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, U. New Hampshire, May 1984

            Visiting Professor, Dept. of Marine Science, U. Puerto Rico, Nov 1983

            Dept. of Earth and Planetary Phys., Harvard  U., 1983  

            EPA Narragansett Laboratory, Apr. 1983

            Univ. of Mass., Boston. Apr. 1980

            5th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation Conference, 1979

            Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Nov 1978

 

SCHOLARLY SERVICES

Workshop on the Marine Nitrogen Cycle, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Vancouver, Jan 2008

Editor, Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 2007- present.

Editorial Board, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1993- present.

Editorial Board, Global Change Biology, 2000- present.

            Secretary, Executive Board, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1997-2007

Workshop participant, SOLAS workshop on Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the Open Ocean, Warwick, UK, Nov. 2006.

Workshop participant,SIBER Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry, Goa, India, Oct. 2006

            NASA SIMBIOS Project Science Team Member. 1997- present.

                Co-Chair, Natural Sciences and Engineering sub-committee, USC University Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure. 2004-2006.

            Member, Natural Sciences and Engineering sub-committee,USC University Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure. 2001-2004.

            Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Mar 2008

            Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2006

            Session Organizer, Summer ASLO Meeting, Jun 2005

            Session Organizer, ASLO Meeting, Salt Lake City, Feb. 2005

            Panelist, Public Discussion on Microbiology, Long Beach Aquarium, June 2004

            Chief Scientist, RV Roger Revelle, 5 Aug to 23 Aug 2003. Honolulu to Honolulu.

            Chief Scientist, RV Kilo Moana, 22 Sep to 17 Oct 2002. Honolulu to Honolulu.

                       Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii, Feb. 2004

            Member, NSF Ocean Carbon Cycle Research working group 2000- 2005.

            Member, US Surface Ocean/ Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) steering committee. 1999-2005. CoChair, Biogeochem Working Group.

            Chief Scientist, R.V. Knorr. Biocomplexity in the Environment: MANTRA/ PIRANA Projects. 27 Jun to 24 Jul 2001.

            Chief Scientist.R.V. Seward Johnson. Biocomplexity in the Environment: MANTRA/ PIRANA projects. 29 Jan- 21 Feb 2001.

            Chair, NSF workshop on Ecological Determinants in Ocean Carbon Cycling (EDOCC), 1999-2000.

            Session Organizer, ASLO/ AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. The new improved nitrogen cycle. San Antonio, Jan 2000.

            Chief Scientist.R.V. Maurice Ewing. Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, N. coast of Australia. 27 Oct to 29 Nov 1999.

Organizer and Host, US JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling (SMP) Program sponsored workshop on "Conceptual and practical issues in modelling oceanic N2 fixation", held at the Wrigley Laboratory, Catalina Island 27-30 Sep 1999.

            Editor, Marine Microbiology and Microbial Ecology Section. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, G. Bitton, Chief Editor. Wiley.        

            Chair, US JGOFS Synthesis & Modelling Program (SMP) working group on marine N2 fixation 1998-2002.

Chief Scientist, R.V. Roger Revelle, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, SW Pacific, 24 Mar to 29 Apr 1998.

Member, SCOPE working group on marine N2 fixation, 1998

     Peer Review Panel, NSF Biological Oceanography 1998

Chief Scientist, R.V. Seward Johnson, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, So. N. Atlantic transect, 26 Mar to 24 Apr 1996.

Chief Scientist, R.V. Seward Johnson, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, So. N. Atlantic, 14 Oct to 10 Nov 1996.

International Committee, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1995-2001

            Peer Review Panelist, U. Conn. Biannual NOAA/NURP/NURC Review, Nov 1995

            Nominations Committee, The Oceanography Society, 1995- 1997

            Member at Large, Executive Board, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1995-1999

Chief Scientist, R.V. Gyre, Texas A&M.  21 May to 19 Jun 1994, Trichodesmium studies, Tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Symp. Organizer, Ann. ASM Meeting, Molec. Approaches in Biogeochem., May 1994

            Participant, NSF Workshop on Environmental Biogeochemistry, May 1994

            Participant, ONR Workshop on Sediment Biogeochemistry, May 1993

            Workshop Participant, Annual LMER Meeting, Tomales Bay, CA 1991

            Session Chair & Organizer, Biennial ERF Meeting, Oct. 1991

            Member, NSF Geosciences Pres. Young Invest. Panel, Jan. 1989, 1991

            Organizing Committee, NATO Adv. Workshop on Trichodesmium, May 1991

            External Review Panel, Water Res. Div., USGS, Ecol. Section, May 1990

            Organizing Committee, NATO Adv. Workshop on Trichodesmium, May 1991

            External Review Panel, Water Res. Div., USGS, Ecol. Section, May 1990

            Associate Editor, Biological Oceanography, 1989-1991

            Member, Editorial Board, Microbial Ecology, 1989- 1993

            Member, Director's Search, CEES, U. MD, 1989

            Chairman, Faculty Searches, CBL, 1987, 1989

            Peer Review Panel, NSF Polar Programs, Biology, 1988, 1989

            Invited Participant, ASLO Land/Sea Interface Workshop, MBL, May 1987    

            Peer Review Panel, NSF Biological Oceanography, 1986

            National SeaGrant Site Visit Team, U. DE., Oct. 1986

            Peer Review Panel Member, NOAA/NURP (Hydrolab), Sep. 1984

            Chairman, Marine Chemist/Geochemist Search Committee, MSRC, 1983

            Chairman, Coastal Marine Scholar Search Committee, MSRC, 1982, 1984

            Co-Chairperson, Peer Rev. Panel, EPA Chesapeake Bay SAV Prog. Oct. 1980

            Invited Participant, IOCARIBE Workshop on Oceanog. and Fish., Nov. 1977

Journal Reviewer: Nature; Science; Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences; Limnology & Oceanography; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Geobiology; Marine Ecology: Progress Series; Marine Biology; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Bulletin of Marine Science; Deep-Sea Research; Planta; Quarterly Review of Biology; Geochem. Cosmochem. Acta; J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.; Mar. Chem.; Mar. Environ. Sci.; Microb. Ecol.; J. Mar. Res.; Biogeochem.; Chem. Geol.; Ambio; Hydrobiolo­gia; Water Resources Research; Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; Estu­aries; FEMS Microbiology Ecology; J. Indust. Microbiol.; J. Biol. Rhythms; J. Phycology; Global Change Biology; Global Biogeochemical Cycles; Environmental Microbiology; Geophysical Research Letters; Aquatic Microbial Ecology  (Others).

Grant Reviewer: NSF Biological Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Polar Programs,  Biotic Systems/ Ecology, International Programs, Environ. Eng.; NOAA, OMPA; NURP; Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and National Sea Grant Programs; Hudson River Foundation, NASA Inter­disciplinary Programs; Natural Environmental Research Council (U.K.); EPA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program; USDA; (Others).

External Promotion Reviewer (recent): U. Conn., Princeton U. (Depart. & Presidential level), Clark U., TAMU, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Harvard, UCSC, UCLA, ODU, U. Mass., USC, U. Ala., U. Ga., FAU, FSU, Rutgers U., U. Va.,  (Others).

 

STUDENT ADVISING  (As Major Advisor)

     M.S.

            John M. Budin, 1981                Cynthia Dietz, 1982

            Dwight Reese, 1982                 Ronald Kiene, 1984 (see below)

            Julie McDaniel, 1985                James Bauer, 1984 (see below)

            Robert Kerr, 1986 Private environmental consultant, Norfolk, Va.                    

            Judith O'Neil, 1987 (see below)

            Robert Ranheim, 1991, NYC Department of Environmental Protection 

Mary Beth Beetham, 1996. Currently:  Director of Legislative Affairs, The Fund for Wildlife, Washington, DC.

            Jamie Krauk, 2000. Currently, Communications Officer, National Sea Grant Office.

 

    Ph.D.

            Jennifer Slater, 1986, presently, private scientific editorial consultant, Montery, Ca.                   

            Ronald Kiene, 1986, presently Professor of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Southern Alabama

            James E. Bauer, 1989, presently, Professor of Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, College of William & Mary                       

Junko Kazumi, 1992, presently, Licensing Manager, Office of Technology Transfer, Univ. of Miami (previously Assoc. Dean for Research, Sch. Of Eng.)

            Mark Marvin, 1995, presently Hydrologist, Water Resource Division, USGS               

            Judith O'Neil, 1995, presently Research Assistant Professor, UM Center for Environmental Science     

            Kelly Cunningham, 1996. (Raising family)

            Debra (Lonergan) Ellis, 1996, presently Assistant Professor of Biology, Univ. of Mass, Dartmouth        

            Margaret Mulholland, 1998, presently Associate Professor of Oceanography, Old Dominion University  

            Kimberly Warner, 1998, presently staff scientist at Oceana (NGO), Washington, D.C.

               James Burns, 2003. presently, Research Biologist, BioNavitas, Seattle, WA.

            Juliette Finzi, Ph.D. 2006. presently, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geog., USC.

            Jill Sohm, Ph.D. 2007. presently, Postdoctoral Associate, USC.                                   

            Isabel Romero, Ph.D., In prog. Kristin Riefel, Ph.D. In prog.

            Laila Barada, Ph.D. In prog.

 

RECENT STUDENT COMMITTEES (while at USC)

            Sara Pruss, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.)                  Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.)

            Stan Teerman, Ph.D. 2004 (Earth Sci.) Ian Hewson, Ph.D. 2005 (MEB)

            Maria Propenenko, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.)      Carrie Holl, Ph.D. 2004. (Ga. Tech)    

            John Griffith, Ph.D., 2006. (MEB)                    Mike Schwalbach, Ph.D., 2006. (MEB)          

            Derek Shannon, M.S. (Earth Sciences)             Rachel Schelble, Ph.D., 2006. (Earth Sci.)

            Pedro Morenco, Ph.D. 2007. (Earth Sci.)         Nathaniel Lorentz, Ph.D. 2007. (Earth Sci.)

            Joshua Steele, Ph.D. In prog.    (MEB)            Victoria Bertics,  In prog. (MEB)         

            Gerardo Toro-Farmer, Ph.D.In prog.(Ocean) Ivona Cetinic,     Ph.D. In prog.  (MEB)  

            Caterina Panzeca, Ph.D.2007. (Stony Brook U.)

             

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

            Sarah Horrigan, MSRC, Departmental Postdoctoral, 1982-1984. presently, Administrator, US Office of Management and Budget

            William Dennison, MSRC, Departmental Postdoctoral, 1984-1986. presently Vice President for Science Applications, Univ. of Md. Center for Environmental Studies

            Jennifer Slater, MSRC, Groundwater microbiology study, 1986-1987

            Cynthia Gilmour, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow (Harvard). Hudson River sediment metabolism, 1986. presently Curator, Smithsonian Estuarine Research Center (SERC)

            Jonathan Zehr, MSRC, 13N isotope study, 1986-1988. presently,  Professor, UC Santa Cruz

            Joseph Schubauer, Groundwater microbiology study, 1988-1990

            Kelly Smith, Visiting Post-DoctoralFellow (SERC), 1996-97

            Margaret Mulholland, N metabolism in Trichodesmium, 1998 (see above)

            Kim Warner, Reductive dechlorination in Chesapeake Bay Sediments, 1999 (see above)

            Ajit Subramanim, Remote sensing of Trichodesmium, 1997-2000. presently, Assistant Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

            Barbara Smallwood, Mangrove biogeochemistry, 2000-2001.

            Rebecca F. Shipe, Silicification in diazotrophic diatoms, 2000-2001. Presently, Assistant Professor UCLA

            Claire Mahaffey, Nitrogen isotopic studies in the oligotrophic ocean. 2003-2005. presently, Lecturer, Univ. of Liverpool

            Robert Hamersley, N2 fixation in coastal ecosystems, 2005- 2007. presently, Assistant Professor, Soka University

            Angela Knapp, N2 fixation associated with oxygen minimum zones, 2006-2008. Presently, postdoctoral associate, RSMAS, U. Miami.

            Sophie Bonnet, N2 fixation and trace metals, 2006- 2008. Presently, Scientist IRD (France)

 

UNDERGRADUATE MENTOREES        

     Amy Brackup, MSRC 1984                             Elisabeth Inman, REU, UMCES, 1989
Felicia Fieo, REU, UMCES,1990                     William Biggs, Jr., REU, UMCES,1992
Mary Thomas, REU, 1993                               Diana Cheek, REU, UMCES,1993
Rachael Foster, REU, UMCES, 1995 Krista Bartz, REU, UMCES,1994
Shawn Jefferson, REU, UMCES, 1995          Stephanie Ennis, USC Catalina Sem., 2002

Sarah Foster, Hampshire College, REU, USC, 2004

Kelsey Poulson, U. Wisc., REU, USC, 2005   Diane Kim, USC Catalina Semester, 2005        

Pablo Castillio, REU, USC, 2006                     Pam Chia, USC, 2006-2007

Karla Steinbring, REU, USC, 2007                  Cara Magnabusco, 2008-present.

 

HIGH SCHOOL MENTOREES

            SuFey Ong (Cal. Academy of Science High School), 2004-2005, USC Second place LA County Science Fair, Environmental Microbiology 2005; Finalist State Science Fair.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

            The Marine Nitrogen Cycle, SUNY/ MSRC. 1 cr., 1981

Marine Microbiology and Microbial Ecology, SUNY/ MSRC. 3 cr. graduate, Fall 1982, 1983, 1985

            Marine Microbiology, SUNY/ MSRC. 3 cr. undergrad., Fall 1983, 1985

            Marine Microbiology, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Summer 1985

Biological Oceanography Core Course, Nutrient Cycling/Biogeochemistry Section, Fall 1980 - 1986

            Topics in Marine Microbiol., SUNY/ MSRC. Seminar. 2 cr., Spring 1985

            Marine Biochemistry. SUNY/ MSRC. 3 cr., Spring 1986

            Marine Microbial Ecology, Bermuda Biological Station, Summer 1987

            Aquatic Microbial Ecology, U. Md./ UMCES. 3 cr., Spring 1990, 1992

            Topics in Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry (Seminar), U. Md./ UMCES. 1 cr., Spring 1991, 1993, 1994

            Readings in Microbial Ecology and Biogeochem., U. Md./ UMCES. Spr. 1997, 1-2 cr.

  Marine Geochemistry, U. Md./ UMCES. C,N,S Biogeochem. section, 1995, 1996, 1998

            Biological Oceanography, USC. BISC 473 (Catalina Semester), Spring 2000-2002

Short Course on Marine Nitrogen Fixation at University of Marseilles and ORSTROM, Marseilles, France. May 2000. (w/ Hans Paerl).

            Environmental Microbiology, USC. BISC 419. Spring 2001-2003 (Ratings 3.5- 3.7/ 5.0)

            Advanced Biological Oceanography, USC. BISC 582, 4 cr., Fall 2001, 2003, 2004 (Rating 4.3/ 5.0.

            Astrobiology & Geobiology. USC BISC 481, 4 cr., Spring 2004 (Rating 4.3/ 5.0), 2006 

            Environmental Microbiology, BISC 419L, Catalina Semester, BISC 419, Fall 2005. 4 cr. 9 students.

            Advanced Seminar in Marine Biogeochemistry, Fall 2008, 15 students.

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

1979    NSF, Biological Oceanography. Nitrogen fixation and denitrification in eelgrass (Zostera) beds. 2 y. $99,000. Author and Co-PI.

                        NOAA, NY. State Sea Grant. Sediment effects on the nitrogen cycle in Great South Bay. $60,000. Co-PI.

1980    NOAA, OMPA. The effects of persistent pollutants on microbial biomass and activities in salt marsh and estuarine sediments. 2 y. $150,000. PI.

1981    NOAA, NY. State Sea Grant. Interactions between salt marshes and the Great South Bay (Long Island). $18,000. Co-PI.

1982    NSF, Biological Oceanography. Nitrogen fixation and denitrification in eelgrass (Zostera) beds. 2 y. $121,830.  PI.

            EPA, Environmental Biology. Interactions between the sediment microbiota and persistent pollutants in marine sediments. 3 y. $187,427. PI.

1983    Hudson River Foundation. Pathways of anaerobic respiration and minerali­zation of organic carbon in Hudson River sediments. $41,000. PI.

1984    NOAA, NY. State Sea Grant. Effects of nitrogenous loading through cultural eutrophication of the mangrove/seagrass ecosystem at La Parguera, Puerto Rico. $11,000. PI. [Collaborative with U.P.R.].

            NSF, Biological Resource Program. Upgrade of seawater system and research capabilities at the Flax Pond Marine Laboratory, SUNY, New York. $76,540. Co-PI. 

            NSF, U.S./Australian Cooperative Programs. Contributions by sediments to nitrogen cycling on a coral reef. $17,000. PI. [Collab. with Aus. Inst. Mar. Sci.].

            NSF, Biological Oceanography. Microbial nitrogen cycling in nearshore sediments. $185,140. PI.

1985    Hudson River Foundation. Annual cycle of phytoplankton N uptake, zoo­plankton and bacterial remineralization, bacterial nitrification and denitrification. $69,949. Co-PI.

            NSF, Biological Oceanography. Metabolism of reduced sulfur compounds in anoxic marsh sediments. 2 y. $46,092. PI.

            NSF, Biological Oceanography. Does nitrogen or phosphorus limit productivity in tropical seagrasses? $50,000. PI.  [Collab. with UNH].

            N.Y. State Sea Grant. Manipulations of seaweed-microbe associations. Co- PI. $80,000.

            NSF, Chemical Oceanography. Use of the short-lived radioisotope, 13N, in marine nitrogen cycle studies. $262,113. PI. [Collab. with Brookhaven Nat’l. Lab.].

1986    Hudson River Foundation. Pathways of anaerobic respiration and minerali­zation of organic carbon in Hudson River sediments. $49,000. PI.

                        U.S. Geological Survey. Bacterial transformations of nitrate and Aldi­carb (Temik) in anoxic groundwaters of Long Island. $363,472. PI.

1987    NSF, Biological Oceanography. Physiology, ecology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation by marine planktonic organisms.  3 y. $107,000. PI. [Collab. with SUNY, Stony Brook].

            DOE, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Use of Accelerator Mass Spectrome­try in Marine Ecology. $20,000.

            State of MD., Office of Environ. Protection. Microcosm Study of Patuxent River. 1987-1988. $48,000.

1988    State of MD., Office of Environ. Protection. Baywide monitoring program: Nutrients. 1987-1988. $360,000. Co-PI.

                        NSF, Ecosystems Program/ Long Term Ecological Research. Response of a major land margin ecosystem to changes in terrestrial nutrient inputs: Internal nitrogen cycling, production and export.  1988 - 1993. Co-PI (with 13 others). Benthic microbial activ­ity component. $285,000.

            State of MD., Office of Environ. Protection. Effects of aeration on living            resources, algal biomass and ecosystem metabolism in St. Leonard Creek. 1988-1989. $129,765. PI.

1989    U.S. Geol. Survey, Inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in the water column of the Patuxent River. 2 y. $175,000. PI.  

1990    NSF, Biological Oceanography. Physiology, ecology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation by marine planktonic organisms. 3 y. $300,000. PI.

            US Fish & Wildlife Service. Effects of acidity and aluminum on nutrient cycling, bacterial populations and growth in experimental fresh­water mesocosms. 2 y. $49,000. PI.

            NSF, Ocean Sciences, Support Section. Request for transfer of the R.V. Ridgley Warfield to the Center for Environmental Studies of the U. Maryland. $176,000. PI.

1991    NSF, Biological Oceanography, A novel approach to nitrogen fixation in marine ecosystems. 3 y. $128,547. PI.

            Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Program. Microbial degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbons under alternating redox conditions in Chesapeake Bay sediments. $45,000. 1 y. PI.

1992    NOAA/NMFS- Saltonstall-Kennedy Program. Effects of aquacultural antibi­otics on sediment microbial communities. 1 y. $100,000. Co-PI.

            NSF/Div. Instr. & Resources. Development of a marine biochemistry and molecular biology facility. 1 y. $39,865. Co-PI.

1993    NSF, Biological Oceanography. Physiology, ecology and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation by marine planktonic organisms: An Accomplishment Based Renewal. 2 y. $200,000. PI.

            MD. Sea Grant. Bacterioplankton dynamics in the Patuxent River: Response to nitrogen abatement. 2 y. $77,816. PI.

1994    NSF, Ecology. Physiological and genetic controls on nitrogen fixation in salinity gradients: Implications for limitation of nitrogen fixation in freshwater and marine ecosystems. 2 y. $40,000. PI.

1995    WRRC/USGS. Development of a direct tracer procedure for denitrification in estuarine sediments. $18,000. PI.

            EPA/ORD, Importance of reductive dechlorination in Chesapeake Bay sediments: Role of sulfate respiration". 3 y. $242,000. PI.

1996    MD. Sea Grant. Bacterioplankton dynamics in the Patuxent River: Response to nitrogen abatement. 2 y. $77,816. PI.

            NSF, Integrative Biology and Neurosciences. Assessing the genetic potential and physiological controls of N2 fixation in a N-limited estuary. 3 y. $45,000. PI.

            NSF, Biological Oceanography. N2 fixation as a source of new N in the tropical oligotrophic oceans. 3 y. $557,550. PI. (UMCES).

NSF, International Programs. Regulation of N2 Fixation in Trichodesmium (Dissertation Enhancement for M. Mulholland), 1 Dec 96-31 May 97, $11,750, PI.

1997   NASA, SIMBIOS (MTPE). Validation of ocean color satellite data products in under-sampled marine areas. 2y, 1 Sep 1997-31 Aug 2000. $366,000. PI. (UMCES).

NASA/ NSF, JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling Program. Modelling N2 and CO2 fixation by the oceanic diazotroph.  $100,000, 2 y. (UMCES).

1998    Australian Geological Survey Organization. N2 fixation and denitrification in Brisbane river sediments. $16,816. 1 year. PI.

1999    NSF, Biological Oceanography. N2  fixation as a source of new N in the tropical oligotrophic oceans. 1 y. $230,006. PI. (USC).

            NASA, SIMBIOS (MTPE). Validation of ocean color satellite data products in under-sampled marine areas. 1y, 1 Sep 1999-31 Aug 2000. $110,700. PI. (USC).

NASA/ NSF, JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling Program. Modelling N2 and CO2 fixation by the oceanic diazotroph.  1 Oct 99 to 30 Sep 2000. $52,727, 1 y. PI. (USC).

NSF, Biological Oceanography. Ecological Determinants of Oceanic Carbon Cycling (workshop support). 1 Jun 99 to 30 Nov 2000.  $77,999. PI.

NSF, Biological Oceanography. SGER: Paleoecological Analysis of Oceanic N2 Fixing Cyanobacteria Using a Molecular Biological Approach $64,451, PI.

NSF, Biocomplexity Program. Collaborative Research: Factors affecting, and impact of, diazotrophic microorganisms in the western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. $3,500,000, 5 y, collaborative with SUNY/SB, UMCES, U Miami, USC component $1,345,530. PI.

NSF, Biocomplexity Program. Collaborative Research: Oceanic N2 fixation and Global Climate.  $4,000,000, 5 y, collaborative w/ SUNY/SB, MIT, UCSB, Princeton, UMCES & NCAR. USC component $2,143,885, Co-PI.

2000        NASA,  Varied water and dusty skies: Validation of ocean color satellite data products in under-sampled marine areas. $92,327. 2 years.

2004    NSF,   Physiological and stoichiometric studies of marine diazotrophs. $499, 995. Mar 2005- Feb 2008. PI.

2005    NSF,  Collaborative Research: Relating microbial biodiversity to biological oceanographic processes. Co-PI with Jed Fuhrman, $526,000.

               NASA, Varied Waters and Dusty Skies III: The Use of Satellite Ocean Color Data Products to Study the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Collaborative with Lamont Doherty Earth Obs., Co-PI. $130,000 (USC). 

2007               NSF, SGER: Exploratory studies of marine microbes using nanoSIMS. Collaborative with Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. PI. 1 year, $120,315. 
2008       NSF, OCE. Acquisition of a new Continuous-Flow Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer and Two Elemental Analyzers for Support of the University of Southern California Stable Isotope Facility. Co-PI. $321,095, 09/01/2008 - 08/31/2009.
               NSF, Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems Program.  Collaborative Research: Biogeochemistry of Cyanobacterial Mats and Hyporheic Zone Microbes in McMurdo Dry Valley glacial meltwater streams. PI, 3 years, $375,000. 09/01/2008- 08/31/2011.
2009       NSF, Chemical Oceanography. Collaborative Research: Documenting N2 fixation in N deficient waters of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific. 07/01/2009- 06/30/2012. $826,537 (recommended for funding). 
 

RECENT ABSTRACTS

2008   Romero, I.C., J.A. Fuhrman, M. Jacobson and D.G. Capone. Ecology of nitrogen-fixing microbial populations in the rhizophere of mangrove sediments.

Capone, D.G. Perspectives on Marine Nitrogen Fixation. AGU Inter American Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale Fl., May 2008

Bertics, V.J. J.A. Sohm, T. Treude, C. Chow, J.A. Fuhrman, D.G. Capone, W. Ziebis., Linked Nitrogen Fixation and Sulfate Reduction in a Benthic System Heavily Influenced by Bioturbation. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Mar 2008.

Capone, D.G., I. Hewson, R. Beinart, T. Gunderson, J. Zehr, J. Sohm, C. Guieu, and E. J. Carpenter, Diazotrophs and diazotrphy at the Mediterranean DYFAMED site. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Mar 2008.

Romero I. C., J.A. Furhman , M.L. Fogel, J.A. Steele and M. Jacobson, D.G. Capone. Interaction between diazotrophic bacteria and mangrove roots under different nutrient conditions. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Mar 2008.

Hood, R.R., V.J. Coles and D.G. Capone Modeling Nitrogen Fixation in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Mar 2008.

Sohm, J.A.; Gunderson, T.Carpenter, E.J.; Capone, D.G.; Nitrogen Fixation in the North Pacific Ocean: Rate measurements and spatial variability in species specific activity. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Mar 2008.

2007    Knapp, A.N., Sigman, D.M., Kustka, A., Lipschultz, F., Capone, D.G., Gunderson, T., Does N2 fixation affect oligotrophic surface ocean DON concentration and/ or isotopic composition?  ASLO winter meeting, Santa Fe, Feb 2007.

Capone, D.G.,  M. Robert Hamersley and A. Knapp Nitrogen fixation and oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Taupo, New Zealand, Nov. 2007.

2006   Capone, D G, Subramaniam, Carpenter, E J. 2006. Nitrogen Fixation by Diazotroph- Diatom Associations: A Nitrogen Input Amplifier in the Open Ocean.  Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS32L-06, Feb. 2006, Honolulu

Capone, D.G.,  Factors Limiting Oceanic N2 Fixation ESA Meeting, Memphis, Aug. 2006.

Finzi, J A, Weber, P K,  Popa, Pett-Ridge, J.,  Fallon, S J, Nealson, K H, Capone, D G. 2006.  Probing the Diazocyte Hypothesis: 13C and 15N Uptake in Trichodesmium IMS-101 Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS36F-02, Feb. 2006, Honolulu

Michaels, A., D. Capone, L. Duguay, D. Caron, W. Berelson. 2006. Training for Leadership in Ocean Sciences Meeting, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS44D-06, Feb. 2006, Honolulu

Pett-Ridge, J.,  Finzi, J A, Hutcheon, I.D. Capone, D.G., Weber, P K, NanoSIMS Analyses of Molybdenum Indicate Nitrogenase Activity and Help Solve a N and C Fixation Puzzle in a Marine Cyanobacterium. AGU Meeting, San Francisco, Dec.

 

Shipe, R. F., Curtaz, J., Carpenter, E. J. and Capone, D.G. Oceanographic Conditions Related to Diatom Only and Diatom-Diazotroph Assemblages in the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Spring 2003. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2006. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS36F-04, Feb. 2006, Honolulu

Sohm, J A, Mahaffey, , Capone, D G. 2006. Assessment of Relative Phosphorus Limitation of Trichodesmium in the North Pacific and Atlantic and the North Coast of Australia. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS35C-06, Feb. 2006, Honolulu

Yager, P, Cooley, S, Subramaniam, A, Shipe, R, Mahaffey, C, Bjorkman, K, Sanudo-Wilhelmy, S,  Tovar-Sanchez, A, Carpenter, E , Capone, D.  Diatom-Diazotroph Associations in the Amazon River Plume are Linked with Carbon Sequestration in the Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2006. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS32L-05, Feb. 2006, Honolulu.

2005     Pett-Ridge, J Fallon, S J, Finzi, J A, Capone, D G, Popa, R,  Nealson, K H, Hutcheon, I D,  Weber, P K.  Linking Nano-Scale Patterns of 15N and 13C Metabolism to Bacterial Morphology with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Fall AGU Meeting.

Carpenter, E. J.,  Subramaniam, A., Burns, J., Cooley, S., Finzi, J., Gunderson, T., Shipe, R., Yager, P., Capone, D., and Mahaffey, C. Carbon and nitrogen fixation in the western tropical North Atlantic (WTNA). ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. A., Tovar-Sanchez, A., Fu, F. X., Capone, D. G., Carpenter, E. J., and Hutchins, D. A. The impact of surface-absorbed phosphorus on Redfield stoichiometry in Trichodesmium. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Sohm, J. A. and Capone, D. G. Phosphorus dynamics of the N. Atlantic: Trichodesmium vs. bulk plankton. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Foster, R. A. Church, M. J., Carpenter, E. J., Capone, D. G., Zehr, J. P. A quantitiative PCR study of Richelia-diatom symbioses and free-living cyanobacterial populations downstream of the Amazon discharge.  ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Foster, S. Q., Sohm, J., and Capone, D. G., 2005, Nitrogen fixation associated with the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, in Southern California waters, Am. Soc. Limnol. & Oceanogr., Winter meeting.

Ziebis, W., Jacobson, M., Capone, D. G., Fuhrman, J.A., Hewson, I. and Rathburn, A.E. Comparison of microbial activity and diversity in deep-sea sediments at the Unimak Margin, Alaska. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Michaels, A. F., Berelson, W. M., Capone, D. G. Caron, D. A., Levin, S., Nealson, K. H. and  Siegel, D. Complex systems, complex scholarship and aquatic science. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Hood, R. R., Coles, V. J. and Capone, D. G. Modeling the influence of nitrogen fixation on marine biogeochemical cycles. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Shipe, R. F., Curtaz, J., Carpenter, E. J. and Capone, D. G. Diatom assemblages in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean in spring 2003. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Finzi, J. A.. Subramaniam, A.. Kustka, A. B. and Capone, D.G. Photophysiological parameters of Trichodesmium isolate IMS-101 under P and Fe limitation. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Capone, D. G., Burns, J. A., Carpenter, E. J., Gunderson, T., Holl, C. M., Michaels, A. F., Montoya, J.P.,  Sohm, J. A. and Subramaniam, A. Partitioniong marine planktonic nitrogen fixation. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2005.

Finzi, J., R. Popa, K. Nealson and D.G. Capone. Studying N2 and CO2 fixation in two cyanobacteria using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Southern California Geobiology Student Symposium, April 2005.

Capone, D.G.  C. Mahaffey,  J.P. Montoya, Reconciling geochemical and biological views of the marine nitrogen fixation. ASLO summer Meeting, Santiago, Spain, June 2005

Montoya, J, P,,  C. Mahaffey,  T. Gunderson, D.G. Capone, Nitrogen fixation in the tropical Atlantic: Insights from experimental, stable isotope and nutrient ratio analyses. ASLO summer Meeting, Santiago, Spain, June 2005 pkmn_since84.gif - 60 Bytes

Subramaniam, A,  E.J. Carpenter, R. Shipe, P. Yager, D. Capone,  The Diatom express. ASLO summer Meeting, Santiago, Spain, June 2005

Marote, C, L, R. Shipe, R, E. J. Carpenter, D.G. Capone, S.A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Effect of atmospheric dust on phytoplankton composition in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean. ASLO summer Meeting, Santiago, Spain, June 2005.

Meador, T.,  L. Aluwihare, C. Mahaffey, D. Capone. Chemical and isotopic characterization of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the oligotrophic ocean. ASLO summer Meeting, Santiago, Spain, June 2005

 

PUBLICATIONS (* indicates not peer reviewed)

1976    Corredor, J.E., D.G. Capone and K.E. Cooksey. On the use of liquid scintillation vials in ATP-photometry.  Anal. Biochem. 20:624-627.

1977    Capone, D.G. and B.F. Taylor. Nitrogen-fixation (Acetylene-Reduction) in the phyllosphere of Thalassia testudinum.  Mar. Biol. 40:19-28.

            Capone, D.G., D.L. Taylor and B.F. Taylor.  Nitrogen-fixation (Acety­lene-Reduction) associated with macroalgae in a coral reef commu­nity in the Bahamas.  Mar. Biol. 40:29-32.

            Capone, D.G. N2 (C2H2) fixation by macroalgal epiphytes. In: Proceedings, 3rd Int'l Coral Reef Symposium. ed. D.L. Taylor, pp. 337-342.

1979    Capone, D.G., P.A. Penhale, R.S. Oremland and B.F. Taylor.  The rela­tionship of productivity and N2 (C2H2) fixation in a Thalassia testudinum community. Limnol. Oceanogr. 24:117-125.

1980    Capone, D.G. and B.F. Taylor.  Microbial nitrogen cycling in a seagrass community. pp. 153-161. In: V.S. Kennedy (ed.),  Estuarine Perspectives, Academic Press, NY.

            Capone, D.G. and B.F. Taylor.  N2 (C2H2) fixation in the rhizosphere of Thalassia testudinum.  Can. J. Microbiol. 26:998-1005.

1981    Penhale, P.A. and D.G. Capone.  Primary productivity and nitrogen fixation in two macroalgal-cyanobacteria associations.  Bull. Mar. Sci. 31:161-169.

1982    Capone, D.G. and E.J. Carpenter. A perfusion method for assaying micro­bial activities in estuarine sediments: Applicability to studies of N2 fixation by C2H2 reduction.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 43:1400-1405.

            Capone, D.G. and E.J. Carpenter. Nitrogen fixation in the marine envi­ronment. Science 217:1140-1142.

            Capone, D.G. and J. Budin. Nitrogen fixation associated with rinsed roots and rhizomes of the eelgrass, Zostera marina. Plant Physiol. 70:1601-1604.    

            Capone, D.G.  Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) by rhizosphere sediments of the eelgrass, Zostera marina L. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10:67-75.

1983    Capone, D.G.  N2 fixation in seagrass communities. Mar. Tech. Soc. J. 17:32- 37.

            Capone, D.G., D. Reese and R. Kiene.  Effect of metals on methanogene­sis, sulfate reduction, carbon dioxide evolution and microbial biomass in anoxic salt marsh sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1586-1591.

            Carpenter, E.J. and D.G. Capone. (eds.).  Nitrogen in the Marine Environ­ment. Academic Press, N.Y. 900 pp.

            Capone, D.G. Benthic nitrogen fixation pp. 105-137. In: E.J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone (eds.),  Nitrogen in the Marine Environment.  Academic Press, N.Y.

1984    Slater, J. and D.G. Capone. Effect of metals on nitrogen fixation and denitrification in slurries of anoxic salt marsh sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 18:89-95.

            Kiene, R. and D.G. Capone. Effects of organic pollutants on methanogene­sis, sulphate reduction and carbon dioxide evolution in salt marsh sediments. Mar. Environ. Res. 13: 141-160.

1985    Kiene, R.P. and D.G. Capone. Degassing of pore water methane during sediment incubations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:143-147.

            Capone, D.G. and M. Bautista. A groundwater source for nitrate in nearshore marine sediments. Nature 313:214-216.

            Brackup, I. and D.G. Capone. The effect of several metal and organic pollutants on nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) by the roots and rhizomes of Zostera marina L. Environ. Exper. Bot. 25:145-151.

            Bauer, J.E. and D.G. Capone. The effects of four aromatic organic pollu­tants on glucose metabolism and thymidine incorporation by the micro biota of aerobic and anaerobic marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:828-835.

            Bauer, J.E. and D.G. Capone. Degradation and mineralization of the poly­cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons anthracene and naphthalene in salt marsh sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 50:81-90.

            Horrigan, S.G. and D.G. Capone. Rates of nitrification and nitrate reduction in nearshore marine sediments under varying environmen­tal conditions. Mar. Chem. 16:317-327.

            McDaniel, J. and D.G. Capone. A comparison of procedures for the separa­tion of aquatic bacteria from sediments for subsequent enumeration by direct counts. J. Microbiol. Methods. 3:291-302.

            Corredor, J. and D.G. Capone. Studies on nitrogen diagenesis in tropical carbonate environments. Proc. 5th Int. Coral Reef Symp. 3:395-399.

1986    Kiene, R.K. and D.G. Capone. Stimulation of methanogenesis by Aldicarb and other N- methyl carbamate pesticides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 51:1247-1251.

            Kiene, R.P., R.S. Oremland, A. Catena, L.G. Miller and D.G. Capone. Metabolism of reduced methylated sulfur compounds to methane and carbon dioxide by anaerobic sediments and a pure culture of an estuarine methanogen. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 52:1037-1045.

1987    Slater, J. and D.G. Capone. Persistent pollutants and nitrogen fixation and denitrification in coastal marine sediments. pp. 71-79. In: J.M. Capuzzo and D.R. Kester, (eds). Oceanic Processes in Marine Pollution, Vol. 1, Biological Processes and Wastes in the Ocean. Krieger Pubs., Malabar, FL.

            Slater, J.M. and D.G. Capone. Denitrification in aquifer soils and near shore marine sediments influenced by groundwater nitrate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1292-1297.

            Jacobson, M.E., J.E. Mackin and D.G. Capone. Ammonium production in sediments inhibited with molybdate and bromo-ethane sulfonic acid: Implications for the sources of ammonium in anoxic sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53: 2435-2439.

1988    Capone, D.G. Benthic nitrogen fixation.  In: H. Blackburn and J. Soren­sen (eds.). pp. 85-123. Nitrogen Cycling in Coastal Marine Envi­ronments, SCOPE Series, J. Wiley, N.Y.

            Kiene, R.P. and D.G. Capone. Microbial transformations of methylated sulfur compounds in anoxic sediments. Microb. Ecol. 15:275-291.

            Oremland, R.S. and D.G. Capone. Use of specific inhibitors in microbial ecological and biogeochemical studies. pp 285-383. In: K.C. Marshall (ed.), Advances in Microbial Ecology Vol. 10.

            Bauer, J., R. Kerr, M. Bautista, C.J. Decker and D.G. Capone. Interactive effects of Capitella colonization and chronic hydrocarbon exposure on sediment microbial activities in marine microcosms. Mar. Environ. Res. 25:63-84.

            Bauer, J.E. and D.G. Capone. Effects of co-occurring aromatic hydrocarbons on the degradation of individual polycyclic aromatic hydro­carbons in marine sediment slurries.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54:1649-1655.

            Capone, D.G. and R.P. Kiene. Comparison of microbial dynamics in fresh­water and marine environments: Contrasts in anaerobic catabolism. In: S. Nixon (ed.), Comparative Ecology of Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems, Limnol. Oceanogr. 33:725-749.

            Zehr, J., P. Falkowski and D.G. Capone. Coupling between 13N-ammonium uptake and incorporation in a marine diatom. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33:518-527.

            Fuhrman, J., S.G. Horrigan, and D.G. Capone. The use of 13N as a tracer for bacterial and algal uptake of ammonium from seawater. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 45:271-278.

            Kerr, R. and D.G. Capone.  The effect of salinity on the microbial mineraliza­tion of two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in estuarine sediments.  Mar. Environ. Res. 26:181-198.

1989    Zehr, J.P., D.G. Capone and P.G. Falkowski. Rapid incorporation of 13NO3- by NH4+-grown phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 51:237-241.

            Slater, J.M. and D.G. Capone. Nitrate requirement for acetylene inhibi­tion of nitrous oxide reduction in marine sediments. Microb. Ecol. 17:143-157.

            O'Neil, J.M. and D.G. Capone. Nitrogenase activity in tropical carbonate marine sediments.     Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 56:145-156.

            D'Elia, C.F., J.G. Sanders and D.G. Capone. Analytical chemistry for environmental sciences: A question of confidence. Environ. Sci. Technol. 23:768-774.

1990    Capone, D.G., J. Fowler, S.G. Horrigan and S. Dunham. Analysis of marine nitrification using the short-lived isotope 13N. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1182-1184.

            Suttle, C.A., J.A. Fuhrman and D.G. Capone. Rapid ammonium cycling and concentration-dependent partitioning of ammonium and phosphate: Implications for carbon transfer in plankton communities. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35:424-433.

            Short, F., W. Dennison and D.G. Capone. Phosphorus limits growth in a tropical seagrass. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 62:169-174.

            Capone, D.G. and J.M. Slater. Interannual patterns of water table height and groundwater derived nitrate in nearshore sediments. Biogeo­chemistry 10:277-288.

            Carpenter, E.J., J. Chang, M. Cottrell, J. Schubauer, H. Paerl, B. Bebout and D.G. Capone. 1990. Reevaluation of nitrogenase oxygen protective mechanisms in the planktonic marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 65:151-158.

            Capone, D.G., J.M. O'Neil, E.J. Carpenter and J. Zehr. Basis for diel variation in nitrogenase activity in the marine planktonic cyano­bacterium, Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:3532-3536.

1991    Hawser, S.P., G.A. Codd, D.G. Capone and E.J. Carpenter. A neuro­toxic factor associated with the bloom forming cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Toxicon. 29: 277-278.

            Capone, D.G. Aspects of the marine nitrogen cycle with relevance to the dynamics of nitrous and nitric oxide. pp. 255-275. In: J.E. Rogers and W.B. Whitman (eds.), Microbial Production and Consumption of Greenhouse Gases: Methane, Nitrogen Oxides, and Halomethanes. Am. Soc. Microbi­ology, Washington, D.C.

            Carpenter, E.J., B.M. Brinkhuis, and D.G. Capone. Primary production and nitrogenous  nutrients in Great South Bay. Chap. 5, pp. 33-41. In: J.R. Schubel, T. Bell and H. Carter (eds.),  The Great South Bay.. SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y. 

            Fuhrman, J.A. and D.G. Capone. Possible biogeochemical consequences of ocean fertilization. Limnol. Oceanogr. 36:1951-1959.

1992    Capone, D.G., S.G. Dunham, S.G. Horrigan, and L.E. Duguay. Microbial nitrogen transformations in shallow, unconsolidated carbonate sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 80:75-88.

            Capone, D.G. and J.E. Bauer. Microbial processes in coastal pollution. pp. 191-237. In: R. Mitchell (ed.), New Concepts in Environmental Microbiology. Wiley, NY.

            Carpenter, E.J., D.G. Capone and J.G. Rueter (Editors).   Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria:  Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London.

            *Capone, D.G., J.G. Rueter and E.J. Carpenter.  Overview of the advanced research workshop on bloom-forming marine cyanobacteria. Chapter 1, pp. 1-8.  Ibid.

            Carpenter, E.J. and D.G. Capone.  Nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium blooms.  Chapter 13, pp. 211-217. Ibid.

            Cunningham, K.A. and D.G. Capone.  Superoxide dismutase as a protective enzyme against oxygen toxicity:  An overview and initial studies in Trichodesmium.  Chapter 22, pp. 331-341.  Ibid.

            Carpenter, E.J., B. Bergman, R. Dawson, P.J.A. Siddiqui, E. Soderback and D.G. Capone. Glutamine synthetase and nitrogen cycling in colonies of the marine diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58: 3122-3129.

1993    Glibert, P.M. and D.G. Capone. Mineralization and assimilation in aquat­ic, sediment and wetland systems. pp. 243-272.  In:  R. Knowles and T.H. Blackburn, (eds.), Nitrogen Isotope Techniques. Academic Press, N.Y.

            Zehr, J., M. Wyman, V. Miller, L. Duguay and D.G. Capone. Modification of the Fe protein of nitrogenase in natural populations of Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:669-676.

            Capone, D.G. Determination of nitrogenase activity in aquatic samples using the acetylene reduction procedure. pp 621-631. In: P.F. Kemp, B.F. Sherr, E.B. Sherr and J.J. Cole (eds.),  Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Lewis Publishers, FL.

            Carpenter, E.J., J.M. O'Neil, R. Dawson, D.G. Capone, P.J.A. Siddiqui, T. Rosenberg and B. Bergman. The tropical diazotrophic phytoplankter Trichodesmium: biological characteristics of two common species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 95:295-305.

1994    Capone, D.G., M.D. Ferrier and E.J. Carpenter. Amino acid cycling in colonies of the planktonic marine cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:3989-3995.

            Kazumi, J. and D.G. Capone. Heterotrophic microbial activity in shallow aquifer sediments of Long Island, NY. Microbial Ecol. 28:19-37.

1995    Kazumi, J. and D.G. Capone. Microbial aldicarb transformation in aquifer, lake and salt marsh sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2820-2829.

1996    Capone, D.G. A biologically constrained estimate of oceanic N2O flux. Mitt. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25:105-113.

            Wyman, M., J.P. Zehr and D.G. Capone. Temporal variability in nitrogenase gene expression in natural populations of the marine cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium thiebautii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1073-1075

            Montoya, J.P., M. Voss, P. Kaehler and D.G. Capone. A simple, high precision, high sensitivity tracer assay for N2 fixation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:986-993

            Capone, D.G. and J. Zehr (Editors). Probing biogeochemical processes with molecular tools. Microbial Ecol. 32:229-230.

            Zehr, J. and D.G. Capone. Nitrogen fixation in the marine environment: Assaying the genetic potential for nitrogen fixation in natural populations. Microbial Ecol. 32:263-281.

            Capone, D. Microbial nitrogen cycling. In: S. Newell and R. Christian, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Section IV: Aquatic Environments. ASM Press. pp. 334-342.

            Christian, R. and D.G. Capone. Overview of issues in aquatic microbial ecology. In: S. Newell and R. Christian, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Section IV: Aquatic Environments. ASM Press. pp. 245-251.

            Kramer, J., M. Wyman, J.P. Zehr and D.G. Capone. Diel variability in transcription of the structural gene for glutamine synthetase (glnA) in natural populations of the marine diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium thiebautii. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 21:187-196.

            Capone, D.G., D.P. Weston, V. Miller and C. Shoemaker. Antibacterial residues in marine sediments and invertebrates following chemotherapy in aquaculture. Aquaculture 145:55-76.

Capone, D.G. Coral reef ecosystems in the context of the marine nitrogen cycle. In: M. Bjork, A.K. Semesi, M. Pederson and B. Bergman, Current Trends in Marine Botanical Research in the East African Region, Sida, Marine Science Program, SAREC, Uppsala, Sweden, pp. 61-76.

1997    Carpenter, E.J., H.R. Harvey, B. Fry and D.G. Capone. Biogeochemical tracers of Trichodesmium. Deep-Sea Research I , 44: 27-38.

            Capone, D.G., J. Zehr, H. Paerl, B. Bergman and E.J. Carpenter. Trichodesmium: A globally significant marine cyanobacterium.  Science 276: 1221-1229.

1998    Capone, D.G., A. Subramaniam, J.P. Montoya, M. Voss, C. Humborg, A.M. Johansen, R.L. Siefert and E.J. Carpenter. An extensive bloom of the N2-fixing cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium erythraem in the central Arabian Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 172: 281-292.

            Marvin-DiPasquale, M. and D.G. Capone. Benthic sulfate reduction along the Chesapeake Bay Central Channel. I. Spatial Trends and Controls. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 168: 213-228. 

1999   Carpenter, E. J., J.P. Montoya, J. Burns, M. Mulholland, A.Subramaniam, D.G. Capone. Extensive bloom of a N2 fixing symbiotic association in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 185:273-283.

Mulholland, M. and D.G. Capone. Nitrogen fixation, uptake and metabolism in natural and cultured populations of Trichodesmium spp. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 188: 33-49.

Mulholland, M., K. Ohki and D.G. Capone. Nitrogen utilization and metabolism relative to patterns of N2 fixation in cultures of Trichodesmium NIBB. J. Phycol. 35: 977-988.

Capone, D.G. and E.J. Carpenter. Nitrogen fixation by marine cyanobacteria: Historical and global perspectives. Symposium on Marine Cyanobacteria. Bull. Inst. Oceanogr., Monaco 19: 235-256.

2000    Dupouy, C., J. Neveux, A. Subramaniam, M. Mulholland, J. Montoya, L. Campbell, E.J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. Satellite captures summer Trichodesmium blooms in the southwestern Tropical Pacific. EOS 81: 13,15-16

Capone, D.G.  The marine nitrogen cycle. In, D. Kirchman, ed. Marine Microbial Ecology. J. Wiley, NY. Pp. 455-493.

            Zehr, J.P. and D.G. Capone. Oceanic nitrogen fixation: Ecology and molecular biology of Trichodesmium, a marine diazotroph. In: E. W. Triplett (ed) Prokaryotic Nitrogen Fixation: A Model System for the Analysis of a Biological Process. Horizon Scientific Press. Pp. 15-31.

Mulholland, M. and D.G. Capone. The nitrogen physiology of the marine N2 fixing cyanobacteria Trichodesmium. Trends in Plant Sciences 5: 148-153.

Hood, R.R., A.M. Michaels and D.G. Capone. Answers sought to the enigma of marine nitrogen fixation. EOS 81: 133, 138-139.

Carpenter, E.J., S. Lin and D.G. Capone. Bacterial activity in South Pole snow. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66: 4514-4517.

*Capone, D.G. and R. Letelier. EDOCC: Proposed initiative focuses on biological responses to ocean ecosystem perturbations. US JGOFS News 10 (4): 7..

2001    Mulholland, M.R. and D.G. Capone. 2001. Stoichiometry of nitrogen and carbon utilization in cultured populations of Trichodesmium IMS 101. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 436-443.

Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S.A., A.B. Kustka,  C.J. Gobbler,  D.A. Hutchins, M.Yang, K. Lwiza, J. Burns, D.G. Capone, J.A. Raven and E.J. Carpenter. 2001.Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean. Nature 411: 66-69.

Capone, D.G. 2001. Marine N2 fixation: What’s the fuss? Current Opinions in Microbiology 4: 341-348.

            Capone, D.G. and J.P. Montoya. 2001. Nitrogen fixation and denitrification. In: J. Paul, ed. Methods in Microbiology, Volume 30: Marine Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego.

            Hood, R.R., N. R. Bates, D.G. Capone, and D.B. Olson. 2001. Modeling the effects of N2-fixation on carbon and nitrogen fluxes at BATS.  2nd  Special Issue on the U.S. JGOFS Time-Series Stations. Deep-Sea Res. II  48: 1609-1648.

            Koop, K., D. Booth, A. Broadbent, J. Brodie, D. Bucher, D.G. Capone, J. Coll, W. Dennison, M. Erdmann, P. Harrison, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, P. Hutchings, G. Jones, A. Larkum, J. O'Neil, A. Steven, E. Tentori, S. Ward, J. Williamson and D. Yellowlees. 2001. ENCORE: The effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42: 91-120.

            Lorah, M., L. Olsen, D.G. Capone and J. Baker. 2001. Biodegradation of trichloroethylene and its anaerobic daughter products in freshwater wetland sediments, Bioremediation Journal  5: 101-118.

            *Fuhrman, J.A. and D.G. Capone. 2001. Nifty nanoplankton. Nature 412: 593-594. (Not peer reviewed).

            Capone, D. 2001. Microbial nitrogen cycling. In: S. Newell and R. Christian, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Section IV: Aquatic Environments. ASM Press. pp.439-449.     

            Christian, R. and D.G. Capone. 2001. Overview of issues in aquatic microbial ecology. In: S. Newell and R. Christian, eds. Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Section IV: Aquatic Environments. ASM Press. pp. 323-328.

            Michaels, A.F., D.M. Karl and D.G. Capone. 2001. Element stoichiometry, new production and nitrogen fixation. Oceanography 14: 68-77.

            *Hood, R.R., V.J. Coles, M. Pascual and D.G. Capone. 2001. Modeling Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic: JGOFS meets Biocomplexity. US JGOFS News 11:1-2, 11. (Not peer reviewed).

Capone, D. 2001. The nitrogen cycle in the marine environment. In. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology: Marine Section. G. Bitton and D. Capone, Eds., Wiley-Liss. pp. 2176-2188.

Capone, D. 2001. Section Editor. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology: Marine Section. G. Bitton and D. Capone, Eds, Wiley-Liss.

            Zehr, J.P. and D.G. Capone. 2001. Marine nitrogen fixation. In. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology: Marine Section. G. Bitton and D. Capone, Eds., Wiley-Liss. Pp. 2211-2221.

Mulholland, M., K. Ohki and D. G. Capone. 2001. Nutrient controls on nitrogen uptake and metabolism by natural populations and cultures of Trichodesmium (cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology 37: 1001 - 1009.

2002  Warner, K.A., C.C. Gilmour and D.G. Capone. 2002. Reductive dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol and related microbial processes under limiting and non-limiting sulfate concentration in anaerobic mid-Chesapeake Bay sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 40: 159-165.

Subramaniam, A., C. W. Brown, R. R. Hood, E. J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. 2002.  Detecting Trichodesmium blooms in SeaWiFS imagery. Deep Sea Research Part II 49: 107-121.

Hood, R.H., A. Subramaniam, L.R. May, E.J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. 2002. Remote estimation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium. Deep-Sea Res. Part II 49/1-3: 123-147.

Karl, D.M., A. Michaels, B. Bergman, D.G. Capone, E.J. Carpenter, R. Letelier, F. Lipschultz, H. Paerl, D. Sigman and L. Stal. 2002. Dinitrogen fixation in the world’s oceans. Biogeochemistry. 57: 47-98.

Mulholland, M.R., S. Floge, E.J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. 2002. Phosphorus dynamics in cultures and natural populations of Trichodesmium spp. Marine Ecology: Progress Series 45: 45-55.

Montoya, J.P., E.J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. 2002. Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen isotope abundances in zooplankton of the oligotrophic North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology & Oceanography 47: 1617-1628.

2003    Burns, J.A., J.Zehr and D.G. Capone. 2003. Nitrogen fixing phylotypes of Chesapeake Bay and Neuse River Estuary sediments: Trends in phylotype correlate with sediment characteristics. Microbial Ecology 44: 336-343.

Marvin-DePasquale, M.C., W.R. Boynton and D.G. Capone. 2003.Benthic sulfate reduction along the Chesapeake Bay central channel. II. Temporal controls. Marine Ecology: Progress Series 260:55-70.

            Kustka, A.B., S.A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, E.J. Carpenter, J.A. Burns, D.G. Capone and W.G. Sunda. 2003. Iron requirements for dinitrogen and ammonium-supported growth in cultures of Trichodesmium (IMS 101): Comparisons with nitrogen fixation rates and iron: carbon ratios of field populations.  Limnology & Oceanography 48: 1869-1884

            Kustka, A., S. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, E.J. Carpenter, D.G. Capone, J.A. Raven. 2003. A revised estimate of the Fe use efficiency of nitrogen fixation, with special reference to the marine N2 fixing cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp. (Cyanophyta). J. Phycology 39:12-25.

Carpenter, E.J. and D.G. Capone. 2003.Authors response to “Bacterial activity in South Pole Snow is questionable.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 6341.

2004   Carpenter, E.J., A. Subramaniam and D.G. Capone. 2004. Biomass and primary productivity of the cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp., in the southwest tropical N. Atlantic. Deep Sea Research I 51:173-203.

Falcón L.I., E.J.Carpenter, F.Cipriano, B.Bergman, and D.G. Capone. 2004. N2 fixation by unicellular bacterioplankton from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: phylogeny and in situ rates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 765-770.

            Hood, R. R., V.J.Coles and D.G.Capone.  2004. Modeling the distribution of Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean: J. Geophys. Res., 10: 10.1029/2002JC001753.

            Coles, V. J., R. R. Hood, M. Pascual, and D.G.Capone. 2004. Modeling the impact of Trichodesmium and nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean: J. Geophys. Res., 109: 10.1029/2002JC001754.          

Hewson, I., S. R. Govil, D.G. Capone, E. J. Carpenter, and J. A. Fuhrman. 2004. Evidence of Trichodesmium viral lysis and potential significance for biogeochemical cycling in the oligotrophic ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 36: 1–8.

Montoya, J. P., C. M. Holl, J.P. Zehr, A. Hansen, T. Villareal and D.G.Capone. 2004. High rates of N2-fixation by unicellular diazotrophs in the oligotrophic Pacific: Nature, 430: 1027-1031.

Galloway, J., F. Dentener, D.G. Capone, et al. 2004. Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present and Future. Biogeochemistry. 70: 153-226

            Mulholland, M., D. Bronk & D.G. Capone. 2004. Dinitrogen fixation and release of ammonium and dissolved organic nitrogen by Trichodesmium IMS10. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 37: 85-94.

            Sañudo-Wilhelmy SA, Tovar-Sanchez A, Fu F-X, Capone DG, Carpenter EJ, Hutchins DA . 2004. The impact of surface-adsorbed phosphorus on phytoplankton Redfield stoichiometry. Nature 432:897-900.

2005   *Capone, D.G. and A. Subramaniam.2005. Seeing microbes from space! Applications of remote sensing to marine microbial ecology. ASM News 71: 179-186.

Capone, D.G., J.A. Burns, A.F. Michaels, J.P. Montoya, A. Subramaniam, E.J. Carpenter. 2005. Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and sub-tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 19: doi 10.1029/2004GB002331 (Highlighted in Nature News & Views 436: 786-787, 2005).

Oremland, R. S., D.G. Capone, J. F. Stolz, J. Fuhrman and K. Zengler. 2005. Whither or wither geomicrobiology in the era of "Community Metagenomics". Nature Microbiology 3: 572-578 doi:10.1038/nrmicro1182.

Mahaffey, C., A.F. Michaels and D.G. Capone. 2005. The Conundrum of Marine N2 Fixation. American Journal of Science 305: 546-595.

2006   Hewson, I., J.A. Steele, D.G. Capone, J.A.Fuhrman. 2006. Remarkable heterogeneity in meso- and bathypelagic bacterioplankton assemblage structure. Limnology & Oceanography 51: 1274-1283.

Campbell, L., E.J. Carpenter, J.P. Montoya and D.G. Capone.  2006. Picoplankton community structure within and outside a Trichodesmium bloom in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean. Vie et Milieu 55: 185-196.

Krauk, J., J. Sohm, J. Montoya, T.A. Villareal and D.G. Capone. 2006. Plasticity of N:P ratios in laboratory and field populations of Trichodesmium spp. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 42: 243–253.

      Hewson, I., Joshua A. Steele, D.G. Capone and J. A. Fuhrman. 2006. Temporal and spatial scales of oligotrophic surface water bacterioplankton assemblage variation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311:67-77.

Capone, D. G., Popa, R., Flood, B., and Nealson, K., 2006. Follow the nitrogen:  A mantra for planetary exploration: Science 312: 708-709.

Burns, J., J. Zehr, J. Montoya, A. Kustka and D. Capone. 2006. Effect of EDTA additions on natural Trichodesmium spp. populations. Journal of Phycology 42: 900-904.

Sohm, J. and D. G. Capone. 2006. Phosphorus dynamics of the tropical and subtropical north Atlantic: Trichodesmium versus bulk plankton. Marine Ecology: Progress Series 317: 21-28.

Hewson, I., D.G. Capone, J.A. Steele and J. A. Fuhrman. 2006. Influence of Amazon and Orinoco offshore surface water plumes on oligotrophic bacterioplankton diversity in the West Tropical Atlantic. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43: 11-22.

Tovar-Sanchez,  Antonio, S.A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy, A.B. Kustka, S. Agustí, J. Dachs, D.A. Hutchins, D.G. Capone & C.M. Duarte.  2006. Effects of dust deposition and river discharges on trace metal composition of Trichodesmium Spp. in the Tropical and Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology & Oceanography 51: 1755-1761

*Capone, D.G. 2006. Perspective: Ramping up the heat on nitrogenase. Science 314:1691-1692.

Shipe, R. F., J. Curtaz, A. Subramaniam, E. J. Carpenter and D.G. Capone. 2006. Diatom biomass and productivity in oceanic and plume influenced waters of the western tropical Atlantic ocean. Deep Sea Research I. 53: 1320-1334

2007    *Capone, D.G. and Angela N. Knapp. 2007. A fix for the marine N cycle. Nature 445: 159-160.

McKnight, D. M., C. M. Tate, E. A. Andrews, D. K. Niyogi, K. Cozzetto, K. Welch, W. B. Lyons and D. G. Capone. 2007. Reactivation of a cryptobiotic stream ecosystem in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: a long-term geomorphological experiment. Geomorphology 89: 186–204.

Foster, R. A., D. G. Capone, E.J., Carpenter, C., Mahaffey, A. Subramaniam, and J.P. Zehr et al. 2007. A quantitative nifH PCR study of the vertical and horizontal distributions for free-living and symbiotic cyanobacteria in the Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology & Oceangraphy 52: 517-532.

Shipe, R. F., E. J. Carpenter, S.R. Govil and D.G. Capone. 2007. Limitation of phytoplankton production by Si and N in the western Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338: 33-45

Popa, R., P. Weber, J. Pett-Ridge, J. Finzi, S. Fallon, I. D. Hutcheon, K. H. Nealson and D.G. Capone. 2007. Carbon and nitrogen fixation and metabolite exchange in and between individual cells of Anabaena oscillarioides. The International Society of Microbial Ecology Journal 1: 354-360   doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.44.

Montoya, J.P., M. Voss and D.G. Capone. 2007. Spatial variation in N2-fixation rate and diazotroph activity in the Tropical Atlantic. Biogeosciences 4: 369-376.

Ward, B. B., D.G. Capone and J. P. Zehr. 2007. What’s new in the nitrogen cycle? Oceanography 20:101-109.

2008    *Capone, D.G. 2008. The marine nitrogen cycle. Microbe 3: 186-192. (American Society of Microbiology).

*Capone, D.G. 2008. Review of P.G. Falkowski and A.H. Knoll, (eds.), Evolution of Primary Production in the Sea. Academic Press. Limnology & Oceanogr. Bulletin 17: 19-20

Duce, R.A., LaRoche, J., Altieri, K., Arrigo, K., Baker, A., Capone, D.G. et al. 2008. Impacts of Atmospheric Anthropogenic Nitrogen on the Open Ocean. Science 320: 893-897.

Subramaniam, A., E. J. Carpenter, Y. Chen, S. Cooley, R. C. Mahaffey, S. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, R. Shipe, R. Siefert, A. Tovar-Sanchez, P.L. Yager, & D.G. Capone. 2008. Amazon River and African Dust Affect C and N Cycling in the Western Tropical North Atlantic. Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences, 105: 10460-10465. DOI 10.1073_pnas.0710279105

Capone, D.G., D. Bronk, M. Mulholland and E. J. Carpenter (eds). 2008. Nitrogen in the Marine Environment. Academic Press, San Diego. 1757 pp.

O'Neil, J. and D.G. Capone. 2008. Nitrogen cycling in coral reefs environments. Nitrogen in the Marine Environment. D. G. Capone, D. Bronk, M. Mulholland and E. J. Carpenter, Ed. San Diego, Academic Press. 949-989.

Carpenter, E. J. and D. G. Capone. 2008. Nitrogen fixation in the marine environment. Nitrogen in the Marine Environment. D. G. Capone, D. Bronk, M. Mulholland and E. J. Carpenter. San Diego, Academic Press. Pp. 141-198.

Sohm, J.A., C. Mahaffey, D.G. Capone. 2008. Assessment of relative phosphorus limitation of Trichodesmium spp. in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and the north coast of Australia. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53: 2495-250

2009  Finzi-Hart, J.A., J. Pett-Ridge, P. K. Weber, R. Popa, S. J. Fallon, T. Gunderson, I. D. Hutcheon, K. H. Nealson1, D.G. Capone. 2009. Fixation and fate of carbon and nitrogen in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium using nanometer Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS). Proceedings National Academy of Sciences DOI: pnas.0810547106

      Bonnet, S.,  I. Biegala, P. Dutrieux, L.O. Slemons and D.G. Capone. Nitrogen fixation in the western equatorial Pacific: rates, diazotrophic cyanobacterial diversity and biogeochemical significance. Global Biogeochem. Cycles.

 

Submitted Manuscripts:

Tovar-Sanchez, A.,  C.M. Duarte, A.B. Kustka, S.Agustí, J. Dachs, D.A. Hutchins, D.G. Capone, & S.A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy. Influence of river discharge in the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean – response to comment. Limnology & Oceanography.

Mulholland, M, and Capone, D.G. Nitrogen Fixation in the Indian Ocean N cycle: A Review. In Indian Ocean Biogeochemical Processes and Ecological Variability, R. Hood & J. Wiggert (eds). AGU Press.

Finzi-Hart, J.A., A. Subramaniam, J. Burns, R. Hood and D.G. Capone. Submitted. Photophysiological paramters in natural populations of Trichodesmium spp. in the subtropical N. Atlantic and N. Pacific: Implications for ocean ecosystem models. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Bertics, V.J., J. A. Sohm, C. T. Chow, T. T., D.G. Capone, J.A. Fuhrman, and W. Ziebis Burrowing deeper into benthic nitrogen fixation.

Bonnet, S., E. A. Webb, C. Panzeca, D.G. Capone and S. A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy. Globally Distributed Cyanobacteria are Significant Producers of Vitamin B12 in the Ocean. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences.

Finzi-Hart, J.A., A. Kustka and D.G. Capone manuscript. Photophysiological Parameters of Trichodesmium IMS101 under Fe and P Limitation. Environmental Microbiology

 

Manuscripts in Prep.:

Sohm et al. Nitrogen Fixation in the NW Pacific Sub-tropical Gyre

Burns, J.A. and D.G .Capone. Determination of nitrogen fixation and denitrification rates in sediments of Moreton Bay, Australia

Mahaffey et al. Nitrogenous nutrient and stable isotope distributions in the tropical N. Atlantic.

Capone, D.G.,  J.P. Montoya, A. Subramaniam, J.A. Burns, A. Kustka, M. R. Mulholland, M. Furnas, J. Fuhrman, I. Hewson), E.J. Carpenter. Nitrogen Fixation in Coastal Waters of Northern Australia

            Burns & Capone. nifH in Catalina seds 

            Romero, Burns et al. nifH in Mangrove seds