Arctic Marine Ecology + Biogeochemistry + Co-Production of Knowledge

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2025

Koch, C.W., Sonsthagen, S.A., Cooper, L.W., Grebmeier, J.M., Riddle-Berntsen, A.E. & Cornman, R.S. (2025) Prevalence of pelagic diatoms and harmful algae in tellinid bivalve diets during record low sea ice in the Pacific Arctic determined by DNA metabarcoding. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1480327

2024

Apassingok, M., Holland, M.M., Kelly, B.P., Koch, C.W., Metcalf, V., Rookok Jr., B. & Walsh, J. (2024) How does the changing marine environment affect hunters’ access to Pacific walruses? Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 56 (1), 2367632. doi:10.1080/15230430.2024.2367632.

2023

Koch, C.W., Brown T.A., Amiraux R., Ruiz-Gonzalez C., Maccorquodale M., Yunda-Guarin G.A., Kohlbach D., Loseto L.L., Rosenberg B., Hussey N.E., Ferguson S.H., Yurkowski D.J., (2023) Year-round utilization of sea ice-associated carbon in Arctic ecosystems, Nature Communications 14, 1964. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37612-8

2022

O. Ahkinga, E. Alexander , M. D. Apassingok , B. Baker , M. Baker , M. Berman , M. Blair, E. Bloom, N. J. Burns, A. E. Copenhaver, E. Q. Cravalho , J. Donatuto , K. Dunton, S. V. Fletcher, E. Froehlich, J. C. George, C. Harris, M. Heavner, M. Hoffbeck, M. Holland, M. T. Jorgenson, B. P. Kelly, E. Kerttula, G. W. Kling, C. W. Koch, L. Landrum, S. Lange, M. K. Lukin, E. Marino, V. K. Metcalf, C. Nunn, R. Pincus, P. Pungowiyi, M. Robards, J. Q. Schaeffer, A. Shahbazi, A. Shultz, D. T. Turner, J. E. Walsh, F. Wiese, G. Wong, J. Wilson (2022) Consequences of Rapid Environmental Arctic Change for People. Arctic Report Card 2022, M. L. Druckenmiller, R. L. Thoman, and T. A. Moon, Eds., https://doi.org/10.25923/kgm2-9k50

2021

Koch, C.W., Cooper, L.W., Woodland, R.J., Grebmeier, J.M., Frey, K.E., Stimmelmayr, R., Magen C. and Brown, T.A., 2021, Female Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) show greater partitioning of sea ice organic carbon than males: Evidence from ice algae trophic markers. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255686

Koch, C.W., 2021, The significance of sea ice algae in the Pacific Arctic determined by highly branched isoprenoid biomarkers. (PhD Dissertation) University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, https://doi.org/10.13016/jtti-zi4e

2020

Koch, C.W., Cooper, L.W., Grebmeier, J.M., Frey, K.E. and Brown, T.A. (2020) Ice algae resource utilization by benthic macro- and megafaunal communities on the Pacific Arctic shelf determined through lipid biomarker analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13476

Koch, C.W., Cooper, L.W., Lalande, C., Brown, T.A., Frey, K.E., and Grebmeier, J.M., (2020) Seasonal and latitudinal variations in sea ice algae deposition in the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas determined by algal biomarkers. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/pone.0231178

2017

Wegner, C.E. and Ellis, J.T. (2017) The Influence of Sea-Level Rise on Wave-Energy Dissipation and Wave-Driven Currents at Buck Island Reef National Monument. Journal of Coastal Research(33)1: 56 – 66. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00052.1

2013

Odhiambo, B.K., Brown, V., Armentrout, G., Giancarlo, L., and Wegner, C. (2013) Sediment trace metals and PCB input history in Lake Anna, Spotsylvania, and Caroline Counties, Virginia, Environmental Earth Science, 69(6), 2103-2117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2500-2