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Steinberg, D.K., N.B. Nelson, C.A. Carlson, and A. Prusak. 2004. Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the open ocean by zooplankton and the colonial cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. Marine Ecology Progress Series 267: 45-56.

Nelson, N.B., C.A. Carlson, and D.K. Steinberg. 2004. Production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter by Sargasso Sea microbes. Marine Chemistry 89: 273-287.

Stanley, R.H.R., K.O. Buesseler, S.J. Manganini, D. K. Steinberg, and J.R. Valdes 2004. A Comparison of Major and Minor Elemental Fluxes collected using Neutrally Buoyant and Surface-Tethered Traps. Deep-Sea Research I 51: 1387-1395.

Steinberg, D.K., H.W. Ducklow, K.O. Buesseler, and M.C. Bowles (2003) Assessing contributions of JGOFS; Previewing studies in ocean ecology, biogeochemistry. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 84 (40): 413-414.

Steinberg, D.K., S.A. Goldthwait, and D.A. Hansell. 2002. Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in the Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research I 49: 1445-1461.

Schnetzer, A., D.K. Steinberg. 2002. Natural diets of vertically migrating zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea. Marine Biology 141: 89-99.

Schnetzer, A., D.K. Steinberg. 2002. Active transport of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen by vertically migrating zooplankton in the Sargasso Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 234: 71-84.

Sheridan, C.C., D.K. Steinberg, and G.W. Kling. 2002. The microbial and metazoan community associated with colonies of Trichodesmium spp.: a quantitative survey. Journal of Plankton Research 24(9): 913-922.

Roman, M.R., H.A. Adolf, M.R. Landry, L.P. Madin, D.K. Steinberg, and X. Zhang. 2002. Estimates of oceanic mesozooplankton production: A comparison using the Bermuda and Hawaii time-series data. Deep-Sea Research II. 49: 175-192.

Neuer, S., R. Davenport, T. Freudenthal, G. Wefer , O. Llinás, M.-J. Rueda, D. K. Steinberg, and D. M. Karl. 2002. Differences in the biological carbon pump at three subtropical ocean sites. Geophysical Research Letters 29(18): 1885, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015393.

Lomas, M.W., N.R. Bates, A.H. Knap, D.M. Karl , R. Lukas, M.R. Landry, R.R. Bidigare, D.K. Steinberg, and C.A. Carlson. 2002. Refining our understanding of oceanic biogeochemistry and ecosystem function. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 83 (48): 559-567.

Steinberg, D.K., C.A. Carlson, N.R. Bates, R.J. Johnson, A.F. Michaels, and A.F. Knap. 2001. Overview of the U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): A decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry. Deep-Sea Research II. 48: 1405-1447

Ducklow, H.W., D.K. Steinberg, K.O. Buesseler 2001. Upper ocean carbon export and the biological pump. Oceanography 14 (4): 50-58.

McClintock, J.B., B. Baker, D.K. Steinberg. 2001. Marine Invertebrate meroplankton and holoplankton. In: Marine Chemical Ecology. J. McClintock and B. Baker (eds.) Marine Science Series- CRC Press. pp. 195-225.

Madin, LP., E.F. Horgan, D.K. Steinberg. 2001. Zooplankton at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) station: Seasonal and interannual variation in biomass 1994-1998. Deep-Sea Research II. 48: 2063-2082.

Carlson, C.A., N.R. Bates, D.A. Hansell, D.K. Steinberg 2001. Nutrient Cycling: Carbon cycle. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. J.H. Steele, S.A. Thorpe, and K.A. Turekian (eds.) Academic Press. pp. 390-400.

Steinberg, D.K., C.A. Carlson, N.R. Bates, S.A. Goldthwait, L.P. Madin, and A.F. Michaels . 2000. Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research I 47: 137-158.

Buesseler, K.O., D.K. Steinberg, A.F. Michaels, R.J. Johnson, J.E. Andrews, J. R. Valdes, J.F. Price. 2000. A comparison of the quantity and composition of material caught in a neutrally buoyant versus surface-tethered sediment trap. Deep-Sea Research I 47: 277-294.

Dilling, L., J. Wilson, D. Steinberg, and A. Alldredge 1998. Feeding by the Euphausiid, Euphausia pacifica, and the copepod, Calanus Pacificus, on marine snow. Marine Ecology Progress Series 170:189-201

Steinberg, D.K. , C.H. Pilskaln , and M.W. Silver. 1998. Contribution of zooplankton associated with detritus to sediment trap "swimmer" carbon in Monterey Bay, CA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 164: 157-166

Silver M.W., Coale S.L., Pilskaln C.H., Steinberg D.K. 1998. Giant Aggregates: Importance as community centers and agents of material flux in the mesopelagic zone. Limnology and Oceanography 43 (3): 498-507.

Steinberg, D.K. , M.W. Silver, and C.H. Pilskaln. 1997. The role of mesopelagic zooplankton in the community metabolism of giant larvacean house detritus in Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 147: 167-179.

McClintock, J.B., D.P. Swenson, D.K. Steinberg, and A.F. Michaels. 1996. Feeding deterrent properties of common oceanic holoplankton from Bermudian waters. Limnology and Oceanography 41(4): 798-801.

Steinberg, D.K. 1995. Diet of Copepods (Scopalatum vorax) associated with mesopelagic detritus in Monterey Bay, CA. Marine Biology 122(4): 571-585.

Steinberg, D.K., M.W. Silver, S.L. Coale, C.H. Pilskaln, and J. Paduan. 1994. Midwater zooplankton communities on pelagic detritus (giant larvacean houses) in Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography 39(7): 1606-1620.

Silver, M.W., S.L. Coale, D.K. Steinberg, and C.H. Pilskaln. 1994. Marine snow: What it is and how it affects ecosystem functioning. In: Linking Species and Ecosystems. C.G. Jones and J.H. Lawton (eds.). Chapman and Hall, N.Y. pp. 45-51.

Ferrari, F. D., and D.K. Steinberg. 1993. Scopalatum vorax (Esterly, 1911) and Scolecithricella lobophora Park, 1970, calanoid copepods (Scolecitrichidae) associated with a pelagic tunicate in Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(3): 467-489.

Crocker, K.M., A.L. Alldredge, and D.K. Steinberg. 1991. Feeding rates of the doliolid, Dolioletta gegenbauri, on diatoms and bacteria. Journal of Plankton Research 13(1): 77-82.

Silver, M., C. Pilskaln, and D. Steinberg. 1991. The biologists' view of sediment trap collections: problems of marine snow and living organisms. In: Sediment Trap studies in the Nordic Countries, II. P. Wassman, A.S. Heiskaven, and O. Linidahl (eds.), Symposium Proceedings, pp. 76-93.

Prezelin, B.B., H.E. Glover, B. Ver Hoven, D. Steinberg, H.A. Matlick, O.Schofield, N. Nelson, M. Wyman, and L. Campbell. 1989. Blue-green light effects on light-limited rates of photosynthesis: relationship to pigmentation and productivity estimates for Synechococcus populations from the Sargasso Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 54: 121-136.

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