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DMCS 2026 Publications

Prada, F., Marchini, C., Montagna, P. et al.Skeletal porosity of a cold-water coral increases with decreasing aragonite saturation state along a depth gradient in the Mediterranean Sea. BMC Biology (2026). doi: 10.1186/s12915-026-02654-z

Golomb, D., Cayemitte, K.M., Saba, G.K., Garzio, L.M., Gorbunov, M., Haldeman, C., Alvarado, J.J., Mass, T., Prada, F. Coral Reef Community Structure and Photophysiology Differ Between Upwelling and Non-Upwelling Locations on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2026), 14, 1265. doi: 10.3390/jmse14141265

Lato, K. A., Gulka, J., Adams, E., Friedland, K. D., Adams, E., Friedland, K. D., Nazzaro, L., Redfern, J., Schofield, O., Thorne, L. H., Williams, K. A. 2026. Characterizing marine biotic communities in the U.S. Atlantic in relation to offshore wind energy development. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi.org/10.3354/meps15218

Jousset, S., S. Mulet, E. Greiner, J. Wilkin, L. Vidar, L. Chafik, R. Raj, A. Bonaduce, N. Picot, and G. Dibarboure, (2026), New Global Mean Dynamic Topography CNES-CLS-22 Combining Drifters, Hydrography Profiles and High Frequency Radar Data, Earth System Science Data, 18, 2285-2303, doi: 10.5194/essd-18-2285-2026

Ce Yang, Haowen Dang, Jian Xu, Xiaolin Ma, Xingxing Wang, Yu Ren, Hongrui Zhang, Chen Li, Peng Zhang, Haijing Chen, Franck Bassinot, Yair Rosenthal & Zhimin Jian, Equatorward upper-ocean heat transport from the Southern Ocean boosted interglacial warming, Nature Communications volume 17, Article number: 5271 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71829-7

Zhu, F., Carter-Champion, A., Wharton, J.H., Joel Bracamontes-Ramírez, Andrea Burke, Peter B. de Menocal, David Fairman, Lloyd D. Keigwin, Thomas M. Marchitto, Eirini Papachristopoulou, James W. B. Rae, Yair Rosenthal, Ning Zhao & David J. R. Thornalley Co-ordinated shifts in deep-water formation and Gulf Stream migration during abrupt climate changes. Nat Commun 17, 4966 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73832-4

Qingxia Liu, Zuozhi Chen, Li Zhang, Grace K. Saba, Linbin Zhou, Honghui Huang, Global-scale quantification of esopelagic fish-mediated carbon fluxes, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 220, 2026, 108134,
ISSN 0141-1136, doi.org: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.108134.

J. Guo, Y. Zhu, N.J. Tosca, L. Pan, D.C. Catling, Y. Liu, W. Zhang, A.S. Chaddha, P. Ju, J. Li, Z. Zhang, A. Huo, Y. Li, F. Huang, P.G. Falkowski, & J. Hao, Anoxic photo-oxidation of Mn(II)-bearing carbonates on Mars and early Earth, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (20) e2607260123, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2607260123 (2026).

Pareja-Roman LF, Engdahl J, Miles T and McGarigal C (2026) Ocean mixing from offshore wind farms: implications for the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight cold pool. Front. Mar. Sci. 13:1804138. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2026.1804138

Nauman. E., R.A. Lutz. 2026. Environmental constraints and resilience of organisms in abyssal plain, whale fall, cold seep and hydrothermal vent environments in the deep sea. Oceans. 7, 10 doi.org/10.3390/oceans7010010

K. St John; R.G. Lucchi; T.A. Ronge; B. Reilly; J. Gruetzner; Y. Sakai; A.C. Gebhardt; A. Gonzalez-Lanchas; J.E. Johnson;
A. Plaza-Faverola; Y. Suganuma; M.A. Bárcena; S. De Schepper; L.C. Duxbury; G. Goss; N. Greco; L. Haygood; K. Husum; M. Iizuka; A.K.I.U. Kapuge; A.R. Lam; O. Libman-Roshal; Y. Liu; L.R. Monito; Y. Rosenthal; A.V. Sijinkumar; Y. Zhong. Up-current geomorphic events and local tectonics as primary controls on sediment transport by the West Spitsbergen Current and sedimentation in the Fram Strait since ca. 3 Ma.Geology, v. XX, p. DOI: 10.1130/G54231.1

Munroe, D., Foster, D., Ambrose, A., Shinn, J. 2026. The Need for Data to Understand How Coastal Oyster Farms Provide Shoreline Protection. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 14:1694763. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2026.1694763

R.L. Morris, J.E. Akers, S. Casas, J. Geldard, A. Goad, M. Ghisalberti, X. Guo, R. Holland, H. Jin, K.M. Kibler, D. Kreeger, B.S. Lanham, J.F.L. Peyre, R.J. Lowe, C.E.M. Lupton, H. Nassif, W. Mather, A.W.M. Pomeroy, E. Rothermel, M. Ruszala, M. Rupasinghe, F. Scott Rikard, R.E. Riman, R. San Nicolas, J.P. Shinn, P. Shrestha, E.L. Sparks, S.E. Swearer, J. Taye, N.A. Temple, M.N. Thenuwara, P.B. Vien, Z. Wang, M.L. Williams, & D. Bushek, Reefense: Living shoreline mosaics can achieve ecological and engineering outcomes with interdisciplinary design, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (15) e2516197123, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2516197123 (2026).

Czajka, C. R., Turner, J. S., Stammerjohn, S., Kim, H. H., Schofield, O., Saenz, B. T., & Doney, S. C. (2026). Modeling upper ocean ecosystem dynamics in response to interannual sea-ice variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131, e2025JG009428. DOI: 10.1029/2025JG009428

Guo X. 2026. Genetics and Epigenetics in Life History and Reproduction: Bivalve Molluscs. In: Skinner MK, editor. Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Third Edition). Oxford: Academic Press. p. 964-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21477-6.00409-0

Cinquemani, S. M., & Lutz, R. A. (2026). Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Impact-Generated Hydrothermal Vent Systems: Insights into the Origin of Life. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 14(5), 486. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14050486

Munroe, D., Hofmann, E. 2026. Fisheries, Climate Change, and Offshore Wind Energy Development on US Continental Shelf Regions. Fisheries Oceanography. 35: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.70027

Grothues, T., J. Adolf, K. Coleman, K. Dunton, J. Kohut, D. Munroe, S. O’Leary, G. Saba, D. Zemeckis. 2026. A comprehensive anticipatory approach to monitoring fisheries and fishery resource impacts from offshore wind farms: A model from the Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA. Fisheries Oceanography, 35: 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.70014

Spencer, M., Powell, E., Klinck, J., Munroe, D., LeClaire, A., Borsetti, S., Scheld, A., Hofmann, E., Curchitser, E. 2026. Climate-Induced Warming on the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf: Predictions of the Future Distribution and Carrying Capacity of the Atlantic Surfclam (Spisula solidissima) and the Expanding Ecotone with the Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica). Fisheries Oceanography, 35:95-121. http://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12709

Spencer, M., Powell, E., Klinck, J., Munroe, D., Borsetti, S., Scheld, A., Hofmann, E., Curchitser, E. 2026. What Is the Future of the Atlantic Surfclam (Spisula solidissima) Fishery Under Climate-Induced Warming on the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf: A Multidecadal Assessment. Fisheries Oceanography, 35: 62-94. http://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12708

Moya, A., Powell, E., Scheld, A., Borsetti, S., Klinck, J., Hofmann, E., Spencer, M., Curchitser, E., Munroe, D. 2026. Potential Future Impacts (2016-2055) of Offshore Wind Energy Development on the Atlantic Surfclam, Spisula solidissima, Fishery in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf, Fisheries Oceanography, 35: 122-141. http://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12720

Bidegain, G., Sestelo, M., Luque, P.L., Powell, E.N., Iriarte, A., Uriarte, I., Munroe, D. 2026. Nonparametric quantile regression captures regional variability and scaling deviations in Atlantic surfclam length–weight relationships. Scientific Reports. 16: 6153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-31936-9

Steeves, L., Borsetti, S., Davitt, R., Munroe, D. 2026. Offshore aquaculture of Atlantic surfclams (Spisula solidissima): Growth, survival and feasibility. North American Journal of Aquaculture. (88(2): 103-116) https://doi.org/10.1093/naaqua/vraf038

Borsetti, S., Munroe, D., Klinck, J., Scheld, A., Hofmann, E., Powell, E., Rudders, D. 2026. Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy Development on the Commercial Sea Scallop Fishery. Ocean and Coastal Management, 273: 108045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.108045

A.B. Pollack, L. Auermuller, C.D. Burleyson, J. Campbell, M. Condon, C. Cooper, M. Coronese, S. Dangendorf, J. Doss-Gollin, P. Hegde, C. Helgeson, R.E. Kopp, J. Kwakkel, C. Lesk, J. Mankin, R.E. Nicholas, J. Rice, S. Roth, V. Srikrishnan, & K. Keller. Unlocking the benefits of transparent and reusable science for climate risk management, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (3) e2422157123, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2422157123 (2026).

Chinni, V., Steffen, J.M., Stammerjohn, S.E., Pierre St-Laurent, Lisa C. Herbert, Patricia L. Yager, Tim M. Conway, Jessica N. Fitzsimmons & Robert M. Sherrell. Iron supply to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica is dominated by circumpolar deepwater and continental subglacial sources. Commun Earth Environ 7, 162 (2026). doi: 10.1038/s43247-026-03264-x

Nemoto, K., Yokoyama, Y., Sproson, A. D., Miyairi, Y., Aze, T., Rosenthal, Y., et al. (2026). Late Holocene increase in influence of Pacific deep water off Southern Chile caused by migration of the Southern Westerly Wind: Evidence from beryllium isotopes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27, e2025GC012803. doi: 10.1029/2025GC012803

Diou-Cass, Q.P., Waite, N. and Schofield, O. (2026), Decadal increase in phytoplankton community photoprotective pigments associated with shoaling mixed layers along a warming West Antarctic Peninsula. Limnol Oceanogr, 71: e70324. doi: 10.1002/lno.70324

X. Zhu, M.J. Kummer, C.E. Lubner, V. Kurashov, W. Carr, J.H. Golbeck, R.A. Niederman, L.G. Mourokh, S.D. Minteer, P.G. Falkowski, & M. Vittadello, A photosynthetic–respiratory electron transport chain chimera based on photosystem I and cytochrome c oxidase on graphene oxide, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (7) e2524884123, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2524884123 (2026).

Hess, A.V., Auderset, A., Rosenthal, Y. et al. Contrasting evolution of the Arabian Sea and Pacific Ocean oxygen minimum zones during the Miocene. Commun Earth Environ 7, 47 (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-03112-4

Xinwei Kong, Zhengyu Liu, Mi Yan, Fuxian Xie, Qin Wen, Samantha Bova, Yair Rosenthal, Liang Ning, Jian Liu, Linear and nonlinear responses of annual mean sea surface temperature to orbital forcing, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 375, 2026, 109790, ISSN 0277-3791, DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109790.

D. Evans, Y. Rosenthal, J. Erez, H. Hauzer, L.J. Cotton, X. Zhou, R. Nambiar, P. Stassen, P.N. Pearson, W. Renema, P.K. Saraswati, J.A. Todd, W. Müller, & H.P. Affek, The major ion chemistry of seawater was closely coupled to the long-term carbon cycle during the Cenozoic, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (2) e2511781122, (2026) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2511781122

Ducklow, H. W., Schofield, O., Stammerjohn, S., Kirchman, D. L. 2026. Multidecadal increase in microbial biomass and productivity along the Western Antarctic Peninsula.. Deep Sea Research Part II doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2026.104653

Selden, C.R., Everett, R., Berberich, M., Cruz-Rivera, E., Hatha, M., Powell, J., Schenone,
L., Schipler, R., Halvorson, H., Marcarelli, A., Fulweiler, R., Scott, T. (2026). Unraveling drivers of
heterotrophic nitrogen fixation across aquatic redox gradients: A mathematical model with bioenergetic
and stoichiometric constraints. Ecological Modelling, 513, 111454. DOI: 10.1016/j.
ecolmodel.2025.111454

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