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Andrew J. Watson

Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario; Lawson Health Research Institute-CHRI
Verified email at uwo.ca
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Mesoscale iron enrichment experiments 1993-2005: synthesis and future directions

PW Boyd, T Jickells, CS Law, S Blain, EA Boyle… - science, 2007 - science.org
Since the mid-1980s, our understanding of nutrient limitation of oceanic primary production
has radically changed. Mesoscale iron addition experiments (FeAXs) have unequivocally …

Transition from maternal to embryonic control in early mammalian development: a comparison of several species.

NA Telford, AJ Watson, GA Schultz - Molecular reproduction and …, 1990 - cabdirect.org
This review, with reference to the mouse, rabbit, cow, sheep, pig and man, includes
consideration of (1) the timing of the switch from maternal to embryonic genetic control of …

Strategies for detecting colon cancer and/or dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

PD Collins, C Mpofu, AJ Watson… - Cochrane database of …, 2006 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis and colonic Crohn's disease have
an increased risk of colorectal cancer compared with the general population. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Global carbon budget 2020

P Friedlingstein, M O'sullivan, MW Jones… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their
redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate …

Global carbon budget 2017

C Le Quéré, RM Andrew… - Earth System …, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and their
redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere–the global carbon …

Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

JH Martin, KH Coale, KS Johnson, SE Fitzwater… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
The idea that iron might limit phytoplankton growth in large regions of the ocean has been
tested by enriching an area of 64 km2 in the open equatorial Pacific Ocean with iron. This …

A mesoscale phytoplankton bloom in the polar Southern Ocean stimulated by iron fertilization

PW Boyd, AJ Watson, CS Law, ER Abraham, T Trull… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in iron supply to oceanic plankton are thought to have a significant effect
on concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide by altering rates of carbon sequestration, a …

In situ evaluation of air‐sea gas exchange parameterizations using novel conservative and volatile tracers

PD Nightingale, G Malin, CS Law… - Global …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of air‐sea gas exchange rates are reported from two deliberate tracer
experiments in the southern North Sea during February 1992 and 1993. A conservative …

Evidence for slow mixing across the pycnocline from an open-ocean tracer-release experiment

JR Ledwell, AJ Watson, CS Law - Nature, 1993 - nature.com
THE distributions of heat, salt and trace substances in the ocean thermocline depend on
mixing along and across surfaces of equal density (isopycnal and diapycnal mixing …

Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

CL Quere, SP Harrison, I Colin Prentice… - Global Change …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem processes are important determinants of the biogeochemistry of the ocean, and
they can be profoundly affected by changes in climate. Ocean models currently express …