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Amon, Rainer Professor
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- Professor, Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston
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Publications
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Tank, S. E., McClelland, J. W., Spencer, R., Shiklomanov, A. I., Suslova, A., Moatar, F., ... Holmes, R. M.
(2023).
Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change. Nature Geoscience.
16(9), 1-8.
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Amon, R., Ochoa, J., Candela, J., Herzka, S. Z., Prez-Brunius, P., Sheinbaum, J., ... Molodtsov, S.
(2023).
Ventilation of the deep Gulf of Mexico and potential insights to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Science Advances.
9(11), eade1685.
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Molodtsov, S., Anis, A., Li, D., Korets, M., Panov, A., Prokushkin, A., Yvon-Lewis, S., & Amon, R.
(2022).
Estimation of gas exchange coefficients from observations on the Yenisei River, Russia. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
20(12), 781-788.
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Williford, T., Amon, R., Kaiser, K., Benner, R., Stedmon, C., Bauch, D., ... Yan, G. e.
(2022).
Spatial Complexity in Dissolved Organic Matter and Trace Elements Driven by Hydrography and Freshwater Input Across the Arctic Ocean During 2015 Arctic GEOTRACES Expeditions. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.
127(11),
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Stedmon, C. A., Amon, R., Bauch, D., Bracher, A., Goncalves-Araujo, R., Hoppmann, M., ... Granskog, M. A.
(2021).
Insights Into Water Mass Origins in the Central Arctic Ocean From In-Situ Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.
126(7),
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Massicotte, P., Amon, R., Antoine, D., Archambault, P., Balzano, S., Belanger, S., ... Babin, M.
(2021).
The MALINA oceanographic expedition: how do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean?. Earth System Science Data.
13(4), 1561-1592.
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Molodtsov, S., Anis, A., Amon, R., & Perez-Brunius, P.
(2020).
Turbulent Mixing in a Loop Current Eddy From Glider-Based Microstructure Observations. Geophysical Research Letters.
47(14),
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Charette, M. A., Kipp, L. E., Jensen, L. T., Dabrowski, J. S., Whitmore, L. M., Fitzsimmons, J. N., ... Zhang, R.
(2020).
The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.
125(5),
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Prokushkin, A. S., Pokrovsky, O. S., Korets, M. A., Rubtsov, A. V., Titov, S. V., Tokareva, I. V., Kolosov, R. A., & Amon, R.
(2018).
Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Rivers of the Yenisei River Basin. Doklady Earth Sciences.
480(2), 763-766.
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Kaiser, K., Canedo-Oropeza, M., McMahon, R., & Amon, R.
(2017).
Origins and transformations of dissolved organic matter in large Arctic rivers. Scientific Reports.
7(1), 13064.
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Kaiser, K., Benner, R., & Amon, R.
(2017).
The fate of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon on the Eurasian shelves and export to the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.
122(1), 4-22.
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Abbott, B. W., Jones, J. B., Schuur, E., Chapin, F., Bowden, W. B., Bret-Harte, M. S., ... Zimov, S.
(2016).
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
11(3), 034014-034014.
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Amon, R.
(2016).
CARBON CYCLE Ocean dissolved organics matter. Nature Geoscience.
9(12), 864-865.
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Qu, F., Nunnally, C. C., Lemanski, J. R., Wade, T. L., Amon, R., & Rowe, G. T.
(2016).
Polychaete annelid (segmented worms) abundance and species composition in the proximity (6-9 km) of the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill in the Deep Gulf of Mexico. Deep-Sea Research Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography.
129, 130-136.
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Fichot, C. G., Benner, R., Kaiser, K., Shen, Y., Amon, R., Ogawa, H., & Lu, C.
(2016).
Predicting Dissolved Lignin Phenol Concentrations in the Coastal Ocean from Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) Absorption Coefficients. Frontiers in Marine Science.
3(FEB), 7.
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Crespo-Medina, M., Meile, C. D., Hunter, K. S., Diercks, A., Asper, V. L., Orphan, V. J., ... Joye, S. B.
(2015).
The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout (vol 7, pg 423, 2014). Nature Geoscience.
8(6), 490-490.
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Myers-Pigg, A. N., Louchouarn, P., Amon, R., Prokushkin, A., Pierce, K., & Rubtsov, A.
(2015).
Labile pyrogenic dissolved organic carbon in major Siberian Arctic rivers: Implications for wildfire-stream metabolic linkages. Geophysical Research Letters.
42(2), 377-385.
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Benner, R., & Amon, R.
(2015).
The size-reactivity continuum of major bioelements in the ocean. 7(1), 185-205.
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Brinkmeyer, R., Amon, R., Schwarz, J. R., Saxton, T., Roberts, D., Harrison, S., ... Elliott, C.
(2015).
Distribution and persistence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in stream bed and bank sediments from two urban streams in Houston, TX. Science of the Total Environment.
502, 650-658.
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Crespo-Medina, M., Meile, C. D., Hunter, K. S., Diercks, A., Asper, V. L., Orphan, V. J., ... Joye, S. B.
(2014).
The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout. Nature Geoscience.
7(6), 423-427.
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Duan, S., Amon, R., & Brinkmeyer, R. L.
(2014).
Tracing sources of organic matter in adjacent urban streams having different degrees of channel modification. Science of the Total Environment.
485-486(1), 252-262.
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Walker, S. A., Amon, R., & Stedmon, C. A.
(2013).
Variations in high-latitude riverine fluorescent dissolved organic matter: A comparison of large Arctic rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences.
118(4), 1689-1702.
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Fichot, C. G., Kaiser, K., Hooker, S. B., Amon, R., Babin, M., Blanger, S., Walker, S. A., & Benner, R.
(2013).
Pan-Arctic distributions of continental runoff in the Arctic Ocean. Scientific Reports.
3(1), 1053.
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Granskog, M. A., Stedmon, C. A., Dodd, P. A., Amon, R., Pavlov, A. K., de Steur, L., & Hansen, E.
(2012).
Characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Arctic outflow in the Fram Strait: Assessing the changes and fate of terrigenous CDOM in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Oceans.
117(C12), n/a-n/a.
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Amon, R., Rinehart, A. J., Duan, S., Louchouarn, P., Prokushkin, A., Guggenberger, G., ... Zhulidov, A. V.
(2012).
Dissolved organic matter sources in large Arctic rivers. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA.
94, 217-237.
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Prokushkin, A. S., Pokrovsky, O. S., Shirokova, L. S., Korets, M. A., Viers, J., Prokushkin, S. G., ... McDowell, W. H.
(2011).
Sources and the flux pattern of dissolved carbon in rivers of the Yenisey basin draining the Central Siberian Plateau. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
6(4), 045212-045212.
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Stedmon, C. A., Amon, R., Rinehart, A. J., & Walker, S. A.
(2011).
The supply and characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Arctic Ocean: Pan Arctic trends and differences. Marine Chemistry.
124(1-4), 108-118.
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Duan, S., Amon, R., Bianchi, T. S., & Santschi, P. H.
(2011).
Temperature Control on Soluble Reactive Phosphorus in the Lower Mississippi River?. Estuaries and Coasts.
34(1), 78-89.
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Duan, S., Bianchi, T. S., Santschi, P. H., & Amon, R.
(2010).
Effects of tributary inputs on nutrient export from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Freshwater Research.
61(9), 1029-1038.
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Louchouarn, P., Amon, R., Duan, S., Pondell, C., Seward, S. M., & White, N.
(2010).
Analysis of lignin-derived phenols in standard reference materials and ocean dissolved organic matter by gas chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Marine Chemistry.
118(1-2), 85-97.
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Crump, B. C., Peterson, B. J., Raymond, P. A., Amon, R., Rinehart, A., McClelland, J. W., & Holmes, R. M.
(2009).
Circumpolar synchrony in big river bacterioplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
106(50), 21208-21212.
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Walker, S. A., Amon, R., Stedmon, C., Duan, S., & Louchouarn, P.
(2009).
The use of PARAFAC modeling to trace terrestrial dissolved organic matter and fingerprint water masses in coastal Canadian Arctic surface waters. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences.
114(G4),
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McClelland, J. W., Holmes, R. M., Peterson, B. J., Amon, R., Brabets, T., Cooper, L., ... Zimov, S.
(2008).
Development of a PanArctic Database for River Chemistry. Eos.
89(24), 217-218.
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Dagg, M. J., Ammerman, J. W., Amon, R., Gardner, W. S., Green, R. E., & Lohrenz, S. E.
(2007).
A review of water column processes influencing hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts.
30(5), 735-752.
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Benner, R., Louchouarn, P., & Amon, R.
(2005).
Terrigenous dissolved organic matter in the Arctic Ocean and its transport to surface and deep waters of the North Atlantic. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
19(2), n/a-n/a.
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Meon, B., & Amon, R.
(2004).
Heterotrophic bacterial activity and fluxes of dissolved free amino acids and glucose in the Arctic rivers Ob, Yenisei and the adjacent Kara Sea. AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY.
37(2), 121-135.
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Benner, R., Benitez-Nelson, B., Kaiser, K., & Amon, R.
(2004).
Export of young terrigenous dissolved organic carbon from rivers to the Arctic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters.
31(5), n/a-n/a.
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Amon, R., Budus, G., & Meon, B.
(2003).
Dissolved organic carbon distribution and origin in the Nordic Seas: Exchanges with the Arctic Oean and the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research.
108(7), 14-11.
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Amon, R., & Benner, R.
(2003).
Combined neutral sugars as indicators of the diagenetic state of dissolved organic matter in the Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.
50(1), 151-169.
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Amon, R., Budeus, G., & Meon, B.
(2003).
Dissolved organic carbon distribution and origin in the Nordic Seas: Exchanges with the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic. 108(C7),
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Amon, R., Fitznar, H. P., & Benner, R.
(2001).
Linkages among the bioreactivity, chemical composition, and diagenetic state of marine dissolved organic matter. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.
46(2), 287-297.
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Pakulski, J. D., Benner, R., Whitledge, T., Amon, R., Eadie, B., Cifuentes, L., Ammerman, J., & Stockwell, D.
(2000).
Microbial metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River plumes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
50(2), 173-184.
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Opsahl, S., Benner, R., & Amon, R.
(1999).
Major flux of terrigenous dissolved organic matter through the Arctic Ocean. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.
44(8), 2017-2023.
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Amon, R., & Benner, R.
(1998).
Seasonal Patterns of Bacterial Abundance and Production in the Mississippi River Plume and Their Importance for the Fate of Enhanced Primary Production. Microbial Ecology.
35(3), 289-300.
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Gardner, W. S., Benner, R., Amon, R., Cotner, J. B., Cavaletto, J. F., & Johnson, J. R.
(1996).
Effects of high-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter on nitrogen dynamics in the Mississippi River plume. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
133(1-3), 287-297.
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Amon, R., & Benner, R.
(1996).
Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved organic matter. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY.
41(1), 41-51.
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Amon, R., & Benner, R.
(1996).
Photochemical and microbial consumption of dissolved organic carbon and dissolved oxygen in the Amazon River system. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA.
60(10), 1783-1792.
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PAKULSKI, J. D., BENNER, R., AMON, R., EADIE, B., & WHITLEDGE, T.
(1995).
COMMUNITY METABOLISM AND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PLUME - EVIDENCE FOR INTENSE NITRIFICATION AT INTERMEDIATE SALINITIES. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
117(1-3), 207-218.
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AMON, R., & BENNER, R.
(1994).
RAPID-CYCLING OF HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DISSOLVED ORGANIC-MATTER IN THE OCEAN. Nature.
369(6481), 549-552.
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AMON, R., & HERNDL, G. J.
(1991).
DEPOSIT FEEDING AND SEDIMENT .1. INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOLOTHURIA-TUBULOSA (HOLOTHURIOIDA, ECHINODERMATA) AND THE SEDIMENT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY. Marine Ecology.
12(2), 163-174.
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AMON, R., & HERNDL, G. J.
(1991).
DEPOSIT FEEDING AND SEDIMENT .2. DECOMPOSITION OF FECAL PELLETS OF HOLOTHURIA-TUBULOSA (HOLOTHURIOIDA, ECHINODERMATA). Marine Ecology.
12(2), 175-184.
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Xu, C., Santschi, P. H., Hung, C., Zhang, S., Schwehr, K. A., Roberts, K. A., ... Wei, C.
Controls of 234Th removal from the oligotrophic ocean by polyuronic acids and modification by microbial activity. Marine Chemistry.
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Tank, S. E., McClelland, J. W., Spencer, R., Shiklomanov, A. I., Suslova, A., Moatar, F., ... Holmes, R. M.
(2023).
Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change. Nature Geoscience.
16(9), 1-8.
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chapter
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Anderson, L. G., & Amon, R.
(2015).
DOM in the Arctic Ocean. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER, 2ND EDITION.
(pp. 609-633).
Elsevier.
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Anderson, L. G., & Amon, R.
(2015).
DOM in the Arctic Ocean. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER, 2ND EDITION.
(pp. 609-633).
Elsevier.
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conference paper
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Panov, A. V., Prokushkin, A. S., Korets, M. A., Bryukhanov, A. V., Myers-Pigg, A. N., Louchouarn, P., ... Heimann, M.
(2016).
Linking trace gas measurements and molecular tracers of organic matter in aerosols for identification of ecosystem sources and types of wildfires in Central Siberia. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science.
012017-012017.
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Amon, R., & Meon, B.
(2004).
The biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter and nutrients in two large Arctic estuaries and potential implications for our understanding of the Arctic Ocean system. Marine Chemistry.
311-330.
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Panov, A. V., Prokushkin, A. S., Korets, M. A., Bryukhanov, A. V., Myers-Pigg, A. N., Louchouarn, P., ... Heimann, M.
(2016).
Linking trace gas measurements and molecular tracers of organic matter in aerosols for identification of ecosystem sources and types of wildfires in Central Siberia. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science.
012017-012017.
Research
principal investigator on
- Collaborative research: Does dissolved organic matter influence the concentrations and distributions of trace elements in the Arctic Ocean? awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2019
- Estimating fluxes of CO2 and CH4 along the Siberian Yensei River awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2017
co-principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- MARS440 Chemical Oceanography Instructor
- MARS481 Seminar In Mar Science Instructor
- MARS491 Research Instructor
- MARS691 Research Instructor
- OCNG420 Biological Oceanography Instructor
- OCNG685 Directed Studies Instructor
- OCNG691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Bare, Ryan Michael (2014-06). Effects of Wet and Dry Weather Events on Bacteria (Enterococci) and the Public Health Threat from the Re-Suspension of Sediment Sequestered Enterococci.
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Rinehart, Amanda J. (2009-05). Dissolved organic matter discharge in the six largest arctic rivers-chemical composition and seasonal variability.
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Todd, Anthony Markus (2016-04). Characterization of the Optical Properties of Seawater from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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Walker, Sally Annette (2012-10). Sources and Fate of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in the Arctic Ocean and Surrounding Watersheds.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Marine Science, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1995
Contact
first name
- Rainer
has last name
- Amon
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- amonr@tamu.edu