Maureen Conte
Marine biogeochemist
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Maureen Hatcher Conte is biogeochemist known for her work using particles to define the long-term cycling of chemical compounds in seawater.
Maureen Conte | |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Thesis | The biogeochemistry of particulate lipids in warm-core Gulf Stream ring systems (1990) |
Education and career
Conte has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (1975), and an M.A. (1982), M.Phil. (1987), and Ph.D. (1989) from Columbia University.[1] Her Ph.D. examined lipids found in particles in the Gulf Stream.[2] Following her Ph.D. she conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Bristol before joining Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1994. As of 2022 Conte is a senior scientist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and a fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory.[3] Conte is the lead investigator for the Ocean Flux Program,[1] a program that has been examining particles in the Sargasso Sea since 1978.[4][5]
Research
Conte is known for her work on the organic compounds found in particles.[6] Her early work examined the consumption of organic matter,[7] and the development of methods to analyze lipids from seawater.[8][9] Subsequently, she examined the different types of lipids found in organisms such as coccolithophores.[10][11] At the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site, Conte has used long-term measurements of particles to quantify changes in the flux of organic carbon to the seafloor over time,[12][13] and used the presence of alkenones in particles to track changes in ocean temperatures over time.[14][15] Through her research she has characterized how hurricanes impact the flow of organic carbon to the seafloor,[16][17] and examined the impact of cold shock on sea turtles that are trapped in cold waters off Cape Cod.[18] Conte's research involves spending extended periods of time on research ships,[19] and in 2020, her research was delayed because she could not collect her samples due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
Selected publications
- Anand, Pallavi; Elderfield, Henry; Conte, Maureen H. (June 2003). "Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series: CALIBRATION OF Mg/Ca THERMOMETRY IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA". Paleoceanography. 18 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2003PalOc..18.1050A. doi:10.1029/2002PA000846.
- Conte, Maureen H.; Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine; Rühlemann, Carsten; Weber, John C.; Schulte, Sonja; Schulz-Bull, Detlef; Blanz, Thomas (February 2006). "Global temperature calibration of the alkenone unsaturation index (U K′ 37 ) in surface waters and comparison with surface sediments: ALKENONE UNSATURATION INDEX". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 7 (2): n/a. doi:10.1029/2005GC001054. hdl:1912/652. S2CID 62825795.
- Conte, Maureen H; Thompson, Anthony; Lesley, David; Harris, Roger P (January 1998). "Genetic and Physiological Influences on the Alkenone/Alkenoate Versus Growth Temperature Relationship in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa Oceanica". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 62 (1): 51–68. Bibcode:1998GeCoA..62...51C. doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00327-X.
- Medeiros, Patricia M.; Conte, Maureen H.; Weber, John C.; Simoneit, Bernd R. T. (1 March 2006). "Sugars as source indicators of biogenic organic carbon in aerosols collected above the Howland Experimental Forest, Maine". Atmospheric Environment. 40 (9): 1694–1705. Bibcode:2006AtmEn..40.1694M. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.001. hdl:1912/910. ISSN 1352-2310.