Untitled - The Future Ocean

Curriculum of ResearchPersonal DataNameLaRoche, Julie, Prof. Dr.born at 25.06.1957 in Quebec, CanadaAffiliationInstitutionIFM-GEOMARInstitute/DepartmentMarine Biogeochemistry (FB2)Address Düsternbrooker Weg 20City, ZIP Code Kiel, 24105Phone +49-431-600-4212Fax +49-431-600-4202e-mailjlaroche@ifm-geomar.deEducation1978 B.Sc. in Biology McGill University, Montreal, Canada1981 M.Sc. in oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada1986 Ph.D. in Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, CanadaResearch Experience1986 - 1987 Post-doctoral fellow with Dr. E. Zouros (Dalhousie University)1987 - 1991 Research Associate with Dr. P. Falkowski (Brookhaven National Lab, USA)1991 - 1998 Scientist Brookhaven National Lab. USA1998 - 2003 Angestellte nach BAT 1b (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel)2003 - 2006 Angestellte nach BAT 1a (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel)2002 Außerplanmäßige ProfessorinProjects2005 - 2008 Carboocean (EU)2005 - 2008 Diatomics (EU)2006 - 2009 Effects of Global Warming and Higher CO 2 Levels on Aquatic NitrogenFixation (BMBF)Main PublicationsMoore, CM, Mills MM, Milne A, Langlois R, Achterberg EP, Lochte K, LaRoche J, Geider R(2006) Iron limits primary productivity during spring bloom development in the central NorthAtlantic. Global Change Biology 12.Jickells TD, An ZS, Andersen KK, Baker AR, Bergametti G, Brooks N, Cao JJ, Boyd PW, DuceRA, Hunter KA, Kawahata H, Kubilay N, LaRoche J, Liss PS, Mahowald N, Prospero JM,Ridgwell AJ, Tegen I, Torres R (2005) Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, OceanBiogeochemistry and Climate. Science 308, 67-71.Mills MM, Ridame C, Davey M, LaRoche J, Geider RJ (2004) Iron and phosphorus co-limitnitrogen fixation in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic. Nature 429, 292-294.Boyd P, Watson AJ,Law CS, Abraham ER, Trull T, Murdoch R, Bakker DC,Bowie AR, BuesselerKO, Chang H, Charette M, Croot P, Downing K, Frew R, Gall M, Hadfield M, Hall J, Harvey M,Jameson G, LaRoche J, Liddicoat M, Ling R, Maldonado M, TMcKay RM, Nodder S, PickmereS, Pridmore R, Rintoul S, Safi K, Sutton P, Strzepek R, Tanneberger K, Turner S, Waite A,Zeldis J (2000) Mesoscale iron fertilization elevates phytoplankton stocks in the polar SouthernOcean. Nature 407, 695-702.Boyd P, LaRoche J, Gall M, Frew R, McKay RM (1999) Phytoplankton dynamics in sub-Antarctic waters south-east of New Zealand. J Geophys Res 104,13, 395.LaRoche J, Nuzzi R, Waters R, Wyman K, Falkowski PG, Wallace DWR (1997) Brown tideblooms in Long Island’s coastal waters linked to interannual variability in groundwater flow.Global Change Biology 3, 397-410.McKay RM, Geider RJ, LaRoche J (1997) Physiological and biochemical response of thephotosynthetic apparatus of two marine diatoms to iron stress. Plant Physiol 114, 615-622.LaRoche J, Boyd PW, McKay RML, Geider RJ (1996) Flavodoxin - an in situ diagnostic markerfor phytoplankton iron stress along a transect in the NE Subarctic Pacific. Nature 382, 802-805.LaRoche J, Van der Staay G, Partensky F, Ducruet A, Aebersold A, Li R, Golden SS, Hiller RG,A48