S. Sponaugle

Drivers of plankton community structure in intermittent and continuous coastal upwelling systems-from microscale in-situ imaging to large scale patterns

The paper uses in-situ imaging and machine learning to analyze plankton community structure in coastal upwelling systems, finding that microbial loop taxa drive structure in intermittent systems while primary production dominates in continuous systems.

In situ imaging across ecosystems to resolve the fine-scale oceanographic drivers of a globally significant planktonic grazer

The paper uses in situ imaging across six coastal ecosystems to identify oceanographic drivers of doliolid plankton blooms and their habitat associations.