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Peter J. S. Franks

Scripps Institution of Oceanography · US
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Area of research
Oceanography · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Marine and coastal ecosystems, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Marine and fisheries research.
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Recent publications

Mixing at the Margins Drives Nitrate Delivery During Downwelling
Geophysical Research Letters 2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
Phytoplankton Responses to Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes in a Tropical Meander
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2024cited by 11position: contributordoi
Shortcomings of the dissipation rate for understanding the turbulent environment of plankton—And a potential solution
Limnology and Oceanography 2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Dinoflagellate vertical migration fuels an intense red tide
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023cited by 56position: middledoi
Phytoplankton Patches at Oceanic Fronts Are Linked to Coastal Upwelling Pulses: Observations and Implications in the California Current System
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2023cited by 19position: contributordoi
Dinoflagellate vertical migration fuels an intense red tide.
2023cited by 17position: contributordoi
Environmental and ecological drivers of harmful algal blooms revealed by automated underwater microscopy
Limnology and Oceanography 2023cited by 14position: contributordoi
Convening Expert Taxonomists to Build Image Libraries for Training Automated Classifiers
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Monthly to Decadal Variability of Mesoscale Stirring in the California Current System: Links to Upwelling, Climate Forcing, and Chlorophyll Transport
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2022cited by 7position: contributordoi
Oceanic turbulence from a planktonic perspective
Limnology and Oceanography 2021cited by 39position: firstdoi
Oceanic turbulence from a planktonic perspective
Limnology and Oceanography 2021cited by 37position: contributordoi
The California Undercurrent as a Source of Upwelled Waters in a Coastal Filament
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2021cited by 16position: contributordoi
Rapid Fluctuations of the Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum in Response to Wind Forcing in a Long, Narrow Bay
2021cited by 2position: contributordoi
A Pseudo‐Lagrangian Transformation to Study a Chlorophyll‐a Patch in the Ría de Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula)
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2021cited by 1position: contributordoi
The Scripps Plankton Camera system: A framework and platform for in situ microscopy
Limnology and Oceanography Methods 2020cited by 81position: middledoi
Timing is everything: Drivers of interannual variability in blue whale migration
Scientific Reports 2020cited by 79position: lastdoi
Environmental drivers of population variability in colony‐forming marine diatoms
Limnology and Oceanography 2020cited by 38position: contributordoi
Semi‐ and fully supervised quantification techniques to improve population estimates from machine classifiers
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 2020cited by 30position: contributordoi
A novel cross‐shore transport mechanism revealed by subsurface, robotic larval mimics: Internal wave deformation of the background velocity field
Limnology and Oceanography 2020cited by 16position: contributordoi
Larval cross‐shore transport estimated from internal waves with a background flow: The effects of larval vertical position and depth regulation
Limnology and Oceanography 2020cited by 9position: contributordoi
Deformation of ambient chemical gradients by sinking spheres
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2020cited by 7position: contributordoi
An ultraviolet dyegraph for measuring the chemical disturbances of sinking particles and swimming plankton
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 2020cited by 0position: contributordoi
Frontogenesis and the Creation of Fine‐Scale Vertical Phytoplankton Structure
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2019cited by 38position: middledoi
Frontogenesis and the Creation of Fine‐Scale Vertical Phytoplankton Structure
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2019cited by 23position: contributordoi
Stokes drift of plankton in linear internal waves: Cross‐shore transport of neutrally buoyant and depth‐keeping organisms
Limnology and Oceanography 2019cited by 19position: contributordoi
The role of submesoscale currents in structuring marine ecosystems
Nature Communications 2018cited by 465position: middledoi
When Mixed Layers Are Not Mixed. Storm‐Driven Mixing and Bio‐optical Vertical Gradients in Mixed Layers of the Southern Ocean
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2018cited by 85position: middledoi
A swarm of autonomous miniature underwater robot drifters for exploring submesoscale ocean dynamics
Nature Communications 2017cited by 177position: middledoi
A hierarchy of conceptual models of red-tide generation: Nutrition, behavior, and biological interactions
Harmful Algae 2015cited by 148position: middledoi
Enhanced silica ballasting from iron stress sustains carbon export in a frontal zone within the California Current
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2015cited by 70position: middledoi

Grants

Quantifying plankton dynamics in the internal tide using swarms of buoyancy-controlled robots
NSF1459393$633,5692015–2020PIRePORTER
Quantifying and Predicting Microscale Patchiness of Plankton
NSF0825154$365,5802008–2012PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research:GLOBEC Pan-regional Synthesis: Pacific Ocean Boundary Ecosystems: response to natural and anthropogenic climate forcing
NSF0815025$108,8512008–2012PIRePORTER
GLOBEC-01: Zooplankton Population Dynamics on Georges Bank: Model and Data Synthesis
NSF0220111$360,9192002–2007PIRePORTER
Physical-Biological Interactions Controlling Larval Krill Development and Early Survival: Implications for Population Recruitment and Demography of Euphausia Superba Dana
NSF9525803$172,1991995–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 20 papers (2019–2026)Mark D. Ohman · Scripps Institution of Oceanography4 papers (2019–2021)Andrew J. Lucas · Scripps Institution of Oceanography4 papers (2020–2026) · 4 papers (2020–2024)Kasia M. Kenitz · Scripps Institution of Oceanography4 papers (2020–2023) · 4 papers (2020–2023)Jessica C. Garwood · Oregon State University3 papers (2019–2020)Paul L. D. Roberts · Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute2 papers (2017–2020) · 2 papers (2012–2018) · 2 papers (2012–2015)Jules S. Jaffe · Scripps Institution of Oceanography2 papers (2017–2020)Bieito Fernández-Castro · University of Southampton2 papers (2021–2021)Beatriz Mouriño · American Geophysical Union2 papers (2021–2021) · 2 papers (2019–2021)M. Gilcoto · American Geophysical Union2 papers (2021–2021) · 2 papers (2023–2026)Jeffrey W. Krause · University of Nevada, Reno1 papers (2015–2015)Hae Jin Jeong · Seoul National University1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Bryce G. Inman · Scripps Institution of Oceanography1 papers (2021–2021)
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