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Martin White, PhD
Lecturer
Expertise: Hydrography, Benthic physics, Bio-physical interactions, Water quality measurements
Phone: +353 (0)91 493 214
Email: martin.whitenuigalway.ie
Peer-Reviewed Papers
D.G. Bowers, E.M. Roberts, M. White & B.D. Moate (2011). Water masses, mixing, and the flow of dissolved organic carbon through the Irish Sea. Accepted; Continental Shelf Research.
C Mohn, S Erofeeva, R Turnewitsch, B Christiansen, M White (2013). Tidal and residual currents over abrupt deep-sea topography based on shipboard ADCP data and tidal model solutions for three popular bathymetry grids. Ocean Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s10236-013-0597-1.
Guihen, D., White, M., and Lundalv, T. (2013). Flow dynamics and turbulence generation at a cold-water coral reef. J. Sea Research, 78, 36-44.
M White, GA. Wolff, T Lundälv, D Guihen, K Kiriakoulakis, M Lavaleye, and G Duineveld. (2012). A cold-water coral ecosystem (Tisler Reef, Norwegian Shelf) may be a hotspot for carbon cycling. Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser., 465, 11-23 DOI:10.3354/meps09888.
D Guihen, M White & T Lundälv (2012). Temperature shocks and ecological implications at a coldwater. coral reef. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5, e68 doi:10.1017/S1755267212000413
Ullgen, J. and M White (2012). Observations of mesoscale variability in the Rockall Trough. Deep Sea Res., 64, 1-8.
White, M., Mohn, C., & Kiriakoulakis, K. (2012). Chapter 4: Environmental Sampling. In: Biological sampling in the deep sea. Eds. M Clark, M. Consalvey, Blackwell. In press
White, M, and Dorschel, B. (2010). The importance of the permanent thermocline to the cold water coral carbonate mound distribution in the NE Atlantic. Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 296, 393-402.
Mohn, C., and M. White (2010). Seamounts in a restless ocean: Response of passive tracers to sub-tidal flow variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, doi:10.1029/2010GL043871.
J Ullgren and M White (2010). Water mass interaction at intermediate depths in the southern Rockall Trough, northeastern North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research, 57, 248-257.
M. R. Clark, A. A. Rowden, T. Schlacher, A.Williams, M. Consalvey, K. I. Stocks, A. D. Rogers, T. D. O’Hara, M. White, T. M. Shank, & J. M. Hall-Spencer. (2010). The Ecology of Seamounts: Structure, Function, and Human Impacts. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci., 2,
L. Goddijn-Murphy, D. Dailloux, M. White, and D. Bowers (2009). Fundamentals of in situ digital camera methodology for water quality monitoring of coast and ocean. Sensors, 9, 5825-5843, doi:10.3390/s90705825
Mohn, C., M White, I. Bashmachnikov, F Jose and J. L. Pelegríc (2009). Dynamics at an elongated, intermediate depth seamount in the North Atlantic (Sedlo Seamount, 40°20′N, 26°40′W). Deep Sea Research II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.037
I. Bashmachnikov, C. Mohn, J.L. Pelegrí, A. Martins, F. Jose, F. Machín , M. White (2009). Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic. Deep Sea Research II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036
F. Machín, J.L. Pelegrí, M. Emelianov, J. Isern-Fontanet, M. White, I. Bashmachnikov, C. Mohn (2009). Mass and nutrient fluxes around Sedlo Seamount. Deer Sea Research II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.038
Lavaleye M., Duineveld G., Lundälv T., White M., Guihen D., Kiriakoulakis K. and Wolff G.A. (2009) Cold-Water Corals on the Tisler Reef. Preliminary observations on the dynamic reef environment. Oceanography, 22, 76-84
Adrian H Callaghan & M White (2008). Automated processing of sea surface images for the determination of whitecap coverage. J. Atmosphere and Oceanic Technology, DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHO634.1
F. Mienis, H.C. de Stigter, M. White, G. Duineveld, H. de Haas and T.C.E. van Weering (2007). Hydrodynamic controls on cold-water coral growth and carbonate-mound development at the SW and SE Rockall Trough Margin, NE Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research, 54(9), 1655-1674.
M. White, I. Bashmachnikov, J. Arístegui, & A Martins (2007). Physical Processes and Seamount Productivity. In Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation (Tony Pitcher, Telmo Morato, Paul Hart, Malcolm Clark, Nigel Haggan and Ricardo Santos, eds.). Blackwell Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Series, 65-84.
M. White, J Murray Roberts, & T. van Weering (2007). Do bottom intensified diurnal tidal currents shape the alignment of carbonate mounds in the NE Atlantic? Geo-Marine Letters, dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00367-007-0060-8
Dorschel B., Hebbeln D., Foubert A., White M., Wheeler A.J. (2007). Cold-water coral carbonate mound hydrodynamics and facies distributions: instrumentation and model development Marine Geology, 244(1-4), 184-195.
Cannaby, H., M. White, & P. Bowyer (2007). Dynamical response to differential rates of temperature change over sloping topography: Lough Corrib, Ireland. Journal Geophysical Research, 112, 9009-, doi:10.1029/2006/JC003890.
C. Mohn & M. White (2007). Remote sensing and modeling of bio-physical sea surface patters at Porcupine and Rockall Bank, Northeast Atlantic. Continental Shelf Research, 27, 1875-1892.
M. White (2006). Benthic Dynamics at the carbonate mound regions of the Porcupine Sea Bight continental margin. International Journal of Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.10007/s00531-006-0099-1
M. White, Lisa Feighery, D. Bowers, G. O’Riain & P. Bowyer. (2005). Using a digital camera for water quality and river plume measurements in the coastal zone. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(20), 4405-4419.
M. White, C. Mohn, H. de Stigter & G. Mottram (2005). Deep water coral development as a function of hydrodynamics and surface productivity around the submarine banks of the Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic. In: Cold-water corals and Ecosystems, Freiwald, Roberts (Eds.), Springer, 503-514.
M. White. (2003). Comparison of near seabed currents at two locations in the Porcupine Sea Bight - implications for benthic fauna. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 83(4), 682-686.
White, M., Bowers, D., S. Gaffney, and P. Bowyer (2003). Interannual variability in Irish Sea turbidity and relation to wind strength. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section B, Biology and Environment, vol. 103 B(2), 83-90.
White, M., C. Mohn and M. J. Orren. (1998). Nutrient distributions across the Porcupine Bank. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 55(6), 1082-1094.
White, M & P. A. Bowyer. (1997). The shelf edge current northwest of Ireland. Annales Geophysicae, 15, 1076-1083.
M. White (1996). Tidal dynamics of Galway Bay and associated 2-layer flow. In: Irish Marine Science 1995, 465-474, eds: B. F. Keegan and R. O'Connor.
M. White (1994). Tidal and sub-tidal variability in the sloping benthic boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 7851-7864.
White, M. & A. E. Hay (1994). Dense overflow into a large silled embayment: tidal modulation, fronts and basin modes. Journal of Marine Research, 52, 459-487.
Goddijn, L. M. and White, M. (2006). Using a digital camera for water quality measurements in Galway Bay. Coastal Estuarine and Shelf Science, 66(3-4) 429-436.
L. Fernand, G.D. Nolan, R. Raine, C.E. Chambers, S.R. Dye, M. White and J. Brown. (2006). The Irish coastal current: A seasonal jet-like circulation. Continental Shelf research, 26, 1775-1793.
Kiriakoulakis, K., B.J. Bett , M. White and G. A. Wolff (2004). Organic biogeochemistry of the Darwin Mounds, a deep-water coral ecosystem, of the NE Atlantic, Deep Sea Research, 51, 1937-1954.
Raine, R., M. White and J.D. Dodge (2002). The Summer distribution of net plankton dinoflagellates in relation to water movements in the NE Atlantic, West of Ireland. Journal of Plankton Research, 24, 1131-1147.
Bowers, D., S. Gaffney, M. White and P. Bowyer (2002). Turbidity in the southern Irish Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 22(15), 2115-2126.
Thorpe, S. A. & M. White (1988). A deep intermediate nepheloid layer. Deep Sea Research, 35, 1665-1671.
Coelho, H., R. Neves, M. White, P. Leitão and A. Santos: (2002). A Model for Ocean Circulation on the Iberian Coast. Journal of Marine Systems, 32(1-3): 153-179.
Thorpe, S. A., P. Hall, & M. White (1990). The variability of mixing at the continental slope. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A331, 183-194.
Thorpe, S. A., M. Cure, & M White . (1990).The skewness of temperature derivatives in oceanic boundary layers. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21, 428-433.
Huthnance, J. M., H. M. van Aken , M. White, E. D. Barton, B. LeCann, E. Ferreira. Coelho, E. Alvarez Fanjul, P. Miller, and J. Vitorino. (2002). Ocean Margin Exchange - Water flux estimates. Journal of Marine Systems, 32(1-3), 107-137.
Huthnance J., J. Humphrey, P. Knight, L. Thomsen, and M. White (2002). Near-bed turbulence measurements, stress estimates and sediment mobility at the continental shelf edge. Progress in Oceanography, 52, 171-194.
Gowen, R J, R. Raine, M. Dickey-Collas and M. White (1998). Plankton distributions in relation to physical oceanographic features on the southern Malin Shelf, August (1996). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 55(6), 1095-1111.
Huthnance, J. M., H Coelho, C. R. Griffiths, P. J. Knight, A. P. Rees, B. Sinha, A. Vangriesheim, M.White and P. G. Chatwin (2001). Physical structures, advection and mixing in the region of Goban Spur. Deep Sea Research, Part II, 48(14-15), 2979-3021.
Raine, R., S. O’Boyle, T. O’Higgins, M. White, J. Patching, Bronwyn Cahill and T. McMahon (2001). A satellite and field portrait of a Karenia mikimotoi (Hulbert) bloom off the south coast of Ireland, August 1998. Hydrobiologia, 465, 187-193.
Other Publications
Goddijn, L. M. and White, M. (2005). Modeling digital camera output as a function of yellow substance concentrations in coastal waters. Proceedings of III International Conference "Current problems in optics of natural waters", St. Petersburg, Russia. pp. 277-282.
Mohn, C., and M White. (2007) . Mechanisms of bio-physical coupling at submarine bank ecosystem. ICES CM 2007/B:10
Mohn, C., Dransfeld, L., and M White. (2007). Hindcasting planktonic egg drift patterns of Atlantic mackerel in Irish shelf and oceanic waters. ICES CM 2007/G:29
Mohn, C., White, M ., Beckmann, A., and Mottram, G. (2004). The role of physical processes for biomass dispersion over submarine banks: a study at two locations in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. ICES CM 2004/P:14
Lisa Feighery , M. White, D. Bowers, S. Kelly, G. O’Riain and P. Bowyer (2001). Feasibility study of the use of digital cameras for water quality monitoring in the coastal zone. Maritime Ireland/Wales INTERREG Report No 7. Marine Institute Maritime Interreg Series. ISBN 1393 9025.
White, M., S. Gaffney, D. Bowers and P. Bowyer (2000). Water clarity in the southern Irish Sea. Maritime Ireland/Wales INTERREG Report No 4. Marine Institute Maritime Interreg Series. ISBN 1393 9025.
M. White (1999). Measuring water clarity from space. Irish Scientist 1999 Year Book, pg. 127.
Turrell W. R, A. Jorge da Silva, C. Mohn, C. Griffiths, A Lavin, E. Svendsen & M. White (1995). A Quasi-synoptic survey of the European continental shelf edge during the SEFOS project. CM 1995/C:10.
Raine, R., M. White & J. Patching (1996). Control of coastal phytoplankton blooms by shelf frontal dynamics. Annales. Geophysicae, 14, Suppl. II, C418.
Thorpe, S. A., M. S. Cure, & M. White (1991). On the use of sonar to study breaking waves and dispersion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90(5), pt. 2.
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