Meng Zhou, Associate Professor

 

Publications

1. Zhou, M., Y. Zhu and R.D. Dorland, Dynamics of the current system in the southern Drake Passage, Deep Sea Research I, submitted, 2006. (pdf)

2. Dorland, R.D. and M. Zhou, Circulation and Heat Fluxes during the Austral Fall in George VI Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Deep Sea Research II, submitted, 2006.

3. Li, C., K.S. Tande, M. Zhou, O.P. Pedersen and A. Edvardsen, Distribution, abundances and size composition of zooplankton related to an anti-cyclonic eddy on the coast of North Norway, Maine Ecology Progress Series, submitted, 2006.

4. Zhou, M., P.P. Niiler, Y. Zhu and R.D. Dorland, The western boundary current in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, Deep Sea Research I, accepted, 2006. (pdf)

5. Jiang, M.S., G.T. Wallace, M. Zhou, S. Libby, Z. Zhang^, and C. Hunt, Summer formation of a high nutrient low oxygen pool in Cape Cod Bay, Journal of Geophysical Research, accepted, 2006.

6. Zhou, M., What determines the slope of a plankton biomass spectrum? Journal of Plankton Research28, 437-448, 2006. (pdf)

7. Huntley, M.E., M.D.G. Lopez and M. Zhou, Seasonal dynamics and ecosystem impact of mesozooplankton at Station ALOHA, based on OPC measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C05S10, doi:10.1029/2005JC002892, 2006.

8. Zhou, M. Y. Zhu and K.S. Tande, Circulation and behavior of euphausiids in Norwegian sub-Arctic fjords, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 300, 159-178, 2005. (pdf)

9. Fossheim, M., M. Zhou, O.P. Pedersen, K.S. Tande, Y. Zhu and A. Edvardsen, Interactions between biological and environmental structures on the coast of Northern Norway, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 300, 147-158, 2005. (pdf)

10. Zhou, M., M. Jiang, and Z. Zhang, Short-term and seasonal change in transport and retention of biota in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, in Lobster Shell Disease Workshop, Editors: M.F. Tlusty, H.O. Halvorson, R. Smolowitz and U. Sharma, Aquatic Forum Series 05-1, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, 131-136, 2005. (pdf)

11. Pedersen, O.P., M. Zhou, K.S. Tande and A. Edvardsen, Eddy formation on the coast of North Norway - evidenced by synoptic sampling, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62, 615-628 2005. (pdf)

12. Jiang, M., and Zhou, M., 2005. Calibration of the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays Hydrodynamic Model:  2000-2001. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, December, 2004, p90.

13. Jiang, M., Zhou, M. and Wallace, G., 2005. Bays Eutrophication Model (BEM): Modeling Analysis for the Period 2000 -2001. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, December, 2004, p71.

14. Zhou, M., Y. Zhu and J.O. Peterson, Growth and mortality of mesozooplankton during the austral winter in Marguerite Bay and its vicinity, Deep-Sea Research II, 51, 2099-2118, 2004. (pdf)

15. Zhou, M. and R.D. Dorland, Aggregation and migration behavior of Euphausia superba, Deep-Sea Research II, 51, 2119-2137, 2004. (pdf)

16. Jiang, M. and M. Zhou, The summer Ekman pumping and its implications to the deep water renewal in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Monterey, CA, 929-948, 2004. (pdf)

17. Huntley, M.E. and M. Zhou, Influence of animals on turbulence in the sea, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 273: 65–79, 2004. (pdf)

18. Zhou, M. and K.S. Tande, Optical Plankton Counter Workshop Report, International Global Ecosystem Dynamics Program (GLOBEC) Report,  No. 17, pp67, 2002. (pdf)

19. Zhou, M., P. P. Niiler and J. Hu, Surface current in the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits measured by surface Lagrangian drifters.  Deep Sea Research, 49, 267-280, 2002. (pdf)

20. Edvardsen, A., M. Zhou, K. S. Tande, and Y. Zhu, Zooplankton population dynamics:  Measuring in situ growth and mortality rates using an Optical Plankton Counter.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 227, 205-219, 2002. (pdf)

21. Zhou, M.  Y. Zhu, S. Putnam and J. Peterson, Mesoscale variability of physical and biological processes in the southeastern Lake Superior, Limnology and Oceanography, 46, 4, 679-688, 2001. (pdf)

22. Zhou M., J. Paduan, and P. P. Niiler, The surface currents in the Canary Basin from drifter observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 21,893-21910, 2000.(pdf)

23. Huntley, M. E. , A. Gonzalez, Y. Zhu, M. Zhou, and X. Irigoien, Zooplankton dynamics in a mesoscale eddy-jet system. Marine Ecology Progress Series,  201, 165-178, 2000. (pdf)

24. Zhou, M., Objective analysis of spatiotemporal distribution of zooplankton in the California current in later spring, 1993.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 174, 197-206, 1998. (pdf)

25. Zhou, M., Influence of bottom stress on the two layer flow induced by gravity currents in estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 811-825, 1998.

26.   Zhou, M. and M. E. Huntley,  Population dynamics theory of plankton based on biomass spectra.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 157, 61-73, 1997. (pdf)

27. Zhou, M. and M. E. Huntley, The principle of biological attraction, demonstrated by the bio-continuum theory of zooplankton patch dynamics.  Journal of Marine Research, 54, 1017-1037, 1996. (pdf)

28. Huntley, M.E., M. Zhou and W. Nordhausen, Mesoscale distribution of zooplankton in the California current in late spring, observed by Optical Plankton Counter.  Journal of Marine Research, 53, 647-674, 1995.

29. Huntley, M. E., M. Zhou and M. D. G. Lopez, Calanoides Acutus (Giesbrecht) in Gerlache Strait, Antarctica II.  Solving an inverse problem in population dynamics.  Topical Studies in Oceanography, 41, 209-227, 1994.

30. Zhou, M., W. Nordhausen and M. E. Huntley, ADCP measurements of the distribution and abundance of Euphausiids near the Antarctic Peninsula in winter.  Deep Sea Research, 41, 1425-1445, 1994. (pdf)

28.Zhou, M., W. Nordhausen and M. E. Huntley, Small scale distribution of Euphausia superba in winter measured by Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.  Antarctic Journal of the United States, 27: 179-181, 1992.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Department of Environment, Earth and Ocean Sciences