Associate Professor

Education

• 1996 PhD Physical Oceanography, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
• 1991 MS Biological Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, Old Dominion University
• 1989 BA Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Professional History

• 2007-present Associate Professor of Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 2003-2007 Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 2000-2003 Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences, Ocean Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz
• 1998-2000 Assistant Marine Research Scientist, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
• 1996-1998 Post-doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
• 1990-1996 Graduate Researcher Assistant, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University

Please visit our lab website - http://web.mac.com/margaretmcmanus/McManusLab/Home.html

Publications
*Students and Post-doctoral researchers are underlined
*McManus, previously published as Dekshenieks

Published

Carr M, CB Woodson, OM Cheriton, D Malone, MA McManus, P. Raimondi. 2011. Review: Knowledge through Partnership: Integrating marine protected area monitoring and ocean observing systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9(6): 342-350.

McManus MA and CB Woodson. 2011. Review: Plankton Distribution and Oceanic Dispersal. Journal of Experimental Biology Special Issue: Biophysics, Bioenergetics, and the Mechanistic Approach to Ecology. In Press.

Tomlinson MS, EH DeCarlo, MA McManus, G Pawlak, GF Steward, FJ Sansone, OD Nigro, CE Ostrander, RE Timmerman, J Patterson, SJ Uribe. 2011. Characterizing the Effects of Two Storms on the Coastal Waters of the O'ahu, Hawai'i using Data from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System. Oceanography. Vol 24(2):40-57.

Woodson CB, JA Barth, OM Cheriton, MA McManus, JP Ryan, L Washburn and the Summer Oceanography Group. 2011. Observations of internal wave packets propagating along-shelf in northern Monterey Bay. Geophysical Research Letters. 38: L01605 doi: 10.1029/2010GL045453.

Cheriton OM, MA McManus, JV Steinbuck, MT Stacey, JM Sullivan. 2010. Towed vehicle observations of across-shelf thin layer structure and a low-salinity intrusion in northern Monterey Bay, CA. Continental Shelf Research Special Issue: The Ecology and Oceanography of Thin Plankton Layers. Sullivan JM, MA McManus and PL Donaghay (Eds). Vol 30(1): 39-49.

Galindo HM, AS Pfeiffer-Herbert, MA McManus, Y Chao, F Chai, SR Palumbi. 2010. Seascape genetics along a steep cline: Using genetic patterns to test predictions of marine larval dispersal. Molecular Ecology. Vol (19), Issue (17) 3489-3835.

Ryan JP, MA McManus, JM Sullivan. 2010. Interacting physical, chemical and biological forcing of phytoplankton thin-layer variability in Monterey Bay, California. Continental Shelf Research Special Issue: The Ecology and Oceanography of Thin Plankton Layers. Sullivan JM, MA McManus and PL Donaghay (Eds). Vol 30(1): 7-16.

Ryan JP, AM Fischer, RM Kudela, MA McManus, JS Myers, JD Paduan, CM Ruhsam, CB Woodson, Y Zhan. 2010. Recurrent frontal slicks of a coastal ocean upwelling shadow. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans. 115, C12070, doi:10.1029/2010JC006398

Sevadjian JC, McManus MA, Pawlak G. 2010. Effects of physical structure and processes on thin zooplankton layers in Mamala Bay, Hawaii. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 409:95-106

Sullivan JM, MA McManus, OM Cheriton, KJ Benoit-Bird, L Goodman, Z Wang, JP Ryan, M Stacey, DV Holliday, C Greenlaw, MA Moline, M McFarland. 2010. Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean: An introduction to thin layers and the LOCO project. Continental Shelf Research Special Issue: The Ecology and Oceanography of Thin Plankton Layers. Sullivan JM, MA McManus and PL Donaghay (Eds). Vol 30(1): 1-6.

Cheriton OM, MA McManus, MT Stacey, JV Steinbuck, and JP Ryan.. 2009. Physical and biological controls on the maintenance and dissipation of a thin phytoplankton layer. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 378: 55–69.

Steinbuck JV, MT Stacey, MA McManus, OM Cheriton and JP Ryan. 2009. Observations of turbulent mixing in a phytoplankton thin layer: Implications for formation, maintenance, and breakdown. Limnology and Oceanography. 54(4): 1353–1368

Woodson CB, L Washburn, JA Barth, DJ Hoover, AR Kirincich, MA McManus, JP Ryan, J Tyburczy. 2009. The northern Monterey Bay upwelling shadow front: Observations of a coastally- and surface-trapped buoyant plume.  J. Geophys. Res., 114, C12013, doi:10.1029/2009JC005623.

Benoit Bird KJ, MJ Zirbel, MA McManus. 2008. Diel variation of zooplankton distribution in Hawaiian waters favors horizontal diel migration by midwater micronekton. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 367:109-123.

McManus MA, KJ Benoit-Bird, CB Woodson. 2008. Behavior Exceeds Physical Forcing in the Diel Horizontal Migration of a Midwater Sound-Scattering Layer in Hawaiian Waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 365: 91-101.

McManus MA, RM Kudela, MV Silver, GF Steward, JM Sullivan and PL Donaghay. 2008. Cryptic blooms: Are thin layers the missing connection? Estuaries and Coasts 31:396-401.

Ostrander CE, MA McManus, EH DeCarlo and FT MacKenzie. 2008. Temporal and spatial variability of freshwater plumes in a semi-enclosed estuarine-bay system. Estuaries and Coasts. 31:192-203.

Ryan JP, MA McManus, JD Paduan and FP Chavez. 2008. Phytoplankton thin layers caused by shear in frontal zones of a coastal upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 354:21-34.

Sansone FJ, G Pawlak, T Stanton, MA McManus, BT Glazer, EH DeCarlo, M Bandet, JC Sevadjian, K Stierhoff, C Colgrove, AB Hebert, IC Chen. 2008. Kilo Nalu: Physical/Biogeochemical Dynamics Above and Within Permeable Sediments. Oceanography. Special Issue on Coastal Ocean Processes Observing Technologies and Models. Vol 21(4). 173-178.

Barth JA, BA Menge, J Lubchenco, F Chan, JM Bane, AR Kirincich, MA McManus, KJ Nielson, SD Pierce and L Washburn.. 2007. Delayed upwelling alters coastal ocean ecosystems in the northern California current. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 104(10) 3719-3724.

Cheriton OM, MA McManus, DV Holliday, CF Greenlaw, PL Donaghay and T Cowles. 2007. Effects of mesoscale physical processes on thin zooplankton layers at four sites along the West Coast of the U.S. Estuaries and Coasts. 30(4): 575-590.

McManus MA and AS Pfeiffer-Hoyt. 2007. The effects of nearshore physical processes on plankton distribution. In: Encyclopedia of tidepools and rocky shores. M.W. Denny and S. Gaines (Eds). University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.

Pfeiffer-Herbert AS, MA McManus, PT Raimondi, Y Chao and F Chai. 2007. Dispersal of barnacle larvae along the central California coast: A modeling study. Limnology and Oceanography. 52(4)L 1559-1569.

Stacey MT, MA McManus and J Steinbuck. 2007. Convergences and divergences and thin layer formation and maintenance. Limnology and Oceanography. 52(4): 1523-1532.

Woodson CB and MA McManus. 2007. Foraging Behavior can Influence Dispersal of Marine Organisms. Limnology and Oceanography. 56(2): 2701-2709.

Woodson CB, DI Eerkes-Medrano, A Flores-Morales, M Foley, S Henkel, M Hessing-Lewis, D Jacinto, L Needles, M Nishizaki, J O’Leary, CE Ostrander, M Pespeni, K Schwager, JA Tyburczy, KA Weersing, A Kirincich, J Barth, M A McManus, and L Washburn. 2007. Diurnal upwelling driven by sea breezes in northern Monterey Bay:  A local mechanism for larval delivery to the intertidal? Continental Shelf Research. 27:2289-2302.

Storlazzi CD, MA McManus, JB Logan and BE McLaughlin. 2006.  Cross-shore velocity shear, eddies and heterogeneity in water column properties over fringing coral reefs: West Maui, Hawaii. Continental Shelf Research. 26(3): 401-421.

Drake PT, MA McManus and CD Storlazzi. 2005. Local wind forcing of the Monterey Bay area inner shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 25: 397-417.

McManus MA, OM Cheriton, PT Drake, DV Holliday, CD Storlazzi, PL Donaghay and CE Greenlaw. 2005. The effects of physical processes on the structure and transport of thin zooplankton layers in the coastal ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 301: 199-215.

Pfeiffer-Hoyt AS and MA McManus. 2005. Modeling the effects of environmental variability on Balanus glandula larval development. J. Plankton Res. 27(12): 1211-1228.

Holliday DV, PL Donaghay, CF Greenlaw, DE McGehee, MA McManus, JM Sullivan and JL Miksis. Advances in defining fine- and micro-scale pattern in marine plankton. 2003. Aquatic Living Resources. 16(3): 131-136.

McManus MA, AL Alldredge, A Barnard, E Boss, J Case, TJ Cowles, PL Donaghay, L Eisner, DJ Gifford, CF Greenlaw, C Herren, DV Holliday, D Johnson, S MacIntyre, D McGehee, TR Osborn, MJ Perry, R Pieper, JEB Rines, DC Smith, JM Sullivan, MK Talbot, MS Twardowski, A Weidemann and JRV Zaneveld. 2003. Changes in characteristics, distribution and persistence of thin layers over a 48-hour period. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 261: 1-19.

McManus MA, J Largier, E Palomino, L Wilkinson, L Washburn, K Stolzenbach, B Sanders, S Morgan, M Stacey, E Palomino, F Wright and JS Scott. 2003. Data management techniques for NEOCO, the Network for Environmental Observations of the Coastal Ocean. Sea Tch. 44(8): 54-60.

Powell EN, JM Klinck, EE Hofmann and MA McManus. 2003. Influence of water allocation and freshwater inflow on oyster production: A hydrodynamic-oyster population model for Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. Environmental Management. 31(1): 100-121.

Storlazzi C, MA McManus and J Figurski. 2003. Long-term, high-frequency current and temperature measurements along central California: Insights into upwelling relaxation and internal waves on the inner shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 23: 901-918.

Alldredge AL, TJ Cowles, S MacIntyre, JEB Rines, PL Donaghay, CF Greenlaw, DV Holliday, MM Dekshenieks, JM Sullivan and JRV Zaneveld. 2002. Occurrence and mechanism of formation of a dramatic thin layer of marine snow in a shallow Pacific fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 233: 1-12.

Klinck JM, EE Hofmann, EN Powell and MM Dekshenieks. 2002. Impact of channelization on oyster production: a hydrodynamic model for Galveston Bay, Texas. Environmental Modeling and Assessment. 7: 273-289.

Rines JEB, PL Donaghay, MM Dekshenieks, JM Sullivan and MS Twardowski. 2002. Thin layers and camouflage: Hidden Pseudo-nitzschia populations in a fjord in the San Juan Islands, Washington, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 225: 123-137.

Dekshenieks MM, PL Donaghay, JM Sullivan, JEB Rines, TR Osborn and MS Twardowski. 2001. Temporal and spatial occurrence of thin phytoplankton layers in relation to physical processes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 223: 61-71.

Paffenhofer GA, U Bathmann, M Bundy, ME Clarke, TJ Cowles, K Daly, H Dam, MM Dekshenieks, PL Donaghay, D Gibson, DJ Gifford, B Hansen, D Hartline, EJH Head, EE Hofmann, R Hopcroft, R Jahnke, SH Jonasdottir, T Kiorboe, G Kleppel, JM Klinck, P Kremer, M Landry, RF Lee, PH Lenz, LP Madin, DT Manahan, MG Mazzocchi, D McGillicuddy, C Miller, JR Nelson, TR Osborn, RE Pieper, I Prusova, MR Roman, S Schiel, HE Seim, S Smith, JJ Torres, PG Verity, SG Wakeham and K Wishner. 2001. Future marine zooplankton research–A perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 222: 297-308.

Dekshenieks MM, EE Hofmann, JM Klinck and EN Powell. 2000. Quantifying the effects of environmental variability on an oyster population using a coupled oyster-circulation model. Estuaries. 23(5): 593-610.

Dekshenieks MM, EE Hofmann, JM Klinck and EN Powell. 1997. A modeling study of the effects of size- and depth-dependent predation on larval survival. Journal of Plankton Research. 19(11): 1583-1596.

Dekshenieks MM, EE Hofmann, JM Klinck and EN Powell. 1996. Modeling the vertical distribution of oyster larvae in response to environmental conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 136: 97-110.

Dekshenieks MM, EE Hofmann and EN Powell. 1993. Environmental effects on the growth and development of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) larvae: A modeling study. Journal of Shellfish Research. 12(2): 241-245.