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

• 1 Aug 2007-present Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 9 Dec 2003-1 Aug 2007 Assistant Professor of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 9 Dec 2003-present Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
• 1 Jul 2000-8 Dec 2003 Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
• 1998-2000 Assistant Marine Research Scientist, University of Rhode Island
• 1996-1998 Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Rhode Island
• 1991-1996 Graduate Researcher, Old Dominion University
• 1990-1991 Graduate Teaching, Old Dominion University

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

Recent Publications

Submitted:

Cheriton OM, MA McManus, MT Stacey and JV Steinbuck. submitted. Physical and biological controls on the maintenance and dissipation of a thin phytoplankton layer. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

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

In press:

McManus MA, RM Kudela, MV Silver, GF Steward, JM Sullivan and PL Donaghay. 2007. Cryptic blooms: Are thin layers the missing connection? Estuaries and Coasts. In press.

Published:

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 sher in frontal zones of a coastal upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 354:21-34.

Barth JA, BA Menge, J Lubchenco, F Chan, JM. Bane, AR Kirincich, MA McManus, KJ Nielsen, SD Pierce and L Washburn. 2007. Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the northern California current. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 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.

Pfeiffer-Herbert AS, MA McManus, PT Raimondi, Y Chao and F Chai. Revised. 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: 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.

Pfeiffer-Hoyt AS and MA McManus. 2005. Modeling the effect of environmental variability on Balanus glandula larval development. Journal of Plankton Research. 27 (10): 1-18.

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

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

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.

Storlazzi C and MA McManus. 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.

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 Technology. 44(8): 54-60.

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.

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.

Rines JEB, PL Donaghay, MM Dekshenieks*, JM Sullivan and MS Twardowski. 2002. Thin Layers and Camouflage: Hidden Pseduo-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

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.

(*please note, McManus previously Dekshenieks)