Professor

Education BSc 1972 - Chemistry, University of Southampton  MSc 1974 - Oceanography, University of Southampton PhD 1978 - Oceanography, University of Southampton    Research Interests Trace Element Chemistry Biogeochemical effects of dust depostion to the ocea Elemental Mass Balance   Teaching Activites OCN 201 - Science of the Sea OCN 401 - Biogeochemical cycles OCN 623 - Chemical Oceanography  OCN 633 - Chemical Oceanography Lab Methods  OCN 499, 699, 700, 800 - Directed, Thesis and Dissertation Research

Ten Selected Publications

• Measures C.I. and S. Vink. (2001) Dissolved Fe in the upper waters of the Southern Ocean during the 1997/98 US-JGOFS cruises. Deep-Sea Research, 48 2787-2809.
• Measures C.I.., and S. Vink (2000) On the use of dissolved aluminium in surface waters to estimate dust deposition to the ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14 317-327.
• Measures C.I. and S. Vink (1999) Seasonal variations in the distribution of Fe and Al in the surface waters of the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 461597-1622.
• Measures C.I., T.L. Ku, S. Luo, J. R. Southon, X. Xu, M. Kusakabe (1996) Distribution of 10Be and 9Be in the South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research, 43 987-1009.
• Measures C.I., J. Yuan and J. A. Resing (1995) Determination of Iron in Seawater by Flow Injection Analysis using in-line Preconcentration and Spectrophotometric Detection. Marine Chemistry, 50 3-12.
• Resing, J. and C.I. Measures (1994) Fluorimetric determination of Al in seawater by FIA with in-line preconcentration. Analytical Chemistry, 66 4105-4111.
• Kenison Falkner, K., C.I. Measures, S.E. Herbelin, R.F. Weiss and J.M. Edmond (1991) The major and minor element geochemistry of Lake Baikal. Limnology and Oceanography, 36 413-423.
• Measures C.I.and J.M. Edmond (1983) The geochemical cycle of beryllium9: a reconnaissance, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 66 101-110.
• Measures C.I. and J.D. Burton (1980) The vertical distribution and oxidation states of dissolved selenium in the northeast Atlantic ocean and their relationship to biological processes. Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 46 385-396.
• Edmond, J.M., C. Measures, R.E. McDuff, L.H. Chan, R. Collier, B. Grant, L.I. Gordon and J.B. Corliss (1979) Ridgecrest hydrothermal activity and the balances of the major and minor elements in the ocean: the Galapagos Data. Earth Planet. Sci. Letters, 46 1-18.

Research Funding

Current

• National Science Foundation. Determining the fractional solubility of aerosols in the mid-Pacific,its seasonal variability and its role in delivering micro-nutrients to the surface ocean. P.I. C.I. Measures. $181,544 Funded. Period 08/01/00 - 07/31/03
• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Collaborative research: Biogeochemistry of trace elements in the western Pacific: atmospheric input and upper ocean cycling. Co-PI: C.I. Measures. $289,569 Funded. Period: 01/08/01-07/31/04
• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Global ocean survey of dissolved iron and aluminum and aerosol iron and aluminum solubility supporting the Repeat Hydrography (CO2). Co-P.I.: C.I. Measures. $942,670 Funded. Period 02/01/03-01/31/06
• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Plankton Community Structure and Iron. Distribution in the Southern Drake Passage. Co-P.I.: C.I. Measures. $245,101 Funded. Period 07/01/03-06/30/05

Pending

• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Plankton dynamics and Carbon Cycling in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean: Control by Fe, Si and Grazing. UH component, Measures PI, $314,597. Period 12/01/03-11/30/07
• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Sampling and Analysis of Iron, an International Collaboration. Co-PI: Measures. $44,598. Period 10/01/03-9/30/05
• National Science Foundation. Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: MOTIV: Plankton Community Responses and Biogeochemical Implications from a Tropical Instability Vortex in the HNLC Equatorial Pacific. Bidigare PI, Measures co-PI. Total UH budget $706,763. Period 12/01/03-11/30/06

Links

• IOC South Atlantic Cruise, 1996
• IOC Northwest Pacific Cruise, 2002
• Trace Metal Laboratory