Education BA 1964 - University of Texas - Geology MS 1966 - Northwestern University - Geology PhD 1970 - University of Hawaii - Oceanography

Research Interests

Awards
National Marine Educators Association, 2011 Marine Science Educator Award (for excellence in marine science education)
Northwest Regional Education Service District 2009-2010 Partner in Education (for community education)
Professor of the Year, Broward College, 2000 (for excellence in undergraduate teaching)
ARCS Achievement Reward for College Scientists, for doctoral research (1994)
NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship, for doctoral research (1992-1994)

Selected Publications

• Smith, S. V. 2013. Parsing the oceanic calcium carbonate cycle: a net atmospheric carbon dioxide source, or a sink? L&O e-Books. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Waco, TX. [DOI:10.4319/svsmith.2013.978-0-9845591-2-1].
• Smith, S. V., R. O. Sleezer, W. H. Renwick, and R. W. Buddemeier. 2005. Fates of eroded soil organic carbon: Mississippi Basin case study. Ecological Applications, v. 15, p. 1929-1940.
• Gattuso, J. P., M. Frankignoulle, and S. V. Smith. 1999. Measurement of community metabolism and significance in the coral reef source-sink debate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 96, p. 13017-13022.
• Smith, S. V., and J. T. Hollibaugh. 1997. Annual cycle and interannual variability of net and gross ecosystem metabolism in a temperate climate embayment. Ecological Monographs, v. 67, p. 509-533.
• Smith, S. V., and J. T. Hollibaugh. 1993. Coastal metabolism and the oceanic organic carbon balance. Reviews of Geophysics. v. 31, p. 75-89.
• Smith, S. V., and R. W. Buddemeier. 1992. Global change and coral reef ecosystems. Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics v. 23, p. 89-118.
• Smith, S. V.  1984.  Phosphorus versus nitrogen limitation in the marine environment.  Limnology and Oceanography v. 29, p. 1149-1160.
• Atkinson, M. J., and S. V. Smith.  1983.  C:N:P ratios of benthic marine plants.  Limnology and Oceanography v. 28, p. 568-574.
• Smith, S. V., W. J. Kimmerer, E. A. Laws, R. E. Brock and T. W. Walsh.  1981.  Kaneohe Bay sewage diversion experiment:  perspectives on ecosystem responses to nutritional perturbation.  Pacific Science v. 35, p. 279-395.
• Smith, S. V., R. W. Buddemeier, R. C. Redalje, J. E. Houck. 1979. Strontium-calcium thermometry in coral skeletons. Science, v. 204, p. 404-407.
• Smith, S. V.  1978.  Coral-reef area and the contributions of reefs to processes and resources of the world's oceans.  Nature v. 273, p. 225-226.
• Smith, S. V., and D. W. Kinsey.  1976.  Calcium carbonate production, coral reef growth, and sea level change.  Science v. 194, p. 937-939.
• Smith, S. V.  1973.  Carbon dioxide dynamics:  a record of organic carbon production, respiration, and calcification in the Eniwetok windward reef flat community.  Limnology and Oceanography v. 18, p. 106-120.
• Knutson, D. W., R. W. Buddemeier and S. V. Smith.  1972.  Coral chronometers:  seasonal growth bands in reef corals.  Science v. 177, p. 270-272.