Dr. Karen McLaughlin

Regional Monitoring Coordinator
Biogeochemistry

Dr. Karen McLaughlin is the Regional Monitoring Coordinator at SCCWRP facilitating implementation of the Southern California Bight Regional Marine Monitoring Program. Her research program investigates human impacts on coastal ecosystems using environmental monitoring to identify sources, fate and transport of contaminants to coastal habitats and investigating impacts of those contaminants on those habitats.  Her current research activities include integrating and optimizing monitoring programs to characterize the vulnerability of coastal marine ecosystems to multiple anthropogenic stressors and developing appropriate indicators and metrics for assessing water and sediment quality in Southern California. Her research also includes understanding factors and processes controlling nearshore ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH) and understanding ecosystem response to anthropogenic nutrient loading.

She received her B.S. in geosciences from Pennsylvania State University in 1999, and her Ph.D. in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University in 2005. She joined SCCWRP in March 2007.

Education

Ph.D., geological & environmental sciences, Stanford University, 2005

B.S., geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1999

Professional Experience

Principal Scientist, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA. 2007-present

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA. 2006-2007

Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences. Stanford, CA. 1999-2005

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Penn State University Department of Geosciences. State College, PA. 1997-1999

Honors and Awards

Stanford University-US Geological Survey Graduate Fellow (2001)
Schlanger Ocean Drilling Program Fellow (2000)
Stanford University McGee Research Grant Recipient (2000)
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2000)
Distinction Graduate, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University (1999)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (1998)
Teas Scholarship for Geological Sciences, Penn State University (1998)
Drake Scholarship for Summer Field School, Penn State University (1998)
Trustees Scholarship for Geological Sciences, Penn State University (1997)
Golden Key National Honor Society (1996)
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society (1995)

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
California Estuarine Research Society

Selected Presentations and Conference Proceedings

McLaughlin, K. 2021. Ocean Acidification: Causes and Implications of Changing Ocean Chemistry. University of California, Irvine. CEE60, "Contemporary and Emerging Environmental Challenges" Guest Lecture.

McLaughlin, K., N. Bednarsek, K. Chang, D. Shultz, K. Schiff. 2021. Regional Monitoring for Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification in the Urbanized Coastal Waters of Southern California. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 26th Biennial Conference. November 1-4 & 8-11 2021. (virtual).

McLaughlin, K., K. Schiff. 2021. Using Collaborative Regional Surveys to Assess Ocean Acidification. 12th National Monitoring Conference. April 19-23, 2021 (virtual).

McLaughlin, K. 2020. The Southern California Bight Regional Marine Monitoring Program: A Collaborative Monitoring Program Assessing Human Impacts on Coastal Marine Habitats. California Cooperative Fisheries Investigations Annual Meeting. (virtual).

McLaughlin, K. 2020. Ocean Acidification: Causes and Implications of Changing Ocean Chemistry. University of California, Irvine. CEE60, "Contemporary and Emerging Environmental Challenges" Guest Lecture.

McLaughlin, K., K. Schiff, N. Bednarsek, B. Du, D. Gillett, J.F. Griffith, D.n Greenstein, A. Parks, J. Smith and S. Weisberg. Regional Monitoring for Sediment and Water Quality in the Urban Ocean of the Southern California Bight (CP21A-06). Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2020, San Diego, CA.

McLaughlin, K. 2019. Ocean Acidification: Causes and Implications of Changing Ocean Chemistry. University of California, Irvine. CEE60, "Contemporary and Emerging Environmental Challenges" Guest Lecture.

McLaughlin, K.,  F. Kessouri, M. Sutula, M. Ho, J. McWilliams, C. Deutsch, D. Bianchi, N. Bednarsek, L. Renault, R. Feely, R. Ambrose, Stephen Weisberg. Validation of a High-Resolution Physical-Biogeochemical Model for Pollution Impact Assessments in the Southern California Bight. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 25th Biennial Conference, 2019, Mobile, AL.

McLaughlin, K., C. Deutsch, F. Kessouri, M. Howard, J. McWilliams, M. Sutula. 2017. Understanding the Impact of Anthropogenic Nutrients on Coastal Ocean Nutrient and Carbon Cycling. Coastal and Estuarine Research Society Biennial Conference. Providence, RI.

McLaughlin, K. 2017. Monitoring Acidification in Coastal and Estuarine Waters. California State Water Resources Control Board. Office of Information Management & Analysis Brown Bag Seminar.

McLaughlin, K. 2016. Acid Ocean? The What, When, Where and Why of Ocean Acidification. Teen Science Café. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA.

Virmani, J., M. Huelsenbeck, K. McLaughlin. 2015. pH Sensors from the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. California Current Acidification Network, Ocean Acidification Round Table Webinar.

McLaughlin, K., N.P. Nezlin, S.B. Weisberg. 2015. An Evaluation of Potentiometric pH Sensors in Coastal Monitoring Applications. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting. Portland, OR.

McLaughlin, K., M.D.A. Howard, N.P. Nezlin, C.D.A. Beck, G. Roberston. 2014. Unraveling the Impacts of Wastewater Effluent on Coastal Nitrogen Cycling: Lessons from the Southern California Bight. California Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting. Bodega Bay, CA.

McLaughlin K, M.D.A. Howard, N.P. Nezlin, C.D.A. Beck, G. Robertson. 2014. Untangling the Impacts of Wastewater Effluent on Coastal Nitrogen Cycling: Lessons from the Southern California Bight. Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

McLaughlin, K., 2014. Ocean Acidification: Causes and Implications of Changing Ocean Chemistry. Back Bay Science Center Lecture Series, Newport Beach, CA.

McLaughlin, K., 2014. Ocean Acidification: Causes and Implications of Changing Ocean Chemistry. Coastal Commission, Newport Beach, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N. Nezlin, A. Sengupta, L. Stratton. 2013. Nutrients or Biological Response: How Should We Assess Eutrophication in Estuaries? Thoughts based on work in southern California. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, S. Birosik, R. Dagit, J. Crooks, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, L. Stratton, 2013. Riverine Nutrient Inputs and Extent of Estuarine Eutrophication in the Southern California Bight: Results from the Bight 08 Regional Survey. California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network Webinar.

McLaughlin, K. Untangling the Effects of Anthropogenic Versus Natural Nutrient Sources in the Southern California Bight. 2013. University of California, Irvine. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Seminar.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, S. Bergquist, J. Crooks, R.Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnson, and L. Stratton. 2012. Magnitude and Extent of Eutrophication in Southern California Bight Estuaries: Results of the Bight '08 Regional Survey. Presentation at Headwaters to Ocean Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, S. Bergquist, J. Crooks, R.Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnson, and L. Stratton. 2012. Magnitude and Extent of Eutrophication in Southern California Bight Estuaries: Results of the Bight '08 Regional Survey. Presentation at California Estuarine Research Society Conference. Long Beach, CA.

Publications


Journal Articles

McLaughlin, K., R.D. Mazor, M. Sutula, K.C. Schiff. 2023. Regional assessment of trash in Southern California coastal watersheds, United States. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11:1210201.

Kessouri, F., K. McLaughlin, M. Sutula, D. Bianchi, M. Ho, J.C. McWilliams, L. Renault, J. Molemaker, C. Deutsch, A. Leinweber. 2021. Configuration and validation of an oceanic physical and biogeochemical model to investigate coastal eutrophication in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 13:e2020MS002296.

Du, B., W. Lao, C.S. Wong, K. McLaughlin, K.C. Schiff. 2021. Scrutinizing surficial sediment along a 600-km-long urban coastal zone: Occurrence and risk assessment of fipronil and its three degradates. Science of the Total Environment DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151071.

Smith, J., D. Shultz, M.D.A. Howard, G. Robertson, V. Phonsiri, V. Renick, D.A. Caron, R.M. Kudela, K. McLaughlin. 2021. Persistent domoic acid in marine sediments and benthic infauna along the coast of Southern California. Harmful Algae DOI:10.1016/j.hal.2021.102103.

McLaughlin, K., J. Davis, A. Bonnema, B. Du, G. Ichikawa, W. Jakl, W. Heim, K.C. Schiff. 2021. Regional assessment of contaminant bioaccumulation in sport fish tissue in the Southern California Bight, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112798.

McLaughlin, K., M.D.A. Howard, G. Robertson, C.D.A. Beck, M. Ho, F. Kessouri, N.P. Nezlin, M. Sutula, S.B. Weisberg. 2021. Influence of anthropogenic nutrient inputs on rates of coastal ocean nitrogen and carbon cycling in the Southern California Bight, United States. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9:00145.

Sutula, M., M. Ho, A. Sengupta, F. Kessouri, K. McLaughlin, K. McCune, D. Bianchi. 2021. A baseline of terrestrial freshwater and nitrogen fluxes to the Southern California Bight, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112669 .

Kessouri, F., J.C. McWilliams, D. Bianchi, M. Sutula, L. Renault, C. Deutsch, R.A. Feely, K. McLaughlin, M. Ho, E.M. Howard, N. Bednarsek, P. Damien, J. Molemaker, S.B. Weisberg. 2021. Coastal eutrophication drives acidification, oxygen loss, and ecosystem change in a major oceanic upwelling system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America DOI:10.1073/pnas.2018856118.

Sutula, M., M. Ho, A. Sengupta, F. Kessouri, K. McLaughlin, K. McCune, D. Bianchi. 2021. Dataset of terrestrial fluxes of freshwater, nutrients, carbon, and iron to the Southern California Bight, U.S.A.. Data in Brief DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2021.106802.

Nezlin, N.P., C. Beegan, A. Feit, J.R. Gully, A. Latker, K. McLaughlin, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson, A. Steele, S.B. Weisberg. 2020. Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) as a tracer of effluent plumes in the coastal ocean. Regional Studies in Marine Science DOI:10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101163.

Bednarsek, N., R.A. Feely, E.L. Howes, B.P.V. Hunt, F. Kessouri, P. Leon, R. Lischka, A.E. Maas, K. McLaughlin, N.P. Nezlin, M. Sutula, S.B. Weisberg. 2019. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Toward Synthesis of Thresholds of Ocean Acidification Impacts on Calcifying Pteropods and Interactions With Warming. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:227.

McLaughlin, K., N.P. Nezlin, S.B. Weisberg, A.G. Dickson, J.A.T. Booth, C.L. Cash, A. Feit, J.R. Gully, M.D.A. Howard, S. Johnson, A. Latker, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson, A. Steele, L. Terriquez. 2018. Seasonal patterns in aragonite saturation state on the southern California continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research 167:77–86.

Nezlin, N.P., K. McLaughlin, J.A.T. Booth, C.L. Cash, D.W. Diehl, K.A. Davis, A. Feit, R. Goericke, J.R. Gully, M.D.A. Howard, S Johnson, A. Latker, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson, A. Steele, L. Terriquez, L. Washburn, S.B. Weisberg. 2018. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Chlorophyll Concentration in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123:231-245.

Howard, M.D.A., R.M. Kudela, K. McLaughlin. 2017. New insights into impacts of anthropogenic nutrients on urban ecosystem processes on the Southern California coastal shelf: Introduction and synthesis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 186:163-170.

Kudela, R.M., A.J. Lucas, K. Hayashi, M.D.A. Howard, K. McLaughlin. 2017. Death from below: Investigation of inhibitory factors in bloom development during a wastewater effluent diversion. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 186:209-222.

McLaughlin, K., N.P. Nezlin, S.B. Weisberg, A.G. Dickson, J.A. Booth, C.L. Cash, A. Feit, J.R. Gully, S. Johnson, A. Latker, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson, A. Steele, L. Terriquez. 2017. An evaluation of potentiometric pH sensors in coastal monitoring applications. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 15:679-689.

McLaughlin, K., A. Dickson, S.B. Weisberg, K. Coale, V. Elrod, C. Hunter, K.S. Johnson, S. Kram, R. Kudela, T. Martz, K. Negrey, U. Passow, F. Shaughnessy, J.E. Smith, D. Tadesse, L. Washburn, K.R. Weis. 2017. An evaluation of ISFET sensors for coastal pH monitoring applications. Regional Studies in Marine Science 12:11-18.

McLaughlin, K., N.P. Nezlin, M.D.A. Howard, C.D.A. Beck, R.I.M. Kudela, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson. 2017. Rapid nitrification of wastewater ammonium near coastal ocean outfalls, Southern California, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 186:263-375.

McLaughlin, K., S.B. Weisberg, A.G. Dickson, G.E. Hofmann, J.A. Newton, D. Aseltine-Neilson, A. Barton, S. Cudd, R.A. Feely, I.W. Jefferds, E.B. Jewett, T. King, C.J. Langdon, S. McAfee, D. Pleschner-Steele, B. Steele. 2015. Core principles of the California Current Acidification Network: Linking chemistry, physics, and ecological effects. Oceanography 28:160-169.

Barton, A., G.G. Waldbusser, R.A. Feely, S.B. Weisberg, J.A. Newton, B. Hales, S. Cudd, B. Eudeline, C.J. Langdon, I. Jefferds, T. King, A. Suhrbier, K. McLaughlin. 2015. Impacts of coastal acidification on the Pacific Northwest shellfish industry and adaptation strategies implemented in response. Oceanography 28:146-159.

Howard, M.D.A., M. Sutula, D.A. Caron, Y. Chao, J.D. Farrara, H. Frenzel, B. Jones, G. Robertson, K. McLaughlin, A. Sengupta. 2014. Anthropogenic nutrient sources rival natural sources on small scales in the coastal waters of the Southern California Bight. Limnology and Oceanography 59:285-297.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, L. Stratton. 2014. A regional survey of the extent and magnitude of eutrophication in Mediterranean estuaries of Southern California, USA. Estuaries and Coasts 37:259-278.

Rippy, M.A., R. Stein, B.F. Sanders, K. Davis, K. McLaughlin, J.F. Skinner, J. Kappeler, S.B. Grant. 2014. Small Drains, Big Problems: The Impact of Dry Weather Runoff on Shoreline Water Quality at Enclosed Beaches. Environmental Science and Technology 48:14168-14177.

McLaughlin, K., J.A. Sohm, G.A. Cutter, M.W. Lomas, A. Paytan. 2013. Phosphorus cycling in the Sargasso Sea: Investigation using the oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate, enzyme-labeled fluorescence, and turnover times. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27:375-387.

Elsbury, K.E., A. Paytan, N.E. Ostrom, C. Kendall, M.B. Young, K. McLaughlin, M.E. Rollog, S. Watson. 2009. Using oxygen isotopes of phosphate to trace phosphorus sources and cycling in Lake Erie. Environmental Science and Technology 43:3108-3114.

Book Chapters

Schiff, K.C., K. McLaughlin, S.L. Moore, Y. Cao. 2019. Southern California Bight. in: C. Sheppard (ed.), World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation pp. 465-482. Academic Press. London, UK.

Technical Reports

McLaughlin, K., R.D. Mazor, K.C. Schiff, L.M. Thornton Hampton. 2022. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume IX. Trash and Marine Debris. Technical Report 1263. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Wisenbaker, K., K. McLaughlin, D.W. Diehl, A. Latker, K. Stolzenbach, R. Gartman, K.C. Schiff. 2021. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Marine Monitoring Program: Volume IV. Demersal Fishes and Megabenthic Invertebrates. Technical Report 1183. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Smith, J., D. Shultz, M.D.A. Howard, G. Robertson, V. Phonsiri, V. Renick, D.A. Caron, R. Kudela, K. McLaughlin. 2021. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume VIII. Harmful Algal Blooms. Technical Report 1170. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., K.C. Schiff, B. Du, J. Davis, A. Bonnema, G. Ichikawa, B. Jakl, W. Heim. 2020. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program Volume V: Contaminant Bioaccumulation in Edible Sport Fish Tissue. Technical Report 1155. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Du, B., C.S. Wong, K. McLaughlin, K.C. Schiff. 2020. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume II. Sediment Chemistry. Technical Report 1130. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Parks, A.N., D.J. Greenstein, K. McLaughlin, K.C. Schiff. 2020. Southern California Bight 2018 Regional Monitoring Program: Volume I. Sediment Toxicity. Technical Report 1117. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Nezlin, N.P., K. McLaughlin, A.T. Booth, C.L. Cash, D.W. Diehl, K. Davis, A. Feit, R. Goericke, J.R. Gully, M.D.A. Howard, S. Johnson, A. Latker, M.J. Mengel, G.L. Robertson, A. Steele, L. Terriquez, L.i.b.e. Washburn, S.B. Weisberg. 2017. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Chlorophyll Concentration in the Southern California Bight. Technical Report 998. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Martz, T., K. McLaughlin, S.B. Weisberg. 2015. Best Practices for autonomous measurement of seawater pH with the Honeywell Durafet pH sensor. Technical Report 861. California Current Acidification Network. Santa Barbara, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula. 2014. Estimating Wet and Dry Deposition of Nitrogen to Southern California Streams. Technical Report 837. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, J. Cable, P. Fong. 2013. Eutrophication and Nutrient Cycling in Santa Margarita River Estuary: A Summary of Baseline Studies for Monitoring Order R9-2006-0076. Technical Report 635. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N.P. Nezlin, L. Stratton. 2012. Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Program: VIII. Estuarine Eutrophication. Technical Report 711. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N.P. Nezlin, L. Stratton. 2012. Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Program: VIII. Estuarine Eutrophication (Appendix A). Technical Report 711.A. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N.P. Nezlin, L. Stratton. 2012. Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Program: VIII. Estuarine Eutrophication (Appendix B). Technical Report 711.B. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N.P. Nezlin, L. Stratton. 2012. Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Program: VIII. Estuarine Eutrophication (Appendix C). Technical Report 711.C. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, N.P. Nezlin, L. Stratton. 2012. Southern California Bight 2008 Regional Monitoring Program: VIII. Estuarine Eutrophication (Appendix D). Technical Report 711.D. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, J. Cable, P. Fong. 2011. Eutrophication and Nutrient Cycling in Buena Vista Lagoon, Carlsbad, California. Technical Report 638. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, J. Cable, P. Fong. 2011. Eutrophication and Nutrient Cycling in Loma Alta Slough, Oceanside, California. Technical Report 630. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, J. Cable, P. Fong. 2011. Eutrophication and Nutrient Cycling in San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California. Technical Report 636. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, J. Cable, P. Fong. 2010. Eutrophication and Nutrient Cycling in Famosa Slough: A Summary of Baseline Data for Monitoring Order R9-2006-0076. Technical Report 629. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Fetscher, A.E., K. McLaughlin. 2008. Incorporating bioassessment using freshwater algae into California's Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). Technical Report 563. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula. 2007. Developing nutrient numeric endpoints and TMDL tools for California estuaries: An implementation plan. Technical Report 540. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Annual Report Articles

Sengupta, A., M. Sutula, K. McLaughlin, M.D.A. Howard, L.L. Tiefenthaler, T. Von Bitner. 2013. Terrestrial nutrient loads and fluxes to the Southern California Bight, USA. in: K.C. Schiff, K. Miller (eds.), Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 2013 Annual Report pp. 245-258. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., M. Sutula, L. Busse, S. Anderson, J. Crooks, R. Dagit, D. Gibson, K. Johnston, L. Stratton. 2013. A regional survey of the extent and magnitude of eutrophication in Mediterranean estuaries of southern California, USA. in: K.C. Schiff, K. Miller (eds.), Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 2013 Annual Report pp. 223-244. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

Howard, M.D.A., M. Sutula, D. Caron, Y. Chao, J.D. Farrara, H. Frenzel, B. Jones, G. Robertson, K. McLaughlin, A. Sengupta. 2012. Comparison of natural and anthropogenic nutrient sources in the Southern California Bight. in: S.B. Weisberg, K. Miller (eds.), Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 2012 Annual Report pp. 29-48. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.

McLaughlin, K., J.A. Sohm, G.A. Cutter, M.W. Lomas, A. Paytan. 2011. Phosphorus cycling in the Sargasso Sea: Investigation using the oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate, enzyme labeled fluorescence, and turnover times. in: K.C. Schiff, K. Miller (eds.), Southern California Coastal Water Research Project 2011 Annual Report pp. 323-334. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. Costa Mesa, CA.