Publications
Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab

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Publications are listed in approximate order from most recent to earliest.  Linked items are PDF reprints. A complete list of Adina Paytan's publications, included those submitted and in press, can be found in her CV.

2009

Slovak, N.M. and A. Paytan. 2009. Fisherfolk and Farmers: Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Evidence from Middle Horizon Anco´n, Peru. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. DOI: 10.1002/oa.1128

Feranec, R.S., E.A. Hadly, A. Paytan. 2009. Isotopes reveal limited effects of middle Pleistocene climate change. on the ecology of mid-sized mammals. Quaternary International. In Press.

Breier, J.A., N. Nidzieko, S. Monismith, W. Moore, and A. Paytan. 2009. Tidally regulated chemical fluxes across the sediment–water interface in Elkhorn Slough, California: Evidence from a coupled geochemical and hydrodynamic approach. Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(6), 2009, 1964–1980.

Young, M.B., K. McLaughlin, C. Kendall, W. Stringfellow, M. Rollog, K. Elsbury, E. Donald, and A. Paytan. 2009. Characterizing the Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Phosphate Sources to Aquatic Ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es900337q.

Black, F.J., A. Paytan, K.L. Knee, N. De Sieyes, P. Ganguli, E. Gray, A.R. Felgal. 2009. Submarine Groundwater Discharge of Total Mercury and Monomethylmercury to Central California Coastal Waters. Environmental Science & Technology: available online at http://pubs.acs.org/articlesonrequest/AOR-MhZGzubTBg2ZzKGcvtfv
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Mackey, KRMM & A. Paytan. 2009. Phosphorus Cycle. Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Moselio Schaechter, Editor, pp. 322-334 Oxford: Elsevier.

Anderson, L.D., K.L. Faul, A. Paytan. 2009. Phosphorus associations in aerosols: What can they tell us about P bioavailability? Marine Chemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2009.04.008

Mackey, K.R.M, T. Rivlin, A.R. Grossman, A.F. Post, A. Paytan. 2009. Picophytoplankton responses to changing nutrient and light regimes during a bloom. Marine Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00227-009-1185-2.

Elsbury, K.E., A. Paytan, N.E. Ostrom, C. Kendall, M.B. Young, K. McLaughlin, M.E. Rollog, and S. Watson. 2009. Using Oxygen Isotopes of Phosphate To Trace Phosphorus Sources and Cycling in Lake Erie. Environmental Science & Technology.

Paytan, A., K.R.M. Mackey, Y. Chen, I.D. Limac, S.C. Doneyc, N. Mahowaldd, R. Labiosae, and A.F. Postf. 2009. Toxicity of atmospheric aerosols on marine phytoplankton. Procedings from the National Academy of Science: www.pnas.org_cgi_doi_10.1073_pnas.0811486106.

Wankel, S., Y. Chen, C. Kendall, A.F. Post, A. Paytan. 2009. Sources of aerosol nitrate to the Gulf of Aqaba: Evidence from d15N and d18O of nitrate and trace metal chemistry. Marine Chemistry,doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.01.013.

Wankel, S.D., C. Kendall, and A. Paytan. 2009. Using nitrate dual isotopic composition (d15N and d18O) as a tool for exploring sources and cycling of nitrate in an estuarine system: Elkhorn Slough, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: G01011. doi:10.1029/2008JG000729.

Perry, E., A. Paytan, B. Pedersen, G. Velazquez-Oliman. 2009. Groundwater geochemistry of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Constraints on stratigraphy and hydrogeology. Journal of Hydrology, 367(1-2):27-40.

Foster,R.A., A. Paytan, and J.P. Zehr. 2009. Seasonality of N2 fixation and nifH gene diversity in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Limnology and Oceanography, 54(1): 219–233.

Raanan, H., A. Vengosh, A. Paytan, A. Nishri, A. Kabala. 2009. Quantifying saline groundwater flow into a freshwater lake using the Ra isotope quartet: A case study from the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel. Limnology and Oceanography, 54(1): 119–131.

Slovak, N. M. A. Paytan, B.A. Wiegnad. 2009. Reconstructing Middle Horizon mobility patterns on the coast of Peru through strontium isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36: 157–165.

2008

Griffith, E.M., A. Paytan, K. Caldeira, T.D. Bullem, E. Thomas. 2008. A Dynamic Marine Calcium Cycle During the Past 28 Million Years. Science, 322: 1671. DOI: 10.1126/science.1163614

Grossman, E., J.B Logan, J.H. Street, A. Paytan, P.S. Chavez, Jr. 2008. Ground water and its influence on reef evolution, Chapter 13 of Field, M.E., Cochran, S.A., Logan, J.B., and Storlazzi C.D., eds., The coral reef of south Moloka`i, Hawai`i; portrait of a sediment-threatened fringing reef: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5101, p. 111-116 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5101/sir2007-5101_chapter13.pdf].

Paytan, A. 2008. Ocean Paleoproductivity. In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Vivien Gornitz, (Ed) Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Feranec, R.S., A.H. Hadley, A. Paytan. 2008. Stable isotopes reveal seasonal competition for resources between late Pleistocene bison (Bison) and horse (Equus) from Rancho La Brea, southern California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 271: 153–160.

Mahowald, N.M., S. Englestaedter, C. Luo, A. Sealy, P. Artaxo, C. Benitez-Nelson, S. Bonnet, Y. Chen, P.Y. Chuang, D.D. Cohen, F. Dulac, B. Herut, A.M. Johansen, N. Kubilay, R. Losno, W. Maenhaut, A. Paytan, J.M. Prospero, L.M. Shank, R.L. Siefert. 2008. Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations. Annual Review of Marine Science, 1:245–78.

Griffith, E.M., E.A. Shauble, T.D. Bullen,A. Paytan. 2008. Characterization of calcium isotopes in natural and synthetic barite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72: 5641-5658 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.08.010.

Knee, K.L., J. Stree, E. Grossman, A. Paytan. 2008. Submarine Ground-Water Discharge and Fate Along the Coast of Kaloko-Honoko¯ hau National Historical Park, Island of Hawaiÿi Part 2, Spatial and Temporal Variations in Salinity, Radium-Isotope Activity, and Nutrient Concentrations in Coastal Waters, December 2003–April 2006.  USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5128.

Knee, K.L., R.L. Leopold, E.R. Madsen, A. Paytan.2008. Assessing the importance of sand as a source of fecal indicator bacteria. Oceanography 21(3):72-80.

Knee, K.L., B.A. Layton, J.H. Street, A.B. Boehm, and A. Paytan. 2008. Sources of nutrients and fecal indicator bacteria to nearshore waters on the north shore of Kaua`i (Hawai`i, USA). Estuaries and Coasts, doi. 10.1007/s12237-008-9055-6.

Lazar, B., Y. Weinstein, A. Paytan, E. Magal, D. Bruce, and Y. Kolodny. 2008. Ra and Th adsorption coefficients in lakes -- Lake Kineret (Sea of Galilee) "natural experiment". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72: 3446-3459.

Mackey, K. R. M., A. Paytan, A.R. Grossman and S. Bailey. 2008. A photosynthetic strategy for coping in a high-light, low-nutrient environment. Limnology and Oceanography 53(3): 900-913.

Chen, Y., A. Paytan, Z. Chase, C. Measures, A.J. Beck, S.A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy, and A.F. Post. 2008. Sources and fluxes of atmospheric trace elements to the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: D05306.

Griffith, E.M., A. Paytan, R. Kozdon, A. Eisenhauer, A. C. Ravelo. 2008. Influences on the fractionation of calcium isotopes in planktonic foraminifera. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 268: 124-136.

Geibert, W., M. Charette, G. Kim, W.S. Moore, J. Street, M. Young, and A. Paytan. 2008. The release of dissolved actinium to the ocean: A global comparison of different end-members. Marine Chemistry 109(3-4): 409-420.

Street, J.H., K.L. Knee, E.E. Grossman, and A. Paytan. 2008. Submarine groundwater discharge and nutrient addition to the coastal zone and coral reefs of leeward Hawai`i. Marine Chemistry 109(3-4): 355-376.

Young, M.B., M.E. Gonneea, D.A. Fong, W.S. Moore, J. Herrera-Silveira, and A. Paytan. 2008. Characterizing sources of groundwater to a tropical coastal lagoon in a karstic area using radium isotopes and water chemistry. Marine Chemistry 109(3-4): 377-394.

2007

Feranec, R.S., E.A. Hadley, J.L. Blois, A.D. Barnosky, and A. Paytan. 2007. Radiocarbon dates from the Pleistocene fossil deposits of Samwel Cave, Shasta County, California, USA. Radiocarbon 49(1): 117-121.

Paytan, A., K. Averyt, K. Faul, E. Gray, and E. Thomas. 2007. Barite accumulation, ocean productivity, and Sr/Ba in barite across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geology 35(12): 1139-1142.

Saltzman, J. and A. Paytan. 2007. Engaging first-grade students in a geoscience campus field trip. style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Geoscience Education 55(4): 326-332.

Feranec, R. S., E. A. Hadley and A. Paytan. 2007. Determining landscape use of Holocene mammals using strontium isotopes. Oecologia 153: 943-950.

Derse, E., K. Knee, S. Wankel, C. Kendall, C.J. Berg, Jr. and A. Paytan. 2007. Identifying the sources of nitrogen to Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i utilizing the nitrogen isotope signature of macroalgae. Environmental Science and Technology 41:5217-5223.

Paytan, A. and K. McLaughlin. 2007. Phosphorus in Our Waters. Oceanography 20(2): 200-206.

Leichter, J.J., A. Paytan, S. Wankel, K. Hanson, S. Miller and M.A. Altabet. 2007. Nitrogen and oxygen isotopic signatures of subsurface nitrate: evidence of deep water nutrient sources to the Florida Keys reef tract. Limnology and Oceanography 52(3) 1258-1267.

Paytan, A. and E. M. Griffith. 2007. Marine Barite: Recorder of variations in ocean export productivity. Deep-Sea Research II: 687-705.

Wankel, S., C. Kendall, T. Pennington, F. Chavez, and A. Paytan. 2007. Nitrification in the euphotic zone as evidenced by nitrate dual isotopic composition: Observations from Monterey Bay, California. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21, doi:10.1029/2006GB002723

Paytan, A. 2007. Journal Club. Nature 446: 587.

Vengosh, A., S. Hening, J. Ganor, B. Mayer, C.E. Weyhenmeyer, T.D. Bullen and A. Paytan. 2007. New isotopic evidence for the origin of groundwater from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer in the Negev, Israel. Applied Geochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.01.005.

Mackey, K.R.M., R.G. Labiosa, M. Calhoun, J.H. Street, A. Post and A. Paytan. 2007. Phosphorus availability, phytoplankton community dynamics, and taxon specific phosphorus status in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 52:873-885.

Chen, Y., S. Mills, J. Street, D. Golan, A. Post, M. Jacobson and A. Paytan. 2007. Estimates of atmospheric dry deposition and associated input of nutrients to Gulf of Aqaba seawater. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D04309,doi:10.1029/2006JD007858.

Gallego-Torres, D., F. Martínez-Ruiz, A. Paytan, F.J. Jiménez-Espejo and M. Ortega-Huertas. 2007. Pliocene-Holocene evolution of depositional conditions in the eastern Mediterranean: Role of anoxia vs. productivity at time of sapropel deposition. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.008.

Lyle, M., N. Pisias, A. Paytan, J. I. Martinez and A. Mix. 2007. Reply to comment by R. Francois et al. on "Do geochemical estimates of sediment focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific?": Further explorations of 230Th normalization. Paleoceanography 22: doi: 10.1029/2006PA001373.

Paytan, A. and M.L. Zoback. 2007. class="atl">The inside track from academia and industry: Crossing boundaries, hitting barriers. Nature 445: 950.

Jiménez-Espejo, F.J., F. Martínez-Ruiz, A. Paytan, T. Sakamoto, M. Ortega-Huertas, G. Finlayson, K. Iijima, D. Gallego-Torres and D. Fa. 2007. Climate forcing and Neanderthal extinction in Southern Iberia: insights from a multiproxy marine record. Quaternary Science Reviews doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.013.

Paytan, A. and K. McLaughlin. 2007. The Oceanic Phosphorus Cycle. Chemical Reviews 107:563-576.

Averyt, K.B. and A. Paytan. 2007. Reply to Comment on “Empirical partition coefficients for Sr and Ca in marine barite: Implications for reconstructing seawater Sr and Ca concentrations”. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 8: Q01009, doi:10.1029/2006GC001494.

2006

McLaughlin, K., B.J. Cade-Menun and A. Paytan. 2006. The oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate in Elkhorn Slough, California: A tracer for phosphate sources. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 70: 499-506.

McLaughlin, K., F. Chavez, J.T. Pennington and A. Paytan. 2006. A time series investigation of the oxygen isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic phosphate in Monterey Bay, California. Limnology and Oceanography 51:2370-2379.

Handler, N.B., A.Paytan, C.P. Higgins, R.G. Luthy and A.B. Boehm. 2006. Human development is linked to multiple water body impairments along the California coast. Estuaries and Coasts 29: 860-870.

Chase, Z., A. Paytan, K.S. Johnson, J. Street and Y. Chen. 2006. Input and cycling of iron in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 20: GB3017, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002646.

Chen, Y., J. Street and A. Paytan. 2006. Comparison between pure-water- and seawater-soluble nutrient concentrations of aerosols from the Gulf of Aqaba. Marine Chemistry 101: 141-152.

Böhm, F., N. Gussone, A. Eisenhauer, W-C. Dullo, S. Reynaud and A. Paytan. 2006. Calcium isotope fractionation in Modern scleractinian corals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 4452-4462.

Hoppe, K.A., A. Paytan and P. Chamberlain. 2006. Reconstructing Grassland vegetation and paleotemperatures using carbon isotope ratios of bison tooth enamel. Geology 34: 649-652.

Wei, Z., J.M. Moldowan and A. Paytan. 2006. Diamondoids and molecular biomarkers Generated from modern sediments in the absence and presence of minerals during hydrous pyrolysis. Organic Geochemistry 37: 891-911.

McLaughlin, K., C. Kendall, S.R. Silva, M. Young and A. Paytan. 2006. Phosphate oxygen isotope ratios as a tracer for sources and cycling of phosphate in North San Francisco Bay, California. Journal of Geophysical Research 111: G03003.

Wankel, S.D., C. Kendall, C.A. Francis and A. Paytan. 2006. Nitrogen sources and cycling in the San Francisco Bay Estuary: A nitrate dual isotopic composition approach. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1654-1664.

Shellenbarger, G.G., S.G. Monismith, A. Genin and A. Paytan. 2006. The importance of submarine groundwater discharge to the nearshore nutrient supply in the Gulf of Aqaba (Israel). Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1876-1886.

Nicholson, D., S. Dyhrman, F. Chavez and A. Paytan. 2006. Alkaline phosphatase activity in the Phytoplankton communities of Monterey Bay and San Francisco Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 874-883.

Gonneea, M. E. and A. Paytan. 2006. Phase associations of barium in marine sediments. Marine Chemistry 100: 124-135.

Boehm, A.B., A. Paytan, G.G. Shellenbarger and K.A. Davis. 2006. Composition and flux of groundwater from a California beach aquifer: Implications for nutrient supply to the surf zone. Continental Shelf Research 26: 269-282.

McLaughlin, K., A. Paytan, C. Kendall and S. Silva. 2006. Oxygen isotopes of phosphatic compounds—Application for marine particulate matter, sediments and soils. Marine Chemistry 98:148-155.

Paytan, A. , G.G. Shellenbarger, J.H. Street, M.E. Gonneea, K. Davis, M.B. Young and W.S. Moore. 2006. Submarine groundwater discharge: An important source of new inorganic nitrogen to coral reef ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 343-348.

2005

De La Rocha, C.L. and A. Paytan. 2005. Editorial: Directions in the study of ocean chemistry over The Phanerozoic and its links to geologic processes. Marine Geology 217: 193-197.

Young, M., M.E. Gonneea, J. Herrera-Silveira and A. Paytan. 2005. Export of dissolved and particulate carbon and nitrogen from a mangrove-dominated lagoon, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 31: 189-202.

Cade-Menun, B.J., C.R. Benitez-Nelson, P. Pellechia and A. Paytan. 2005. Refining 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for marine particulate samples: Storage conditions and extraction recovery. Marine Chemistry 97: 293-306.

Faul, K. L., A. Paytan, and M. L. Delaney. 2005. Phosphorus distribution in sinking organic particulate matter. Marine Chemistry 97: 307-333.

Faul, K. and A. Paytan. 2005. Phosphorus and barite concentrations and geochemistry in Site 1221 Paleocene/Eocene boundary sediments. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume 199.

Averyt, K.B., M. Calhoun, L. Schmalz and A. Paytan. 2005. Data report: Carbonate and barite trends across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary at Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume 198.

Porder, S., A. Paytan and P.M. Vitousek. 2005. Erosion and landscape development affect plant nutrient status In the Hawaiian Islands. Oecologia 142: 440-449.

Lyle, M., N. Mitchell, N. Pisias, A. Mix, J.I. Martinez and A. Paytan. 2005. Do geochemical estimates of sediment Focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific? Paleoceanography 20: doi: 10.1029/2004PA001019.

Street, J. and A. Paytan. Iron, phytoplankton growth, and the carbon cycle. Biogeochemical Cycles of elements. Volume 43 of Metal ions in biological systems. Eds. Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel and Roland R.O. Sigel. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis. 2005. 153-185.

2004

Paytan, A., F. Martinez-Ruiz, M. Eagle, A. Ivy, and S.D. Wankel. 2004. Using sulfur isotopes to elucidate the origin of barite associated with high organic matter accumulation events in marine sediments. Sulfur Biogeochemistry, GSA Special Paper, 379, 151-160.

Paytan, A. 2004. Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems, (Ed. Kenneth D. Black and Graham B. Shimmield) Blackwell Publishing, book review, Oceanography, Vol. 17, 213-214.

Paytan, A., M. Lyle, A. Mix, and Z. Chase. 2004. Climatically Driven changes in oceanic processes throughout the equatorial Pacific. Paleoceanography 19: 4017-4023.

Averyt, K.B. andA. Paytan. 2004. A comparison of multiple proxies for export production in the equatorial Pacific. Paleoceanography 19: 4003-4016.

Gonneea, M.E., A. Paytan, and J.A. Herrera-Silviera. 2004. Tracing Organic matter sources and carbon burial in mangrove sediments over the past 160 years. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 61: 211-227.

McLaughlin K., S. Silva, C. Kendall, H. Stuart-Williams and A. Paytan. 2004. A precise method for the analysis of face="Symbol">d18O of dissolved inorganic phosphate in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 2: 202-212.

Paytan, A., A.B. Boehm, and G.G. Shellenbarger. 2004. Bacterial Contamination and submarine groundwater discharge - a possible link. Environmental Chemistry, 1, 1-2, doi: 10.1071/EN04002.

Paytan, A., M. Kastner, D. Campbell and M.H. Thiemens. 2004. Seawater sulfur isotope fluctuations in the Cretaceous. Science 304: 1663-1665.

Boehm, A. B., G.G. Shellenbarger and A. Paytan. 2004. Groundwater discharge: Potential association with fecal indicator bacteria in the surf zone. Environmental Science and Technology 38: 3558-3566.

2003

Kurtz, A.C., L.R. Kump, M.A. Arthur, J.C. Zachos and A. Paytan. 2003. Early Cenozoic decoupling of the global carbon and sulfur cycles. Paleoceanography 18: 1090, 10.1029/2003PA000908.

González-Muñoz, M.T., B. Fern á ndez-Luque, F. Martínez-Ruiz, K.B. Chekroun, J. M. Arias, M. Rodr í guez-Gallego, M. Mart í nez-Ca ñ amero, C. de Linares and A. Paytan. 2003. Precipitation of barite by yxococcus xanthus: Possible Implications for the Biogeochemical Cycle of Barium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 5722-5725.

Paytan, A., B. Cade-Menun, K. McLaughlin and K. L. Faul. 2003. Selective phosphorus regeneration of sinking marine particles: evidence from 31P-NMR, Marine Chemistry 82: 55-70.

Averyt, K.B. and A. Paytan. 2003. Empirical partition coefficients for Sr and Ca in marine barite: Implications for reconstructing seawater Sr and Ca concentrations. G3 4: 1043.

Averyt, K.B., A. Paytan and G. Li. 2003. A precise, high-throughput method for determining Sr/Ca, Sr/Ba, and Ca/Ba ratios of marine barite. G3 4: 1039.

Porder, S. A. Paytan and E.A. Hadly. 2003. Mapping the origin of faunal assemblages using strontium isotopes. Paleobiology 29: 197-204.

Martínez-Ruiz, F., A. Paytan, M. Kastner, J.M. González-Donoso, D. Linares, S.M. Bernasconi and F.J. Jimenez-Espejo. 2003. A comparative study of the geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of the S1 sapropel in the western and eastern Mediterranean. Palaeo. Palaeo. Palaeo. 190: 23-37.

Eagle, M., A. Paytan, K.R. Arrigo, G. van Dijken, and R.W. Murray. 2003. A comparison between excess barium and barite as indicators of carbon export. Paleoceanography 18. doi: 10.1029/2002PA000793. **Please note: The units of Ba Excess AR and barite AR in Table 3 and Figure 3 should be mg/m2y

Mearon, S., A. Paytan, and T.J. Bralower. 2003. Cretaceous Strontium isotope stratigraphy using marine barite. Geology 31: 15-18.

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