Staff Profile
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Biography

Research Interests

I study the effects of sunlight, especially ultraviolet radiation, on ecosystems and the environment.  I mainly work in freshwater and marine systems focusing on the responses of the smallest organisms in those systems, the plankton.  A long term project has been studying the effects of increased UV-B due to Antarctic ozone depletion on the productivity of the Southern Ocean which surrounds the Antarctic continent.  I also supervise the SI solar-radiation monitoring program which has been measuring UV-B radiation in Maryland since the 1970s compiling one of the longest records of spectral irradiance in the world. 

Publications

  • Moisan, T. A. ; Goes, J. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2009). Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids In Phytoplankton: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Optics. Marine Phytoplankton (119-143) Nova Science Publishers .
  • Tzortziou, Maria ; Gallegos, Charles L. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Subramaniam, Ajit ; Herman, Jay R. ; Harding, Lawrence W., Jr. (2009). Bio-optical characteristics and remote sensing in the mid Chesapeake Bay through intergration of observations and radiative transfer closure. Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management (139-168) Springer .
  • Fritz, Jennifer J. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Davis, Richard F. ; Peloquin, Jill A. (2008). Response of Antarctic phytoplankton to solar UVR exposure: inhibition and recovery of photosynthesis in coastal and pelagic assemblages. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 365 (1) , 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07610
  • Lantz, Kathleen ; Disterhoft, Patrick ; Slusser, James ; Gao, Wei ; Berndt, Jerry ; Bernhard, Germar ; Bloms, Sarah ; Booth, Rocky ; Ehramjian, James ; Harrison, Lee ; Janson, George ; Johnston, Paul ; Kiedron, Piotr ; McKenzie, Richard ; Kimlin, Michael ; Neale, Patrick J. ; O'Neill, Michael ; Quang, Vi V. ; Seckmeyer, Gunther ; Taylor, Thomas ; Wuttke, Sigrid ; Michalsky, Joseph. (2008). 2003 North American interagency intercomparison of ultraviolet spectroradiometers: scanning and spectrograph instruments. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2 (1) , Art. no. 023547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3040299
  • Williamson, C. E. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2008). Ultraviolet Light. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters v.2 (705-714) Elsevier .
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Helbling, E. Walter ; Day, Thomas A. (2007). Symposium In Print: UV Effects in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments: Introduction . Photochemistry and photobiology, 83 (4) , 775-776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00176.x
  • Tzortziou, M. ; Subramaniam, A. ; Herman, J. ; Gallegos, Charles L. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Harding, L. W. (2007). Remote Sensing Reflectance and Inherent Optical Properties in the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 72 , 16-32.
  • Tzortziou, Maria ; Osburn, C. L. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2007). Photobleaching of dissolved organic material from a tidal marsh-estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay . Photochemistry and photobiology, 83 (4) , 782-792. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00142.x
  • Fischer, J. M. ; Fields, P. A. ; Pryzbylkowski, P. G. ; Nicolai, J. L. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2006). Sublethal exposure to UV radiation affects respiration rates of the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia catawba . Photochemistry and photobiology, 82 , 547-550.
  • Tziortziou, Maria ; Herman, Jay R. ; Gallegos, Charles L. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Harding, Lawrence W. ; Ahmad, Ziauddin. (2006). Bio-optics of the Chesapeake Bay from measurements and radiative transfer closure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68 , 348-362.
  • Litchman, E. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2005). UV effects on photosynthesis, growth and acclimation of an estuarine diatom and cryptomonad . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 300 , 53-62.
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Goodrich, V. R. ; Brinley, W. R. (2005). Smithsonian-NIST-USDA-FPL Network for Monitoring Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance:: comparison of radiometer measurements and radiative transfer model calculations. Service Life Prediction: Challenging the Status Quo. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Service Life Prediction (159-170) Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology .
  • O'Sullivan, D. W. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Coffin, R. B. ; Boyd, T. J. ; Osburn, C. L. (2005). Photochemical production of hydrogen peroxide and methylhydroperoxide in coastal waters . Marine Chemistry, 97 , 14-33.
  • Neale, Patrick J. (2004). Photosynthesis in Algae . Journal of Phycology, 40 , 1178-1180.
  • Rijkenberg, M. J. A. ; Gerringa, L. J. A. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Timmermans, K. R. ; Buma, A. G. J. ; Baar, H. J. W. (2004). UVA variability overrules UVB ozone hole depletion on the photoreduction of iron in the Souther Ocean . Geophysical Research Letters, 31 , L24310, doi.

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