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

  • Litchman, E. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Banaszak, A. T. (2002). Increased sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation in nitrogen-limited dinoflagellates: photoprotection and repair. Limnology and Oceanography, 47 , 86-94.
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Fritz, J. J. (2002). Experimental exposure of plankton suspensions to polychromatic ultraviolet radiation for determination of spectral weighting functions. Ultraviolet ground-and- space-based measurements, models, and effects: 30 July- August 2001, San Diego, USA / James R. Slusser, et al, Editors (291-296) Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) .
  • Banaszak, Anastazia T. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2001). Ultraviolet radiation sensitivity of photosynthesis in phytoplankton from an estuarine environment. Limnology and Oceanography, 46 (3) , 592-603.
  • Callieri, C. ; Morabito, G. ; Huot, Y. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Litchman, E. (2001). Photosynthetic response of pico- and nanoplanktonic algae to UVB, UVA and PAR in a high mountain lake. Aquatic Sciences, 63 , 286-293.
  • Kohler, Jan ; Schmitt, Mechthild ; Krumbeck, Hartwig ; Kapfer, Maria ; Litchman, Elena ; Neale, Patrick J. (2001). Effects of UV on carbon assimilation of phytoplankton in a mixed water column. Aquatic Sciences, 63 (3) , 294-309.
  • Neale, Patrick J. (2001). Effects of ultraviolet radiation on estuarine phytoplankton production: impact of variations in exposure and sensitivity to inhibition. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology, 62 , 1-8.
  • Neale, Patrick J. (2001). Modeling the effects of ultraviolet radiation on estuarine phytoplankton production: impact of variations in exposure and sensitivity to inhibition. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology, 62 (1-2) , 1-8.
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Bossard, P. ; Huot, Y. (2001). Incident and in situ irradiance in Lakes Cadagno and Lucerne: a comparison of methods and models. Aquatic Sciences, 63 , 250-264.
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Fritz, J. J. ; Davis, R. F. (2001). Effects of UV on photosynthesis of Antarctic phytoplankton: models and application to coastal and pelagic assemblages. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 74 (2001) , 283-292.
  • Williamson, C. E. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Grad, G. ; De Lange, H. J. ; Hargreaves, B. R. (2001). Beneficial and detrimental effects of UV on aquatic organisms: Implications of spectral variation. Ecological Applications, 11 , 1843-1857.
  • Jankowski, J. J. ; Kieber, D. J. ; Mopper, K. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2000). Development and intercalibration of ultraviolet solar actinometers. Photochemistry and photobiology, 71 , 431-440.
  • Neale, Patrick J. (2000). Spectral weighting functions for quantifying the effects of ultraviolet radiation in marine ecosystems. Effects of UV radiation on marine ecosystems (73-100) Cambridge University Press .
  • Neale, Patrick J. ; Kieber, D. J. (2000). Assessing biological and chemical effects of UV in the marine environment: spectral weighting functions. Causes and environmental implications of increased UV-B radiation (61-83) Royal Society of Chemistry .
  • Sigleo, A. C. ; Neale, Patrick J. ; Spector, A. M. (2000). Phytoplankton pigments at the Weddell-Scotia confluence during the 1993 austral spring. Journal of Plankton Research, 22 (10) , 1989-2006.
  • Vincent, W. F. ; Neale, Patrick J. (2000). Mechanisms of UV damage to aquatic organisms. Effects of UV radiation on marine ecosystems (149-176) Cambridge University Press .

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