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- Global carbon cycling
in the atmosphere, water column, and sediments anthropogenic and
biogenic).
- Effect of global
warming and sea level rise on the remineralization of organic
matter in coastal and estuarine sediments.
- Biogeochemical controls
on methyl mercury production and flux in estuarine sediments.
- Isotopic characterization
of carbon to elucidate sources and cycling of organic matter.
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- Marine and environmental
geochemistry.
- Speciation and cycling
of trace metals (especially Hg) in natural waters.
- Sediment-water exchange
in estuaries and coastal waters.
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- Structure/activity
relationships of harmful algal bloom toxins as they interact with
receptors in biological systems.
- Analytical methods
for identifying natural ligands and receptors
- Solid phase and
liquid phase measurement of dissociation constants and dynamic
equilibria in biological systems.
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- Chemical composition
and reactions in rainwater, including trace metal speciation,
redox reactions, photochemical reactions and nutrient fluxes.
- Impacts of atmospheric
deposition (rain, dust, gas exchange) on the chemistry of surface
seawater.
- Chemical speciation,
biogeochemical transformations and fluxes of mercury, in rainwater,
river water, estuarine water and seawater.
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- Air sea exchange
processes especially as they relate to global warming issues.
- Trace metal speciation
in estuarine and atmospheric waters.
- Photochemically
mediated processes and their impact on environmental systems.
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- Isolation and identification
of bioactive compounds from marine organisms.
- Identification and
analysis of naturally occurring marine toxins.
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