Clara Deal Research Assistant Professor phone: 907-474-1875 email: dealiarc.uaf.edu office: Akasofu 408 A International Arctic Research Center 930 Koyukuk Drive P.O. Box 757340 Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7340

IARC Programs

Arctic Climate Study

Education

Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks
M.S., Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Research Interests

• marine biogeochemical cycling, with a focus on dimethylsulfide
• biosphere-climate interactions and feedbacks

IARC Publications

published or accepted, refereed publications and books

• Jin, M., C. Deal, J. Wang, P. McRoy (2009), Response of lower trophic level production to long-term climate change in the southeastern Bering Sea , Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C04010, doi:10.1029/2008JC005105.
• Deal, C., M. Jin, J. Wang (2008), The significance of water column nittrification in the Bering Sea, Chinese Journal of Polar Science, 19(2), 171-178.
• Jin, M., C. Deal, J. Wang (2008), A coupled ice-ocean ecosystem model for 1-D and 3-D applications in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, Chinese Journal of Polar Science, 19(2), 204-215.
• Jin, M., C. Deal, J. Wang, V. Alexander, R. Gradinger, S.-I. Saitoh, T. Lida, Z. Wan, P. Stabeno (2007), Ice-associated phytoplankton blooms in the southeastern Bering Sea, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L06612, doi:10.1029/2006GL028849.
• Jin, M., C. Deal, J. Wang, K. Shin, N. Tanaka, T. Whitledge, S.H. Lee, R. Gradinger (2006), Controls of the land fast ice-ocean ecosystem offshore Barrow, Alaska, Annals of Glaciology, 44, 63-72.
• Jin, M., C. Deal, J. Wang, N. Tanaka, M. Ikeda (2006), Vertical mixing effects on the phytoplankton bloom in the southeastern Bering Sea mid-shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C030002, doi:10.1029/2005JC002994.
• Deal, C., D.J. Kieber, D.A. Toole, K. Stamnes, S. Jiang, N. Uzuka (2005), Dimethylsulfide photolysis rates and apparent quantum yields in Bering Sea seawater, Continental Shelf Research, 25(15), 1825-1835.
• Tanaka, T., L. Guo, C. Deal, N. Tanaka, T. Whitledge, A. Murata (2004), Nitrogen deficiency in a well oxygenated cold bottom water over the Bering Sea Shelf: Influence of sedimentary denitrification, Continental Shelf Research, 24(2), 1271-1283.

• Jodwalis, C., R.L. Benner, D.L. Eslinger (2000), Modeling of Dimethyl Sulfide Ocean Mixing, Biological Production and Sea-to-Air Flux for High Latitudes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(14), 387-299.

Other Selected Publications

• Jodwalis, Clara M. and Richard L. Benner. 1996. Sulfur gas fluxes and horizontal inhomogeneities in the marine boundary layer Journal of Geophysical Research 101 (D2): 4393-4401.
• Jodwalis, Clara M. and Richard L. Benner. 1995. On the possibility of remotely sensing global dimethyl sulfide sea-to-air flux. Polar Record 31 (177): 251-256.
• Dunton, Ken F. and Clara M. Jodwalis. 1988. Photosynthetic performance of Laminaria solidungula measured in situ in the Alaska High Arctic. Marine Biology 98: 277-285.