Bruce Peterson participating in June 2003 dye addition at Sweeney Creek

Bruce Peterson
Principal Investigator
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508-289-7484
Fax: 508-457-1548
email: peterson@mbl.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1971
• B.S. Biology (with honors), Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 1967

Research Experience:

• January 1976 - Present: The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Senior Scientist, December 1987 to Present. Research on biological processes at the ecosystem level with emphasis on cycling of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and carbon. Associate Scientist, January 1980 to December 1987; Assistant Scientist, January 1977 to January 1980; Postdoctoral Associate, January 1976 to January 1977
• July 1975 to December 1975 - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Research Associate. Develop nutrient cycling process models based on field measurements of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon cycling in the Pamlico River Estuary of North Carolina.
• May 1974 to November 1974 - Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. Research Associate. Study carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in plankton and benthos.
• June 1968 to April 1974. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Research Associate, June 1971 to April 1974, Nutrient limitation, phosphorus cycling and primary productivity in Cayuga Lake, New York; Research Assistant, June 1969 to September 1970, Cayuga Lake studies; Research Assistant, June 1968 to September 1968, Conduct sampling program as part of Bell Station Nuclear Power Plant impact studies.

Honors and Professional Societies:

• President, Jordan Ramsdell Scientific Society, Bates College, 1966-1967
• Phi Beta Kappa, Bates College, 1967
• Cornell Graduate Fellowship, 1967-1968
• Cornell Dennison Fellowship, 1968-1969
• Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member, Marine Biological Laboratory Corporation
• Member, Estuarine Research Federation

Selected Publications:

• Peterson, B. J., G. W. Kling, and M. Bahr. 1997. A tracer investigation of nitrogen cycling in a pristine tundra river. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 00:0000-0000. In press.
• Hershey, A. E., W. B. Bowden, L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hobbie, B. J. Peterson, G. W. Kipphut, G. W. Kling, M. A. Lock, M. C. Miller and J. R. Vestal. 1997. The Kuparuk River: A long-term study of biological and chemical processes in an arctic river. pp. 107-129. In: A. Milner and M. W. Oswood (eds.). Alaskan Freshwaters. Springer-Verlag, New York.
• Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, H. Golden, C. C. McIvor, and M. C. Miller. 1997. Effects of fish density and river fertilization on algal standing stocks, invertebrate communities and fish production in an arctic river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 147:31-47.
• Peterson, B., B. Fry, L. Deegan and A. Hershey. 1993. The trophic significance of epilithic algal production in a fertilized tundra river ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 38(4):872-878.
• Kriet, K., B. J. Peterson and T. L. Corliss. 1992. Water and sediment export of the upper Kuparuk River drainage of the North Slope of Alaska. Hydrobiologia 240:71-81.
• Vorosmarty, C. J., M. P. Gildea, B. Moore III, B. J. Peterson, B. Bergquist and J. M. Melillo. 1986. A global model of nutrient cycling: II. Aquatic processing retention and distribution of nutrients in large drainage basins, p. 32-56. In: D. Correll (ed.), Watershed Research Perspectives. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Symposium Volume, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
• Peterson, B. J., J. E. Hobbie, A. Hershey, M. Lock, T. Ford, R. Vestal, M. Hullar, R. Ventullo and G. Volk. 1985. Transformation of a tundra river from heterotrophy to autotrophy by addition of phosphorus. Science 229:1383-1386.
• Peterson, B. J., R. W. Howarth and R. H. Garritt. 1985. Multiple stable isotopes used to trace the flow of organic matter flow in estuarine food webs. Science 227:1361-1363.
• Peterson, B. J. and J. M. Melillo. 1985. The potential storage of carbon caused by eutrophication of the biosphere. Tellus 37:117-127.
• Eppley, R. W. and B. J. Petrson. 1979. The flux of particulate organic matter to the deep ocean and its relation to planktonic new production. Nature 282:677-680.