56, No. 4 (2011), pp. 1244-1254 (11 pages) We characterized alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity (APA) and report AP kinetic parameters in the North and South Pacific Subtropical Gyres (NPSG and SPSG, ...

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone (more commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Gyre). The Pacific Gyre, located halfway ...

Palaeoceanography is the study of past changes in ocean conditions including temperature, salinity, redox state, productivity, circulation, and ecology. These variables are typically reconstructed ...

The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of ...

54, No. 2 (Mar., 2009), pp. 537-547 (11 pages) Latitudinal distribution of diazotrophs and their nitrogen (N₂) fixation activity were investigated in the western North Pacific in winter (Nov to Dec ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...