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 Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
Marine
Research Division 0218
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA
92093-0236
email: alking@ucsd.edu
phone:
858-822-4605
facsimile:
858-534-2997
curriculum vitae
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Updated 8 August 2005
BIRTHDATE: 7 June 1978 in San
Diego, California, USA
EDUCATION:
• B.S., Biology: Ecology, Behavior and
Evolution, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 2000.
• Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (SIO), UCSD. Expected date of completion:
June 2006.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
9/01-present Doctoral Research with Dr. K.
Barbeau, Geosciences Research Division, SIO, UCSD. Phytoplankton iron
limitation in the southern California Current System.
9/99-6/01 Independent Research with Dr. K.L.
Smith Jr., SIO, UCSD. Ecology of phytoplankton and zooplankton at Port
Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica.
6/00-9/00 Research Associate with Dr. M.E.
Huntley, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai’i.
Zooplankton population dynamics.
3/99 & 11/99 Field Team Leader for Dr. K.L. Smith
Jr., SIO, UCSD, on R/VIB L. M. Gould at Port Foster, Deception Island,
Antarctica. Plankton ecology.
6/99-9/99 Summer Student Fellow/Minority Trainee
at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), sediment geochemistry.
3/98-6/99 Independent Research and Research
Assistant with Dr. M. M. Mullin, SIO, UCSD. Zooplankton ecology.
PUBLICATIONS:
* King, A.L. and E. La
Casella. 2003. Seasonal variations in abundance, distribution, and
population structure of Metridia gerlachei in Port Foster, Deception
Island, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II, 50:1753-1763.
* Kaufmann, R.S.,
E.C. Fisher, W.H. Gill, A.L.
King, M. Laubacher, and B. Sullivan. 2003. Temporal patterns in
the distribution, biomass and community structure of macrozooplankton
and micronekton within Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica.
Deep-Sea Research II, 50: 1765-1785.
* Sturz, A.A., S.C.
Gray, K. Dykes, A.L. King,
and J. Radtke. 2003. Seasonal changes of dissolved nutrients within and
around Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II,
50:1685-1705.
* Beaulieu, S.E., A.L. King, M.M. Mullin, S.
Pyne, and V. Tang. 1999. Using an optical plankton counter to determine
size distributions of preserved zooplankton samples. Journal of
Plankton Research, 21(10):1939-1956.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREP:
* King, A.L. and K. Barbeau.
Evidence for Fe limitation in the Southern California Bight. In
prep.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
6/05 Best Student Poster (3rd) overall,
TOS/UNESCO International Ocean Research Conference
2/04 Best Student Poster in session,
ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference
6/99-6/00 David Marc Belkin Research Scholarship
3/00 Antarctica Service Medal presented
by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
6/99-9/99 WHOI Summer Student Fellow/Minority Trainee
1/99-3/99 2 NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates
awards
3/95 Greater San Diego County Science Fair:
Engineering, First Place
TEACHING AND PRESENTATIONS:
7-8/05 California State
Summer School for Mathematics and Science teaching assistant
6/05 The Oceanography
Society(TOS)/UNESCO International Ocean Research Conference:
“Phytoplankton Fe limitation in the southern California Current System:
the role of Fe in a non-HNLC weak upwelling regime,” Andrew King, Kathy
Barbeau
5/04&5/05 Guest
instructor for UCSD TRIO outreach program
1/05 Public Presentation:
Polar Science at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps
2/04 American Society of
Limnology and Oceanograpy/TOS Ocean Research Conference: “Observations
of iron limitation in a non-HNLC regime; rapid response to iron
addition in the Southern California Bight,” Andrew King, Kathy Barbeau
11/03 CalCOFI conference:
“Evidence for Fe limitation of phytoplankton in the Southern California
Bight,” Andrew King, Kathy Barbeau
7/00-8/04 Guest instructor
for Del Mar Junior Lifeguard program field trip to the Birch Aquarium,
La Jolla, CA, and La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, CA, ages 12-16
7/03 Public Presentation:
“Antarctica” for grade K at Del Mar Heights Elementary, Del Mar, CA
11/99 Public Presentation:
“Oceanographic research in the Antarctica” for high school students at
American International High School, Quito, Ecuador
RESEARCH CRUISES (240 days):
7/04 Summer CalCOFI on R/V
New Horizon, ~17 days, Southern California Bight (SCB). Fe
distribution and phytoplankton Fe-limitation studies.
3-4/04 Spring CalCOFI on
R/V New Horizon, ~17 days, Southern California Bight (SCB). Fe
distribution and phytoplankton Fe-limitation studies.
7/03 Summer CalCOFI on R/V
New Horizon with, ~17 days; SCB. Fe distribution and phytoplankton
Fe-limitation studies.
3-4/03 Spring CalCOFI on
R/V Roger Revelle with Dr. K. Barbeau, ~27 days; SCB. Fe distribution
and phytoplankton Fe-limitation studies.
1-2/03 Winter CalCOFI on
R/V David Jordan, ~21 days; SCB. Fe distribution and phytoplankton
Fe-limitation studies.
11-12/02 Fall CalCOFI on
R/V New Horizon, ~21 days; SCB. Fe distribution and phytoplankton
Fe-limitation studies.
7-8/00 GLOBEC NE Pacific on
R/V New Horizon with Dr. B. Peterson, ~22 days; waters off No.
California and Oregon. NH0007.
10-11/99 ERUPT 2 on R/VIB
L. M. Gould with Dr. K. L. Smith Jr., ~22 days; Port Foster, Deception
Island, Antarctica. USAP Event B0-050.
2-3/99 ERUPT 1 on R/VIB L.
M. Gould with Dr. K. L. Smith Jr., ~24 days; Port Foster, Deception
Island, Antarctica. USAP Event B0-050.
1-2/99 LTER 99-1 on R/VIB
L. M. Gould with Dr. R. Ross, ICESS. ~47 days; waters off the
Antarctica Peninsula. USAP Event S0-032.
7 & 8/98 Animal
collection on R/V R.G. Sproul with Dr. M.I. Latz, SIO. Two & three
days; San Diego Trough & Santa Barbara Basin.
REFERENCES: available upon request
CV
current
research interests
other
research
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current
research
interests
Iron limitation in Southern
Californian coastal upwelling zones
We have recently begun efforts to investigate
the hypothesis that iron may limit primary productivity in the waters
off Southern California. This area has been the subject of a
long-term pelagic ecosystem study conducted by the California
Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI). In
addition to a myriad of biological, physical, and chemical data
collected from this region, we have begun to measure dissolved iron
concentration and
assess the role of iron in the pelagic ecosystem dynamics. We
have participated on six ~three-week research cruises between 2002 and
2006 in the southern California Current System (see picture to
left). During these cruises we use special trace metal
clean techniques such as subjecting all collection and processing
equipment to a rigorous acid-cleaning regimen, using equipment made of
teflon, and collecting water with bottles attached to 15 foot long
poles to get water that isn't contaminated by the ship's hull.
More information about our method for measuring dissolved Fe, click here.
CV
other research
1. Southern Ocean
phyto- and zoo- plankton
 I spent the majority of my
undergraduate research studying plankton and their dynamics within
ecosystems. I had the opportunity to sail on three research
cruises, two of which went to Deception Island (February 1999 and
November 1999), a small isle in the volcanic South Shetland Island
chain, north of the Antaractic Peninsula (see picture to left).
There, led by Dr. Kenneth L. Smith, our group
studied the pelagic and benthic ecosystems during five two-week cruises
over a 1.5 year period (February 1999 to November 2000), a unique
time-series which focused on studying the influence of ice on the
community. My field research consisted of examining temporal
variability in phytoplankton communities and the dominant copepod, Metridia
gerlachei. Characteristic of Antarctic coastal systems,
Deception Island phytoplankton fluctuated by season, exhibiting large
spring and summer blooms which yielded standing stocks which were
typically greater by several orders of magnitude. M. gerlachei
were also observed to fluctuate similar in magnitude, however seemed to
lag phytoplankton growth cycles by several months.
The third research cruise I participated on was
with the Palmer Station Long-Term Ecological Research
program (January 1999). This program focused the marine
ecology of the Southern Ocean focused within the Western Antarctic
Peninsula area, including: physical forcing (atmospheric, oceanic and
sea ice) of the ecosystem with emphasis on the ecological consequences
of sea-ice variability; biological processes with emphasis on
microbial, primary production and the life-history parameters of
secondary producers (krill, Euphausiia superba) and apex
predators (penguins; Emperor penguin pictured to right; note:
Palmer LTER typically studied Adelie and chinstrap penguins);
physical/optical/chemical/biological modeling that links ecosystem
processes to environmental variables.
I assisted on bio-optical research which used
field-collected ocean
optics and phytoplankton data for calibration of phytoplankton remote
sensing by satellite (SeaWIFS).
2. Undergraduate research opportunities
During the last three of my four years as an
undergraduate student as
UCSD, I was encouraged as an undergraduate researcher by several
individuals, such as Dr. Michael Mullin, Dr. Ken Smith and Dr. Stace
Beaulieu. I'm quite certain that my early support and
involvement in oceanographic research has led me to where I am
today. Below I list undergraduate research opportunities, most of
which are funded by the National Science Foundation Research
Experience for Undergraduates. I strongly urge junior and
senior undergraduates to pursue these opportunities if you are
interested in going on to graduate studies in marine sciences.
Here are
some links to
summer fellowship programs:
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship, Woods
Hole, MA
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography STAR, La Jolla, CA
University of
Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
University
of Delaware, Lewes, DE
There are
many research
opportunities out there, be pro-active!!!
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