Sally MacIntyre

About

Sally MacIntyre is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, affiliated with the Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department. Her research focuses on marine science, with particular emphasis on ecological and evolutionary processes in marine environments. She is involved in advancing understanding of marine ecosystems through her academic work and leadership roles within the department. As a faculty member, she contributes to the academic and research missions of UCSB, engaging in teaching, mentoring, and collaborative research efforts in marine biology.

Research topics

• Environmental science
• Oceanography
• Geology
• Ecology
• Atmospheric sciences
• Environmental planning
• Geography
• Physics
• Biology
• Accounting

Selected publications

• BAWLD-CH ₄ : a comprehensive dataset of methane fluxes from boreal and arctic ecosystems

  Earth system science data · 2021 · 120 citations

  Abstract. Methane (CH4) emissions from the boreal and arctic region are globally significant and highly sensitive to climate change. There is currently a wide range in estimates of high-latitude annual CH4 fluxes, where estimates based on land cover inventories and empirical CH4 flux data or process models (bottom-up approaches) generally are greater than atmospheric inversions (top-down approaches). A limitation of bottom-up approaches has been the lack of harmonization between inventories of s…

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• Winter Limnology: How do Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemistry Shape Ecosystems Under Ice?

  Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · 2021 · 110 citations

  Abstract The ice‐cover period in lakes is increasingly recognized for its distinct combination of physical and biological phenomena and ecological relevance. Knowledge gaps exist where research areas of hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry and biology intersect. For example, density‐driven circulation under ice coincides with an expansion of the anoxic zone, but abiotic and biotic controls on oxygen depletion have not been disentangled, and while heterotrophic microorganisms and migrating phytoplankto…

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• Turbulence in a small boreal lake: Consequences for air–water gas exchange

  Limnology and Oceanography · 2020 · 62 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  are greater than expected in small wind-sheltered lakes, and provide new equations to quantify fluxes.

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• Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes

  Journal of Great Lakes Research · 2022 · 42 citations

  To ensure the long-term sustainable use of African Great Lakes (AGL), and to better understand the functioning of these ecosystems, authorities, managers and scientists need regularly collected scientific data and information of key environmental indicators over multi-years to make informed decisions. Monitoring is regularly conducted at some sites across AGL; while at others sites, it is rare or conducted irregularly in response to sporadic funding or short-term projects/studies. Managers and s…

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• Phytoplankton blooms and fish kills in Lake Tanganyika related to upwelling and the limnological cycle

  Journal of Great Lakes Research · 2023-11-03 · 14 citations

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  Characterizing the processes which cause upwelling in the East African Great Lakes enables prediction of the spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton blooms and increases in fish abundance or incidence of fish kills. The influence of the southeast trade winds on the limnology of Lake Tanganyika is well known. Upwelling occurs to the south and downwelling to the north from May to September and subsequent upwelling and blooms at the northern end of the lake. However, the influence of the shif…

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Recent grants

• Circulation, Metabolism, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Arctic Lakes and Ponds

  NSF · $100k · 2018–2019

• Collaborative Research: Arctic to the Amazon: Physical Processes Controlling Gas Exchange from Freshwater Ecosystems.

  NSF · $407k · 2009–2015

• Circulation and Respiration in Ice-covered Arctic Lakes

  NSF · $943k · 2012–2017

Frequent coauthors

• Anne Ellaway

  University of Glasgow

  55 shared

• John M. Mélack

  48 shared

• Alicia Cortés

  University of California, Davis

  33 shared

• G. David Batty

  University College London

  32 shared

• Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  30 shared

• Lars Håkanson

  30 shared

• J. H. Amaral

  Universidad del Rosario

  23 shared

• P. M. Crill

  Stockholm University

  23 shared

Labs

• Sally MacIntyre's LabPI

  Not provided

Education

• Ph.D., Zoology

  Duke University

  1981

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