ASU SoLS Faculty: Susanne Neuer

My main research interests are in the areas of oceanic biogeochemistry, especially the transport of particles and elements from surface water to the deep ocean. This includes the satellite remote sensing of the seasonal and temporal distribution of phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the ocean. I am also working in the field of marine plankton ecology, mainly by investigating model systems of trophic interactions in the laboratory. Most of my research in the past has been ship based; I have participated in 20+ cruises, five of which as chief scientist. Recently, I have added Astrobiology to my research interests, and have collaborated with planetary geologists at ASU in assessing the astrobiological potential of Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons that might have a vast ocean underneath its icy shell. This research has led me to the Arctic, and we are working with isolated Arctic sea ice organisms in the laboratory.

I teach an Introductory Oceanography class BIO/GLG 325 (see link on the left), Ecology BIO 320 and Ocean Biogeochemistry BIO/GLG/CHM 494/598.

Selected Publications| CV (PDF)

Eddie, B. J., C. Krembs, and S. Neuer. 2007. Growth response to temperature and salinity of psychrophilic, halotolerant Chlamydomonas sp. ARC isolated from Chukchi sea ice. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Submitted.

Cianca, A., P. Helmke, B. Mouriño, M. J. Rueda, O. Llinás, and S. Neuer. 2007. Decadal analysis of hydrography and in situ nutrient budgets in the western and eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112. C07025, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003788.

Neuer, S., A. Cianca, P. Helmke, T. Freudenthal, R. Davenport, M. Knoll, M. Santana-Casiano, M. González-Davila, M. Rueda and O. Llinás. 2007. Biogeochemistry and hydrography in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic gyre. Results from European Time-Series Station ESTOC. Progress in Oceanography 72, 1-29.

S. L. Johnson, S. Neuer and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2006. Export of nitrogenous compounds due to incomplete cycling within biological soil crusts of arid lands. Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 9: 680-689.

Neuer, S., M.E. Torres-Padrón, M.D. Gelado-Caballero, J. Hernández-Brito, M.J. Rueda and Gerold Wefer. 2004. Dust deposition pulses to the eastern subtropical North Atlantic gyre: Does ocean's biogeochemistry respond? Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB4020, doi: 10.1029/2004GB002228.

Fischer, G., S. Neuer, B. Davenport, O. Romero, V. Ratmeyer, B. Donner , T. Freudenthal, H. Meggers and G. Wefer. 2004. Control of ballast minerals on organic carbon export in the Eastern Boundary Current system (EBCs) off NW Africa. In: Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins: A Global Synthesis. K.-K. Liu et al. (Ed)., Springer Verlag, in press.

Figureido, P. H., R. Greeley, S. Neuer, L. Irwin, D. Schulze-Makuch. 2004. Locating potential biosignatures on Europa from surface geology observations. Astrobiology, 3, 851-861.

Neuer, S. R. Davenport, T. Freudenthal, G. Wefer , O. Llinás, Maria-J. Rueda, D. Rueda, Steinberg, D. Karl .2002. Differences in the biological carbon pump at three subtropical ocean sites. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 1885, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015393.

Neuer, S., T. Freudenthal, R. Davenport, O. Llinás, M-J. Rueda. 2002. Seasonality of surface water properties and particle flux along a productivity gradient off NW Africa. Deep-Sea. Res.II, 49, 3561-3576.

Davenport, R. S. Neuer, P. Helmke, J. Perez-Marrero, O. Llinás, and G. Wefer. 2002. Primary production in the northern Canary Islands region as inferred from SeaWiFS imagery. Deep Sea Research. II 49, 3481-3496.

Freudenthal, T., S. Neuer, H. Meggers, R. Davenport and G. Wefer. 2001: Comparison of water column particle fluxes, sedimentary accumulation rates, and the stable nitrogen isotope signature along a productivity gradient in the Canary Islands region. Marine Geology 177, 93-109.

Neuer, S. and T.J. Cowles. 1995. Comparative size-specific grazing rates in field populations of ciliates and dinoflagellates. Mar. Ecol. Prog.Ser. 125: 259-267.