Researcher Profile

W. G. Harrison

Job Title: Research Scientist
Employer: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Further Education: NC State University (B.Sc., Ph.D.).
Geographic focus of research: North and Northwest Atlantic

Brief synopsis of current research:
Ocean productivity and nutrient cycles.

Mailing address:
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2

Recent Publications:

Harrison, W.G., L.R. Harris and B.D. Irwin. 1996. The kinetics of nitrogen utilization in the oceanic mixed layer: nitrate and ammonium interactions at nanomolar concentrations. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41:16-32.

Harrison, W. G.. 1999. Nitrate-based new production in the open ocean: A status report. Aquabiology 21: 23-28.