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Selection of Recent Publications:

  • Krom, M.D. (2006) Response to Comment by Hale and Rivkin on "Nature of P Limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Easte, Science, 5781
  • Karakassis I.; Pitta P.; Krom, M.D. (2005) Contribution of fish farming to the nutrient loading of the Mediterranean, Scientia Marina, 69, pp.313-321.
  • Carbo, P.; Krom, M.D.; Homoky, W.B.; Benning L.G.; Herut B. (2005) Impact of atmospheric deposition on N and P geochemistry in the southeastern Levantine basin, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.3041-3053. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.014
  • Thingstad T.F.; Krom, M.D.; Mantoura F.; Flaten, G.A.F.; Groom S.; Herut B.; Kress N.; Law C.; Pasternak, A.; Pitta P.; Psarra S.; Rassoulzadegan F.; Tanaka T.; Tselepides A.; Wassmann P.; Woodward, E.M.S.; Wexels Riser, C.; Zodiatis G.; Zohary T. (2005) Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean, Science, 309, pp.1068-1071.
  • Krom, M.D.; Woodward E.M.S.; Herut B.; Kress N.; Carbo P.; Mantoura F.; Spyres G.; Thingstad T.F.; Wassmann P.; Wexels Riser C.; Kitidis, V.; Law C.; Zodiatis G. (2005) Nutrient cycling in the south east Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean: Results from a phosphorus starved system, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2879-2896. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.009
  • Krom, M.D.; Wassmann P.; Zohary T. (2005) On the nature of phosphorus cycling and limitation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2877-3108.
  • Zohary T.; Herut B.; Krom M.D.; Mantoura F.; Pitta P.; Psarra S.; Rassoulzadegan F.; Stambler N.; Tanaka T.; Thingstad T.F.; Woodward E.M.S. (2005) P-limited bacteria but N and P co-limited phytoplankton in the Eastern Mediterranean?a microcosm experiment, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.3011-3023. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.011
  • Psarra S.; Zohary T.; Krom M.D.; Mantoura F.; Polychronaki T.; Stambler, N.; Tanaka T.; Tselepides A.; Thingstad T.F. (2005) Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean), Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2944-2960. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.015
  • Herut B.; Zohary T.; Krom, M.D.; Mantoura F.; Pitta P.; Psarra S.; Rassoulzadegan F.; Tanaka T.; Thingstad T.F. (2005) Response of East Mediterranean surface water to Saharan dust: On-board microcosm experiment and field observations, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.3024-3040. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.09.003
  • Groom S.; Herut B.; Brenner S.; Zodiatis G.; Psarra S.; Kress N.; Krom, M.D.; Law C.; Drakopoulos, P. (2005) Satellite derived spatial and temporal biological variability in the Cyprus Eddy, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2990-3010. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.019
  • Flaten G.A.F.; Skjoldal E.; Krom, M.D.; Law C.; Mantoura F.; Pitta P.; Psarra S.; Tanaka T.; Tselepides A.; Woodward E.M.S.; Zohary T.; Thingstad T.F. (2005) Studies of the microbial P-cycle during a Lagrangian phosphate-addition experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.2928-2943. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.010
  • Krom, M.D.; Thingstad T.F.; Carbo P.; Drakopoulos P.; Fileman, T.W.; Flaten G.A.F.; Groom S.; Herut B.; Kitidis V.; Kress N.; Law C.; Liddicoat M.; Mantoura F.; Pasternak A.; Pitta P.; Polychronaki T.; Psarra S.; Rassoulzadegan F.; Skjoldal E.; Spyres G.; Tanaka T.; Tselepides A.; Wassmann P.; Wexels Riser C.; Woodward E.M.S.; Zodiatis G.; Zohary T. (2005) Summary and overview of the CYCLOPS P addition Lagrangian experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean, Deep Sea Research : Part II, 52, pp.3090-3108. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.018
  • Poulton, S.W., Krom, M.D. and Raiswell, R. (2004) A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron oxyhydr(oxide) minerals towards dissolved sulphide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta
  • Krom, M.D., Herut, B. and Mantoura, R.F.C. (2004) Nutrient budget for the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for P limitation. Limnology and Oceanography. 49: 1582-1592
  • Mortimer, R.J.G., Harris, S.J., Krom, M.D., Freitag, T., Prosser, J., Barnes, J., Anschultz, P., Hayes, P., and Davies I.M. (2004) Anoxic nitritication in marine sediments Marine Ecology Progress Series 276: 37-51
  • Krom, M.D., Groom, S., Zohary, T., (2003) The Eastern Mediterranean in The Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems (Eds K.D.Black and G.B.Shimmield)., Blackwell Publishing, Oxford., 91-122
  • Pan, G., Krom, M.D., and Herut, B., (2002) Adsorption-desorption of phosphate onto/from airborne dust and riverborne particulates in East Mediterranean seawater. Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (16), 3519-3524
  • Mortimer, R.J.G., M.D.Krom, W.Davison, H.Zhang, P.J.Hayes & I.M.Davies. (2002) Evidence for suboxic nitrification in recent marine sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol 236: 31-35
  • Poulton, S.W., Krom, M.D., van Rijn, J., and Raiswell, R. (2002) The use of hydrous iron (III) oxides for the removal of hydrogen sulphide from aqueous systems. Water Research. 36 (4), 825-834
  • Herut, B., R.Collier and M.D.Krom (2002) The role of dust in supplying nitrogen and phosphorus to the South East Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography, 47(3), 870-878
  • Krom, M.D., J.-D.Stanley, R.A.Cliff and J.C.Woodward (2002). River Nile sediment fluctuations over the past 7000 years and their key role in sapropel development. Geology 30 (1) 71-74
  • Struck, U., Emies, K-C., Voss, M., Krom, M.D., and Rau, G.H., (2001) Biological productivity during Sapropel S5 formation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea - Evidence from Stable Isotopes of Nitrogen and Carbon. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 65: 3249-3266
  • Krom, M.D., A.Neori, J.van Rijn, S.W.Poulton and I.M.Davies (2001) Environmentally friendly marine agriculture. Ocean Challenge Vol 10 (2), 22-27
  • Krom, M.D., Brenner, S., Kress, N. and Gordon, L.I. (1991) Phosphorus limitation of Primary Productivity in the E.Mediterranean sea. Limnol. Ocean. 36 (3): 424-432

 

Michael Krom
M.Krom@earth.leeds.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0) 113 343 5213

Past and Present Oceanography and P cycling in the Eastern Mediterranean:

  • Zohary, T., Herut, B., Krom, M. D., Mantoura, R. F. C., Psarra, S., Pitta, P., Rassoulzadegan, F., Stambler, N., Thingstad, T. F., Tanaka, T., Woodward, M. (2005) Co-limitation by N & P: a microcosm experiment: The response of P-supplemented Eastern Mediterranean water to added NH4+. Deep Sea Research CYCLOPS dedicted volume
  • Krom, M., Woodward, E. M., Herut, B., Kress, N., Carbo, P., Mantoura, R. F. C., Spyres, G., Thingstad, T. F., Wassmann, P., Wexels-Riser, C., Kitidis, V., Law, C., Zodiatis, G., Zohary, T., (2005) Nutrient cycling in the South East Levantine basin of the Eastern Mediterranean - results from a P starved system. Deep Sea Research CYCLOPS dedicted volume
  • Flaten, G. A. F., Thingstad, T. F., Skjoldal, E. F., Krom, M. D., Law, C., Mantoura, R. F. C., Pitta, P., Psarra, S., Tanaka, T., Woodward, E. M. S., Zohary, T., (2005) Studies of the microbial P-cycle during a Lagrangian phosphate addition experiment in the eastern Mediterranean. Deep Sea Research CYCLOPS dedicted volume
  • Carbo, P., Herut, B., Krom, M., Homoky, W., (2005) Impact of Saharan Dust on N and P geochemistry in the South Eastern Levatine basin. Deep Sea Research CYCLOPS dedicted volume
  • Krom, M.D., Herut, B. and Mantoura, R.F.C. (2004) Nutrient budget for the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for P limitation. Limnology and Oceanography. 49: 1582-1592
  • Pan, G., Krom, M.D., and Herut, B., (2002) Adsorption-desorption of phosphate onto/from airborne dust and riverborne particulates in East Mediterranean seawater. Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (16), 3519-3524
  • Herut, B., R.Collier and M.D.Krom (2002) The role of dust in supplying nitrogen and phosphorus to the South East Mediterranean. Limnology and Oceanography, 47(3), 870-878
  • Krom, M.D., J.-D.Stanley, R.A.Cliff and J.C.Woodward (2002). River Nile sediment fluctuations over the past 7000 years and their key role in sapropel development. Geology 30 (1) 71-74
  • Struck, U., Emies, K-C., Voss, M., Krom, M.D., and Rau, G.H., (2001) Biological productivity during Sapropel S5 formation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea - Evidence from Stable Isotopes of Nitrogen and Carbon. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 65: 3249-3266
  • Herut, B., Nimmo, M., Medway, A., Chester, R., and Krom, M.D. (2001) Dry atmospheric inputs of trace metals at the Mediterranean coast of Israel (SE Mediterranean): Sources and Fluxes. Atmospheric Environment. 35/4 803-813
  • Eijsink, L.M., M.D.Krom and B.Herut, (2000) Speciation and burial flux of phosphorus in the surface sediments of the eastern Mediterranean. American Journal of Science, 300 (6), 483-503
  • Herut, B., Krom, M.D., Pan, G. and Mortimer, R. (1999) Atmospheric input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the SE Mediterranean: sources, fluxes and possible impact. Limnology & Oceanography. 44(7), 1683-1692
  • Krom, M.D., Michard, A., Cliff, R.A. and Strohle, K. (1999) Sources of sediment to the Ionian Sea and western Levantine basin of the Eastern Mediterranean during S-1 sapropel times. Marine Geology 160, 45-61
  • Krom, M.D., Cliff, R.A., Eijsink, L.M., Herut, B., Chester, R.(1999) The characterisation of Saharan dusts and Nile Particulate matter in sediments from the Levantine basin using Sr isotopes. Marine Geology 155: 319-330
  • Krom, M.D., Brenner, S., Kress, N., Neori, A., and Gordon, L.I. (1993). Nutrient distributions during an annual cycle across a warm-core oceanic eddy from the E.Mediterranean sea. Deep Sea Research. 40 (4): 805-825
  • Krom, M.D., Brenner, S., Kress, N., Neori, A., and Gordon, L.I. (1992). Nutrient dynamics and New Production in a Warm-core eddy from the E.Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research 39 (3/4):467-480
  • Krom, M.D., Brenner, S., Kress, N. and Gordon, L.I. (1991) Phosphorus limitation of Primary Productivity in the E.Mediterranean sea. Limnol. Ocean. 36 (3): 424-432

Sedimentary Geochemistry and Marine Pollution

  • Mortimer, R.J.G., Harris, S.J., Krom, M.D., Freitag, T., Prosser, J., Barnes, J., Anschultz, P., Hayes, P., and Davies I.M. (2004) Anoxic nitritication in marine sediments Marine Ecology Progress Series 276: 37-51
  • Krom, M.D., Mortimer, R.J.G., Poulton, S.W., Hayes, P., Davies, I.M., Davison W. and Zhang, H. (2002) In-situ determination of dissolved iron production in recent marine sediments Aquatic Science, 64 282-291
  • Mortimer, R.J.G., M.D.Krom, W.Davison, H.Zhang, P.J.Hayes & I.M.Davies. (2002) Evidence for suboxic nitrification in recent marine sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol 236: 31-35
  • Mortimer, R.J.G., Krom, M.D., Boyle, D.R., Nishri, A. (1999) Use of a high resolution pore water gel profilers to measure groundwater fluxes at an underwater saline seepage site in Lake Kinneret, Israel. Limnology & Oceanography, 44(7) 1802-1809
  • Mortimer, R.J.G., Krom M.D., Watson, P.G., Frickers, P.E., Davey, J.T., & Clifton R.J. (1999) Sediment-water exchange of nutrients in the intertidal zone of the Humber Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin 37: 259-277
  • Nishri, A., Stiller, M., Rimmer, A., Geifman, Y., and Krom M.D., (1999) Lake Kinneret (The Sea of Galilee): the effects of diversion of external salinity sources and the probable chemical composition of the internal salinity sources. Chemical Geology 158, 37-52
  • Mortimer, R., Krom, M.D., Hall, P.O.J., Hulth, S. and H.Stahl, (1998). Use of gel probes for the determination of high resolution solute distributions in marine and estuarine pore waters. Marine Chemistry. 63, 119-129
  • van Santvoort, P.J.M., de Lange, G.J., Thomson, J., Cussen, H., Wilson, T.R.S., Krom, M.D., and Strohle, K. (1996). Active post-depositional oxidation of the most recent sapropel (S1) in sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. Vol. 60 No: 21 4007-4024
  • Krom, M.D., Hornung, H., and Kaufman, A. (1994) Industrial mercury in combination with natural Pb210 as time dependant tracers of sedimentation and mercury removal from Haifa bay, Israel. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 38, 625-642
  • Kress, N.,, Golik, A., Galil, B., Krom, M.D. (1993). Monitoring the disposal of Coal Fly Ash at a deep water disposal site in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(8), 447-456
  • Krom, M.D., Hornung, H. and Cohen, Y. (1990) Determination of the Environmental Capacity of Haifa Bay with respect to Mercury. Marine Pollution Bulletin 27 (7): 349-354
  • Krom M.D. and Berner R.A., (1981). The diagenesis of phosphorus in a nearshore marine sediment. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 45: 207-216
  • Krom, M.D. and Berner, R.A. (1980) The diffusion coefficients of sulphate, ammonium and phosphate in anoxic marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 25(2): 327-337
  • Krom, M.D. and Berner, R.A. (1980). Adsorbtion of phosphate in anoxic marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 25(4): 797-806

Water Quality Processes in Mariculture

  • Barak, Y., E.Cytryn, I. Gelfand, M.Krom and J. van Rijn (2003) Phosphate removal in a marine prototype recirculating aquaculture system. Aquaculture, 220 313-326
  • Krom, M.D., A.Neori, J.van Rijn, S.W.Poulton and I.M.Davies (2001) Environmentally friendly marine agriculture. Ocean Challenge Vol 10 (2), 22-27
  • Neori, A., Krom, M.D., Ellner, S.E., Boyd, C.E., Popper, D., Rabinovitch, R., Davison, P.J., Dvir, O., Zuber, D., Ucko, M., Angel, D., Gordin, H. (1996). Seaweed biofilters as regulators of water quality in integrated fish-seaweed culture units. Aquaculture. 141: (3-4), 183-199
  • Krom, M.D., Ellner, S., van Rijn, J. and Neori, A. (1995). Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and transformations in a prototype "non-polluting" integrated mariculture system, Eilat, Israel. Marine Ecol. Progress Series. 118: 25-36
  • Krom, M.D. and Neori, A. (1989). A total Nutrient budget for an experimental intensive fishpond with circularly moving seawater. Aquaculture. 83, 345-358
  • Neori, A., Krom M.D., Cohen, I., and Gordin, H. (1989). Water quality conditions and particulate chlorophyll a of new intensive seawater fishponds in Eilat, Israel: daily and diel variations. Aquaculture. 80: 63-78
  • Krom, M.D., Porter, C., and Gordin, H. (1985b). Description of the water quality conditions in a semi-intensively cultured marine fish pond in Eilat, Israel. Aquaculture 49: 141-157

 

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