9 peer-reviewed publications | 3 government reports

Dissertation: Deoxygenation and the impact on ocean biogeochemistry in the Santa Barbara Channel, and the broader implication for deoxygenation policy
Advisors: Tina Treude & Daniele Bianchi
PhD Committee: David Valentine & David Jacobs

SUBMITTED OR UNDER REVIEW

1. Robinson. D; Bianchi, D, Liu, N; Valentine D.L, Treude T. The Spatial Distribution and Temporal Variability of Dissolved O₂ in the Santa Barbara Basin, California submitted
2. Ferrer E.M; Eddebbar Y; Gangrade S; McCormick L; Pezner A, Robinson, D; Garcon V, Rose, K; Levin, L; Expanding on the deoxygenation planetary boundary and its progress towards an “unsafe space”  submitted Science Advances
3. Robinson. D; Shulterbrandt . R.G, Treude, T; Bianchi, D. Implementing Deoxygenation for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement: opportunities for Governance and Management across scales and levels in review Ocean Development and International Law, 2024

PEER REVIEWED

1. Jennings, V.; San Antonio, K.M.; Brown, M.J.; Choice, L.; Simpson, Q.; Ford, I.; Cho, H.J.; Solis, P.; Lacey, A.; Robinson, D. Place-Based Conservation in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems: The Importance of Engagement with Underrepresented Communities. Sustainability 2024, 16, 9965. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16229965
2. Krause, S. J. E., Wipfler, R., Liu, J., Yousavich, D. J., Robinson, D., Hoyt, D. W., et al. (2024). Spatial evidence of cryptic methane cycling and methylotrophic metabolisms along a land-ocean transect in a California coastal wetland. bioRxiv, 2024.07.16.603764. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.16.603764
3. Robinson, D., Pham, A. L. D., Yousavich, D. J., Janssen, F., Wenzhöfer, F., Arrington, E. C., Gosselin, K. M., Sandoval-Belmar, M., Mar, M., Valentine, D. L., Bianchi, D., and Treude, T.: Iron “ore” nothing: benthic iron fluxes from the oxygen-deficient Santa Barbara Basin enhance phytoplankton productivity in surface waters, Biogeosciences, 21, 773–788, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-773-2024 , 2024.
4. Yousavich, D. J., Robinson, D., Peng, X., Krause, S. J. E., Wenzhöfer, F., Janssen, F., Liu, N., Tarn, J., Kinnaman, F., Valentine, D. L., and Treude, T.: Marine anoxia initiates giant sulfur-oxidizing bacterial mat proliferation and associated changes in benthic nitrogen, sulfur, and iron cycling in the Santa Barbara Basin, California Borderland, Biogeosciences, 21, 789–809, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-789-2024 , 2024.
5. Krause, S. J. E., Liu, J., Yousavich, D. J., Robinson, D., Hoyt, D. W., Qin, Q., Wenzhöfer, F., Janssen, F., Valentine, D. L., and Treude, T.: Evidence of cryptic methane cycling and non-methanogenic methylamine consumption in the sulfate-reducing zone of sediment in the Santa Barbara Basin, California, Biogeosciences, 20, 4377–4390, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-4377-2023 , 2023.
6. Caitlin R. Fong, Kendall S. Chancellor, Julianna J. Renzi, De’Marcus R. Robinson, Paul H. Barber, Sennai Y. Habtes, Peggy Fong, Epibionts on Turbinaria ornata, a secondary foundational macroalga on coral reefs, provide diverse trophic support to fishes, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 141, 2018, Pages 39-43, ISSN 0141-1136,

(Robinson et al., 2024), Schematic illustrating feedback loops among benthic Fe release, nutrient cycles, and productivity in the Santa Barbara Basin

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED

 Government Reports (internal peer-reviewed)

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS  

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Poster presentation: “Analyzing Otolith Microchemistry Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Fish Species in the Gulf of Mexico” – NOAA EPP/MSI Biennial Meeting March 2025

Oral Presentation: “Spatial distribution and temporal variability of oxygen in the Santa Barbara Basin “ – American Geophysical Union December 2024

Poster Presentation: “Spatial distribution and temporal variability of oxygen in the Santa Barbara Basin “ – American Geophysical Union December 2024

Poster Presentation: “Implementing Deoxygenation for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement: Opportunities for Governance and Management across scales and levels  “ – American Geophysical Union December 2024

Lighting Oral presentation “Ocean Deoxygenation and the impact on ocean biogeochemistry” GCOOS Members meeting November 2025

Poster Presentation: “Spatial distribution and temporal variability of oxygen in the Santa Barbara Basin “ – Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System Conference May 2024

Oral Presentation: “Oxygen dynamics in the Santa Barbara Channel and its impact on benthic Fe flux and phytoplankton productivity” Seminar – Florida A&M University, School of Environment  April 2024

Oral Presentation: “Oxygen dynamics in the Santa Barbara Channel and its impact on benthic Fe flux and phytoplankton productivity”  Seminar – UCLA, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science March 2024

Poster Presentation:  Iron “Ore” Nothing: Benthic iron fluxes from the oxygen-deficient Santa Barbara Basin enhance phytoplankton productivity in surface waters AGU December 2023

Poster Presentation:  “Sulfur-Oxidizing Microbial Mats Affect Sulfur and Nitrogen Cycling in the Santa Barbara Basin” AGU Ocean, February 2020

Poster Presentation, “Epiphytes on Turbinaria Ornata A foundational Macroalgae Provides Trophic Support for small juvenile fish,” Association for the Science of Oceanography and Limnology ASLO, February 2017

Poster Presentation, “Electrospun Chitosan and Cyclodextrin Nanofibers for Oil

Absorption,” NOAA EPP/MSI 8^th Biennial Education and Science Forum, August 2016