Dr. Arne Diercks
Research Faculty
Bio
My research focuses on the investigation of marine particle dynamics, including their formation, abundance, settling characteristics, distribution and eventual fate. I employ digital imaging technologies and computerized sensors to collect the data needed to explore the particle transport from the shelf to the deep sea. As coPI in the ECOGIG-II consortium and the Lead PI in the
GOMRI funded RFP-VI project REDIRECT I study the fate of oiled marine snow in the aftermath of the DwH incident.
I have managed the operation of USM’s deep sea Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for 7 years and explored with them deep sea habitats in the Hudson Canyon and the northern Gulf of Mexico.Check out my Research and Google Scholar pages for more information.
- PHD - Univ of Southern Mississippi (1995)
Classical Geodesy
Introductory Oceanography
General Geology
- Vertical Marine Snow Distribution in the Stratified Hypersaline, and Anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico), Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2019
- Scales of seafloor sediment resuspension in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, 2018
- The ecosystem baseline for particle flux in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2018
- High-resolution seismo-acoustic characterization of Green Canyon 600, a perennial hydrocarbon seep in Gulf of Mexico deep water, Marine Geophysical Research, 2019, 10.1007/s11001-018-9374-3
- The ecosystem baseline for particle flux in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2018
- Large-scale deposition of weathered oil in the Gulf of Mexico following a deep-water oil spill, Environmental Pollution, 2017
- Sustained deposition of contaminants from the Deepwater Horizon spill, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
- Enhanced particle fluxes and heterotrophic bacterial activities in Gulf of Mexico bottom waters following storm-induced sediment resuspension, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016
- Characterization of subsurface polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Deepwater Horizon site, Geophysical Research Letters, 2010
- In situ settling speeds of marine snow aggregates below the mixed layer: Black Sea and Gulf of Mexico, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 1997
- German (Native or Bilingual)
- English (Native or Bilingual)