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Patricia Glibert

Patricia Glibert is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Patricia Glibert rather than just read about it. In short: Patricia Marguerite Glibert is a marine scientist known for her research on nutrient use by phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Reference excerpt

Patricia Marguerite Glibert is a marine scientist known for her research on nutrient use by phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education and career Glibert has an undergraduate degree from Skidmore College and a master's degree from the University of New Hampshire, where she examined the movement of nutrients in an estuary. Glibert moved to Harvard University for her Ph.D., which she earned in 1982 with a dissertation working on the uptake of ammonium by small marine organisms. Following her Ph.D., Glibert was a postdoctoral researcher and scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 1986 Glibert moved to the University of Maryland, where she was promoted to professor in 1993. In 2020, Glibert was elected president-elect of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and followed Roxane Maranger as president in 2022.

Research Glibert's research centers on nutrients, phytoplankton, and harmful algal blooms, especially the connection between harmful algal blooms and nutrients. She has conducted this research in multiple locations including Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, Florida Bay, the Chesapeake Bay, Kuwait Bay, the Scotian Shelf, the waters off Cape Cod, and the Chesapeake Bay. She has examined the production and consumption of nitrogen, the effect of temperature on nutrient uptake, and the role of mixotrophy in nutrient use. Her work includes investigations into nutrient cycling in model organisms including Trichodesmium, Prorocentrum, and Synechococcus. Glibert's research encompasses issues of climate change and human impacts on the environment.

Selected publications Kemp, Wm; Boynton, Wr; Adolf, Je; Boesch, Df; Boicourt, Wc; Brush, G; Cornwell, Jc; Fisher, Tr; Glibert, Pm; Hagy, Jd; Harding, Lw (2005-11-21). "Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 303: 1–29. Bibcode:2005MEPS..303....1K. doi:10.3354/meps303001. ISSN 0171-8630. Glibert, Patricia M.; Harrison, John; Heil, Cynthia; Seitzinger, Sybil (February 2006). "Escalating Worldwide use of Urea – A Global Change Contributing to Coastal Eutrophication". Biogeochemistry. 77 (3): 441–463. doi:10.1007/s10533-005-3070-5. S2CID 2209850. Anderson, Donald M.; Glibert, Patricia M.; Burkholder, Joann M. (2002). "Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Nutrient sources, composition, and consequences". Estuaries. 25 (4): 704–726. doi:10.1007/BF02804901. ISSN 0160-8347. S2CID 44207554. Glibert, Patricia M.; Wilkerson, Frances P.; Dugdale, Richard C.; Raven, John A.; Dupont, Christopher L.; Leavitt, Peter R.; Parker, Alexander E.; Burkholder, JoAnn M.; Kana, Todd M. (2016). "Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis on nitrogen-enriched conditions". Limnology and Oceanography. 61 (1): 165–197. Bibcode:2016LimOc..61..165G. doi:10.1002/lno.10203. hdl:10453/41397. ISSN 1939-5590. S2CID 16561857. Global ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms. Patricia M. Glibert, Elisa Berdalet, Michele A. Burford, Grant C. Pitcher, Mingjiang Zhou, O. L. Lange. Cham, Switzerland. 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-70069-4. OCLC 1032810395.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

Awards and honors Glibert received an honorary doctorate from Linnaeus University in 2011, and was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012. She has also been named one of the top women professors in Maryland (2013), and is a sustaining fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (2016).

Personal life Glibert describes herself as "one-half dual-career couple" and is married to Todd Kana, a phytoplankton ecologist at the University of Maryland. In 2016 they published Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biochemistry: A Dual Perspective, a collection written by dual career couples who have collaborated on research in the field. They have three children; Glibert's daughter was the first child born to a woman scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

References

External links Patricia Glibert publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Patricia Glibert

In research: Patricia Glibert appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Patricia Glibert in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Patricia Glibert is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Biogeochemists, Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harvard University alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Patricia Glibert outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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