PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Blanton, Jackson O.
Professor - Physical Oceanography - Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Ph.D., 1968, Physical Oceanography, Oregon State

Research Interests:

Coastal circulation and dispersion, continental shelf dynamics with a focus on the physical oceanography of estuarine and shallow coastal waters and exchange processes between oceans and estuaries and the effect of these processes on larval transport.

Selected Publications:

• Blanton, J.O., C.A. Alexander, Merryl Alber and Gail Kineke. 1997. The mobilization and deposition of mud deposits in a coastal plain estuary. Hydrobiologia, In press.
• Blanton, J. O., J. Amft and T. Tisue. 1997. Response of a small-scale bottom-attached estuarine plume to wind and tidal dissipation. J. Coastal Res. 13: 349-362.
• Blanton, J. 1996. Reinforcement of gravitational circulation by wind. In: Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics, Coastal and Estuarine Studies Volume 53, D.G. Aubrey and C.T. Friedrichs (Eds), p. 47-58. American Geophysical Union. Washington, DC.
• Kapolnai, A., F. E. Werner, J. O. Blanton. 1996. Circulation, mixing and exchange processes in the vicinity of tidal inlets: a numerical study. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 14,253-14,268.
• Blanton, J., E. Wenner, F. Werner, and D. Knott. 1995N. Effects of wind-generated coastal currents on the transport of blue crab megalopae on a shallow continental shelf. Bull. Mar. Sci., 57(3): 739-752.
• Blanton, J.O., F. Werner, C. Kim, L. Atkinson, T. Lee and D. Savidge. 1994N. Transport and fate of low-density water in a coastal frontal zone. Cont. Shelf Res. 14: 401-427.