As one of the oldest journals in American marine science, from 1937 to 2021 the Journal of Marine Research published important peer-reviewed original research on a broad array of topics in physical, biological, and chemical oceanography. This archive presents the rich tradition and distinguished history of the Journal of Marine Research from Volume 1 through the final Volume 79, including supplements.
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Submissions from 1937
Note on the flow of streams in a rotating system, Athelstan F. Spilhaus
On the evaporation from the oceans, H. U. Sverdrup
On the mutual adjustment of pressure and velocity distributions in certain simple current systems, C. G. Rossby
Preface, A. E. Parr
Seasonal variations in the surface waters of San Juan Channel during the five year period, January 1931 to December 30, 1935, Lyman D. Phifer and Thomas G. Thompson
The sex-ratio In alternational hermaphrodites, with especial reference to the determination of rate of reversal of sexual phase In oviparous oysters, Martin D. Burkenroad
The significance of the Mississippi River Drainage for biological conditions in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, Gordon A. Riley
Submissions from 1938
A bathythermograph, Athelstan F. Spilhaus
Analysis of current profiles by a study of pycnomeric distortion and identifying properties, A. E. Parr
Bacteria as food for certain marine inverebrates, Claude E. Zobell and Catharine B. Feltham
Fluctuations in monthly sea level on eastern U.S. coast as related to dynamics of western North Atlantic Ocean, R. B. Montgomery
Isopycnic analysis of current flow by means of identifying properties, Albert Eide Parr
Light penetration In the Caribbean Sea and In the Gulf of Mexico, George L. Clarke
On the hydrographic mechanism of the so-called brown zones associated with tidal glaciers, C. H. Hartley and M. J. Dunbar
On the mutual adjustment of pressure and velocity distributions in certain simple current systems, II, C. G. Rossby
On the oxidation of organic matter in marine sediments by bacteria, Selman A. Waksman and Margaret Hotchkiss
On the process of upwelling, H. U. Sverdrup
On the validity of the dynamic topographic method for the determination of ocean current trajectories, Albert Eide Parr
Plankton studies I. A preliminary investigation of the plankton of the tortugas region, Gordon A. Riley
Radium content of some inshore bottom samples in the Pacific Northwest, C. L. Utterback and L. A. Sanderman
Some energy relations between the sea surface and the atmosphere, George F. Mcewen
Studies on the isolation of bacteria-free cultures of marine phytoplankton, Claude E. Zobell and J. Harold Long
The occurance and distribution of nitrfying bacteria in the sea, Cornella L. Carey
The relation of dissolved oxygen to nitrogen in some Atlantic waters, Norris W. Rakestraw and Victor M. Emmel
Tides and tidal currents in the Gulf of Panama, Richard H. Fleming
Submissions from 1939
A discussion Oof physical factors governing the distribution of microorganisms in the atmosphere, Woodrow C. Jacobs
Consideration of the depth of the motionless surface near the Grand Banks of New Foundland, Floyd M. Soule
Correlations in aquatic ecology with an example of their application to problems of plankton productivity, Gordon A. Riley
Distribution of diatoms in relation to the character of water masses and currents off southern California in 1938, H. U. Sverdrup and W. E. Allen
Distribution of organic matter in marine sediments and its availability to further decomposition, D. Q. Anderson
Investigations on the microbiology of marine air, Sydney C. Rittenberg
Lateral mixing in the deep water of the South Atlantic Ocean, H. U. Sverdrup
Measurements of the transparency of sea-water off the coast of southern California, R. T. Young Jr.
Notes on the determination of dissolved oxygen in sea water, Thomas G. Thompson and Rex J. Robinson
Periodic changes in spectral scattering and spectral transmission of daylight in tidal water, Wilhelm Jorgenson and C. L. Utterback
Plankton studies. II. The western North Atlantic, May-June, 1939, Gordon A. Riley
Relation between variations in the intensity of the zonal circulation of the atmosphere and the displacements of the permanent centers of action atmosphere and the displacements of the permanent centers of action, C. G. Rossby, H. C. Willett, Messrs. J. Holmboe, J. Namias, L. Page, and R. Allen
Sea level departures of the California coast as related to the dynamics of the atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean, Woodrow C. Jacobs
Some physical factors which may influence the productivity of New England's coastal waters, C. O'D. Iselin
Studies on the physics and chemistry of estuarine waters In Chesapeake Bay, Curtis L. Newcombe, William A. Horne, and Boland B. Shepard
Tables of sigma-t, Richard H. Fleming
The correlation of water movements and disperal of pelagic larval stages of certain littoral animals, especially the sand crab, Emerita, Martin W. Johnson
The determination and occurrence of aluminum in sea water, Helmut M. Haendler and Thomas G. Thompson
Transport and convergence of the North Atlantic drift current computed from the average January pressure distribution, Edward M. Brooks
Variations of sea level on the Pacific coast of the United States, Eugene C. Lafond
Submissions from 1940
A detailed study of the surface layers of the ocean in the neighborhood of the Gulf Stream with the aid of rapid measuring hydrographic instruments, Athelstan F. Spilhaus
A statistical study of variation in the catch of plankton nets, C. P. Winsor and G. L. Clarke Harvard University
Bacteriological analysis of some long cores of marine sediments, Sydney C. Rittenberg
Composition of sea water, John Lyman and Richard H. Fleming
Contribution to the question of the equatorial counter current, R. B. Montgomery and E. Palmen
Convection and soaring over the open sea, Alfred H. Woodcock
Effect of delayed titration on the salinity determination, E. F. Thompson
Observations on the alkalinity of estuarine waters of the Chesapeake Bay near Solomons Island, Maryland, Harry F. Brust and Curtis L. Newcombe
On the annual and diurnal variation of the evaporation from the oceans, H. U. Sverdrup
Potential vorticity as a conservative property, V. P. Starr and M. Neiburger
The determination of the alkalinity of sea water, Thomas G. Thompson and Don H. Anderson
The effect of oxygen tension on the rate of oxidation of organic matter in sea water by bacteria, Claude E. Zobell
The Great Bahama Bank. I. General hydrographical and chemical features, C. L. Smith
The Great Bahama Bank. II. Calcium carbonate precipitation, C. L. Smith
The motion of atmospheric disturbances, B. Haurwitz
The motion of atmospheric disturbances on the spherical Earth, B. Haurwitz
The problem of the density of sea water, Henry E. Wirth
Variations in the phosphorus content of estuarine waters of the Chesapeake Bay near Solomons Island, Maryland, Curtis L. Newcombe and Harry F. Brust
Submissions from 1941
Apparatus for collecting water samples from different depths for bacteriological analysis, Claude E. Zobell
Depth relationships of plankton diatoms in sea water, W. E. Allen
Dissolved nitrogen in the sea water of the Northeast Pacific with notes on the total carbon dioxide and the dissolved oxygen, Randall E, Hamm and Thomas G. Thompson
Internal waves in the Gulf of California, W. H. Munk
Marine chitin-decomposing bacteria, Charles W. Hock
Notes on phytoplankton on Georges Bank in 1940, Mary Sears
Observations on transparency in the southwestern section of the North Atlantic Ocean, George L. Clarke
Plankton production in relation to character of water in the open Pacific, Herbert W. Graham
Plankton studies v. regional summary, Gordon A. Riley
Potentiometric analysis of sea water I. Determination of chlorinity, Lloyd E. West and Rex J. Robinson
Potentiometric analysis of sea water II. Determination of titration alkalinity, Lloyd E. West and Rex J. Robinson
Radium content of ocean bottom sediments from the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, Alaska Peninsula, and the coasts of southern Alaska and western Canada, L. A. Sanderman and C. L. Utterback
Relation of population size to marine growth and time of spawning migration in the pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) of southeastern Alaska, F. A. Davidson and Elizabeth Vaughan
Sea level difference between Key West and Miami, Florida, R. B. Montgomery
Studies on marine bacteria. I. The cultural requirements of heterotrophic aerobes, Claude E. Zobell
Surface cooling and streaming in shallow fresh and salt waters, Alfred H. Woodcock
Table for density of sea water at 0°C. and atmospheric pressure for values of chlorinity between 18.00 and 20.99 according to Knudsen's Formula, R. B. Montgomery and R. B. Sykes Jr.
The angular distribution of characteristic diffuse light in natural waters, Lester V. Whitney
The determination of dissolved organic nitrogen in sea water, Theodor von Brand and Norris W. Rakestraw
The parachute net, J. F.G. Wheeler
The sodium-chlorinity ratio of ocean waters from the Northwest Pacific, Rex J. Robinson and Fred W. Knapman
The water masses off the west coast of North America, Richard B. Tibby
Transport of the Florida Current off Habana, R. B. Montgomery
Submissions from 1942
On the energy exchange between sea and atmosphere, Woodrow C. Jacobs
Results of haddock tagging in the Gulf of Maine from 1923 to 1932, William C. Schroeder
Sigma-t surfaces in the Atlantic Ocean, R. B. Montgomery and M. J. Pollak
The bromine-chlorinity ratio of sea water, Thomas G. Thompson and Edwin Korpi
The relationship of vertical turbulence and spring diatom flowerings, Gordon A. Riley
Submissions from 1943
A note on some laboratory measurements of the transparency of sea water, R. T. Young Jr.
A possible function of bioluminescence, Martin D. Burkenroad
A suggested counting frame for intertidal population studies, Ralph W. Dexter
Chlorophyll-content of marine plankton, Herbert W. Graham
Graphic representation of salinity in a tidal estuary, Leslie A. Stauber
The effect of copper upon the development of bacteria in sea water and the isolation of specific bacteria, Selman A. Waksman, Donald B. Johnstone, and Cornelia L. Carey
The phytoplankton of the Gulf of California obtained by the "E. W. Scipps" in 1939 and 1940, J. Y. Gilbert and W. E. Allen
The ratio of carbon dioxide consumption to oxygen evolution in sea water in the light, Marston C. Sargent and James C. Hindman
Thermal and diurnal changes in the vertical distribution of eggs and larvae of the pilchard (Sardinops caerulea), Ralph P. Silliman