Emelia J. Chamberlain

Publications

Chamberlain EJ, Boulton W, Connors EJ, Calianos T, Bowman J, Creamean J, Mock T, Kim HH. 2026. From microbial diversity to functional potential using dimensionality reduction. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1786397

Mavis CE, Vazquez M, Bekemeier CA, Barry KR, Chamberlain EJ, ……… and Creamean JM. 2026. Meltwater as a Local Source of Ice Nucleating Particles in the Central Arctic Summer. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2025GL118445

Rokitta SD, Chamberlain EJ, D’Angelo A, Bowman J, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong A, Richter KU, Kranz SA, Rost B. 2025. Baselines matter: Mass spectrometric assessments of biological O2 supersaturation (∆O2:Ar) benefit from two-point calibrations. 2025. Analytical Chemistry. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5c02252

Akino R, Nomura D, Webb A, Li Y, Dall’osto M, Schmidt K, Droste ES, Chamberlain EJ, ……… and Delille B. 2025. Melt pond nutrient dynamics and their relationship with melt pond bottom ice in the central Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. doi: 10.1029/2024JC022018

Chamberlain EJ, Rokitta S, Rost B, D’Angelo A, Creamean J, Loose B, Ulfsbo A, Fong AA, Hoppe CJM, Droste ES, Nomura D, Schulz K, Bowman J. 2025. Predictive links between microbial communities and biological oxygen utilization in the Arctic Ocean.  Limnology & Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.70125

Yoshimura M, Nomura D, Webb AL, Li Y, Dallosto M, Schmidt K, Droste ES, Chamberlain EJ, Posman KM, Angot H, Blomquist B, Meyer H, Hoppema M, Tozawa M, Inoue J, Delille B. Melt pond CO2 dynamics and fluxes with the atmosphere in the Central Arctic Ocean during the summer-to-autumn transition. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00023

Fong, A.A., Hoppe CJM, Aberle N, Ashjian CJ, Assmy P, Youcheng B, Bakker DCE, Balmonte JP, Barry KR, Bertilsson S, Boulton W, Bowman J, Bozzato D, Bratbak G, Buck M, Campbell RG, Castellani G, Chamberlain EJ ………. and Gradinger RR. 2024. Overveiw of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00135

Schulz K, Koenig Z, Muilwijk M, Bauch D, Hoppe CJM, Droste ES, Hoppmann M, Chamberlain EJ, Laukert G, Stanton T, Quintanilla-Zurita A, Fer I, Heuzé C, Karam S, Mieruch-Schnuelle S, Baumann TM, Vredenborg M, Tippenhauer S, Granskog MA. 2024. The Eurasian Arctic Ocean along the MOSAiC drift in 2019-2020: An interdisciplinary perspective on properties and processes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00114

Smith MM, Angot H, Chamberlain EJ, Droste E, Karam S, Muilwijk M, Webb A, Archer S, Beck I, Blomquist B, Bowman J, Boyer M, Bozzato D, Chierici M, Creamean J, D’Angelo A, Delille B, Fer I, Fong AA, Fransson A, Fuchs N, Gardner J, Granskog M, Hoppe C, Hoppema M, Hoppmann M, Mock T, Muller S, Müller O, Nicolaus M, Nomura D, Petäjä T, Salganik E, Schmale J, Schmidt K, Schulz K, Shupe M, Stefels J, Thielke L, Tippenhauer S, Ulfsbo KA, van Leeuwe M, Webster M, Yoshimura M, Xhan L. 2023. Thin and transient meltwater layers and false bottoms in the Arctic sea ice pack — Recent insights on these historically overlooked features. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11(1), 00025. doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00025

Nomura D, Kawaguchi Y, Webb A, Li Y, Dall’osto M, Schmidt K, Droste ES, Chamberlain EJ, Kolabutin N, Shimanchuk E, Hoppmann M, Gallagher MR, Meyer H, Mellat M, Bauch D, Gabarró Smith MM, Inoue J, Damm E, Delille B. 2023. Meltwater layer dynamics in a central Arctic lead: Effects of lead width, re-freezing, and mixing during late summer. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11(1), 00102. doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00102

Salganik E, Katlein C, Lange BA, Matero I, Lei R, Fong AA, Fons SW, Divine D, Oggier M, Castellani G, Bozzato D, Chamberlain EJ, Hoppe CJM, Müller O, Gardner J, Rinke A, Simões Pereira P, Ulfsbo A, Marsay C, Webster M, Maus S, Høyland KV, Granskog MA. 2023. Temporal evolution of under-ice meltwater layers and false bottoms and their impact on summer Arctic sea ice mass balance. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 11(1): 00035. doi: 10.1525/elementa.2022.00035

Chamberlain EJ, Balmonte JP, Torstensson A, Fong AA, Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P, Bowman JS. 2022. Impacts of sea ice melt procedure on measurements of microbial community structure. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 10 (1): 00017. doi: 10.1525/elementa.2022.00017

Mock T, Boulton W, John-Paul Balmonte, Barry K, Bertilsson S, Bowman JS, Buck M, Bratbak G, Chamberlain EJ ……… and Metfies K. 2022. Multi-omics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change. PLOS Biology 20(10):e3001835. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3001835

Wilson JM, Erazo N, Connors E, Chamberlain EJ, Clements SM, Carter ML, Smith JE, Bowman JS. 2022. Substantial microbial community shifts in response to an exceptional harmful algal bloom in coastal Southern California. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 10(1). doi: 10.1525/elementa.2021.00088

Creamean JM, Barry K, Hill TCJ, Hume C, DeMott PJ, Shupe MD, Dahlke S, Willmes S, Schmale J, Beck I, Hoppe CJM, Fong A, Chamberlain EJ, Bowman J, Scharien R, Persson O. 2022. Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds. Nature Communications 13: 3537. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31182-x

Nesbit KT, Wolfe W, Mullane KK, Chamberlain EJ, Rasina BA, Saberski E, Jones-Cervantes S. 2021. SCOPE: A volunteer-led STEM outreach program connecting communities to research. Connected Science Learning. 3(6). url: https://www.nsta.org/connected-science-learning/connected-science-learning-november-december-2021/scope-volunteer-led

Wilson JM, Chamberlain EJ, Erazo N, Carter ML, Bowman JS. 2021. Recurrent microbial community types driven by nearshore and seasonal processes in coastal Southern California. Environmental Microbiology. 26(6): 3225-3239. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15548

Chamberlain EJ, Christ AJ, Fulweiler RW. 2021. Influence of Late Holocene climate on Lake Eggers hydrology, McMurdo Sound. Antarctic Science. 33(2): 217-229. doi: 10.1017/s0954102021000018

Scavo Lord K, Burmester E, Lesneski K, McPherson K, Cheung B, Chamberlain E, Ewa R, Fortunato B, Inge M, Jacomo N, Kunis C, Mather B, McCarthy G, McGinnis L, Morey J, O’Connor O, Soukup J, Sullivan J, Taylor J, Velandia N, Finnerty F, Finnerty JR. 2018. Using Bioindicator Species to Characterize Distinct Mangrove Habitats on Turneffe Atoll, Belize. REPORT to Belize Fisheries Department: Research Permit #000056-17 url: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/38223

Forthcoming Manuscripts

Metfies K, Oldenburg O, Popa O, Bratbak O, Batzke A, Bertilsson A, Balmonte JP, Chamberlain EJ, ……… and Torstensson A. 16S/18S meta-barcoding data from the yearlong MOSAiC drift characterizing Arctic Marine Microbial Biodiversity. Accepted at Scientific Data

Hoppe CJM, Toseland A, Müller O, Kraberg A, Schulz K, Lebreton B, Fong AA, Olsen LM, Torstensson A, Snoeijs Leijonmalm P, Chamberlain EJ, ……… and Björn Rost B. Phytoplankton overwintering strategies in the central Arctic Ocean. In Review at Nature Ecology & Evolutions

D’Angelo A and Chamberlain EJ, Creamean JM, Bowman JS, Loose B. Methane Cycling within the Arctic Ocean: Insights from the MOSAiC expedition. In prep for submission to Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

Chamberlain EJ and Kropp H, Tasnim Alam MM, Deepali B, ……… and Wood M. A vision for a collaborative instructional community for AI and data science in the earth and environmental sciences. In prep for submission to Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

Chamberlain EJ, Webb A, Müller O, Hoppe CJM, Fong AA, Droste E, D’Angelo A, Varner R, Connors E, Smith MM, Nomura D, Kraberg A, Rost B, Schäfer, H, Loose B, Bowman J. Low salinity meltwater alters surface Arctic Ocean microbial community structure and metabolism. In prep for submission to Polar Biology

Connors E, Bent S, Chamberlain EJ, Lanpher KB, Stammerjohn S, Fredricks H, Waite N, Cappola M, Moffat C, Schofield O, Van Mooy B, and Bowman J. Phytoflagellates with phosphorus-free glycolipids dominate phytoplankton bloom after ice free winter along the western Antarctic Peninsula. In prep for submission to Limnology & Oceanography

Chamberlain EJ, Connors E, Weissman J, and Kim H. Genome enhanced modeling of bacterial growth rate along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. In prep for submission to Geoscientific Model Development

    Data Products

    Microbial community structure (DNA) and metabolic data (oxygen utilization) from Coastal Alaska during the 2023 Arctic Chief Scientist Training Cruise. Arctic Data Center. (2025). doi: 10.18739/A22N4ZK6Z

    16S and 18S rRNA amplicon data for the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition in the central Arctic Ocean, 2019-2020. Arctic Data Center. (2022). doi: 10.18739/A2CC0TV5X

    Oxygen incubations for whole seawater respiration rates during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC), 2019-2020. Arctic Data Center. (2022). doi: 10.18739/A26W96B1V

    Geochemical analyses of ice cores to investigate the hydrology and biogeochemistry of Lake Eggers, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance. (2019). doi: 10.1594/IEDA/111409

    Data Collaborator

    Concentrations and stable isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen from water column samples collected in the central Arctic Ocean in 2019/2020 during the MOSAiC campaign. PANGAEA. (2025). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.980518

    First and second-year sea-ice dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity from the coring site during MOSAiC legs 1 to 5 in 2019/2020. PANGAEA. (2025). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.980514

    Melt pond ice sampling for nutrients, oxygen isotope compositions, salinity, dissolved organics and bacterial cell abundance during expedition PS122/5 (MOSAiC Leg 5) to the Central Arctic in August-September 2020. PANGAEA. (2025). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.977801

    Second-year sea-ice salinity, temperature, density, nutrient, oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition from the main coring site (MCS-SYI) during MOSAiC legs 1 to 4 in 2019/2020, version 2. PANGAEA. (2025). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.974764 

    Oxygen and Argon concentrations in surface waters during the MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean, core parameters. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.971603

    Oxygen and Argon concentrations in surface waters during the MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean, full raw dataset. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.969630

    First-year sea-ice salinity, temperature, density, nutrient, oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition from the main coring site (MCS-FYI) during MOSAiC legs 1 to 4 in 2019/2020, version 2. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.971385

    Chlorophyll a concentrations from leads, melt ponds and under ice sampling during the MOSAiC expedition (PS122) in the Central Arctic Ocean 2019-2020. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.972802

    Melt pond ice sampling for nutrients, oxygen isotope compositions, and salinity during expedition PS122/5 (MOSAiC Leg 5) to the Central Arctic in August-September 2020. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.972728

    Sea-ice salinity, temperature, density, nutrient, oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition from the coring sites during MOSAiC leg 5 in August-September 2020. PANGAEA. (2024). doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.971266

    CO2 flux measurements by chambers on sea ice during expedition PS122 (MOSAiC Legs 1−5) to the central Arctic in October 2019−September 2020. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.966833

    Melt ponds and leads water sampling for biogeochemical parameters during expedition PS122/5 (MOSAiC Leg 5) to the central Arctic in August-September 2020. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.966787

    Dissolved nutrients data from the PS122 MOSAiC Expedition carried out onboard Polarstern during Legs 1 to 3. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.966213

    Dissolved nutrients data from the PS122 MOSAiC Expedition carried out at the AWI Nutrient Facility. PANGAEA. (2024). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.966217

    Second-year sea-ice salinity, temperature, density, oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition from the main coring site (MCS-SYI) during MOSAiC legs 1 to 4 in 2019/2020. PANGAEA. (2023). doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.959830

    Algal pigment concentrations in meltponds and leads during the Arctic MOSAiC-expedition (Leg 4 and 5). PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.957171

    Year-round discrete underway water column Chlorophyll a concentrations from the central Arctic. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.962597

    Water column Chlorophyll a concentrations during the MOSAiC expedition (PS122) in the Central Arctic Ocean 2019-2020. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.963277

    Flow cytometry dataset from CTD casts showing the abundance of microorganisms (smaller than 20 µm) during the Arctic MOSAiC expedition PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.963430

    Physical oceanography based on Ocean City CTD during POLARSTERN cruise PS122. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.959964

    Physical oceanography water bottle samples based on Ocean City CTD during POLARSTERN cruise PS122. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.959966

    Physical oceanography based on ship CTD during POLARSTERN cruise PS122. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.959963

    Physical oceanography water bottle samples based on ship CTD during POLARSTERN cruise PS122. PANGAEA. (2023). doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.959965

    Near-surface ocean temperature & salinity measurements (using YSI and Castaway) during the summer component of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) campaign in the Central Arctic Ocean, July – September 2020. Arctic Data Center. (2021). doi: 10.18739/A2TT4FV1G

    Methane In-Situ and In-Vitro Data in Seawater, Sea Ice, and Meltwater from the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC), October 2019 – October 2020. Arctic Data Center. (2020). doi: 10.18739/A2348GH8W