Anthony Knap

Anthony Knap

Past Director of GERG

Professor Emeritus

Former Holder of the James R Whatley Chair of Geosciences

  tknap@tamu.edu

  (979) 458-9328

  GERG 140

Research

Oceanography, organic geochemistry, environmental science, atmosphere/ocean interactions, oil pollution and dispersant use, effects of contaminants on the marine environment; ocean health and human health interactions. Global climate change – climate instability, business/science interactions, renewable energy, marine derived bio-fuels, ocean genomics, ocean acidification.

Selected Publications

Turner, N.R., Bera, G., Renegar, D. A., Frank, T., Reigl, B.M., Sericano, J.L., Sweet, S. and Knap, Al (2020) Acute toxicity of phenanthrene and MC 252 crude oil to vertically migrating deep-sea crustaceans. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10436-5

Al Atwah, I., Sweet, S., Pantano, J. and Knap, A. (2019) Light Hydrocarbon Geochemistry: Insight into Mississippian Crude-Oil Sources from the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, USA. Geofluids.2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2795017

Potter, H., DiMarco, S. F., & Knap, A. H.(2019). Tropical cyclone heat potential and the rapid intensification ofHurricane Harvey in the Texas Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research:Oceans, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014776

Bera, G., Camargo, K., Sericano, J.L., Horney, J., Jun, M., Chiu, W., Rusyn, I., Sweet. S., Liu, Y., Wade, T., Knap, A. (2019) Baseline data for distribution of Contaminants by Natural Disasters: Results from a Residential Houston Neighborhood during Hurricane Harvey flooding. Heliyon, 5(11) 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02860.

Bera, G., Passow, U., Doyle, S., Kamalanathan, M., Wage, T., Sylvan, J., Sericano, J., Gold, G., Quigg, A., Knap, A. (2019) Biological responses to dissolved vs dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110713.

Shi, D., Bera. G., Knap, A., Quigg. A., Atwah, I.A., Gold. G., Wade. T.L. (2019) A mesocosm experiment to determine half-lives of individual hydrocarbons in simulated oil spill scenarios with and without dispersant. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110804.

Renegar, D.A., Turner, N.R., Bera, G., Knap, A. and Schuler, P. (2019) Species sensitivity Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbons to six species of Atlantic Sceleractingin Corals. Proceedings of the Forty-second AMOP technical Seminar, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada pp 96-110.

Bera, G., Gold-Bouchot, G., Passow, U. Wade T.L., Shi, D., Morales-McDevitt, M.E., Ramirez-Miss, N., Knap A.H., Quigg A. (2019) Inter-laboratory Inter-calibration of Water Accommodated Fraction (WAF) of Oil and Chemically Enhanced WAF (CEWAF).  Heliyon 5 doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01174.

Anderson, E.E., Wilson, C., Knap, A.H. and Villareal, T.A. (2018) Summer diatom blooms in the eastern North Pacific gyre investigated with a long-endurance autonomous surface vehicle. PeerJ6:e5387  (https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5387)

Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Lin, Y., Wade, T.L., Schwehr, K.A., Lin, P., Sun, L., Kopp, K., Passow, U., Chin, W.-C., Chiu, M.H., Hatcher, P.G., Knap, A.H., Quigg, A., Santschi, P.H. 2018a. Decreased Sedimentation Efficiency of petro-and non-petro-carbon caused by a dispersant for Macondo surrogate oil in a mesocosm simulation a coastal microbial community. Marine Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2018.09.002

Bera, G., Parketon, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D., Sericano, J. and Knap, A. (2018) Passive dosing yields dissolved aqueous exposures of crude oil comparable to the CROSERF (Chemical Response to Oil Spill: Ecological Effect Research Forum) water accommodated fraction method. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4261)

Beskin, K., Holcomb, C., Cammack, J., Crippen, T., Knap, A., Sweet, S. and Tomberlin, J. (2018) Larval digestion of different manure types but the black soldier fly (Diptera stratiomyidae) impacts associated with volatile emissions. Waste Management 74:213-220

Doyle, S.M., Whitaker, E.A., De Pascuale, V., Wade, T.L., Knap, A.H., Santschi, P.H., Quigg, A. and Sylvan, J.B. (2018) Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and Corexit 9500®. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:689

Wade, T.L., Morales-McDevett, M., Bera, G., Sweet, S., Wang, B., Gold-Bouchot, G., Quigg, A. and Knap, A.H. (2017) A method for the Production of large volumes of WAF and CEWAF for Dosing Mesocosms to understand Marine Oil Snow formation. Heliyon 3 (2017) e00419 doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00419

Li, X., Zhang, Z., Wade, T.L., Knap, A.H. and Zhang C.L. (2017) Sources and compositional distribution of organic carbon in surface sediments from the lower Pearl River to the coastal South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122 2104-2117. doi:10.1002/2017JG003981

Knap, A.H., Turner, N., Bera, G., Renegar, A., Frank, T., Sericano, J., and Riegl, M. (2017) Short-term toxicity of 1-methylnapthalene to Americamysis bahia and 5 deep sea crustaceans. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Accepted July 2017 and published online. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3926

Renegar, D.A., Schuler, P., Turner, N., Dodge, R., Reigl, B., Knap, A.H., Bera, G., Jezequel, C. and Benggio (2017) Tropics Field Study (Panama) 32 year site visit: observations and conclusions for near shore dispersant use NEBA and tradeoffs. International Oil Spill Proceedings. Long Beach, California.

Cichocki, J.A., Furuya, S., Venkatratnam, A., McDonald, T.J., Knap, A.H., Wade, T.L., Sweet, S.T., Chiu, W.A., Threadgill, D.W., Rusyn, I. (2017) Characterization of variability in toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of tetrachloroethylene using the Collaborative Cross mouse population. Environmental Health Perspectives. 125 057006-1-057006-12. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP788.

Quigg, A.; Passow, U.; Chin, W.; Bretherton, L.; Kamalanathan, M.; Xu, C.; Schwehr, K.; Zhang, S.; Sun, L.; Wade, T.; Finkel, Z.; Doyle, Sl.; Sylvan, J.; Williams, Al.; Obeid, W.; Hatcher, P.; Knap, A. and Santschi, P. 2016. Chemical and Microbial Controls on Aggregation and Degradation of Oil and Dispersants by Microbial Exopolymers. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 103:286-293 

Farrington, J.W., Tripp, B.W., Tanabe, T., Subramanian, A., Sericano, T., Wade, T, and Knap, A. (2016) Edward D. Goldberg’s Proposal of “The Mussel Watch” Reflections after 40 years. Marine Pollution Bulletin DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.074.

Renegar, A. D., Turner, N.R., Riegl, B.M., Dodge, R.E., Knap, A. and Schuler, P. (2016) Quantifying Hydrocarbon Toxicity to Shallow-water Corals: Range-finding exposure to 1-methylnapthalene. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3530.

Knap, A.H. and Rusyn I.  (2016) Environmental Exposures due to Natural Disasters. Reviews on Environmental Health, 31(1):89-92. Doi: 10.1515/reveh-2016-0010.

Wade, T.L., Sericano J.L., Sweet, S.T., Knap A.H. and Guinasso N.L., Jr. 2016 Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Water Column Total Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons(PAH) and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) from the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) Incident. Marine Pollution Bulletin 103. 286-293.

Yoo, H.S., Chicocki, J.A., Kim. S., Venkrarum, A., Iwata, Y., Kosyk, O., Bodnar, W., Sweet., S., Knap, A., Wade, T., Campbell, J., Clewell, H.J., Melnyk, S.B., Chiu, W.A. and Rusyn, I. (2015). The contribution of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha to the relationship between toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of trichloroethylene. Toxicological Sciences, 07/2015; DOI:10.1093/toxsc/kfv134.

Malone, Thomas C., Paul M. DiGiacomo, Emanuel Gonçalves, Anthony H. Knap, Liana Talaue-McManus and Stephen de Mora. (2014). Enhancing the Global Ocean Observing System to meet evidence needs for the ecosystem-based management of coastal ecosystem services. Natural Resources Forum, 38:161-181.

Malone, T.C., P.M. DiGiacomo, E. Gonçalves, A.H. Knap, L. Talaue-McManus, Stephen de Mora and Jose Muelbert (2014). A global ocean observing system framework for sustainable development. Marine Policy, 43: 262-272.

Lomas, M.W., Bates, N., Johnson, R., Knap, A., Steinberg, D. and Carlson, C. (2012). Two decades and counting: 24 years of sustained open ocean biogeochemical measurements in the Sargasso Sea. 3rd Special Issue on Ocean Time Series, Deep Sea Research II. 93:16-32.

Lampitt, R.S., Favali, P., Church, M.J., Cronin, M.F., Hill, K.L., Kaneda, Y., Karl, D.M., Knap, A.H., McPhaden, M.J., Nittis, K.A., Preide, I.H., Rolin, J-F., Send, U., Teng, C.C., Trull, T.W., Wallace, D.W.R. and Weller, R.A. (2010) In situ sustained eulerian observatories. In: Proceedings of the Ocean Obs 09.(Vol. 2), doi:10.5270 

Malone, T.C., M. Davidson, P. DiGiacomo, E. Gonçalves, T. Knap, J. Muelbert, J. Parslow, N. Sweijd, T. Yanagai and H. Yap (2010). Climate change, sustainable development and coastal ocean information needs. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 1: 324-341 

Bonhommeau, S., Chassot, E., Planque, B., Rivot, E., Knap, A.H. and Le Pape, O. (2008). Impact of climate on eel populations of the northern hemisphere. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373:71-80.

Fleming, L.E., Broad, K, Clement,A., Dewailly, E. Elmir, S., Knap, A., Pomponi, S.A., Smith, S., Solo Gabriele, H. and Walshe, P. (2006). Oceans and human health: Emerging public health risks in the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2006:53(10-12):545-560. 

Dewailly, E. and Knap, A. H. (2006) Food from the Oceans and Human Health. Balancing Risks and Benfits. Oceanography 19 (2):84-87. 

Connelly, D.P., Staham, P. and Knap, A.H. (2006) Seasonal changes in speciation of dissolved chromium I the surface Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Research, Part 1: DOI: 10.1016j.dsr2006.09.005.

Owen, R., Mitchelmore, C., Woodley, C., Trapido-Rosenthal, H., Galloway, T., Depledge, M., Readman, J., Buxton, L., Sarkis, S., Jones, R. and Knap, A. (2005). A commons sense approach for confronting coral reef decline associated with human activities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 205;51(5-7): 481-5. 

Ward, J.A., Knap, A. and Short, J.M. (2004). Bermuda welcomes careful prospectors. Nature, 2004 Aug 12;430 (7001):723

Venter, J.C., Remington, K., Halpern, A.L., Levy, S., Heidelberg, J., Eisen, J.A., Paulsen, I., Nelson, K.E., Fouts, D.E., Nelson, W., Rusch, D, Knap, A.H., Nealson, K., White, O., Peterson, J., Smith, H.O., Hoffman, J., Parsons, R., Pfannkoch, C., Rogers, Y., Lomas, M.W.  (2004) Environmental Whole Genome Shotgun Sequencing:  The Sargasso Sea. SCIENCE, March 2004 / 10.1126/science.1093857
 
Conte, M.H., Dickey, T.D., Knap, A.H., Weber, J.C., Jiang, S. and Johnson, R. (2003). Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research I. 50: 1157-1187

Ward, G.A., Baca, B., Cyriacks, W., Dodge, R.E. and Knap, A.H. (2004) Continuing long-term studies of the TROPICS Panama oil and dispersed oil spill sites. International Oil Spill Conference. American Petroleum Institute. 1:259-267. 

Owen, R., Knap, A., Ostrander, N. and Carbery, K. (2003). Comparative acute toxicity of herbicides to phosynthesis of coral zooxanthellae. Bulletin Environmental. Contamination and Toxicology 70 No. 3:541-548. 

Dewailly, E., Furgal, C., Knap, A., C, Galvin J, Baden D, Bowen RE, Depledge M, Duguay L, Fleming LE, Ford T, Moser F, Owen R, Suk WA and U Unluata (2002) Indicators of Ocean and Human Health. Canadian Journal of Public Health 93:Supplement 1: S34.

Lomas, M.W., Bates, N.R., Knap, A.H., Karl, D.A., Lukas, R., Landry, M.R., Bidigare, R.R., Steinberg, D.A., and Carlson, C.A. (2002).  Refining our understanding of ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystem functioning.  EOS. 83:559-561. 

Owen, R.J., Knap, A.H., Ostrander, N. and Carberry, K. (2002) Comparative acute toxicity of herbicides to photosynthesis of coral zooxanthellae. Bulletin of Contamination and Toxicology, 70 (3):0541-0548. 

Knap A.H., Dewailly E., Furgal C., Galvin J., Baden D., Bowen RE., Depledge M., Duguay L., Fleming L.E., Ford T., Moser F., Owen R., Suk W.A. and U. Unluata (2002): Indicators of Ocean Health and Human Health: Developing a Research and Monitoring Framework. Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol110 (9) p839-845. 

Owen, R., Knap, A., Toespern, M. and Carbery, K (2002) Inhibition of coral photosynthesis by the anti-fouling herbicide Irgarol 1051. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 44:623-632 

Owen, R., Buxton, L., Sarkis, S., Toaspern, M., Knap, A. and Depledge, M. (2002) An Evaluation of Hemolymph Cholinesterase Activities in the Tropical Scallop, Euvola (Pecten) ziczac, for the Rapid Assessment of Pesticide Exposure.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 44:1010-1017. 

Gundersen, K., Heldal, M., Norland, S., Purdie, D.a. and Knap, A.H. (2002). Elemental C,N and P cell content of individual bacteria collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series (BATS) site. Limnology and Oceanography, 47: (5): 1525-1530/.

Karl, D.M., Dore, J.E., Lukas, R., Michaels, A.F., Bates, N.R. and Knap, A.H. (2001). Building the Long Term Picture: The U.S. JGOFS Time-series Programs. Oceanography, 14 (4):6-17. 

Orcutt, K.M., Lipshultz, F., Gundersen, K., Arimoto, R., Michaels, A.F., Knap, A.H. and Gallon, J.R.  (2001)  Seasonal study and significance of N2 fixations by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Time-series Study (BATS) site. Deep Sea Research II, 48:1583-1608. 

Steinberg, D.K., Carlson, C.A., Bates, N.R., Johnson, R.J., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (2001)  Overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): a decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry. Deep Sea Research II (BATS/HOT Special Volume) 48:1405-1447 

Gundersen, K., Orcutt, K.M., Purdie, D.A., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (2001) Particulate organic carbon Mass distribution at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series (BATS) Site. Deep Sea Research II, 48:1697-1718.

Connelly, D.P., Readman, J.W., Knap, A.H. and Davies, J. (2001) Contamination of the coastal waters of Bermuda by Organotins and the triazine herbicide Irgarol 1051. Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol 42, No. 5:409-414, 2001 

Wells, P.G., Depledge, M.H., Butler, J.N., Manock, J.J. and Knap, A.H. (2001) Rapid toxicity assessment and biomonitoring of marine contaminants – Exploiting the potential of rapid biomarker assays and microscale toxicity tests. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42 (10):799-804. 

Griffiths, G., Knap, A.H. and Dickey, T. (2001) The autonomous vehicle validation Experiment. Sea Technology. 41:35-45.

Knap, A., Depledge, M. and Dewailly, E.  (2000).  Ecosystem indicators of ocean and human health.  Epidemiology, 11(4), 697

McGillicuddy, D.J., Johnson, R., Siegel, D.A., Bates, N.R., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H.  (1999) Mesoscale  variations of biochemical properties in the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research 104, 6:13381-13394.

Bates, N.R., Knap, A.H. and Michaels, A.F.  (1998) Contribution of hurricanes on the local to global air-sea exchange of  CO2. Nature 395:58-61

McGillicuddy, D.J. Jr., Robinson, A.R., Seigel, D.A., Johnson, R., Dickey, T.D., Jannasch, H.W., McNeil, J., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (1998) Evidence for the impact of mesoscale eddies on  biogeochemical cycling in the Sargasso Sea.  Nature 394:263-265.

Bates, N.R. Takahashi, T., Chipman and Knap, A.H.  (1998) Variability of pCO2 on diel to seasonal timescales in the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103:15:567-585

Depledge, M. and Knap, A.H. (1998) Rapid Assessment of  Marine Pollution: A Health of the Oceans Pilot Project. GOOS News, No. 6, December 1998. p 6-7. 

Dickey, T.D., Frye, D., Jannasch, H., Boyle, E., Manov, D., Sigurdson, D., McNeil, M., Stramska, M., Michaels, A., Nelson, N., Siegel, D., Chang, G., Wu, J. and Knap, A.H. (1998) Preliminary results from the Bermuda Test-bed Mooring Program. Deep Sea Research 45:771-794.

Gargett, A., Mayer, L., Ward, B., Atkinson, L., Brink, K., Knap, A., Anderson, R., Spinrad, R. Rhodes, J., Hall, C., Sancetta, C., Ammerman, J. and Brunskill, G. (1998). Thin-layers: small scale processes in. Oceanography 11:1

Morrall, C.E., Trapido-Rosenthal, H. Knap, A.H. and Depledge, M.H. (1998) Development of nitric oxide and nitric oxide synthase as biomarkers in the tropical marine environment. Marine Env. Research. 46:429-432.

Robinson, A. R., Siegal, D.A., Jannasch, Johnson, R., Dickey, T.D., McNeill J., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (1998). Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea. Nature 394:263-266. 

Michaels, A.F., Mahlmquist, D., Knap, A.H. and Close, A. (1997) Climate Science and Insurance Risk. Nature,  389:225-227.

Knap, A.H. (1997) Schools of Thought: uniting climate research and insurers in Bermuda. Risk Management, May, 1997, p 34-37. 

Knap, A.H. and Michaels, A.F. (1997) A model for the interaction between business and science: the Risk Prediction Initiative at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. Oceanography, Volume 9:191-193. 

Dickey, T.D., Frye, D. Jannasch, H. Boyle, E. and Knap, A.H. (1997)  Bermuda Sensor System Test-bed. Sea Technology 38, No. 4:81-86. 

Bates, N.R., Johnson, R.J., Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (1996) Spatial variability of CO2 species in the Sargasso Sea. Caribbean Journal of Science, 32:302-303. 

Bates, N.R., Michaels, A.F., and Knap, A.H. (1996)  Seasonal and inter-annual variability of the oceanic carbon dioxide at the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Site. Deep Sea Research II, 43 (2-3) 347-383.

Knap, A.H. and Michaels, A.F. (1996) A model for the interactions between business and science: the Risk Prediction Initiative at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. Oceanography 9, (No. 3) 191-193. 

Bates, N.R. Michaels, A.F, Knap, A.H. Yi-Chih and Bricker, D.L. (1996). New infeasible interior-point algorithm based on monomial method. Computers and Operations Research 23(7) DOI:10.1016/0305-0548(95)00068-2.

Bates, N.R., Michaels, A.F., and Knap, A.H., (1996) Alkalinity changes in the Sargasso Sea: Geochemical evidence of calcification ?  Marine Chemistry 51: 347-358.

Michaels, A.F., Olson, D., Sarmiento, J., Ammerman, J., Fanning, K., Jahnke, R., Knap, A.H., Lipshultz, and J. Prospero. (1996) Inputs, losses and transformation of nitrogen and phosphorous in the deep North Atlantic. Biogeochemistry, 35:181-226. 

Michaels, A.F. and Knap, A.H. (1996)  An overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study and the Hydrostation S program. Deep Sea Research 43 (2-3):157-198.

Gray, J.S., Depledge, M. and Knap, A. (1996)  Global Climate Controversy. Journal of the American Medical Association 276 (5):372-3-4 author reply. 

Gray, J.S., Depledge, M. and Knap, A. (1996)  What is the evidence for links between harmful algal blooms and cholera ? Journal of the American Medical Association 1996 Aug 7;276(5):372-3. 

Ducklow, H.W., Carlson, C.A., Bates, N.R., Knap, A.H. and Michaels, A.F. (1995)  Dissolved  organic carbon as a component of the biological pump in the North Atlantic. Phil. Trans. Roy. Lond. Ser. B - Biol. Sci. 348: 161-167. 

Michaels, A.F., Knap, A.H., Dow, R.L., Gundersen, K., Johnson, R.J., Sorensen, J., Close, A., Knauer, G.A., Lohrenz, S.E., Asper, V.A., Tuel, M. and Bidigare, R.R. (1994)  Seasonal patterns of ocean biogeochemistry at the U.S.JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site.  Deep-Sea Research 41 (No.7):1013-1038 

Buesseler, K.O., Michaels, A.F. Siegel, D.A. and Knap, A.H. (1994)  A 3-D time-dependent approach to calibrating sediment trap fluxes.   Global Biogeochemical Cycles 8 (No.2):179-193. 

Michaels, A.F., Bates, N.R., Buesseler, K.O., Carlson, C.A. and Knap, A.H. (1994)  Carbon system imbalances in the Sargasso Sea. Nature 372:537-540. 

Michaels, A.F., Knap, A.H. and Dacey, J.W. (1993)  The U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study towards an understanding of the temporal and spatial scales of ocean biogeochemistry. MTS '92 Conference Proceedings, 2:535-541.

Bates, N.R., Knap, A.H., and Michaels, A.F. (1993) Seasonal variability in dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity and pCO2 in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea: U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Station. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 73 (43), 304.

Michaels, A.F., Siegel, D.A., Johnson, R., Knap, A.H. and Galloway, J.N. (1993)  Episodic Inputs of Atmospheric Nitrogen to the Sargasso Sea:  Contributions to New Production and Phytoplankton Blooms. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 7, No.2:339-351. 

Simmons, J.A.K. and Knap, A.H. (1993)  The impact of leaded to unleaded gasoline conversion on the oceanic island of Bermuda.  Atmospheric Environment 27A (No.11):1729-1733

Lohrehnz, S.E., Wiesenberg, D.A., Rein, C.R., Arnone, R.A., Taylor, C.D., Knauer, G.A. and Knap, A.H. (1992)  A comparison of in situ and simulated in situ methods for estimating oceanic primary productivity. Journal of Plankton Research, 14 (no. 2):201-221

Lohrenz, S.E.,  Knauer, G.A., Asper, V.L., Tuel, M., Michaels, A. F. and Knap, A.H. (1992)  Seasonal and interannual variability in primary production and particle flux in the northwestern Sargasso sea: U.S. JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Station. Deep Sea Research 39 (7/8):1373-1391. 

Michaels A.F. and A.H. Knap. (1992)  Ocean Time-series Near Bermuda:  Hydrostation S and the U.S.JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study.  In:  Proceedings of the Ocean Climate Data Workshop. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Feb 18-21, 1992:295-315,

Michaels, A.F. and A.H. Knap. (1992)  U.S. JGOFS Ocean Time-series near Bermuda:  Validation Site for Remote Sensing of Ocean Biogeochemistry.  In: Proceedings of the Autonomous Bio-optical Ocean Observing System Workshop. 

Knap, A. H and Binkley, K. S. (1991)  The occurrence of organic contaminants in the troposphere of the North Atlantic Ocean as measured by aircraft.  Atmospheric Environment 25A (8): 1507-1516.

Church, T.M., Tramantano, J.M., Whelpdale, D. W., Andrea, H.O., Galloway, J.N., Keene, W. C., Knap A. H. and Tokos, J.J. (1992)  Atmospheric and precipitation chemistry over the North Atlantic Ocean: Shipboard results from April-May 1984. Journal of Geophysical Research 96 (D10): 18705-18725. 

Duce, R.A., Liss, P.S., Merrill, J.T., Atlas, E.L., Buat-Menard, P., Hicks, B.B., Miller, J.M., Prospero, J.M., Arimoto, R., Church, T.M., Ellis, W., Galloway, J.N., Hansen, L., Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H., Reinhardt, K.H.,Schneider, B., Soudine, A., Tokos, J.J., Tsunogai S., Wollast, R. and Zhou, M. (1991)  The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 5 (No. 3):193-259.

Simmons, J.A.K., and Knap, A.H. (1991)  Estimates of ground level TSP, SO2 and HCL for a municipal waste incinerator to be located at Tynes Bay-Bermuda. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 31 (No.4):429-432.

Whelpdale, D.M., Knap, A. H. and Toom, D. L. (1990)  Pollutant concentrations upwind and downwind of  Bermuda. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 4:335-346.

Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H., Sherriff-Dow, R. and Galloway, J.N.  (1990)  No ecosystem shift. Nature 347: 25-26

Bigg, G. R., Jickells, T. D., Knap A. H., and Sherriff-Dow, R.  (1989)  The significance of short term wind induced mixing events for 'new' primary production in subtropical gyres. Oceanologica Acta, 12 (4):437-442.

Andersen, N.R., Dawson, R., Duinker, J.C., Farrington, J.W., Knap, A.H. and Kullenberg G. .  (1989)  Objectives, Components and experiences in the development of the IOC Marine Pollution Monitoring System (MARPOLMON). Environmental Monitoring Assessment 11 (3): 299-314

Jackson, J. B. C., Cubit, J. D., Batista, V., Burns, K., Caffey, H. M., Caldwell R. L., Garrity, S. D., Getter, C. D., Gonzalez, C., Guzman, H. M.,  Kaufmann, K. W., Keller, B. D., Knap A. H., Levings, S.C., Marshall, M. J., Steger, R., Thompson, R. C. and Weil, E. .  (1989)  Effects of a Major Oil Spill on Panamanian Coastal Marine Communities. Science 243:37-44.

Ballou, T.G. Hess, S.C. Dodge, R.E., Knap, A.H. and Sleeter,T.D. (1989) Effects of untreated and chemically dispersed oil on tropical marine communities: a long-term field experiment. International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute p447-454.

Ehrhardt, M. and Knap, A.H.   (1989) A direct comparison of UV Fluorescence and GC/MS data of lipophilic open-ocean seawater extracts. Marine Chemistry 26: 176-188.

Ballou, T.G., Dodge, R.E., Hess, S.C. and Knap, A.H. (1989) Tropical oil investigations in coastal systems (Tropics): The effects of untreated and chemically dispersed Prudhoe Bay crude oil on mangroves, seagrasses and corals in Panama. In: Oil Dispersants: New Ecological Approaches, ASTM STP 1018 (L. Michael Flaherty Ed) American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1989, P 229-256.

Galloway, J. N., Artz, R. S., Keene, W. C., Church,  R. M., and Knap,  A. H.  (1989)  Processes controlling the concentration of SO4-, NO3-, NH4+, H+, CH3COO- and CH3C00- in Bermuda precipitation. Tellus  41B:427-433.

Duinker, J.C., Knap, A.H., Binkley, K.S., Van Dam, G.H., Darrell-Rew, A. and Hillebrand,  M.T.J. .  (1988)  Method to represent the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of PCB mixtures: Marine mammal tissues and commercial mixtures as examples.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 19(2):74-79.

Jickells, T.D., Boyd, S.  and  Knap, A.H. (1988)  Iodine cycling in the Sargasso Sea and the Bermuda Inshore Waters.  Marine Chemistry. 24: 61-82.

Jickells, T., Boyd, S.S., Simmons, K. and Knap, A. H. (1988) The hydrogeochemistry of some anions in Bermudian groundwater.  Stygologia 4 (1):1-9.

Galloway, J. N., Tokos, J. J., Knap, A. H. and Keene, W. C. (1988)  Local influences on the composition of precipitation on Bermuda.  Tellus 40B:178-188.

Andersen. N.R., Dawson, R., Duinker, J.C., Farrington, J.W., Knap, A.H. and Kullenberg G. (1988)  Objectives, Components and experiences in the development of the IOC Marine Pollution Monitoring System (MARPOLMON). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 11 (3):299-314.

Farrington, W., Davis, A.C., Frew, N.M. and Knap A. H. (1988)  ICES-IOC Intercomparison exercises on the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in biological tissue (mussel homogenate).  ICES (2/HC/BT). Mar. Poll. Bull. 19 (8):372-380.

Knap, A.H., Binkley, K.S.  and  Artz, R.S. (1988)  The occurrence and distribution of trace organic compounds in Bermuda precipitation. Atmospheric Environment 22 (7):411-423.

Burns, K. A. and Knap, A. H. (1988) The Bahia Las Minas Oil Spill:  Hydrocarbon uptake by reef building corals.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 20 (8):391-398.

Ballou, T.G., Dodge, R.E., Hess, S.C., Knap, A.H. and Sleeter, T.D. (1987) Effects of a dispersed and undispersed crude oil on mangroves and corals. American Petroleum Institute, p198.

Knap, A. H. (1987)  Effects of Chemically dispersed oil on the brain coral Diploria strigosa. Marine Pollution Bulletin 18 (3):119-122.

Wolffe, G. T., Church, T.  M., Galloway, J. N., Knap,  A. H. (1987)  An examination of SOx, NOx and trace metal washout ratios over the Western Atlantic Ocean.  Atmospheric Environment 21 (12): 2623-2628.

Ballou, T.G., Hess, S.C., Getter, C.D., Knap, A.H., Dodge, R.E. and Sleeter, T.D. (1987) Final Results of the API Tropics oil spill and dispersant used experiments in Panama. International Oil Spill Conference 1: 634B

Jickells, T.D., Simmons, J.A.K., Kemp, K., Lyons, W.B.  and  Knap, A.H. (1986)  A preliminary investigation of trace metal distribution in Bermuda groundwater. Stygologia 2 (3):  181-188.

Knap, A.H., Binkley, K.  and  Deuser,  W.G. (1986)  The flux of synthetic organic chemicals to the Sargasso sea. Nature 319 (6054):572-574. 

Wyers, S.C., Frith H.R., Dodge, R.E., Smith, S.R., Knap, A.H.  and Sleeter, T.D. (1986)  Behavioral effects of chemically dispersed oil and subsequent recovery in Diploria strigosa (Dana). Marine Ecology 7:23-42.

Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H.  and  Smith, S.R. (1986)  Trace metal and nutrient fluxes through the Bermuda inshore waters. Rapp. P.-v. Reun. Cons. int. Explor. Mer, 186: 251-262.

Knap, A.H., Burns,  K.A., Dawson, R., Ehrhardt,  M.  and  Palmork, K.H. (1986)  Dissolved/ Dispersed hydrocarbons, tar balls and the surface microlayer: Experiences from and IOC/UNEP Workshop in Bermuda. Marine Pollution Bulletin 17 (7):313-319.

Knap,  A.H., Jickells,  T.D., Pszenny, A.  and  Galloway, J.N. (1986)  The significance of atmospheric derived fixed nitrogen on the productivity of the Sargasso sea. Nature 320:158-160.

Solbakken, J.E.  and  Knap, A.H. (1986)  The disposition of the xenobiotics phenanthrene and octochlorosytrene in spiny lobsters Panulirus argus after intergastric administrations. Bulletin Environmental Contamination &Toxicology 37: 747-751. 

Galloway, J.N., Church, T.M., Knap, A.H.,  and  Whelpdale, D.W. (1986)  The Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment (WATOX): The export, deposition and fate of North American emissions to the western Atlantic ocean. In: Chemistry of Acid Rain  (eds. R.W. Johnson, A.W. Elzieman, C.E. Gordon and W.Calkens). American Chemical Society      

Armasson, H., Burton, J.D., Jones, G.B.  and  Knap, A.H. (1985)  The influence of an oil refinery on trace metal and hydrocarbon concentrations in Southampton Water sediments. Marine Environmental Research 15:21-35.

Dodge, R. E., Knap, A.H., Wyers, S.C., Frith, H.R, Sleeter, T.D. and Smith. T.D.  (1985). "The effects of dispersed oil on the calcification rate of the reef-building coral Diploria strigosa." Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, Vol. 6, 453-457. 

Knap, A.H., Hughes, I.W.  and  Sleeter, T.D. (1985)  The grounding of the M/T TIFOSO, 1983: a test of Bermuda's contingency plan, Los Angeles, Calif. (USCG/API/EPA). p 289-291. 

Simmons, J.A.K., Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H.  and Lyons, W.B. (1985)  Nutrient concentrations in groundwater from Bermuda: anthropogenic effects. Planetary Ecology (eds. D.E. Calwell, J.A. Brierley, C.L. Brierley) Van Norstrand Reinhold Co. 1985:383-396. 

Knap, A.H., Wyers, S.C., Dodge, R.E., Sleeter, T.D., Frith, H.R., Smith, S.R. and Cook, C.B. (1985)  The effects of chemically and physically dispersed oil on the brain coral, Diploria strigosa (Dana). Proceedings 1985 Oil Spill Conference, Los Angeles, Calif. (USCG/API/EPA)API Publ. No.4385:547-551.

Solbakken, J.E., Knap, A.H.  and  Orr, P.L. (1985)  Uptake and elimination of lindane and a phthalate ester in tropical corals and mussels. Marine Environmental Research 16 (2):103-115.

Church, T.M., Tramantano , J., Scudlark, J., Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H., Tokos, J. and Galloway, J.N.      

(1984)  Wet deposition of trace metals to the western Atlantic ocean. Atmospheric Environment 18 (12):2657-2664. 

Jickells, T.D. and  Knap, A.H. (1984)  The distribution and geochemistry of Trace metals in Bermuda coastal waters. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science 18 (3):245-262. 

Jickells, T.D., Deuser, W.D. and  Knap, A.H. (1984)  The variability of twelve trace elements in the Sargasso sea. Deep Sea Research 31 (10):1169-1178. 

Dodge, R.E., Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H., Boyd, S. and  Bak, R.P.M. (1984)  Reef- building coral skeletons as chemical pollution (phosphorous) indicators. Marine Pollution Bulletin 15:178-187. 

Knap,  A.H.  and  Sleeter, T.D. (1984)  A rapid and portable method for the dissociation of tissue from coral skeleton. Florida Scientist 47 (3):191-193. 

Cook, C.B.  and  Knap, A.H. (1984)  Effects of crude oil and chemical dispersants on photosynthesis in the brain coral (Diploria strigosa). Marine Biology 78: 21-27. 

Dodge, R.E., Wyers, S.C., Frith, H.R., Knap, A.H., Smith, S.R.  and Sleeter. T.D. (1984)  The effects of oil and oil dispersants on the skeletal growth of hermatypic coral, Diploria strigosa. Coral Reefs 3:191-198. 

Dodge, R.E., Wyers, S.C., Frith, H.R., Knap, A.H., Smith, S.R., Cook, C.B. and Sleeter, T.D. (1984)  Coral calcification rates by the buoyant weight technique: effects of alizarin staining. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 75:217-232. 

Jickells, T.D. and A. H. Knap. (1984)  The sedimentation rates of trace elements in the Sargasso Sea measured by sediment trap.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 18:245-262. 

Jickells, T. D., A. H. Knap and T. M. Church. (1984)  Trace metals in Bermuda rainwater.  Journal of Geophysical Research.  89:1423-1428.

Smith, S.R.  and  Knap, A.H. (1984)  A significant decrease in the amount of tar stranded on Bermuda. Marine Pollution Bulletin 16 (1):19-21.

Sleeter, T.D., Knap, A.H.  and  Hughes, I.W. (1983)  Oil spill contingency planning and support coordination in Bermuda: A successful model. In: Proceedings 1983 API/USCG Oil Spill Conference, San Antonio, Texas. p 149-154. 

Knap, A.H.  and  Jickells,  T.D. (1983)  Trace metals and organochlorines in the goose beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Marine Pollution Bulletin 14:271-274.

Solbakken, J.E., Knap, A.H., Searle, C.E.  and  Palmork, K.H. (1983)  Uptake and elimination of (9-14C) phenathrene in the turkey wing mussel (Arca zebra). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 30:420-423. 

Galloway, J.N., Knap, A.H.  and  Church, T.M. (1983)  The composition of western Atlantic precipitation using shipboard collectors. Journal of Geophysical Reseaerch 88: 10859-10864. 

Knap,  A.H., Sleeter, T.D., Dodge, R.E., Wyers, S.C., Frith, H.R.  and Smith, S.R. (1983)  The effects of oil spills and dispersant use on corals: A review and multi- disciplinary experimental approach. Oil and Petroleum Pollution 1 (3):155-169.

Solbakken, J.E., Knap, A.H., Sleeter, T.D., Dodge, R.E.  and Palmork, K.H. (1983)  Uptake and depuration of 14C naphthalene, phenanthrene, PCB and octochlorostyrene in Bermuda corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 16:149-154. 

Knap, A.H.  and  Williams,  P.J.  leB. (1982)  Experimental studies to determine the fate of petroleum hydrocarbons from refinery effluent on an estuarine system. Environmental Science and Technology 16:1-4. 

Jickells, T.D., Knap, A.H., Church, T.M., Galloway, J.N.  and  Miller, J. (1982)  Acid rain in Bermuda. Nature 297:55-57. 

Knap, A.H., Solbakken, J.E., Dodge, R.E., Sleeter, T.D., Wyers, S.C. and Palmork,  K.H. (1982)  Accumulation and elimination of (9-14C) phenanthrene in the reef-building coral Diploria strigosa. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 28:281-284. 

Solbakken, J.E., Knap,  A.H.  and  Palmork, K.H. (1982)  The disposition of (9-14C) phenanthrene in a sub-tropical marine teleost (Haemulon scuirus). Bulletin Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 28:285-288. 

Solbakken, J.E., Jeffery, F.M., Knap, A.H. and  Palmork, K.H. (1982)  Accumulation and elimination of (9-14C) phenanthrene in the calico clam (Macrocallista maculata). Bulletin Environmental Contamination and Toxicolology 28:530-534. 

Church, T.M., Galloway, J.N., Jickells, T.D.  and  Knap, A.H. (1982)  The chemistry of Western Atlantic Precipitation at the Mid-Atlantic Coast and on Bermuda. Journal of Geophysical Research 87, C13:11013 - 11018.

Knap, A.H., Williams, P.J. leB.  and  Lysiak, E. (1982)  Petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments of Southampton Water. Marine Environmental Research 7:235-249. 

Knap, A.H., Iliffe, T.M.  and  Butler, J.N. (1980)  Has the amount of tar in the open ocean changed in the past decade? Marine Pollution Bulletin 11:161-164.

Iliffe,  T.M. and Knap, A.H. (1979)  The fate of stranded pelagic tar on a Bermuda beach. Marine Pollution Bulletin   10:203-205.

Knap, A. H., Williams, P.J. leB. and Tyler, I. (1979)  The importance of low  molecular weight petroleum hydrocarbons to the organic carbon budget of an estuary. Nature 279, No. 5713:517-519.

Books and Book Chapters

Sericano, J., Wade, T., Martinez, V., Gold-Bouchot, G. and Knap, A., (2017) Organic chemical pollutants and contamination in the Gulf of Mexico. Chapter 9 in Chemical Oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico (Bianchi, T. and Bustos-Serrano, H., editors) Texas A&M University Press. Published

Chapman, P., Wade T.L. and Knap, A. (2018) Environmental Effects and Management of Oil Spills on Marine Ecosystems. Chapter 25: Environmental Management of Marine Ecosystems CRC press. P119-146

Malone, T. and A.H. Knap (2018) Integrated Coastal Zone Monitoring in Support of Ecosystem Based Management of Marine Ecosystem Services. Chapter 15: Environmental Management of Marine Ecosystems CRC press

DiMarco, S.F., and Knap, A.H. (2018) Coastal Ocean Observing Systems for the 21st Century, Chapter 4: In Advances in Coastal Hydraulics (Panchang, V. and Kaihatu, J. eds) World Scientific, 524p.

LaffoleyD.d’A, Roe H.S.J., Angel M.V., Ardron J., Bates N.R., Boyd I.L., Brooke S., Buck K.N., Carlson C.A., Causey B., Rouja P., Roberts J., Seigel D.A., Siuda A., Steinberg D.K., Stevenson A.,Sumaila V.R., Swartz W., Trott T.M., Vats V. (2011) The protection and management of the Sargasso Sea: The golden floating rainforest of the Atlantic Ocean.  Sargasso Sea Alliance, Washington D.C.., ISBN: 978-0-9847520-0-3

Malone, T., Davison, M., DiGiacomo, P., Goncalves, E., Knap, T., Muelbert, J., Parslow, J., Sweijd, N., Yanagai, J and Yap, H. (2010). Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Coastal Ocean Information Needs. In Proceedings, World Climate Conference -3, Volume 1 p. 324-341.

Faust, E., Herweijer, C. and Knap, A.H. (2009) Physical effects of climate change from an insurance perspective. (Ch 2) The insurance industry and climate change – Contribution to the global debate. The Geneva Association, Geneva, Switzerland (133p). (http://www.genevaassociation.org/PDF/Geneva_Reports/Geneva_report%5B2%5D.pdf)

Murnane, R.J. and Knap, A.H. (2008) The Risk Prediction Initiative: a successful science-business partnership for analyzing natural hazard risk. (Ch 16) Climate Extremes and Society. (Henry Diaz and Richard J. Murnane eds.) 320p.

Dewailly, E., Pereg, D., Knap, A., Rouja, P., Galvin, J. and Owen, R. (2007) Exposure and effects of seafood borne contaminants in maritime populations. In: Ocean and Human Health: risks and remedies from the seas (Walsh, P.J., Smith, S.L., Fleming, L.E., Solo-Gabriele, and Gerwick, W.H. Academic Press (670p)

Malone, T.C., Knap, A.H., and Fogarty, M. (2004).  The Sea, Chapter 19, Volume 13, (A. R. Robinson and K. H. Brink , eds).  Harvard University Press.  p: 757-784.

Michaels, A. F., Karl, D.M and Knap, A.H. Temporal studies of biogeochemical dynamics in oligotrophic oceans. In R. Hanson, H. Ducklow and J. Field (eds.), The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle in the Sea, Cambridge Univ. Press, UK, pp. 392-413.

Knap, A.H., Connolly, D.P. and Butler, J.N.(2000) Chapter 14: The Sargasso Sea and Bermuda. In: The Seas at the Millenium: An Environmental Evaluation (C. Shepard, ed.) Elsevier Science Ltd. p:221-231.

Bates, N.R., Knap, A.H. and Michaels, A.F. (1998) Carbon Dioxide, climate change and hurricanes. The journal of  the forum for environmental law, science, engineering and finance. December 1998, Issue M.A. Frodl,  Publisher, Washington D.C.

Michaels, A.F., Olson, D., Sarmiento, J.L., Ammerman, J.W., Fanning, K., Jahnke,R., Knap, A.H., Lipshultz, F. and J.M. Prospero. (1996)  Inputs, losses and transformations of nitrogen and phosphorous in the pelagic North Atlantic ocean. In : Nitrogen Cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean and its Watersheds (ed. Robert W. Howarth) Kluwer Academic Publishers, London p 181-226.

Knap, A.H., Michaels, A.F., Close, A., Ducklow, H.W. and Dickson, A.  (1994) Protocols for the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Core Measurements. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 198 p. 

Knap, A.H. (1992) Biological Impacts of Oil Pollution: Coral Reefs. International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association. London. 18p. 

Knap, A. H. (1990)  The long range atmospheric transport of compounds from continent to  continent and continent to ocean. Proceedings of a NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Series. Vol. 297. (Knap, A.H., editor) Klewer , Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, Boston, London p. 321. 

Bidleman, T., Atlas, E.A., Atkinson, R., Bonsang, B., Burns, K., Keene, W.C., Knap, A.H., Miller, J., Rudolph, J. and Tanabe, S.  (1990)  (Chapter 12: The Long-Range Transport of Organic Compounds). Proceedings of a NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Series. Vol. 297. (Knap, A.H., editor) Klewer , Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, Boston, London p. 259-305. 

Ballou, T.G., Dodge, R.E., Hess, S.C., Knap, A.H. and Sleeter, T.D. (1987) Effects of a dispersed and undispersed crude oil on mangroves, seagrasses and corals. American Petroleum Institute. 198P

Knap, A.H.  (1981)  Bermuda's Delicate Balance. Pollution, Ch. 22. Bermuda National Trust, Hamilton, Bermuda, p.239-255.

Additional Information

Recent Professional Activities

2016 Member, Mass Spectrometry Advisory Committee, Texas A&M University

2016 Member, External Advisory Board, Energy Institute, Texas A&M University

2015-present Member, International Advisory Board, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese National Academy of Sciences.

2014-present National Academy of Sciences, Gulf of Mexico Research Program Board

2014-present Board of Directors, Maritime Insurance Solutions, Ltd. Bermuda

2014 Member Review Committee for Institute of Basic Science, Seoul, Korea

2012–present Member, International Steering Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System

2010-2011 Advisory Council – Offshore Energy Institute, Portland, Maine

2010-present Board of Directors, Parhelion Underwriters, London, UK

2009-present Board of Directors, Arvak Management

2008-2010 Member, Geneva Association Panel for Climate Change

2008-present Board of Directors, Shoreline Insurance Managers

2007 Honorary Fellow, Plymouth Marine Laboratory

2007-present Executive Committee, Partnership for Observations of the Global Ocean (POGO)

2006- 2012 President and Director, BIOS

2006-2012 Appointed to Underwriting, Audit and Compensation Committees, Flagstone Reinsurance

2005-2012 Member of Board of Directors, Flagstone Re-insurance Holdings

2003-2006 President and Director, BBSR

2003-2006 Rapporteur for IOC/COOP/GOOS to WMO/JCOMM

2000-2006 Co-Chairman Coastal Observing Panel, GOOS

2000 Convener, BBSR/CORE/Ocean Caucus Congressional Briefing on Ocean and Human Health. Washington DC. February 16, 2000.

Recent Books and Book Chapters

Laffoley D.d’ARoe H.S.J.Angel M.V.Ardron J.Bates N.R.Boyd I.L.Brooke S.Buck K.N.Carlson C.A.Causey B., Rouja P.Roberts J.Seigel D.A.Siuda A.Steinberg D.K.Stevenson A.,Sumaila V.R.Swartz W.Trott T.M.Vats V. (2011) The protection and management of the Sargasso Sea: The golden floating rainforest of the Atlantic Ocean.  Sargasso Sea Alliance, Washington D.C.., ISBN: 978-0-9847520-0-3

Malone, T., Davison, M., DiGiacomo, P., Goncalves, E., Knap, T., Muelbert, J., Parslow, J., Sweijd, N., Yanagai, J and Yap, H. (2010) Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Coastal Ocean Information Needs. InL Proceedings, World Climate Conference -3, Volume 1 p. 324-341.

Faust, E., Herweijer, C. and Knap, A.H. (2009) Physical effects of climate change from an insurance perspective. (Ch 2) The insurance industry and climate change – Contribution to the global debate. The Geneva Association, Geneva, Switzerland (133p). (http://www.genevaassociation.org/PDF/Geneva_Reports/Geneva_report%5B2%5D.pdf)

Murnane, R.J. and Knap, A.H. (2008) The Risk Prediction Initiative: a successful science-business partnership for analyzing natural hazard risk. (Ch 16) Climate Extremes and Society. (Henry Diaz and Richard J. Murnane eds) 320p.

Dewailly, E., Pereg, D., Knap, A., Rouja, P., Galvin, J. and Owen, R. (2007) Exposure and effects of seafood borne contaminants in maritime populations. In: Ocean and Human Health: risks and remedies from the seas (Walsh, P.J., Smith, S.L., Fleming, L.E., Solo-Gabriele, and Gerwick, W.H. Academic Press (670p)

Malone, T.C., Knap, A.H., and Fogarty, M. (2004). Chapter 19: The Sea, Volume 13, (A. R. Robinson and K. H. Brink , eds). Harvard University Press. p: 757-784.

Knap, A.H., Connolly, D.P. and Butler, J.N.(2000) Chapter 14: The Sargasso Sea and Bermuda. In: The Seas at the Millenium: An Environmental Evaluation (C. Shepard, ed.) Elsevier Science Ltd. p:221-231.

Michaels, A.F., Olson, D., Sarmiento, J.L., Ammerman, J.W., Fanning, K., Jahnke,R., Knap, A.H., Lipshultz, F. and J.M. Prospero. (1996) Inputs, losses and transformations of nitrogen and phosphorous in the pelagic North Atlantic ocean. In : Nitrogen Cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean and its Watersheds (ed Robert W. Howarth) Kluwer Academic Publishers, London p 181-226.

Knap, A.H., Michaels, A.F. and Close, A. (1994) The JGOFS Protocols. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 198 p.

Knap, A.H. (1992) Biological Impacts of Oil Pollution: Coral Reefs. International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association. London. 18p.

Knap, A. H. (1990) The long range atmospheric transport of compounds from continent to continent and continent to ocean. Proceedings of a NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Series. Vol. 297. (Knap, A.H., editor) Klewer , Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, Boston, London p. 321.

Bidleman, T., Atlas, E.A., Atkinson, R., Bonsang, B., Burns, K., Keene, W.C., Knap, A.H., Miller, J., Rudolph, J. and Tanabe, S. (1990) (Chapter 12: The Long-Range Transport of Organic Compounds). Proceedings of a NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Series. Vol. 297. (Knap, A.H., editor) Klewer , Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, Boston, London p. 259-305.

Knap, A.H. (1981) Bermuda's Delicate Balance. Pollution, Ch. 22. Bermuda National Trust, Hamilton, Bermuda, p.239-255.

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