Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, (2013)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Clayton, S. "Determining Variability in Phytoplankton Community Structure And Diversity From 2017 Underway Optics" $61,032. 2017 - 2017
- Clayton, S. "Does Turbulence Control Phytoplankton Community Structure at the Kuroshio Front" $14,715. 2010 - 2010
- Clayton, S. "Kuroshio Extension fieldwork expenses" $2,600. 2009 - 2009
- Clayton, S. "Society for Underwater Technology Outstanding Undergraduate Prize" $1,000. 2007 - 2007
- Clayton, S. "Society for Underwater Technology Educational Support Fund" $4,000. 2005 - 2006
Articles
- Ribalet, F., Berthiaume, C., Hynes, A., Swalwell, J., Carlson, M., Clayton, S., Hennon, G., Poirier, C., Shimabukuro, E., White, A. and Armbrust, E. Virginia. (2019). SeaFlow data v1, high-resolution abundance, size and biomass of small phytoplankton in the North Pacific. SCIENTIFIC DATA 6.
- Clayton, S., Dutkiewicz, S., Jahn, O., Hill, C., Heimbach, P. and Follows, M. J.. (2017). Biogeochemical versus ecological consequences of modeled ocean physics. BIOGEOSCIENCES 14 (11) , pp. 2877-2889.
- Clayton, S., Lin, Y. C., Follows, M. J. and Worden, A. Z. (2017). Co-existence of distinct Ostreococcus ecotypes at an oceanic front. Limnology and Oceanography.
- Nagai, T. and Clayton, S. (2017). Nutrient interleaving below the mixed layer of the Kuroshio Extension Front. Ocean Dynamics.
- Hyrkas, J., Clayton, S., Ribalet, F., Halperin, D., Armbrust, E. V. and Howe, B. (2016). Scalable clustering algorithms for continuous environmental flow cytometry. Bioinformatics.
- Ribalet, F., Swalwell, J. E., Clayton, S., Jimenez, V., Sudek, S., Lin, Y., Johnson, Z. I., Worden, A. Z. and Armbrust, E. V. (2015). Light-driven synchrony of Prochlorococcus growth and mortality in the north Pacific gyre. PNAS 112 (26) , pp. 8008-8012.
- Clayton, S., Nagai, T. and Follows, M. J. (2014). Fine scale phytoplankton community structure across the Kuroshio Extension Front. Journal of Plankton Research 34 (4) , pp. 1017-1030.
- Clayton, S., Dutkiewicz, S., Jahn, O. and Follows, M. J. (2013). Dispersal, eddies and the diversity of marine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids & Environments 3 , pp. 182-197.
- Bracco, A., Clayton, S. and Pasquero, C. (2009). Horizontal advection, diffusion and plankton spectra at the sea surface. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 114 (C02001).
Presentations
- Clayton, S. ( 2017). Submesoscale fronts structure and enhance the biodiversity of picophytoplankton communities. Oral Presentation ASLO Meeting 2017 .
- Clayton, S. ( 2016). Uncovering regional variations in the balance of physical and biological controls on phytoplankton ecology with underway flow cytometry. Oral Presentation ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016 .
- Clayton, S. ( 2016). Submesoscale fronts structure phytoplankton communities and modulate net community production. Poster OCB Summer Workshop, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution .
- Clayton, S. (November , 2015). Mining big oceanographic data: a case study in plankton ecology. Oral Presentation eScience Community Seminar, 91短视频 of Washington .
- Clayton, S. ( 2014). Fine scale ecology of picoeukaryotes across the Kuroshio Extension. Poster ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014 .
- Clayton, S. (April , 2014). Dispersal, eddies and the diversity of marine phytoplankton. Oral Presentation Physical Oceanography Seminar,91短视频 of Washington .
- Clayton, S. ( 2013). Ocean eddies and dispersal maintain phytoplankton diversity. Oral Presentation ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2013 .
- Clayton, S. ( 2012). The Kuroshio Front: ecological barrier or blender? Oral Presentation ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012 .
- Clayton, S. (November , 2012). Phytoplankton diversity hotspots: models and observations. Oral Presentation Physical Oceanography Seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution .
- Clayton, S. ( 2010). Fine-scale observations of plankton community structure across the Kuroshio Front. Poster ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010 .
- Clayton, S. ( 2009). Microbial and chemical signatures of transient eddies in the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Poster ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009 .
- Clayton, S. ( 2007). The role of advection and diffusion in determining the patchiness of passive and reactive tracers at the sea surface. Oral Presentation ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2007 .
- 2007: Darbyshire Prize, Bangor 91短视频
- 2007: Dr John Roberts Jones Prize, Bangor 91短视频
- 2005: Ray Delahunty Prize, Bangor 91短视频