Publications

Peer-reviewed research publications in oceanography, paleoclimatology, and marine ecology, focusing on planktic foraminifera and climate change impacts on ocean systems.

2025

  • Doherty, S.C., Davis, C.V., & Fehrenbacher, J. (2025) Planktic foraminifera record the succession of anaerobic metabolisms in particle microenvironments across a pelagic oxygen gradient, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 13775, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2025.03.008.
  • Hoogakker, B.A.A., Davis, C.V., Wang, Y., Kusch, S., Nilsson-Kerr, K., Hardisty, D., Jacobel, A., Reyes Macaya, D., Glock, N., Ni, S., Sepulveda, J., Ren, A., Auderset, A., Hess, A., Meissner, K., Cardich, J., Anderson, R., Castillo, A., Costa, K., Barras, C., Basak, C., Bradbury, H.J., Brinkmann, I., Cook, M., Choquel, C., Diz, P., Donnenfield, D., Elling, F.J., Erdem, Z., Filipsson, H.L., Garrido, S., Gottschalk, J., Menon, A.G., Groeneveld, J., Hallmann, C., Hendy, I., Hennekam, R., Lu, W., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Matos, L., Martinez-Garcia, A., Molina, G., Munoz, P., Moretti, S., Morford, J., Sophie, N., Radionovskaya, S., Raven, M.R., Somes, C.J., Studer, A.S., Sweere, T., Tachikawa, K., Tapia, R., Tetard, M., Vollmer, T., Wu, W., Zhang, Y., Zheng, X., Zhou, Y. (2025) Review of proxies for low-oxygen paleoceanographic reconstructions, Biogeosciences, 22: 863-957, doi:10.5194/bg-22-863-2025.
  • Nilsson-Kerr, K., Hoogakker, B.A.A., Reyes Macaya, D.A., Winkelbauer, H.A., Hamilton, E., Chenery, S., Davis, C.V., Anderson, R.F., & Leng, M.J. (2025) Late Cenozoic intensification of de-oxygenation in the Pacific Ocean, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 655: 119253, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.11923.

2023

  • Govindankutty Menon, A., Davis, C.V., Nürnberg, D., Nomaki, H., Salonen, I., Schmiedl, G., & N. Glock (2023) A deep-learning automated image recognition method for measuring pore patterns in closely related bolivinids and calibration for quantitative nitrate paleo-reconstructions, Scientific Reports, 13, doi:10.1038/s41598-023-46605-y.
  • Davis, C.V., Doherty, S., Fehrenbacher, J.S. & K.F. Wishner (2023) Trace element composition of modern planktic foraminifera from an Oxygen Minimum Zone: Potential proxies for an enigmatic environment, Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1145756.
  • Winkelbauer, H.A., Hoogakker, B.A.A., Chance, R.J., Davis, C.V., Anthony, C.J., Bischoff, J., Carpenter, L.J., Chenery, S.R.N., Hamilton, E.M., Holdship, P., Peck, V.L., Poulton, A.J., Stinchcombe, M.C. & K.F. Wishner (2023) Planktic foraminifera iodine/calcium ratios from plankton tows, Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1095570.
  • Davis, C.V., Sibert, E.C., Jacobs, P.H., Burls, N. & P.M. Hull (2023) Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones, Nature Communications, 14(40), doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35083-x.

2022

  • Davis, C.V., Shaw, J.O., D'haenens, S., Thomas, E. & P.M. Hull (2022) Photosymbiont associations persisted in planktic foraminifera during early Eocene hyperthermals at Shatsky Rise (Pacific Ocean), PLoS One, 17(9): e0267636, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267636.
  • Davis, C.V. (2022) Deglacial Restructuring of the Eastern equatorial Pacific oxygen minimum zone, Communications Earth & Environment, 3: 145, doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00477-8.
  • Richey, J.N., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Reynolds, C.E., Davis, C.V., Spero, H.J. (2022) Barium enrichment in the non-spinose planktic foraminifer, Globorotalia truncatulinoides, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 333: 184-199, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2022.07.006.

2021

  • Davis, C.V., Wishner, K., Renema, W., & P.M. Hull (2021) Vertical distribution of planktic foraminifera through an Oxygen Minimum Zone: how assemblages and shell morphology reflect oxygen concentrations, Biogeosciences, 18: 977-992, doi:10.5194/bg-18-977-2021.
  • Oakes, R.L., Davis, C.V., & J.A. Sessa (2021) Using stable isotopes of Heliconoides inflatus pteropod shells to determine calcification depth in the Cariaco Basin, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 553104, doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.553104.

2020

  • Davis, C.V., Myhre, S.E., Deutsch, C., Caissie, B., Praetorius, S., Borreggine, M. & R.C. Thunell (2020) Sea surface temperature across the Subarctic North Pacific and marginal seas through the past 20,000 years, Quaternary Science Reviews, 246: 106519, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106519.
  • Davis, C.V., Livsey, C.M., Palmer, H.M., Hull, P.M., Thomas, E., Hill, T.M. & C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2020) Extensive morphological variability in asexually produced planktic foraminifera, Science Advances, 6(28): eabb8930, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abb8930.
  • Sarno, C.T., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Ziolkowski, L.A., Hendy, I.L., Davis, C.V., Tappa, E.J. & R.C. Thunell (2020) The impacts of flood, drought, and turbidites on organic carbon burial over the past 2,000 years in the Santa Barbara Basin, California Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35(7), doi:10.1029/2020PA003849.
  • Davis, C.V., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Benitez-Nelson, C., & R.C. Thunell (2020) Trace element heterogeneity across individual planktic foraminifera from the modern Cariaco Basin, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 50(2): 204-218, doi:10.2113/gsjfr.50.2.204.
  • Davis, C.V., & C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2020) Evidence for rapid trace element alteration in planktic foraminiferal shells from the Panama Basin: Manganese adsorption during vertical transport, Marine Micropaleontology, 157: 101872, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101872.

2019

  • Davis, A.N., Davis, C.V., Thunell, R.C., Osborne, E.B., Black, D.E., & C.R. Benitez-Nelson (2019) Reconstructing 800 years of carbonate ion concentration in the Cariaco Basin using the area density of planktonic foraminifera shells, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(9): 2129-2140, doi:10.1029/2019PA003698.
  • Davis, C.V., Ontiveros-Cuadras, J.F., Benitez-Nelson, C., Schmittner, A., Osborne, E., Tappa, E., & R.C. Thunell (2019) Ongoing increase in Eastern Tropical North Pacific denitrification as interpreted through sedimentary δ15N from Santa Barbara Basin, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(9): 1554-1567, doi:10.1029/2019PA003578.
  • Hsiang, A., Brombacher, A., Rillo, M.C., Mleneck-Vautravers, M.J., Conn, S., Lordsmith, S., Jentzen, A., Henehan, M.J., Metcalfe, B., Fenton, I., Wade, B., Fox, L., Meilland, J., Davis C.V., Baranowski, U., Groenveld, J., Edgar, K.M., Movellan, A., Aze, T., Dowsett, H.J., Miller, G., Rios, N. & P.M. Hull (2019) Endless Forams: >34,000 modern planktonic foraminiferal images for taxonomic training and automated species recognition using convolutional neural networks, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(7): 1157-1177, doi:10.1029/2019PA003612.
  • Davis C.V., Fuqua, L., Pride, C. & R.C. Thunell (2019) Seasonal and interannual changes in planktic foraminiferal fluxes and species composition in Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Marine Micropaleontology, 149: 75-88, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.05.001.
  • Davis, C.V., Ontiveros-Cuadras, J.F., Benitez-Nelson, C., Schmittner, A., Osborne, E., Tappa, E., & R.C. Thunell (2019) Ongoing increase in Eastern Tropical North Pacific denitrification as interpreted through sedimentary δ15N from Santa Barbara Basin, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(9): 1554-1567, doi:10.1029/2019PA003578.
  • Hsiang, A., Brombacher, A., Rillo, M.C., Mleneck-Vautravers, M.J., Conn, S., Lordsmith, S., Jentzen, A., Henehan, M.J., Metcalfe, B., Fenton, I., Wade, B., Fox, L., Meilland, J., Davis C.V., Baranowski, U., Groenveld, J., Edgar, K.M., Movellan, A., Aze, T., Dowsett, H.J., Miller, G., Rios, N. & P.M. Hull (2019) Endless Forams: >34,000 modern planktonic foraminiferal images for taxonomic training and automated species recognition using convolutional neural networks, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34(7): 1157-1177, doi:10.1029/2019PA003612.
  • Davis C.V., Fuqua, L., Pride, C. & R.C. Thunell (2019) Seasonal and interannual changes in planktic foraminiferal fluxes and species composition in Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Marine Micropaleontology, 149: 75-88, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.05.001.

2018

  • Burke, J.E., Renema, W., Henehan, M.J., Elder, L.E., Davis C.V., Mass, A.E., Foster, G.L, Schiebel, R. & P.M. Hull (2018) Factors influencing porosity in planktonic foraminifera, Biogeosciences, 15: 6607-6619, doi:10.5194/bg-15-6607-2018.
  • Fehrenbacher, J.S., Russell, A.D., Davis, C.V., Spero, H.J., Chu, E. & Bärbel Hönisch (2018) Ba/Ca ratios in the non-spinose planktic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina dutertrei: evidence for a particulate organic microhabitat, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 229: 180-195, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.03.008.
  • Davis, C.V., Hewett, K., Hill, T.M., Largier, J.L., Gaylord, B. & J. Jahncke (2018) Reconstructing aragonite saturation state based on an empirical relationship for Northern California, Estuaries and Coasts, 41: 2056-2068, doi:10.1007/s12237-018-0372-0.
  • Bird, C., Darling, K.F., Russell, A.D, Fehrenbacher, J.S., Davis, C.V., Free, A. & B.T. Ngwenya (2018) 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding and TEM reveals different ecological strategies within the genus Neogloboquadrina (planktonic foraminifer), PLOS One, 13(1): e0191653, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191653.

2017

  • Davis, C.V., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Hill, T.M., Russell, A.D. & H.J. Spero (2017) Relationships between Temperature, pH, and crusting on Mg/Ca in laboratory-grown Neogloboquadrina foraminifera, Paleoceanography, 32: 1137-1152, doi:10.1002/2017PA003111.
  • Borreggine, M., Myhre, S.E., Mislan, K.A.S., Deutsch, C. & C.V. Davis (2017) A database of paleoceanographic sediment cores from the North Pacific, 1951-2016, Earth System Science Data, 9: 739-749, doi:10.5194/essd-9-739-2017.
  • Davis, C.V., Rivest, E.B., Gaylord, B.P. Russell, A.D., Sanford, E. & T.M. Hill (2017). Ocean acidification compromises a planktonic calcifier with implications for global carbon cycling, Scientific Reports, 7: 2225, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01530-9.
  • Fehrenbacher, J.S., Russell, A.D., Davis, C.V., Gagnon, A., Spero, H.J., Martin, P., Cliff, J.B. & Z. Zhu (2017) Light cycle triggers Mg-banding in Neogloboquadrina dutertrei: implications for chamber formation and biomineralization in planktic foraminifers, Nature Communications, 8: 15441, doi:10.1038/ncomms15441.
  • Bird, C., Darling, K.F., Russell, A.D., Davis, C.V., Fehrenbacher, J.S., Free, A., Wyman, M. & B.T. Ngwenya (2017) 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding reveals a potential metabolic role for intracellular bacteria in a major marine planktonic calcifier (Foraminifera), Biogeosciences, 14: 901-920, doi:10.5194/bg-14-901-2017.

2016

  • Davis, C.V., Hill, T.M., Russell, A.D., Gaylord, B.P. & J. Jahncke (2016) Seasonality in Planktic Foraminifera of the Central California Coastal Upwelling Region, Biogeosciences, 13: 5139-5150, doi:10.5194/bg-13-5139-2016.
  • Davis, C.V., Moffitt, S.E. & T.M. Hill (2016) Benthic Foraminiferal Shell Weight: Deglacial Species-Specific Responses Recorded from the Santa Barbara Basin, Marine Micropaleontology, 124: 45-53, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.02.002.

2015

  • Moffitt, S.E, Moffitt, R.A., Sauthoff, W., Davis, C.V., Hewett, K. & T.M. Hill (2015) Paleoceanographic Insights on Recent Oxygen Minimum Zone Expansion: Lessons for Modern Oceanography, PLoS ONE, 10(1): e0115246, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115246.

2013

  • Davis, C.V., Badger, M.P.S., Bown, P.R. & D.N. Schmidt (2013) Calcification response to climate change in the Pliocene? Biogeosciences, 10: 6131-6139, doi:10.5194/bg-10-6131-2013.