107 publications

2020

• Kaiser, J., Wasmund, N., Kahru, M., Wittenborn, A. K., Hansen, R., Hausler, K., ... Arz, H. W. (2020). Reconstructing N-2-fixing cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea beyond observations using 6-and 7-methylheptadecane in sediments as specific biomarkers. Biogeosciences, 17(9), 2579-2591. doi: 10.5194/bg-17-2579-2020
• Kahru, M., Goericke, R., Kelly, T. B., & Stukel, M. R. (2020). Satellite estimation of carbon export by sinking particles in the California Current calibrated with sediment trap data. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 173(Unsp 104639). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104639
• Ruhl, H. A., Bahr, F. L., Henson, S. A., Hosking, W. B., Espinola, B., Kahru, M., ... Edwards, C. A. (2020). Understanding the remote influences of ocean weather on the episodic pulses of particulate organic carbon flux. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 173(Unsp 104741). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104741
• Kahru, M., Elmgren, R., Kaiser, J., Wasmund, N., & Savchuk, O. (2020). Cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea: Correlations with environmental factors. Harmful Algae, 92(101739). doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2019.101739

2019

• Thompson, A. R., Schroeder, I. D., Bograd, S. J., Hazen, E. L., Jacox, M. G., Leasing, A., ... Melin, S. R. (2019). State of the California Current 2018-19: A novel anchovy regime and a new marine heat wave?. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 60, 1-65.
• Sathyendranath, S., Brewin, R. J. W., Brockmann, C., Brotas, V., Calton, B., Chuprin, A., ... Platt, T. (2019). An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). Sensors, 19(19). doi: 10.3390/s19194285
• Jiang, M., Measures, C. I., Barbeau, K. A., Charette, M. A., Gille, S. T., Hatta, M., ... Zhou, M. (2019). Fe sources and transport from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf to the southern Scotia Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 150(103060). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.06.006
• Valente, A., Sathyendranath, S., Brotas, V., Groom, S., Grant, M., Taberner, M., ... Zibordi, G. (2019). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications - version two. Earth System Science Data, 11(3), 1037-1068. doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1037-2019

2018

• Thompson, A. R., Schroeder, I. D., Bograd, S. J., Hazen, E. L., Jacox, M. G., Leising, A., ... Melin, S. R. (2018). State of the California Current 2017-18: Still not quite normal in the north and getting interesting in the south. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 59, 2-66.
• Smith, K. L., Ruhl, H. A., Huffard, C. L., Messie, M., & Kahru, M. (2018). Episodic organic carbon fluxes from surface ocean to abyssal depths during long-term monitoring in NE Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(48), 12235-12240. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1814559115
• Kahru, M., Jacox, M. G., & Ohman, M. D. (2018). CCE1: Decrease in the frequency of oceanic fronts and surface chlorophyll concentration in the California Current System during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific warm anomalies. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 140, 4-13. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2018.04.007
• Kelly, T. B., Goericke, R., Kahru, M., Song, H., & Stukel, M. R. (2018). CCE II: Spatial and interannual variability in export efficiency and the biological pump in an eastern boundary current upwelling system with substantial lateral advection. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 140, 14-25. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2018.08.007
• Kahru, M., Elmgren, R., Di Lorenzo, E., & Savchuk, O. (2018). Unexplained interannual oscillations of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea. Scientific Reports, 8(6365). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24829-7

2017

• Kahru, M., Lee, Z. P., & Mitchell, B. G. (2017). Contemporaneous disequilibrium of bio-optical properties in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(6), 2835-2842. doi: 10.1002/2016gl072453

2016

• Anderson, C. R., Kudela, R. M., Kahru, M., Chao, Y., Rosenfeld, L. K., Bahr, F. L., ... Norris, T. A. (2016). Initial skill assessment of the California Harmful Algae Risk Mapping (C-HARM) system. Harmful Algae, 59, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2016.08.006
• Kahru, M., Lee, Z. P., Mitchell, B. G., & Nevison, C. D. (2016). Effects of sea ice cover on satellite-detected primary production in the Arctic Ocean. Biology Letters, 12(11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0223
• Valente, A., Sathyendranath, S., Brotas, V., Groom, S., Grant, M., Taberner, M., ... Zibordi, G. (2016). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications. Earth System Science Data, 8(1), 235-252. doi: 10.5194/essd-8-235-2016
• Melville, W. K., Lenain, L., Cayan, D. R., Kahru, M., Kleissl, J. P., Linden, P. F., & Statom, N. M. (2016). The Modular Aerial Sensing System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(6), 1169-1184. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-15-0067.1
• Martinez-Fuentes, L. M., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Gomez-Ocampo, E., & Kahru, M. (2016). Effects of interannual events (1997-2012) on the hydrography and phytoplankton biomass of Sebastian Vizcaino Bay. Ciencias Marinas, 42(2), 81-97. doi: 10.7773/cm.v42i2.2626
• Lin, J. F., Lee, Z., Ondrusek, M., & Kahru, M. (2016). Attenuation coefficient of usable solar radiation of the global oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(5), 3228-3236. doi: 10.1002/2015jc011528
• Kahru, M., Elmgren, R., & Savchuk, O. P. (2016). Changing seasonality of the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences, 13(4), 1009-1018. doi: 10.5194/bg-13-1009-2016
• Cloern, J. E., Abreu, P. C., Carstensen, J., Chauvaud, L., Elmgren, R., Grall, J., ... Yin, K. D. (2016). Human activities and climate variability drive fast-paced change across the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 22(2), 513-529. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13059

2015

• Kahru, M., Kudela, R. M., Anderson, C. R., & Mitchell, B. G. (2015). Optimized merger of ocean chlorophyll algorithms of MODIS-Aqua and VIIRS. Ieee Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12(11), 2282-2285. doi: 10.1109/lgrs.2015.2470250
• Stukel, M. R., Kahru, M., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Decima, M., Goericke, R., Landry, M. R., & Ohman, M. D. (2015). Using Lagrangian-based process studies to test satellite algorithms of vertical carbon flux in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(11), 7208-7222. doi: 10.1002/2015jc011264
• Lee, Z. P., Marra, J., Perry, M. J., & Kahru, M. (2015). Estimating oceanic primary productivity from ocean color remote sensing: A strategic assessment. Journal of Marine Systems, 149, 50-59. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.015
• Kahru, M., Jacox, M. G., Lee, Z., Kudela, R. M., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2015). Optimized multi-satellite merger of primary production estimates in the California Current using inherent optical properties. Journal of Marine Systems, 147, 94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.06.003
• Jacox, M. G., Edwards, C. A., Kahru, M., Rudnick, D. L., & Kudela, R. M. (2015). The potential for improving remote primary productivity estimates through subsurface chlorophyll and irradiance measurement. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 112, 107-116. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.008
• Kahru, M., Lee, Z., Kudela, R. M., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2015). Multi-satellite time series of inherent optical properties in the California Current. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 112, 91-106. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.07.023
• Saba, V. S., Hyde, K. J. W., Rebuck, N. D., Friedland, K. D., Hare, J. A., Kahru, M., & Fogarty, M. J. (2015). Physical associations to spring phytoplankton biomass interannual variability in the US Northeast Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 120(2), 205-220. doi: 10.1002/2014jg002770

2014

• Leising, A. W., Schroeder, I. D., Bograd, S. J., Bjorkstedt, E. P., Field, J., Sakuma, K., ... Peterson, J. (2014). State of the California Current 2013-14: El Nino looming. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 55, 51-87.
• Kahru, M., Kudela, R. M., Anderson, C. R., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2014). Evaluation of satellite retrievals of ocean chlorophyll-a in the California Current. Remote Sensing, 6(9), 8524-8540. doi: 10.3390/rs6098524
• Kahru, M., & Elmgren, R. (2014). Multidecadal time series of satellite-detected accumulations of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences, 11(13), 3619-3633. doi: 10.5194/bg-11-3619-2014
• Smith, K. L., Sherman, A. D., Huffard, C. L., McGill, P. R., Henthorn, R., Von Thun, S., ... Ohman, M. D. (2014). Large salp bloom export from the upper ocean and benthic community response in the abyssal northeast Pacific: Day to week resolution. Limnology and Oceanography, 59(3), 745-757. doi: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0745
• Neal, B. P., Condit, C., Liu, G., dos Santos, S., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B. G., & Kline, D. I. (2014). When depth is no refuge: cumulative thermal stress increases with depth in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Coral Reefs, 33(1), 193-205. doi: 10.1007/s00338-013-1081-6
• Cape, M. R., Vernet, M., Kahru, M., & Spreen, G. (2014). Polynya dynamics drive primary production in the Larsen A and B embayments following ice shelf collapse. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119(1), 572-594. doi: 10.1002/2013jc009441
• Sydeman, W. J., Thompson, S. A., Garcia-Reyes, M., Kahru, M., Peterson, W. T., & Largier, J. L. (2014). Multivariate ocean-climate indicators (MOCI) for the central California Current: Environmental change, 1990-2010. Progress in Oceanography, 120, 352-369. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.017

2013

• Smith, K. L., Ruhl, H. A., Kahru, M., Huffard, C. L., & Sherman, A. D. (2013). Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate over 24 y in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(49), 19838-19841. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1315447110
• Ohman, M. D., Rudnick, D. L., Chekalyuk, A., Davis, R. E., Feely, R. A., Kahru, M., ... Send, U. (2013). Autonomous ocean measurements in the California Current ecosystem. Oceanography, 26(3), 18-25.
• Frants, M., Gille, S. T., Hewes, C. D., Holm-Hansen, O., Kahru, M., Lombrozo, A., ... Zhou, M. (2013). Optimal multiparameter analysis of source water distributions in the Southern Drake Passage. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 90, 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.002
• Frants, M., Gille, S. T., Hatta, M., Hiscock, W. T., Kahru, M., Measures, C. I., ... Zhou, M. (2013). Analysis of horizontal and vertical processes contributing to natural iron supply in the mixed layer in southern Drake Passage. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 90, 68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.001
• Maiti, K., Charette, M. A., Buesseler, K. O., & Kahru, M. (2013). An inverse relationship between production and export efficiency in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(8), 1557-1561. doi: 10.1002/grl.50219

2012

• Kahru, M., Kudela, R. M., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2012). Trends in the surface chlorophyll of the California Current: Merging data from multiple ocean color satellites. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 77-80, 89-98.
• Landry, M. R., Ohman, M. D., Goericke, R., Stukel, M. R., Barbeau, K. A., Bundy, R., & Kahru, M. (2012). Pelagic community responses to a deep-water front in the California Current Ecosystem: overview of the A-Front Study. Journal of Plankton Research, 34(9), 739-748. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbs025
• Kahru, M., Di Lorenzo, E., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2012). Spatial and temporal statistics of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll fronts in the California Current. Journal of Plankton Research, 34(9), 749-760. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbs010
• Nevison, C. D., Keeling, R. F., Kahru, M., Manizza, M., Mitchell, B. G., & Cassar, N. (2012). Estimating net community production in the Southern Ocean based on atmospheric potential oxygen and satellite ocean color data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26(Gb1020). doi: 10.1029/2011gb004040

2011

• Kahru, M., Brotas, V., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2011). Are phytoplankton blooms occurring earlier in the Arctic?. Global Change Biology, 17(4), 1733-1739. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02312.x
• McQuatters-Gollop, A., Reid, P. C., Edwards, M., Burkill, P. H., Castellani, C., Batten, S., ... Pena, A. (2011). Is there a decline in marine phytoplankton?. Nature, 472(7342), E6-E7. doi: 10.1038/nature09950

2010

• Kahru, M., Gille, S. T., Murtugudde, R., Strutton, P. G., Manzano-Sarabia, M., Wang, H., & Mitchell, B. G. (2010). Global correlations between winds and ocean chlorophyll. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C12040). doi: 10.1029/2010jc006500
• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2010). Blending of ocean colour algorithms applied to the Southern Ocean. Remote Sensing Letters, 1(2), 119-124. doi: 10.1080/01431160903547940

2009

• McClatchie, S., Charter, R., Watson, W., Lo, N., Hill, K., Manzano-Sarabia, M., ... Hildebrand, J. (2009). The state of the California Current, Spring 2008-2009: Cold conditions drive regional differences in coastal production. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 50, 43-68.
• Kahru, M., Kudela, R., Manzano-Sarabia, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2009). Trends in primary production in the California Current detected with satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 114(C02004). doi: 10.1029/2008jc004979
• Mitchell, B. G., & Kahru, M. (2009). Bio-optical algorithms for ADEOS-2 GLI. Journal of The Remote Sensing Society of Japan, 29(1), 80-85.

2008

• McClatchie, S., Goericke, R., Koslow, J. A., Schwing, F. B., Bograd, S. J., Charter, R., ... Bjorkstedt, E. (2008). THE STATE OF THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT, 2007-2008: LA NINA CONDITIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 49, 39-76.
• Smith, K. L., Ruhl, H. A., Kaufmann, R. S., & Kahru, M. (2008). Tracing abyssal food supply back to upper-ocean processes over a 17-year time series in the northeast Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(6), 2655-2667. doi: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2655
• Manzano-Sarabia, M., Salinas-Zavala, C. A., Kahru, M., Lluch-Cota, S. E., & Gonzalez-Becerril, A. (2008). The impact of the 1997-1999 warm-SST and low-productivity episode on fisheries in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrobiologia, 610, 257-267. doi: 10.1007/s10750-008-9440-y
• Barlow, J., Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2008). Cetacean biomass, prey consumption, and primary production requirements in the California Current ecosystem. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 371, 285-295. doi: 10.3354/meps07695
• Hewes, C. D., Reiss, C. S., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B. G., & Holm-Hansen, O. (2008). Control of phytoplankton biomass by dilution and mixed layer depth in the western Weddell-Scotia Confluence. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 366, 15-29. doi: 10.3354/meps07515

2007

• Kahru, M., Fiedler, P. C., Gille, S. T., Manzano, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2007). Sea level anomalies control phytoplankton biomass in the Costa Rica Dome area. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(22). doi: 10.1029/2007gl031631
• Kahru, M., Mitchell, B. G., Gille, S. T., Hewes, C. D., & Holm-Hansen, O. (2007). Eddies enhance biological production in the Weddell-Scotia confluence of the southern ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(14). doi: 10.1029/2007gl030430
• Lluch-Cota, S. E., Aragon-Noriega, E. A., Arreguin-Sanchez, F., Aurioles-Gamboa, D., Bautista-Romero, J. J., Brusca, R. C., ... Sierra-Beltran, A. P. (2007). The Gulf of California: Review of ecosystem status and sustainability challenges. Progress in Oceanography, 73(1), 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.01.013
• Kahru, M., Savchuk, O. P., & Elmgren, R. (2007). Satellite measurements of cyanobacterial bloom frequency in the Baltic Sea: interannual and spatial variability. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 343, 15-23. doi: 10.3354/meps06943

2006

• Murakami, H., Sasaoka, K., Hosoda, K., Fukushima, H., Toratani, M., Frouin, R., ... Ishizaka, J. (2006). Validation of ADEOS-II GLI ocean color products using in-situ observations. Journal of Oceanography, 62(3), 373-393. doi: 10.1007/s10872-006-0062-6
• Smith, K. L., Baldwin, R. J., Ruhl, H. A., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B. G., & Kaufmann, R. S. (2006). Climate effect on food supply to depths greater than 4,000 meters in the northeast Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(1), 166-176.

2005

• Vasilkov, A. P., Herman, J. R., Ahmad, Z., Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2005). Assessment of the ultraviolet radiation field in ocean waters from space-based measurements and full radiative-transfer calculations. Applied Optics, 44(14), 2863-2869. doi: 10.1364/ao.44.002863
• Holm-Hansen, O., Kahru, M., & Hewes, C. D. (2005). Deep chlorophyll a maxima (DCMs) in pelagic Antarctic waters. II. Relation to bathymetric features and dissolved iron concentrations. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 297, 71-81. doi: 10.3354/meps297071

2004

• Aguirre-Hernandez, E., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Najera-Martinez, S., Baumgartner, T., Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2004). Phytoplankton absorption, photosynthetic parameters, and primary production off Baja California: summer and autumn 1998. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51(6-9), 799-816. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.05.015
• Kahru, M., Michell, B. G., Diaz, A., & Miura, M. (2004). MODIS detects a devastating algal bloom in Paracas Bay, Peru. EOS Trans. AGU Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 85(45), 465.
• Kahru, M., Marinone, S. G., Lluch-Cota, S. E., Pares-Sierra, A., & Mitchell, B. G. (2004). Ocean-color variability in the Gulf of California: scales from days to ENSO. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51(1-3), 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.04.001
• Holm-Hansen, O., Kahru, M., Hewes, C. D., Kawaguchi, S., Kameda, T., Sushin, V. A., ... Mitchell, B. G. (2004). Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a in surface waters of the Scotia Sea as determined by both shipboard measurements and satellite data. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51(12-13), 1323-1331. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.06.004
• Holm-Hansen, O., Naganobu, M., Kawaguchi, S., Kameda, T., Krasovski, I., Tchernyshkov, P., ... Hewes, C. D. (2004). Factors influencing the distribution, biomass, and productivity of phytoplankton in the Scotia Sea and adjoining waters. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51(12-13), 1333-1350. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.06.015

2002

• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2002). Influence of the El Nino-La Nina cycle on satellite-derived primary production in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(17). doi: 10.1029/2002gl014963
• Schwarz, J. N., Kowalczuk, P., Kaczmarek, S., Cota, G. F., Mitchell, B. G., Kahru, M., ... Raine, R. (2002). Two models for absorption by coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM). Oceanologia, 44(2), 209-241.
• Mitchell, B. G., Kahru, M., Wieland, J. D., & Stramska, M. (2002). Determination of spectral absorption coefficients of particles, dissolved material and phytoplankton for discrete water samples. Ocean optics protocols for satellite ocean color sensor validation, revision 3. Greenbelt, Md.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center.

2001

• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2001). Seasonal and nonseasonal variability of satellite-derived chlorophyll and colored dissolved organic matter concentration in the California Current. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C2), 2517-2529. doi: 10.1029/1999jc000094

2000

• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (2000). Influence of the 1997-98 El Nino on the surface chlorophyll in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(18), 2937-2940. doi: 10.1029/2000gl011486
• Kahru, M., Leppanen, J. M., Rud, O., & Savchuk, O. P. (2000). Cyanobacteria blooms in the Gulf of Finland triggered by saltwater inflow into the Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 207, 13-18. doi: 10.3354/meps207013
• Mitchell, B. G., Bricaud, A., Carder, K., Cleveland, J., Ferri, G. M., Gould, R. J., ... Vodacek, A. (2000). Determination of spectral absorption coefficients of particles, dissolved material and phytoplankton for discrete water samples. Ocean optics protocols for satellite ocean color sensor validation, Revision 2, NASA Technical Memorandum 2000-209966m/cgaoer 12 m o (pp. 125-153). Greenbelt, Md.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center.
• O'Reilly, J. E., Maritorena, S., Siegel, D., O'Brien, M. O., Toole, D., Mitchell, B. G., ... Culver, M. (2000). Ocean color chlorophyll a algorithms for SeaWiFS, OC2, and OC4: Version 4. SeaWiFS Postlaunch Calibration and Validation Analyses (pp. 9-23). Greenbelt, Md.: Goddard Space Flight Center.

1999

• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (1999). Empirical chlorophyll algorithm and preliminary SeaWiFS validation for the California Current. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20(17), 3423-3429. doi: 10.1080/014311699211453
• Stramski, D., Reynolds, R. A., Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (1999). Estimation of particulate organic carbon in the ocean from satellite remote sensing. Science, 285(5425), 239-242. doi: 10.1126/science.285.5425.239

1998

• Mitchell, B. G., & Kahru, M. (1998). Algorithms for SeaWiFS standard products developed with the CalCOFI big-optical data set. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 39, 133-147.
• O'Reilly, J. E., Maritorena, S., Mitchell, B. G., Siegel, D. A., Carder, K. L., Garver, S. A., ... McClain, C. (1998). Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFS. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103(C11), 24937-24953. doi: 10.1029/98jc02160
• Kahru, M., & Mitchell, B. G. (1998). Spectral reflectance and absorption of a massive red tide off southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103(C10), 21601-21609. doi: 10.1029/98jc01945

1997

• Kahru, M. (1997). Using satellites to monitor large-scale environmental change: A case study of cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea. Monitoring algal blooms : new techniques for detecting large-scale environmental change (pp. 43-61). Berlin ; New York: Springer.

1995

• Kahru, M., Hakansson, B., & Rud, O. (1995). Distributions of the Sea-Surface Temperature Fronts in the Baltic Sea as Derived from Satellite Imagery. Continental Shelf Research, 15(6), 663-679. doi: 10.1016/0278-4343(94)e0030-p

1994

• Kahru, M., Horstmann, U., & Rud, O. (1994). Satellite Detection of Increased Cyanobacteria Blooms in the Baltic Sea - Natural Fluctuation or Ecosystem Change. Ambio, 23(8), 469-472.
• Kahru, M., Horstmann, U., & Rud, O. (1994). Satellite detection of increased cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea: Natural fluctuation or ecosystem change?. Ambio. Stockholm, 23(8), 469-472.

1993

• Kahru, M., Leppanen, J. M., & Rud, O. (1993). Cyanobacterial Blooms Cause Heating of the Sea-Surface. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 101(1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.3354/meps101001

1991

• Kahru, M., & Leeben, A. (1991). Size Structure of Planktonic Particles in Relation to Hydrographic Structure in the Skagerrak. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 76(2), 159-166. doi: 10.3354/meps076159
• Kahru, M., Nommann, S., & Zeitzschel, B. (1991). Particle (Plankton) Size Structure across the Azores Front (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study North-Atlantic Bloom Experiment). Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 96(C4), 7083-7088. doi: 10.1029/90jc02693
• Kahru, M., Kaasik, E., & Leeben, A. (1991). Annual Cycle of Particle-Size Fractions and Phytoplankton Biomass in the Northern Baltic Proper. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 69(1-2), 117-124. doi: 10.3354/meps069117
• Nommann, S., Sildam, J., Noges, T., & Kahru, M. (1991). Plankton Distribution During a Coastal Upwelling Event Off Hiiumaa, Baltic Sea - Impact of Short-Term Flow Field Variability. Continental Shelf Research, 11(1), 95-108. doi: 10.1016/0278-4343(91)90037-7

1990

• Kahru, M., Leppanen, J. M., Nommann, S., Passow, U., Postel, L., & Schulz, S. (1990). Spatio-temporal Mosaic of the Phytoplankton Spring Bloom in the Open Baltic Sea in 1986. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 66(3), 301-309. doi: 10.3354/meps066301
• Kahru, M., & Nommann, S. (1990). The Phytoplankton Spring Bloom in the Baltic Sea in 1985, 1986 - Multitude of Spatiotemporal Scales. Continental Shelf Research, 10(4), 329-354. doi: 10.1016/0278-4343(90)90055-q

1989

• Kahru, M., Nommann, S., & Allikas, E. (1989). A Measurement System for Studying Spatial-Distribution of Plankton. Okeanologiya, 29(4), 670-674.

1986

• Kahru, M. (1986). Vertical Heterogeneity and Possibilities for Remote-Sensing of the Chlorophyll Distribution in the Baltic Sea. Okeanologiya, 26(4), 667-672.
• Kahru, M., Nommann, S., Simm, M., & Vilbaste, K. (1986). Plankton distributions and the processes in the Baltic boundary zones. Marine interfaces ecohydrodynamics (pp. 270-274). Amsterdam; New York; New York, NY, U.S.A.: Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co..

1985

• Kahru, M., & Aitsam, A. (1985). Chlorophyll Variability in the Baltic Sea - a Pitfall for Monitoring. Journal Du Conseil, 42(2), 111-115.

1984

• Kahru, M., Elken, J., Kotta, I., Simm, M., & Vilbaste, K. (1984). Plankton Distributions and Processes across a Front in the Open Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 20(1-2), 101-111. doi: 10.3354/meps020101
• Aitsam, A., Hansen, H. P., Elken, J., Kahru, M., Laanemets, J., Pajuste, M., ... Talpsepp, L. (1984). Physical and Chemical Variability of the Baltic Sea - a Joint Experiment in the Gotland Basin. Continental Shelf Research, 3(3), 291-310. doi: 10.1016/0278-4343(84)90013-x

1983

• Kahru, M. (1983). Phytoplankton Patchiness Generated by Long Internal Waves - a Model. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 10(2), 111-117. doi: 10.3354/meps010111

1982

• Kahru, M., Aitsam, A., & Elken, J. (1982). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Chlorophyll in the Open Baltic Sea. Journal of Plankton Research, 4(4), 779-790. doi: 10.1093/plankt/4.4.779
• Kahru, M. (1982). The influence of hydrodynamics on the chlorophyll field in the open Baltic. Hydrodynamics of semi-enclosed seas : proceedings of the 13th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics

1981

• Kahru, M., Aitsam, A., & Elken, J. (1981). Coarse-Scale Spatial Structure of Phytoplankton Standing Crop in Relation to Hydrography in the Open Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 5(3), 311-318. doi: 10.3354/meps005311
• Kahru, M. (1981). Variability in the 3-Dimensional Structure of the Chlorophyll Field in the Open Baltic Sea. Okeanologiya, 21(4), 685-690.
• Kahru, M. (1981). Spatial Variability of Chlorophyll Concentrations in Coastal Waters of the Baltic Sea. Okeanologiya, 21(5), 879-881.
• Kahru, M. (1981). A Relationship between the Chlorophyll Maxima Depths and the Vertical Structure of the Density Field in the Baltic Sea. Okeanologiya, 21(1), 112-117.