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Primary Productivity in the Sea

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Paul G. Falkowski

    1. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA

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Part of the book series: Environmental Science Research (ESRH, volume 19)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Reviews of Primary Productivity

    1. On the Algae: Thoughts about Physiology and Measurements of Efficiency

      • Jack Myers
      Pages 1-16

    2. Phytoplankton Growth in the Sea

      • Charles S. Yentsch
      Pages 17-32

  3. Energy Transfer: Light Harvesting and Utilization

    1. Algal Pigment Systems

      • S. W. Jeffrey
      Pages 33-58

    2. The Distribution of Absorbed Light Energy for Algal Photosynthesis

      • Arthur C. Ley
      Pages 59-82

    3. Light Utilization Efficiency in Natural Phytoplankton Communities

      • Zvy Dubinsky
      Pages 83-97

    4. Light-Shade Adaptation in Marine Phytoplankton

      • Paul G. Falkowski
      Pages 99-119

    5. Vertical Mixing and Primary Production

      • John Marra
      Pages 121-137

  6. Primary Productivity in the Sea

    1. Size-Fractionated Primary Productivity of Marine Phytoplankton

      • Thomas C. Malone
      Pages 301-319

    2. Remote Sensing of Oceanic Phytoplankton: Present Capabilities and Future Goals

      • Wayne E. Esaias
      Pages 321-337

    3. Modelling Primary Production

      • Trevor Platt, Charles L. Gallegos
      Pages 339-362
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About this book

Primary productivity in the sea accounts for ~30% of the total global annual production. Holistic understanding of the factors determining marine productivity requires detailed knowl­ edge of algal physiology and of hydrodynamics. Traditionally studies of aquatic primary productivity have heen conducted hy workers in two major schools: experimental laboratory biology, and empirical field ecology. Here an attempt was made .to hring together people from both schools to share information and con­ cepts; each author was charged with reviewing his field of exoer­ tise. The scope of the Symposium is broad, which we feel is its strength. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Depart­ ment of Energy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Center and the MESA New York Bight Project. Thanks are due to Mrs. Margaret Dienes, with­ out whose editorial skills this volume could not have been pro­ duced, and to Mrs. Helen Kondratuk as Symposium Coordinator. Finally, we wish to record our indebtedness to Dr. Alexander Hollaender for his tireless efforts and valuable advice in sup­ porting all aspects of this Symposium.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA

    Paul G. Falkowski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primary Productivity in the Sea

  • Editors: Paul G. Falkowski

  • Series Title: Environmental Science Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3890-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3892-5Published: 14 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3890-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 532

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oceanography

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