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Marine Phytoplankton and Productivity

Proceedings of the invited lectures to a symposium organized within the 5th conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry — Taormina, Sicily, Italy, September 5–8, 1983

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. O. Holm-Hansen

    1. Food Chain Research Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA

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  2. L. Bolis

    1. Laboratory of General Physiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

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  3. R. Gilles

    1. Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies (COASTAL, volume 8)

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Table of contents (13 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Factors Governing Pelagic Production in Polar Oceans

    • E. Sakshaug, O. Holm-Hansen
    Pages 1-18

  3. Productivity of the Antarctic Waters — A Reappraisal

    • S. El-Sayed
    Pages 19-34

  4. A Thermodynamic Description of Phytoplankton Growth

    • D. A. Kiefer
    Pages 35-44

  5. Mechanisms of Organic Matter Utilization by Marine Bacterioplankton

    • F. Azam, J. W. Ammerman
    Pages 45-54

  6. Phytoplankton Solved the Arsenate-Phosphate Problem

    • A. A. Benson
    Pages 55-59

  7. Excretion of Organic Carbon as Function of Nutrient Stress

    • A. Jensen
    Pages 61-72

  8. Seasonal Changes in Primary Production and Photoadaptation by the Reef-Building Coral Acropora Granulosa on the Great Barrier Reef

    • B. E. Chalker, T. Cox, W. C. Dunlap
    Pages 73-87

  9. General Features of Phytoplankton Communities and Primary Production in the Gulf of Naples and Adjacent Waters

    • D. Marino, M. Modigh, A. Zingone
    Pages 89-100

  10. Understanding Oligotrophic Oceans : Can the Eastern Mediterranean be a Useful Model ?

    • T. Berman, Y. Azov, D. Townsend
    Pages 101-112

  11. Growth Rates of Natural Populations of Marine Diatoms as Determined in Cage Cultures

    • G. A. Vargo
    Pages 113-127

  12. Observed Changes in Spectral Signatures of Natural Phytoplankton Populations : The Influence of Nutrient Availability

    • Ch. S. Yentsch, A. Phinney
    Pages 129-140

  13. Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting : Problems and Promises for Biological Ocean Science Research

    • C. M. Yentsch, L. Cucci, D. A. Phinney
    Pages 141-155

  14. Determination of Absorption and Fluorescence Excitation Spectra for Phytoplankton

    • B. G. Mitchell, D. A. Kiefer
    Pages 157-169

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 171-184
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About this book

When I was asked to organize this symposium on marine producti­ vity, it made me reflect on what aspects of this subject would be stimulating to a heterogeneous group of laboratory-oriented physiolo­ gists and biochemists. In recent years there have been several books which discusses the methodology commonly used in primary production studies and described the magnitude of photosynthetic CO reduction 2 in various areas of the world's oceans. I therefore decided to dis­ pense with these conventional aspects of primary production and invite researchers to speak on a variety of problems relating the abundance and activity of phytoplankton to environmental conditions. The lectures I invited were thus quite diverse in character, but all were related either to factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis or to the fate of reduced carbon as it passes through the microbial food web. In addition to these talks the participants benefited from a number of shorter presentations and poster sessions which dealt with production and cycling of organic carbon in the marine environment. February 1984 Osmund HOLM-HANSEN CONTENTS 1. Factors Governing Pelagic Production in Polar Oceans E. SAKSHAUG and O. HOLM-HANSEN •. ••. ••••. . . . . . •. •••. . ••••. •. •••• 1 2. Productivity of Antarctic Waters. A Reappraisal S. Z. EL-SAYED •. . . ••••••••. . •••. •. •••••••••. •••. •. •. . . . •. . . . •. 19 3. A Thermodynamic Description of Phytoplancton Growth D. A. KIEFER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4. Mechanisms of Organic Matter Utilization by Marine Bacterio­ plankton 45 F. AZAM and J. W.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Food Chain Research Group, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA

    O. Holm-Hansen

  • Laboratory of General Physiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    L. Bolis

  • Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    R. Gilles

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Phytoplankton and Productivity

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the invited lectures to a symposium organized within the 5th conference of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry — Taormina, Sicily, Italy, September 5–8, 1983

  • Editors: O. Holm-Hansen, L. Bolis, R. Gilles

  • Series Title: Coastal and Estuarine Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02401-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-13333-9Published: 01 May 1984

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-02401-0Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0724-5890

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 184

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Microbiology, Plant Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation

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