Phytoplankton Productivity summarizes the development, present state and future of both freshwater and marine plankton productivity in a clear and concise reader-friendly manner.

Contents

1. A Biography of Einer Steeman Nielsen: The Man and His Science
2. History of the Study of Plankton Productivity
3. Physiology and Biochemistry of Photosynthesis and Algal Carbon Acquisition
4. Approaches to the Measurement of Plankton Production
5. Supply and Uptake of Inorganic Nutrients
6. Variability of Plankton and Plankton Processes on the Mesoscale
7. Assessment of Primary Production at the Global Scale
8. On the Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Production in Freshwaters
9. Sustained and Aperiodic Variability in Organic Matter Production and Phototrophic Microbial Community Structure in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
10. Regional-scale Influences on the Long-term Dynamics of Lake Plankton
11. Ecosystem Function and Degradation
12. On the Evolution of the Carbon Cycle
13. Marine Productivity: Footprints of the Past and Steps into the Future
14. Steemann Nielsen's Publications

Index

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