Biological Oceanography

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(^) Models for photosynthesis
(^) Measuring phytoplankton growth
(^) Effects of temperature variation on primary productivity
(^) Resting stages
(^) Cautions and future prospects


Chapter 4 Numerical models: the standard form of theory


in pelagic ecology


(^) Seasonality in phytoplankton
(^) Rate equation modeling
(^) A simple pelagic ecosystem model
(^) A (somewhat) more complex NPZ model
(^) An aside: problems in solving of differential equation systems


numerically


(^) More sophisticated models, subarctic Pacific ecosystem dynamics
(^) ERSEM-PELAGOS, a model of pelagic processes in European and


global seas


(^) The life and times of individual animals
(^) Overview


Chapter 5 A sea of microbes: archaea, bacteria, protists,


and viruses in the marine pelagial


(^) Prokaryotes
(^) Molecular systematics of planktonic prokaryotes
(^) Distribution and molecular systematics of planktonic archaea
(^) Bacterial abundance and production in the euphotic zone
(^) Bacterial respiration and growth efficiency
(^) Food-chain transfer via dissolved organic matter (DOM)
(^) Chemical characteristics of DOM and POM
(^) Nutrient regeneration in microbial food webs

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