Published in conjunction with the 2002 Phytoplankton Productivity Conference, March 18th-22nd in Bangor, Wales, and includes chapters by the 13 keynote speakers at the conference. Individual chapters are be written by leading authorities in the selected areas drawn from both the freshwater and marine communities and include reviews of physiology and biochemistry, measurement of phytoplankton productivity, the supply and uptake of nutrients, variability in processes and production, the evolution of the carbon cycle, and ecosystems.
Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements A Biography Of Einer Steemann Nielsen: the man and his ScienceHistory Of The Study Of Plankton ProductivityPhysiology And Biochemistry Of Photosynthesis And Algal Carbon AcquisitionApproaches To The Measurement Of Plankton ProductionDiffusive Supply Of Inorganic Nutrients: Theory And MethodologyVariability Of Plankton And Plankton Processes On The MesoscaleAssessment Of Primary Production On The Global ScaleOrigins And Causes Of Interannual Variability Of Freshwater PhytoplanktonInterannual Variability Of Phytoplankton In Oceanic SystemsEcosystem Function And EutrophicationThe Evolution Of The Productivity Of The Oceans And The Significance Of The Evolution Of Specific GroupsRegional-Scale Influences On The Long-Term Dynamics Of LakesMarine Productivity: The Footprint Of The Past And Steps Into The Future Appendix: Steeman Nielsen's Publications Index
Peter Williams and David Thomas are at the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Colin Reynolds is at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Windermere, UK.
Plankton forms the cornerstone for all aquatic ecosystems... [this book] will be of particular value to those in aquaculture in which plankton plays a part in production. Aquaculture Magazine