The ocean plays a central role in modulating the Earth's carbon cycle. Monitoring how the
ocean carbon cycle is changing is fundamental to managing climate change. Satellite …

Marine photosynthetic plankton are responsible for approximately 50 petagrams (1015) of
carbon per year of net primary production, an amount equivalent to that on land. This …

Ocean colour is recognised as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate
Observing System (GCOS); and spectrally-resolved water-leaving radiances (or remote …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 495–505 Abstract Primary production must constrain the amount
of fish and invertebrates available to expanding fisheries; however the degree of limitation …

Eddies and other mesoscale oceanic processes, such as fronts, can enhance biological
production in the ocean, according to several open-ocean studies. The effect is thought to be …

Primary production by marine phytoplankton is one of the largest fluxes of carbon on our
planet. In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in estimating global …

Global climate change is predicted to alter the ocean's biological productivity. But how will
we recognise the impacts of climate change on ocean productivity? The most …

Abstract Cheung, WWL, Dunne, J., Sarmiento, JL, and Pauly, D. 2011. Integrating
ecophysiology and plankton dynamics into projected maximum fisheries catch potential …

Coupled biological/physical models of marine systems serve many purposes including the
synthesis of information, hypothesis generation, and as a tool for numerical experimentation …

Phytoplankton photosynthesis and organic matter production fuel marine ecosystems and
provide the source material for trophic transfer and export to the ocean interior. Methods for …