Browsing Cullen, John by Subject "Phytoplankton"

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  • Biological processes and optical measurements near the sea surface: Some issues relevant to remote sensing 

    Cullen, J. J., and M. R. Lewis. 1995. "Biological processes and optical measurements near the sea surface: Some issues relevant to remote sensing." Journal of Geophysical Research.C.Oceans 100(C7): 13-13,266. DOI:10.1029/95JC00454
    There is good evidence that bio-optical relationships are altered near the surface: (1) the fluorescence yield from chlorophyll declines, leading to bias in the estimation of pigment from fluorometry; (2) the modeled ...

  • Inferred influence of nutrient availability on the relationship between Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and incident irradiance in the Bering Sea 

    Schallenberg, Christina, Marlon R. Lewis, Dan E Kelley, and John J. Cullen. 2008. "Inferred influence of nutrient availability on the relationship between Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and incident irradiance in the Bering Sea." Journal of Geophysical Research.C.Oceans 113(7). DOI:10.1029/2007JC004355
    This study examines variability in the relationship between Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and incident solar irradiance as a potential diagnostic of the nutritional status of phytoplankton. The study site is the ...

  • Methyl iodide in the NW Atlantic; spatial and seasonal variation 

    This article first appeared in: Wang, Lu, Robert M. Moore, and John J. Cullen. 2009. "Methyl iodide in the NW Atlantic; spatial and seasonal variation." Journal of Geophysical Research 114(C7): 07007-Citation C07007. DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004626
    While the global ocean is an important source of atmospheric methyl iodide (CH (sub 3) I), the major producers of CH (sub 3) I within the ocean remain unclear. During a seasonal study in the NW Atlantic, the relationship ...

  • Photosynthetic characteristics and estimated growth rates indicate grazing is the proximate control of primary production in the Equatorial Pacific 

    Cullen, J. J., M. R. Lewis, C. O. Davis, and R. T. Barber. 1992. "Photosynthetic characteristics and estimated growth rates indicate grazing is the proximate control of primary production in the Equatorial Pacific." Journal of Geophysical Research.C.Oceans 97(C1): 639-654. DOI:10.1029/91JC01320
    Macronutrients persist in the surface layer of the equatorial Pacific Ocean because the production of phytoplankton is limited. Measurements of photosynthesis as a function of irradiance (P-I) provide information on the ...

  • Relationships between vertical mixing and photoadaptation of phytoplankton: Similarity criteria 

    Lewis, M. R., J. J. Cullen, and T. Platt. 1984. "Relationships between vertical mixing and photoadaptation of phytoplankton: Similarity criteria." Marine ecology progress series.Oldendorf 15(1-2): 141-149.
    In their natural environment phytoplankton are exposed to fluctuations in incident irradiance due to vertical displacements in the water column induced by turbulent fluid motion. A reaction-diffusion model is analyzed to ...