Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-251-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-251-2018
Brief communication
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06 Feb 2018
Brief communication |  | 06 Feb 2018

Photosynthesis–irradiance parameters of marine phytoplankton: synthesis of a global data set

Heather A. Bouman, Trevor Platt, Martina Doblin, Francisco G. Figueiras, Kristinn Gudmundsson, Hafsteinn G. Gudfinnsson, Bangqin Huang, Anna Hickman, Michael Hiscock, Thomas Jackson, Vivian A. Lutz, Frédéric Mélin, Francisco Rey, Pierre Pepin, Valeria Segura, Gavin H. Tilstone, Virginie van Dongen-Vogels, and Shubha Sathyendranath

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A global dataset of photosynthesis-irradiance parameters for marine phytoplankton H. A. Bouman, T. Platt, M. A. Doblin, F. G. Figueiras, K. Gudmundsson, H. G. Gudfinnsson, B. Huang, A. Hickman, M. R. Hiscock, T. Jackson, V. A. Lutz, F. Melin, F. Rey, P. Pepin, V. Segura, G. Tilstone, V. van Dongen-Vogels, and S. Sathyendranath https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.874087

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The photosynthetic response of marine phytoplankton to available irradiance is a central part of satellite-based models of ocean productivity. This study brings together data from a variety of oceanographic campaigns to examine how the parameters of photosynthesis–irradiance response curves vary over the global ocean. This global synthesis reveals biogeographic, latitudinal and depth-dependent patterns in the photosynthetic properties of natural phytoplankton assemblages.
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