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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-251-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-251-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-251-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

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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RC1: 'review of Bouman et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jun 2017
SC1: 'Bouman et al., 2017 - short comment', Lilian Krug, 06 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review', Alex J Poulton, 11 Aug 2017
AC1: 'Response to Reviewers', Heather Bouman, 30 Oct 2017

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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.