CONTENTS
1. Factors Governing Pelagic Production in Polar Oceans
E.SAKSHAUG and O.HOLM-HANSEN •.••.••••......•.•••..••••.•.•••• 1
2. Productivity of Antarctic Waters. A Reappraisal
S.Z. EL-SAYED •...••••••••..•••.•.•••••••••.•••.•.•....•....•. 19
3. A Thermodynamic Description of Phytoplancton Growth
D.A. KIEFER..................................................
35
4. Mechanisms of Organic Matter Utilization by Marine Bacterioplankton
F.AZAM and J.W. AMMERMAN
5. Phytoplankton Solved the Arsenate-Phospha.te Problem
45
A.A. BENSON ••..•..•. •••••...•••••.•....•.••••..•.•........•••.
55
6. Excretion of Organic Carbon as Function of Nutrient Stress
A.JENSEN ..•.•...••••••••••..••.•.••...•••.•••.•.•.••.•...••.•
61
7. Seasonal Changes in Primary Production and Photoadaptation by
the Reef-Building Coral Acropora granuZosa on the Great Barrier
Reef
B.E.CHALKER, T.COX and W.C.DUNLAP •.....••.•••.•...•..•..•.•.•
73
B. General Features of Phytoplankton Communities and Primary
Production in the Gulf of Naples and Adjacent Waters
D. MARINO, M. MODIGH and A. Z INGONE ....•...••.••.•••.•....•.•.••
B 9
9. understanding Oligotrophic Oceans : Can the Eastern Mediterranean
be a Useful Model ?
T. BERMAN " J. AZOV and D. TOWNSEND •..•...••••••.•....••......•. 101
10. Growth Rates of Natural Populations of Marine Diatoms as
Determined in Cage Culture
G. A. VARGO
• • . • • . . . • • • . • • • • . • . • • • • . . . . • . • • • • • • . • • • • • . . . . . . . . •• 113
11. Observed Changes in Spectral Signatures of Natural Phytoplankton
Populations : The Influence of Nutrient Availability
C.S. YENTSCH and D.A.PHINNEY •...••.•.•••••••••.•••..••....•••• 129
12. Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting : Problems and Promises for
Biological .Ocean Science 'Research
c.r-1. YENTSCH, T.L.CUCCI and D.A.PHINNEY ••.•••••••...•.••.•... 141
13. Determination of Absorption and Fluorescence Excitatj,on Spectra
for Phytoplankton
B.G.MITCHELL and D.A. KIEFER .••.••••••••••••••.•....••..••..•• 157
SUBJECT INDEX .••..•.•••.•....•.••..••.•••••...•.•••••.••••.••.•. 171
1. Factors Governing Pelagic Production in Polar Oceans
E.SAKSHAUG and O.HOLM-HANSEN •.••.••••......•.•••..••••.•.•••• 1
2. Productivity of Antarctic Waters. A Reappraisal
S.Z. EL-SAYED •...••••••••..•••.•.•••••••••.•••.•.•....•....•. 19
3. A Thermodynamic Description of Phytoplancton Growth
D.A. KIEFER..................................................
35
4. Mechanisms of Organic Matter Utilization by Marine Bacterioplankton
F.AZAM and J.W. AMMERMAN
5. Phytoplankton Solved the Arsenate-Phospha.te Problem
45
A.A. BENSON ••..•..•. •••••...•••••.•....•.••••..•.•........•••.
55
6. Excretion of Organic Carbon as Function of Nutrient Stress
A.JENSEN ..•.•...••••••••••..••.•.••...•••.•••.•.•.••.•...••.•
61
7. Seasonal Changes in Primary Production and Photoadaptation by
the Reef-Building Coral Acropora granuZosa on the Great Barrier
Reef
B.E.CHALKER, T.COX and W.C.DUNLAP •.....••.•••.•...•..•..•.•.•
73
B. General Features of Phytoplankton Communities and Primary
Production in the Gulf of Naples and Adjacent Waters
D. MARINO, M. MODIGH and A. Z INGONE ....•...••.••.•••.•....•.•.••
B 9
9. understanding Oligotrophic Oceans : Can the Eastern Mediterranean
be a Useful Model ?
T. BERMAN " J. AZOV and D. TOWNSEND •..•...••••••.•....••......•. 101
10. Growth Rates of Natural Populations of Marine Diatoms as
Determined in Cage Culture
G. A. VARGO
• • . • • . . . • • • . • • • • . • . • • • • . . . . • . • • • • • • . • • • • • . . . . . . . . •• 113
11. Observed Changes in Spectral Signatures of Natural Phytoplankton
Populations : The Influence of Nutrient Availability
C.S. YENTSCH and D.A.PHINNEY •...••.•.•••••••••.•••..••....•••• 129
12. Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting : Problems and Promises for
Biological .Ocean Science 'Research
c.r-1. YENTSCH, T.L.CUCCI and D.A.PHINNEY ••.•••••••...•.••.•... 141
13. Determination of Absorption and Fluorescence Excitatj,on Spectra
for Phytoplankton
B.G.MITCHELL and D.A. KIEFER .••.••••••••••••••.•....••..••..•• 157
SUBJECT INDEX .••..•.•••.•....•.••..••.•••••...•.•••••.••••.••.•. 171