Shelf phytoplankton

Early research on the Amazon shelf focused largely on the magnitudes of the chemical and sediment discharges (Williams 1968, Gibbs 1972), as well as the sources of nutrients to Amazon shelf phytoplankton. 

Fig. 2.5 Timeseries of daily phytoplankton, zooplankton, dissolved organic carbon, detritus, and phosphorus concentration, and photosyntesis over one model year at two location the shelf seas of the Pacific Ocean, 170 E 65 N and 140 E 10 S.

Fig. 2.7 Mean phytoplankton concentration in shelf zones, AGG versus MERIS Case 2 (left) and SAT versus MERIS Case 2 (right).

Sanders, J.G. and G.R. Abbe. 1987. The role of suspended sediments and phytoplankton in the partitioning and transport of silver in estuaries. Contin. Shelf Res. 7 1357-1361. 

F1PLC has found applications in a wide variety of studies concerning the marine environment [295], It has been employed for the identification of the components of microphy-tobenthic communities [296], for the investigation of the change in phytoplankton communities [297] in many sampling sites such as the Mediterranean Sea [298], Equatorial Pacific [299], Mississipi River-influenced continental shelf [300], etc. 

L. Lampert, B. Queguiner, T. Labasque, A. Pichon and N. Lebreton, Spatial variability of phytoplankton composition and biomass on the eastern continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay (north-east Atlantic Ocean). Evidence for a bloom of Emiliana huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae) in spring 1998. Coni. Shelf Res. 22 (2002) 1225-1247. 

C. Brunet and F. Lizon, Tidal and diel periodicities of size-fractionated phytoplankton pigment signatures at an offshore station in the southeastern English Channel. list. Coast. Shelf Sci. 56... 

T.S. Bianchi, C. Rolff, B. Widbom and R. Elmgren, Phytoplankton pigments in Baltic Sea ses-ton and sediments seasonal variability, fluxes and transformations. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 55 (2002) 369-383. 

N.N. Rabalais, N. Attila, C. Normandeau and R.E. Turner, Ecosystem history of Mississipi River-influenced continental shelf revealed through preserved phytoplankton pigments. Marine Poll. Bull. 49 (2004) 537-547. 

Jalliffier-Merlon, E., J. C. Marty, V. Denant, and A. Saliot. 1991. Phytoplankton sources of volatile aldehydes in the river Rhone estuary. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 32 463-482. 

Harding, L. W. J., B. W. Meeson, and T. R. J. Fisher. 1986. Phytoplankton production in two east coast estuaries Photosynthesis-light functions and patterns of carbon assimilation in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 23 773-806. 

Sirois, D. L., and S. W. Fredrick. 1978. Phytoplankton and primary production in the Lower Hudson River Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 7 413—423. 

Turner, R. E., N. N. Rabelais, and Z. N. Zhang. 1990. Phytoplankton biomass, production and growth limitations on the Huanghe (Yellow River) continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research 10 545-571. 

Fitzwater S.E. Johnson K.S. Elrod Y.A. Ryan J.P. Colletti L.J. Tanner S.J. Gordon R.M. and Chavez F.P. (2003). Iron, nutrient and phytoplankton biomass relationships in upwelling waters of the California coasts system. Continental Shelf Research, 23, 1523-1544. 

Dortch, Q., and Whitledge, T.E. (1992) Does nitrogen or silicon limit phytoplankton production in the Mississippi River plume and nearby regions Cont. Shelf Res. 12, 1293-1309. 

Fisher, T.R., Harding, L., Stanley, D.W., and Ward, L.G (1988) Phytoplankton, nutrients, and turbidity in the Chesapeake, Delaware, and Hudson estuaries. Estuary. Coastal Shelf Sci. 27, 61-93. 

Graneli, E. (1987) Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton biomass in a brackish water bay highly influenced by river discharge. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 25, 555-565. 

Keith, D.J., Yoder, J.A., and Freeman, S.A. (2002) Spatial and temporal distribution of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Implications for phytoplankton in coastal waters. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 55, 705-717. 

Wysocki, L.A., Bianchi, T.S., Powell, R.T., and Reuss, N. (2006) Spatial variability in the coupling of organic carbon, nutrients, and phytoplankton pigments in surface waters and sediments of the Mississippi River plume. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. (in press). 

Moncheva S, Krastev A (1997) Some aspects of phytoplankton long-term alterations of Bulgarian Black Sea shelf. In Ozsoy E, Mikaaelyan A (eds) Sensitivity to change Black Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea. NATO ASI Series B Environmental security. Kluwer, Dordrecht, p 79... 

Smith WO, Jr. Codispoti LA, Nelson DM, Manley T, Buskey EJ, Niebauer HJ, Cota GF (1991) Importance of Phaeocystis blooms in the high-latitude ocean carbon cycle. Nature 352 514-516 Sukhanova IN, Flint MV (2001) Phaeocystis pouchetii at the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf. Oceanology 41 75-85 Turner JT (2002) Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow and sinking phytoplankton blooms. Aquat Microb Ecol 27 57-102... 

Wilson WH, Turner S, Mann NH (1998) Population dynamics of phytoplankton and viruses in a phosphate-limited mesocosm and their effect on DMSP and DMS production. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 46 49-59... 

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