Marine primary production in relation to climate variability and change

FP Chavez, M Messié… - Annual review of marine …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Marine photosynthetic plankton are responsible for approximately 50 petagrams (1015) of
carbon per year of net primary production, an amount equivalent to that on land. This …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade

RJW Brewin, S Sathyendranath, G Kulk, MH Rio… - Earth-science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ocean plays a central role in modulating the Earth's carbon cycle. Monitoring how the
ocean carbon cycle is changing is fundamental to managing climate change. Satellite …

An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: the experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

S Sathyendranath, RJW Brewin, C Brockmann… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ocean colour is recognised as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate
Observing System (GCOS); and spectrally-resolved water-leaving radiances (or remote …

Global marine primary production constrains fisheries catches

E Chassot, S Bonhommeau, NK Dulvy, F Mélin… - Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 495–505 Abstract Primary production must constrain the amount
of fish and invertebrates available to expanding fisheries; however the degree of limitation …

Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems

N Gruber, Z Lachkar, H Frenzel, P Marchesiello… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Eddies and other mesoscale oceanic processes, such as fronts, can enhance biological
production in the ocean, according to several open-ocean studies. The effect is thought to be …

Detection of anthropogenic climate change in satellite records of ocean chlorophyll and productivity

SA Henson, JL Sarmiento, JP Dunne, L Bopp… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Global climate change is predicted to alter the ocean's biological productivity. But how will
we recognise the impacts of climate change on ocean productivity? The most …

Integrating ecophysiology and plankton dynamics into projected maximum fisheries catch potential under climate change in the Northeast Atlantic

WWL Cheung, J Dunne, JL Sarmiento… - ICES Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cheung, WWL, Dunne, J., Sarmiento, JL, and Pauly, D. 2011. Integrating
ecophysiology and plankton dynamics into projected maximum fisheries catch potential …

Skill assessment for coupled biological/physical models of marine systems

CA Stow, J Jolliff, DJ McGillicuddy Jr, SC Doney… - Journal of Marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
Coupled biological/physical models of marine systems serve many purposes including the
synthesis of information, hypothesis generation, and as a tool for numerical experimentation …

[HTML][HTML] Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments

RJW Brewin, S Sathyendranath, T Platt, H Bouman… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The element carbon plays a central role in climate and life on Earth. It is capable of moving
among the geosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere. This flow of …

Summary diagrams for coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model skill assessment

JK Jolliff, JC Kindle, I Shulman, B Penta… - Journal of Marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
The increasing complexity of coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem models may require skill
assessment methods that both quantify various aspects of model performance and visually …