Submarine volcanic eruptions can result in both real and apparent changes in marine algal communities, e.g., increases in phytoplankton biomass and/or growth rates that can cover thousands of square kilometers. Satellite ocean color monitoring detects these changes as increases in chlorophyll and particulate backscattering. Detailed, high resolution analysis is needed...
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Submarine Volcanic Eruptions
Robert T. O’Malleya, Michael J. Behrenfelda*, Toby K. Westberrya, Allen J
Diatoms are a ubiquitous group of plankton responsible for 20-40% of oceanic
primary production, and a higher fraction of organic matter export to the ocean
interior. Diatoms actively transport dissolved inorganic silicon into their cells, and
through the process of silicification (i.e. biogenic silica production) they build tough
and intricate...
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submitted manuscripts from these chapters. Dr. Michael W. Lomas
(Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences