| Oceanography > Issues > Archive > Volume 14 > Issue 3 |
2001, Oceanography 14(3):30–53, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.22
Resolving the Impacts and Feedback of Ocean Optics on Upper Ocean Ecology
Authors | First Paragraph | Full Article | Citation
Authors
W. Paul Bissett | Florida Environmental Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA
Oscar Schofieid | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Scott Glenn | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
John J. Cullen | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
William L. Miller | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Albert J. Plueddemann | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Curtis D. Mobley | Sequoia Scientific, Inc., Redmond, Washington, USA
First Paragraph
The abundance and fecundity of life on this planet is directly related to the energy supplied by the sun. The pyramid of life starts with the absorption of a fraction of this energy, followed by its conversion from electromagnetic to chemical energy (photosynthesis) and its subsequent storage into biomass (primary production). This chemical energy supports, in one way or another, the myriad of food webs that exist on the earth 1. Thus, the study of food webs and their dynamics is to a first order defined by the basic energy inputs into the ecosystem, and therefore the study of life requires understanding of the amount of energy available to feed biological systems.
Full Article
Citation
Bissett, W.P., O. Schofield, S. Glenn, J.J. Cullen, W.L. Miller, A.J. Plueddemann, and C.D. Mobley. 2001. Resolving the impacts and feedback of ocean optics on upper ocean ecology. Oceanography 14(3):30–53, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2001.22.