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Michael Behrenfeld Professor (Senior Research)
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Marine algae.
Physiological-ecology of marine algae, biogeochemcial cycles, remote sensing of the biosphere, novel optical approaches to understanding algal ecology/physiology, biochemistry & biophysics of photosynthesis, physiological responses of plants to environmental stresses, and regional & global ecological modeling, climate change and carbon cycling.
Julie Arrington
Giorgio Dall'Olmo
Kim Halsey
Robert O'Malley
Toby Westbury
Phytoplankton Ecophysiology Lab
T. Westberry, M.J. Behrenfeld, D.A. Siegel, E. Boss. 2006. Carbon-based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photophysiology.. Global Biogeochem. Cycles . Submitted
M.J. Behrenfeld, R.O'Malley, D.Siegel, C. McClain, J. Sarmiento, G. Feldman, A. Milligan, P. Falkowski, R. Letelier, E. Boss. 2006. Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity. Nature 444, 752-755
M.J. Behrenfeld, K. Worthington, R.M. Sherrell, F. Chavez, P. Strutton, M. McPhaden, D. Shea. 2006. Controls on tropical Pacific ocean productivity revealed through nutrient stress diagnostics. Nature 442, 1025-1028
M-E Carr, M.A Friedrichs, M. Schmeltz, M.N. Aita, D. Antoine, K.R. Arrigo, I. Asanuma, O. Aumont, R. Barber, M. Behrenfeld, R. Bidigare, E.T. Buitenhuis, J. Campbell, A. Ciotti, H. Dierssen, M. Dowell, J. Dunne, W. Esaias, B. Gentili, W. Gregg, S. Groom, N. Hoepner, J. Ishizaka, T. Kameda, C. Le Quere, S. Lohrenz, J. Marra, F. Melin, K. Moore, A. Morel, T.E. Reddy, J. Ryan, M. Scardi, T. Smyth, K. Turpie , G. Tilstone, K. Waters, Y. Yamanaka. 2006. A comparison of global estimates of marine primary production from ocean color. Deep Sea Res. 53, 741-770
M.J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss. 2006. Beam attenuation and chlorophyll concentration as alternative optical indices of phytoplankton biomass. J. Mar. Res . 64, 431-451.
D.A. Siegel, S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson, M.J. Behrenfeld, C.R. McClain. 2005. Colored dissolved organic matter and its influence on the satellite-based characterization of the ocean biosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett . 32, L20605, doi:10.1029/2005GL024310
D.A. Siegel, S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson, M.J. Behrenfeld. 2005. Independence and interdependences among global ocean color properties: Reassessing the bio-optical assumption. J. Geophys. Res . 110, C07011, doi:10.1029/2004JC002527
M.J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss, D. A. Siegel & D. M. Shea 2005. Carbon-based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space. Global Biogeochem. Cycles , 19, GB1006, doi:10.1029/2004GB002299 (also cited as Editor's Choice in Science 307: 646)
F. Bruyant, M. Babin, B. Genty, O. Prasil, M.J. Behrenfeld, H. Claustre, A. Bricaud, J.
Holtzendorff, M. Koblizek, L. Garczareck & F. Partensky. 2005. Diel variations in the photosynthetic parameters of Prochlorococcus strain PCC 9511: combined effects of light and cell cycle. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(3): 850-863
H. Havelková-Doušová, O. Prášil, & M. Behrenfeld. 2004. Photoacclimation of Duneliella tertiolecta (chlorophyceae) to natural light fluctuations simulating vertical mixing. Photosynthetica . 42:273-281.
M.J. Behrenfeld, O. Prasil, M. Babin & F. Bruyant. 2004. In search of a physiological basis for
covariations in light-limited and light-saturated photosynthesis. J. Phycology . 40:4-25.
M.J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss. 2003. The beam attenuation to chlorophyll ratio: an optical index of phytoplankton photoacclimation in the surface ocean? Deep Sea Research . 50:1537-1549.
E. Marañón, M.J. Behrenfeld, N. González, B. Mouriño & M.V. Zubkov. 2003. Variability in primary production in low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions of the central Atlantic ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 257:1-11.
