Richard W. Eppley's Contributions to Phytoplankton Physiology and BiologicalOceanography

摘要

Richard W. Eppley has established himself as one of the most influentialbiological oceanographers of this century through his contributions to the field of phytoplankton physiological ecology and his interdisciplinary approach to oceanographic processes. In this article, his former Ph.D. students and postdoctoral associates review his contributions to oceanographic research and the oceanographic community. His contributions include development of techniques for estimating phytoplankton biomass and growth, studies of the diel periodicity of phytoplankton metabolism, identification of the effects of environmental factors on the physiological and chemical characteristics of phytoplankton, interpretation of chemical and physiological measurements in terms of the oceanographic processes which influence phytoplankton, and quantification of the roles of phytoplankton in microbial food webs and biogeochemical cycling.