Role of Nutrients in the Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Phytoplankton Thin Layers.

摘要

This project is a collaboration between Dr. Mary Jane Perry, University of Maine, and Dr. Robert Byrne, University of South Florida. Our long-term objective is to better understand the mechanisms involved in the development, maintenance, and transformation of optically-active, thin layers. Because nutrients play an important role in regulating phytoplankton growth and in maintaining phytoplankton thin layers, our specific goals are to determine how phytoplankton photosynthetic physiology responds to small changes in nutrient flux, how nutrient flux regulates thin layer dynamics, and how changes in pH can be used to infer the net trophic status of thin layer.