James Aiken

TL;DR: The biogeochemical properties of an extensive bloom (∼250,000 km2) of the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, in the north east Atlantic Ocean were investigated in June 1991.

TL;DR: In situ measurements of fluorescence during IronEx II show that the iron enrichment triggered biophysical alterations of the phytoplankton's photosynthetic apparatus, resulting in increased photosynthesis capacities throughout the experiment and, hence, the observed bloom.

TL;DR: Long-term research in the western English Channel, undertaken by the marine laboratories in Plymouth, is described and details of survey methods, sites, and time series given in this chapter are given.

TL;DR: A semianalytical approach to the problem of determining inherent optical properties from satellite and in situ ocean color data makes good retrievals of the total absorption and backscatter across the entire spectrum, with regression slopes close to unity, little or no bias, high percentage of variance explained, and low rms errors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the theoretical rationale of radiance band-ratio methods for determining chlorophyll a and other important biogeochemical parameters, and their implementation for the SeaWIFS mission.