Roger Harris

TL;DR: The theory predicts that the differential temperature-dependence of respiration and photosynthesis at the organism level determines the response of the metabolic balance of the epipelagic ocean to changes in ambient temperature, a prediction that supports with empirical data over the global ocean.

TL;DR: Biodiversity data for marine plankton assemblages from different areas of the world ocean shows a worldwide consistency, despite obvious differences in environmental conditions of the various oceanographic regions, and may serve as a new benchmark in the search for global biodiversity patterns of plants and herbivores.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the ability to adapt to, or manage, regime shifts depends upon their uniqueness, the understanding of their causes and linkages among ecosystem components and the authors' observational capabilities.

TL;DR: In this article, a hypothesis is posed where blooming species are those able to escape control by microzooplankton through a combination of predation avoidance mechanisms (e.g. larger size, colonies, spines, and toxic compounds) at the beginning of 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.