The phenomenon of subsurface chlorophyll maximum layers (SCMLs) is not a unique
ecological response to environmental conditions; rather, a broad range of interacting …

This work characterizes patterns of temporal variability in surface waters of the central Gulf of
Mexico. We examine remote-sensing based observations of sea surface temperature (SST) …

Enhanced vertical carbon transport (gravitational sinking and subduction) at mesoscale
ocean fronts may explain the demonstrated imbalance of new production and sinking …

Primary production and photoacclimation models are two important classes of physiological
models that find applications in remote sensing of pools and fluxes of carbon associated …

Plankton community models are critical tools for understanding the processes that shape
marine plankton communities, how plankton communities impact biogeochemical cycles …

Subsurface chlorophyll maxima are widely observed in the ocean, and they often occur at
greater depths than maximum phytoplankton biomass. However, a consistent mechanistic …

The ratio of two in situ optical measurements–chlorophyll fluorescence (Chl F) and optical
particulate backscattering (b bp)–varied with changes in phytoplankton community …

Observations and theory have suggested that ocean fronts are ecological hotspots,
associated with higher diversity and biomass across many trophic levels. The hypothesis …

Abstract The Bay of Bengal (BoB) generally exhibits surface oligotrophy due to nutrient
limitation induced by strong salinity stratification. Nevertheless, there are hotspots of high …

The highly stratified, oligotrophic regions of the oceans are predominantly nitrogen limited in
the surface ocean and light limited at the deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM). Hence …