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Single Turnover Active Fluorometry of Encolsed Samples for Autonomous Phytoplankton Productivity (STAFES-APP)

Project overview

In collaboration with industry and academic partners we are developing a new generation of active chlorophyll fluorometers for the estimation of phytoplankton primary production on autonomous platforms.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Mark Moore

Professor of Oceanography

Research interests

  • Marine Biogeochemistry
  • Oceanic nutrient and carbon cycling
  • Phytoplankton photosynthesis
Connect with Mark

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Tom Bibby

Professor of Biological Oceanography

Research interests

  • (1) The role of photosynthetic microbes in global biogeochemical cycles(2) The use of photosynthetic microbes for sustainable products
Connect with Tom

Email: [email protected]

Dr Anna Hickman

Lecturer

Research interests

  • The role of marine phytoplankton in biogeochemical cycles
  • Phytoplankton ecology, primary production, photo physiology and bio-optics
  • Understanding the physical controls on biological processes and associated feedbacks
Connect with Anna

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Marine Biogeochemistry

We research the biogeochemistry of marine systems, both in the open ocean and in shelf seas. We take on societal and global environmental issues.

Research outputs

Single-turnover variable chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool for assessing phytoplankton photosynthesis and primary productivity: Opportunities, caveats and recommendations
Nina Schuback, P. Tortell, I. Berman-Frank, Douglas A. Campbell, Anna Hickman, Aurea M. Ciotti, Emilie Courtecuisse, Zachary K. Erickson, Tetsuichi Fujiki, Kimberly Halsey, David Hughes, Yannick Huot, Maxim Y. Gorbunov, Z. Kolber, Christopher Moore, Kevin Oxborough, Ondřej Prášil, Charlotte Mary Robinson, T. Ryan-Keogh, Greg Silsbe, Stefan G. H. Simis, David J. Suggett, Sandy J. Thomalla & Deepa Ruth Varkey, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.690607
Type: review
Roadmaps and detours
David J. Hughes, Douglas A. Campbell, Martina A. Doblin, Jacco C. Kromkamp, Evelyn Lawrenz, C. Mark Moore, Kevin Oxborough, Ondřej Prášil, Peter J. Ralph, Marco F. Alvarez & David J. Suggett, 2018, Environmental Science and Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03488
Type: article