The second AME SPECIAL is based on presentations and experiments from the 8th International Workshop of the Group for Aquatic Primary productivity (GAP). The papers cover a diverse range of topics within the field, encompassing syntheses of topics such as the relative magnitudes of photosynthesis and respiration, and the global contributions of oxygenic vs. anoxygenic producers; investigations of analytical methods; studies on the effects of nutrient delivery to photosynthesis; investigations of producers in extreme (ultrasaline) conditions and in mass culture. The discussions and findings are relevant to interpretation of experimental data, laboratory- to global-scale estimates of productivity, and the nascent field of commercial-scale culture of microalgae for biofuels or feedstocks.
We are pleased to make the online version of this SPECIAL available with Open Access.
Publication date: September 3, 2009
Editors: Hugh MacIntyre, Tom Berman, Ilana Berman Frank
Berman-Frank I, Berman T, MacIntyre H
INTRODUCTION: Progress and perspectives in aquatic primary productivity: introduction
AME 56:109-111 | Full text in pdf format
Beardall J, Ihnken S, Quigg A
REVIEW: Gross and net primary production: closing the gap between concepts and measurements
AME 56:113-122 | Full text in pdf format
Marra J
REVIEW: Net and gross productivity: weighing in with 14C
AME 56:123-131 | Full text in pdf format
Luz B, Barkan E
Net and gross oxygen production from O2/Ar, 17O/16O and 18O/16O ratios
AME 56:133-145 | Full text in pdf format
Suggett DJ, MacIntyre HL, Kana TM, Geider RJ
Comparing electron transport with gas exchange: parameterising exchange rates between alternative photosynthetic currencies for eukaryotic phytoplankton
AME 56:147-162 | Full text in pdf format
Dubinsky Z, Stambler N
REVIEW: Photoacclimation processes in phytoplankton: mechanisms, consequences, and applications
AME 56:163-176 | Full text in pdf format
Raven JA
REVIEW: Contributions of anoxygenic and oxygenic phototrophy and chemolithotrophy to carbon and oxygen fluxes in aquatic environments
AME 56:177-192 | Full text in pdf format
Oren A
REVIEW: Saltern evaporation ponds as model systems for the study of primary production processes under hypersaline conditions
AME 56:193-204 | Full text in pdf format
Iluz D, Dishon G, Capuzzo E, Meeder E, Astoreca R, Montecino V, Znachor P, Ediger D, Marra J
Short-term variability in primary productivity during a wind-driven diatom bloom in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba)
AME 56:205-215 | Full text in pdf format
Bar-Zeev E, Berman-Frank I, Stambler N, Vázquez Domínguez E, Zohary T, Capuzzo E, Meeder E, Suggett DJ, Iluz D, Dishon G, Berman T
Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) link phytoplankton and bacterial production in the Gulf of Aqaba
AME 56:217-225 | Full text in pdf format
Suggett DJ, Stambler N, O Prášil, Kolber Z, Quigg A, Vázquez-Dominguez E, Zohary T, Berman T, Iluz D, Levitan O, Lawson T, Meeder E, Lazar B, Bar-Zeev E, Medova H, Berman-Frank I
Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of oceanic microbial growth during spring in the Gulf of Aqaba
AME 56:227-239 | Full text in pdf format
Lis H, Shaked Y
Probing the bioavailability of organically bound iron: a case study in the Synechococcus-rich waters of the Gulf of Aqaba
AME 56:241-253 | Full text in pdf format
Warkentin M, Schumann R, Oren A
Community respiration studies in saltern crystallizer ponds
AME 56:255-261 | Full text in pdf format
Woelfel J, Sørensen K, Warkentin M, Forster S, Oren A, Schumann R
Oxygen evolution in a hypersaline crust: in situ photosynthesis quantification by microelectrode profiling and use of planar optode spots in incubation chambers
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Sørensen K, Řeháková K, Zapom?lová E, Oren A
Distribution of benthic phototrophs, sulfate reducers, and methanogens in two adjacent saltern evaporation ponds in Eilat, Israel
AME 56:275-284 | Full text in pdf format
Prášil O, Bína D, Medová H, Řeháková K, Zapomelová E, Veselá J, Oren A
Emission spectroscopy and kinetic fluorometry studies of phototrophic microbial communities along a salinity gradient in solar saltern evaporation ponds of Eilat, Israel
AME 56:285-296 | Full text in pdf format
Sukenik A, Beardall J, Kromkamp JC, Kopecký J, Masojídek J, van Bergeijk S, Gabai S, Shaham E, Yamshon A
Photosynthetic performance of outdoor Nannochloropsis mass cultures under a wide range of environmental conditions
AME 56:297-308 | Full text in pdf format
Kromkamp JC, Beardall J, Sukenik A, Kopecký J, Masojídek J, van Bergeijk S, Gabai S, Shaham E, Yamshon A
Short-term variations in photosynthetic parameters of Nannochloropsis cultures grown in two types of outdoor mass cultivation systems
AME 56:309-322 | Full text in pdf format