1985-2000 – The Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Program

Z. V. Finkel and A.J. Irwin. 2000. Modelling size-dependent photosynthesis: light absorption and the allometric rule. Journal of theoretical Biology, 204: 361-369. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Laws, E.A., P.G. Falkowski, W.O. Smith, Jr. and J.J. McCarthy. 2000. Temperature effects on export production in the open ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 14:1231-1246. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Gorbunov, M.Y., P.G. Falkowski and Z. S. Kolber. 2000. Measurement of photosynthetic parameters in benthic organisms using a SCUBA-based fast repetition rate fluorometer. Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 242-245. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Kolber, Z.S., C. van Dover, RA Niederman, and P.G. Falkowski. 2000. Bacterial photosynthesis in surface waters of the open ocean. Nature 407: 177-179. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Falkowski, P.G. 2000. Rationalizing elemental ratios in unicellular algae. J. Phycol. 36: 3-6. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Falkowski, P. G. and others. 2000. The global carbon cycle: A test of our knowledge of the Earth as a system. Science 290: 291-294. [Reprint Copy – PDF]

1999

Behrenfeld, M. J., and Z. S. Kolber. 1999 Widespread iron limitation in the South Pacific Science. 283, 840-843. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Behrenfeld, M.J., O. Prasil, Z.S. Kolber, M. Babin and P.G. Falkowski. 1999. Compensatory changes in Photosystem II electron turnover rates protect photosynthesis from photoinhibition. Photosyn. Res. 58: 259-268. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Subramaniam, A., E.J. Carpenter, D. Karenz and P.G. Falkowski. 1999. Bio-optical properties of the marine diazotrophic cyanobcteria Trichodesmium spp. I. Absorption and photosynthetic action spectra. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44: 618-627. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Raven, J.A. and P.G. Falkowski. 1999. Oceanic sinks for atmospheric CO₂. Plant Cell Environ. 22:741-755. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Gorbunov, M.Y., Z.S. Kolber and P.G. Falkowski. 1999. Measuring photosynthetic parameters in individual algal cells by Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry. Photosyn. Res. 62: 141-153. [Reprint Copy – PDF]

1998

Falkowski, P., R. Barber, V. Smetacek, 1998 Biogeochemical controls and feedbacks on ocean primary production. Science. 281: 200-206. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Sukenik, A., J. C. Schneider, P. G. Roessler, A. Livine, T. Berner, Z. S. Kolber, K. Wyman, O. Prasil, and P. G. Falkowski. Photosynthetic characterization of mutant of Nanochloris deficient in the synthesis of eicosapentaenoic acid. 1998. Israel J. Plant Sci. 46, 101-108.
Prasil, O., Z. S. Kolber, and P.G. Falkowski. Measurements of variable fluorescence using fast repetition rate techniques. II. Modulation of quantum yields by the Qb binding site. Submitted to Photosynt. Res.
Kolber, Z. S., O. Prasil, and P. G. Falkowski. Measurements of variable chlorophyll fluorescence using fast repetition rate techniques. I. Defining methodology and experimental protocols. 1998. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1367, 88-106. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Behrenfeld, M.B., O. Prasil, Z. S. Kolber, M. Babin, and P. G. Falkowski. Compensatory changes in photosystem II electron turnover rates protect photosynthesis from photo inhibition. Photosynth. Res. 58:1-10.
Dale, R. H., K. R. Arrigo, Z. S. Kolber, M. Gosselin, and C. W. Sullivan. 1998. Photophysiological evidence of nutrient limitation of platelet ice algae in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica . J. Phycology, 34, 788-787
Flagg, Ch. N., Z. S. Kolber, and D. Wallace. 1998. Cold anticyclonic eddies formed from cold pool water in the southern Middle Atlantic Bight. Cont. Shelf Res., 1839-1867
C.B. Field, M.J. Behrenfeld, J.T. Randerson, P.G. Falkowski. 1998. Primary production of the biosphere: Integrating terrestrial and oceanic components. Science 281: 237-240. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Berges and Falkowski. 1998. Physiological stress and cell death in marine phytoplankton : induction of proteases in response to nitrogen or light limitation. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43: 129-135. [Reprint Copy – PDF]

1997

M.J. Behrenfeld & P.G. Falkowski. 1997. A consumer’s guide to phytoplankton primary productivity models. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42(7): 1479-1491. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
M.J. Behrenfeld & P.G. Falkowski. 1997. Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite-based chlorophyll concentration. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42:1-20 [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Falkowski, P.G., J.A. Raven, 1997a Aquatic Photosynthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publishers, Oxford , pp. 375.
Falkowski, P.G., J.A. Raven, 1997b The physics and physiology of photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems. J. Phycol. 33: 1085-1086.
Falkowski, P.G., M.J. Behrenfeld, W.E. Esaias, W. Balch, J.W. Campbell, R.L. Iverson, D.A. Kiefer, A. Morel, & J. Yoder. 1997. Satellite primary productivity data and algorithm development: A Science plan for Mission to Planet Earth. SeaWiFS Technical Report Series. NASA Tech. Mem. #104566, Vol. 42.
Boyd, P. W., J. Aiken, and Z. S. Kolber. 1997. Comparison of radiocarbon and fluorescence-based pump and probe measurements of phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 149, 215-226.
Falkowski, P.G., 1997a Evolution of the nitrogen cycle and its influence on the biological sequestration of CO2 in the ocean. Nature. 387: 272-275. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Falkowski, P.G., 1997b The paradox of carbon dioxide efflux. Current Biology. 7: R637-R639. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Robinson, D. H., Z. S. Kolber, and C. W. Sullivan. 1997. Photophysiology and photoacclimation in surface sea algae from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica . Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 147, 243-246.
R.C. Swartz, S.P Ferraro, J.O. Lamberson, F.A. Cole, R.J. Ozretich, B.L. Boese, D.W. Schults, M. Behrenfeld & G.T Ankley. (1997) Photoactivation and toxicity of mixtures of PAH compounds in marine sediment. Env. Tox. Chem. 10:2151-2157.

1996

Berges, J.A., D.O. Charlebois, D.C. Mauzerall, P.G. Falkowski. 1996. Differential effects of nitrogen limitation on photosynthetic efficiency of photosystems I and II in microalgae. Plant Physiol. 110: 689-696. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Polívka, T., Pšencík, J., Kroh, P., Engst, D., Komenda, J., Prášil, O., Falkowski, P.G., Hála, J. (1996) Hole-burning study of energy transfer in antenna proteins of Dunaliella tertiolecta affectd by iron limitation. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 291: 111-117.
Behrenfeld, M. J., A. J. Bale, Z. S. Kolber, J. Aiken, and P.G. Falkowski. 1996. Confirmation of iron limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the equatorial Pacific Ocean . Nature 383, 508-511.
Prasil, O., Z.S. Kolber, J. A. Berry, and P. G. Falkowski. 1996. Cyclic electron flow around Photosystem II in vivo. Photosynth. Res. 48, 395-410.
Babin, M., A. Morel, H. Claustre, A. Bricaud, Z.S. Kolber, and P. G. Falkowski. 1996. Nitrogen- and irradiance-dependent quantum yield of carbon fixation in eutrophic, mesotrophic, and oligotrophic marine systems. Deep-Sea Research 43, 1241-1272. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
J.T. Hardy, A. Hanneman, M.J. Behrenfeld & R. Horner. 1996. Environmental biogeography of phytoplankton in the Southeast Pacific Ocean . Deep-Sea Res. 43(10):1-13.

1995

Falkowski, P.G., 1995 Ironing out what controls primary production in the nutrient rich waters of the open ocean. Global Change Biology. 1: 161-163.
Vassiliev, I. R., Z. S. Kolber, D. Mauzerall, V.K. Shukla, K. D. Wyman, and P.G. Falkowski. 1995. Effects of iron limitation on photosystem II composition and energy trapping in Dunaliella tertiolecta. Plant Physiol. 109, 963-972.
Falkowski, P.G and Z. S. Kolber. 1995. Variations in chlorophyll fluorescence yields in phytoplankton in the world oceans. Aust. J. Plant. Physiol. 22, 341-355.
Vassiliev, I.R., et al.1995. Effects of iron limitation on photosystem II composition and light utilization in Dunaliella tertiolecta. Plant Physiol. 109: 963-972. [Reprint Copy – PDF]

1994

Falkowski, P.G., 1994 The role of phytoplankton photosynthesis in global biogeochemical cycles. Photosyn. Res. 39: 235-258.
Falkowski, P.G., P.E. Biscaye, C. Sancetta, 1994a The lateral flux of biogeneic particles from the eastern North American continental margin to the North Atlantic Ocean. Cont Shelf Res. 41: 583-601.
Falkowski, P.G, Z. S. Kolber, and D. Mauzerall. 1994. A comment on the Call to throw away your fluorescence induction apparatus. Biophys. J. 66, 923-925.
M.J. Behrenfeld, D.R.S Lean & H. Lee II. 1995. Ultraviolet-B radiation effects on inorganic nitrogen uptake by natural assemblages of oceanic plankton. J. Phycol. 31:25-36
Greene, R.M., Z. S. Kolber, D.G. Swift, N.W. Tindale, and P.G. Falkowski. 1994. Physiological limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific determined from variability of the quantum yield of fluorescence. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39, 1061-1074. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Olaizola, M., J. Laroche, Z. S. Kolber, and P.G. Falkowski. 1994. Nonphotochemical Fluorescence Quenching and the Diadinoxanthin Cycle in Marine Phytoplankton. Photosynth. Res. 41, 357-370.
Vassiliev, I. R., O. Prasil, K. D. Wyman, Z. S. Kolber, A. K. Hanson, J. E. Prentice, and P. G. Falkowski. 1994. Inhibition of PSII photochemistry by PAR and UV radiation in natural phytoplankton communities. Photosynth. Res. 42, 51-64.
Polewski, K., S., L. Kramer, Z. S. Kolber, J. G. Trunk, D. C. Monteleone, and J. C. Sutherland. 1994. Time-resolved fluorescence using synchrotron radiation excitation: a powered fourth-cavity improves pulse stability. Rev. Sci. Instr. 65, 2562-2567.
Martin, J.H., K. H. Coale, Z. S. Kolber, et al. 1994. Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean . Nature 371, 123-129.
Kolber Z. S., R. T. Barber, K. H. Coale, S. E. Fitzwater, R. M. Greene, K. S. Johnson, S. Lindley, and P. G. Falkowski. 1994. Iron limitation of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Nature 371, 145-149.

1993

Falkowski, P.G., Z. Dubinsky, L. Muscatine, L. McCloskey, 1993 Population control in symbiotic corals. BioScience. 43: 606-611.
Falkowski, P.G., K. Kolber, 1993 Estimation of phytoplankton photosynthesis by active fluorescence. Internat. Con. Explor. Sea. Symp. 197: 92-103.
Kolber, Z. S. and P. G. Falkowski. 1993. Use of active fluorescence to estimate phytoplankton photosynthesis in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38, 1646-1665. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Geider, R. J., R. M. Greene., Z. S. Kolber, H. MacIntyre, and P.G. Falkowski. 1993. Fluorescence assessment of the maximum quantum efficiency of photosynthesis in the western North Atlantic . Deep-Sea Res. 40, 1205-1224.
M.J. Behrenfeld, H. Lee II & L.F. Small. 1993. Interactions between nutritional status and long- term responses to ultraviolet-B radiation stress in a marine diatom. Mar. Biol. 118:523-530.
M.J. Behrenfeld, J.W. Chapman, J.T. Hardy & H. Lee II. 1993. Is there a common response to ultraviolet-B radiation by marine phytoplankton? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 102:59-68.
M.J. Behrenfeld, J.T. Hardy, H. Gucinski, A. Hanneman, H. Lee II & A. Wones. 1993. Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on primary production along latitudinal transects in the South Pacific Ocean . Mar. Env. Res. 35:349-363.

1992

Falkowski, P.G., 1992a Biotechnology and global climate change. Current opinion in biotechnology. 3: 286-290.
Falkowski, P.G., 1992b A carbon budget for the northeast continental shelf ecosystem: Results of the Shelf Edge Exchange Process Studies. In: K. Sherman, L. M. Alexander and B. D. Gold (eds.) Food Chains, Yields, Models, and Management of Large Marine Ecosystems. Westview Press, San Francisco . pp. 35-48.
Falkowski, P.G., 1992c Molecular ecology of phytoplankton photosynthesis. Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea: 47-67.
Falkowski, P.G., C. Wilson, 1992 Phytoplankton productivity in the North Pacific ocean since 1900 and implications for absorption of anthropogenic CO2. Nature. 358: 741-743.
Falkowski, P.G., A.D. Woodhead, 1992 Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea. Plenum Press, New York . pp. 550.
Falkowski, P.G., 1992d Molecular ecology of phytoplankton photosynthesis. In: P. G. Falkowski and A. Woodhead (eds.) Primary productivity and biogeochemical cycles in the sea. Plenum Press. pp. 47-67.
Falkowski, P.G., 1992e Phytoplankton Photosynthesis in the Ocean in relation to the Global Carbon Cycle. N. Murata (ed.), Research in Photosynthesis. 4: 803-810.
Falkowski, P. G., Y. Kim, Z. S. Kolber, C. Wilson, C. Wirick, and R. Cess. 1992. Natural versus antropogenic factors affecting low-level cloud albedo over the North Atlantic . Science 256, 1311-1313.
Falkowski, P.G., R. Greene, R. Geider, 1992a Physiological limitations on phytoplankton productivity in the ocean. Oceanography. 5(2): 84-91.
M.J. Behrenfeld, J.T. Hardy, & H. Lee II. 1992. Chronic effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on growth and cell volume of Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 28:757- 760.
Greene, R. M., R. J. Geider, Z. S. Kolber, and P. G. Falkowski. 1992. Iron-induced changes in light harvesting and photochemical conversion processes in eucaryotic marine algae. Plant Physiol. 100, 565- 575.

1991

Falkowski, P.G., 1991 Species variability in the fractionation of 13C and 12C by marine phytoplankton. J. Plankton. Res. 13: 21-28.
Falkowski, P.G., S. Demers, L. Legendre, 1991a Concluding remarks: promises and limitations of individual cell and particle analysis. In: S. Demers (ed.) Particle Analysis in Oceanography, Series G ed, vol. 27. Springer-Verlag , Berlin . pp. 403-408.
Falkowski, P.G., D. Ziemann, Z. Kolber, P.K. Bienfang, 1991b Nutrient pumping and phytoplankton response in a subtropical mesoscale eddy. Nature. 352: 544-551.
Falkowski, P.G., D. Ziemann, Z. Kolber, P.K. Bienfang, 1991c Role of eddy pumping in enhancing primary production in the ocean. Nature. 352: 55-58.
Falkowski, P.G., J. LaRoche, 1991a Acclimatation to spectral irradiance in algae (minireview). J. Phycol. 27: 8-14.
Falkowski, P.G., J. LaRoche, 1991b Acclimation to spectral irradiance in algae. J. Phycol. 27: 8-14.
Falkowski, P.G., J. LaRoche, 1991c Adaptation to spectral irradiance in unicellular algae. J. Phycol. 27: 8-14.
Falkowski, P.G., L. J., 1991 Molecular biology in studies of ocean processes. International Review of Cytology. 128: 261-303.
Chowdhury, F.N., Z. S. Kolber, and M. D. Barkley. 1991. Monte Carlo convolution method for simulation and analysis of fluorescence decay data. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 62 (1), 47-52.

1990

Falkowski, P.G., Z. Kolber, 1990 Phytoplankton photosynthesis in the Atlantic Ocean as measured from a submersible pump and probe fluorometer in situ. In: M. Baltscheffsky (ed.) Current research in photosynthesis IV. Kluwer. pp. 923-926.
Falkowski, P.G., L.M. Kirschner, 1990 Ocean Biology and Global Climate. Natural Science: 284-291.
Kolber, Z. S, K. D. Wyman, and P. G. Falkowski. 1990. Natural variability in photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency: a field study in the Gulf of Maine . Limnol. Oceanogr. 35, 72-79. [Reprint Copy – PDF]
Falkowski, P.G., P.L. Jokiel, R.A. Kinzie, 1990 Irradiance and Corals. Coral Reefs: 89-107.

1989

Falkowski, P.G., A. Sukenik, R. Herzig, 1989 Nitrogen limitation in Isochrysis galbana (Haptophyceae). II. Relative abundance of chloroplast proteins. J. Phycol. 25: 471-478.
M.J. Behrenfeld & J.W Chapman. 1990. Our disappearing ozone shield. Current 10(3):13-17. 1988
Falkowski, P.G., C.N. Flagg, G.T. Rowe, S.L. Smith, T.E. Whiteledge, C.D. Wirick, 1988a The fate of a spring phytoplankton bloom: export or oxidation? Cont. Shelf Res. 8(5-7): 457-484.
Kolber, Z. S., J. Zehr, and P. G. Falkowski. 1988. Effects of growth irradiance and nitrogen limitation on photosynthetic energy conversion in Photosystem II. Plant Physiol. 88, 923-929.
Falkowski, P.G., Z. Kolber, Y. Fujita, 1988b Effect of redox state on the dynamics of Photosystem II during steady-state photosynthesis in eucaryotic algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 933: 432-443.
Falkowski, P.G., Z. Kolber, Y. Funita, 1988c Effect of redox state on the dynamics of Photosystem II during steady-state photosynthesis in eucaryotic algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 933: 432-443.
Berner T., Z. Dubinsky, P.G. Falkowski, K. Wyman, 1989. Photoadaptation and the “package” effect in Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae). J Phycol. 25: 70-78.

1987

Falkowski, P.G., Y. Fujita, 1987 Effect of light state transitions on the apparent absorption cross section of photosystem II in Chlorella. In: J. Biggins (ed.) Progress in Photosynthesis Research, vol. II. Dordrecht , Mortinus Nijhoff. pp. 737-740.

1986

Falkowski, P.G., Y. Fujita, A.C. Ley, D. Mauzerall, 1986a Evidence for cyclic electron flow around photosystem II in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Plant Physiol. 81: 310-312.
Falkowski, P.G., Y. Fujita, A.C. Ley, D.C. Mauzerall, 1986b Evidence for cyclic electron flow around photosystem II in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Plant Physiol. 81: 310-312.
Falkowski, P.G., K. Wyman, A.C. Ley, D. Mauzerall, 1986c Relationship of steady state photosynthesis to fluorescence in eucaryotic algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 849: 183-192.
Falkowski, P.G., K. Wyman, A.C. Ley, D.C. Mauzerall, 1986d Relationship of steady state photosynthesis to fluorescence in eucaryotic algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 849: 183-192.
Kolber, Z. S. and M. D Barkley. 1986. Comparison of approaches to the instrumental response function in fluorescence decay measurements. Anal. Biochemistry 152, 6-21.

1985

Falkowski, P., D.A. Kiefer, 1985a Chlorophyll a fluorescence in phytoplankton: Relationship to photosynthesis and biomass. Group For Primary Productivity Gap, Second International Workshop Held At The National Oceanographic Institute, Haifa , Israel In April May. 7: 715-731.
Falkowski, P.G., D.A. Kiefer, 1985b Chlorophyll a fluorescence in phytoplankton: Relationship to photosynthesis and biomass. J. Plankton Res. 7: 715-731.
Falkowski, P.G., Z. Dubinski, G. Santostefan, 1985a Light enhanced dark respiration in phytoplankton. Limnol. 22: 2830-2833.
Falkowski, P.G., Z. Dubinsky, G. Santostefano, 1985b Light-enhanced dark respiration in phytoplankton. Int. Ver. Theor. Angew. Limnol. Verh. 22: 2830.
Falkowski, P.G., Z. Dubinsky, K. Wyman, 1985c Growth-irradiance relationships in phytoplankton. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30: 311-321.