Photosynthetic parameters and empirical modelling of primary production: a case study on the Antarctic Peninsula shelf

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Moline, Mark A., Schofield, Oscar, Boucher, Nicolas P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102098000078; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102098000078

Eight hundred photosynthesis-irradiance relationships were determined in the shelf waters adjacent to Palmer Station, Antarctica during the spring/summer periods of 1991–94. Biomass specific maximum photosynthetic rate, P B max , and the light limited photosynthetic efficiency, α B , were poorly cor...