Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms
One of the most dramatic large-scale features in the ocean is the seasonal greening of the North Atlantic in spring and summer due to the accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the surface layer. In 1953, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup hypothesized a now canonical mechanism for the development and timing o...
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ftmit:oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/88184 2023-06-11T04:14:27+02:00 Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms Alexander, Harriet Sosik, Heidi Fischer, Alexis Dal Moberg, Emily A. Brownlee, Emily F. Hunter-Cevera, Kristen Rachel Pitz, Kathleen Johnson Rosengard, Sarah Zhou Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Fischer, Alexis Dal Moberg, Emily A. Alexander, Harriet Brownlee, Emily F. Hunter-Cevera, Kristen Rachel Pitz, Kathleen Johnson Rosengard, Sarah Zhou 2014-03 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88184 en_US eng The Oceanography Society http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.26 Oceanography 10428275 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88184 Fischer, Alexis, Emily Moberg, Harriet Alexander, Emily Brownlee, Kristen Hunter-Cevera, Kathleen Pitz, Sarah Rosengard, and Heidi Sosik. “Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms.” Oceanography 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 222–235. © The Oceanography Society orcid:0000-0003-1308-8008 orcid:0000-0001-7106-1095 orcid:0000-0002-4745-6967 orcid:0000-0002-8028-487X orcid:0000-0002-4931-8592 orcid:0000-0001-9127-9884 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Oceanography Society Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2014 ftmit https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.26 2023-05-29T07:32:08Z One of the most dramatic large-scale features in the ocean is the seasonal greening of the North Atlantic in spring and summer due to the accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the surface layer. In 1953, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup hypothesized a now canonical mechanism for the development and timing of phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic. Over the next 60 years, Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis spurred progress in understanding of bloom dynamics and offered a valuable theoretical framework on which to build. In reviewing 60 years of literature, the authors trace the development of modern bloom initiation hypotheses, highlighting three case studies that illuminate the complexity, including both catalysts and impediments, of scientific progress in the wake of Sverdrup's hypothesis. Most notably, these cases demonstrate that the evolution of our understanding of phytoplankton blooms was paced by access not only to technology but also to concurrent insights from several disciplines. This exploration of the trajectories and successes in bloom studies highlights the need for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations to address the complexity of phytoplankton bloom dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Oceanography 27 1 222 235 |
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One of the most dramatic large-scale features in the ocean is the seasonal greening of the North Atlantic in spring and summer due to the accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the surface layer. In 1953, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup hypothesized a now canonical mechanism for the development and timing of phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic. Over the next 60 years, Sverdrup's Critical Depth Hypothesis spurred progress in understanding of bloom dynamics and offered a valuable theoretical framework on which to build. In reviewing 60 years of literature, the authors trace the development of modern bloom initiation hypotheses, highlighting three case studies that illuminate the complexity, including both catalysts and impediments, of scientific progress in the wake of Sverdrup's hypothesis. Most notably, these cases demonstrate that the evolution of our understanding of phytoplankton blooms was paced by access not only to technology but also to concurrent insights from several disciplines. This exploration of the trajectories and successes in bloom studies highlights the need for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations to address the complexity of phytoplankton bloom dynamics. |
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Alexander, Harriet Sosik, Heidi Fischer, Alexis Dal Moberg, Emily A. Brownlee, Emily F. Hunter-Cevera, Kristen Rachel Pitz, Kathleen Johnson Rosengard, Sarah Zhou Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms |
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Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms |
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Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms |
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Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.26 Oceanography 10428275 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88184 Fischer, Alexis, Emily Moberg, Harriet Alexander, Emily Brownlee, Kristen Hunter-Cevera, Kathleen Pitz, Sarah Rosengard, and Heidi Sosik. “Sixty Years of Sverdrup: A Retrospective of Progress in the Study of Phytoplankton Blooms.” Oceanography 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 222–235. © The Oceanography Society orcid:0000-0003-1308-8008 orcid:0000-0001-7106-1095 orcid:0000-0002-4745-6967 orcid:0000-0002-8028-487X orcid:0000-0002-4931-8592 orcid:0000-0001-9127-9884 |
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