Phytoplankton Productivity. Carbon Assimilation in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2002. illus. XIV, 386 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Chapter headings: A Biography of Einer Steemann Nielsen: The Manand his Science/ History of the Study of Plankton Productivity/Physiology and Biochemistry of Photosynthesis and Algal CarbonAcquisition/ Approaches to the Measurement of Plankton Production/Supply and Uptake of Inorganic Nutrients/ Variability of Planktonand Plankton Processes on the Mesoscale/ Assessment of PrimaryProduction at the Global Scale/ On the Interannual Variability inPhytoplankton Production in Freshwaters/ Sustained and AperiodicVariability in Organic Matter Production and Phototrophic MicrobialCommunity Structure in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre/ Regional -scale Influences on the Long - term Dynamics of Lake Plankton/Ecosystem Function and Degredation/ On the Evolution of the CarbonCycle/ Marine Productivity: Footprints of the Past and Steps into theFuture/ Appendix: Steemann Nielsen's Publications.