DURIP: Acquisition of a Liquid-chromatography / Mass-spectrometry System
Abstract
My primary research interest is the effect of phytoplankton community structure on carbon cycling and optical properties of the marine environment. Methods used in our lab are based on biomarkers - chlorophylls, carotenoids, and sterols - to study marine phytoplankton communities and their effects on carbon cycling in the ocean and ocean optics. It is my intent to contribute with these studies to the understanding of the factors that govern these processes in the ocean. I intend to continue water column studies in the Southern California Bight and to start a program in the Eastern Tropical Pacific to study the interaction of phytoplankton physiology, water column structure and subsurface oxygen concentrations. In parallel, I will study phytoplankton-derived chromophores in the marine environment, characterized these, determine their effects on ocean optics and access their utility as biomarker for the study of phytoplankton in the ocean.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA628450
Entities
People
- Ralf Goericke
Organizations
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography