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Welcome to the UCSB website of the Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG).

MPPG dates back to 1979. Dozens of MS/PhD graduate students, more than a hundred undergraduate researchers, and a number of distinguished visiting scientists have been participants. The MPPG website introduces you to who we are today, tutorials on our current and past research and highlights of past accomplishments. It is largely a public archive of MPPG publications, presentations and technical reports, with dynamic links to course materials as well as to organizations and individuals with whom we are collaborating. It is also intended to be a “scrapbook” that keeps past, present, and future MPPG participants connected. As such, the MPPG website will always be ‘under construction.”

MPPG’s Research has always been conducted in the area of phytoplankton ecology. The approach has been quantitative, mechanistic and architectural, with ongoing studies iterating back and forth from laboratory and diverse natural ecosystems. The aim is to understand and model the fundamental mechanisms by which light drives the in situ dynamics of phytoplankton cell biology, adaptive physiology, primary production and responses to ecosystem change.

At present (2004), we are especially active in research on UV photoecology, harmful algal blooms, and the physical driving forces determining phytoplankton community composition in coastal waters.

 

Web suggestions or problems? Contact mckagan@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Site last updated: April 14, 2004