Marine Primary Production Group

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Marine Science Institute
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610
USA
805-893-4319 (lab)
805-893-4724 (fax)
Original artwork by Kristine Leonard Arnodeo
 

Publications

The articles found on this page have been authored by Dr. Prezelin and her colleagues. Publications are available for download via the list below in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, you can download the latest version for free by clicking on the link below. Posters and presentations are provided elsewhere.

Work In Progress

G. Johnson, N. Nelson, B. Prézelin, S. Sathyendranath, N. Welshmeyer (In Progress) In vivo and in situ bio-optics including pigment proteins. New SCOR UNESCO book "Pigments inoceanography" to be published December 2007.

Prézelin, B. B., Beja, O., Joye, S., Zbigniew (In Progress) Widening perspectives of diversity and community dynamics of marine autotrophs. The Oceanographic Society Journal Special Issue on “Microbes in the Sea” funded by Moore Foudation and to be published June 2007.

Prézelin, B. and S. McKagan (In Progress) Spectral modeling with in situ Biological Weighting Functions for UVR inhibition of primary production indicates Pseudo-nitzschia spp. have a competitive advantage in near surface waters.

Prézelin, B. B. and T. Mizerek (In Progress) Summertime Variations of Diel Periodicity of Primary Production for Diatom- and Nondiatom-dominated phytoplankton assemblages in Antarctic coastal waters.

Mengelt, C. and B. B. Prézelin (In Progress) Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries: Light Adaptation and Growth Response to High Solar Flux of Photosynthetic Available Radiation in the Present and Absent of Solar UVA and UVB radiation.

Mengelt, C. and B. B. Prézelin (In Progress) Dark Survival and Light Recovery of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries.

Mengelt, C. and B. B. Prézelin (In Progress) Seasonal Abundance of Pseudo-nitzschia australis and Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries  Along the Central California Coast: Comparison Between Avila Beach and Goleta Beach.

M. Silvers, Prézelin, B., Venrick, E. (In Progress) Toxic Phytoplankton along the California Coast: a 500 mile perspective.

Prézelin, B. B. (In Progress) Impact of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on in situ Primary Production in the Santa Barbara Channel.

Prézelin, B. B. (In Progress) In-water UV radiation in the Santa Barbara Channel. 

Work Submitted

Prézelin, BB. K, Keltner, C. Mengelt, S. McKagan (2006) Upwelling and the Temporal Dynamics of Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia australis and within natural communities of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. on the northern and southern sides of Pt. Conception, california, 2003-2005. Harmful Algae

Kim, H,-C., Prézelin, B., and Hofmann, E (2006) A modeling study of primary production and carbon flux in west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf waters. Deep-Sea Research, series one.

Work In Press

Prézelin, BB (2006) Harmful Algal Blooms. Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal (Gaines, S. ed)

2006

Prézelin, BB, S. McKagan (2006) BWF Architect 2. Procedures and computational code for deriving biological weighting functions from long-pass filter measurements of inhibition of biological or chemical rate processes by solar ultraviolet radiation. UCSB Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG) Technical Report 5 , 43 pp.

Busse, L.B., E.L. Venrick, R. Antrobus, P.E. Miller, V. Vigilant, M.W. Silver, C. Mengelt, L. Mydlarz, and B.B. Prézelin. (2006) Domoic acid in phytoplankton and fish in San Diego, CA, USA, Harmful Algae, 5:91-101

2005

Mengelt, C and BB Prézelin. (2005) UVA Enhancement of Carbon Fixation Opens a Potential Ecological Niche for the
Toxic Diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis in High UVR Exposed Surface Waters
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 301:81-93

2004

Prézelin, BB, E Hofmann, M Moline and JM Klink. (2004) Recognizing physical forcing of phytoplankton community structure and primary production in Continental Shelf waters of the west Antarctic Peninsula: Synthesis and analyses of five seasonal cruises J. of Marine Research, 62:419-460

Mengelt, C and BB Prézelin. (2004) Dark Survival and Subsequent Light Recovery for Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries. In: Harmful Algae 2002. Steidinger, K.A.,Landsberg, J.H., Tomas, C.R., and Vargo, G.A. (eds.) Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Institue of Oceanography, and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, St. Petersburg, Flordia, USA.

Gorga, J.J., Mengelt, C. and B.B. Prezelin (2004) UV-B Inhibition of Pseudo-nitzscia australis Primary Production is Minimized by UV-A Enhancement Effects. In: Harmful Algae 2002. Steidinger, K.A.,Landsberg, J.H., Tomas, C.R., and Vargo, G.A. (eds.) Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Institue of Oceanography, and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, St. Petersburg, Flordia, USA.

2003

Mengelt, Claudia and B.B. Prezelin (Submitted) A Potential Novel Link Between Organic Nitrogen Loading and Pseudo-nitzschia spp. Blooms. Proceedings of the California and the World Ocean Conference, Santa Barbara California, October 20-27th 2002.

 

2002

Hastings, J, S McKagan, J Robidarts and BB Prézelin (2002) SLIC: Development of Visual Basic Code for the Determination of Fully Spectral Underwater Ultraviolet Light Fields from in situ Measurements at Four Discrete UV Wavelengths. UCSB Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG) Technical Report 1, 124 pp.

McKagan, S and BB Prézelin (2002) BWF Architect: Development of IDL-Based Code for Generating Spectral UV Biological Weighting Functions from Field Data Sets. UCSB Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG) Technical Report 2, 119 pp.

McKagan, S and BB Prézelin (2002) BEAR: Development of Original IDL-Based Code for Error Analysis of Field Measurements of UV Biological Weighting Functions and Determination of Radiation Amplicfication Factors. UCSB Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG) Technical Report 3, 67 pp.

McKagan, S and BB Prézelin (2002) REAP: Ongoing Development of IDL-Based Relationship Evaluation and Plotter software for data management, computational and visualization analyses to recognize scientific patterns in the data inputs/outputs of SLIC, BWF Architect, and BEAR. UCSB Marine Primary Production Group (MPPG) Technical Report 4, 92 pp.

2001

NASA Earth Observatory Reference Site on Ultraviolet Radiation : How it Affects Life on Earth. (2001) http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/UVB/

2000

Moline, M. A., and B.B. Prezelin (2000) Optical fractionation of chlorophyll and primary production for coastal waters of the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 23:129–136.

Prezelin, B.B., Hofmann, E. E., Klinck, J. M., and Mengelt, C. (2000) The linkage between Upper Circumpolar Deep Water (UCDW) and phytoplankton assemblages on the west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf. Journal of Marine Research,58:165–202.

1998

Alley, RB, AL Andrady, BB Prézelin et al. (1998) AMAP Assessment Report: Arctic Pollution Issues. Climate Change, Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation. In: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Assesment Report: Arctic. Pollution Issues (Weatherhead, E. C., and Morseth, C. M. , eds), pp. 717-774.

Moline, M.A., Schofield, O. and Boucher, N.P. (1998). Photosynthetic parameters and empirical modelling of primary production: a case study in the Antarctic Peninsula shelf. Antarctic Science. 10 (1) :45-54.

Prézelin, B. B., Moline, M., and H. A. Matlick. (l998) Icecolors '93: Spectral UV radiation effects on Antarctic frazil ice algae. In: Antarctic Sea Ice: Biological Processes, Interactions and Variability (M. Lizotte and K. Arrigo, eds) Antarctic Research Series, vol. 73:45-83.

1998 UV Radiation Monitoring Data Workshop for United States Department of Agriculture- (J. H. Gibson,ed). USDA-UV Monitoring Program, Report. 28.

1997

Johnsen, G., Prézelin, B.B. and R.V.M., Jovine (1997) Fluorescence excitation spectra and light utilization in two red tide dinoflagellates. Limnology and Oceanography, Special Volume on Algal Blooms, 42(5):1166-1177.

Moline, M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1997) High-resolution time-series data for 1991/1992 primary production and related parameters at a Palmer LTER coastal site: implications for modeling carbon fixation in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 17: 39-53.

Moline, M. A., Prézelin, B. B., Schofield, O. and R. C. Smith (1997) Temporal dynamics of coastal Antarctic phytoplankton: Environmental driving forces and impact of a 1991/92 summer diatom bloom on the nutrient regimes. pp. 67-72, In: Antarctic Communities (B. Battaglia, J. Valencia and D. W. H. Walton, eds.) Cambridge Press, London.

Ultraviolet International Research Centers (UVIRCs): A proposal for interdisciplinary UVB Research in the Arctic. IASC (International Arctic Science Committe) Report no. 7. Multiauthored, multinational report commissioned from IASC UV working group (Prof. Prézelin is one of 3 U. S. representatives).

Prezelin, B.B., Boucher, N.P., Schofield, O. (1997) Evaluation of field studies of UV radiation effects on Antarctic marine primary productivity. ( R.H. Biggs and M.E.B. Joyner, eds.) pp. 181-194. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. Springer-Verlag. Berlin.

Moline, M.A., Prezelin, B.B., Scholfield, O. (1997) Palmer LTER: Stable interannual successional patterns of phytoplankton communities in the coastal waters off Palmer Station, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal. 151-153. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B. and N. Nelson (l997) The formation of ATP and reducing power in the light. Chapter 19 In: Plant Metabolism, 2nd ed (D. T. Dennis , D. H. Turpin, D. D. Lefebvre and D. B. Layzell, eds.) pp. 274-285 Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, England.

Claustre, H., Moline, M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1997) Sources of variability in the column photosynthetic cross section for Antarctic coastal waters. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102 (C11): 25,047-25,060. (Improved PDF Download)

1996

Boucher, N. P. and B. B. Prézelin (1996) Spectral modeling of UV inhibition of In Situ Antarctic primary production using a Field-derived biological weighting function. Photochemistry and Photobiology 64(3): 407-418.

Boucher, N. P. and B. B. Prézelin (1996) An in situ biological weighting function for UV inhibition of phytoplankton carbon fixation in the Southern Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 144: 223-236.

Claustre, H, MA Moline and BB Prézelin (1996) Variations in the water column photosynthetic cross section for Antarctic coastal waters. SPIE Ocean Optics vol. XIII. (Improved PDF Download)

Moline, M. A., Prézelin, B. B. and H. Claustre (1996) Light-saturated primary productivity in Antarctic coastal waters. Antarctic Journal of the United States. (Improved PDF Download)

Moline, M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1996) Long-term monitoring and analyses of physical factors regulating variability in coastal Antarctic phytoplankton biomass, in situ productivity and taxonomic composition over subseasonal, seasonal and interannual time scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 145: 143-160.

Schofield, O., Prézelin, B. B. and G. Johnsen (1996) Wavelength-dependency of the quantum yield of carbon fixation for two red tide dinoflagellates, and Prorocentrum minimum (Pyrrophyta): Implications for measureing photosynthesis rates. Journal Phycology 32: 574-583. (Improved PDF Download)


1995

Kroon, B. M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1995) Temperature dependency of fluorescence decay parameters in an Antarctic isolate of the diatom Thalassiosira sp. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5): 159-165.

Jovine, R. V. M., Johnsen, G. and B. B. Prézelin (1995) Isolation of membrane bound light-harvesting complexes from the dinoflagellates Heterocapsa pygmaea and Prorocentrum minimum. Photosynthetic Research 44: 127-138. (Improved PDF Download)

Kroon, B. M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1995) Excluding connectivity leads to inaccurate estimates of the PSII absorption cross section of an antarctic macrophyte using "pump and probe" fluorometry. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5): 165-171.

Prézelin, B. B. and V. Smetacek, (1995) Assessing UV effects on Artic aquatic ecosystems. In: Effects of Increased UV-Radiation in the Arctic. IASC (International Arctic Science Committee/SCOPE (Scientific Committee for the Protection of the Environment), IASC Report No. 2.

Schofield, O., Kroon, B. M. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1995) Impact of ultraviolet-B radiation on photosystem II activity and its relationship to the inhibition of carbon fixation rates for Antarctic ice algae communities. J. Phycol. 31, 703-715. (Impoved PDF Download)

Schofield, O. Moline, M. and B. B. Prézelin (1995) Palmer LTER: Photo-acclimation in a coastal phytoplankton bloom. Antarctic Journal of the United States 30(5): 260-262.

Moline, M., Prezelin, B.B., and Scholfield, O., (1995) Statistical Analysis of environmental predictors for phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters and productivity in an Antarctic time series database. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 30(5): 162-165.

Smith, R. C., Baker, K. S., Fraser, W. R., Hofmann, E. E., Karl, D. M., Klinck, J. M., Quentin, L. B., Prézelin, B. B., Ross, R. M., Trivelpiece, W. Z., and M. Vernet (1995) The Palmer LTER: : A long-term ecological research program at Palmer Station, Antarctica. Oceanography 8(3): 77-86.

International Arctic Science Committee (1995). Effects of Increased Ultraviolet Radiation in the Arctic: An Interdisciplinary Report on the State of Knowledge and Research Needed. Oslo, Norway, IASC Report: 57.

1994

Boucher, N., Prezelin, B.B., Evens, T., Jovine, R., Kroon, B., Moline, M.A., Scholfield, O. (1994) Icecolors ’93: Biological weighting function for the UV inhibition of carbon fixation on the natural Antarctic phytoplankton community. Antartic Journal of the United States. 29: 272-274.

DeLong, E. F., Wu, K. Y., Prézelin, B. B. and R. V. M. Jovine (1994) High abundance of Archaea in Antarctic marine picoplankton. Nature 371: 695-697. (Improved PDF Download)

Evens, T., Roll, S., Golden, B. and B. B. Prézelin (1994) Icecolors '93: Epilithic productivity by microa-algae exhibits a potentially high sensitivity to natural levels of UV-B radiation. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 29: 275-277.

Johnsen, G., Nelson, N. B., Jovine, R. V. M., and B. B. Prézelin (1994) Chromoprotein and pigment-dependent modeling of spectral light absorption in two dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum minimum and Heterocapsa pygmaea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 114: 245-258.

Prezelin, B.B., Boucher, N.P., and R.C. Smith (1994) Marine Primary Production Under the Influence of the Antarctic Ozone Hole:Icecolors '90. Antarctic Research Series 62: 159-186.

Jovine, R. V. and B. B. Prézelin (1994) Icecolors '93: Beginnings of an Antarctic phytoplankton and bacterial DNA library from natural communities in the Southern Ocean, exposed to UV-B radiation. Antarctic Journal of the United States 29: 277-279.

Moline, M. A and B. B. Prézelin (1994) Palmer LTER: Impact of a large diatom bloom on macronutrient distribution in Arthur Harbor during austral summer 1991-1992. Antarctic Journal of the United States 29: 217-219.

Prézelin, B. B., Boucher, N. P. and O. Schofield (1994) Evaluation of field studies of UV-B radiation effects on Antarctic marine primary productivity. In: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and UV-B Radiation in the Biosphere (R. H. Biggs and M. E. B. Joyner, eds) Springer-Verlag, Berlin. NATO Advanced Studies Institute Series, I (18): 181-194.

Schofield, O., Prézelin, B. B., and M. A. Moline (1994) Palmer LTER: Photoadaptation in a coastal phytoplankton bloom and impact on radiation utilization effeciency for carbon fixation. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 29: 214-216.

Sullivan, B., Matlick, H. A and B. B. Prézelin (1994) Palmer LTER: Patterns of distribution of inorganic macronutrients, phytoplankton pigmentation, and photosynthetic activity in an ice-dominated ecosystem in austral winter 1993. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 29: 207-209.

Smith, R. C. and B. B. Prézelin. (1994) Forward to Book. In: Impact of UV-B Radiation on Pelagic Freshwater Ecosystems (C. E. Williamson and H. E. Zagarese, eds). Archiv. fur Hydrobiologie 43: V-VII.

1993

Boucher, N. P. and B. B. Prézelin (1993) Ozone-dependent UV effects versus UV-B specific effects on primary productivity in the Southern Ocean? How and when to consider an UV-spectral correction of direct field measurements. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 27(5): 117-119.

Kroon, B. M. A., Prézelin, B. B. and O. Schofield (1993) Spectral regulation of photosynthetic quantum yields in the marine dinoflagellate Heterocapsa pygmaea. In: Current Topics in Plant Physiology: Photosynthetic Responses to the Environment. (H. Y. Yamamoto and C. M. Smith, eds). Plant Physiology Series 8: 178-184.

Kroon, B. M. A., Prézelin, B. B. and O. Schofield (1993) Chromatic regulation of Quantum yields for Photosytem II charge separation and oxygen evolution, and carbon fixation in Heterocapsa pygmaea (Pyrrophyta). Journal Phycology 29: 453-462.

Nelson, N. B., Prézelin, B. B. and R. R. Bidigare (1993) Phytoplankton light absorption and the package effect in California coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 94: 217-227.

Nelson, N. B. and B. B. Prézelin (1993) Calibration of an integrating sphere for determining the absorption coefficient of scattering suspensions. Applied Optics 32: 6710-6717. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B., Boucher, N. P. and R. C. Smith. (1993) Daytime kinetics of UVA and UVB inhibition of photosynthetic activity in Antarctic surface waters. In: Current Topics in Plant Physiology: Photosynthetic Responses to the Environment. (H. Y. Yamamoto and C. M. Smith, eds). Plant Physiology Series 8: 150-155.

Prézelin, B. B., Nelson, N. B., Schofield, O., Boucher, N. B., Smith, R. C., Waters, K., Bidigare, R. R., Lewis, M. R., Baker, K. S. and P. Stegman (1993) A Handbook of Bio-optical Nomenclature. pp. 159-166. In: Bio-Optics in U. S. JGOFS. (T. D. Dickey and D. A. Siegel, ed).

Schofield, O., Prézelin, B. B., Bidigare, R. R. and R. C. Smith (1993) In situ photo-synthetic quantum yield: Correspondence to hydrographic and optical variability within the Southern California Bight. Marine Ecology Progress Series 93: 25-37.

Triplett, E. L., Govind, N. S., Roman, S. J., Jovine, R. V. M. and B. B. Prézelin (1993) Characterization of the sequence organization of DNA from the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa pygmaea (aka Glenodinium sp.) Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 2: 239-245.

Triplett, E. L., Jovine, V. M., Govind, N. S., Roman, S. J., Chang, S. S. and B. B. Prézelin (1993) Characterization of two full length cDNA sequences encoding for apoproteins of Peridinin-Chlorophyll a protein (PCP) complexes. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 2(4): 246-254.

SCOPE (1993) Effects of Increased Ultraviolet Radiation on Global Ecosystems. (Multi-authored proceedings of Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, Tramariglio, (Sassari) Sardinia, October, 1992).

1992

Bidigare, R. R., Prézelin, B. B., and R. C. Smith (1992) Bio-optical models and the problem of scaling. In: Primary Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Sea. (P. G. Falkowski and A. D. Woodhead, eds.) pp. 175-212. Plenum Press, New York

Jovine, R., Triplett, E. L., Nelson, N. B. and B. B. Prézelin (1992) Quantification of Chromophore pigments, apoprotein abundance and isoelectric variants of peridinin-chlorophyll a -protein complexes (PCPs) in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa pygmaea, grown under variable light conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology 33: 733-741.

Prézelin, B. B. (l992) Diel periodicity in phytoplankton productivity. Chapter 1. In: Daily Growth Cycle of Phototrophic Micro-organisms (Berman, T., Gons, H. J., and L. R. Mur, eds.) Developments in Hydrobiologia 238: 1-35. (Based on Keynote Lecture for 5th International Group for Aquatic Productivity conference and 5 day workshop in Breukelen, The Netherlands, in May, 1991)

Prézelin, B. B., Boucher, N. P., Moline, M., Stephens, E., Seydel, K. and Scheppe, K. (1992) PALMER LTER: Spatial Variability in Phytoplankton Distribution and Surface Photosynthetic Potential within the Penisula Grid, November 1991. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 27(5): 242-244.

Prézelin, B. B. and R. C. Smith (1992) Polythene bags and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation. Reply: UVA and/or UVB treatment of Whirlpac bags. Science 259: 534-535. (Improved PDF Download)

Prezelin, B.B.P., Moline, M., Seydell, K., Scheppe, K. (1992) PALMER LTER: Temporal Variability in HPLC Pigmentation and Inorganic Nutrient Distribution in Surface Waters Adjacent to Palmer Station, December 1991- February 1992. Antarctic Journal of the Unites States. 27(5): 245-248.

Quetin, L. B., Ross, R. M., Prézelin, B. B., Haberman, K. L., Hacecyk, K. L., Newberger, T. (1992) PALMER LTER: Biomass and Community Composition of Euphasiids within the Penisula Grid, November 1991 Cruise. Antarctic Journal of the United States. 27(5): 244-245.

Smith, R.C., Prezelin, B.B., Baker, K.S., Bidigare, R.R., Boucher, N.P., Coley, T., Karentz, D., MacIntyre, S., Matlick, H.A., Menzies, D., Ondrusek, M., Wan, Z., Waters, K.J. (1992) Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctica Waters Science 255:952-959. (Improved PDF Download)

Smith, RC and BB Prézelin (1992) Congressional Record Testimony on "Ozone Depletion: Ultraviolet Radiation and Phytoplankton Biology in Antarctica Waters", Hearing on Ozone Layer and its Effect on Human Health and the Environment, Congressional Record, Senate Committee on Government Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Consumer and Environmental Affairs, May 15, 1992.


1991

Prézelin, B. B., Tilzer, M. M., Schofield, O. and C. Haese (1991) Control of the production process of phytoplankton by the physical structure of the aquatic environment, with special reference to its optical properties. Special volume on Physical Forcing of Phytoplankton (John Patternson, ed). Aquatic Sciences 53: 136-186. (Expanded from a keynote speech by Dr. Prézelin at 4 day workshop on, Univ. of Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany).

Schofield, O., Prézelin, B. B., Smith, R. C., Stegmann, P., Nelson, N. B., Lewis, M. R. and K. S. Baker. (1991) Variability in spectral and nonspectral measurements of photosynthetic light utilization efficiencies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 78: 253-271.

Report by Consensus Statement Committee of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Symposium on "What Controls Phytoplankton Production in Nutrient-Rich Areas of the Open Sea?" (Elected committee of participants charged with the task included R. Barber, S. Chisholm, J. Cullen, A. Gargett, J. Lehman, J. McCarthy, J. Morgan, B. Prézelin, W. Sunda) pp17.

1990

Boczar, B. B., Prézelin, B. B. and H. A. Matlick. (l990) In situ photosynthetic physiology and chlorophyll-protein biochemistry of two dinoflagellate blooms. British Phycological Journal 25: 157-168.

Govind, N. S., Roman, S. J., Iglesias, R. K., Trench, R. K., Triplett, E. L. and B. B. Prézelin. (l990) An analysis of the light-harvesting peridinin-chlorophyll a-proteins from dinoflagellates by immunoblotting techniques. Proceedings of the Royal Society London 240: 187-195. (Improved PDF Download)

Nelson, N. and B. B. Prézelin. (l990) Chromatic light effects and physiological modeling of absorption properties of Heterocapsa pygmaea (= Glenodinium sp.). Marine Ecology Progress Series 63: 37-46.

Prézelin, B. B. and H. E. Glover. (1990) Variability in time/space estimates of phytoplankton, biomass, and productivity in the Sargasso Sea. J. Plankton Research Special Volume 13: 45-67.

Prézelin, B. B. and N. Nelson, (l990) The formation of ATP and reducing power in the light. In: Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (D. T. Dennis and D. H. Turpin, eds.) pp. 212-223 Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, England.

Rectenwald, D., Prézelin, B., Chen, C. H. and J. Kimura (l990) Biological pigments as fluorescent labels for cytometry. In: New Technologies in Cytometry and Molecular Biology.

Schofield, O., Bidigare, R. R. and B. B. Prézelin (l990) Spectral photosynthesis, quantum yield and blue-green light enhancement of productivity rates in the diatom Chaetoceros gracile and the prymesiophyte Emiliania huxleyi. Marine Ecology Progress Series 64: 175-186.

Congressional Report by Marine Biotechnology Study Group: (1990) Initiative for the Acelerated Transfer of Biotechnology to the Ocean Sciences. 40 p. Sponsored by NSF, ONR, US. Dept of Commerce-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

1989

Bidigare, R. R., Schofield, O., and B. B. Prézelin (l989) Influence of zeaxanthin on quantum yield of photosynthesis of Synechococcus clone WH7803 (DC2). Marine Ecology Progress Series 56: 177-188.

Boczar, B. A. and B. B. Prézelin (l989) Organization and comparison of chlorophyll-protein complexes from two fucoxanthin-containing algae: Nitzschia closterium (Bacillariophyceae) and Isochrysis galbana (Prymesiophyceae). Journal of Plant and Cell Physiology 30(7): 1047-1056.

Prézelin, B. B., Glover, H. E., VerHoven, B., M., Steinberg, D., Matlick, H. A., Schofield, O., Nelson, N., Wyman, M., and L. Campbell (l989) Blue-green light effects on light-limited rates of photosynthesis: relationship to pigmentation and productivity estimates for Synechococcus populations from the Sargasso Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 54: 121-136.

Smith, R. C., Prézelin, B. B., Bidigare, R. R. and K. S. Baker (l989) Bio-optical modeling of photosynthetic production in coastal waters. Limnology and Oceanography 34 (8): 1524-1544. (Improved PDF Download)

1988

Glover, H. E., Prézelin, B. B., Campbell, L. and M. Wyman (l988) Pico- and ultraplankton Sargasso Sea communities: Variability and comparative distributions of Synechococcus spp. and algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 49: 127-139.

Glover, H. E., Prézelin, B. B., Campbell, L., Wyman, M. and C. Garside (l988) A nitrate-dependent Synechococcus bloom in surface Sargasso Sea water. Nature 331 (14): 161-163. (Improved PDF Download)

Putt, M., Rivkin, R. B. and B. B. Prézelin (l988) Effects of altered photic regimes on diel patterns of species-specific photosynthesis. I. Comparison of polar and temperate phytoplankton. Marine Biology 97: 435-443. (Impoved PDF Download)

Putt, M. and B. B. Prézelin (l988) Diel periodicities of photosynthesis and cell division compared in Thalassiosira weissflogii (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycology 24: 315-324.

Roman, S. J., Govind, N., E. L. Triplett and B. B. Prézelin (l988) Light regulation of peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein (PCP) complexes in the dinoflagellate, Glenodinium sp.: use of anti-PCP antibodies to detect PCP gene products in cells grown in different light conditions. Plant Physiology 88(3): 594-599.

1987

Boczar, B. A. and B. B. Prézelin (l987) Chlorophyll-protein complexes from the the red tide dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra Stein. Plant Physiology 83: 805-812. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B., Bidigare, R. R., Matlick, H. A., Putt, M., and B. VerHoven (l987) Diurnal patterns of size-fractioned primary productivity across a coastal front. Marine Biology 96: 563-574. (Improved PDF Download)

Prezelin, B.B. (1987) The photosynthetic physiology of dinoflagellates. In: The Biology of Dinoflagellates. pp.174-223 (M. taylor, ed.) Blackwell Publ. New York.

Prézelin, B. B., Glover, H. E. and L. Campbell (l987) Effects of light intensity and nutrient availabilty on diel patterns of cell metabolism and growth in populations of populations of Synechococcus spp. Marine Biology 95: 469-480. (Improved PDF Download)

Smith, R. C., Bidigare, R. R., Prézelin, B. B., Baker, K. S. and J. M. Brooks (l987) Optical characterization of primary productivity across a coastal front. Marine Biology 96: 575-591.
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1986

Boczar, B. A. and B. B. Prézelin (l986) Light and MgCl2-dependent characteristics of four chlorophyll-protein complexes from the marine dinoflagellate, Glenodinium sp. Biochemistry and Biophysics Acta 850: 300-309.

Glover, H. E., Campbell, L. and B. B. Prézelin (1986) Contribution of Synechococcus sp. to size-fractioned primary productivity in three water masses in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology 91: 193-203. (Improved PDF Download)

*Prézelin, B. B. and Boczar, B. A. (1986) Molecular bases of cell absorption and fluorescence in phytoplankton: potential applications to studies in optical oceanography. In: Progress in Phycological Research. pp. 349-464 (F. Round and D. Chapman, eds.) Biopress Limited, Bristol.

Prézelin, B. B., Putt, M. and H. E. Glover (1986) Diurnal patterns of photosynthesis capacity and depth-dependent P-I relationships in Synechococcu sp. and larger phytoplankton in three water masses in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Biology 91: 205-217. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B., Samuelsson, G. and H. A. Matlick (1986) Photosystem II photoinhibition and altered kinetics of photosynthesis during nuitrient-dependent high-light photoadaptation in Gonyaulax polyedra. Marine Biology 93: 1-12. (Improved PDF Download)


1985

Putt, M. and B. B. Prézelin (1985) Observations of diel patterns of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and nanoplankton in the Santa Barbara Channel during 'el Niño'.
Journal Plankton Research 7: 779-790.

Samuelsson, G. and B. B. Prézelin (1985) Photosynthetic electron transport in cell-free extracts of diverse phytoplankton. Journal Phycology 21: 453-457. (Improved PDF Download)

1983

Chang, S. S., Prézelin, B. B. and R. K. Trench (1983) Mechanisms of photoadaptation in three strains of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum. Marine Biology 76: 219-229. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B. and A. L. Alldredge (1983) Primary production of marine snow during and after an upwelling event. Limnology and Oceanography 28(6): 1156-67. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B. and H. A. Matlick (1983) Nutrient-dependent low light adaptation in the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra. Marine Biology 74: 141-150. (Improved PDF Download)

Samuelsson, G., Sweeney, B. M., Matlick, H. A. and B. B. Prézelin (1983) Changes in photosystem II account for the circadian rhythm in photosynthesis Gonyaulax polyedra. Plant Physiology 73: 329-331. (Improved PDF Download)

1982

Harding, L. W., Jr., Prézelin, B. B., Sweeney, B. M. and J. L. Cox (1982) Diel oscillations of the photosynthesis-irradiance (P-I) relationship in natural assemblages of phytoplankton. Marine Biology 67: 167-178. (Improved PDF Download)

Harding, L. W., Jr., Prézelin, B. B., Sweeney, B. M. and J. L. Cox (1982) Primary production as influenced by diel periodicity of phytoplankton photosynthesis. Marine Biology 67: 179-186. (Improved PDF Download)

Prezelin, B.B. (1982) Effects of light intensity on aging of the dinoflagellate, Gonyaulax polyedra. Marine Biology. 69: 129-135. (Improved PDF Download)

1981

Harding, L. W. Jr., Meeson, B. W., Prézelin, B. B. and B. M. Sweeney (1981) Diel periodicity of photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton. Marine Biology 61: 95-105. (Improved PDF Download)

Harding, L. W., Jr., Prézelin, B. B., Sweeney, B. M. and J. L. Cox (1981) Diel oscillations in the photosynthesis-irradiance relationship of a planktonic marine diatom. J. Phycology 17: 389-394. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B. (1981) Light Reactions in Photosynthesis. Proceedings of NATO Advance Study Institute on Physiological Ecology of Phytoplankton, Lipari, Sicily, Oct. 1980. In: Canandian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Science (T. Platt, ed.), 210: 1-43.

Prézelin, B. B. and B. A. Boczar (1981) Chlorophyll protein complexes from the photosynthetic apparatus of dinoflagellates. In: Photosynthesis III. Structure and Molecular Organization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus. (G. Akoyunoglou, ed.) pp 417-426, Balaban International Science Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia

Watson, R. D., Theisen, A. F. and B. B. Prézelin (1981) Use of laboratory spectrometry to predict the detection of phytoplankton luminescence by an airborne Fraunhofer line discriminator. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

1980

Boczar, B. A., Prézelin, B. B., Markwell, J. P. and J. P. Thornber (l980) A chlorophyll c containing pigment-protein complex from the marine dinoflagellate, Glenodinium sp. Federation of European Biochemical Society Lett. 120(2): 243-247.

Prézelin, B. B. and A. C. Ley (1980) Photosynthesis and chlorophyll a fluorescence rhythms in marine phytoplankton. Marine Biology 55(4): 295-307. (Improved PDF Download)

Prézelin, B. B. and H. A. Matlick (l980) Time-course of photoadaptation in the photosynthesis-irradiance relationship of a dinoflagellate exhibiting photosynthetic periodicity. Marine Biology 58: 85-96.

Song, P. S., Walker, E. B., Jung, J., Auerback, R. A., Robinson, G. W. and Prézelin, B. B. (1980) Primary processes of photobiological receptors. In: New Horizons in Biological Chemistry, Academic Publ. Center, Tokyo, Japan.

1979

Govindjee, D. W., Prézelin, B. B. and Sweeney, B. M. (1979) Chlorophyll a fluorescence of photosynthesis: Gonyaulax polyedra grown on a light-dark cycle and after transfer to constant light. Photochemistry and Photobiology 30: 405-411.

Prézelin, B. B. and Sweeney, B. M. (1979) Photoadaptation of photosynthesis in two bloom-forming dinoflagellates. In: Toxic Dinoflagellate Blooms: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Toxic Dinoflagellate Blooms, (Taylor, D. L. and H. H. Seliger, eds.), pp. 101-106. Elsevier/North Holland, New York.

Sweeney, B. M., Prézelin, B. B., and Govindjee, D. W. (1979) In vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence transients and the circadian rhythm of photosynthesis in Gonyaulax polyedra. Photochemistry and Photobiology 30: 309-311.

1978

Prézelin, B. B. and Alberte, R. S. (1978) Photosynthetic characteristics and the organization of chlorophyll in marine dinoflagellates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 75(4): 1801-1804.

Prézelin, B. B. and Sweeney, B. M. (1978) Photoadaptation of Photosynthesis in Gonyaulax polyedra. Marine Biology 48: 27-35.

Sweeney, B. M. and Prézelin, B. B. (1978) Circadian Rhythms. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 27: 841-847.

1977

Prézelin, B. B., Meeson, B. W. and B. M. Sweeney (1977) Characterization of Photosynthetic Rhythms in Marine Dinoflagellates. I. Pigmentation Photosynthetic Capacity and Respiration. Plant Physiology 60: 384-387.

Prézelin, B. B. and Sweeney, B. M. (1977) Characterization of Photosynthetic Rhythms in Marine Dinoflagellates. II. Photosynthesis-Irradiance curves and In Vivo Chlorophyll A Fluorescence. Plant Physiology 60: 388-392.

1976

Prézelin, B. B. (1976) The role of Peridinin-Chlorophyll-a Proteins in the Photosynthetic Light Adaptation of the Marine Dinoflagellate Glenodinium sp. Planta 130: 225-233.

Prézelin, B. B. and Haxo, F. T. (1976) Purification and Characterization of Peridinin-Chlorophyll-a Proteins from the Marine Dinoflagellates Glenodinium sp. and Gonyaulax polyedra. Planta 128: 131-141.

Prézelin, B. B., Ley, A.C. and Haxo, F. T. (1976) Effects of Growth Irradiance on the Photosynthetic Action Spectra of the Marine Dinoflagellate Glenodinium sp. Planta 130: 251-256.

Song, P. S., Prasad, K., Prézelin, B. B. and Haxo, F. T. (1976) Molecular Topology of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Pigment Complex, Peridinin-Chlorophyll a-Protein, from Marine Dinoflagellates. Biochemistry 15(20): 4422-4427.

1975

Mehard, C., Prézelin, B. L. and Haxo, F. T. (1975) Isolation and characterization of dinoflagellate and chrysophyte cytochrome-f (553-4). Phytochemistry 14(1): 2379- 2382.

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