A public lecture presented by Dr Peter Strutton form the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).
ABSTRACT:
Ocean phytoplankton form the base of the marine food chain and produce half of
Earth’s oxygen. Like terrestrial plants, they require light and nutrients to grow. In the
ocean, these two resources often don’t co-occur, so physical processes such as mixing
and advection are required to bring the two together. In this presentation Dr Strutton
will talk about the ways in which physical processes such as upwelling and internal
waves can lead to spatial and temporal variability in ocean productivity. Dr Strutton
will also explain the less frequently discussed phenomena of biological feedbacks on
oceanic and atmospheric physics.
A collaboration between the UTAS School of Maths & Physics, IMAS and the Australian Institute of Physics