Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 A Biography of Einer Steemann Nielsen: the Man and his Science -- Morten S0ndergaard -- Chapter 2 History of the Study of Plankton Productivity -- Richard T. Barber and Anna K. Hilting -- Chapter 3 Physiology and Biochemistry of Photosynthesis and -- Algal Carbon Acquisition -- Richard J. Geider and Hugh L. MacIntyre -- Chapter 4 Approaches to the Measurement of Plankton Production -- John Marra -- Chapter 5 Supply and Uptake of Inorganic Nutrients -- Ulf Riebesell and Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow -- Chapter 6 Variability of Plankton and Plankton Processes on the Mesoscale -- Marlon R. Lewis -- Chapter 7 Assessment of Primary Production at the Global Scale -- Michael J. Behrenfeld, Wayne E. Esaias and Kevin R. Turpie -- Chapter 8 On the Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Production in Freshwaters -- Colin S. Reynolds -- Chapter 9 Sustained and Aperiodic Variability in Organic Matter Production and Phototrophic Microbial Community Structure in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre -- David M. Karl, Robert R. Bidigare and Ricardo M. Letelier -- Chapter 10 Regional-scale Influences on the Long-term Dynamics of Lake Plankton -- D. Glen George -- Chapter 11 Ecosystem Function and Degradation -- Wilhelm Ripl and Klaus-Dieter Wolter -- Chapter 12 On the Evolution of the Carbon Cycle -- Paul G. Falkowski -- Chapter 13 Marine Productivity: Footprints of the Past and Steps into the Future -- Victor Smetacek, Marina Montresor and Peter Verity -- Appendix Steemann Nielsen's Publications -- Compiled by Morten S0ndergaard -- Index.