5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. PROLOGUE: ABOARD THE RESEARCH VESSEL ENDEAVOR, SOUTH OF ICELAND, MAY 1991 1
6. 1. DISCOVERY 5
7. 2. DISCOVERY’S WAKE 25
8. 3. THE “INVISIBLE PHENOMENON” 38
9. 4. DATING 51
10. 5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 71
11. 6. CALVIN’S CYCLE 81
12. 7. SCINTILLATIONS AND ACCELERATIONS 102
13. 8. THE SHROUD OF TURIN AND OTHER RELICS 116
14. 9. OCEAN CIRCULATION 133
15. 10. CARBON-14 IN THE OCEAN 150
16. 11. OCEAN FERTILITY 167
17. 12. RESOLUTION: PLANKTON RATE PROCESSES IN OLIGOTROPHIC OCEANS 183
18. 13. CARBON-14 AND CLIMATE 201
19. EPILOGUE 223
20. Appendix 1. List of Nobel Prize Winners Mentioned 227
21. Appendix 2. The Periodic Table of Elements 229
22. Notes 231
23. References 243
24. Index 249