Australian coastal health watch: Improved marine primary productivity estimates using advanced Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry

海洋浮游植物的初级生产力直接控制全球气候，支持渔业，是海洋生态系统健康的指标。成功管理世界海洋生态系统取决于提高初级生产力计量和监测的准确性。这项国际合作研究计划将开发一种新的基于传感器的方法-快速重复频率荧光法-来测量调节澳大利亚复杂海洋环境中初级生产力的不同浮游植物群体。应用这些测量数据将能够更准确地监测澳大利亚海洋系统的状况，为海洋资源管理决策提供信息，以保障海洋生态系统的健康。

Primary productivity by marine phytoplankton directly controls global climate, supports fisheries and is an indicator of marine ecosystem health. Successful management of the world’s marine ecosystems rests on improving the accuracy with which primary productivity is measured and monitored. This internationally collaborative research program will develop a new sensor-based approach – fast repetition rate fluorometry – to measure different phytoplankton groups that regulate primary productivity in Australia’s complex marine environments. Application of these measurements will enable more accurate monitoring of the status of Australia’s marine systems to inform ocean resource management decisions in order to safeguard marine ecosystem heath.