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Greg Silsbe
Assistant Research Professor
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Greg Silsbe
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Horn Point Laboratory
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Areas of Expertise
The role of phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle.
Satellite remote sensing.
African Great Lake Limnology.
Education
University of Waterloo, 2010, Ph.D., Department of Biology
University of Waterloo, 2005, M.S., Department of Biology
Queen's University, 1999, B.S., Civil Environmental Engineering
Recent Publications
The CAFE Model: An net production model for global ocean phytoplankton.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi:10.1002/2016GB005521
2016
Where light and nutrients collide: The global distribution and activity of subsurface chlorophyll maximum layers.
In [eds.] Glibert, P. and T. Kana: Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry: A Dual Perspective.
2016
Towards autonomous measures of photosynthetic electron transport: Evaluating fluorescence-based measures of photosystem II absorption.
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 13: 138-155.
2015
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Regularly Offered Courses
MEES 608I: Phytoplankton Blooms (co-taught with Jamie Pierson).
Graduate Program Foundation Areas
Earth & Ocean Sciences
Contact Info
Email
gsilsbe@umces.edu
Office Phone
410-221-8247
Twitter
@SilsbeLab
Campus Location
Coastal Science ~ 1201C
Mailing Address
2020 Horns Point Road
Cambridge
,
MD
21613
United States