Prof. Kunshan Gao (PhD, 1989, Kyoto University) is chair professor at State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University. His expertise focuses on marine environmental change ecophysiology, having published over 290 peer-reviewed papers and 10 book chapters and edited 3 books.Prof. David A. Hutchins (PhD, 1994, University of California Santa Cruz) is a professor of marine and environmental biology at the University of Southern California. His research interests primarily revolve around understanding the consequences of anthropogenic global change processes for ocean biology and biogeochemistry. He has published 200 peer-reviewed papers. Prof. Hutchins is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a sustaining fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.Prof. John Beardall (PhD, 1976, University of London) is an emeritus professor at Monash University, Australia. He has over 40 years’ experience working in algal physiology and its regulation by environmental factors, having published over 240 peer-reviewed papers, 23 book chapters and 3 books. John is currently editor-in-chief of the journal Applied Phycology.

• Chapter 1  Measurement of environmental parameters affecting marine plankton physiology.- Chapter 2    Plankton culture techniques.- Chapter 3   Determination of Key Enzymes involved in primary productivity.- Chapter 4    Analyses of pigments.- Chapter 5    Measurements and analyses of photosynthesis and respiration.- Chapter 6     Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques and applications.- Chapter 7    Biochemical and molecular methods.- Chapter 8    Research methods for animal and virus.