Introduction: Traditional ecology into the future<br>Lesley A. Clementson, Ruth S. Eriksen and Anusuya Willis<br><br>Part 1: Phytoplankton taxonomy (brief review/introduction)<br>Ruth S. Eriksen <br>1.1 Cyanobacterial diversity and taxonomic uncertainty: polyphasic pathways to improved resolution <br>Glenn B. McGregor and Barbara C. Sendall <br>1.2. Uses of molecular taxonomy in identifying phytoplankton communities from the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey <br>Rowena Stern, Declan Schroeder, Andrea Highfield, Manal Al-Kandari, Luigi Vezzulli and Anthony Richardson <br>1.3. Impact of molecular approaches on dinoflagellate taxonomy and systematics - <br>Christopher J S.. Bolch <br>1.4. From molecules to ecosystem functioning: insight into new approaches to taxonomy to monitor harmful algae diversity in Chile. <br>Jorge I. Mardones, Bernd Krock, Lara Marcus, Catharina Alves-de-Souza, Satoshi Nagai, Kyoko Yarimizu, Alejandro Clément, Nicole Correa, Sebastian Silva, Javier Paredes, and Peter Von Dassow<br><br>Part 2: Monitoring and sensing systems (brief review/introduction) <br>Lesley A. Clementson <br>2.1. Integrating Imaging and Molecular Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Diversity <br>Lisa Campbell, Chetan Gaonkar and Darren W. Henrichs <br>2.2. Advances in in situ systems for phytoplankton research and monitoring <br>Matthew C. Smith, Levente Bodrossy and Pascal Craw <br>2.3. Applications of satellite remote sensing technology to analysis of phytoplankton community structure on large scales <br>Astrid Bracher, Robert J. W. Brewin, Áurea M. Ciotti, and Lesley A. Clementson, Takafumi Hirata, Tihomir Kostadinov, Colleen B. Mouw and Emanuele Organelli<br>2.4. Modelling phytoplankton processes in multiple functional types <br>Mark Baird, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Anna Hickman, Mathieu Mongin, Monika Soja-Wozniak, Jennifer Skerratt, Karen Wild-Allen <br>2.5 Managing the societal uses of phytoplankton: Technology applications and needs <br>Andrew D.L. Steven<br><br>Part 3 Omics in aquatic ecology (brief review/introduction) <br>Anusuya Willis <br>3.1. Current applications and technological advances in quantitative real time PCR (qPCR): A versatile tool for the study of phytoplankton ecology <br>Kathryn J. Coyne, Yanfei Wang, Susanna A. Wood, Peter D. Countway and Sydney M. Greenlee <br>3.2. Phytoplankton diversity and ecology through the lens of high throughput sequencing technologies <br>Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Catherine Gerikas Ribeiro, Denise Ong, Laurence Garczarek, Xiao Li Shi, Scott D. Nodder, Daniel Vaulot and Andres Guitierrez Rodrigues<br>3.3 Comparative genomics for understanding intraspecific diversity <br>Anusuya Willis, Jason N. Woodhouse, Brett A. Neilan and Michele A. Burford <br>3.4. Transcriptomic and metatranscriptomic approaches in phytoplankton: insights and advances <br>Bethany C. Kolody , Matthew J. Harke, Sharon E. Hook and Andrew E. Allen <br>3.5. From Genes to Ecosystems: using molecular information from diatoms to understand ecological processes <br>John A. Berges, Erica B. Young, Kimberlee Thamatrakon and Alison R. Taylor <br>3.6 Global marine phytoplankton revealed by the Tara Oceans expedition <br>Flora Vincent, Federico M. Ibarbalz and Chris Bowler
