http://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/special_issue8.html

* BGD is a unique scientific journal that publishes research articles as well as the peer review discussions between authors and reviewers (Interactive Public Discussion).  Short attributed comments to papers by other members of the scientific community (like you!) and replies are also visible.  The interactive discussion is still underway on a number of the papers in this special issue.

Selected titles from this issue:

• Gross community production and metabolic balance in the South Pacific Gyre, using a non intrusive bio-optical method, Claustre et al.
• Natural variability of bio-optical properties in Case 1 waters: attenuation and reflectance within the visible and near-UV spectral domains, as observed in South Pacific and Mediterranean waters, Morel et al.
• Optical backscattering properties of the "clearest" natural waters, Twardowski et al.
• Detailed validation of the bidirectional effect in various Case 1 waters for application to Ocean Color imagery, Voss et al.
• Does chlorophyll a provide the best index of phytoplankton biomass for primary productivity studies?, Huot et al.
• Spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Subtropical South Pacific Ocean: comparison between in situ and predicted data, Ras et al.
• Relationships between the surface concentration of particulate organic carbon and optical properties in the eastern South Pacific and eastern Atlantic Oceans, Stramski et al.

If you had to pick one to read, I would also recommend the Huot et al. article: it's interesting, provocative and demonstrative of the interactive discussion process.  The comments by Mike Behrenfeld are gripping.