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A simple optical index shows spatial and temporal heterogeneity in phytoplankton community composition during the 2008 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment
Description: The ratio of two in situ optical measurements - chlorophyll fluorescence (Chl F) and optical particulate backscattering (bbp) - varied with changes in phytoplankton community composition during the North Atlantic Bloom Experiment in the Iceland Basin in 2008. Using ship-based measurements of Chl F, bbp, chlorophyll a (Chl), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) pigments, phytoplankton composition and carbon biomass, scientists found that oscillations in the ratio varied with changes in plankton community composition. [Source: Biogeosciences]
URL: http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/2179/2015/
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Source: Biogeosciences
Publish Date: 4/1/2015
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