Articles | Volume 12, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2179-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2179-2015
Research article
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14 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 14 Apr 2015

A simple optical index shows spatial and temporal heterogeneity in phytoplankton community composition during the 2008 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

I. Cetinić, M. J. Perry, E. D'Asaro, N. Briggs, N. Poulton, M. E. Sieracki, and C. M. Lee

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AR by Ivona Cetinic on behalf of the Authors (06 Jan 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Feb 2015)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (16 Feb 2015) by Annick Bricaud
AR by Ivona Cetinic on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (09 Mar 2015) by Annick Bricaud
AR by Ivona Cetinic on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2015)
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The ratio of simple optical properties measured from underwater autonomous platforms, such as floats and gliders, is used as a new tool for studying phytoplankton distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean. The resolution that optical instruments carried by autonomous platforms provide allows us to study phytoplankton patchiness and its drivers in the oceanic systems.
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