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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
Ira C. Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, USA
M. J. Perry
Ira C. Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, USA
E. D'Asaro
Applied Physics Laboratory and School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
N. Briggs
Ira C. Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, USA
N. Poulton
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, USA
M. E. Sieracki
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, USA
now at: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA
C. M. Lee
Applied Physics Laboratory and School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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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.
The ratio of simple optical properties measured from underwater autonomous platforms, such as...
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