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Evaluating a multispectral miniaturised fluorometer with three excitation channels for predicting phytoplankton community structure indices from BGC-Argo float observations
Flavien Petit
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Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Julia Uitz
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Louison Dufour
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment (AD2M), ECOMAP team, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), 29680 Roscoff, France
Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Novohradská 237, Třeboň 1437901, Czech Republic
Collin Roesler
Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
Frédéric Partensky
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment (AD2M), ECOMAP team, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), 29680 Roscoff, France
Laurence Garczarek
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR7144 Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment (AD2M), ECOMAP team, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), 29680 Roscoff, France
Priscillia Gourvil
Sorbonne Université, CNRS FR2424, Roscoff Culture Collection (RCC), Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), 29680 Roscoff, France
Céline Dimier
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, IMEV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Melek Golbol
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, IMEV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, LOCEAN, 75005 Paris, France
Vincenzo Vellucci
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, IMEV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, OSU Stations Marines, STAMAR, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France
David Antoine
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Christophe Penkerc'h
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
INSU Division Technique (DT-INSU), UAR 855, CNRS, Plouzané, France
Vincent Taillandier
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Hervé Claustre
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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France Van Wambeke, Vincent Taillandier, Karine Desboeufs, Elvira Pulido-Villena, Julie Dinasquet, Anja Engel, Emilio Marañón, Céline Ridame, and Cécile Guieu
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Simultaneous in situ measurements of (dry and wet) atmospheric deposition and biogeochemical stocks and fluxes in the sunlit waters of the open Mediterranean Sea revealed complex physical and biological processes occurring within the mixed layer. Nitrogen (N) budgets were computed to compare the sources and sinks of N in the mixed layer. The transitory effect observed after a wet dust deposition impacted the microbial food web down to the deep chlorophyll maximum.
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We studied whether ocean sensors can detect changes in microscopic algae communities that influence marine ecosystems and carbon uptake. We combined laboratory experiments and ocean observations to test sensors that measure how algae emit light at different colors when illuminated. We found that combining these light measurements with other optical signals improves the identification of broad community types. This approach could help future ocean floats better track ecosystem change globally.
We studied whether ocean sensors can detect changes in microscopic algae communities that...
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