Vertical distribution of phytoplankton communities in open ocean: An assessment based on surface chlorophyll
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche · +1 more institution
Abstract
The present study examines the potential of using the near‐surface chlorophyll a concentration ([Chl a ] surf ), as it can be derived from ocean color observation, to infer the column‐integrated phytoplankton biomass, its vertical distribution, and ultimately the community composition. Within this context, a large High‐Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) pigment database was analyzed. It includes 2419 vertical pigment profiles, sampled in case 1 waters with various trophic states (0.03–6 mg Chl a m −3 ). The relationships between [Chl a ] surf and the chlorophyll a vertical distribution, as previously derived by Morel and Berthon (1989), are fully confirmed. This agreement makes it possible to go further…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 19.14
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 47
Authors
4- JUJulia UitzCorresponding
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche
- HCHervé Claustre
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche
- AMAndré Morel
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche
- SBStanford B. Hooker
Goddard Space Flight Center
Topics & keywords
- Picoplankton
- Phytoplankton
- Chlorophyll a
- Oceanography
- Plankton
- Environmental science
- Water column
- Context (archaeology)
- Life below water