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Phytoplankton Community Composition In The Surface Ocean: Methods For Detection Using Optical Measurements, Pigment Concentrations, And Flow Cytometry, Alison P. Chase
Phytoplankton Community Composition In The Surface Ocean: Methods For Detection Using Optical Measurements, Pigment Concentrations, And Flow Cytometry, Alison P. Chase
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Phytoplankton are microscopic photoautotrophs living in the surface ocean waters and help support all life on earth via photosynthetic production of oxygen. Thousands of species make up the bulk phytoplankton community, and the spatial and temporal distribution of different types of phytoplankton has relevance for many ocean ecosystem questions including marine food web dynamics, and carbon flux and sequestration. Methods to detect phytoplankton community composition (PCC) on the vast scale of the global ocean require estimates of PCC from remote platforms, namely earth-observing satellites. The use of satellite data to observe and interpret PCC in the surface ocean requires significant …