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18 Apr 2016
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| 18 Apr 2016
Carbon-based phytoplankton size classes retrieved via ocean color estimates of the particle size distribution
Tihomir S. Kostadinov
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography and the Environment, 28 Westhampton Way,
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173, USA
Svetlana Milutinović
Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Hayden Hall, University
of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Irina Marinov
Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Hayden Hall, University
of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Anna Cabré
Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Hayden Hall, University
of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Short summary
Recent advances in ocean color remote sensing have allowed the quantification of the particle size distribution (and thus volume) of suspended particles in surface waters, using their backscattering signature. Here, we leverage these developments and use volume-to-carbon allometric relationships to quantify phytoplankton carbon globally using SeaWiFS ocean color data. Phytoplankton carbon concentrations are partitioned among three size classes: picoplankton, nanoplankton and microplankton.
Recent advances in ocean color remote sensing have allowed the quantification of the particle...
