Contrasting seasonality in optical-biogeochemical properties of the Baltic Sea.

ABSTRACT: Optical-biogeochemical relationships of particulate and dissolved organic matter are presented in support of remote sensing of the Baltic Sea pelagic. This system exhibits strong seasonality in phytoplankton community composition and wide gradients of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), properties which are poorly handled by existing remote sensing algorithms. Absorption and scattering properties of particulate matter reflected the seasonality in biological (phytoplankton succession) and physical (thermal stratification) processes. Inherent optical properties showed much wider variability when normalized to the chlorophyll-a concentration compared to normalization to either total suspended matter dry weight or particulate organic carbon. The particle population had the largest op

SUBMITTER: Simis SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5383033 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature