Plankton Imagery Data Inform Satellite-Based Estimates of Diatom Carbon.
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SUBMITTER: Chase AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
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Plankton Imagery Data Inform Satellite-Based Estimates of Diatom Carbon.
Chase A P AP Boss E S ES Haëntjens N N Culhane E E Roesler C C Karp-Boss L L
Geophysical research letters 20220701 13
Estimating the biomass of phytoplankton communities via remote sensing is a key requirement for understanding global ocean ecosystems. Of particular interest is the carbon associated with diatoms given their unequivocal ecological and biogeochemical roles. Satellite-based algorithms often rely on accessory pigment proxies to define diatom biomass, despite a lack of validation against independent diatom biomass measurements. We used imaging-in-flow cytometry to quantify diatom carbon in the weste ...[more]
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