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Chlorophyll Measurements

Chlorophyll Measurements. Melissa Carter Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Red tide this summer. What is chlorophyll? …and why is it important?. Ocean productivity Phytoplankton dynamics Harmful algal blooms. How do we measure chlorophyll?. Satellite imagery In-situ fluorometry

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Chlorophyll Measurements

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  1. Chlorophyll Measurements Melissa Carter Scripps Institution of Oceanography

  2. Red tide this summer

  3. What is chlorophyll? …and why is it important? • Ocean productivity • Phytoplankton dynamics • Harmful algal blooms

  4. How do we measure chlorophyll? • Satellite imagery • In-situ fluorometry • Discrete samples

  5. Chlorophyll Time Series from Scripps Pier, 1983-2000 and 2005 McGowan et al., unpubl. data

  6. What’s next... • Determine interest • Start a chlorophyll workgroup ?? • Answer questions

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