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A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre
Includes bibliographical references.
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2015
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| author | Smith, Ceinwen |
| author2 | Waldron, Howard |
| author_browse | Smith, Ceinwen Waldron, Howard |
| author_facet | Waldron, Howard Smith, Ceinwen |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13365 A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre Smith, Ceinwen Waldron, Howard Thomalla, Sandy Lucas, Mike Oceanography Includes bibliographical references. The Southern Ocean is an important “sink” for anthropogenic CO2, but it requires a detailed understanding of the sensitivity of the biological carbon pump to variability in physical forcing mechanisms in order to predict its continuing role. However, due to the remote and tempestuous nature of this region, in situ measurements of phytoplankton variability are scarce. Consequently, satellites, autonomous floats and gliders are increasingly being utilized as platforms for observing biogeochemical variability over broad spatial and temporal scales, through satellite ocean colour radiometry linked to inherent optical properties (IOPs) of the upper water column. In this study, the variability of in situ IOPs was investigated together with phytoplankton biomass, cell size, species composition and chlorophyll to carbon (Chl:C) ratios to isolate and understand the relationships between IOPs and biogeochemistry. 2015-07-03T08:36:30Z 2015-07-03T08:36:30Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13365 eng application/pdf Department of Oceanography Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Oceanography Smith, Ceinwen A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| title_full | A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| title_fullStr | A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| title_full_unstemmed | A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| title_short | A bio-optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture, physiology and primary production on the Weddell Gyre |
| title_sort | bio optical approach to phytoplankton community sturcture physiology and primary production on the weddell gyre |
| topic | Oceanography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13365 |
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