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Colour sensors and phytoplankton taxonomic composition - MF0418
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Objective
1) To improve the existing UCNW design of 4-channel colour
sensor so that the response matches SeaWiFS specifications,
and so that instruments can be used in ship-lowered and
stand-alone mode by persons untrained in electronics.
2) To relate colour ratios to dominant phytoplankters at
various times of year, under a range of vertical mixing
intensities, in a variety of optical water types, including
clear outer shelf and turbid near-coastal waters, and
including during harmful algal blooms.
3) To investigate the etxent of diversity in the absorption
spectra of living cultivated microalgae, as well as natural
phytoplankton, and of pigments extracted into acetone- and
water-based solvents: the former solvent extracts
chlorophylls and carotenoids, and the latter the phycobilin
pigments of cyanobacteria and cryptomonads. |
Project Documents
• Final Report : MF0418: Final report Colour Sensors and Phytoplankton Taxonomic Composition
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Time-Scale and Cost
From:
1995
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To:
1997
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Cost: £77,925 |
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Contractor / Funded Organisations
UCNW, Ocean Sciences |
Keywords
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Fields of Study
Marine Fisheries |