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Title: Remote sensing of phytoplankton using laser-induced fluorescence

Journal Article · · Ohio Journal of Science; (United States)
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  1. Inst. of Ecology and Marine Research, Tallinn (Estonia)
  2. Univ. of Helsinki (Finland)
  3. Tvaerminne Zoological Station, Hanko (Finland)

The results of remote laser sensing of brackish-water phytoplankton on board a research vessel are presented. Field data of laser-induced fluorescence of phytoplankton obtained during the several cruises in the mouth of tile Gulf of Finland are compared with the results of standard chlorophyll a analysis of water samples and phytoplankton species determination by microscopy. The approach of fluorescence excitation by tunable laser radiation is applied to study the spatial distribution of a natural phytoplankton community. The remote analysis of the pigment composition of a phytoplankton community using the method of selective pigment excitation is described. The possibility of elaborating methods of quantitative laser remote biomonitoring is discussed.

OSTI ID:
6290677
Journal Information:
Ohio Journal of Science; (United States), Vol. 93:3; ISSN 0030-0950
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English