Bio-optical characteristics of diatom and prymnesiophyte populations in the Labrador Sea

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作者
Stuart, V
Sathyendranath, S
Head, EJH
Platt, T
Irwin, B
Maass, H
机构
[1] Bedford Inst Oceanog, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Oceanog, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
关键词
phytoplankton absorption; bio-optical characteristics; photosynthesis-irradiance curve; high latitudes; HPLC pigments;
D O I
10.3354/meps201091
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
During the spring of 1996, phytoplankton samples were collected along a transect from South Wolf Island (Labrador) to Cape Desolation (Greenland). Dense blooms of diatoms were found over the shelf near the coast of Labrador, whereas high concentrations of the colony-forming prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis pouchetii were found close to Greenland. Phytoplankton samples were separated into 2 major groups (diatoms or prymnesiophytes) on the basis of chlorophyll (chl) chi c(3)/chl a ratios (determined by HPLC analysis), and the effects of species composition on the absorption and photosynthetic characteristics of these 2 high-latitude phytoplankton populations were studied. At all pigment concentrations and all wavelengths examined (apart from 623 nm), the diatom population had a much lower absorption coefficient than the prymnesiophyte population; this was attributed to an increased pigment-packaging effect in the larger diatom cells. Varying proportions of photoprotective pigments also influenced the absorption characteristics of these populations. The low specific-absorption coefficient of the diatom population resulted in a higher maximum photosynthetic quantum yield relative to that of the prymnesiophyte population. The initial slope of the photosynthesis-irradiance (P-E) curve (alpha(B)) also appeared to be taxon-specific, with higher alpha(B) values being recorded for the smaller prymnesiophytes than for the larger diatom cells. The implications of species-dependent variations in phytoplankton absorption coefficients for the retrieval of remotely-sensed chi a are discussed.
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