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It has been shown that the concentration of chlorophyll in the ocean often shows a rather sharp peak in a narrow layer at the depth between 50 to 100 m from the surface (“deep chlorophyll maximum” or “subsurface chlorophyll layer”) [1]. The light intensity penetrating to this subsurface chlorophyll layer is usually near or below 1% of the surface light. The main composition of the light at this layer is blue and green, with a maximum at ca. 480 nm [14].
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Kamiya, A., Miyachi, S. (1980). Blue Light Effects on Some Algae Collected from Subsurface Chlorophyll Layer in the Western Pacific Ocean. In: Senger, H. (eds) The Blue Light Syndrome. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67648-2_55
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