How do coccoliths affect light in the sea?

Toby Tyrrell; Patrick M. Holligan

doi:10.1117/12.266421

6 February 1997 How do coccoliths affect light in the sea?

Toby Tyrrell, Patrick M. Holligan

Proceedings Volume 2963, Ocean Optics XIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266421
Event: Ocean Optics XIII, 1996, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abstract

Recent work has characterized the effect of coccoliths on the scattering coefficient at different wavelengths. This relationship has now been used in a sophisticated multi- component, multi-spectral Monte carlo optical model to estimate the effects of coccoliths on scalar irradiance, heating rate, vertical attenuation rate and emergent flux. the main effects of the coccoliths are outlined, and implications of these effects for phytoplankton productivity and biogeochemistry are discussed.

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Toby Tyrrell and Patrick M. Holligan "How do coccoliths affect light in the sea?", Proc. SPIE 2963, Ocean Optics XIII, (6 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266421

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