Variability in the chlorophyll-specific absorption coefficients of natural phytoplankton: analysis and parameterization

Abstract

Variability in the chlorophyll (chl) a-specific absorption coefficients of living phytoplankton was analyzed using a data set including 815 spectra determined with the wet filter technique in different regions of the world ocean (covering the chlorophyll concentration range 0.02-25 mg m-3). -from Authors