I am interested in citations that explore the relationship of phytoplankton with the reflective, absorptive, and refractive properties of water in estuarine systems or alternatively to direct measures of water clarity or light attenuation. I am interested in knowing whether or not changes in community composition could result in changes in water clarity or light attenuation. For example, changes in species composition might result in changes in the overall average size, shape, or concentration of accessory pigments in the water column which could alter the properties I mention above.
I would appreciate any citations, particularly review papers, that you folks might think would be useful. Although the focus of my interest is estuarine and marine, I would also appreciate freshwater citations. Thanks.
Check this out:
Environmental factors driving phytoplankton taxonomic and functional diversity in Amazonian floodplain lakes
https://link.springer.com/ article/10.1007%2Fs10750-017- 3244-x
Dear Mike,
Unfortunately, you did not specify which latitude zone you are interested in. I am sure that the relationships you are looking for essentially temperature dependent and will change with the climatic zone. Just in case, look at the following works concerning the northern seas and the equatorial lake.
1. Sakshaug. E. & Slagstad. D. 1991: Light and productivity of phytoplankton in polar marine ecosystems: a physiological view. Pp. 6S-85 in Sakshaug. E.. Hopkins. C. C. E. & Britsland. N. A. (eds.): Proceedings of the Pro Mare Symposium on Polar Marine Ecology. Trondheim. 12-16 May 1990. folur Research 10(1).
https://ic.ucsc.edu/~acr/BeringResources/Articles%20of%20interest/Central%20Artic/Sakshaug%20and%20Slagstad%201991.pdf
2. Józef WIKTOR1 , Jan Marcin WĘSŁAWSKI1 , Piotr WIECZOREK2 , Marek ZAJĄCZKOWSKI1 and Yuri B. OKOLODKOV
POLISH POLAR RESEARCH 19 3-4 219-234 1998
http://www.polar.pan.pl/ppr19/1998-3-4_219-234.pdf
3. Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton community species composition, biomass and primary productivity of Lake Bosomtwe (Ghana) By Francis Emmanuel Awortwi
http://ir.knust.edu.gh/bitstream/123456789/149/1/fulltxt.pdf
You may check this as well
Naselli-Flores, L., Padisák, J. & Albay, M. Hydrobiologia (2007) 578: 157. doi:10.1007/s10750-006-2815-z
Dear Mike,
I am working in this field on fresh waters and I would recommend:
Bukata, Robert P., et al. Optical properties and remote sensing of inland and coastal waters. CRC press, 1995;
Lee, Robert Edward. Phycology. Cambridge University Press, 2008;
Bellinger, Edward G., and David C. Sigee. Freshwater algae: identification and use as bioindicators. John Wiley & Sons, 2015;
Reynolds, Colin S. The ecology of phytoplankton. Cambridge University Press, 2006;
If you are working with satellite remote sensing data I would recommend spending some time reading the IOCCG report number 15, 2014 (attached)
regards,
Isabel
Ciotti, A. M., J. J. Cullen, and M. R. Lewis (1999), A semi-analytical model of the influence of phytoplankton community structure on the relationship between light attenuation and ocean color, J. Geophys. Res., 104: 1559–1578.
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