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Laboratory tank studies of a single species of phytoplankton using a remote sensing fluorosensor
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Jarrett Jr., O. Farmer, F. H. Brown Jr., C. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Phytoplankton were grown in the laboratory for the purpose of testing a remote fluorosensor. The fluorosensor uses a unique four-wavelength dye laser system to excite phytoplankton bearing chlorophyll and to measure the chlorophyll fluorescence generated by this excitation. Six different species were tested, one at a time, and each was grown two to four times. Fluorescence measured by the fluorosensor provides good quantitative measurement of chlorophyll concentrations for all species tested while the cultures were in log phase growth. Fluorescene cross section ratios obtained in the single species tank tests support the hypothesis that the shape of the fluorescence cross section curve remains constant with the species (differences in fluorescence cross section ratios are a basis for determining composition of phytoplankton according to color group when a multiwavelength source of excitation is used. Linear relationships exist between extracted chlorophyll concentration and fluorescence measured by the remote fluorosensor during the log phase growth of phytoplankton cultures tested. |
| File Size | 2491935 |
| Page Count | 79 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810011963 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t13n6zx10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Remote Sensors Plankton Fluorescence Dye Lasers Phytoplankton Excitation Oceanography Chlorophylls Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |