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Ocean Colour Remote Sensing of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Benguela System
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Bernard, Stewart Pitcher, Grant C. Evers-King, Hayley L. Robertson, Lisl Matthews, Mark William Rabagliati, A. C. Balt, Christelle |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The Benguela, as a highly productive upwelling system, suffers from the occurrence of a variety of harmful algal blooms, most of which are associated with elevated biomass; a feature common to the shelf environment of upwelling systems. Most harmful blooms have in the past been attributed to one or another dinoflagellate species, but more recently harmful impacts have also been ascribed to other groups of phytoplankton, including diatom and autotrophic ciliate species. Typical bloom assemblages, forcing mechanisms and harmful impacts are outlined, and bloom types most amenable to detection with ocean colour radiometry are identified. Inherent and apparent optical properties of these algal assemblage types are described, and a preliminary evaluation is made of the suitability of available ocean colour data and algorithms. The evolution of several bloom events is described using various algorithms applied to ocean colour data from the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), and recommendations are made about optimal ocean colour usage for high biomass algal blooms in coastal zones. |
| Starting Page | 185 |
| Ending Page | 203 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-94-017-8008-7_10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/handle/10204/8196/Bernard1_2014.pdf;jsessionid=3AEB85B45CD3C6190C6E7BBE1EF51A0A?sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
