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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 483-495Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.483
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- ANR [VMC 2007-IPSOS-SEAL]
- CNES-TOSCA (Elephant seals as oceanographer: fluorescence measurements)
- French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor [109]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2012M511065]
- Hong Kong General Grant Fund (GRF) [CUHK454909, CUHK459210]
- ITF [ITS/058/09FP]
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As the proxy for Chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration, thousands of fluorescence profiles were measured by instrumented elephant seals in the Kerguelen region (Southern Ocean). For accurate retrieval of Chl a concentrations acquired by in vivo fluorometer, a two-step procedure is applied: 1) A predeployment intercalibration with accurate determination by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis, which not only calibrates fluorescence in appropriate Chl a concentration units, but also strongly reduces variability between fluorometers, and 2) a profile-by-profile quenching correction analysis, which effectively eliminates the fluorescence quenching issue at surface around noon, and results in consistent profiles between day and night. The quenching correction is conducted through an extrapolation of the deep fluorescence value toward surface. As proved by a validation procedure in the Western Mediterranean Sea, the correction method is practical and relatively reliable when there is no credible reference, especially for deep mixed waters, as in the Southern Ocean. Even in the shallow mixed waters, the method is also effective in reducing the influence of quenching.
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