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dc.contributor.authorBasedow, Sünnje Linnéa
dc.contributor.authorMcKee, David
dc.contributor.authorLefering, Ina
dc.contributor.authorGislason, Astthor
dc.contributor.authorDaase, Malin
dc.contributor.authorTrudnowska, Emilia
dc.contributor.authorEgeland, Einar Skarstad
dc.contributor.authorChoquet, Marvin
dc.contributor.authorFalk-Petersen, Stig
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-28T08:44:31Z
dc.date.available2019-01-28T08:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-24
dc.description.abstractZooplankton provide the key link between primary production and higher levels of the marine food web and they play an important role in mediating carbon sequestration in the ocean. All commercially harvested fish species depend on zooplankton populations. However, spatio-temporal distributions of zooplankton are notoriously difficult to quantify from ships. We know that zooplankton can form large aggregations that visibly change the color of the sea, but the scale and mechanisms producing these features are poorly known. Here we show that large surface patches (>1000 km2) of the red colored copepod Calanus finmarchicus can be identified from satellite observations of ocean color. Such observations provide the most comprehensive view of the distribution of a zooplankton species to date, and alter our understanding of the behavior of this key zooplankton species. Moreover, our findings suggest that high concentrations of astaxanthin-rich zooplankton can degrade the performance of standard blue-green reflectance ratio algorithms in operational use for retrieving chlorophyll concentrations from ocean color remote sensing.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version, licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a> Source at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37129-x> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37129-x</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBasedow, S.L., McKee, D., Lefering, I., Gislason, A., Daase, M., Trudnowska, E., ... Falk-Petersen, S. (2019). Remote sensing of zooplankton swarms. <i>Scientific Reports, 9</i>(686). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37129-xen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1665220
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-37129-x
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14540
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reports
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/MARINFORSK/268391/Norway/Sustainable harvesting of a patchy resource: aggregation mechanisms and implications for stock size estimates (Sea Patches)//en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://rdcu.be/bh7TV
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.titleRemote sensing of zooplankton swarmsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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