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Relationships between near-surface plankton concentrations, hydrography, and satellite-measured sea surface temperatureSea surface temperatures (SSTs) mapped by IR satellite images and in situ hydrographic measurements off the west coast of British Columbia for early-winter and midsummer periods were correlated with in situ measurements of surface chlorophyll and zooplankton concentration. Correlations between winter log(e) transformed zooplankton concentrations and SSTs demonstrated that IR satellite imagery could explain 49 percent of the sampled zooplankton concentration variance. A least-squares-fit nonlinear equation showed that satellite-measured SST patterns explained 72 percent of the log(e) transformed chlorophyll variance. However, summer zooplankton concentrations were not consistently related to satellite temperature patterns.
Document ID
19890035229
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Thomas, A. C.
(British Columbia Univ. Vancouver British Columbia, Canada)
Emery, W. J.
(British Columbia, University Vancouver, Canada)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
89A22600
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1251
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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