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Seasonality of microphytobenthos revealed by remote-sensing in a south european...
Brito, Ana C.; Benyoucef, Ismaїl; Jesus, Bruno; Brotas, Vanda; Gernez, Pierre; Mendes, Carlos Rafael; Launeau, Patrick; Dias, Maria P.; Barillé, LaurentThe spatio-temporal variation of microphytobenthos (MPB) at the scale of a large estuary (Tagus estuary, Portugal) was studied using a combination of field and satellite remot esensing data during 2003.This is the first attempt to use remote sensing to study MPB in an ecosystem with a Mediterranean -like climate. Satellite pour l'Observation de la Terre(SPOT) and Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer(MERIS) im...
Deriving phytoplankton size classes from satellite data: validation along a tro...
Brotas, Vanda; Brewin, Robert J.W.; Sá, Carolina; Brito, Ana C.; Silva, Alexandra; Mendes, Carlos Rafael; Diniz, Tânia; Kaufmann, Manfred; Tarran, GlenIn recent years, the global distribution of phytoplankton functional types (PFT) and phytoplankton size classes (PSC) has been determined by remote sensing. Many of these methods rely on interpretation of phytoplankton size or type from pigment data, but independent validation has been difficult due to lack of appropriate in situ data on cell size. This work uses in situ data (photosynthetic pigments concentrat...