Conclusion

Abstract

Considering the significance of water quality for drinking, irrigation and industry, availability of accurate and sufficient water quality data is necessary for water quality management decisions. Remotely sensed data can help to derive water quality variables such as the type and size of suspended particles, toxic algal blooms, and other phytoplankton species that serve as a marker of eutrophication. With increasingly sophisticated sensors, better data and improved algorithms, water quality parameters—phytoplankton can be accurately determined using ocean color data. Information on the role of phytoplankton in the exchange of carbon dioxide between ocean and atmosphere is important since algae have the potential both as an energy source and as a way to deal with global warming.