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Optics of Marine Particles and Marine Optics

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Particle Analysis in Oceanography

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Abstract

Optical oceanography was initially developed as a specific, somewhat isolated part of physical oceanography. More or less independently, a few marine biologists and ecologists were concerned with optical data and measurements, particularly concerning the study of oceanic primary production (Steele and Menzel, 1962) and the estimation of the part of radiant energy that can be absorbed within the algal compartment compared to that absorbed by detritus (Yentsch, 1962; 1963; Riley, 1965). A paper by Yentsch and Yentsch (1984) Emergence of optical instrumentation for measuring biological properties, described the new panorama resulting from the introduction of powerful optical techniques in the 1980s. The techniques which appear most promising paradoxically address the biological problems via opposite scales: the microscopic (cell by cell) scale, typical of flow cytometry, and the global scale, typical of satellite borne ocean color sensor. The interest of biologists with regard to optics has been stimulated by the capacity of these new tools.

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Morel, A. (1991). Optics of Marine Particles and Marine Optics. In: Demers, S. (eds) Particle Analysis in Oceanography. NATO ASI Series, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75121-9_7

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