title: High-resolution fluorometer for mapping microscale phytoplankton distributions.
abstract: A new high-resolution, in situ profiling fluorometer maps fluorescence distributions with a spatial resolution of 0.5 to 1.5 mm to a depth of 70 m in the open ocean. We report centimeter-scale patterns for phytoplankton distributions associated with gradients exhibiting 10- to 30-fold changes in fluorescence in contrasting marine ecosystems.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. Mark.Doubell@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Doubell
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seuront
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Seymour
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Patten
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll