title: Novel method for quantifying the cell size of marine phytoplankton based on optical measurements.
abstract: Phytoplankton size is important for the pelagic food web and oceanic ecosystems. However, the size of phytoplankton is difficult to quantify because of methodological constraints. To address this limitation, we have exploited the phytoplankton package effect to develop a new method for estimating the mean cell size of individual phytoplankton populations. This method was validated using a data set that contained simultaneous measurements of phytoplankton absorption and cell size distributions from 13 phytoplankton species. Comparing with existing methods, our method is more efficient with good accuracy, and it could potentially be applied in current in situ optical instruments.
authors.forename: Junfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wenxi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhaohua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhantang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guifen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuibo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D048429:Cell Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods*; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000737:chemistry*