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MEPS 273:17-30 (2004)
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Abstract
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Long-term monitoring of primary production in coastal waters by an improved natural fluorescence method
Takashi Yoshikawa1,2,*, Ken Furuya1
1Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
2Present address: Fisheries Laboratory, Kinki University, Nakamachi, Nara 631-8505, Japan
*Email: ns_undaria@nara.kindai.ac.jp
ABSTRACT: In order to apply the natural fluorescence method for the long-term monitoring of chl a and primary production, the seasonal variation in the light absorption coefficient of phytoplankton (a*ph), maximum quantum yield
ratio of photosynthesis to fluorescence [(φc/φf)max], and its light saturation index (kcf) were examined. The mooring of a natural fluorescence sensor was conducted during winter to early spring (January
to April 1998), late spring (May 2000) and summer (July to August 2000) at a station in Otsuchi Bay on the north east coast of Japan. The bio-optical parameters, a*ph, (φc/φf)max and
kcf, were measured by water sampling and incubation experiments twice a week. The temporal variation in a*ph was expressed as an exponential of chl a. This relationship varied seasonally. The variations in
(φc/φf)max were related to chl a during winter to early spring, and to chl a and temperature during late spring and summer. The value of kcf was relatively low and stable during the winter
and early spring; it reached higher values during late spring to summer, when temperature and light intensities were also higher. Based on these relationships, the long-term monitoring of chl a and primary production from natural fluorescence was
realized in coastal water where environmental conditions and phytoplankton abundance fluctuated markedly. By developing algorithms in various areas and seasons, as the present study has shown, the natural fluorescence method is expected to be useful for
continuous monitoring of primary production, with a high spatial resolution by a mooring web of sensors, even in coastal waters.
KEY WORDS: Natural fluorescence · Primary production · Chl a · Light absorption of phytoplankton · Coastal waters
Full text in pdf format
Published in MEPS Vol.
273
(2004) on June 8
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2004
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