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    Response of phytoplankton to heavy cloud cover and turbidity in the northern Bay of Bengal

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    2018
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    Jyothibabu, R.
    Arunpandi, N.
    Jagadeesan, L.
    Karnan, C.
    Lallu, K.R.
    Vinayachandran, P.N.
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    Abstract
    An interesting physiological response of phytoplankton to large fluctuations in underwater photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) levels in the northern Bay of Bengal has been presented here. This study is primarily based on a 12-day time series observation in the northern Bay of Bengal during the peak Southwest Monsoon (July 2012), when the study region was recurrently exposed to alternating cloudy and sunny sky conditions. On overcast days, the PAR available underwater at the time series location (TSL) drastically decreased, with the noontime PAR at the surface water (2-m) usually being ~600 μmol m-2 s-1 on sunny days and declining to ~50 μmol m-2 s-1 on heavily overcast days. Closely linked with the sunny and cloudy days at TSL, chlorophyll a concentration in the water column showed noticeable features; it increased in the upper water column (surface-40-m) and decreased in the lower water column (41-80-m) on cloudy days, while the reverse was the case on sunny days. Based on in-situ and laboratory experimental data, it was observed that these temporal changes in the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a in the northern Bay of Bengal were due to the short-term physiological acclimation of phytoplankton to large changes in underwater PAR.
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    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29586-1
    http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7991
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