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Two
weeks of ship time (September 20-25 and October 20-25, 2001) aboard
the R/V Suncoaster were scheduled for research pertaining to blooms
of the red tide organism Karenia
brevis. A large scale, high intensity bloom of K. brevis
persisted in the western Gulf of Mexico throughout the fall of 2001
allowing an excellent opportunity to study the bio-optical properties
of K. brevis under natural conditions. Hydrographic properties
and K. brevis distributions at the surface during each cruise
are presented here.
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Temperature
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Salinity
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Density
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Relative Fluorescence
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K. brevis &
Density
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| Process B: | |||||
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Temperature
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Salinity
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Density
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Relative Fluorescence
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K. brevis Abundance
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K. brevis &
Density
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