Author:
Harid Romaissa,Demarcq Hervé,Houma-Bachari Fouzia
Abstract
The present study deals with the correction of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) estimated from fluorescence data, the proposed method test for the first time a ratio between Chl-a from high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) measurements and its corresponding fluorescence. Considering the variability of this ratio with depth, the adjustment of fluorescence data was greatly improved. This ratio increase in the oceanic surface layer probably because of the quenching effect, however, it decreases and becomes stable with depth. This approach can be used to correct fluorescence values for future large datasets of biological variables. Finally, this method is designed for a global scale and/or regional applications.