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Chlorophylls and their Degradation in Nature
Sampling
pH
Water
temperature
(°C)
Chl a
Hypolimnion
Chl a
and depth in
SCM and DCM
DOC
Epilimnion
(μM C)
Hypolimnion Reference
Epilimnion
(μg L
−1 )
(μg L
−1 ; m)
Oceanic seawater,
Antarctic Ocean
–
(−)2 to (+)0.5
0.19–0.43
(surface)
–
–
–
–
Verlencar et al.
(1990)
Antarctica ice seawater
(control and light
perturbation
experiment)
–
–
3.54
± 1.00–
111
± 30
–
–
–
–
Palmisano et al.
(1985)
Southern Ocean
(Antarctic marine
waters)
–
(−) (0.3 to 1.4)
~0.87–30.0
(experimental
growth)
–
–
–
–
Spies (1987)
Southern Ocean
(Antarctic marine
waters)
–
–
10.0–50.0
(experimental
growth)
–
–
–
–
Sakshaug and
Holm-Hansen
(1986)
SCM
surface Chlorophyll a
maximum; DCM
deep chlorophyll a
maximum; S
surface tempertaure; b
bottom temperature; ?
remark either SCM or DCM
which reasonably formed in water column
a
Some data used approximately which are taken from the graphs of the related paper
Table 1 (continued)