Phytoplankton Pigment Distributions over Seamounts in the Pacific Ocean

摘要

Three cruises were conducted during 1989, 1990 and 1991 to study the distributionof phytoplankton pigments over seamounts in the Pacific Ocean. The purpose was to examine the horizontal and vertical distributions of phytoplankton pigments to ascertain the effect seamounts can have on phytoplankton biomass and composition. Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, in situ chlorophyll fluorescence,