Table 5 Examples of few descriptions of the phytoplankton pigments following the information provided in the library P09 of the “MEDATLAS Parameter Usage Vocabulary” hosted and managed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) by means of the NERC Vocabulary Server (NVS2.0).
Acronym SDN : P09 | Parameter | Units SN : P06 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
PERP | PERIDININ | μg/L | The mass of peridinin per unit volume of the water column held in particles of any size |
FUCP | FUCOXANTHIN | μg/L | mass of fucoxanthin pigment per unit volume of the water body |
TXAP | DIATOXANTHIN | μg/L | The mass of diatoxanthin per unit volume of the water column held in particles of any size |
ZXAP | ZEAXANTHIN | μg/L | The mass of zeaxanthin per unit volume of the water column held in particles of any size |
CPHL | CHLOROPHYLL-A TOTAL | μg/L | The mass of all variants of chlorophyll-a per unit volume of the water column held in particles of any sizes. Includes measurements unable to resolve chlorophyll-a types and the sum of HPLC chlorophyll-a types. |
