Fig. 8: Illustration of a summer phytoplankton bloom and the phenological metrics.
From: Long-term satellite data reveals complex phytoplankton dynamics in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
The phenology metrics showed were calculated in this study (Bloom Amplitude, Bloom Peak, Bloom Start, Bloom End, and Bloom Duration). The Bloom Biomass metric is represented by the area shaded in green. The horizontal orange lines indicate the maximum chlorophyll-a concentration observed during the peak of the bloom (BMax), and the annual median +5% (threshold used to identify a bloom). Adapted from Ferreira et al. (2021).
