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Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea by Racault, Marie-Fanny, Raitsos, Dionysios E., Berumen, Michael L., Brewin, Robert J.W., Platt, Trevor, Sathyendranath, Shubha, Hoteit, Ibrahim

“…Phytoplankton, at the base of the marine food web, represent a fundamental food source in coral reef ecosystems. The timing (phenology) and magnitude of the…”
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Inter-comparison of phytoplankton functional type phenology metrics derived from ocean color algorithms and Earth System Models by Kostadinov, Tihomir S., Cabré, Anna, Vedantham, Harish, Marinov, Irina, Bracher, Astrid, Brewin, Robert J.W., Bricaud, Annick, Hirata, Takafumi, Hirawake, Toru, Hardman-Mountford, Nick J., Mouw, Colleen, Roy, Shovonlal, Uitz, Julia

“…Ocean color remote sensing of chlorophyll concentration has revolutionized our understanding of the biology of the oceans. However, a comprehensive…”
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Ocean-colour products for climate-change studies: What are their ideal characteristics? by Sathyendranath, S., Brewin, Robert J.W., Jackson, Thomas, Mélin, Frédéric, Platt, Trevor

“…Ocean-colour radiometry is recognised as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) according to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), because of its capability…”
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An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: The Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) by Sathyendranath, Shubha, Brewin, Robert J W, Brockmann, Carsten, Brotas, Vanda, Calton, Ben, Chuprin, Andrei, Cipollini, Paolo, Couto, André B, Dingle, James, Doerffer, Roland, Donlon, Craig, Dowell, Mark, Farman, Alex, Grant, Mike, Groom, Steve, Horseman, Andrew, Jackson, Thomas, Krasemann, Hajo, Lavender, Samantha, Martinez-Vicente, Victor, Mazeran, Constant, Mélin, Frédéric, Moore, Timothy S, Müller, Dagmar, Regner, Peter, Roy, Shovonlal, Steele, Chris J, Steinmetz, François, Swinton, John, Taberner, Malcolm, Thompson, Adam, Valente, André, Zühlke, Marco, Brando, Vittorio E, Feng, Hui, Feldman, Gene, Franz, Bryan A, Frouin, Robert, Gould, Richard W, Hooker, Stanford B, Kahru, Mati, Kratzer, Susanne, Mitchell, B Greg, Muller-Karger, Frank E, Sosik, Heidi M, Voss, Kenneth J, Werdell, Jeremy, Platt, Trevor

“…Ocean colour is recognised as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); and spectrally-resolved water-leaving…”
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Tropical Marginal Seas: Priority Regions for Managing Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function by McKinnon, A. David, Williams, Alan, Young, Jock, Ceccarelli, Daniela, Dunstan, Piers, Brewin, Robert J.W, Watson, Reg, Brinkman, Richard, Cappo, Mike, Duggan, Samantha, Kelley, Russell, Ridgway, Ken, Lindsay, Dhugal, Gledhill, Daniel, Hutton, Trevor, Richardson, Anthony J

“…Tropical marginal seas (TMSs) are natural subregions of tropical oceans containing biodiverse ecosystems with conspicuous, valued, and vulnerable biodiversity…”
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Influence of light in the mixed-layer on the parameters of a three-component model of phytoplankton size class by Brewin, Robert J.W., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Jackson, Thomas, Barlow, Ray, Brotas, Vanda, Airs, Ruth, Lamont, Tarron

“…Phytoplankton size structure is an important indicator of the state of the pelagic ecosystem. Stimulated by the paucity of in situ observations on size…”
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Underway spectrophotometry along the Atlantic Meridional Transect reveals high performance in satellite chlorophyll retrievals by Brewin, Robert J.W., Dall'Olmo, Giorgio, Pardo, Silvia, van Dongen-Vogels, Virginie, Boss, Emmanuel S.

“…To evaluate the performance of ocean-colour retrievals of total chlorophyll-a concentration requires direct comparison with concomitant and co-located in situ…”
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The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: III. A round-robin comparison on in-water bio-optical algorithms by Brewin, Robert J.W., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Müller, Dagmar, Brockmann, Carsten, Deschamps, Pierre-Yves, Devred, Emmanuel, Doerffer, Roland, Fomferra, Norman, Franz, Bryan, Grant, Mike, Groom, Steve, Horseman, Andrew, Hu, Chuanmin, Krasemann, Hajo, Lee, ZhongPing, Maritorena, Stéphane, Mélin, Frédéric, Peters, Marco, Platt, Trevor, Regner, Peter, Smyth, Tim, Steinmetz, Francois, Swinton, John, Werdell, Jeremy, White, George N.

“…Satellite-derived remote-sensing reflectance (Rrs) can be used for mapping biogeochemically relevant variables, such as the chlorophyll concentration and the…”
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Remotely sensing phytoplankton size structure in the Red Sea by Gittings, John A., Brewin, Robert J.W., Raitsos, Dionysios E., Kheireddine, Malika, Ouhssain, Mustapha, Jones, Burton H., Hoteit, Ibrahim

“…Phytoplankton size structure impacts ocean food-web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling, and is thus an important ecological indicator that can be utilised to…”
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Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments by Brewin, Robert J.W., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Platt, Trevor, Bouman, Heather, Ciavatta, Stefano, Dall'Olmo, Giorgio, Dingle, James, Groom, Steve, Jönsson, Bror, Kostadinov, Tihomir S., Kulk, Gemma, Laine, Marko, Martínez-Vicente, Victor, Psarra, Stella, Raitsos, Dionysios E., Richardson, Katherine, Rio, Marie-Hélène, Rousseaux, Cécile S., Salisbury, Joe, Shutler, Jamie D., Walker, Peter

“…The element carbon plays a central role in climate and life on Earth. It is capable of moving among the geosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and…”
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Seasonal phytoplankton blooms in the Gulf of Aden revealed by remote sensing by Gittings, John A., Raitsos, Dionysios E., Racault, Marie-Fanny, Brewin, Robert J.W., Pradhan, Yaswant, Sathyendranath, Shubha, Platt, Trevor

“…The Gulf of Aden, situated in the northwest Arabian Sea and linked to the Red Sea, is a relatively unexplored ecosystem. Understanding of large-scale…”
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A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean by Brewin, Robert J.W., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Hirata, Takafumi, Lavender, Samantha J., Barciela, Rosa M., Hardman-Mountford, Nick J.

“…A three-component model was developed which calculates the fractional contributions of three phytoplankton size classes (micro-, nano- and picoplankton) to the…”
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Regional ocean-colour chlorophyll algorithms for the Red Sea by Brewin, Robert J.W., Raitsos, Dionysios E., Dall'Olmo, Giorgio, Zarokanellos, Nikolaos, Jackson, Thomas, Racault, Marie-Fanny, Boss, Emmanuel S., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Jones, Burt H., Hoteit, Ibrahim

“…The Red Sea is a semi-enclosed tropical marine ecosystem that stretches from the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba in the north, to the Gulf of Aden in the south…”
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The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: I. A methodology for assessing atmospheric correction processors based on in-situ measurements by Müller, Dagmar, Krasemann, Hajo, Brewin, Robert J.W., Brockmann, Carsten, Deschamps, Pierre-Yves, Doerffer, Roland, Fomferra, Norman, Franz, Bryan A., Grant, Mike G., Groom, Steve B., Mélin, Frédéric, Platt, Trevor, Regner, Peter, Sathyendranath, Shubha, Steinmetz, François, Swinton, John

“…The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative intends to provide a long-term time series of ocean colour data and investigate the detectable climate impact. A…”
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Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers by Brewin, Robert J.W., de Mora, Lee, Billson, Oliver, Jackson, Thomas, Russell, Paul, Brewin, Thomas G., Shutler, Jamie D., Miller, Peter I., Taylor, Benjamin H., Smyth, Tim J., Fishwick, James R.

“…Sea surface temperature (SST) is an essential climate variable that can be measured routinely from Earth Observation (EO) with high temporal and spatial…”
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Comparison of chlorophyll in the Red Sea derived from MODIS-Aqua and in vivo fluorescence by Brewin, Robert J.W., Raitsos, Dionysios E., Pradhan, Yaswant, Hoteit, Ibrahim

“…The Red Sea is a unique marine environment but relatively unexplored. The only available long-term biological dataset at large spatial and temporal scales is…”
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The influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on interannual variations in phytoplankton size structure as revealed by Earth Observation by Brewin, Robert J.W., Hirata, Takafumi, Hardman-Mountford, Nick J., Lavender, Samantha J., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Barlow, Ray

“…Using a decade of satellite ocean-colour observations and a model that links chlorophyll-a to the size of the phytoplankton cells, parameterised using pigment…”
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Comparison of two methods to derive the size-structure of natural populations of phytoplankton by Brewin, Robert J.W., Sathyendranath, Shubha, Lange, Priscila K., Tilstone, Gavin

“…Various methods have been proposed to estimate the size structure of phytoplankton in situ, each exhibiting limitations and advantages. Two common approaches…”
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An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing by Brewin, Robert J.W., Hardman-Mountford, Nick J., Lavender, Samantha J., Raitsos, Dionysios E., Hirata, Takafumi, Uitz, Julia, Devred, Emmanuel, Bricaud, Annick, Ciotti, Aurea, Gentili, Bernard

“…Satellite remote sensing of ocean colour is the only method currently available for synoptically measuring wide-area properties of ocean ecosystems, such as…”
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Twenty‐Year Variations in Satellite‐Derived Chlorophyll‐a and Phytoplankton Size in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea by Sun, Xuerong, Shen, Fang, Brewin, Robert J.W., Liu, Dongyan, Tang, Rugang

“…Phytoplankton cell size is a useful ecological indicator for evaluating the response of phytoplankton community structure to environmental changes. Ocean‐color…”
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