Variability of satellite derived chlorophyll-a in the southern Caspian Sea following an invasion of ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi

Masoud Moradi

doi:10.1117/1.JRS.7.073490

29 October 2013 Variability of satellite derived chlorophyll-a in the southern Caspian Sea following an invasion of ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi

Masoud Moradi

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 073490 (October 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.7.073490

Abstract

The comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi invaded vastly the whole Caspian Sea in summer 2001. Sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor and moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data from 1998 to 2006 and bio-optical field measurements along six transects in the southern Caspian Sea from 2001 to 2006 were used to detect the relationships between M. leidyi abundances with satellite driven sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a . MODIS chlorophyll-a and SST monthly composite average value showed a positive linear correlation with M. leidyi abundance in the southern Caspian Sea. Spatiotemporal distribution of MODIS chlorophyll-a high-level patches (∼5 mg⋅m ⁻³ ) were also confirmed with the highest recorded M. leidyi and the lowest zooplankton abundances. However, there are several other factors that affect the concentration of chlorophyll-a , and it is not clear how much of the chlorophyll-a variation is related to M. leidyi abundances.

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Masoud Moradi "Variability of satellite derived chlorophyll-a in the southern Caspian Sea following an invasion of ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 7(1), 073490 (29 October 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.7.073490

Published: 29 October 2013

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