Relationship between Chlorophyll a Concentration at the Sea Surface and Standing Stock of Chlorophyll a in the Euphotic Layer in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan.

瀬戸内海における海表面クロロフィルa濃度と有光層内クロロフィルa現存量との関係を調べた。瀬戸内海を9つの海域に区分し、観測結果からその関係を明らかにした。その結果、人工衛星による海色画像から各海域の一次生産量を見積もることが可能であることが明らかになった。

The relationship between chlorophyll a concentration at the sea surface and standing stock of chlorophyll a in the euphotic layer in the Seto Inland Sea was investigated in order to estimate the primary production from the data of chlorophyll a concentration at the sea surface obtained from the ocean color image by a satellite. We may reasonably conclude that the standing stock of chlorophyll a in the euphotic layer and primary production can be estimated from the chlorophyll a concentration at the sea surface in the Sew Inland Sea.