Coral fluorescence characteristics: excitation/emmission spectra, fluorescence efficiences, and contribution to apparent reflectance

Charles H. Mazel

doi:10.1117/12.266450

6 February 1997 Coral fluorescence characteristics: excitation/emmission spectra, fluorescence efficiences, and contribution to apparent reflectance

Charles H. Mazel

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Proceedings Volume 2963, Ocean Optics XIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266450
Event: Ocean Optics XIII, 1996, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abstract

The fluorescence characteristic of Caribbean corals have been investigated through in situ and laboratory spectral measurements. Four pigments are the source of most of the observed emissions. In vivo excitation/emission spectra were measured to determine Stokes shift and bandwidth of each of the types. Fluorescence efficiencies for natural fluorescence of the chlorophyll in the zooxanthellae were estimated from 18 in situ measurements, yielding values from 0.15-0.91 percent. Fluorescence efficiencies of the host pigments in 3 strongly fluorescent coral specimens were estimated from shipboard measurements and ranged form 4-6 percent. The quantitative data re being used in a computational model to investigate the contribution of fluorescence to apparent reflectance signatures.

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Charles H. Mazel "Coral fluorescence characteristics: excitation/emmission spectra, fluorescence efficiences, and contribution to apparent reflectance", Proc. SPIE 2963, Ocean Optics XIII, (6 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266450

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