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Submarine daylight and ecology

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The different parameters acting upon daylight before it reaches underwater organisms are discussed. Methods for measuring these parameters are reviewed, and lightsensing units equipped with hemispherical collectors and possessing a narrow spectral sensitivity band are recommended for use in marine biology. A new formula relating Secchi-disk readings to attenuation coefficients is proposed. A method is suggested which makes it possible to calculate the yearly amount of radiant energy reaching an underwater station. Possible sources of error are surveyed.

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Weinberg, S. Submarine daylight and ecology. Marine Biology 37, 291–304 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387485

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