Maps of plant pigment sampling with MEX (Multi-Exciter) observations.

• Main Authors: Taketoshi Kodama (1832461), Yukiko Taniuchi (10342821), Hiromi Kasai (12042440), Tamaha Yamaguchi (9982999), Misato Nakae (12042443), Yutaka Okumura (12042446)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Ecology; Marine Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; wavelength excitation fluorometer; linear inverse model; div >< p; offshore areas using; haptophytes type 4; haptophytes type 3; five chemotaxonomy groups; repeated mex observations; nine chemotaxonomy groups; marine phytoplankton assemblages; based phytoplankton assemblages; target mex fluorescence; important primary producer; phytoplankton assemblages; based chemotaxonomy; chemotaxonomy assemblages; primary production; nine light; mex fluorescence; marine ecosystems; level assemblages; reconstructed using; fluorescence excited; decomposed using; mex recorded; mex ); two processes; situ </; sensor depth; reference data; proportions estimated; powerful tool; positive correlation; empirical estimation; emitting diodes; Okhotsk; Oyashio; okhotsk sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257258.g001

Maps show observations in (a) winter, (b) spring, (c) summer, and (d) autumn. Different symbols denote different areas: diamond, Kuroshio; cross, Sea of Japan (JS); closed circle, Okhotsk Sea; and open circle, Oyashio, including the Oyashio–Kuroshio transition. Schematic flows of the Kuroshio and the Oyashio are denoted as arrows. The red points indicated the monitoring stations (A01, C3400, N4, and SI09) of the MEX observations. The map was made with Natural Earth.