@article{ea6d5f846ef343afb9b36371722b54cb,
title = "Bioluminescence of the tropical Indian Ocean: a multiple-scale variation",
abstract = "Large-scale surveys represented by 5800 bathymetric casts in the western Indian Ocean (0–22oN, 54–58oE), elucidated the 10-fold variation of the bioluminescent potential (BP) in the upper mixed layer, during the winter (north-east) monsoon season. The mesoscale survey in February 2017 consisted of 26 drift stations (4oN–3oS, 65–68oE) on which 5–10 bathymetric casts were deployed down to 60 m. The maximal BP was associated with the periphery of a cyclonic eddy. The two-fold to three-fold variation of BP characterized the spatial heterogeneity modulated by a detected eddy. High-frequency casts on drift stations resembled the fine-scale heterogeneity in which the three-fold variation was observed within the BP maximum at a 37 ± 13 m depth. The latter one was located above the deep chlorophyll maximum at a 80 m depth. A general decline of the BP variance from the large scale through mesoscale to fine scale, fits that of the zooplankton biomass.",
keywords = "Indian Ocean, bioluminescence, chlorophyll a, mesoscale eddies, zooplankton",
author = "Piontkovski, {Sergey A.} and Melnik, {Alexandr V.} and Serikova, {Irina M.} and Evstigneev, {Vladislav P.} and Sergey Dobretsov",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Sevastopol State University, the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (grant no. 121040600178-6) and the Sultan Qaboos University (grant no. IG/DVC/CEMB/21/01). We are grateful to E.G. Sahon and A.A. Paraskiv who participated in field surveys. The 42nd cruise of R/V Academician Boris Petrov was carried out through the Russian Academy of Sciences and IIOE-2 research programmes. Also, we acknowledge the MODIS mission scientists and associated NASA personnel for the production of the data used in this research effort. Some visualizations used in this paper were produced with the Giovanni online data system, developed and maintained by the NASA GES DISC. Funding Information: This research was supported by the Sevastopol State University, the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (grant no. 121040600178‐6) and the Sultan Qaboos University (grant no. IG/DVC/CEMB/21/01). We are grateful to E.G. Sahon and A.A. Paraskiv who participated in field surveys. The 42nd cruise of R/V was carried out through the Russian Academy of Sciences and IIOE‐2 research programmes. Also, we acknowledge the MODIS mission scientists and associated NASA personnel for the production of the data used in this research effort. Some visualizations used in this paper were produced with the Giovanni online data system, developed and maintained by the NASA GES DISC. Academician Boris Petrov Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1002/bio.4315",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "1436--1445",
journal = "Luminescence",
issn = "1522-7235",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
number = "9",
}