Light Absorption by Suspended Particulate Matter in Chagan Lake, Jilin
WANG Yuan-dong1,2, LIU Dian-wei1*, SONG Kai-shan1, ZHANG Bai1, WANG Zong-ming1, JIANG Guang-jia1,2, TANG Xu-guang1,2, LEI Xiao-chun1,2, WU Yan-qing1,2
1. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Chines Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China 2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract：Spectral characteristics and the magnitudes of light absorption by suspended particulate matter were determined by spectrophotometry in this optically complex Lake Chagan waters for the purpose of surveying the natural variability of the absorption coefficients to parameterize the bio-optical models for converting satellite or in-situ water reflectance signatures into water quality information. Experiments were carried out on seasonal frozen Lake Chagan, one representative inland case-2 water body in Northeast of China. Particulate absorption properties analyzed using the field data on July 15th and October 12th 2009 were measured using the quantitative filter technique to produce absorption spectra containing several fractions that could be attributed to two main optical active constituents (OACs) phytoplankton pigments and non-algal particulates (mineral sediments, and organic detritus). Results suggested that the suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentration was higher while phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll-a concentration) was lower in July and that in October. The spectral shape of total suspended particulate matter resembled that of non-algal particulates which contributed greater than phytoplankton in total particulate absorption during both periods. An obvious absorption peak occurring at around 440 nm exhibited an increase in phytoplankton contribution in October. Non-algal particulate absorption at 440 nm (aNAP(440)) had better correlation with total suspended particulate matter concentration than that with chlorophyll-a over the two periods.Light absorption by phytoplankton pigments in the Chagan lake region was generally lower than that of non-algal components. Chl.a dominating phytoplankton pigment composition functioned exponentially with its absorption coefficients at 440 and 675 nm specifically, the average values of which in July were 0.146 8 m2·mg-1 and 0.050 3 respectively while in October they were 0.153 3 and 0.013 2 m2·mg-1 varying regionally and seasonally due to the changes in specific composition, light and nutrient conditions.
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