From: Dana Swift [swift@runt.ocean.washington.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:23 AM
To: keweebead@verizon.net; emmanuel.boss@maine.edu
Cc: Lisa Taylor
Subject: Re: Ocean Optics Conference 2006 abstract

Hi Emmanuel,

>> We’re submitting an abstract to Ocean Optics Conference 2006 
>> (Montreal,
>> Quebec) on the work we’ve all done to date on the data from Float 0005.  The
>> abstract is attached for your
>> review.  It’s due by June 1, so if you could email Emmanuel your thoughts,
>> suggestions, and/or edits by May 30th, I think we can make the deadline.
>
The abstract looks OK.  It may be a bit late to add anything and maybe it's not suitable for a poster anyway...but...I've heard some grumblings about the lack of a good quantitative connection between chlorophyll fluorescence and biomass. 
Basically, the complaint was that chlorophyll fluorescence doesn't get you very far with respect to measuring relevant terms in the vertical carbon balance of the upper ocean.  I'm sure you've heard this all before and maybe you've even addressed it....

FYI, both the Chileans and the Japanese have deployed floats with WetLabs optics sensors on them.  One of the Japanese floats was recovered and was found to have lots of clams growing on the float.  These floats profiled every other day so they spent a relatively larger fraction of the time near the surface.

-dds