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A typical section of chlorophyll a distribution is shown in Fig. 1. As for the surface water, the amount of chlorophyll a was 0.1 mg m-3 in the nothern area and below 0.05 mg m-3 in the southern area. A distinct chlorophyll maximum was found in the layers at depths of 50 to 75 m in the north near the Equator (0.3–0.6 mg m-3), and at 100 to 125 m in the south (0.2–0.3 mg m-3). In this area the layer of the chlorphyll maximum was generally located in the upper part of the thermocline.
Vertical distribution of chlorophyll α (mg m-3) from sample of the TS “Kagoshima Maru”, Dec. 1963 to Jan. 1964, along 78° E longitude. (Data from Endo and Nozawa)
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Saijo, Y. (1973). The Formation of the Chlorophyll Maximum in the Indian Ocean. In: Zeitzschel, B., Gerlach, S.A. (eds) The Biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65468-8_12
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