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For the five oceans under investigation a significant trend was found (p<0.0001, significance level of 0.05).
For the five oceans under investigation a significant trend was found (p<0.0001, significance level of 0.05).
Indeed, for the clearest oceanic waters ( FU = 1 to 4), where algal pigments are the dominant factor of light absorption, a highly significant exponential relation was found between the FU index and chlorophyll concentration ( Figure 8A ).