The contribution of phytoplankton to particulate backscattering and attenuation in the ocean surface based on high throughput image analysis and flow cytometry

Nils Haentjens1, Emmanuel Boss2, Lee Karp-Boss2 and Michael Behrenfeld3, (1)University of Maine, Orono, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, United States