Chlorophyll concentrations are vitally important because chlorophyll forms the building blocks of marine life.
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He traveled through and measured over 1200 miles of a chlorophyll bloom along the Equatorial Pacific.
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The process of disassembly liberates chlorophyll from a molecular production-line called the electron-transfer system.
That system is designed to corral the energy captured by chlorophyll and use it to build up sugar molecules.
The experiment retrieves coastal data including water depth and clarity, chlorophyll content and seafloor composition for civilian and naval purposes.
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These areas are known as HNLC (high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll) zones and are thought to be caused by a scarcity of iron.
Lone chlorophyll, however, dumps its energy any old how, resulting in the formation of destructive molecules called free radicals and peroxides.
The dye acts like chlorophyll, the pigment that makes plants green and that is responsible for absorbing sunlight and liberating electrons.
They absorb light that would otherwise be picked up by lone chlorophyll molecules, thus preventing damage during the period of nutrient recovery.
This causes chlorophyll (a green pigment) to return to the orange skins imbuing them with a greenish or yellowish finish as they ripen.
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Researchers have spoken in the past of trying to detect a marker for chlorophyll, the pigment in plants that plays a critical role in photosynthesis.
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Remember in the run-up to reorganization and Fiat's takeover, when Chrysler generally and Mr. Marchionne singly promised that the merged companies would be as green as chlorophyll?
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While typically monitored through satellite imagery direct validation of chlorophyll blooms at this resolution provides a groundbreaking link between scientific modeling and in-situ measurement of the Pacific Ocean.
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This is boiled to remove chlorophyll and dried for bleaching.
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