Small-scale biophysical couplings in Lake Baikal: new insights from the fractal properties of temperature and phytoplankton distributions

Using vertical profiles of temperature and in vivo fluorescence sampled between Tanhoy and Listvyanka, we show that temperature and fluorescence fluctuations exhibit specific levels of internal structuration that are independent of the overall vertical structure of the water column, which suggest a previously untapped small-scale biophysical coupling.