Characterizing the specific inherent optical properties (SIOPs) of water constituents is fundamental to remote sensing applications. Therefore, this paper presents the absorption properties of phytoplankton, gelbstoff and tripton for three small, optically-diverse South African inland waters. The three reservoirs, ？Hartbeespoort, Loskop and Theewaterskloof, are challenging for remote sensing, due to differences in phytoplankton assemblage and the considerable range of constituent concentrations. Relationships between the absorption properties and biogeophysical parameters, chlorophyll- a (chl- a), TChl (chl- a plus ？phaeopigments), ？seston, ？minerals ？and ？tripton, are established. The value determined for the mass-specific tripton absorption coefficient at 442 nm, a ？ (442), ranges from 0.024 to 0.263 m2 ·g ？1. The value of the TChl-specific phytoplankton absorption coefficient ( a ？ ) was strongly influenced by phytoplankton species, size, accessory pigmentation and biomass. a ？ (440) ranged from 0.056 to 0.018 m2 ·mg ？1？in oligotrophic to hypertrophic waters. The positive relationship between cell size and trophic state observed in open ocean waters was violated by significant small cyanobacterial populations. The phycocyanin-specific phytoplankton？ absorption ？at？ 620 ？nm, ？ a ？ (620), was determined as 0.007 m2 ·g ？1 in a M. aeruginosa bloom. Chl- a was a better indicator of phytoplankton biomass than phycocyanin (PC) in surface scums, due to reduced accessory pigment production. Absorption budgets demonstrate that monospecific blooms of M. aeruginosa and C. hirundinella may be treated as “cultures”, removing some complexities for remote sensing applications.？ ？These results contribute toward a better understanding of IOPs and remote sensing applications in hypertrophic inland waters. However, the majority of the water is optically complex, requiring the usage of all the SIOPs derived here for remote sensing applications. The SIOPs may be used for developing remote sensing algorithms for the detection of biogeophysical ？parameters, ？including chl-a, suspended matter, tripton and gelbstoff, and in advanced remote sensing studies for phytoplankton type detection.
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