Coral fluorescence characteristics: Excitation/emmission spectra, fluorescence efficiences, and contribution to apparent reflectance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2963, Issue , 1997, Pages 240-245

  Mazel, Charles H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Fluorescence; Fluorescence efficiency; Reflectance; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PAINT; PORPHYRINS; REFLECTION;

APPARENT REFLECTANCES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CORALS; FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY; IN-SITU; IN-VIVO; QUANTITATIVE DATUMS; REFLECTANCE; SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; STOKES SHIFTS; ZOOXANTHELLAE;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0001723139     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266450     Document Type: Conference Paper

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