Radiative transfer within seagrass canopies: Impact on carbon budgets and light requirements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2963, Issue , 1997, Pages 331-336

  Zimmerman, Richard C ^a   Mobley, Curtis D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sequoia Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Inherent optical properties; Productivity; Radiative transfer; Seagrass canopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAINT SPRAYING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSTRATES; TURBIDITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATIONS; CARBON BUDGETS; CLEAR WATERS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDROLIGHT; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; INTEGRATED PRODUCTIONS; LIGHT ATTENUATIONS; LIGHT AVAILABILITIES; LIGHT PENETRATIONS; NET PHOTOSYNTHESISES; NON UNIFORMS; PLANT DENSITIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; SEAGRASS CANOPY; SHOOT DENSITIES; SINUSOIDAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR ANGLES; SOLAR ELEVATIONS; SPECTRAL ABSORBANCE; SUMMER SOLSTICES; TURBID WATERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0007842774     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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