Some bio-optical characteristics of phytoplankton in the NW Indian Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 299-311

  Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Platt, Trevor ^b   Stuart, Venetia ^a   Irwin, Brian D ^b   Veldhuis, Marcel J W ^c   Kraay, Gijsbert W ^c   Harrison, W Glen ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio optical characteristics; Light absorption; NW Indian Ocean; Phytoplankton; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTUM YIELD;

INDIAN OCEAN, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029667165     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132299     Document Type: Article

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