Absorption coefficient of phytoplankton: Regional variations in the North Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 197-213

  Lutz, V A ^a   Sathyendranath, S ^a,b   Head, E J H ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio optical models; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton absorption; Phytoplankton pigments; Regional variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029787265     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135197     Document Type: Article

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