Synoptic study of variations in the fluorescence-based maximum quantum efficiency of photosynthesis across the North Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 755-765

  Olaizola, Miguel ^a,d   Geider, Richard J ^b,e   Harrison, William G ^c   Graziano, Lisa M ^b,f   Ferrari, Giovanni M ^a   Schlittenhardt, Peter M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 0029833378     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.4.0755     Document Type: Article

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