Fluorescent matter in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Part 2: Vertical profiles and relation to water masses

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-360

  Determann, S ^a   Reuter, R ^a   Willkomm, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

FLUORESCENCE; GELBSTOFF; ORGANIC MATTER; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VERTICAL PROFILES; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (EASTERN);

EID: 0030096079     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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