Relationship between the optical properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter and total concentration of dissolved organic carbon in the southern Baltic Sea region

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 299-316

  Ferrari, Giovanni M ^a   Dowell, Mark D ^a,b   Grossi, Stefania ^a   Targa, Cristina ^a,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; dissolved organic carbon; dissolved organic matter

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0030424032     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(96)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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