Comparison of radiocarbon and fluorescence based (pump and probe) measurements of phytoplankton photosynthetic characteristics in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 215-226

  Boyd, P W ^a,d   Aiken, J ^b   Kolber, Z ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active fluorescence; Intercomparison; Photoacclimation; Photosynthetic characteristics; Radiotracer methods

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; FLUORIMETERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PUMP AND PROBE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030619396     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149215     Document Type: Article

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