Spatial variations in the chlorophyll-specific absorption coefficients of phytoplankton and photosynthetically active pigments in the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12413-12423

  Allali, Karima ^a   Bricaud, Annick ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030830804     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00380     Document Type: Article

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