The significance of intracellular self-shading on the biooptical properties of brown, red, and green macroalgae

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 408-414

  Grzymski, Joe ^a,b   Johnsen, Geir ^a   Sakshaug, Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio optical taxonomy; Fluorescence; Macroalgae; Package effect; Pigments; Spectral absorption

Indexed keywords

LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; PALMARIA PALMATA; ULVA;

EID: 0030863272     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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