Spatial and seasonal variations in abundance and spectral characteristics of phycoerythrins in the tropical northeastern Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-246

  Lantoine, François ^a   Neveux, Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLUORIMETRIC METHODS; PHYCOERYTHRINS; PIGMENTS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL NORTHEAST);

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031080169     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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