The productive and optical status of the oligotrophic waters of the Southern Aegean Sea (Cretan Sea), Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 985-995

  Ignatiades, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHENOLOGY; PHEOPHYTIN;

LIGHT ATTENUATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031832366     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.5.985     Document Type: Article

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