Pigments and species composition of natural phytoplankton populations: Effect on the absorption spectra

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-217

  Stuart, Venetia ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Platt, Trevor ^b   Maass, Heidi ^a   Irwin, Brian D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; CANADA; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; NON PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC WATER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECTROMETRY;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

EID: 0031846790     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.2.187     Document Type: Article

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