Differences between in vivo absorption and fluorescence excitation spectra in natural samples of phytoplankton

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-227

  Lutz, Vivian A ^a   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a   Head, Erica J H ^b   Li, William K W ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy distribution; Fluorescence excitation; Photoprotective pigments; Phytoplankton absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031970972     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340214.x     Document Type: Article

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