Universal multifractal analysis as a tool to characterize multiscale intermittent patterns: Example of phytoplankton distribution in turbulent coastal waters

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 877-922

  Seuront, Laurent ^a   Schmitt, François ^b,e   Lagadeuc, Yvan ^a   Schertzer, Daniel ^c   Lovejoy, Shaun ^d  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032793327     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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