Bio-optical properties of the marine diazotrophic cyanobacteria Trichodesmium spp. I. Absorption and photosynthetic action spectra

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 608-617

  Subramaniam, Ajit ^a,d   Carpenter, Edward J ^a   Karentz, Deneb ^b   Falkowski, Paul G ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0032902606     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0608     Document Type: Article

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