Seasonal variations in bio-optical properties of phytoplankton in the Arabian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 633-653

  Sathyendranath, Shubha ^a,b   Stuart, Venetia ^a,b   Irwin, Brian D ^b   Maass, Heidi ^a,b   Savidge, Graham ^c   Gilpin, Linda ^c   Platt, Trevor ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; MONSOON; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033103321     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00121-0     Document Type: Article

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