Particulate light absorption and the prediction of phytoplankton biomass and planktonic metabolism in northeastern Spanish aquatic ecosystems

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-33

  Duarte, C M ^a   Agusti S ^a   Kalff, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROPLANKTON; PARTICLE; PARTICULATE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPAIN;

BIOMASS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034074379     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-184     Document Type: Article

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