Identifying characteristic chlorophyll a profiles in the coastal domain using an artificial neural network

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1289-1303

  Richardson, A J ^a,b   Pfaff, M C ^a   Field, J G ^a   Silulwane, N F ^a   Shillington, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHLOROPHYLL A; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036909984     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.12.1289     Document Type: Article

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