Is desert dust making oligotrophic waters greener?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 107-1-107-4

  Claustre, H ^a   Morel, A ^a   Hooker, S B ^b   Babin, M ^a   Antoine, D ^a   Oubelkheir, K ^a   Bricaud, A ^a   Leblanc, K ^c   Queguiner B ^c   Maritorena, S ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACKSCATTERING; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DEPOSITION; DUST; WATER;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

COLOR; DESERTIFICATION; DUST; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037095950     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014056     Document Type: Article

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