Contribution of fluorescence to the spectral signature and perceived color of corals

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 390-401

  Mazel, Charles H ^a   Fuchs, Eran ^b,c  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CORAL; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037257441     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.1_part_2.0390     Document Type: Article

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