Phytoplankton biomass from continuous plankton recorder data: An assessment of the phytoplankton colour index

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 697-702

  Batten, Sonia D ^a,c   Walne, Anthony W ^a   Edwards, Martin ^a   Groom, Stephen B ^b  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COLOR; FLUOROMETRY; INDEX METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES;

EID: 0037593479     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.7.697     Document Type: Article

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