Phytoplankton natural fluorescence variability in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 417-434

  Westberry, T K ^a   Siegel, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Quantum yield; Sargasso Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SCALAR IRRADIANCE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0242381358     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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