Light backscattering properties of marine phytoplankton: Relationships to cell size, chemical composition and taxonomy

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-212

  Vaillancourt, Robert D ^a,c   Brown, Christopher W ^b   Guillard, Robert R L ^a   Balch, William M ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1342311936     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh012     Document Type: Article

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