Water column transparency and the distribution of spectrally distinct forms of phycoerythrin-containing organisms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 25-31

  Michelle Wood, A ^a,b,c   Phinney, David A ^c   Yentsch, Charles S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean color; Optics; Phycoerythrin; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 2642630756     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps162025     Document Type: Article

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