Comparison of simple techniques for estimating chlorophyll a concentration in the intertidal zone using high spectral-resolution field-spectrometer data

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 274, Issue , 2004, Pages 31-40

  Carrère, Véronique ^a,c   Spilmont, Nicolas ^a   Davoult, Dominique ^b  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; English Channel; Intertidal; Microphytobenthos; Reflectance spectra

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETER;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142675334     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps274031     Document Type: Article

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