Occurence of fragile particles inferred from optical plankton counters used in situ and to analyze net samples collected simultaneously

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gonzalez Quiros R ^a,b   Checkley, Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SENSORS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN SITU TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 33745819896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003084     Document Type: Article

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