Temporal and vertical variation of chlorophyll a concentration, phytoplankton photosynthetic activity and light attenuation in Lake Kinneret: Possibilities and limitations for simulation by remote sensing

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 725-736

  Yacobi, Yosef Z ^a  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

DINOPHYCEAE; PERIDINIUM GATUNENSE;

EID: 33747873088     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl004     Document Type: Article

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