Diurnal changes in the bio-optical properties of the phytoplankton in the Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 459-470

  Mercado, Jesús M ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   Sebastián, Marta ^b   Reul, Andreas ^b   Bautista, Begoña ^b  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albor n Sea; daily cycle; light absorption; Mediterranean Sea; nutrients; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCUMULATION RATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIURNAL VARIATION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROPLANKTON; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPRING (SEASON); WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33748505403     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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