Estimating breakpoints of Chl-a in relation with nutrients from Thermaikos gulf (Greece) using piecewise linear regression

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 9 B, 2006, Pages 1189-1192

  Nikolaidis, Georgios ^a   Patoucheas, Dimitrios P ^a   Moschandreou, Kimon ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breakpoints; Chlorophyll a; Piecewise regression; Thermaikos Gulf

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THERMAIKOS GULF;

EID: 33750985105     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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