Phytoplankton photosynthetic efficiency and primary production rates estimated from fast repetition rate fluorometry at coastal embayments affected by upwelling (Rías Baixas, NW of Spain)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1153-1165

  Estévez Blanco, Patricia ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Espiñeira, María ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUOROMETRY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33947126905     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl046     Document Type: Article

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