Leaf optical properties and photosynthetic leaf absorptances in several Australian seagrasses

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Durako, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption factor; Optical properties; Seagrasses; Spectral absorptance

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT; LEAF; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; REFLECTANCE; SEAGRASS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA; AMPHIBOLIS GRIFFITHII; HALOPHILA OVALIS; POSIDONIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA CORIACEA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI; ZOSTERA TASMANICA;

EID: 34248174972     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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