On the absorption of light in the Orinoco River plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 1447-1464

  Odriozola, Ana Lucia ^a   Varela, Ramon ^b   Hu, Chuanmin ^a   Astor, Yrene ^b   Lorenzoni, Laura ^a   Müller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CDOM; Chlorophyll a; Gelbstoff; Gulf of Paria; Light absorption; Ocean color; Orinoco River; Phytoplankton; River plume; Southeastern Caribbean; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; OCEAN COLOR; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; DELTA AMACURO; GULF OF PARIA; ORINOCO DELTA; ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

PARIA;

EID: 34249286202     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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