Variability of phytoplankton absorption in the northern South China Sea: Influence of the size structure and pigment composition of algal populations

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 12-25

  Wang, Guifen ^a,b   Cao, Wenxi ^a   Xu, Dazhi ^a,b   Yang, Yuezhong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient of phytoplankton; Bio optical model; Ocean color; Pigment composition; Size structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OCEAN COLOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG;

ALGAE;

EID: 34249982038     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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