Investigation of the optical backscattering to scattering ratio of marine particles in relation to their biogeochemical composition in the eastern English Channel and southern North Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 739-752

  Loisel, Hubert ^a   Mériaux, Xavier ^a   Berthon, Jean François ^b   Poteau, Antoine ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DETRITUS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCATTERING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 34250820324     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0739     Document Type: Article

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