Relationship between photosynthetic parameters and different proxies of phytoplankton biomass in the subtropical ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 853-868

  Huot, Y ^a,b   Babin, M ^a,b   Bruyant, F ^c   Grob, C ^e   Twardowski, M S ^d   Claustre, H ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WET Labs Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLUORESCENCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; OCEAN COLOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 35349002864     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-853-2007     Document Type: Article

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