Consequences of a Synechococcus bloom upon the optical properties of oceanic (case 1) waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1746-1754

  Morel, André ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEAWATER;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 3543038782     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1746     Document Type: Article

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