A novel technique for detection of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, in the Gulf of Mexico from remotely sensed ocean color data

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-158

  Cannizzaro, Jennifer P ^a   Carder, Kendall L ^a   Chen, F Robert ^a   Heil, Cynthia A ^b   Vargo, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

26 N; 81 W; 84.5 W; Backscatter; Florida; Geographic bounding coordinates: 28 N; Gulf of Mexico; Light absorption; Phytoplankton; Red tides; Remote sensing; USA

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; DETECTION METHOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; RED TIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA BREVIS;

EID: 37349109421     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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