Bio-optical characteristics of a phytoplankton bloom event off Baja California Peninsula (30-31°N)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 672-681

  Barocio León, Óscar A ^a   Millán Núñez, Roberto ^a   Santamaría del Ángel, Eduardo ^a   Gonzalez Silvera, Adriana ^a   Trees, Charles C ^b   Orellana Cepeda, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; California Current (30 31 N); Dinoflagellate cyst; HPLC; Mexico; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Pseudo nitzschia

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 39249084238     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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