Diffuse attenuation coefficients Kd(PAR) at the estuarine North Sea-Baltic Sea transition: Time-series, partitioning, absorption, and scattering

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-259

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

absorption; diffuse attenuation coefficients; Kattegat; partitioning; scattering

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ESTUARINE FRONT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 4544360938     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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