Inferred influence of nutrient availability on the relationship between Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and incident irradiance in the Bering Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Schallenberg, Christina ^a   Lewis, Marlon R ^a   Kelley, Dan E ^a   Cullen, John J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; GEOPHYSICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSIPATION; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIANCE; MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 51749086623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004355     Document Type: Article

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