Light absorption by phytoplankton, non-algal particles and dissolved organic matter at the Patagonia shelf-break in spring and summer

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2162-2174

  Ferreira, Amábile ^a   Garcia, Virginia M T ^a   Garcia, Carlos A E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; CDOM; Detritus; Patagonian shelf break; Phytoplankton bloom

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION VALUES; ACCESSORY PIGMENTS; CELL SIZE; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; COLORED DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; GENERAL TRENDS; IN-SITU; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LARGE DISPERSION; MEAN VALUES; MICROPLANKTONS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PATAGONIA; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SIZE PARAMETERS; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL SHAPES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER REFLECTANCES;

ABSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PAINT; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS;

ALGAE CONTROL;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DOMINANCE; MICROPLANKTON; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF;

ALGAE;

EID: 71849098612     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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