Autonomous observations of in vivo fluorescence and particle backscattering in an oceanic oxygen minimum zone

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21992-22004

  Whitmire, A L ^a   Letelier, R M ^a   Villagran V ^b   Ulloa, O ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN;

BACKSCATTERING SIGNALS; CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PHYSICAL DYNAMICS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION SCATTERING; SALINITY; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 72449207083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021992     Document Type: Article

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