Optical properties of canopies of the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum estimated by a three-dimensional radiative transfer model

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1537-1550

  Hedley, J ^a   Enriquez S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON FIXATION; COASTAL LAGOON; DATA SET; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODEL TEST; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REEF; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZENITH ANGLE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUERTO MORELOS; YUCATAN;

LAMBERTIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 77955637343     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1537     Document Type: Article

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