Sensitivity analysis of CDOM spectral slope in artificial and natural samples: An application in the central eastern Mediterranean Basin

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-498

  Bracchini, Luca ^a,b   Tognazzi, Antonio ^a,b   Dattilo, Arduino Massimo ^a,b   Decembrini, Franco ^c   Rossi, Claudio ^a,b   Loiselle, Steven Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Italia and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; CDOM; Mediterranean Basin; Spectral Slope; Spectroscopy; UV

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956722559     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0150-y     Document Type: Article

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