Cryptic peaks: Invisible vertical structure in fluorescent particles revealed using a planar laser imaging fluorometer

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1943-1958

  Prairie, Jennifer C ^a   Franks, Peter J S ^a   Jaffe, Jules S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; IMAGING METHOD; LASER METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77958061703     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.1943     Document Type: Article

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