Diel cycles of the particulate beam attenuation coefficient under varying trophic conditions in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Observations and modeling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-36

  Gernez, Pierre ^a,b,c   Antoine, David ^b   Huot, Yannick ^b  

^a ACRI ST   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AMPLITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIEL VARIATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 78651409111     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0017     Document Type: Article

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