A field study on the conversion ratio of phytoplankton biomass carbon to chlorophyll-a in Jiaozhou Bay, China

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 793-805

  Lü, Shuguo ^a,b,c   Wang, Xuchen ^a   Han, Boping ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Hainan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a; Jiaozhou Bay; Model II regression; Phyto C Chl a ratio; suspended particulate organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955560315     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-9221-0     Document Type: Article

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