Model of phytoplankton absorption based on three size classes

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4535-4549

  Brewin, Robert J W ^a,b   Devred, Emmanuel ^c,d   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^b   Lavender, Samantha J ^a,e   Hardman Mountford, Nick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^e Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLOROPHYLL;

ABSORPTION MODEL; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU ABSORPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON ABSORPTIONS; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION MODEL; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION; TOTAL CHLOROPHYLL;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 79961091789     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.004535     Document Type: Article

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