Direct estimation of functional PSII reaction center concentration and PSII electron flux on a volume basis: A new approach to the analysis of Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry (FRRf) data

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages 142-154

  Oxborough, Kevin ^a   Moore, C Mark ^b   Suggett, David J ^c   Lawson, Tracy ^c   Chan, Hoi Ga ^a   Geider, Richard J ^c  

^a CTG Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861829341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.142     Document Type: Article

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