Improved estimation of carbon fixation rates from active flourometry using spectral fluorescence in light-limited environments

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue OCTOBER, 2012, Pages 736-751

  Silsbe, Greg M ^a   Hecky, Robert E ^b   Smith, Ralph E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

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EID: 84867671162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.736     Document Type: Article

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