Optical properties and optical constituents of the Faroe Islands shelf and off-shelf waters, North East Atlantic

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 636, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a   Gaard, Eilif ^b   Debes, Høgni ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Faroe Fisheries Laboratory Noatun   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chl a; Diffuse K0< inf>(PAR) and beam attenuation (cp< inf>) coefficients; Faroe Islands; North East Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940020775     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9957-8     Document Type: Article

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