Light Extinction

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2180-2184

  Barausse, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Aerosol; Canopy; Lambert Beer law; Leaf area index; Light; Light extinction; Photosynthetically active radiation; Phytoplankton; Scattering; Secchi disk; Self shading; Shading; Transparency; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069555331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00278-0     Document Type: Chapter

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