Phytoplankton patchiness: quantifying the biological contribution using Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plankton Research
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0142-7873,1464-3774
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.9.1265