Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Part I The underwater light field
- 1 Concepts of hydrologic optics
- 2 Incident solar radiation
- 3 Absorption of light within the aquatic medium
- 4 Scattering of light within the aquatic medium
- 5 Characterizing the underwater light field
- 6 The nature of the underwater light field
- 7 Remote sensing of the aquatic environment
- Part II Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment
- References and author index
- Index to symbols
- Index to organisms
- Index to water bodies
- Subject index
- Plate Section
2 - Incident solar radiation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Part I The underwater light field
- 1 Concepts of hydrologic optics
- 2 Incident solar radiation
- 3 Absorption of light within the aquatic medium
- 4 Scattering of light within the aquatic medium
- 5 Characterizing the underwater light field
- 6 The nature of the underwater light field
- 7 Remote sensing of the aquatic environment
- Part II Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment
- References and author index
- Index to symbols
- Index to organisms
- Index to water bodies
- Subject index
- Plate Section
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- Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems , pp. 28 - 49Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010