Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second 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
6 - The nature of the underwater light field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second 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
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- Light and Photosynthesis in Aquatic Ecosystems , pp. 129 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994
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