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Carbohydrate as a measure of phytoplankton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

S. M. Marshall
Affiliation:
Marine Station, Millport, Scotland
A. P. Orr
Affiliation:
Marine Station, Millport, Scotland

Extract

Counting the numbers of phytoplankton organisms in water samples is time-consuming. A knowledge of the kind of organisms present and their relative numbers is essential, but it is useful to have in addition a measure of the quantity of organic substance present. A number of methods have been suggested for measuring the standing crop of phytoplankton and these have been summarized recently by Strickland (1960).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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